In the late ‘50s Lew Raymond’s label decided to put a lady on the cover
of every album he did in an attempt to woo men into a false sense of
excitement. To come were ‘The Flirty ‘30s’ and ‘Big “Hits” Of The
Fabulous ‘50s’ (check out the sleeves on Google), but ‘For Men Only’
from 1957 was his most provocative release with Jayne Mansfield on the
cover and a lead off version of ‘What Lola Wants’. The whole shebang is a
tame piece of MOR with raunch at a minimum, ‘Pepper Hot Baby’ being
vaguely cool but little else.
I've been working through a big folder full of ambient compilation albums, which seem to multiply with abandon these days. I think this is the best I have listened to so far. Some nice variety. 6-hour set.
Thanks for the reminder; my Tyner listening tends to peter out just around this period but I've nothing against the Milestone label output. Also unusually for me I really like the support given the pianist by the big band. I mean its a bit busy and dense but I'm enjoying it a lot - I can see that a few folk on the Japanese scene must have been paying attention.
It's pretty easy to overlook Tyner's post-BlueNote, post-Impulse recordings, but there's some amazing music during that period. I've really been revisiting all of Tyner's work lately (hell, "The Real McCoy" is getting played daily), but now I'm starting to move into his 70s work, and really happy about it.
Oh joy! I finally found this missing CD double-stacked in another CD case, and I can finally listen to this again. Been looking for this thing for years!
WB is this month's "Cover Star" in The Wire magazine. Interesting interview with snazzy clothes too!
Yesterday, over the noise of a carpet cleaner in my office, I hear my wife scream, "Oh my God! It's Bill!" The mail had arrived with Basinski on the cover of The Wire. We both laughed because after a long time of presenting him as a "serious" composer in professional attire after this success with the Dis. Loops, here he is, pretty much the way we knew him during our days at school when we hung out, doing his best Iggy impersonations in those pictures. Also, we noticed that in the first picture of the article, there's a shortwave radio that is the exact one that I've used since the mid-70s.
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very rare cult recording from 1958, and possibly the greatest worst
album of all time. Beautifully remastered for the very first time, so
now it sounds even worse. After a vague career on the silver screen, Leona Anderson
hit the recording studio in 1958. She only went once. The results are
legendary. In fact, no other album has reached such heights of
brilliance and badness at the same time. The album is relentless, from
"Indian Love Call" to "Carmen," the yodelling, crooning and aural
torture just gets more incredible, more entertaining and more
unforgettable as the album runs on. Add to the mix such classic and
unique numbers as "Rats In My Room" and "Limburger Lover" (the greatest
song about cheese ever written and performed), and we find that the
album moves effortlessly from being just another incredibly strange
album to simply the greatest, most consistently entertaining recording
of all time. Anderson's vocal timing is sublime, the orchestra is
strong, and the album brims with humor, darkness and more than a touch
of utter madness. One listen to Music To Suffer By, and you will
not suffer. Instead, you will laugh and revel in the fact that you will
not be able to stop singing it or playing it for the rest of your life,
whether you like it or not.
Well, firstly, it was a delight to spend the day with bass player-William Parker and it made me think of another great bass player. With the garden awaiting a new season, I find myself spending more time looking at the wall of vinyl. I'd forgotten that the Chess Box was actually the CD set in the box. It still has the notes for a vinyl set so it really feels like a vinyl listen, especially after having to edit all the artists and year recorded. I know the 1970 album is well played but still worth a scratchy listen (I'm getting pretty good at that GarageBand). Great lineup- Drums – Clifton James, Guitar – Johnny Shines, Harmonica – Shakey Jake, Piano – Sunnyland Slim, Vocals, Bass [String] – Willie Dixon 1951-1968 The Chess Box 1970 I Am The Blues
A new composer for me that I just chanced across in the old blogosphere. Interesting mix of the old and the new; sometime technically challenging to play (or so I'm told) but also tuneful and interesting on the ear.
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WB is this month's "Cover Star" in The Wire magazine. Interesting interview with snazzy clothes too!
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