Tales from The Tropics - The Laurie files

[Mr.Segment]

I am very pleased to share with you photos and press clippings from around the time of the scarce Laurie release! Stellar stuff, very pleased with being able to present this.

I am a bit bummed the press photo and the business card have that dreaded grayness to them. They are official photos but printed on cardboard rather than photographic paper. I will try and get these photographed properly instead at some point.

The business card:

 

[EXPO67]

I am very pleased to share with you photos and press clippings from around the time of the scarce Laurie release! Stellar stuff, very pleased with being able to present this.

These items are fabulous and deserve to be in a magazine like Ugly Things or Shindig.

 

[Frantic]

Not sure how to embed photos but here's a couple of semi-quick fixes.

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/joeyd333/TROPICS1.jpg

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/joeyd333/TROPICS2.jpg

A little cleaner.

 

[chas_kit]

I am a bit bummed the press photo and the business card have that dreaded grayness to them. They are official photos but printed on cardboard rather than photographic paper. I will try and get these photographed properly instead at some point.

By dreaded grayness, do you mean the moiré pattern? That can be removed in your scans by using Gaussian Blur in Photoshop. Only the photo needs to be blurred, and that by just a small amount. If that blurs the photo, then do an Unsharp Mask and carefully find a good point to refocus.

 

[The Swyne]

Thank you for sharing these! :)

 

[Mr.Segment]

By dreaded grayness, do you mean the moiré pattern? That can be removed in your scans by using Gaussian Blur in Photoshop. Only the photo needs to be blurred, and that by just a small amount. If that blurs the photo, then do an Unsharp Mask and carefully find a good point to refocus.

Thanks! I see it's time I finally invest in Photoshop. Especially if it solves the problems I have with moiré patterns. I see there is a free trial period, law abiding citizen as I am.

 

[Mr.Segment]

Thank you for sharing these! :)

My pleasure Mr.Swyne.

 

[Michael W]

You can get Photoshop as a 30 day trial.
Some free software like Gimp (Mac only?) might also do the same thing.
Some scanners have a "descreen" setting that might be worth trying, as it's the dot screen pattern that is causing the moire.

 

[The Swyne]

Some free software like Gimp

GIMP is good!

I use that program.

 

[Darren J Wallace]

VERY COOL STUFF! Thanks for posting Mr. Segment!

 

[howlin' hoosier]

Cool post - here's the fuzzy tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyOK_L6pia0

Anymore Laurie label garage beyond Little Bit o' Soul and The Barbarians stuff?

 

[howlin' hoosier]

Link to more pix: http://www.dizzyrambler.com/features/GarageBands/Tropics/TheTropics.html

 

[The Raven]

Cool post - here's the fuzzy tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyOK_L6pia0

Anymore Laurie label garage beyond Little Bit o' Soul and The Barbarians stuff?

*tons more*....when it comes to diggin into the Lauriie garage/60's rock vaults, check side two of the Mindrocker vol 3 comp, it's all Laurie 45's

 

[howlin' hoosier]

Forgot about Mindrocker (and the fuzzy A Question of Temperature) - sounds like maybe Ace could work up a Laurie based comp.

 

[Mr.Segment]

Here's another cool Lauire disc, the band also known as The Boys From NYC, according to the poster

Great sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8zi2RAq1W4

(embed option seems to be out of order?)

 

[paul messis]

these RULE... thanks ever so much for sharing.


Paul