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    The Zombies

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Which version?

     

    # Audio CD (1987) (October 25, 1990)

    # Original Release Date: 1968

    # Number of Discs: 1

    # Label: Rhino / Wea

    (I have this one - sounds muddled to me - early cd technology at it's finest I suppose)

     

    # Audio CD (March 26, 1998)

    # Original Release Date: 1968

    # Number of Discs: 1

    # Label: Big Beat UK

     

    # Audio CD (April 5, 2001)

    # Original Release Date: 1968

    # Number of Discs: 1

    # Label: Repertoire

     

    # Audio CD (May 29, 2004)

    # Original Release Date: 1968

    # Number of Discs: 1

    # Format: Import

    # Label: Teichiku

     

    I guess there is a new one coming out - looks like no bonus tracks though.

    # Audio CD (June 26, 2007)

    # Original Release Date: 1968

    # Number of Discs: 1

    # Format: Original recording remastered

    # Label: Big Beat UK

     

     

    I wouldn't buy any album digitally remastered before 2003 if there are later versions available. Can't comment on which later remaster sounds best in this case, but seriously disqualify those earlier attempts. The technology wasn't there yet and you'll end up with a flat sounding, soulless piece of poo.

    Ryan Adams 6/19

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I'm not sure if this has been posted, but I saw on Ryan Adams website that he is scheduled to play on 6/19 at the Black Orchid. I can't find any ticket information on this, does anyone have the info on this?

     

    I've never even heard of the Black Orchid.

    It was 40 years ago today...

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Of course, some people think it was too much - with all the overdubs, sped-up voices, ADT use, etc. Which is one of the reasons Music From Big Pink, John Wesley Harding and the like were championed as a return to a more simpler form of music making.

     

    As was the White Album...

    New Spoon July 10th

    in Someone Else's Song

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    well.. and i'm not saying you're in this camp, but...

     

    most of the people i know who think that record is as great, if not better, than Girls, Sneaks, or KTM (depends, as KTM was a lot of peoples intro to Spoon), were first introduced to Spoon via Gimme Fiction.

     

    but yeah, that's it for me, and Cryptique as well... it's not that Gimme Fiction is BAD, but for both of us, as much as we loved the previous 3 full lengths (and in Tom's case, 4), Gimme Fiction, as great as it is (solid 8+ album still), was a let down as an overall record. killer singles, but didn't quite flow for me, seemed more like a collection of tracks as opposed to an album.

     

    kinda like The National's "Alligator", an absolutely incredible record, but i was still a bit let down w/ it from Sad Songs For Lovers... granted i eventually got over any and all "disappointment" after a year or so listening to it, but still, a slight letdown or somewhat disappointing album doesn't mean bad by any means to me.

     

    So how do you feel about SBS?

    pitchfork gives SBS a 5.2

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I think that's one of the better (if not flattering) Pitchfork reviews I've read in a long time. I didn't find it all that snarky and I can't argue with this passage at all:

    Case in point, the drowsy opener "Either Way" sleepwalks through a list of indecisive sentiments ("maybe you love me, maybe you don't") before breaking for a Cline solo that's straight-up Weather Channel Local on the 8s.

     

    It's OK to appreciate the craft of rcok criticism without agreeing with the content. This was a pretty nicely written and honest criticism. What more can you ask for?

    the Method

    in Someone Else's Song

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    It's always made perfect sesne to me: All matter is molecules vibrating at different speeds. Music, too, is simply a vibration of air (as is all sound) as it passes over and around your ear drums, causing them to vibrate. If you could manipulate all matter to vibrate at the same speed you would essentially remove friction and all the energy would be efficiently transferred--thus, nirvana.

     

    Sign me up.

    hey vc vets!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    ok. i like sbs. alot. it's different, but i dig it. i am hopeful that the official release will sound sharper b/c the version floating round now is low bit rate.

     

    i haven't been around here on the boards that long so my question for all you long-time v.c.ers is this:

     

    were past albums like agib or yhf (if vc was around then) as polarizing or picked apart for shallow song writing when they were first released?

     

    I think YHF was the dividing line for old time Uncle Tupelo fans who dug AM and cautiously interested in Being There. The Mermaid Ave albums kept many satisfied but YHF was too poppy and experimental (yes, ironically, both) for many of those old alt,country folk. AGIB was just confirmation to them that Jeff had lost it.

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