I love New Sensation but havent gotten into Legendary Hearts yet. I love Lou´s style of simple rock and roll. Just to the point, ya know?
Compared to The Blue Mask, its brilliant predecessor, Legendary Hearts feels like a uneventful album, but it's good. Unfortunately, Reed left out most of Quine's guitar parts during the mix, so I guess it could have been much better.
finishing up Ghosts which ends with a gorgeous solo bass passage segueing into Gustafsson’s Alva Jo - wow all the way around - then who knew Mats could write a piece of music like this piece - minor mode stunner - goose bumps - this brings me back - plus even though they had a minimal amount of gigs, they are so tight and yet loose and almost crazy. The stunning execution of these written parts have to be heard to be believed.
Blacks' Myths - Astro Nation Luke Stewart - electric bass guitar, upright bass, vocals, electronics Warren Crudup, III - Drums Version of Sun Ra - Astro Nation
IDK, I'd like to hear them on Nilsson Sings Davies. Or Rod Stewart/The Faces doing Lola vs. Powerman and Muswell Hillbillies could be great. Small Faces could've been a nice match for him, too. Maybe The Zombies? The Moody Blues? What if Ray had spent some time at the White Album sessions? "Here, Paul. I've got a few Music Hall numbers that you might fancy...." Somebody in Britain could've rocked out "Victoria." "Hey, Pete... here's a concept for you...." And what if he met Elton John at Dick James Publishing? What if he'd fallen in with Fairport Convention and wrote an album for Sandy Denny? He was one of the great writers of his time, but for me his voice is one of the challenges in appreciating his songs. If only that I could hear other people singing them, or other bands tackling the arrangements.
I hear all that, but give me Ray any time. Listen, I prefer Fred Neil's original of "Everybody's Talkin'", John Hartford's "Gentle On My Mind", and Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles" over the more famous covers by 'better' singers. Hell, Garcia's hardly a "great" singer technically, but who would you rather hear do "Wharf Rat", "Brokedown Palace", or "To Lay Me Down"?
As a side note, I don't think I've ever heard the original version of Everybody's Talkin' so I just sought it out. I love Harry Nilsson's version but the original is indeed good:
Fred Neil, no more, no less. Listen to his albums as soon as possible, you won't regret it!!! (They are not too many, by the way).
Here, My Dear. Marvin Gaye, 1978. Marvin's marvelous divorce album. Just as I was starting to listen to this I read that What's Going On made it to the top in the newly revised list of the "500 greatest albums of all time" by Rolling Stone. I couldn't care less about those ridiculous rankings, but I liked the coincidence (that's what it was: a coincidence, and that's all).
Rush - Initial Reflections Opening date of the 1996-1997 Test For Echo Tour. 10/19/96 Albany, NY Excellent 2 camera audience shot video! I'm generally not an AUD video collector but this one is a must for serious Rush fans. Considering the only pro-shot from the tour is the butchered half-concert released from the 1997 Toronto show, this is fantastic. Also, this is the opening night so the soon-to-be-dropped "Time and Motion" is present in the setlist! The audio source is a roomy-but-excellent AUD recording. Loud and clear! The video is great as well - it's only 2 cameras but the filmers both did excellent jobs, so when switching from one camera to the other it often feels like there are 5 or 6 different filmers and not just 2. One camera is in the stands on the left hand side mainly focusing on closeups of the guys and the other camera is dead center in the back from a straight-on perspective. Really, really terrific set. For real. Here it is on youtube:
I remember checking out and digging Jeff the Brotherhood a few years ago. Following up to listen to some newer stuff. This is cool...
