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rocker
Old Love
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 Posted - 21/07/2008 : 14:23:34
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hey lk where were these sold???..I never saw'em growing up!.... ...and I'm not surprised beacuse if anybody had a band and wanted to record there usually was a place where you could do it and could even get the company (Fred's Alien Fish Recording Co...) to market you a bit with some nice album art...an idyllic time, no?..everything but everything was in play then esepcially on FM... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 21/07/2008 : 16:56:29
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Originally posted by rocker
hey lk where were these sold???..I never saw'em growing up!.......and I'm not surprised beacuse if anybody had a band and wanted to record there usually was a place where you could do it and could even get the company (Fred's Alien Fish Recording Co...) to market you a bit with some nice album art...an idyllic time, no?..everything but everything was in play then esepcially on FM...
We never saw these, not even in those little record shops that sold our favorite stuff (vinyl, papers, roach clips..all the good stuff). Even Gene Clark with the Gosdin Bros, had only a few hundred LPs pressed, so most of us never saw them.
These psych sites are great for finding digitized versions of obscure vinyl that has been gone for decades. I'm getting
'Sapphire Thinkers' on 180g Sundazed; my guy in Maine has a few copies. FM really WAS great. Hell, I can remember even the AM radio in my VW blasting King Crimson or Chambers Brothers late at night....Time Has Come Today!
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 22/07/2008 : 14:25:51
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| FM..well when you and boombox and others here mention the singers I instinctively go back to those days beacsue that's when I heard them all on the radio..it was like discovering "new" music every day and as we know they were SOOOOO good and talented..their music just lives on because of those earlyd ays on FM radio...and one of these days I should be hitting Maine and your friend's shop..probably has treasure trove, eh?..;-)... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 22/07/2008 : 16:58:20
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FM..well when you and boombox and others here mention the singers I instinctively go back to those days beacsue that's when I heard them all on the radio..it was like discovering "new" music every day and as we know they were SOOOOO good and talented..their music just lives on because of those earlyd ays on FM radio...and one of these days I should be hitting Maine and your friend's shop..probably has treasure trove, eh?..;-)...
Oh yeah. Just looking at the stuff is exciting. He also collects of course. Some things that get me going are a Dylan
promo of his first LP. The vinyl label has a beautiful silver-ink stamp right on that beautiful 6-eye Columbia label.
Also Neil Young's first LP.....an import on the early tri-color (that pink & light green....) Reprise label....I love that first press by Neil. But his regular collection is a knockout. Imagine 4 walls of a 40 X 30 foot basement filled from floor to ceiling with vinyl (combined store & home collection) & he just keeps finding more every week on his Maine/NH road trips to flea markets & garage sales....he's got an eye for it. You wouldn't believe the stuff he finds. He collects the early obscure psych with a passion....has the LPs I told you about (above) & more obscurities than you can imagine. And European psych too!
My favorites that I got from him were a promo of 'We're Only In It For The Money'---dead mint---with two strangely edited tracks. ' Oar' by Skip Spence (AND Moby Grape's first------a perfect cover & vinyl with the poster.....that's my treasure!)
Oh, & Forever Changes still in the SHRINK!
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 22/07/2008 : 20:58:25
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| .."treasure"..makes me think about this teen in eastern Europe I met in the 60's..he showed me his copy (a 45 on London) of a Stones record I think it was "Satisfaction".....the way he held it you'd think it was a million dollars..and he had it real protected with plastic sheets and paper...I wonder if that kid kept it all these years...;-)..... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 23/07/2008 : 06:13:56
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Originally posted by rocker
.."treasure"..makes me think about this teen in eastern Europe I met in the 60's..he showed me his copy (a 45 on London) of a Stones record I think it was "Satisfaction".....the way he held it you'd think it was a million dollars..and he had it real protected with plastic sheets and paper...I wonder if that kid kept it all these years...;-).....
I have several "treasures".........Fever Tree, Buckingham Nicks, Blues Magoos, Love, Skip Spence, Moby Grape........just too many to name! I guess I have more than several!! What are some of your personal 'treasures", rocker? Anyone else? Please share! Or recent amazing finds?
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 23/07/2008 : 21:12:12
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| I've got some "obscurities" (Glitterhouse, Illusion, Vagrants, Bram Tchaikovsky) but there's one I go back a while with and that's my original FC lp and Beatles VI record..(but not found in the UK!!). FC isn't pure white anymore with the colorized faces but rather shows its age. We've both mellowed, you know? |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 24/07/2008 : 02:22:24
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I've got some "obscurities" (Glitterhouse, Illusion, Vagrants, Bram Tchaikovsky) but there's one I go back a while with and that's my original FC lp and Beatles VI record..(but not found in the UK!!). FC isn't pure white anymore with the colorized faces but rather shows its age. We've both mellowed, you know?
Like a fine wine, eh, rocker?
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 24/07/2008 : 14:44:18
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| heh heh yeah I like imbibing that stuff too while I'm listening.... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 24/07/2008 : 16:40:59
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heh heh yeah I like imbibing that stuff too while I'm listening....
You're from the UK originally. rocker? I treasure my Beatles VI mono, too. Doesn't get the
raves like some others but the track lineup is eclectic & very enjoyable.
Another treasure is my mint copy of The Mothers' "Freak Out!"
leerob, you've disappeared again.....how are things?
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 25/07/2008 : 16:28:37
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Being a drummer I was wondering if you all had a favorite drummer(s)??
There are so many great ones, but I think for creating an aural rhythm & beat the is totally unique,
there can only be one.....at least as far as being irreplaceable. ol' lefty, Ringo.
Just listen to RAIN or She Said, She Said....could any other drummer have created that. Sometimes drummers are interchangeable.........
great, but not unique. Ringo created a beat & sound that is so much a part of each song that it becomes more
than part of the rhythm section. It becomes as important as the lead guitar or even the vocal.
Taken for granted by some, he spent hours working out the licks. He was voted in the top 3 in a respected
mag. There are many unbelievably amazing & great drummers....I leave those to you. There is only one Ringo.
Who's your fave??
trouble comin' everyday.......
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bob f.
Old Love
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Posted - 26/07/2008 : 04:06:20
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Ringo has always been my favorite drummer, too!
his style was and is influencing others from day one!
i, a drummer, was take by his cool fills and rock-steady respect for the total band sound. his fill-ins, however, remain his magic.
when he did those parts between the lines, and set up the next verse or chorus, i always thought, YEAH! that's just how it should BE!
REJOICE! that's Ringo!
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ed the bear
Fourth Love
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Posted - 26/07/2008 : 04:55:02
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Yes, Ringo.
I think some of the best drummers are the ones you hardly even know are there. I remember realizing how good Ringo was listening to "Every Little Thing." He's present just a bit more on each verse from a couple of taps near the end of the first verse to the end, where the drums are the the floor of the song. Then you play the song again. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 27/07/2008 : 16:54:12
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re: drummers
rocker, bob f, ed, what do you think of Ed "Cass" Cassidy of Spirit? anyone.....?
To me he is another important drummer that creates a unique, irreplaceable beat......like no other.
I've read where he sometimes created a new beat idea, & a song was created around that
by Randy California. Not a common way for a songwriter to work, but what a great band. Fresh Garbage,
Mechanical World....two of my favorites.
By the way Cassidy was in the top three drummers list along with Ringo & Ginger Baker. Did any of you ever see
Spirit live? I've read that he had the largest drum kit "on the planet"!!! Timpani's, all kinds of percussion,
bells....almost took a whole truck to carry it all. Cass would start the show sometimes with each player walking in,
playing the guitar or adding a voice, one at a time. A real tragedy about Randy's passing...........
trouble comin' everyday.......
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bob f.
Old Love
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Posted - 27/07/2008 : 23:06:50
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yeah, Ed Cssidy is great! nnever saw Spirit live.
as far as above treasures topic line of thought, i just yesterday bought a Kenwood turntable at an estate sale, for $10! yeay!
now, i'm back to lps. today i was checking out some of my vinyl , and found a near mint "no other" Gene Clark! and " so rebellious a lover" lps! so my afternoon was a Gene Clark day. i have a whole list of music quests not on cd yet, so i'll be mining for gold at my usual used record stores. next lp i'll play now is a Barry Melton solo project, " the Fish"! from 1975. another jem, i hope! so...is HE, the FISH!? what a great friggin guitarist! cheers!
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