RobB Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) Got a whole mess of vinyl from my LA trip to post. AND, a Black Sabbath box from Rhino/Warner with all the 70s lps, tour program reprints, a 45 of, “Evil Woman”, plus an extra LP of mono mixes. They did a beautiful job, very nice tribute to the OGs. Edited October 11, 2019 by RobB Quote
shankyboy Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 My Keyboard player recently turned me onto this guitarist, Jimmy James, who plays with the Scone Cash Players and The Delvon Lamar Organ Trio. Don't know if any of you know anything about Daptone Records but many of the players in these videos are tied to various artists on the Daptone label. Anyway, I can't get enough of this stuff. Did Jimmy laying down the funk with an old Silvertone hollowbody. 1 Quote
Hamer_SS_guy Posted October 13, 2019 Posted October 13, 2019 After I spent some time listening to newer stuff, I recently spent some time to listen to some old 60's/70's stuff, Traffic, Zappa, Cozy Powell, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Buddy Miles Express, Cactus, early (pre-Perry) Journey, Todd Rundgren, Tubes Quote
JohnnyB Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 On 10/13/2019 at 11:33 AM, Hamer_SS_guy said: After I spent some time listening to newer stuff, I recently spent some time to listen to some old 60's/70's stuff, Traffic, Zappa, Cozy Powell, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Buddy Miles Express, Cactus, early (pre-Perry) Journey, Todd Rundgren, Tubes My favorite Tubes video is when John Candy as outdoorsman, Gil Fisher, takes The Tubes on a fishing expedition: Quote
RobB Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) Bay Area legends. Looking forward to rooting out GCS's other releases. Take THAT, Les Claypool! Had this in high school. Was wondering if it still kicks ass. It does. Beer ad guys. Yeah, but one of the better Power Pop bands. Check out Wally's new band with Clem Burke/Andy Babiuk, The Empty Hearts! All I own by Small Faces is a pretty spotty, Immediate Records CD comp. This 2LP one's a goodie, on thick, 1981 German vinyl. Forgot about this one. Early 80's Columbia collection of rarities, Bsides and Europe-only tracks. Really great LP. Edited October 18, 2019 by RobB Quote
RobB Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) Ritchie: "Bang on, then, Ronnie. You and Elf got the gig." Ronnie: "What about my guitarist?" Ritchie: "I'm sorry. Who?" Love. This. Record. Check out Pattie, she's no fattie! Another winner. Her original band was so killer, and Geraldo's playing and tone are stellar. I've got the CD version from the Blue Horizon Fleetwood Mac box set, but, well, you know... Edited October 18, 2019 by RobB 2 Quote
RobB Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) Been looking for a clean copy of this for a while. Hugely influential on The Byrds, Waylon Jennings, Flying Burrito Bros., etc. Classic, clean and NM. Great party record. And now, from my good friends at Rhino/Warner: The GODS! The Gods themselves!! On your knees, dogs!!! Got tired of not buying chewed-up copies of Sabbath on shitty, 70s vinyl. Got this box at a discount ($199.99+shipping). It's now selling on discogs.com for $300/up. Check out all the extras they included with this box: Edited October 18, 2019 by RobB Quote
joshoowah Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 Yesterday was "The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion," " Amorica," and "Three Snakes and One Charm," inspired by our thread about the non-reunion of the Black Crowes. Today will be "The Lost Crowes," which is made up of the tapes from the "Taller" sessions (the year+ they spent trying to record what eventually became Amorica after starting nearly from scratch). I'm on a big "core members" '92-'97 lineup kick. That's where the magic is for me with that dysfunctional family. Quote
Dave Scepter Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 (edited) 🤘 Edited October 19, 2019 by Dave Scepter Quote
Dave Scepter Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 7:57 PM, RobB said: a classic LP... I wore the grooves off this one & still have my original vinyl 1 Quote
JohnnyB Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 (edited) On 10/17/2019 at 1:55 PM, Toadroller said: I have an Al Hirt Greatest hits, which includes "The Best Man," a duet he did with Ann-Margret on this album. The band leader (and my first drum teacher) at my elementary school in Cincinnati, was John Hirt, Al Hirt's cousin. They came to Cincinnati from New Orleans and studied at Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music together. Edited October 22, 2019 by JohnnyB 1 Quote
JohnnyB Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 (edited) I played this CD in my car a few days ago. I'd had the LP version since my sister gave it to me for my birthday in 1969. I was quite taken by the high energy chart, "The St. Petersburg Race" from the film, "Run Sunward" That film has the distinction of having no entry in imdb.com I found out that it was a film about offshore high-speed boat racing. It turns out one of the major figures in this film is Don Aranow, who was a great boat pilot and also founded Magnum, Cary, Cigarette, Donzi, and Formula speedboats. There are a couple of bio-dramas about him including "Thunder Man" and "Speed Kills." His boats were popular with organized crime because his boats were plenty fast for smuggling. The Cigarette boats made 500 hp and could top out at around 90 mph. His shady side caught up with him and he was gunned down in a classic mob hit in 1987. Anyway, I justs discovered that I don't need to order a $40 DVD of "Run Sunward" from this website; it turns out I can watch the whole thing on YouTube, and I'm really glad I didn't spend the money as the film really shows its age. If they really want to keep it around, they should rewrite and re-record the narration. It turns out that "The St. Petersburg Race" in the soundtrack refers to an open-water race from St. Petersburg, FL to Port Lucaya on Grand Bahama Island off the east coast of Florida. The film also showed a 440-mile offshore race from Long Beach to San Francisco, CA. Edited October 21, 2019 by JohnnyB mil Quote
Toadroller Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnnyB said: I have an Al Hirt Greatest hits, which includes "The Best Man," a duet he did with Ann-Margret on this album. The band leader (and my first drum teacher) at my elementary school in Cincinnati, was Al Hirt's cousin. They came to Cincinnati and studied at Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music together. I love the playfulness between the two, and the excellent use of stereo panning at the end of the song. Just a coquettish bit of fun, kind of a non-Christmas-y "Baby it's Cold Outside.." Quote
mudshark Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Always thought Steve Gaines was an exceptional talent. 2 Quote
JohnnyB Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 8:12 PM, RobB said: Been looking for a clean copy of this for a while. Hugely influential on The Byrds, Waylon Jennings, Flying Burrito Bros., etc. I just finished watching all 8 episodes of Ken Burns' documentary, "Country Music." In one segment, Dwight Yoakam was on-camera describing what a spot-on, poignant lyricist Merle Haggard was. The thought of Merle's lyrics (and, I suppose, his passing in 2016) got Dwight so choked up he could hardly make it through the segment. Quote
JohnnyB Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) On 10/17/2019 at 7:49 PM, RobB said: All I own by Small Faces is a pretty spotty, Immediate Records CD comp. This 2LP one's a goodie, on thick, 1981 German vinyl. Does it have "Itchycoo Park?" I remember that one as a single charting on Top 40 when I was in high school. I have a copy of this on LP. I'll have to fish it out and give it a spin: Edited October 20, 2019 by JohnnyB Quote
RobB Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 32 minutes ago, JohnnyB said: Does it have "Itchycoo Park?" I remember that one as a single charting on Top 40 when I was in highschool. No, only their Mod stuff: Quote
JohnnyB Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 7:57 PM, RobB said: Love. This. Record. +1! One of the first LPs I bought after I got my turntable in 2001. Got it used for $3.99. And the cover art earned Vargas another year in the business ... at least! Quote
Mr. Dave Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 I know I'm somewhat behind the curve with this album but I stumbled into it on You Tube and it blew my socks off. Great southern-flavoured hard rock. Quote
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