I listened to this based on the above post. I tend to pick out jazz albums of this era based on how cool the cover is, and that method has never steered me wrong. I mean, sure, I knew Sonny Rollins before I ever saw this but still, the cool cover.
Lee Dorsey, Yes We Can. Allen Toussaint and The Meters in 1970, including the original Sneakin' Alley Thru The Sally. Can they make it funky? Why yes, yes they can.
This week in my car: R.E.M. - Automatic for the people Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to me Genesis - A Lamb lies on broadway (disc 1) Eric Clapton - Journeyman Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection
Could someone master this album again? Awfully compressed. Great songs, though. (Octahedron, by The Mars Volta).
Volunteers, the 2004 CD with bonus tracks. Someone on the forum compared Balin/Slick to John Doe/Exene in terms of how they harmonize, or kind of fail to. This similar symbiosis or lack thereof is evident to me on "The Farm." I was like "Hey, X copied this." The live tracks on this disc are especially good, generally and as compared to other live Airplane I've heard.
I think that might have been me with the JA/X comparison, but anyway, I am a big fan of both. X really killed it at the SF show I caught at the Independent a couple months ago. Phenomenally good show, and Mike Watt was great, too. Anyway, tonight I'm finally digging into the Velvet Underground Complete Matrix set. Great to finally have some decent sounding live VU (I had not picked up any of the deluxe editions with live bonus discs, just had the Quine Tapes release and Live 1969 until now). Very different super slow version of Waiting For the Man to kick things off, really liking it.
The VU Matrix set was the best archival release of 2015, IMO (sorry to both Mr. Zimmerman and our boys) - certainly one of the top of the decade so far too. "The Black Angel's Death Song" was never one of my favorites from the debut LP, but this live version from "Set One" is really, really nice. I actually like this version better (maybe 'cause it's more accessible w/o Cale's screeching viola?) than the VU&Nico original.
I am with you on preferring the non-viola version, even if that seems like heresy. Yes, this is a great, great archival release so far, and I'm only still on Disc 1. It's only the arrival at the same time as Zimmerman and our boys that have kept me from digging in until now.
Shifted gears after Disc 1 of the VU Matrix set since there are so many repeated songs, but will get back into the rest of it sometime soon. Now giving a first listen to Mingus' Let My Children Hear Music, which I've been meaning to pick up for ages. "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers" is way up there among the greatest track titles of all time, and of course the music is outstanding.
Winding up the night with Tom Waits' Closing Time. I only have a few pre-Swordfishtrombones albums and just picked up this one to start filling in the gaps.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - All This Useless Beauty Spinning the bonus disc from the 2CD Rhino edition for the first time.
Don & Phil - you gotta love 'em. Based on the aural evidence from the Valentine's weekend 1970 FE shows (as heard on Bear's Choice and DP 4) our boys did too. Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. 1960 to 1969 That reminds me... those Valentine's shows are coming up for their anniversary this coming weekend. Should I play Dark Star>Other One>Lovelight this coming Saturday? I'd say hell yes!
Last night did the les bons temps roullez thing with Dr. John's Gris-Gris (which I realized after putting it on wasn't the most Mardi Gras-appropriate Dr. John album, but it was too good to stop) and The Meters' Rejuvenation. And some homemade gumbo and leftover non-homemade Louisiana-style shrimp.
"Wake Up Little Suzie" on Bear's Choice, so awesome. I have one Everly's greatest hits album, haven't listened to it in a while. Tonight on shuffle, "Inca Roads", Zappa; "Too Much Information", Police; "My Wife", The Who off of The Kids Are Alright soundtrack. Wheee!
