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| The Mood Was Ruined I have CD's that exhibit digital "rot", the result being the music becoming completely chaotic. No format is perfect. Your Technics direct drive turntable is not what "tracks a divot in a groove." That is the responsibility of your pickup and ton... | |
| Beatles vs. Stones Rubber Soul and Revolver are my go-to Beatles albums. I haven’t played SPLHCB in over fifty years. Same for Abbey Road. Way over half of the white album is unlistenible. Mick Jagger is a terrible singer, Keith Richards a mediocre guitarist (for v... | |
| Beatles vs. Stones @bigtwin: Two matters: 1- The lyric is actually "when (not "well") after after all it was you and me." 2- I did answer the question: I choose neither. Yesterday I went into my local record store to pick up an album they ordered for me: Lonely So... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Here’s a fact that may come as a surprise to those of you who are Neil Young lovers and Country music haters: Neil likes Hank Williams so much he bought Hank’s Martin acoustic guitar, the one upon which the latter wrote all his classic Country so... | |
| Female vocalist recommendations My earlier post was made in response to what I thought the op was asking for: "soothing" early-morning listening. If it’s female singers for any time of the day (or mood), that’s a whole ’nother matter. Rarely mentioned here are the great fema... | |
| RIP David Lindley Yet another great musician gone. I fear the next ten years (or even the rest of this decade) will be brutal, at least as far as the 60's and 70's generations of musicians is concerned. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? David Lindley: "Mercury Blues" (Asylum AS-11496-X). The LP version already sounds incredible, this 12" white label promo single even better. David and his El Rayo-X band were awesome live on stage. | |
| My opinion; @johnto, your parents were correct. ;-) | |
| Female vocalist recommendations - Maria Muldaur: s/t (Reprise Records). - Lucinda Williams: anything. Try her album West. - Dusty Springfield: Dusty In Memphis. | |
| Ray Charles - "Rap is not music" There is one song on Lucinda Williams’ West album that I consider Rap: the just-over nine minute "Wrap (ha ;-) My Head Around That". Melody-free, but it still works for me. Hey, I'm a poet ;-) . | |
| Ray Charles - "Rap is not music" @acman3: Harmony? Hell, there's not even any melody! | |
| New In 2023 Rodney Crowell: The Chicago Sessions, due out on May 5th on New West Records, both LP and CD. For this album Rodney collaborated with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, both in writing and singing. Recorded in Wilco’s Chicago loft. | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time News flash! For those who think all current Country is crap, this may give you cause to reconsider: On May 5th New West Records (whose artist roster is of a very high quality) is releasing (on both LP and CD) Rodney Crowell: The Chicago Session... | |
| Beatles vs. Stones Speaking of Goffin and King (a favorite songwriting team of McCartney & Lennon. And me ;-), give a listen to Nick Lowe’s (Dave Edmunds’ partner in Rockpile) recording of their song "Halfway To Paradise". OMG, talk about Pure Pop paradise! Dav... | |
| Beatles vs. Stones In the 1990’s I lived in Sherman Oaks California, as did Billy Swan (and Johnny Ramone and Dave Edmunds ;-) . Billy was a singer-songwriter whose sole big hit was "I Can Help". Billy and I became acquainted, and he recounted to me an experience wh... |