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krj
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response 474 of 504:
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Jun 22 17:31 UTC 1999 |
Hmm, I wonder if I should toss my 10" vinyl of BLACK MARKET CLASH into
the hypothetical resale pile...
Afro-Celt Sound System, VOLUME 2: RELEASE.
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kewy
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response 475 of 504:
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Jun 23 00:25 UTC 1999 |
Billy Joel in the living room, can't remember the name of the song.
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krj
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response 476 of 504:
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Jun 23 04:08 UTC 1999 |
Jefferson Airplane, AFTER BATHING AT BAXTER'S. The binge continues.
Nobody does 10 minute psychedelic guitar jams any more.
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mcnally
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response 477 of 504:
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Jun 23 05:33 UTC 1999 |
Despite their disastrous post-Airplane careers ("We Built This City")
I still have a soft spot for Jefferson Airplane.
Lots of good stuff on "After Bathing at Baxter's". Since I rid myself
of my LPs long ago, I no longer have a copy, I'll have to go dig up my
copy of "2400 Fulton Street" (a 2-disc best-of from about 10 years ago)
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md
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response 478 of 504:
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Jun 23 14:04 UTC 1999 |
"Take the 'A' Train," by Duke Ellington, in a 1960 stereo
recording, rereleased this year for the Ellington contennnial.
It starts with a long solo by Ellington himself that withholds
a simple statement of the theme until the halfway point, in
an "applause" sign manner. The celebrated opening riff
doesn't appear until some time after that, and when it does,
Ellington emphasizes it for another applause sign. Then
the orchestra finally enters with what amounts to *another*
applause sign. There are a few more of those scattered
throughout the performance. 40 years ago, it was simply
a grand old man showing off grandly for the crowd; now,
it gives me goose bumps.
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orinoco
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response 479 of 504:
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Jun 23 14:49 UTC 1999 |
I didn't realize that "Super Black Market Clash" was a b-side collection.
That makes sense, though, since the one song I recognized - Pressure Drop -
sounded almost totally unfamiliar.
Phish still do 1/2-hour psychedelic guitar jams, if you don't mind that they
all sound the same.
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mcnally
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response 480 of 504:
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Jun 23 21:49 UTC 1999 |
I wonder how many times "Pressure Drop" has been covered since it first
surfaced in Jamaica in the early 60s.. (at least that's where I *think*
it originated, but come to think of it a lot of those early ska bands
did lots of covers themselves..)
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scott
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response 481 of 504:
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Jun 24 02:17 UTC 1999 |
Spinal Tap yet again. Wow, this is a really good album, comedy aside.
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tpryan
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response 482 of 504:
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Jun 24 23:52 UTC 1999 |
Now that I replaced the cord to the CD player (I was only getting
one channel) The Cars Greatest Hits on CD. It's one of the CDs I got
returning the unopened vinyl version and asking if I could get the
price back toward the CD.
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otaking
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response 483 of 504:
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Jul 1 19:49 UTC 1999 |
Re #457: I got the unreleased Sarah McLachlan track through a special offer
from CDNow. When I bought "Mirrorball," another company let me make a 4 song
CD single using several choices of rare and unreleased tracks.
Right now, I'm listening to Hagalaz Runedance "Winds That Sang of Midgard's
Fate."
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mcnally
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response 484 of 504:
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Jul 2 02:26 UTC 1999 |
I'm not listening to it at the moment because I'm in a computer lab
(no phone line at home, so I don't listen to music when I grex anymore..)
but recent purchases from Tower included a used copy of David Byrne's
most recent, "Feelings", and a RealWorld sampler called something like
"10 out of 10" that was selling for $0.99
"Feelings" is OK -- better so far than any of Byrne's other post-Heads
solo work. It's stylistically mixed, though quite a few of the tracks
were done with the British trip-hop trio Morcheeba.
The RealWorld sampler is pretty good, it'll probably sucker me into
buying at least one or two of the albums by featured African artists.
For $0.99 it's a pretty safe bet you'll find *something* to like on it..
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krj
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response 485 of 504:
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Jul 2 04:24 UTC 1999 |
The Real World sampler looks very cool. I saw it tonight, but it was
after Leslie had checked out, so I didn't want to wait in line again.
NP: Ougenweide, "Liederbuch." A German folk-rock album in honor of
Leslie's impending departure for Austria.
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orinoco
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response 486 of 504:
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Jul 2 16:39 UTC 1999 |
Tori Amos, "The Donut Song".
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scott
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response 487 of 504:
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Jul 2 20:29 UTC 1999 |
A Skatalites CD from the library.
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tpryan
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response 488 of 504:
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Jul 2 21:50 UTC 1999 |
The Great Luke Ski's song about Seinfield.
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mcnally
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response 489 of 504:
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Jul 3 00:44 UTC 1999 |
re #487: If you decide you'd like to hear more from the Skatalites
and want to hear some of the stuff they did in their prime, I highly
recommend some of the collections on Island that are not classified
as Skatalites discs but most of the tracks either feature the Skatalites
as the backup band for someone else or else are one of the various
members' side-projects. My two favorites are "Scandal Ska" and
"More Intensified"
the quality of the recordings is not uniformly good -- these were low
budget recordings done in Jamaica in the early-to-mid 1960s. but the
music is flat-out excellent if you like original-style ska even the
slightest little bit.
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scott
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response 490 of 504:
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Jul 3 02:48 UTC 1999 |
Thanks for the tip about the Skatalites. I do like the disc I was listening
too, whic was recent enough to have a plug for their web site.
Now playing:
"Afro-Peruvian Classics" "The Soul of Black Peru". This was in a 50% sale
bin at Borders, total cost $4.99! Cool stuff, too.
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scott
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response 491 of 504:
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Jul 3 03:26 UTC 1999 |
Danny Elfman, "Batman" soundtrack.
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mcnally
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response 492 of 504:
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Jul 3 17:28 UTC 1999 |
re #490: re -- "The Soul of Black Peru" were there any more? that's one
of my favorites.. I might have to pick up a few extras to give as gifts..
by now I've listened to the $0.99 RealWorld sampler enough to highly
recommend it. the only downside is it may well wind up costing me a
great deal more than $0.99 if I get lured into buying individual releases
by all of the artists on it I like. I *really* like the track by
Somali musician Maryam Mursal..
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scott
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response 493 of 504:
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Jul 3 19:08 UTC 1999 |
Sorry, that was the only copy. A bunch of 0.5 * $16.99 Kodo discs, though.
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orinoco
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response 494 of 504:
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Jul 3 20:08 UTC 1999 |
That's the trouble with compilations. Good mix tapes are even worse: your
friends give them to you free, and then they worm their way into your
subconscious and force you to buy all the albums represented on them :)
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mcnally
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response 495 of 504:
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Jul 3 22:34 UTC 1999 |
Luckily in Ann Arbor we have Encore Records, which is almost certainly
the best (for my tastes, anyways) used CD store I've been in in a long
time.. I listened to the Maryam Mursal album, decided I wasn't as wild
about the rest of it as I was about the track on the compilation, and
decided instead to buy a CD by another artist on the compilation --
Ugandan artist Geoffrey Oryema.
Granted, all of this stuff is on Peter Gabriel's RealWorld label so it's
not especially obscure, but how many used music stores would have both
discs in stock, as well as several discs by Cape Verdean artist Cesaria
Evora (on Nonesuch) to fill out my CD purchase. (you can't just buy one
CD, they get lonely..)
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tpryan
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response 496 of 504:
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Jul 4 01:26 UTC 1999 |
The Dr Demento show (8/11/91), "Too pooped to Pop", a definite
oldie.
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tpryan
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response 497 of 504:
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Jul 4 01:28 UTC 1999 |
Once of the ways I justify putting mix tapes together is that
sometimes, it is the way that poeple do sample enought to buy the
whole album.
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gnat
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response 498 of 504:
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Jul 6 13:14 UTC 1999 |
Olivia Tremor Control, "Black Foliage." Buy this album now. Buy it
and listen to it till your head explodes. Then buy a new head and
listen to it some more.
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