Concrete Blonde- Mexican Moon.
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
I enjoy vinyl and digital (lately, with recent changes, vinyl actually sounds better than digital to me), BUT given what seems an overall preference for analog/vinyl on A'gon, I'm curious what the non-vinyl "1/2" is listening to. I tried to see if this was a previously posted question. Did not seem so.
This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".
This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".
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I don't recall if I have previously mentioned this album (note: "album" is not synonymous "LP". An album may be on either, as well as tape), but if so it bears repeating: "The Notorious Cherry Bombs" by the group of the same name. A supergroup comprised of Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Tony Brown, Richard Bennett, Hank DeVito, and Eddie Bayers. Great songs, singing, musicianship, and production. A really, really good album. |
@nutty - I'm a big Crack the Sky fan too. Interesting story - Crack the Sky is not from Baltimore as many people believe. They were from Weirton, WV, a small steel town near Pittsburgh. Due to a record distribution problem, their first album was only readily available in Baltimore, so they built up a big fan base there, and many rockers in that city claim Crack the Sky as their own. My college roommate was from Weirton, WV and was a big fan of his local band. We played a lot of Crack the Sky in College...... |
I have most all their earlier albums but I’m not sure I realized how good Crack The Sky is until their "Live Sky" album. The musicianship is phenomenal. On one song they flow in and out of different melodies & time changes so smoothly as to make you wonder how they accomplished that. They just make it flow which takes tremendous talent to weave different fabrics and make it sound great. It may be "Live Sky" which makes me see their similarities to the Beatles. Their harmonies are spot on when the play "The Walrus" on the live Sky album. And their repertoire is so varied as to emulate the Beatles who were also had an extensive library of songs . BTW, I didn’t come up the Beatles on Steroids but once I heard it I thought it fit better than any other description. |
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@artemus_5 - Thanks. I'm glad you are enjoying some new music. I've found hundreds of great new tunes via Radio Paradise over the last 3-4 years. They keep improving the app and web player, greatly improving the user experience. And they have improved the sound quality over that period too, now including hi-res FLAC streams. I still listen to Radio Paradise quite a bit, but I'm finding a lot more of my new music via the Discover Weekly feed on my Spotify premium account. Yes, it's a pay service, but I've found it to be worth the $10/mo. price. I don't know if the free version (ads) also has discover weekly. Enjoy the music! That's what it's all about. |
I hear ya @artemus_5 . That kind Strat tone is what turned me off towards that model. I first heard it seeing Hendrix live in ’67 and ’68, and later in my own bands. Especially bad when plugged into a Fender Twin---SO piercing! I liken it to chewing foil ;-) . The best Strat tone I’ve heard live is that of Ry Cooder. His live amp set-up is hilarious! A pile of old combo amps of various makes, about a half-dozen or so. Tone to die for! Ry of course uses very heavy gauge strings, as do most superior slide players. And high action, the strings way off the fretboard. |
@bdp24 I liken it to chewing foil ;-) .Yep. That's about right. FWIW it shows a Telecaster on the cover. Same on the "Cold Snap" album. But Tele and Strat have the same family relationship. I'm not as familiar with the Tele. As a drummer, I heard a lot of Strats but few Teles. Classic rock was either a Strat of Les Paul with an occasional one off. Speaking of thick strings, I'm told that's how Stevie Ray Vaughan got his tone which I've always liked. I wish Joe Bonamassa would use thicker strings. Now I've gone to medelin" I'l be quiet now (-: |
Oh yeah @artemus_5, I forgot Albert played a Tele, not that common amongst Blues players (though Mike Bloomfield played one in The Butterfield Blues Band.). The Tele is just about the ipso facto standard in Country, of course. I’ve played with a lot of Tele players (I too am a drummer), and though it often sounds thin (in comparison with double-coil pickup guitars such as most Gibsons), that is affected by the player’s choice of amplifier. When I recorded with Evan Johns (his Moontan album), he plugged his Tele into a blackface Fender Super (four 10" drivers, 65 watts. Steve Ray Vaughan’s standard amp.), cranked up to 10. Massive sound, though you wouldn’t know it to hear the album (not a good mix, though my drums sound great! 60’s Ludwigs, modern Ludwig chrome-over-brass 14 x 6.5 snare, Zildjian and Paiste cymbals). The most piercing guitar I ever heard was Ray Davies’ Tele, live in 1970. The guitar was plugged into a HiWatt stack, and MY GOD was it loud. Far louder than Pete Townshend when I saw The Who in ’68 and ’69 (Gibson ES335, one of my favorite guitars), and Clapton in Cream (a Gibson SG into a Marshall stack. Mediocre tone imo, though not nearly as bad as Jack Bruce’s Gibson bass, about the worst I’ve ever heard. The Best? John Entwhisle’s Fender Precision, and Jack Casady’s Guild.). |
The guitar that stands out the most to me, came into my band practice room in about 1979. I remember it was a Rick Derringer model of some type It was a Gibson. The body was like the Explorer But it wasn't what they call a "Split head" The head was like an upside down Fender type. It was quite radical looking for the time. I don't remember what amp the guitarist was using. But the guitar was so hot that it overpowered the room the band and our ability to play with it. I don't remember the tone being bad. But it screamed like no other guitar I've heard. This is similar but it was a different color https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--kRiHg8cT--/f_auto,t_large/v1584212474/efczcir5eykesq1dgrm2... On another note, I too have Ludwig Vistalite & Zyldian I bought new in 74 or 75. I love them with new heads which I need (-: |
Ester Drang - Goldenwest Track 4 - Repeating the Procedure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ex1mBgmhI |
Resonance, an MA Recording with Nina Ben David on Viola da gamba. Composers were: Carl Frederich Abel J. S. Bach Jean de Sainte Colombe Le Sieur De Machy Philippe Hersant Tobias Hume Christopher Simpson Christos Christodoulou G.I. Gurdjieff I hadn't heard it in years and was mesmerized by it. All the best, Nonoise |