Oh man, The Cutting Edge 6CD is a no brainer. To hear the evolution of the arrangements of that classic '65/'66 stuff is pure heaven. In that case, it's more a matter of the 6CD vs 18CD behemoth. There's no way that the 2CD was gonna cut it, for me at least.
It’s funny right after I posted that I thought I should just buy the 6-CD Cutting Edge now. I may have just doubled down...
I made my own compacted set. I took the 14 disc version and firstly deleted all false starts and dialogue tracks etc. Then every track i went and slowly edited off ALL dialogue. NOW I can actually be bothered to listeb to the thing! Come at me everyone yea yea yea
For anyone interested, the "misterclaudel" McCartney Press To Play Sessions 3 cd 1 dvd set is WELL worth tracking down online. Hint, I found it on B.Z. The rough mixes are in fantastic quality almost comparable to the album proper. And then theres all the single remixes and other miscellany.
Sneaking some Who's Next into the college pigskin agenda, I need it. Some other delta blues, super star status americana boogie added in to shake me up some... damn those tall fall football Bloodies! Rain/storm delay, great time for a listen...
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 2014 mono LP reissue side 2 This mono mix helps to highlight the melodicism of McCartney's bass lines and Ringo's tasteful drum fills on "A Day in the Life". The Grateful Dead were big fans (as was most everyone else under 30, and some over 30).
I remember being very surprised to find the UK import LP of Invisible Hits (Midnight Music, 1983) at Groovacious Records in Cedar City, Utah five or six years ago. I bought it, of course.
Oh my goodness, Loaded s still my favorite rock and roll record of all time. Velvet Underground is pretty solid good also; the elegance of the broken, best, hopeful, romantic wet dream. Loaded, a a joyful sassy romp thru a NY City heatwave of street with a smart boogie woogie piano and everybody else's best shot. Both records are the perfect construct for a night time air ride, air raid maybe, depends on how old you are, I suppose. I'm taking the night train.
I'm watching Willie live at Farm Aid 2018. He looks very healthy. My dad is the same age and isn't doing nearly as well. I'm bummed out that I forgot that this was on. I missed Sturgill Simpson, Margo Price and others earlier. Oh well.
Rodrigo Amado A History of Nothing Amado on tenor saxophone Joe McPhee: soprano saxophone & pocket trumpet Kent Kessler: double bass Chris Corsano: drums Recorded on studio in Lisbon on 3/5/2017 5 freely improvised pieces squarely in a jazz mode but fitting of their earlier debut recording which was called “This is our Language”. This recording may be a slight step down but we will see. Very strong in it’s understatement *and* power/force. These are some of the masters of our day and McPhee is a legend. On Trost Records My latest order of 8 CD’s include 3 with McPhee as all these years later, I can never hear enough of the great multi-instrumentalist/sound maker/improvisor. Always full of surprises and he is seemingly better at 77 than he was at 57.
Wish we got AXStv, it's damnable that we don't in this market. I recently had access to it on a weekend vacation, and that alone atoned for a year of Mtv Bland. Maybe one year soon it will be available to us finally. I love the smell of coffee and the sound of this record in the morning. It feels like Sunday.
Fairport Convention - while I prefer the next three albums with Sandy Denny the debut is really good too.
After The Gold Rush - the recent best Neil Young album talk prompted me to play a few, including this one. In terms of personal favorites this is definitely in my top 3. Excited to be going to his solo show at the Tower Theatre next Sunday.
It is simply an organically brilliant work. His voice and melodies and guitar(s) and piano flow from song to song with a lyricism throughout that can't be denied. I was five years old when it originally came out, but my older brother was always playing it and I vividly remember hearing that voice, and when I did my brother would ask me whom is that? I always knew it was Neil (though on occasion I identified a Dylan song or two as Neil too). When I open the album sleeve and hold it in my hands, and when I listen to the album, I'm instantly transported in time and can see and smell and feel every magical note. It was indeed a goldrush, and it still is... NYF
A perfect álbum. I love it so much, and every time I give it a spin it brings me lots of memories (good and bad). The first Neil song that drew my attention was "Don't Let It Bring You Down". Splendid by all means. "The Adventures of Greggery Peccary" is one of Frank's capital works, lyrics and music.
