EL the Famous Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 The Semantics - PowerbillWill Owsley and Millard Powers share songwriting and lead vocal duties, with Zak Starkey on drums. A hook-drenched power-pop masterpiece. if you ever find the means to hook me up with a copy of that, i'd forever be grateful. i've been looking for that forever. i'll have to think about the original question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveMck Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 The Lyres - On FyreGreat garage rock with not one, but two, Kinks covers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Unfortunately I've never been able to track those 2 down. I believe they're out-of-print sadly. I'm hoping they get re-released someday.You can find used copies of Please Panic through Amazon. If you want a burned copy of that and/or the other one, PM me. Might take me a little while but I'll get around to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 You can find used copies of Please Panic through Amazon. If you want a burned copy of that and/or the other one, PM me. Might take me a little while but I'll get around to it. Thanks for the kind offer cryptique. I'll check out Amazon first, if no luck there I may take you up on your offer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 self titled debut album. great music and a great story Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I still break this one out a few times a year. Definitely a record that deserves some attention. Nice call. I'll have to dig this out. I also agree with Cryptique on Please Panic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rileykill Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 self titled debut album. great music and a great story Ohhhh yeah - I gotta give that one a spin. It's been awhile. Awesome record and a great live show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Boots Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 self titled debut album. great music and a great story Ha. I smoked a j with him during one of the 2000 Prez debates at his house in Saginaw. A buddy of mine had been recording with him and he asked me if I wanted to hang out with Robert one night. I'd seen RBBS open up for someone else back in 96 and loved the 1st record. so I jumped at the chance. We get to his house and altough blind he was recording the debate between Bush and Gore on tv. He told me he taped it because he wanted to listen to it later before he voted. Anyway we smoked a bit, and he played the piano for awhile and sang some of his at the time newer songs. Good times Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Here are some more... This probably my favorite Smog album. Dark lyrics, excellent arrangements and nice use of the Hurdy-Gurdy (courtesy of Jim O'Rourke who produced the album) and French Horn. Plush: Fed. If you've seen High Fidelity, you've seen Liam Hayes (Plush) singing Soaring and Boaring from his first (and equally underrated album) More You Becomes You. Fed is his masterpiece, which he spent years trying to perfect and then released in Japan only in 2002 (he couldn't get an American indie to pick it up, because it cost so much to make). This is a really good album in the vein of early Rundgren, Nilsson, The Beatles and Jon Brion. Also worth checking out is Underfed (Fed is basically impossible to find cheaply in the States, unless of course you google it, find it and download it for free), which came out on Drag City. It's the demos of Fed and stands it's own as a pretty good album. Laura Nyro: Eli and The Thirteenth Confession. How the hell did I not hear about this album for 21 years? Don't make the same mistake I did. This is amazing. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco LP #7 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Ozark Mountain Daredevils-It'll Shine When It Shines Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Laura Nyro: Eli and The Thirteenth Confession. How the hell did I not hear about this album for 21 years? Don't make the same mistake I did. This is amazing. --Mike Thanks for the reminder. I think I have at least 5 of her LP's in the basement, and I'm ashamed to say I've never listened to any of them. Must. Rectify. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 well, a good amount of people know about The Pogues, but not so many give Shane-less Pogues a fair shake. i love this album, completely outside of their element, they seem to reach new creative heights. "Tuesday Morning" by Stacy and "Once Upon A Time" by Finer are unheralded classics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ludwig Von Drake Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Honestly: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Laura Nyro: Eli and The Thirteenth Confession. How the hell did I not hear about this album for 21 years? Don't make the same mistake I did. This is amazing. --Mike Thanks for the reminder. I think I have at least 5 of her LP's in the basement, and I'm ashamed to say I've never listened to any of them. Must. Rectify.Kids today.... Her first five albums are some of the greatest stuff ever recorded and some of the best songs ever written. Some of her later stuff ain't bad either. I highly recommend the live at the Filmore CD that came out a few years back. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I aquired this LP from mom's collection. I'm putting this one up here, because it seems like I'm one of the few people on VC who has it on vinyl. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nettles Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 Kids today.... Her first five albums are some of the greatest stuff ever recorded and some of the best songs ever written. Some of her later stuff ain't bad either. I highly recommend the live at the Filmore CD that came out a few years back. LouieB I picked up this one for my gal after hearing Jenny Lewis talking about in an interview, and we both love it. It's all Oldies covers and Patty Labelle and her sisters sing back up, some powerful singing. One of our favorite, it's saturday and time for a drink records. I'll have to check out some of here original work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 What a fantastic album! "Aht Uh Mi Hed" is my favorite track. It's also a white label promo. The cover is less than desireable, but the vinyl shines like a champion. (plays Very warm) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Kids today.... Her first five albums are some of the greatest stuff ever recorded and some of the best songs ever written. Some of her later stuff ain't bad either. I highly recommend the live at the Filmore CD that came out a few years back. LouieB I'll check those out, Eli is the first record of hers I've heard. Anything with the LouieB stamp of approval is worth looking into. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I'll check those out, Eli is the first record of hers I've heard. Anything with the LouieB stamp of approval is worth looking into. --Mike I think all of them are pretty good - but may just need this: Stoned Soul Picnic: Best Of * 1967 - More Than a New Discovery (later reissued as Laura Nyro, 1969, and as The First Songs, 1973) * 1968 - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession * 1969 - New York Tendaberry * 1970 - Christmas and the Beads of Sweat * 1971 - Gonna Take a Miracle (with Labelle) * 1976 - Smile * 1977 - Season of Lights * 1978 - Nested * 1984 - Mother's Spiritual * 1989 - Laura: Live at the Bottom Line * 1993 - Walk the Dog and Light the Light * 2000 - Live at Mountain Stage (recorded 1990) * 2001 - Angel in the Dark (posthumous album recorded 1994-1995) * 2002 - Live: The Loom's Desire (recorded 1993-1994) * 2003 - Live in Japan (recorded 1994) * 2004 - Spread Your Wings and Fly: Live at the Fillmore East May 30, 1971 Last time I was in a flea market that had a nice record room, I found and bought a whole bunch of her records. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jerrygarciaparra Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 The Feelies : The Good Earth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 The Feelies : The Good EarthGood call. One of my all-time favorite "driving" albums. Great for the road. ed. An "hey," what's shakin' Jg? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Good call. One of my all-time favorite "driving" albums. Great for the road.Thirded.There is a great scene in Something Wild where Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffith take off driving, and Slipping Into Something is playing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jerrygarciaparra Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Oh look Oil Can, they're even in your sig! How these guys didn't become the biggest band in the world I'll never know Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 The Feelies : The Good EarthFourtheded, but I have more experience with Crazy Rhythms. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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