What are you listening to? May 2024

[Ojai Sam]

^ Some of those staches don't look real, and some look surreal.

Oh, I think they are real. It was part of their whole aura: part faux Mexican, part exotica, part jazz. You could never do that today but in that more innocent time, it worked surprisingly well.

 

[axolotl]

Oh, I think they are real. It was part of their whole aura: part faux Mexican, part exotica, part jazz. You could never do that today but in that more innocent time, it worked surprisingly well.

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Interesante.

But, when did Peter Sellers join the band, and how many roles did he play?

 

[Ojai Sam]

Paul Revere & The Raiders - In The Beginning (1963, Jerden reissue 1966)

Vinyl Spin of the Day.

Like The Beatles, Paul Revere & The Raiders paid a lot of dues before they hit the big time. Portland, Oregon was their Hamburg: night after grueling night of playing covers for rowdy teenagers.

I bought this copy from the cutout bin after seeing PR&TR on "Where The Action Is". This was a straight reissue of their second long player, recorded two years before they signed with Columbia. To my great surprise, the sound was driven by the wailing sax and leering vocals of Mark Lindsay, nothing like their later sanitized carriage house* hits.

* that's an upscale garage to you non-architects

on the Sam-O-Meter. It still sounds great today, but I'm sad that I never got invited to a Crisco party.

 

[Ojai Sam]

The Philadelphia Orchestra (Sergei Rachmaninov, cond.) - Isle of the Dead / Vocalise / Symphony No. 3 (rec. 1929 & 1939, RCA Red Seal comp. 1996)

A formidable man.....

 

[axolotl]

I'm sad that I never got invited to a Crisco party.

You say that now. There wasn't Instagram back then.

P. S. I used to say that would've destroyed your chances to become a Supreme Court Justice, but that joke's a total bust these days.

 

[Ojai Sam]

You say that now. There wasn't Instagram back then.

P. S. I used to say that would've destroyed your chances to become a Supreme Court Justice, but that joke's a total bust these days.

Yes, there was a lot more margarine for error in those days.

 

[axolotl]

Yes, there was a lot more margarine for error in those days.

Ima get let that one slide.

ETA: If you think it's butter but it snot.

 

[JazzyRandy]

In honor of David Sanborn, I'm going to spend the entire morning listening to these albums on shuffle, jumping from different album to different album ...




Wish I had more to listen to.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Hank Williams - Wait For The Light To Shine (1960)

Vinyl Spin of the Day.

The death of Hank Williams on New Year's Day of 1953 did not halt the flood of music unleashed by his label, MGM Records. Seven years later, they dug out some demos Hank had recorded with his guitar and overdubbed them with a full band. This album was the result, and its a lot better than you might think. The musicians do a very respectable job evoking the sound of Hank's Drifting Cowboys. With the vocals buried low in the mix, the less than stellar quality of the source material is tolerable on most of the songs. At the time, any new Hank Williams material was cause for celebration and this one is still enjoyable today.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All Time Greatest Hits

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Thursday playlist day - music of 2005

From 50 Cent, Beyonce and Panic! At The Disco to the Arctic Monkeys, The Natural, Gorillaz, and Spoon

 

[axolotl]

Thursday playlist day - music of 2005

From 50 Cent, Beyonce and Panic! At The Disco to the Arctic Monkeys, The Natural, Gorillaz, and Spoon

Ah.... bringing back the music of the Aughts.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Ah.... bringing back the music of the Aughts.

I thought I ought

 

[axolotl]

This is what I read:

I thought I ought

"Many, many good things have I bought! Many, many bad things have I fought!"