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response 75 of 268:
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Jan 11 21:51 UTC 1992 |
Re72 After thinking about it more, I think the Anthology bit is correct.
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mcnally
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response 76 of 268:
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Jan 12 01:11 UTC 1992 |
While at some friends' house this afternoon I caught a bit of MTV
where some veejay said something about "the talking heads collection
due out this fall.." I hope she just had no idea what she was talking
about. It was due out *last* fall (November 11, to be precise) and
then was delayed without any explanation.
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krj
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response 77 of 268:
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Jan 12 17:51 UTC 1992 |
Many recording projects have been delayed, delayed, and delayed again;
the prime victims which I'm interested in, besides the Talking Heads
anthology, are the new Luka Bloom (now set for Jan 21) and the new
Michelle Shocked (which keeps being pushed back to 8 weeks or so from
now...) In December, the ICE Newsletter reported that many delays were
due to a shortage of manufacturing capacity due to the demand for
fancy boxed sets. (Which reminds me, the Stax/Volt 9-CD box is on sale
for $77 at Tower, *sigh*).
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mcnally
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response 78 of 268:
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Jan 12 21:10 UTC 1992 |
$77? Tempting.. A little more than I can afford to spend on something
right now, though..
According to the Usenet upcoming album release list "Arkansas Traveler"
is now due in February sometime (a.k.a. 3-6 weeks.. who knows whether
they'll push it back again?)
If things really are being delayed by box sets, I'll be miffed.. I
don't much care for box sets to begin with..
Last (and least), on that MTV blurb I was talking about, the veejay
said something about the rest of the Talking Heads besides Byrne not
knowing anything about the band's dissolution and mentioned that there
was still the possibility of future Heads projects. Also, apparently
Byrne is getting tired of the samba kick and is supposedly releasing
an album of pop sometime in February or March.
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krj
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response 79 of 268:
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Jan 15 05:55 UTC 1992 |
The Ukranians, THE UKRANIANS: OK, somebody tell me about The Wedding Present,
and why they have spun off a band of fake Ukranians (possibly inspired by
3 Mustaphas 3?) An entertaining folk rock blend; a little simple (Leslie
complained that there were only two or three chords per song) but done
with lots of energy. Actually, so far I like this more than the new 3M3
I got at the same time...
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mcnally
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response 80 of 268:
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Jan 15 10:57 UTC 1992 |
Hmmm.. I saw that album when I was at Vinyl Solution a few weeks ago..
I wondered what it was..
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krj
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response 81 of 268:
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Jan 15 15:59 UTC 1992 |
"The Ukranians" was originally released in the UK on my favorite record
label Cooking Vinyl, which is why I was interested in it.
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mcnally
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response 82 of 268:
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Jan 15 22:01 UTC 1992 |
I wonder if that was the only CV title Vinyl Solution had hanging
around or if there might be more that you're looking for.. They still
had a few of the Rough Trade Pere Ubu titles and some other things that
I noticed were out of print.. You might give them a call if there's
still something you're looking for (and you haven't blown your CD
budget for the next two years..)
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krj
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response 83 of 268:
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Jan 16 05:21 UTC 1992 |
Unfortunately, today, my *car* ate most of my CD budget for the next six
months...
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krj
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response 84 of 268:
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Feb 3 03:29 UTC 1992 |
Forthcoming release notes, possibly of interest to readers here.
From the February ICE newsletter: (1) Rhino has a Desmond Dekker anthology
scheduled for late March. It'll probably be all the tracks Mike owns
two or three times already. (2) Michelle Shocked's ARKANSAS TRAVELLER
album has disappeared from the February release lists, and it isn't in the
March list either.
Can anyone tell me about Kaleidoscope? SIDE TRIPS, which I believe is
their first album, is due for US release on Tuesday. I'd been ruminating
about an order of the UK Edsel edition; glad I held off...
On one play, the Matthew Sweet album is kinda nice; I need to find a
40-minute optimal subset of it, though, at an hour it's too long.
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mcnally
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response 85 of 268:
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Feb 3 03:47 UTC 1992 |
You're probably right about the Desmond Dekker anthology, but I'll
probably wind up picking it up if it has at least two or three tracks
I don't already have. I'm glad you let me know, though, since I've
been sorely tempted by the $20+ import Schoolkid's has, but I just
haven't been able to bring myself to take the plunge for just a few
songs.. It's at least fairly likely that the Rhino collection will
have a few tracks that I don't have (or have in fairly obscure places
and wouldn't mind having on a purely-Dekker disc.)
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krj
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response 86 of 268:
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Apr 9 05:11 UTC 1992 |
Mike, how's that Desmond Dekker anthology on Rhino?
Mike also asked about the Blood Oranges. I've been enjoying their 1990
album CORN RIVER quite a bit lately. They're an American folk/country/rock
band, blending mandolins and electric guitars, with one or two traditional
tunes (including "Shady Grove"), the rest originals. They have a new
CD EP titled LONE GREEN RIVER which is getting quite a push over at
Schoolkids, but I haven't heard it yet.
I've only heard half of the new Michelle Shocked album so far, but that
half is *excellent*, possibly the best work she's yet recorded.
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mcnally
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response 87 of 268:
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Apr 12 02:07 UTC 1992 |
Really? The only opinion I'd heard on it so far was extremely negative.
The Desmond Dekker collection is OK, but I suspect that there are better
discs to pick up for a first taste of Dekker. On the other hand, it has
six or seven tracks on it that I've never heard (or even heard of) before,
so I picked it up at the concert. It's pretty decent, but I'd recommend the
Streetlife collection over it (though I suspect that that particular disc
may now be deleted..)
Oddly enough, though the Dekker disc was sold at the concert, I haven't
seen it show up in any record stores yet..
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krj
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response 88 of 268:
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Apr 12 03:24 UTC 1992 |
Where House in EL has the Dekker disc, I may grab it while their grand
opening sale lasts. (They have opened a new store above Jocundry's Books
on Grand River.) Yes, according to Elderly the Streetlife disc is no longer
available.
I got an interesting disc from Japan today. The band is named Tama and
I'm told that the name of the album is "Sandaru" ("Sandal"), although this
doesn't appear anywhere in English -- there's very little English on the
disc anywhere at all. It's a charming acoustic 4-piece -- accordion,
acoustic bass, guitarlike thingie, and drums, playing pop-rock with a
substantial Western influence. The packaging is very curious: it's in
a cardboard box (not one of the US crap-paks). In the cardboard box with
the disc are a set of picture cards. It appears that each card contains
the lyrics in Japanese for one song, along with a list of instrument
credits in English.
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steve
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response 89 of 268:
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Apr 16 02:31 UTC 1992 |
That sounds interesting. How did you get it?
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krj
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response 90 of 268:
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Apr 16 04:04 UTC 1992 |
I'm trading discs with an American expatriate in Japan who was surprised
to discover that folk music didn't die when he left the US 15 years ago.
(He just got Usenet access a few weeks back.)
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arabella
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response 91 of 268:
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Jun 26 22:27 UTC 1992 |
I was "priviledged" to hear some of the new album of R.E.M. covers playing
on CBC one night last week. Youch! Out of the four tracks we heard,
perhaps one was actually listenable. The others seemed like total
trash. We turned the radio off. Even devout R.E.M. fans (*especially*
devout R.E.M. fans) should avoid this album.
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bad
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response 92 of 268:
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Jun 27 03:52 UTC 1992 |
Country guys doing "It's the end of the world as we know it,
and I feel fiiiiyyyyiiiine...." and playing banjo?
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arabella
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response 93 of 268:
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Jun 28 14:09 UTC 1992 |
I picked up "Pocket Full of Kryptonite" by the Spin Doctors a few
days ago, and played it for the first time on Friday. Wow! I
am reminded of late '60s hard rock bands (strange, considering
the guys in this band are probably all about 20 years old) in
a very pleasant way. I wasn't into hard rock 24 or 25 years
ago, but I seem to have grown into it now, and the Spin Doctors
produce a very satisfying, even exhausting version of it. This
review is preliminary, since I'll need to listen a lot more to
talk about individual songs, but my first impression is
very positive. I often look for recordings that will make
doing housework seem like a breeze, and "Pocket Full of
Kryptonite" seems to be just the ticket.
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krj
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response 94 of 268:
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Jul 4 05:45 UTC 1992 |
I've been delighted to make the acquaintance of the first acknowledged
album by The Walkabouts, SEE BEAUTIFUL RATTLESNAKE GARDENS, just reissued
on CD in the last few months. The Walkabouts are just up my alley, the
usual hybrid of rock and folk influences. Carla Torgeson's got a very
nice voice -- it's so unusual to encounter a real *singer* in the indie-label
rock world -- and Grant Eckman's guitar playing is a real treat, even if
it is a bit of a throwback to the era of the lead guitar solo. Carla and
Grant also do some nice harmony singing.
I'm hoping for so much for this band, and they've had such rotten luck.
The issuing label for this album, PopLlama, went into financial collapse
some time back; this CD is the first I've heard from them in years.
The Walkabouts then landed on SubPop; unfortunately, SubPop had decided that
there was gold in that Seattle grunge style -- and with Nirvana, SubPop hit
the mother lode -- and so they seem to have no time or interest for the
Walkabouts. When I talked to the band after their show at the Pig,
they said they were shopping for a new label.
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mythago
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response 95 of 268:
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Jul 21 23:23 UTC 1992 |
Ministry, PSALM 69, is very good indeed. More guitar/music and less
percussion than THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO TASTE, and some different
themes to make it more interesting. "TV II" is not very good, but
"N.W.O.," "Jesus Built My Hot Rod," (of course) and "Psalm 69" are.
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tcc
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response 96 of 268:
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Jul 31 15:08 UTC 1992 |
I have Erasure's "ABBA-esque". After getting insulted by about 3 sales clerks
aat Sam's Jams, I actually bought it and thought it was quite good.
They still didn't do "Dancing Queen", which should be Andy Bell's theme song.
It's an EP, and the four songs on it are "Lay All Your Love On Me", "S.O.S.",
"Take a Chance On Me", and "Voulez Vous".
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krj
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response 97 of 268:
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Sep 7 10:03 UTC 1992 |
Ancient history dept: Hey, mythago, tell us again (re: #39) what's so
special about the UK version of the Best of the Eurythmics, relative to
the US domestic version?
I've been having a lot of fun lately with A TURN OF THE WHEEL by Rawlins
Cross. RC is basically an average quality country-rock band, but
the sound rather different than most of the genre because they've put
in a set of bagpipes as the lead instrument. Oh, they have some very
nice traditional pipe tunes to go with the so-so original songs.
Rawlins Cross is from Newfoundland, and their guitarist used to be in
the fine band Figgy Duff.
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mcnally
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response 98 of 268:
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Sep 8 02:14 UTC 1992 |
The UK (or, for that matter, Canadian) version of the Eurythmics
Greatest Hits has a significantly different (and in my opinion, better)
track list. Can't remember the specific differences, though..
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mythago
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response 99 of 268:
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Sep 8 02:59 UTC 1992 |
I believe there are four more tracks. It's a much better compilation.
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