BigD-Bluez
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Strange label discovery - Red Devil Records/The Orchard - caught my eye because of these 2 new ad…
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@BT, did you realize The Lilly Brothers are Track 8, The Waves On The Sea, on the Rolled Gold Surf comp? Wee bit of a stretch I think.
in What are you listening to right now? (Number 9, number 9...) Comment by BigD-Bluez August 2012
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Interesting, BT, but I beg to differ - she's actually playing Otis Rush style which is to say turned around and upside down, thickest strings on the bottom - also how Dick Dale plays I believe. Hendrix would turn a righty guitar over but restring i…
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I'm 118 pages into Knife Of Dreams, Book Eleven of The Wheel Of Time series - yes, I know, I called it that "accursed" series above - but, dammit, the opening parts were good here, so I'm hoping it doesn't start wandering about like so…
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@denver - I'm eyeballing that Doo Wop myself - here's@BT - I have good news, and I have bad news. I just spun the wheel on this and it took a few minutes to load the Download Mangler - old version 4.1.2 here on the vintage laptop - but…Noticed just tonight that Twin Peaks is on Netflix. I still remember how stoked I was - how many years ago? - when I found a cassette of that soundtrack in the cutout bin at The Wiz for $0.99 - a couple of tracks went right into the instrumental ro…These Platinum Masters releases from the Rolled Gold label dropped yesterday. I can't…72 hours past refresh and I haven't downloaded a thing - my, how the worm has turned. They have definitely turned musical discovery into a chore over there - I have plenty in the SFL but now I'm burdened by having to weigh more judiciously - just a…Into Disc 2 now of James Brown's Original Funky Divas - I don't think every song is top shelf material but taken as a who…Just got the Maria Callas set which looks to be Discs 2,4, and 5 of the 100 Best Maria Callas. $0.99? Sweet.(Quote) BT, I own that and it absolutely is. Gol, that cost me $6 for that half - RIPOFF.Amazon Instant Video deal from Amazon Local - link - $3 off purchase or rental expires 8/12.**CD Deal** Just been listening to Let Me Tell You About The Blues:Nashville, one of those Fantastic Voyage box sets, 3 CDs…(Quote)
Afraid I have to second that emotion. With all due respect there are just too many songs there that are hardwired into my head from 70's involuntary exposure that I just don't need to willingly resurrect. Conversely the collectio…@kez, and in general, I am currently reading Volume 10 of this accursed series, Crossroads of Twilight - what, accursed, he said? It's complicated - obviously I have been ens…Even though I did snag one of the heavyweight mispriced boxes of all time, Archive Vol.1, I am feeling twitchy toward this lesser Neil Young box, Decade, th…Since we're on the subject, I just discovered 46 from Maker's Mark last week, name deriving from the alcohol content - very nice indeed, and still smooth.Man, you got that right - when I decided to clean up my genre listings in my iTunes library last year there were all kind of whackadoodle listings, mostly courtesy of Amie, whom I admit I still miss. On the other hand the existence of said categori…Season 4 was awesome - I really hate how overused that word has become but for this it is absolutely appropriate.Thanks for posting that, Nereffid - some time when my brain isn't in the doldrums I'll have to go through the full article. Does seem to support many of my feelings about the sound and direction of modern music - I mean I've never been much of a fa…Just finishing up Let Me Tell You About The Blues:New Yor…The 73 CD Deal - was so tired I almost forgot. Ehh, not much of a discount, really, and besides it's 71 Cd's and a CD-ROM. 2 hours left to go, but I'll pa…Amazon 9PM Eastern Time Lightning Deal will be:
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Wonder what it is - almost has to be classical, and it needs to be priced somewhat reasonably to begin with to be a go as a Deal, but haven't nailed anything with the magic number…Hey, BT, I didn't know about Frank'n'Dawg - I'll have to check that one out. I like Vignola a lot, both in his more straight up jazz groove and his gypsy jazz stuff as well.
La Boheme from this Pavarotti box at 7digital (Disc 1 ne…Another big box but first, Mozart's Best Operas, $1.99 for 9 hours of The Magic Flute, Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi Fan Tutte - …$1.99 if anyone …@greg - if you dig the Peter Green era Mac you might want to investigate these two releases where he and they (blessedly minus Jeremy Spencer, I have to add - no lame Elmore James c…