Just got a great gift from a good friend and his family, the first 5 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers albums on vinyl, we listened to the first one together last night, but I'm giving it another spin this afternoon and thinking about seeing how many of these I can marathon through. I have the key radio hits on an anthology, but for some ridiculous reason I've never owned any of these 5 albums before. Lots of fun listening, and at least the first record is clean and in great shape.
Great gift indeed. I have them all. Damn the torpedoes is my favorite and it's very crankable on vinyl, enjoy! I also have the blu-ray version and it has a killer 5.1 mix. The sound is huge on that bad boy Blu-ray Audio: Damn The Torpedoes »
Cool. I don't have a 5.1 set up, but would be interesting to hear. Just finished up album #2 and running errands, but Damn the Torpedos is up next when I get back.
Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance/ Jeb Loy Nichols - Lovers Knot/ Lindisfarne - Nicely Out Of Tune/ Merle Travis & Joe Maphis -Country Guitar Giants...
I've been grooving to this a lot since it arrived in the mail a couple of weeks ago: Dust on the Nettles: a journey through the British underground folk scene 1967 -72 You may know Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and the like, but this (mostly) indie stuff is lovely. It's a bargain 3CD box, btw...
I am going as far as my collection will let me take in a Tom Petty chronological studio album marathon, having plowed through Damn the Torpedos (my favorite, which aligns with the conventional wisdom), Hard Promises (almost as good), Long After Dark (plenty of good stuff, but the worst of the first 5, as the 80s sensibility isn't doing some tracks any favors), and Southern Accents (same, but Rebels is a killer opening track and I've always liked Don't Come Around Here No More). The worst songs on Southern Accents are the worst songs on any of these albums.
When I was in college, the current record was Wildflowers. I had that one, and I listened to it a lot. So much that I burned out on it. I haven't heard it in years and should probably revisit.
Wildflowers is a good one. I probably first became aware of Petty when You Got Lucky was getting MTV play, and Full Moon Fever came out during the tail end of my freshman year in college. I have several of the later ones, but don't have Let Me Up I've Had Enough, so decided to end my marathon after the first six, since I would have to start skipping. And there is only so much Petty I can marathon in a day. As a capper, I am finishing, though, by going back and playing the Official Live 'Leg, a promo that came out after the first s/t album, since I have the copy that came in the Deluxe version of the Live Anthology. I forgot about this one until it was too late to fit it in chronologically.
Iggy Pop's The Idiot. Another "Album Club" pick this month and a good way to change gears after the Petty marathon. Probably wrapping it up for the night after this, saving some energy for tomorrow's trip down to Shoreline for the Bridge Benefit. Excited for Neil as always, and also for Nils Lofgren, My Morning Jacket, Willie Nelson, and Roger Waters, and Metallica acoustic should be interesting (I'm not a big fan but respect them well enough and the Some Kind of Monster documentary has been a bottomless supply of mirth while flipping though the cable channels… seriously, you haven't lived until you've seen Metallica go through group therapy with a guy in a Cosby sweater). Metallica has played the Bridge before, but not any of the years I've gone. I've seen Neil (many times), MMJ and Willie at the Bridge before and am always over the moon with the chance to see any of them, but the really tantalizing possibilities in my mind lie in the question of what songs Waters will include in his set.
Way Out Northwest: John Butcher on soprano & tenor saxophone s with Torsten Muller on bass & Dylan Van Der Schyff on drums Obtuse, difficult skronky crunchy improvisations "insect music" with muscle
I agree on most things. Hard Promises is almost as good as Torpedoes yes. The Waiting might be Petty's best riff and a top five song. Long after dark has some gems but the 80s caught up with that record and not in a good way as you say. Southern accents has the fantastic title song and the other ones you mentioned. Did you find any "new" songs on the first two records?
Joe McPhee Quartet: Magic!! If one can open one's mind & heart, there are sublime and sometimes even in your face buried treasures within very obscure or even seemingly unbalanced sessions like this 2008 double CD on not two records. Firstly Dominic Duval was one of the singular dominant bassists of his time. This is a great place to hear him. Makes me think of the immense Seeds, Vision & Counterpoint - a trio with the same drummer (Jay Rosen) with another mind bending but even more screaming saxophonist, the great tenor man, Ivo Perelman. See I do modern avant-garde jazzlike the old schoolers do classic jazz. Join the team and listen to some Joe McPhee already. This one is the master on alto saxophone, pocket trumpet and a wee bit of clarinet. go forth young ducks
