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lemonade kid
Old Love
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 Posted - 01/07/2008 : 23:21:22
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heh heh you guys are makin' me work....I hope to be checking out the music that was suggested...I know they'll be "revelations" for me...Back then I'm sure you would agree that it was an incredible time for music. Right, there as alot going on at the time and it needs to be unearthed.
That concerto for pedal steel makes me curious and I too, have heard that it's pretty tough to master the instrument.
And fyi..the UK contributed to the country sound back then in the early 70's with "Matthew's Southern Comfort"....fronted by Ian Matthews who sang and Gordon Huntley on steel...had that "English" country sound mixed in with a little Byrds..very nice...and if anybody knows other English bands that went "country", oh let me know!
I have more 'work' for you, rocker. If you or anyone want a few FREE mp3s of Ian Matthews, go to:
http://www.bluerose-records.de/index.asp ( Gimme An Inch & Horse Out In The Rain are two great ones
you can download). Click on "MP3" at the top menu & scroll down the artist's to Iain Matthews, There are also some other good country rockers. Ian (now Iain, I guess), from Fairport Convention, went solo with Matthew's Southern Comfort.
What a great debut album. Richard Thompson also appears on guitar. He is the best....RS top 20 guitarists of all time!
Check out 'Shoot Out The Lights'!! Richard & Linda's best, I think. Not so much country as, folk rock.
By the way, Ian Matthew's "Valley Hi" LP was produced by Michael Nesmith. There's that name again......
And yah, rocker, Eno & Cale really jelled WELL when they joined forces.....two really distinct & individual styles
that somehow combined for some unique, fantastic music......I love Cale's voice.
Oh and anyone into Steve Earle's amazing music?!!
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 07/07/2008 : 14:38:09
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lk..Valley Hi..heh heh man somebody else knows about that record!....;-).......you know for me I think it's one of the finest records under the radar ever....I have it on lp and it needs to get transferred to my ipod...a real gem!
Steve Earle..Hey didn't he say he'd "never get far on thirty-seven dollars and a Jap guitar?"...he's a rocker... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 07/07/2008 : 23:18:20
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Originally posted by rocker
lk..Valley Hi..heh heh man somebody else knows about that record!....;-).......you know for me I think it's one of the finest records under the radar ever....I have it on lp and it needs to get transferred to my ipod...a real gem!
Steve Earle..Hey didn't he say he'd "never get far on thirty-seven dollars and a Jap guitar?"...he's a rocker...
....and a SURVIVOR, rocker!
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 08/07/2008 : 14:37:01
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| You know thwe topic I wanted to pick up on is really "music appreciation" so I'm not going to start another thread. But I wanted to ask from all of you (since you all have keen musical taste!..;-)...) what is your "lost" gem that isn't up on the record radar so to speak but should be considered up there with the "great" records and we know what they are. I've found that there are "revelations" in what gets chosen. And from this we can certainly can get new tunes to check out for all of us. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 09/07/2008 : 14:49:54
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Originally posted by rocker
You know the topic I wanted to pick up on is really "music appreciation" so I'm not going to start another thread. But I wanted to ask from all of you (since you all have keen musical taste!..;-)...) what is your "lost" gem that isn't up on the record radar so to speak but should be considered up there with the "great" records and we know what they are. I've found that there are "revelations" in what gets chosen. And from this we can certainly can get new tunes to check out for all of us.
Good one, rocker. This will get me going thru my collection, but for starters....
I'll start with a band that had a 'hit' in '69.......not really under the radar for us who listened &
collected alt psyche in the '60s, but probably obscure to later generations....MASON PROFFIT & their counrty-rock,
freak-anthem "Two Hangmen". You can download the free MP3 at this site. Their 5 LPs are country-rock classics.
http:www.masonproffit.com/ The line from the song, "the man's name was I'm a Freak the best that I could see",
was enough to get me...."and now there's two hangmen hangin' from a tree...."
This next one is obscure to most, I think. Orchestral pop-psych LP.....concept album....with Moodies, Love influence,
I'm sure. WITCHITA FALL's "Life is But A Dream". ....on Imperial/Liberty in '69. An amazing obscurity.
Have you heard it, rocker or anyone?!! The full LP download is availble on the web........haven't tried any as I have the vinyl, but here is one........
http://akashaman.blogspot.com/2006/11/erialwichita-fall-life-is-but-dream.html
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 09/07/2008 : 16:23:45
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thxs lk for these "obscurities"....I'll be sorting through'em...in that blog you noted.. saw Rotary Connection, Zager & Evans...they are blasts from buried rock!....
...in the year 2525.... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 12/07/2008 : 18:05:45
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Originally posted by rocker
thxs lk for these "obscurities"....I'll be sorting through'em...in that blog you noted.. saw Rotary Connection, Zager & Evans...they are blasts from buried rock!....
...in the year 2525....
Hey, rocker....the site with Zager & Evans (their second LP is a free download there!) has a great one..one that many don't associate with Chad & Jeramy style..."Of Cabbages & Kings". One of the first psych albums & a very satirical, darkly
themed LP with an experimental track that takes up the whole of side two.....sound familiar? Released a few months after Da Capo....but has been said that this one succeeds! Perfectly produced by Gary Usher Which leads to Gene Clark with the
Gosdin Brothers, produced by Gary Usher, too.
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 12/07/2008 : 18:20:15
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i've added several posts here....sorry, rocker...you'll need to back up a little.
One more obscurity, though not to many of us here, is Gene Clark....any Gene Clark LP,
but most especially "NO OTHER"!! His opus. Wonderful........if any here don't have it, please do!!!
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 15/07/2008 : 17:54:01
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| Gene Clark...I'm not sure if the biz turned on him or he turned on the biz...didn't achieve fame after the Byrds...but right there's the legacy of all his songs.... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 16/07/2008 : 02:15:44
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Gene Clark...I'm not sure if the biz turned on him or he turned on the biz...didn't achieve fame after the Byrds...but right there's the legacy of all his songs....
Hey, rocker & everyone interested in Gene.......this link is a great article from Dark Star in '76 about the amazing Gene Clark, his LPs up to & including No Other.
http://www.geneclark.com/zenmaster.html
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bob f.
Old Love
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Posted - 16/07/2008 : 02:44:08
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wow, Lemonade...that article about Clark is good!
now, i want the cd of "No Other"! i have it on lp, my turntable broken, and now i have another quest!
...what the world needs now... |
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 16/07/2008 : 14:02:54
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yes insightful stuff..thx......and all I do is keep "a-workin" around here checking out stuff...........
And that Carla Olson record I have will need to get play sometime soon!... |
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Lizzyb
Fifth Love
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Posted - 17/07/2008 : 20:29:59
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I've found the harrowing 'you were on my mind' I was banging on about in early june on this thread.
It's Amory Kane on 'memories of time unwound' produced by john paul jones it says here. - I had it on vinyl all along.
Must get the turntable wired up.
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 20/07/2008 : 04:37:40
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I've found the harrowing 'you were on my mind' I was banging on about in early june on this thread.
It's Amory Kane on 'memories of time unwound' produced by john paul jones it says here. - I had it on vinyl all along.
Must get the turntable wired up.
Keep on shining
Sounds interesting, lizzy! With an ocean between our colloquialisms, is "harrowing" good or bad??!! 
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 20/07/2008 : 05:53:03
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thxs lk for these "obscurities"....I'll be sorting through'em...in that blog you noted.. saw Rotary Connection, Zager & Evans...they are blasts from buried rock!....
...in the year 2525....
got another, rocker & all......Paul Parrish "The Forest Of My Mind" 1968....haven't come across a bad review......
always a 4-5 star review. Obscure folk-psych. Very good, Donovan-esque comparisons. Extremely rare & obscure.
see review link & free full download link. Have you listened to Wichita Fall?
http://psychedelicobscurities.blogspot.com/2008/05/paul-perrish-1968-forest-of-my-mind.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/110028963/Paul_Parrish-The_Forest_Of_My_Mind_Lp.zip.html
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NOW for a really rare band with comparisons to Strawberry Alarm Clock, Jefferson Airplane & the vocal complexities of Mamas & Papas.....a fuzz acid psych gem! Male/female vocals....great standout guitar & flute work.
This one's on the Hobbit label so it's got to be good & rare! Don't pass this one by, anyone! Please!!!
http://akashaman.blogspot.com/2008/01/sapphire-thinkers-from-within-hobbit.html
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