@amclark2, I've dabbled, and like the dub-influenced electronic stuff, like Deadbeat. I have a Bill Laswell 'Trojan Dub' compilation and have sampled some Lee Perry tracks...haven't really found the vital connection yet. Any particular Perry tracks I should sample?
GP; try, from the Arkology box set, Vibrate On and Vibrator, and Roast Fish and Cornbread and Roast Fish and Cornbread Dub. Also, Revloution Dub, on emu but not on Guvera, is an album I could see you liking.
I know it's one of greg's faves, so I thought I'd check it out. It's not entirely reaching me, but I like this immensely more than most McCartney music. Reading the wikipedia article, I was caught by surprise that the album was so poorly reviewed. It seems that "back to basics" wasn't well appreciated by critics at the time.
I was all of 11 when that album came out, and as I recall there was kind of a sense of bafflement at how "weird" and far-out it was. Especially the loopy "Admiral Halsey," which was all over the radio...Funny to think about, as now it all just sounds like pure Paulie. Of course back then what we were really looking for was a new Beatles' album, anything less was a disappointment.
Starting the day with expanded consciousness thanks to disc 2 of "Remembering Shakti"
Whilst Ram is an album that I play fairly often, I actually prefer Band on the Run from the early Paul McC albums. I agree that Ram is back to basics, whereas Band on the Run has far more musicians and post recording studio input; much of it was recorded in Nigeria using local musicians, well before they became better known in Europe. Certainly it has stood the test of time 40 years on. Another one worth spending Guvera credits on is MCartney - I love Maybe I'm Amazed from that album, certainly this album is the closest in style to his contributions to later Beatles albums, no surprise as much of it was written, some recorded around the same time as Abbey Road. Maybe I'm Amazed could easily have come off Abbey Road in stylistic terms. But it is a variable album, not all tracks reach the high quality of some
G.
(Took me a while to figure out the cover picture. At first I thought it was a slug on a garden path. Now that I've seen it's a person I can't unsee it.)
Doofy; it took me a while to figure out that the picture was Lennon's review, and the words were yours. I was trying to figure out whether "I was all of 11" was a typo or some sort of Lennonism... Having read up on it I now know, I guess, where "How do You Sleep" and "Crippled Inside", two songs that make me really dislike John, came from.
I have McCartney, Ram, and McCartney II, and really like them all a lot; more than any Lennon solo stuff, although I think less than All Things Must Pass, althought when I'm in a McCartney mood, nothing else will do; I'll have to get Band on the Run sometime.
Actually I think it's more Lennon's review of Paul than of the album! Of course they were embroiled in legal battles at the time, on top of everything else.
No, I was the one who was 11! That picture was packaged with "Imagine," which was regarded as a much better album at the time - I haven't heard it for years, wonder what I would think of it now. Personally I could live without ever hearing the song "Imagine" again. (As Elvis Costello heretically asked, "Was it a millionaire who said imagine no possessions?")
Meanwhile, listening to some piano genius picked up back during Guvera 1.0. The Herbie Nichols set is particularly fine.
This is probably my favourite post Beatles recording by any of the four. I've bought it three times - LP, CD and remastered CD. Now that is extravicant.... I prefer it to George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, even though I do like that a lot. Interestingly I don't think I've played the Imagine album through in full for years - I don' think I have it as either CD or mp3
Not sure where to post this so I'll just drop it here:
From Leonardo Rosado:
"Closing down activities
Although I truly would like to keep on releasing beautiful music through Heart and Soul my current work but also a lot of thinking I've put into how the label should operate leaves me no choice but to close down operations. It was fun and I would like to thank all artists involved in the process. Maybe Heart and Soul couldn't give all you deserve, but hopefully it helped at least a little bit." http://heartandsoullabel.blogspot.com/
"Imagine there's no wretched imagine song, s'easy if you try..."
That one song requires a line by line rebuttal almost every time I hear it.
The Beatles never recorded in my lifetime, and my parents weren't young enough to be fans, so a lot of what they did doesn't resonate with me the way that it does for other people. It seems to me that not all aspects of their career, as a band and after, have really aged the same way: Abbey Road, not Sgt. Pepper; Lennon, the snot, not Lennon, the evolving male; Harrison, the sensitive man, not the one into weird Hoodoo-Voodoo.
ETA: currently streaming Band on the Run--I'll re-evaluate it later.
A combination of BT and AMC2 got me started on this play list this afternoon. Sadly I am old enough to remember the rise and fall of the Beatles and their subsequent solo careers. Even Ringo made the odd decent track (note not album!) though the good ones usually had one or other of the other Beatles involved.
Lately when I listen to te Beatles I see to focus on the drums a lot. Ringo may not have written much, but he certainly makes an important contribution. There are lots of little wow drum moments for me. The Beatles never recorded in my lifetime either, and my parents were not big fans (maybe too young? - I think my mom once said she preferred Herman's Hermits), but I've become pretty well attached to them.
I've been using Guvera lately to catch up on some Stones. 12x5 wow! A nice thing about my age group is there was never any pressure to choose between Stones ad Beatles.
My mom never got beyond Bobby Sherman, so no Beatles in my house growing up. I tend to go back and forth between preferring the Stones and the Beatles. At the moment I seem to be in a Beatles spell.
OK, I listened to as much of Band on the Run as I could handle. Jet and Mamunia are great. The keyboards ruined 1985 for me. The rest didn't sit well with me. It sounds so timely: I can hear too much of ELO and Fleetwood Mac. Needless to say, I'm no fan of '70s Pop-Rock.
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Spent most of the day with this in the background. Much work was done today.
The version of Macca I prefer.
G.
GP; try, from the Arkology box set, Vibrate On and Vibrator, and Roast Fish and Cornbread and Roast Fish and Cornbread Dub. Also, Revloution Dub, on emu but not on Guvera, is an album I could see you liking.
Thanks Jonah and BN for linking to this.
Thanks Lowlife
Free Sampler from Amazon UK
I know it's one of greg's faves, so I thought I'd check it out. It's not entirely reaching me, but I like this immensely more than most McCartney music. Reading the wikipedia article, I was caught by surprise that the album was so poorly reviewed. It seems that "back to basics" wasn't well appreciated by critics at the time.
I was all of 11 when that album came out, and as I recall there was kind of a sense of bafflement at how "weird" and far-out it was. Especially the loopy "Admiral Halsey," which was all over the radio...Funny to think about, as now it all just sounds like pure Paulie. Of course back then what we were really looking for was a new Beatles' album, anything less was a disappointment.
Starting the day with expanded consciousness thanks to disc 2 of "Remembering Shakti"
If you are after some great dub check out Scientist who was around the same time as Lee Perry or King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown
G.
(Took me a while to figure out the cover picture. At first I thought it was a slug on a garden path. Now that I've seen it's a person I can't unsee it.)
I have McCartney, Ram, and McCartney II, and really like them all a lot; more than any Lennon solo stuff, although I think less than All Things Must Pass, althought when I'm in a McCartney mood, nothing else will do; I'll have to get Band on the Run sometime.
No, I was the one who was 11! That picture was packaged with "Imagine," which was regarded as a much better album at the time - I haven't heard it for years, wonder what I would think of it now. Personally I could live without ever hearing the song "Imagine" again. (As Elvis Costello heretically asked, "Was it a millionaire who said imagine no possessions?")
Meanwhile, listening to some piano genius picked up back during Guvera 1.0. The Herbie Nichols set is particularly fine.
This is probably my favourite post Beatles recording by any of the four. I've bought it three times - LP, CD and remastered CD. Now that is extravicant.... I prefer it to George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, even though I do like that a lot. Interestingly I don't think I've played the Imagine album through in full for years - I don' think I have it as either CD or mp3
I don't mind "Imagine" as much as a lot of people, but it's definitely a song I can only hear once in awhile.
Craig
@testtube. Lovely.
- From Bandcamp:
- Classical gypsy jazz . . . ?
music review.
ETA: sounded a bit arty farty at first, but as the album opens up, it is actually quite brilliant.
From Leonardo Rosado:
"Closing down activities
Although I truly would like to keep on releasing beautiful music through Heart and Soul my current work but also a lot of thinking I've put into how the label should operate leaves me no choice but to close down operations. It was fun and I would like to thank all artists involved in the process. Maybe Heart and Soul couldn't give all you deserve, but hopefully it helped at least a little bit."
http://heartandsoullabel.blogspot.com/
:-(
Bandcamp
The Beatles never recorded in my lifetime, and my parents weren't young enough to be fans, so a lot of what they did doesn't resonate with me the way that it does for other people. It seems to me that not all aspects of their career, as a band and after, have really aged the same way: Abbey Road, not Sgt. Pepper; Lennon, the snot, not Lennon, the evolving male; Harrison, the sensitive man, not the one into weird Hoodoo-Voodoo.
ETA: currently streaming Band on the Run--I'll re-evaluate it later.
A combination of BT and AMC2 got me started on this play list this afternoon. Sadly I am old enough to remember the rise and fall of the Beatles and their subsequent solo careers. Even Ringo made the odd decent track (note not album!) though the good ones usually had one or other of the other Beatles involved.
G.
Lately when I listen to te Beatles I see to focus on the drums a lot. Ringo may not have written much, but he certainly makes an important contribution. There are lots of little wow drum moments for me. The Beatles never recorded in my lifetime either, and my parents were not big fans (maybe too young? - I think my mom once said she preferred Herman's Hermits), but I've become pretty well attached to them.
I've been using Guvera lately to catch up on some Stones. 12x5 wow! A nice thing about my age group is there was never any pressure to choose between Stones ad Beatles.
Noisy.
My mom never got beyond Bobby Sherman, so no Beatles in my house growing up. I tend to go back and forth between preferring the Stones and the Beatles. At the moment I seem to be in a Beatles spell.
Craig
Here's a Beatles' project I can endorse:
Not at all like the Beatles. Very nice. Bandcamp.