Good to know, I like all sides of that band. If only they had played live outside of LA more often, they might be more widely known, although their rep has grown a lot in the past 10-20 years. In the 80's and 90's, they were all but forgotten. I am finally calling it a night with Sun Ra's Lanquidity. Another fantastic album...
Okay one more CD tonight. How 'bout something a little dark? Yep, disc 2 (the b-sides) of New Order's Substance will do.
I'm ashamed to admit that I own zero Sun Ra music at this point. I like what I've heard online though. Oh goodie, goodie, more music to discover and enjoy. Ain't life grand?
I remember feeling very happy when I bought that release some 10 years ago. The Great Society could have developed into a very interesting band if it hadn't lost Grace.
Lanquidity is a good one although not very representative of other stuff I've heard. Not a bad starting point though. I believe Archtop wrote up a big list of Sun Ra recommendations somewhere up thread. He is more knowledgeable about Sun Ra, I am more of a sporadic dabbler.
Big Cypress (12/31/99)...Invoking either the venue or date to a Phish fan would be the equivalent of Deadheads making shorthand reference to Cornell / Five-Eight; 3/1; Veneta; Winterland 78; 12/29, etc. - or perhaps all those rolled into one! Since daring to discover Phish this past Fall (on another thread - prior the The Epiphany - I described them as a sophomoric pantomime of the Dead ), I've consistently encountered rhapsodic regalings of the NYE 99 festival in MosquitoCentral, Florida that led me to d/l the show from LL a few days ago, and it's a behemoth. Deadheads are familiar with marathon shows (6/10/73, 6/22/73, and 10/16/74, as well as Closing/Winterland), but this performance opus has a 7.5 hour second set! Yet, that's not even the kicker, as any band could stand on stage and perform until the sun comes up (literally the case here after an 11:45-ish start the night before); the true appeal here is the quantity of uniformly outstanding - if not apotheotic - play. Okay, enough. There's a ton of stuff to be found with just a casual search of the venue/date/band, including a good deal of video coverage on utube as well as band interviews (print & video), fan tributes, and critical reviews. http://www.shnflac.net/details.php?id=d75af363c781ba91264050b7ebaf77f045007a64 Incidentally, no official release, which is mind boggling, as - like 30Trips - this would be 2nd mortgage material...p/k
Pavement's Wowee Zowee. The gauzy thoughts of the sturdy Scots wrestle with the elements up on the trail high… It's been too long since I've listened to one of the best albums of the 1990s.
The Country Weather comp I got last week. The classic 1969 EP plus smoking 1971 live. Greg Douglass wails on guitar like I never heard him do in Terry & the Pirates.
2-3 min pop songs from the mid to late 60s. I can listen to this forever man http://www.allmusic.com/album/where-the-action-is!-los-angeles-nuggets-1965-1968-mw0000823154
Oh I love that record. Ronnie! Earlier at work today I listened to Maron's conversation with Peter Guralnick. They talked a lot about Memphis and Sam Phillips. And this cat called Chester Burnett. I was in Memphis and Nashville in late 2014 so it was real nice to "revisit" it. The Memphis sessions. Well not the picture but the collection I'm listening to
Pretty far from The Dead's universe, but like the Nuggets stuff, sometimes 3-minute pop songs are just the ticket when you get burned out on 30-minute Playin' in the Bands or Other Ones. Wait, is that even possible? Shake it Up! American Power-Pop II (1978 - 80) Here's a highlight, "Tomorrow Night" by Shoes:
