Today I decided to listen to two of my favorite rock guitar heros and one great vocalist. Guitarist' Robin Trower, Ronnie Montrose and vocalist Davey Pattison.
I listened to Trower songs: Bridge of sighs, Stitch in time, The fool and me, my personal favorite- Too rolling stoned and others.....
Then I pulled out "Gamma". I listened to: Razor King, Wish I was and Skin and bone and others.....
Davey Pattison hooked has also up with Michael Shenker also. I really enjoyed my day so far. Anybody else heard anything good?
Saraya-ST(CD) Another great 1989 release. Easily a Top 5 Pop/Rock recording from 89. FWIW fronted(vocals) by Sandi Saraya with a mix of Pat Benatar/Kim Carnes vocals and a world-class guitar player Tony Rey that is not an EVH clone.
Maura O'Connell-Just In Time(CD) Another great example of how strong 1989 was for recordings. Virtually unknown with the mainstream, this is easily a Top 100 recording of any genre released in 1989.
At the risk of being called philistine or unsophisticated, I bought that — only because I own a vinyl copy of everything PT and SW — and…
wasn’t disappointed so much as “meh.”
As much as I’ve enjoyed (and BOUGHT) everything SW has gotten his hands into (PT, SW, Blackfield, Pineapple Thief, re-engineering Yes, King Crimson, more), this struck me as sort of the SW equivalent of a sort of homage to Monty Python’s infamous “Contractual Obligation Record,” a rehash of much earlier PT stuff and some lollipop-ish sort of throwaways, like a bootleg green room recording of a true artist just flexing his chops before going on stage to give an otherwise unique virtuoso performance. But this ain’t it. More like a kind of musical “Where’s the BEEF!”
But I’m not a music critic, nor a musician, just a listener and vinyl collector off and on for over 60 years.
Listened to the Beatles 1962-1966 for the fourth time and I am still hearing different things. After the thirty re mixes of the twenty some odd re masters, this one is by far the best!
The photograph of O'Connor on the album cover was taken by Haysi Fantayzee member Kate Garner. The covers of the United States and Canada issues differed from the European release, as it was decided a more subdued pose would present a "softer" image of the star.
Gamma? Haven't heard that name in a while! I have all 3 of their albums! 1, 2 and 3, but haven't plaid them in a very long time. Got tired of dealing with vinyl.
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