Big Star: Rhino "Box Set"*

Crash! *davenav falls to the floor*

I'm chuffed and gobsmacked and delighted to hear this news. 2009 promises to be a big year!!!

 

Well zip-a-dee-doo-dah.

 

2009 is shaping up to be a great year for reissues.

 

I'm expecting 4 discs, late '09 release. My expectation (based on who's working on it) is that this will be done RIGHT. Great sound, great packaging, everything fans will want.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Kent; how about the Radio City book? can you tell us when that will be out? Great liner notes on the Van Duren reissue, by the way. I've been looking forward to that CD coming out for years; a favorite of mine.

Tom

 

Thanks, Tom.

That Van Duren was supposed to have come out on Terry's label two years earlier.

I'm not familiar with a Radio City book. ??

 

Oh boy oh boy oh boy!

Now that is some great news. A Big Star box. Who woulda thunk it?

Chris

 

[/QUOTE]Thanks Kent; how about the Radio City book? can you tell us when that will be out? Great liner notes on the Van Duren reissue, by the way. I've been looking forward to that CD coming out for years; a favorite of mine.

Tom[/QUOTE]
you can check out the 33 1/3 blog, but it was supposed to come out in December. I'm guessing it will probably come out this month or next. Seems to be finished, just awaiting release.

 

Since Terry's label came up in conversation here, I gotta ask: are any of those Lucky Seven releases still available? Like a chump, I waited too long, and would dearly love to get my mitts on the Rock City and Cargoe releases without having to pay collector prices... On the Lucky 7 website, the most recent web store he had chosen appears to already be defunct.

 

How could Rhino release this?? Isn't Big Star music controlled by Concord?

 

I emailed him a while ago to get an album, he says he still has them. E-mail him off the site.

 

Um, they could license the songs? How did Rhino do it in the old days?

 

Looks to me like you can still get 'em. http://www.luckysevenrecords.com/

Thru indie warehouse??

I highly recommend Lucky Seven's releases by Cargoe, Van Duren, and Gimmer Nicholson (a fascinating story, odd guitar instrumental record circa '68 that HEAVILY influenced Chris Bell/Big Star's guitar sound).

 

No, Indie Warehouse seems to be out of business. Some of the titles are listed on Amazon Market Place. That's where I bought Van Duren's Idiot Optimism several years ago.

Here's the Amazon listing for the live Cargoe CD. Most of the titles are listed on Amazon for fair prices:

http://www.amazon.com/Live-Memphis-...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1231258092&sr=1-1

 

I started this thread on Chris a couple weeks ago. The box set is big news here in Memphis, and I'll post any info as soon as I get it:

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=169972&highlight=chris+bell+laid+rest

 

I think this is legal to post here. It's a legal authorized recording:

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=521416

Yo La Tengo with Alex Chilton
December 8, 2007
(Hanukkah, night 5)
Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
*a thir13en blend*
recorded by yltfan

Source 1: SBD>iRiver h140
Source 2: Nakamichi cm300's>iRiver h120

Dew-Claw, Sarah Vowell, and Amy Poehler opened.

Mix disc by Georgia.

Check out Ira's Hanukkah diary, and much more at:
http://www.yolatengo.com/

Benefit for 826NYC / Global Kids.
http://www.826nyc.org/about/donate/
https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=3146

Disc One:

01 Barnaby, Hardly Working
02 Shaker
03 Stockholm Syndrome
04 Tears Are In Your Eyes
05 Season of the Shark
06 Don't Say A Word (Hot Chicken #2)
07 Song For Mahlia
08 talking "we thought we had enough power for eight nights"
09 The River of Water (with Dave Rick of Dew-Claw/ex-YLT on guitar)
10 talking
11 Sometime In The Morning (Carole King/Gerry Goffin) (with DR and Stephen Hunking on vocals/guitar)
12 talking
13 E.T.I. (Blue Oyster Cult) (with DR and SH)

Disc Two:

01 Mr. Tough
02 Big Day Coming
03 Watch Out For Me, Ronnie
04 The Story of Yo La Tango
05 encore break - talking
*(encore)* with Alex Chilton on guitar and vocals
06 I've Had It (The Bell-Notes)
07 The Oogum Boogum Song (Brenton Wood)
08 Let Me Get Close To You (Carole King/Gerry Goffin)
09 Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)
10 Baby Strange (T-Rex)
11 Hey Little Child (Alex Chilton)
12 Government Center (Modern Lovers)

Thanks to Yo La Tengo, soundguy Mark Luecke, the great folks at Maxwell's, and thir13en!

Please share nice lossless copies of this recording, but don't ever sell or buy it. Buy Yo La Tengo's fabulous records instead!

Setlist stolen from Jesse:
http://www.wunderkammern27.com/

Files renamed and split for 2 discs by
bernieboop
2009-01-04

 

The live album is sooo good, too.

 

Can you say if it's a Ryko release?

 

It's Rhino unless something changed in the mean time.

 

Looks like you can order the Radio City book directly from the publisher (and that it's available now):

http://www.continuumbooks.com/Books...lt.aspx&CountryID=2&ImprintID=2&BookID=131537

 

Here's a direct link to the blog entry that Imagine the Swan mentioned:

http://33third.blogspot.com/2008/11/big-stars-radio-city.html

Thanks for the tip-off! This sounds like a fascinating read with Alex getting full reign to directly contribute to his own mythology. John Chilton of Canterbury? Wow. Making Chilton comfortable is near impossible, but if he's opened up enough to talk about his vast family tree then I'm sure that the history lesson will lead to some genuine revelations about the making of Radio City. This will be a milestone for Big Star fans, I'm sure.

 

I actually just contacted them about getting a copy to review for a site I write for, www.glidemagazine.com (sorry for the plug) and they told me it should be out within the month.

 

Maybe its just me, but I'm not too sure if thats really such a good idea.



James

 

I didn't know Bruce Eaton wrote this. This will be great, I'm sure. Bruce and I had a very close mutual friend who ran great record stores both in Buffalo and Boston so I got to meet and hang out with Bruce. He has had a long relationship with Chilton and Big Star. He knows his stuff, so this should be one fine and illuminating read. I can't wait.

 

Well, Chilton's participation will no doubt make for interesting reading. I wouldn't say this will mean the "last word" on Big Star. But I'll be reading!

 

Yes, it might not be entirely factual, but it certainly will be another weird glimpse into the Weird World of Chilton. Besides, Big Star fans take what they can get interview-wise!