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bob f.
Old Love
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 Posted - 27/07/2008 : 23:23:47
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p.s: that "No Other" LP i have, has the fold out poster of Clark decked out like Rudolph Valentino! art deco and all, i think this little treasure i got last year for about $5!
keep your raydar tuned to what you want, and you will find it!
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 27/07/2008 : 23:34:09
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Originally posted by bob f.
p.s: that "No Other" LP i have, has the fold out poster of Clark decked out like Rudolph Valentino! art deco and all, i think this little treasure i got last year for about $5!
keep your raydar tuned to what you want, and you will find it!
...what the world needs now...
"No Other" is one of my all time favorites! Love that poster. Congrats on the TT find!
trouble comin' everyday.......
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SignedRW
Fifth Love
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - 28/07/2008 : 19:28:24
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Ed Cassidy lives about 15 minutes away from me, just south of San Luis
Obispo. Cass turned 85 on May 4th, and is still rockin' a fine black
'55 Chevy with tuck and roll interior. Not playing much anymore; he
took a fall a few months ago, breaking bones that required a lengthy
physical therapy rehab, but he's home now. The amazing "Cass Big Kit"
drum set was in storage for awhile; I believe that long-time Spirit fan and friend Bruce Pates has the kit now. Randy California was a
close friend of over twenty years. I dedicated a CD I produced, called
"The Golden Age of Underground Radio, With B. Mitchel Reed" to Randy's
memory. The cover photo of Randy on the recent release, "Spirit of '74" was shot at the first full original line-up reunion show since
they'd split, at a show at the San Luis Obispo Vet's Hall back in late 1976. The show's opening act was Firefall, with Mark Andes on bass,
and the Spirit line-up at that time was Randy, Cass, original keyboardist the late John Locke, and a bassist, possibly Fuzzy Knight.
Randy was at my house a few weeks before the show, and just in passing, I mentioned to him that we would have 4/5 of the original
band on stage that night, and wouldn't it be amazing if Mark were to
be willing to play with Spirit that night, and vocalist Jay Ferguson
(as my pipe dream continued) were to show up; it would be the whole
band! Randy just said, "Can I use your phone?" and called Jay
(whom I did not know at the time lived only 90 minutes away)
right then, in front of me, spoke with Jay for about three or four minutes, and then turned to me and said, "Okay, he'll be there. We're all set." Absolutely one of the coolest moments of my life, and I've
been fortunate enough to have had a few pretty cool moments. It was
an amazing, sold-out show, and it looked as if Spirit was back for good, until an unfortunate incident a few weeks later took place at
a Santa Monica Civic show, involving a surprise on-stage appearance
from Neil Young (according to Randy, a fairly inebriated Neil, that night) wherein Randy, who assured me repeatedly for years afterward
that he didn't recognize Neil, even though they did know each other,
more or less pushed Neil away. His rationale being that hey, it was the first full reunion show from Spirit in their home town in over
five years, and they just didn't need any suprise special guests to
make it better. Unfortunately, Randy's actions of edging Neil off
the stage didn't go over at all well with the rest of the band, and
that was the end of that particular Spirit reunion. But oh, that
night in San Luis Obispo....Also, many American Spirit fans are still
unaware of the series of Spirit releases ("Spirit of '74" is one) that
have come out on Evangeline/Acadia, without any American release, since
Randy's death. All worth hearing, most worth owning.
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astrolobe33
Fifth Love
USA
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Posted - 28/07/2008 : 22:52:13
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Great story RW! I saw Spirit once, and judging from what you say, it must have been '93, because I remember Randy telling the audience that it was Ed's 70th Birthday that night! Man, you would never have guessed, because he slayed that drum kit!
I had the pleasure to meet and chat briefly with him after the set. I think he and Randy were the only orginal members at that gig, but I could be wrong. |
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astrolobe33
Fifth Love
USA
381 Posts |
Posted - 28/07/2008 : 23:03:33
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Originally posted by lemonade kid
Being a drummer I was wondering if you all had a favorite drummer(s)??
John Bonham. I'm not even a real huge Zeppelin fan (well I have all their records now but still), and when I listen to them now, I'm listening to Bonzo (and JPJ).
I think he must have been half man/half sledgehammer. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 29/07/2008 : 06:46:12
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Originally posted by astrolobe33
Great story RW! I saw Spirit once, and judging from what you say, it must have been '93, because I remember Randy telling the audience that it was Ed's 70th Birthday that night! Man, you would never have guessed, because he slayed that drum kit!
I had the pleasure to meet and chat briefly with him after the set. I think he and Randy were the only orginal members at that gig, but I could be wrong.
Yah! Thanks for that story, RW. I've visited Ed's site & I think about the time I emailed him he had had the
accident. Get well, Cass! That shaved head & those shades! No one like him. Loved their music from the
first time I listened to Topanga Windows.
trouble comin' everyday.......
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boombox
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/07/2008 : 12:36:31
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Got into Spirit about a week after I could have seen them on the 13th Dream tour, which my best mate saw and then raved about so much, I borrowed some stuff - was I sick then that I missed it, especially after I later realised it would be the last time the classic line-up would play together. However, I did get to see them finally, on the Rapture In The Chambers tour ('89 or '90??) and I got Randy, Ed and Co to sign my poster, which I later got laminated. They opened for Wishbone Ash and blew them off stage - Ed got a standing ovation just for walking on and then proceeded to pummel that kit to death. We spent the whole interval and part of the Ash set talking to all four in the bar - Ed was a real hoot to chat to and Mike Nele was a really nice guy too.
The first album is a gem and everyone should own a copy of The 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus - if I had to single out one song on it, Nature's Way is probably in my top twenty songs of all time and I can't help singing/playing along to it - even the multiple live versions I've got where Randy's vocals are WAAAAy offf!
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rocker
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 29/07/2008 : 14:31:22
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Spirit..man what a creative band....another one where their musical influences go all over the place...I never saw them but their music lives on..
lk..no I'm not Ingles but I have to say the Brit invasion affected me musically.. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 30/07/2008 : 19:48:28
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Originally posted by rocker
Spirit..man what a creative band....another one where their musical influences go all over the place...I never saw them but their music lives on..
lk..no I'm not Ingles but I have to say the Brit invasion affected me musically..
I think all of us that grew up during the British Invasion have a bit of English soul in us. It was a different time
with a Hard Days Night & Ed Sullivan, the Stones & Animals & so on...I somehow felt connected to the British Isles & culture. What about you, rocker & the rest of you 60's guys.
Do the folks from the UK that grew up in the 60's have that same connection to US. How about it UK members?
I don't think the later generations have that connection. With the internet everything is homogenized
into a one-world kind of view....which to me is not as good & not the same.......no real identity at all.
Not sure exactly how to say it, but I feel it. glad to have grown up in the 60's. there is a real sense of
identity there. I've spoken to some teens that wish they had grown up then...I think they feel a void
with todays music & that it is just a product of the music industry, & not a "product" of the time.
Am I making sense?? Just my emotions I guess...hard to express but they run deep.
trouble comin' everyday.......
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John9
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/07/2008 : 23:28:54
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| Yes Lemonadekid, I think we on this side of the pond were increasingly aware of the transatlantic dimension - especially when our pop magazines like 'Melody Maker', 'Musical Express' (soon to become the 'NME'), 'Sounds' and 'Disc and Music Echo' began to publish the American hit parade. Actually knowing who was number one in America gave you a little bit of streetcred in the school playground in 1964. I can remember one week during that year it being proudly announced that eight of the American top ten singles were British. Then one summer's afternoon the following year, Radio Caroline (a pirate station broadcasting from a ship off the Isle of Man) played The Byrds' 'Mr Tambourine Man' .....and of course things were never quite the same again. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
9876 Posts |
Posted - 31/07/2008 : 04:49:05
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Originally posted by John9
Yes Lemonadekid, I think we on this side of the pond were increasingly aware of the transatlantic dimension - especially when our pop magazines like 'Melody Maker', 'Musical Express' (soon to become the 'NME'), 'Sounds' and 'Disc and Music Echo' began to publish the American hit parade. Actually knowing who was number one in America gave you a little bit of streetcred in the school playground in 1964. I can remember one week during that year it being proudly announced that eight of the American top ten singles were British. Then one summer's afternoon the following year, Radio Caroline (a pirate station broadcasting from a ship off the Isle of Man) played The Byrds' 'Mr Tambourine Man' .....and of course things were never quite the same again.
Thanks for sharing, john9.......& great story about the Byrds....British Invasion in reverse! Since Jim (for a while longer anyway) McGuinn & the Byrds were so greatly influenced by the Beatles......
trouble comin' everyday.......
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rocker
Old Love
USA
3606 Posts |
Posted - 31/07/2008 : 14:27:22
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| You know looking back that "invasion" here was incredible. It was almost as if everything just came together all at once and spawned such a creative music revolution. From my perspective, I don't think the English guys/gals know the extent to which the Beatles upset everything here in US culture at the time. We were absolutely freaked out and Lennon speaks about this in his "Lennon Remembers", a fabulous memoir. Now I could remember my friend saying hey do you know who these "Beatles" are? I said no but let's go down to the Plaza (hotel they stayed at when they came here for the first time) and see what's up..heh heh sheer madness, pandemonium! And everybody knows what I'm talking about. Their music shook everything up and as you all know we had that "cross-pollination" which magnified the English/US connection even more. Now I paid my respect 2 yrs ago at Abbey Road (can't stand there for a second now!) Time to go across the pond ag'in! |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
9876 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 23:45:06
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re: Think Pink by Twink?
I have the opportunity to pick up Twink's "Think Pink", mint on vinyl, autographed by Twink. I'm not familiar with
this 1970 psych album. Any good?
I love Pretty Things...how does this compare? Anyone?
trouble comin' everyday.......
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Old_Man
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/08/2008 : 16:21:38
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| LK, I've not heard that album so can't comment. I was a big fan of the Pink Faries back in the 70's. |
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bob f.
Old Love
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Music Appreciation...yesterday & today!
