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laresident 861 posts |
Jan 28, 2003, 04:30
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I've liked Desertshore for many years. It compliments Marble Index and exists in its shadow. very unsung.
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laresident 861 posts |
Jan 28, 2003, 04:41
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Excellent lyrical imagery on that song
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laresident 861 posts |
Jan 28, 2003, 04:56
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Made LA dreamy compilation of Julie Cruise strange and very good one of Mum and uplifting ones from the various Spiritualized records enjoyed both Ladytron records so much that I cut a fun showreel to Light and Magic track to pitch for some cosmetics work. now feel a darker cycle coming on
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Howden 216 posts |
Jan 28, 2003, 08:30
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Does anyone have the Devoto solo album, 'Jerky Versions of the Dream', they could copy for me? I used to have it, scratched but still essential, but I can't find it... Please? Magazine = an essential band. I remember hearing 'Shot By Both Sides' on John Peel for the first time and thinking music would never be the same again!
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cancer boy 977 posts |
Jan 28, 2003, 09:32
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Yeah, and it's got the original Stonehenge from before Spinal Tap stole their thunder ;) Also, according to the sleeve notes on the CD, sleeve designer Krusher Joule submitted any old piece of tat for the cover because he didn't really want the job and was stunned when Iommi liked it. I remember being surprised reading "American Hardcore: A Tribal History" how much Black Flag and so on said they were influenced by this album and "Holy Diver" by Dio. Then again, maybe that's why most hardcore bands went a bit stodgy around 83. Go on, dig it out and give it a listen, you know you want to!
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Stevo 6664 posts |
Jan 28, 2003, 18:56
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what's in the bag this week? AMON DUUL Paradieswarts Duul The first LP by the original band. After hearing about banks of bongos for years this seems surprisingly drum light. Very spare, near acoustic sounding electric band play 3 long tracks (plus both sides of the single on this Captain Trip version) CHROME The Chronicles Dossier version of the lp that came as an extra record wiuth the original vinyl box set if I’m thinking right. This is the one with Anorexic Sacrifice and The Chronicle of the Beacon on. Heavy skronking psych metal? Dunno how this is normally classified. I’d say File Under Chrome? Or maybe Avant Garage? OUM KALSOUM The Mother Of The Arabs The great Arabic singer with acoustic small group sounding instrumentation. This has next to no information but sounds atmospheric. Can’t think what to say other than she’s one of Jah Wobble’s favs and I’ve beenmeaning to get her material for years. CONGOS Heart Of The Congos One of the essential Reggae LPs. Perry imbues the production on what otherwise would be a folk-gospel-harmony lp with so much spaciousness that it is downright psychedelic. I hear comparisons to things like Can as well as Malian stuff by the likes of Kasse Mady. UFO 2 Flying One Hour Space Rock Mogg and co playing heavy spacerock from 72. Some great wah wah and slide herein, though the rhythm section occasionally seems to drag. But I keep wondering how the original vinyl came out was it 2 sides of ½ an hour each or what? Pretty difficult to break it up otherwise with 2 majorly long tracks and 3 semi normal ones. POPUL VUH Hosianna Mantra Mostly instrumental stuff by Fricke and co. Here joined by the guitar of Conny Veit between Gila incarnations. Nice stuff. JADE WARRIOR Strangely ambient sounding first LP by ex July progsters. Sections of heavy guitar and mainly African derived ethnic drumming. OXFORD CIRCLE Live At The Avalon 1966 66 garage-impro-raveup Yardbirdsy takes on Brit invasion sounds including covers of The Animals and the typical Bo Diddley etc. Should disparage the idea that Blue Cheer couldn’t play since Paul Whalley is stretching out here quite adequately 2 years before Vincebus Eruptum LARRY YOUNG Lawrence Of Newark Very Spacey psychy jazz lp by organ player Young and pretty big band apparently including first appearance of James ‘Blood’ Ulmer on not very guitar sounding guitar and an uncredited Pharaoh Sanders. SHIRLEY COLLINS Within Sound Disc2 2nd disc of the box set ranges from stuff with Davy graham in 64 to an Xmas LP from 69. The portative organ by her sister Dolly is great and the later tracks sound oddly psychedelic for acoustic traditional stuff. KINKS Ultimate Collection Had to start somewhere didn’t I? Been meaning to get some of their stuff for years. And found this in a sale. Where next after this? It sounds pretty good up to about 72. Dunno about the late 80s stuff at the end though. See My Friends has been claimed as one of the earliest raga-influenced rock tracks. Ray Davies seems to be a closer influence on most of the other mid 60s Brit invasion songwriters than Dylan. Stevo Np Popul Vuh Hosianna Mantra Ah
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Stevo 6664 posts |
Jan 28, 2003, 18:57
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part the second SAVAGE REPUBLIC Jamahiriya ‘88 Last planned studio LP by LA based ethnic-drone rockers. Very Psych and also heavily krautrock sounding. I know the influence is in there. I think the reissues are still available from here http://www.mobilization.com/catalog.html I foolishly lost the rest of the cds when my bag disappeared or they’d be being eulogised here too. This was both my fav and the only one in at Rough Trade when I was there over Xmas YARDBIRDS Cumular Limit The Page era stuff mostly live including the Yardbirds take on Jake Holmes Dazed and confused, which has different lyrics to the Zep rewrite. I grabbed this from Stand Out after fearing I’d missed it when I forgot to buy it a year earlier. I thought I’d heard that Mr Page withdrew it from sales almost as soon as it was released. Pretty tasty though. SAUTER, DIETRICH, MOORE Barefoot In The Head Crunching freeblowfest from Borbetomagus’ horns and Sonic Thurston. An entire disc of instrumental L.A. Blues from NYC? Comes with liner notes by Thomas Pynchon and leaves you with no ears. Luvlee. 2 Freedmen and A Slave? KRAFTWERK Man Machine ’78 LP in English version. Long after their krautrock dissonance this is percussively rhythm centred melody. Contains an Albini-free The Model and Neon Lights which the Blue Nile tried to rewrite on Hats. PESHAY Fusion What do you call this stuff? From this example pretty good. Got slipped this by somebody who does the distribution. WARHORSE As Heaven Turns To Ash Ultra heavy doom/stoner rock with weird jazz like undercurrents and folky ambient short tracks breaking up the sludge. Some of this reminds heavily of things like Guru Guru only the rhythm section keep reminding you that it’s metal. Anyway one of my most frequently played discs of last year. CHARLES WRIGHT AND THE WATTS 103RD STREET RHYTHM BAND Express Yourself: the Best of LA late 60s/ early 70-s funk crew. Been meaning to get this since I saw him interviewed in the Lee Perry covered Grand Royale several years back. Very funky though I was heavily surprised by the Stax like deep Soul stuff. I wish this had the recording dates down cos I like knowing what years things like this are from. GENTLE GIANT Octopus Trying to work out what it is about this that I love. Seems like a mix of folk and jazz with Beatlesy touches that would pass as pretty great pop if played straight. What the band did here though was to break up melody lines between as many instruments as possible and add filigree to points of near Baroquery. Heavy influence from medieval folk too. GOLDENROD Famous session musicians for the likes of the Fifth Dimension play heavy stoner instrumentals. Here in both mono and stereo takes with very different playing times. FRACTION Moonblood Hippy Heavy Jesus rock with Morrison as aged tramp vocals. And some majorly tasty guitar. Just been reissued from masters with 3 extra tracks. Was gonna ask why this sounds so bad but I guess its just a Flashback Boot SWANS Feel Good Now The Children of God Swans put a band together and have everybody play rhythm. And no t’aint as funky frenetic as the JBs. Dashed tasty though. Martial rhythms and guitar like a gutpunch. Gira at the time decried the idea of improvisation . Could have fooled me. How do you get from 6 minute songs to 20 minute versions without it? MISSION OF BURMA (Rykodisc compi) The US answer to WIRE etc? I hear echoes of the same influences as Joy Division picked up on. This is the currently out of print cd with the first e.p. and VS lp on. I’ve read people wondering why Roger Miller got to write so many tracks since his writing style seemed less coherent than Prescott’s. The idea seems to be that he should have stuck to the out of left field guitar stuff and added to songs by a tunesmith insteasd of being too Avant-garde(at least that’s how I remember it). Me I Like this. Especially the elegiac stuff like Einstein’s Day was it Chrome or Destroy All Monsters that Miller was a short term member of? Must get hold of a copy of that Sproton Layer lp Stevo Np Popul Vuh Hosianna Mantra Ah!
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MonkeyBoy 1008 posts |
Jan 28, 2003, 20:14
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dunno, has Devoto's solo album ever been officialy reissued?
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Popel Vooje 5373 posts |
Jan 29, 2003, 12:25
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Cool. I'll admit that the crypto-Nazi paraphernalia turned me off a little to begin with as well, but apparently that look was a big hit in New York gay clubs during the last 70s, which is presumably where DAF filched it from. Don't actually own "Die Kleinen und Die Bosen" but I do have "Gold Und Liebe" and "Fur Immer", both of which are only marginally less great than "Alles...". Surprised that more Krautrock fans aren't into them, too, especially considering how much "Der Mussolini" borrows from Neu!'s "Super".
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Popel Vooje 5373 posts |
Jan 29, 2003, 12:31
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Glad to see someone else on this site likes Mission of Burma. In addition to having been influenced by JD and Wire, I can also hear strong traces of MoB's influence in the early-mid period material by one of my all-time favourite bands, Husker Du (especially the more melodic Clint Conley tunes). Although that compo is indeed out of print, "Signals, Calls And Marches" , "Vs" plus the live swansong "The Horrible Truth ABout Burma" have recently been re-issued seperately by Rykodisc with superior mastering and a couple of bonus tracks not on that 1988 disc (the B-side "Max Ernst" and "Progress").
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