Buffalo Springfield
John Reischman
Eugen Maslov
Flora Purim
Django Rheinhardt
Bireli
Hendrix |
Talking Heads '72
Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys |
I've Got The World On A String- Sarah Vaughn. LP- How Long Has This Been Going On?
Oscar Peterson
Joe Pass
Louie Bellson
Ray Brown
What a band! |
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Love Revisited- so many groups of the 70s and 80s have taken many of the ideas and riffs layed down on these 2 LPs.
Also listenig to: Dr. John- Night Tripper, Django, Mozart Chamber by The Budapest Quartet, Aretha, Procul Harem- A Salty Dog. It's getting late, to be cont... |
Tower of Power LIVE in Sacremento. One of the best live recordings I've heard.
Sultans of Swing
Mile's around The World
Michel Legrand. Excellent recording!
Happy New Year! |
Clifton Chenier! Boogie 'n' zydeco and Boogaloosa Boogie- It's almost 1 a.m. and this dude won't let me go to bed.
Los Lobos/ A Time To Dance- this is the EP which put them on the map for all those who had never heard of them. Of course, if your from East LA, like yours truly, you heard these dudes at Belvedere and Garfield, Montelbello Park, Joey's wedding, at the CYO...
BB King/ Best of- On The Thrill is Gone drums truly sound like they are in my room. |
Los Lobos- A Time To Dance One of their best LPs.
Supremes
Talking Heads '77
Procol Harum- A Salty Dog
Love |
Chet and Lester, Lionel Johnson+ Big Joe Williams w/ Bob Dylan playing harmonica+ Spivey and..., The Animals, Miles, Seven Come Elleven |
Joe Cocker- Try With A Little help From My Friends, The Letter
Santana- !st Lp
Marvin Gaye
Thelonius Monk |
Rushton, Many thanks for the links to threads. I am printing some out to start my search in the library. I sometimes check Goodwill for classical music and I've been at a loss. Not anymore. Thanks to you and our fellow enthusiasts, I now have a reference.
This is a wonderful site. Thanks audiogon!!! |
Aretha in Paris- FANTASTIC ALBUM. I consider it in the top 5 Lps in my 1000+ collection. I always wondered what she sounded like live when she could still belt out her vocals, singing those great hits of hers (and others). Recorded in May, 1968, it was her first European tour and the crowd treats her with the love and admiration she deserves. Her voice and the vocals are strong, the recording is superb! On my Lenco, this is an all time hit. It does have a bad skip on one of the songs, I know there is nothing we can do about it, but if you have any ideas...my ears are open.
BTW, I paid 2.00 for this.
Cheers! |
Speaking of the Great Roland Kirk. Here's a story:
(Just put "L. Armstrong & D. Ellington recording for the First Time- on my Lenco)
Anyway, it's 1974. I decided to stay in Eugene for the Summer. I'm waliking through the UFO campus, feeling good, it's a beautiful summer day in Eugene, best place on the planet. I hear drumming. I hear chanting. To my surprise, it's comimg from Mac court, home of the Kamakazi Ducks. The doors are wide open. So I go inside and see that there is a cool pow-wow going on. Graceful, serious dancers in feathers getting down in middle court. Drumming is intense as are the dancers. Maybe 50 spectators at most. Half are relatives of the dancers.
Very cool. When the dancing stops, the announcer says: "...and in a few minutes we'll have the Roland Rahzan Kirk Band come out to end the first Hoo Haw Festival, hope ya'll enjoyed it.
I sort of rubbed my eyeys and cleaned my ears. Asked a Siuslaw lady sitting next to me if he said the Roland Rhasan Kirk band? She wasn't sure. I waited.
After about 20 minutes, some really cool hip guys come out and start setting up mics and stuff. Then, others appear on the floor and one dude, dark glasses, is in a wheel chair. Saxes, flutes, whistles, beads, rags, all kinds of things hanging over the sides of his chair. It was then I realized I'd heard correctly. They start into "You'll Never get to heaven if You Break My Heart" and I was in heavan for the next 90 minutes. The band just sent me into orbit and back. I could not believe there were so few people listening to this fantastic, music, intersperesed with stories. It is something I will never forget.
Forward to 1994. Just by chance, I have a very personal meeting with Mrs. Ken Kesey, Mr. Kesey, her companion. So, I turn to him and say, and you must be Mr. Kesey. Nice folks, very gracious.
I mention the Roland Kirk experience to them because Ken Kesey put the "annual" Hoo-Haw together. They beamed with pleasure, huge smiles! They said "you're the first and only person we've ever met who was there that day"! We had a wonderful time talking about that one day. Mrs Kesey said she had spoken to Roland's widow that very morning by phone.
I was invited to join them for dinner that evening, but...
That's my Roland story.
Now spinning the Inflated Tear. |
Rushton,
Another thank you. I am not familiar with Classical music, but there is LOTS to enjoy. I did not grow up with that experience. However, I am seeking music which will move me.
Tonight I listened to Bach violin concertos. Great music and well recorded. The LPs are from the Musical Heritage Society. Also some Mozart and Ravel. |
Thanks Rushton!
Can you, or anyone else, recommend a site, or any other source, for Classical music to look for? It could be composers, labels, etc?
I realize theree is a vast amount, but for those of us who are not hipped as to what to look for, this would be a great help.
Thanks. |
Van Morrison, Buena Vista Social Club, Ruben Gonzales
Talk about PRAT! The Van Morrison is a double live LP- No Use Stopping Now...
It is excellent. Van and his band are at full throttle. Holding the flag high and proud for those of us who long for some SOULFUL RHYTHM AND BLUES. |
It's A Beautiful Day
Buffalo Springfield Revisited
Miles- You Got One Phone Call
Roland Kirk- Bright Moments
A Clockwork Orange |
Cello/Larry and Nrchy,
I have 3 copies of It's A Beutiful Day. Such good music and very well recorded. I use it as a reference when trying different cables, components, etc.
Another favorite is Mark Almond's "In the City" remember that one? Really good jazz/rock, mellow and sweet. |
Black Pearls/John Coltrane- |
Zaike, Slip,
Glad you enjoyed the Kirk story.
Zaike, your friend is undoubtedly familiar with Nancy's yogurt, a local creamery in Eugene. Nancy is Ken K's sister.
A very good friend of mine worked for Nancy's as a delivery truck driver while he completed his Masters at the UFO. He was an Opera major. My girlfriend, was an Opera aficianado (until I intorduced her to Miles, Coltrane, etc). So, as a friend, I'd go to hear/see the Operas which my friend was a part of. These performance were in the newly constructed Eugene ... for the Performing Arts building. Very beautiful, elegant Opera house with waves of balconies, very ornate. Of course, it was a great place to sleep during an opera. Out of 12 operas, I was probably awake a total of 5 minutes.
Anyway, one evening after my friend and his wife had cooked dinner for us, he told my girlfriend and I that he had a t- shirt and 2 tickets for a Grateful Dead show that evening . (He was the limo driver for the Dead whenever they came to town, although they never used the limo. But he had to pick it up, drive it to his house and let it sit there for the night. Really dumb. The Keseys would just drive the band wherever they neede to go).
Anyway, I was offered the tickets. I took them both and headed to the opera house where the concert was to start.
I'd never seen the Dead, but I was curious. As I approached the building, it was a completely different atmosphere. No stiffs in gowns and ties. More like tie-die, hacky sacks, color, smiling faces. Nice aroma.
I announced to the crowd that I had an extra ticket and held it out. A swarm engulfed me, but no one took it. Someone said, how much??? I said, FREE!
Instantly snatched out of my hand. And big cheers and hugs from many, many folks. Really cool. I was the hero.
I go inside. The energy was up about a thousand notches compared to the many boring hours I'd spent there. As soon as the curtains opened, I understood why every Deadhead declares that a Dead concert is the best party on the planet. Instant, explosive ECSTACY, joy, frenzy! The performing arts center was never the same.
On another note. I grew up in East L.A. with Los Lobos. David Hidalgo told me that shortly after Jerry had his second stroke, he could not play guitar. He could hold it in his hands but could not form a chord, or strum the strings. So David spent a few months helping him get his chops back. Which he did, eventually.
After Jerry passed, there were rumours that David would join the Dead. But these were just rumours. No one ever considered it. |
Nrchy,
You got that right!
First concert for me was Blind Faith, It's A Beautiful Day and Jethro Tull and Delanie and Bonnie (led to Derek...) all on the same ticket at the Fabulous Forum.
Zaik,
I know what you mean by the jam thing- boring!
The early R&R, R&B, wedding/garage stuff the Wolves played is what kicked arse.
Have you heard their EP ...And a Time To Dance? If not, shoot me an email and I will record an analog to dig (yuck) for you. |
Gil Scott Heron- Revolution Not Televised
Flora Purim- Stories To Tell
John Reischmann- |
Last night I was really moved by:
Ry Cooder- Chicken Revue
Louie's St. James Infirmary
Clifford Brown |
Uberwaltz, Tomic601,
Many thanks! |
Nothing!
Oregon is on fire. Wish I could pack my system up, but...
We are at level one.
So far, one of my dear audiophile friends has lost his home. 2 more are in level 2.
Perhaps Crazy World of Arthur Brown's, Fire! is in order?
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