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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #380 on: November 14, 2013, 01:09:14 AM »

Have you listened to Gene Clark's first solo album? If you haven't you should. I think you'll enjoy it if you like the early Byrds' albums. The solo debut of the original main songwriter of the Byrds is called Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers, released in early 1967. All songs written and sung by Gene Clark, with a very byrdish sound: jangly guitars, deep harmony vocals and even byrds Chris Hillman and Mike Clarke on bass and drums, respectively. Glorious mid-60's rock.

Gene Clark - So You Say You Lost Your Baby (mono 45 version, 1967)


I heard it years ago.  Sundazed has it.  It will probably be my next purchase from them.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #381 on: January 15, 2014, 08:57:24 PM »

Got Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' album because I really enjoy her two singles, but it's very underwhelming. I'm starting to wonder more and more if current pop stars actually give a sh*t about the albums they release as a whole, or do they concentrate just on the singles? (not that there's anything wrong with singles as your main artistic priority, it's just that I feel a bit foolish buying the album and finding that nothing even comes even close to the singles, quality-wise.)
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #382 on: January 16, 2014, 07:55:13 AM »

Maybe there's not much profit to make in selling cd's, online or offline. So why bother to try to make a masterpiece?
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #383 on: January 16, 2014, 08:47:48 AM »

The recognition. Its like the movie 'Field Of Dreams',,,,build it and they will come.

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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #384 on: January 16, 2014, 12:40:44 PM »

There's a few artists nowadays where I'll buy a whole album as these acts do seem to want to craft coherent quality material. But I think Ovi's observation is right. Generally artists today know that most of the sales will be downloads of two or three songs. So all the effort goes into having a few killer tracks.  The remaining album material is filler for concerts.

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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #385 on: January 16, 2014, 06:25:41 PM »

Not helped by the fad of giving each song marks out of 5 in an album review.
Think how much great Beatles stuff would not have been 'recommended to download'.
I suspect most of the White Album for starters.

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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #386 on: January 16, 2014, 09:05:00 PM »

Not helped by the fad of giving each song marks out of 5 in an album review.
Think how much great Beatles stuff would not have been 'recommended to download'.
I suspect most of the White Album for starters.

Exactly. I admit to doing using that to buy a couple of songs. If there's a group of artists I want to check out at once. Then maybe move into the album.

The ease of doing playlists has swung the pendulum back to singles.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #387 on: January 27, 2014, 11:28:16 PM »

I finally got a couple of CDs I've been wanting; Band on the Run and Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall. I had the Band on the Run LP when it first came out and I wondered if I'd still love it as much now as I did then. I do.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #388 on: February 02, 2014, 08:48:46 AM »

Having got rid of hundreds of CDs in recent weeks, I've started to notice gaps in the old collection that need to be addressed and, inspired by a recent half-hour piece on the album by Johnnie Walker, I got 'Lady Soul' (1968) by Aretha Franklin last night.
Two things:
1. It cost me £2.99 in HMV, considerably less than it would have done 25 years ago! and,
2. It clocks in at under 30 minutes which, for me, adds to the experience rather than working against it.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #389 on: February 02, 2014, 09:16:55 AM »

Having got rid of hundreds of CDs in recent weeks, I've started to notice gaps in the old collection that need to be addressed and, inspired by a recent half-hour piece on the album by Johnnie Walker, I got 'Lady Soul' (1968) by Aretha Franklin last night.
Two things:
1. It cost me £2.99 in HMV, considerably less than it would have done 25 years ago! and,
2. It clocks in at under 30 minutes which, for me, adds to the experience rather than working against it.

How is the album in comparison with its predecessor, 'Never Loved A Man' ?
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #390 on: February 02, 2014, 01:45:45 PM »

Maybe there's not much profit to make in selling cd's, online or offline. So why bother to try to make a masterpiece?

Just for an artistic reason, to put outside what you have inside. The art itself should be the main objective. But if the only objective is to make money, then there's no reason to bother, as well as there's no artist.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #391 on: February 02, 2014, 06:05:44 PM »

Just for an artistic reason, to put outside what you have inside. The art itself should be the main objective. But if the only objective is to make money, then there's no reason to bother, as well as there's no artist.

Well put.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #392 on: February 02, 2014, 08:11:07 PM »

'Never Loved A Man' was the one Aretha album I actually had, but I doubt if I've played it for at least 10 years.
That said, clocking in at 32 minutes and including the title track, 'Respect' and 'Do Right Woman, Do Right Man', it doesn't exactly sound a dud!
I'll dust it down and also purchase 'Aretha Arrives' (67), 'Aretha Now' (68) and 'Soul '69' (erm.....69) and that should see me through on the Aretha front.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #393 on: February 11, 2014, 01:49:10 PM »

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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #394 on: February 28, 2014, 09:58:30 AM »

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Johnny Cash - With His Hot and Blue Guitar
Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash - The Legend of Johnny Cash
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
The Jeff Beck Group - Truth
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #395 on: July 03, 2014, 06:32:36 AM »

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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #396 on: July 03, 2014, 10:36:50 AM »

A fabulous record and, with 'White Light/White Heat', the go-to VU/Lou Reed CD for me (actually now I think of it, I haven't got a Lou Reed CD to go to!).

The more controversial songs on the Nico LP ('Waiting For The Man', 'Herion', 'Venus In Furs') have run their course, I just can't listen to them any more. Not very keen on Loaded either. 
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #397 on: July 03, 2014, 02:27:08 PM »

Robert Johnson-The Complete Collection
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Rosanne Cash-The List
The Donnas-Turn 21
Kenny Burrell with Coleman Hawkins-Bluesy Burrell
Ian Anderson-Thick As A Brick II
Ian Anderson-Homo Erraticus
Cheap Trick-Special One
of Montreal-False Priest
of Montreal-Lousy With Sylvianbriar
Spirit-Original Album Classics
Annie Lennox-Bare
Annie Lennox-Medusa
Annie Lennox-Diva
Mendelssohn Octet / Boccherini Cello Quintet-Academy of St. Martin-In-The Fields/Neville Marriner.
Tame Impala-EP
Temples-EP
Wes Montgomery-Full House

All since January 1st.  Not including vinyl  ;D
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #398 on: July 03, 2014, 06:20:41 PM »

Not exactly a CD, and I'm not sure if you can't get this around the world, but I've been listening to Gilles Peterson's 4-part Guide to Brazilian Music on BBC Radio 2.

Now I know absolutely zilch about Brazilian music and I'm trying to get a handle on the 60s in particular. Some of the stuff he's played (a '68 LP by Pedro Santos, Tamba Trio, Quarteta em cy.....?!?!?) has been brilliant.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #399 on: July 04, 2014, 02:29:13 AM »

Now I know absolutely zilch about Brazilian music and I'm trying to get a handle on the 60s in particular.


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