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Soundtracks To Our Lives W/E 27/9/03
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Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives W/E 27/9/03
Sep 28, 2003, 14:38
in the bag
Farewell To Ireland Memories of Sligo
Cd three of the Proper box set of Irish traditional music from 1920s
and 1930s America. It might take a bit of getting into but it is as
vital as anything from the period.
Nice to hear this stage of another element of the future influences on rock and roll. This is the same era that the delta blues stuff was being recorded.
Some of this may seem a tad corny, there's versions of Foggy Dew and Paddy Mcginty's Goat here for e.g. but I think the cliche only developed later. I think this is great, but it did take me a couple of listens to get really into it.
Still, 4cds for around 25 euro or £12(cheaper if you're not paying for import)can't be sneezed at too loudly.

In The Beginning There was Rhythm
SoulJazz compi of Brit post-punk/New Wave dance stuff. I also just got the US equivalent in the shape of their 'New York Noise' which is just as good.
I really think that Soul Jazz are a label of quality, a bunch of music fans releasing music for other music fans. The Golden Rule as applied to commerce?
This compi is as funky as f***. I love the A Certain Ratio stuff which means I'll probably grab their 'Early' compi too.
This Heat's 24 Track Loop truly is a thing of wonder, sounding like it could have been recorded a lot later. (could've been cut 20 odd years later with different technology and still not sound as good)

Genesis Nursery Cryme
Bought this to understand what I didn't like about prog. Found out I liked it, hope its not catching.
Sounds like a post-Beatles pastoral band. I can stomach it muchly, I just wonder if this is because this was a new line-up and they hadn't hit a formula yet or if there is anything else by them worth checking out.

Eddie Palmieri The Sun Of Latin Music
New York based, Puerto Rican rooted pianist's early 70s progressive
funk lp. Very danceable, at least once you get past the long ambient intro to Una Dia Bonita.
I hear the Live at Sing Sing lp's pretty great too. Wish I'd known when I saw it.

Tim Buckley This Dream Belongs to Me
two sets of unreleased versions of tracks from '68 and '73 that turn up in very different form elsewhere.
I've just asked Rhino Handmade if Works in Progress which overlaps the '68 stuff here is still available and been told no. Damn.
(the new Television stuff is there though)
The '68 stuff is material that was reworked into tracks on Happy Sad, tracks here became parts of the Room 109 suite. There's also a different take on Song to the Siren and a slower Buzzin Fly.
the 73 stuff is better versions of the overcomercialised stuff on Sefronia (including the title track) and Look at The Fool (Tim hasn't got a cold here)

Birthday Party Live 81-82
Raw, powerful. What else can i say.
Funny that a bunch of public school boys could come out with something this alive innit?

Membranes Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
Compi of John Robb's Preston/Manchester based crew.
They were described at the time as first lp era Meat Puppets play The Fall's Dragnet. I don't think they had the Puppet's virtuosity but otherwise that's reasonably close.
Spike Milligan's tape Recorder is a thing of great joy.
The cover of Voodoo Chile is so f***ed up its almost unrecognisable but all the greater for it.
Stevo
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