axolotl
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Interesante.
But, when did Peter Sellers join the band, and how many roles did he play?
What are you listening to? May 2024
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Interesante.
But, when did Peter Sellers join the band, and how many roles did he play?
Ojai Sam
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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. 
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. 
axolotl
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You say that now. There wasn't Instagram back then.I'm sad that I never got invited to a Crisco party.
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
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Yes, there was a lot more margarine for error in those days.
axolotl
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Ima get let that one slide.Yes, there was a lot more margarine for error in those days.
ETA: If you think it's butter but it snot.
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.
Wish I had more to listen to.
Ojai Sam
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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.
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
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The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All Time Greatest Hits
Zeeba Neighba
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Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
Zeeba Neighba
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Thursday playlist day - music of 2005
From 50 Cent, Beyonce and Panic! At The Disco to the Arctic Monkeys, The Natural, Gorillaz, and Spoon
From 50 Cent, Beyonce and Panic! At The Disco to the Arctic Monkeys, The Natural, Gorillaz, and Spoon
axolotl
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Ah.... bringing back the music of the Aughts.
Zeeba Neighba
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I thought I ought
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Ojai Sam
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Various Artists - Swede Home Chicago (rec. 1923-27, Archeophone comp. 2021)
"Chicago, the most populous Swedish city after Stockholm, was also home to the first record label founded by a Nordic immigrant to the United States. Gustaf Waldemar Wallin, a former crofter from Sweden’s rocky western coast, owned a music shop and launched Wallin’s Svenska Records, issuing 28 ten-inch shellac discs (56 tracks) from 1923 to 1927. Performers ran the era’s gamut: raucous vaudevillians; operatic tenors; accordion dance bands intermingling venerable folk tunes with hot jazz; sedate classical duos and novelty bell ringers; rousing vocal quartets and massed choirs; seasoned professionals and moonlighting amateurs."
"Chicago, the most populous Swedish city after Stockholm, was also home to the first record label founded by a Nordic immigrant to the United States. Gustaf Waldemar Wallin, a former crofter from Sweden’s rocky western coast, owned a music shop and launched Wallin’s Svenska Records, issuing 28 ten-inch shellac discs (56 tracks) from 1923 to 1927. Performers ran the era’s gamut: raucous vaudevillians; operatic tenors; accordion dance bands intermingling venerable folk tunes with hot jazz; sedate classical duos and novelty bell ringers; rousing vocal quartets and massed choirs; seasoned professionals and moonlighting amateurs."
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Deep Song (2005)
Ojai Sam
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Various Artists - The T.E. Lawrence Music Library: The Gramophone Recordings At Clouds Hill (2016)
Jonny and the gang at Trunk Records assembled this five volume collection which they describe as "the records from the T.E. Lawrence record collection left at Clouds Hill in Dorset. These are the exact recordings (i.e. the correct recordings by the correct artists from the correct dates) that he had."
Apparently when he wasn't out traipsing the desert for God and King, Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935) sat around his modest cottage in Dorset listening to rather somber classical music. The collection skews toward solo and chamber instrumental performances from the continental crowd (Beethoven. Brahms, etc.) and as well as contemporary Brits like Delius and Elgar. The artists are not revealed, perhaps for licensing reasons but all are uniformly excellent. Taken together, the five volumes definitely put one in a suitably contemplative mood for the years between the Wars.
Jonny and the gang at Trunk Records assembled this five volume collection which they describe as "the records from the T.E. Lawrence record collection left at Clouds Hill in Dorset. These are the exact recordings (i.e. the correct recordings by the correct artists from the correct dates) that he had."
Apparently when he wasn't out traipsing the desert for God and King, Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935) sat around his modest cottage in Dorset listening to rather somber classical music. The collection skews toward solo and chamber instrumental performances from the continental crowd (Beethoven. Brahms, etc.) and as well as contemporary Brits like Delius and Elgar. The artists are not revealed, perhaps for licensing reasons but all are uniformly excellent. Taken together, the five volumes definitely put one in a suitably contemplative mood for the years between the Wars.
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