beccabear67
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In a case where the reviewer has bought what they're reviewing the odds favor them liking it or they wouldn't have bought it in the first place.
What are you listening to and what do you have to say about it?
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Laurent Bigot
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You never take a chance on a record?
nadorozny2001
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listened to the quiet jungle -everything & the fringe-plastic people. two fantastic records from toronto !!
axel
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Me too. Only that it is "Token For My Mind" instead of "Plastic People".
I finally got a copy of "the Midwest vs. Canada vol.2". One of those 80s comps I didn't even know about back in the 80s. They probably weren't distributed in Europe. It says "All killer, no filler!" which is the case, almost. I knew "Everything" from the Psychedelic Disaster Whirl (still one of the best comps ever, hard to compete with). Hearing it again I even thought of trying to cover it with the band. Might be a great song to play live.
By the way, there's an interesting little add on the back of the cover spelling The Royal Flairs of "Suicide" fame as the Royal Flares. In the liners of "the Midwest vs. the Rest" they're also spelled like that (more precisely: Bobby Williams & the Royal Flares). On "Midwest vs. Rest" is a song by the follow-up group The Unlimited. Great tune as well. Pretty cool band those Royal Flairs/ Flares/ Unlimited. Anyone knows more about them? Did they ever release something as The Royal Flares? I was just surprised (pleasantly) as our group uses the same spelling. When we made up the name we weren't even aware of the Flairs as an original band. So, yeah well, it's just funny.
I also got an original copy of "Bradley's Barn", which I'm playing a lot. In my memory this will be "An Autumn with the Beau Brummels". My old Edsel copy doesn't sound too bad compared to it. Sometimes those Edsel releases sound a bit harsh in the treble. Not in this case. It sounds more crisp as the original without being noisy. But the original has more depth and breath, naturally. So it's actually nice to have both.
Laurent Bigot
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They were, I bought both volumes in Paris back then.
axel
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We went on a school trip to Paris back then. Unfortunately we didn't find the slightest evidence of a 60s scene. But our French was quite meager, too. We got to see a movie about rats invading New York though. The theatre was full of punks (not 60s), throwing their emptied beer bottles at the screen. That was about what we saw of Paris. In retrospect I always thought we should have had the courage to step right into the headquarters of EVA records. It was my favourite label anyway (besides Crypt, of course).
After writing about the Royal Flairs yesterday I looked them up on ebay and found their album on Unlimited Productions. Seems this label was quite dedicated to them. They even named themselves after them. It was pretty cheap, too. On German ebay, from one of those sellers where I don't even have to pay postage.
So hopefully the liners will contain detailed information about Bob Everhart and the bunch. What I already know is that "My Baby Cries" is one great soulful screamer:
Hard to believe that the guy is playing bluegrass now. And he's good at it, too!
axel
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One more on "Bradley's Barn": it seems there will be a double (!) cd on Rhino coming out by the end of this month (!):
"(...) expanded two CD edition of this 1968 album featuring 25 rare and unreleased recordings (...)"
25 songs?! Wow!!!!
Looks as if there will be even more Brummels in the house this autumn...
The price is quite steep though: $49.61? For real?
I just bought a Hollies comp called "The Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years", which came out last May. SIX CDs!!! Amazing stuff I never knew of (there is much much much more and better than "Sweet Little Sixteen" or "Fifi the Flea"). The early stuff- wow! Demos- wow! One of thee great vocal groups! For about $ 20!!!!!!! For real!!
"(...) expanded two CD edition of this 1968 album featuring 25 rare and unreleased recordings (...)"
25 songs?! Wow!!!!
Looks as if there will be even more Brummels in the house this autumn...
The price is quite steep though: $49.61? For real?
I just bought a Hollies comp called "The Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years", which came out last May. SIX CDs!!! Amazing stuff I never knew of (there is much much much more and better than "Sweet Little Sixteen" or "Fifi the Flea"). The early stuff- wow! Demos- wow! One of thee great vocal groups! For about $ 20!!!!!!! For real!!
mansson66
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I was playing through a stack of 45s a coupla nights ago and I tested playing one of the 'Garage Greats' reissues back to back with both original pressings and a coupla of these latest garage reissues (Tamrons, Escapades etc) which have well printed repro labels with a clear 'reissue' printed on'em aswell. I could only listen to one GG... the sound is so incredibly dead and unexciting... I've been pretty annoyed with those pressings before (don't have many cause the prices are just stupid considering the lack of quality) but especially the misprinted labels... I haven't played any back to back with proper 45s til now though. Not a good thing to do. Just a tip if anyone here's thinking about buying any of'em
pfft
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Thanks Axel!
I just ordered a set. £12.39 post paid to Norway is unbelievable. I heard the booklet is pretty skimpy, but I guess you can't have it all (at that price).
Mr.Segment
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To all that need Eddie Trotter in their life and do not browse Waxidermy
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depravedskippy66
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Yeah Bard, these EMI multi disc sets are pretty bare bones in their packaging. I bought the Manfred Mann 4 CD set that came out a few years back and while I have no fault with the music, the packaging left a lot to be desired; just minimal liner notes based on a conversation with Tom McGuinness that really didn't go into any kind of depth. Obviously, the low retail price of these sets is a huge selling point.
The Raven
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some songs stuck in my head as of late:
*'I Dont Understand' - The Monarchs (Ia.)* (lovin the desperation overload in the vox on this one, surprised it hasn't appeared on more comps; is it maybe a 'recent' discovery?)
and
'Come On If You Can' - The Gentlemen (location anyone??)
'Come On In Baby' - Young Executives (NY?)
'We Better Get Along' - Young Lions (L.A.)
*'I Dont Understand' - The Monarchs (Ia.)* (lovin the desperation overload in the vox on this one, surprised it hasn't appeared on more comps; is it maybe a 'recent' discovery?)
and
'Come On If You Can' - The Gentlemen (location anyone??)
'Come On In Baby' - Young Executives (NY?)
'We Better Get Along' - Young Lions (L.A.)
The Raven
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OUCH! i meant:
*'I Dont Understand' - The MORTICIANS (Ia.)* (lovin the desperation overload in the vox on this one, surprised it hasn't appeared on more comps; is it maybe a 'recent' discovery?)
*'I Dont Understand' - The MORTICIANS (Ia.)* (lovin the desperation overload in the vox on this one, surprised it hasn't appeared on more comps; is it maybe a 'recent' discovery?)
I have also been listening to the new Monkees Instant Replay boxset, which certainly wouldn't be considered garage. However you might all dig the Fuzz version of Through the Looking Glass.
http://soundcloud.com/rhinorecords/through-the-looking-glass-fuzz
http://soundcloud.com/rhinorecords/through-the-looking-glass-fuzz
The Raven
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imho, some ( but *not* all) of The Monkees stuff definitely could easily be called garage, and i would personally be totally shocked if there weren't alotta people in this forum who dig The Monkees....
If it were not for the Monkees I am not sure I would have gotten so into the the music of the sixties. They certainly were my teething biscuit into the sound. I saw the show as a kid in the 70s and loved the music so I went looking for the records at garage sales since all you could find in the shops by then were the crappy hits packages. Those garage sales led me to the Beatles, Stones & Beach Boys and other classic sixties bands. By the time I high school in the 80s I found the Standells & the first Nuggets double lp. Those led me to Pebbles Back from the Grave etc.
The Swyne
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nadorozny2001
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i'm listening to some song called reunited & it sucks ass
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