What Are You Listening To? April 2024
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Zeeba Neighba
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Louis Prima - Capitol Collectors Series
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Jerry Lee Lewis - The Sun Years (rec. 1956-63, Charly comp. 1983)
Vinyl Spin of the Day (several of them, actually).
This beautiful package introduced the world to the wealth of material The Killer laid down during his long tenure at Sun Records. Over the span of 11 LP's we get all of the released songs and most of what stayed in the can. The massive box also holds a lavishly illustrated booklet, full discography and individual inner sleeves with track-by-track annotations. Bear Family did it bigger and more complete in the digital era but for my money this is still the ideal way to absorb this hugely important body of work. Jerry Lee, like the label itself, struggled during these years but whenever he sat down at a piano in the studio, the results were worth hearing.
Vinyl Spin of the Day (several of them, actually).
This beautiful package introduced the world to the wealth of material The Killer laid down during his long tenure at Sun Records. Over the span of 11 LP's we get all of the released songs and most of what stayed in the can. The massive box also holds a lavishly illustrated booklet, full discography and individual inner sleeves with track-by-track annotations. Bear Family did it bigger and more complete in the digital era but for my money this is still the ideal way to absorb this hugely important body of work. Jerry Lee, like the label itself, struggled during these years but whenever he sat down at a piano in the studio, the results were worth hearing.
axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
Then, why did he stand at the piano so much?
Oh, never mind. I just remembered what his two biggest hits were.
Zeeba Neighba
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The Replacements - My Apologies, Mother, For Forgetting To Take Out The Garbage (1981)
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And now for something completely different...
Henry Mancini - Breakfast At Tiffany's (soundtrack 1961, Intrada Expanded Edition 2013)
Henry Mancini reflected in his autobiography that he "would love to have an album of some of those scores as they were heard in the film", as opposed to his pallid re-recordings for RCA Victor. A decade after his death, the soundtrack kings at Intrada honored that wish with this album. Through painstaking detective work, they assembled this comprehensive package from the actual 35 mm three-channel tracks from the Paramount vault as well as a variety of other sources. The biggest surprise here is a stunning unreleased version of "Moon River" sung by Katherine Hepburn with just the acoustic guitar of Bob Bain, the same guy who contributed the unforgettable Fender Telecaster solo to Mancini's "Peter Gunn" theme.
on the Sam-O-Meter.
Trivia note: You'd never know it, but Shelly Manne played drums for these sessions.
Henry Mancini - Breakfast At Tiffany's (soundtrack 1961, Intrada Expanded Edition 2013)
Henry Mancini reflected in his autobiography that he "would love to have an album of some of those scores as they were heard in the film", as opposed to his pallid re-recordings for RCA Victor. A decade after his death, the soundtrack kings at Intrada honored that wish with this album. Through painstaking detective work, they assembled this comprehensive package from the actual 35 mm three-channel tracks from the Paramount vault as well as a variety of other sources. The biggest surprise here is a stunning unreleased version of "Moon River" sung by Katherine Hepburn with just the acoustic guitar of Bob Bain, the same guy who contributed the unforgettable Fender Telecaster solo to Mancini's "Peter Gunn" theme.
on the Sam-O-Meter.Trivia note: You'd never know it, but Shelly Manne played drums for these sessions.
Unsomnambulist
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A Country Western - Life On The Lawn (2024)
Ojai Sam
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Ray Budzilek - Live At Fiedor's Grove (1966)
Vinyl Spin of the Day.
DJ/promoter Joe Fiedor opened a park in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania (pop. 4200) to showcase his polka bands in a family environment. According to the liner notes, Fiedor's Grove, "in the beautiful farm country east of Pittsburgh" offered "picnic spots, refreshments, indoor dancing, and top polka entertainment...every Sunday night."
Ray and his top notch ensemble turned in a hot set to regale the enthusiastic crowd, you know, "the type that comes for the pleasure of your company and doesn't leave till food, drink, song, and dancing is exhausted." Not everyone was painting it, black during the summer of 1966.
This is the only album I own where the artist's name and the album title are both misspelled on the cover.
Vinyl Spin of the Day.
DJ/promoter Joe Fiedor opened a park in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania (pop. 4200) to showcase his polka bands in a family environment. According to the liner notes, Fiedor's Grove, "in the beautiful farm country east of Pittsburgh" offered "picnic spots, refreshments, indoor dancing, and top polka entertainment...every Sunday night."
Ray and his top notch ensemble turned in a hot set to regale the enthusiastic crowd, you know, "the type that comes for the pleasure of your company and doesn't leave till food, drink, song, and dancing is exhausted." Not everyone was painting it, black during the summer of 1966.
This is the only album I own where the artist's name and the album title are both misspelled on the cover.
axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
This is the only album I own where the artist's name and the album title are both misspelled on the cover.
It all makes sense, as Ray had declined to play the extra encore late Sunday night.
To accompany my writing this morning, I listened to songs with "Revolution" in their titles. Wish I could have included other songs with themes of revolution but without the word in the title, but I didn't want to spend too much effort creating a more comprehensive playlist. Maybe another time.
Teena Marie - "Revolution" (1981)
Lenny Kravitz - "Love Revolution" (2008)
Ron Miles (w/Bill Frisell) - "Revolutionary Congregation" (2017)
Public Enemy - "Revolutionary Generation" (1990)
Arrested Development - "Raining Revolution" (1992)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Revolution" (1974)
Lord Jamar - "Revolution" (2006)
Joshua Redman - "Stoic Revolutions" (2000)
Public Enemy - "Revalation 33 1/3 Revolutions" (1998)
Christian Scott - "Jenacide (The Inevitable Rise and Fall of the Bloodless Revolution" (2010)
Amir Sulaiman - "We Are The Revolution" (2007)
Nas - Revolutionary Warfare (2002)
Earth Wind & Fire - "Revolution" (2006)
Immortal Technique - "Revolutionary" (2001)
Wish I had more songs from the 70s and 60s on this list.
Still, it was a nice ride
Teena Marie - "Revolution" (1981)
Lenny Kravitz - "Love Revolution" (2008)
Ron Miles (w/Bill Frisell) - "Revolutionary Congregation" (2017)
Public Enemy - "Revolutionary Generation" (1990)
Arrested Development - "Raining Revolution" (1992)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Revolution" (1974)
Lord Jamar - "Revolution" (2006)
Joshua Redman - "Stoic Revolutions" (2000)
Public Enemy - "Revalation 33 1/3 Revolutions" (1998)
Christian Scott - "Jenacide (The Inevitable Rise and Fall of the Bloodless Revolution" (2010)
Amir Sulaiman - "We Are The Revolution" (2007)
Nas - Revolutionary Warfare (2002)
Earth Wind & Fire - "Revolution" (2006)
Immortal Technique - "Revolutionary" (2001)
Wish I had more songs from the 70s and 60s on this list.
Still, it was a nice ride
axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
Gil Scott-Heron - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (1971)To accompany my writing this morning, I listened to songs with "Revolution" in their titles. Wish I could have included other songs with themes of revolution but without the word in the title, but I didn't want to spend too much effort creating a more comprehensive playlist. Maybe another time.
Teena Marie - "Revolution" (1981)
Lenny Kravitz - "Love Revolution" (2008)
Ron Miles (w/Bill Frisell) - "Revolutionary Congregation" (2017)
Public Enemy - "Revolutionary Generation" (1990)
Arrested Development - "Raining Revolution" (1992)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Revolution" (1974)
Lord Jamar - "Revolution" (2006)
Joshua Redman - "Stoic Revolutions" (2000)
Public Enemy - "Revalation 33 1/3 Revolutions" (1998)
Christian Scott - "Jenacide (The Inevitable Rise and Fall of the Bloodless Revolution" (2010)
Amir Sulaiman - "We Are The Revolution" (2007)
Nas - Revolutionary Warfare (2002)
Earth Wind & Fire - "Revolution" (2006)
Immortal Technique - "Revolutionary" (2001)
Wish I had more songs from the 70s and 60s on this list.
Still, it was a nice ride
I should have that!!!
Zeeba Neighba
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Great one. And of course "Revolution" by the Beatles and "Revolution Rock" by The Clash
I should have those also.
Unsomnambulist
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The Libertines - All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade (2024)
Unsomnambulist
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Khruangbin - A La Sala (2024)
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Carpenters - Offering (1969)
Vinyl Rip of the Day.
This is the first Carpenters LP (other than their noteworthy singles collection) that I've ever posted. Their debut album is quite unlike any of their other records. It was "produced" by Jack Daugherty, an alum of the Woody Herman big band, who got the demo to Herb Alpert at A&M Records by way of his friend, guitarist John Pisano. The scare quotes come from this backstory as told by Wiki:
He produced the Carpenters from 1969 with the release of Offering and continued until 1972, with the release of A Song for You. These early recordings carry the misleading credits "Produced by Jack Daugherty" or "Produced by Jack Daugherty Productions", but in reality, it was Richard who produced the records and did the arrangements and all Daugherty's contributions were limited to were booking musicians, studio time and finding potential songs, although he did offer production advice. Karen and Richard viewed him as an A&R man, not a producer, and furthermore, Richard was enraged when a Cashbox magazine review praised Daugherty's production abilities. According to Roger Nichols, Richard felt that he was producing the records and Daugherty put his name on them.
Be that as it may, Offering is not at all what I expected. It begins and ends with a cappella duets from Karen and Richard ("Invocation" and "Benediction") surrounding a mix of songs co-written by Richard with covers of The Beatles, The Youngbloods and (!) Buffalo Springfield. Like Johnny Rivers "Changes" and "Rewind" albums, The Carpenters reacted to the age of garage rock by slowing it down and softening the harder edges. Very much a self-contained band, Richard and Karen trade lead vocals and play keyboard and drums aided only by bass and guitar. Perhaps the closest stylistic comparison might be to Spanky and Our Gang.
This album was a commercial failure. Eventually it was reissued under the same catalog number under a new name with an oh-so-tasteful cover that better reflected The Carpenters updated image. It fared somewhat better under its new identity but I managed to find a very clean copy of the original.
Vinyl Rip of the Day.
This is the first Carpenters LP (other than their noteworthy singles collection) that I've ever posted. Their debut album is quite unlike any of their other records. It was "produced" by Jack Daugherty, an alum of the Woody Herman big band, who got the demo to Herb Alpert at A&M Records by way of his friend, guitarist John Pisano. The scare quotes come from this backstory as told by Wiki:
He produced the Carpenters from 1969 with the release of Offering and continued until 1972, with the release of A Song for You. These early recordings carry the misleading credits "Produced by Jack Daugherty" or "Produced by Jack Daugherty Productions", but in reality, it was Richard who produced the records and did the arrangements and all Daugherty's contributions were limited to were booking musicians, studio time and finding potential songs, although he did offer production advice. Karen and Richard viewed him as an A&R man, not a producer, and furthermore, Richard was enraged when a Cashbox magazine review praised Daugherty's production abilities. According to Roger Nichols, Richard felt that he was producing the records and Daugherty put his name on them.
Be that as it may, Offering is not at all what I expected. It begins and ends with a cappella duets from Karen and Richard ("Invocation" and "Benediction") surrounding a mix of songs co-written by Richard with covers of The Beatles, The Youngbloods and (!) Buffalo Springfield. Like Johnny Rivers "Changes" and "Rewind" albums, The Carpenters reacted to the age of garage rock by slowing it down and softening the harder edges. Very much a self-contained band, Richard and Karen trade lead vocals and play keyboard and drums aided only by bass and guitar. Perhaps the closest stylistic comparison might be to Spanky and Our Gang.
This album was a commercial failure. Eventually it was reissued under the same catalog number under a new name with an oh-so-tasteful cover that better reflected The Carpenters updated image. It fared somewhat better under its new identity but I managed to find a very clean copy of the original.
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