Great band, great album!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by macca
Great band, great album!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by macca
Wonderful - save the use of green vinyl! :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
just the pic i found online.. it was a cd fileQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Yes, I hoped that was the reason.
But what is it with people and coloured vinyl? I don't understand it. :scratch:
Maybe they think of it more as an investment because the coloured vinyls are usually limited to a certain amount of pressings and they obviously increase in value as time passes due to their rarity so, the potential for money making.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
You are probably right in your analysis.
I, on the other hand, only buy records to play and not as an investment. And IMO any colour other than black would make cuing difficult.
Me too.
I have maybe half a dozen or so on coloured vinyl, and none of them were bought deliberately. Just got them home to find them so. With the exception being Kraftwerk's "Tour De France" which came with blue and red discs. That's the one time I knew what was coming.
I haven't found coloured vinyl to sound worse, but then it hasn't been better. So I don't see the point other than it being a marketing gimmick.
The only one that sounds really terrible is Eurythmics' first album which has a picture printed on it, and the vinyl is really stiff like a 78. That is all but unplayable.
Kevin Peek Awakening
Label: Ariola ARL 5065
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1981
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So first up this little recognised live album from 1998 recorded at the bullring of Bilbao in Spain. Known as a "contemporary folk music' artist her songs often include those of protest and social justice. She has recorded songs by the Allman Brothers Band, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen,Woody Guthrie, Violeta Parra, the Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, and many others including one time boyfriend Bob Dylan.
Track Listing:
"Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez) 3:45
"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" (Traditional) 1:22
"No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley) 3:45
"Famous Blue Raincoat" (Leonard Cohen) 4:58
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Traditional) 3:41
"Let It Be" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 3:59
"El Preso Numero Nueve" (Hermanos Cantoral) 3:14
"Llegσ Con Tres Heridas" (Miguel Hernαndez) 2:38
"Txoria Txori" (J. A. Arze/M. Laboa) 2:54
"Ellas Danzan Solas" (Cueca Sola) (R.Livi/Sting) 5:35
"Gracias a la Vida" (Violeta Parra) 6:05
"No Nos Moverαn" (Traditional) 1:22
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The next two choices are no doubt influenced by attending the BBC Radio 2 Party in the Park on the 16th of September, both being on the bill of eight artists.
So this guy completely stole the show if not least for his crowd surfing in a Union Jack inflatable dinghy !
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This his debut album from 2004 has some eye watering sales statistics having sold Platinum in three countries, double Platinum in five countries, triple Platinum in two countries, 5 x Platinum in Switzerland, 6 x Platinum in two countries, 7 x Platinum in New Zealand, 9 x Platinum in Australia, 11 x Platinum in the UK and a phenomenal 14 x Platinum in Ireland which means roughly one in five of the population own a copy !
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To finish, has as been my way of late, we have an original 1985 vinyl release, this is thier second album which gave us five singles Mothers Talk, Head Over Heels, I Believe and the two stand out singles Shout and Everybody Wants To Rule The World.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b54b0d750d.jpg
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Melody Gardot
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My first purchase of Melody Gardot, absolutely wonderful. Many thanks to all who champion her on here.Quote:
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For me one of the stand out singer songwriters of the 20th century.Quote:
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Originally Posted by Rush2112
ive lots of her stuff and thre is not a bad one among them...
i would agree.Quote:
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Earlier....
Bread Manna
Label: Elektra EKX 74086
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Trifold
Country: UK
Released: 1971
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Ray Thomas Hopes Wishes & Dreams
Label: Threshold (5) THS17
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: UK
Released: 1976
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Black Sabbath Master Of Reality
Label: Rhino Vinyl R1 2562, Rhino Records (2) R1 2562, Warner Bros. Records R1 2562, Warner Bros. Records 2562
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 Gram
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What a band, what an album!!!!! I dont think anyone with any sense would deny that this really is a superb album; I saw them live on this album tour - absolutely brilliant!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush2112
Hear that Grant, there's three of us now :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush2112
Some recent spins:
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant 'No Quarter': Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded
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Pretenders 'The Isle Of View'
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Steve Winwood 'Refugees Of The Heart'
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Natalie Cole 'Everlasting'
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Millenia – 'Thinking Rock'
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a bit more of thisQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
jackson browne
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If you like her guest vocals contributions on Tears For Fears' "Seeds of Love" album, you should have this. Super album.
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Earlier...
Atomic Rooster Death Walks Behind You
Label: Music On Vinyl MOVLP1907, Sanctuary MOVLP1907
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold Sleeve
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Barclay James Harvest Once Again
Label: Harvest SHVL 788, Harvest 1E 062 ○ 04697
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country: UK
Released: Feb 1971
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Amy Winehouse 'Back To Black'
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Nirvana 'Nevermind'
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The Doors 'Morrison Hotel'
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Janis Joplin 'I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!'
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience 'Axis: Bold As Love'
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The Rolling Stones 'The Rolling Stones'
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All the above have something in common - can you see what it is?
Now:
Cream 'Disraeli Gears'
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Marianne Faithfull 'Broken English'
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Annie Lennox 'Medusa'
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Someone on each album is dead!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Sorry - no cigar! You need to be a lot more specific.
I could have played any five other records where someone is dead - most '50s jazz recordings for example!
So we start the day with this truly iconic album from 1971, recorded in Studio A at the Power Plant New York The album is dedicated to the late Buddy Holly and has a slightly melancholy feel with sparse arrangements. Producer Ed Freeman, decided to use accomplished musicians who were not "studio musicians who could act like a metronome" because he wanted to capture the feel of a "band that was really cooking," so he rented a rehearsal studio and they rehearsed the title song for two weeks before they recorded it !
Personnel:
Don McLean vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
Warren Bernhardt piano ("Crossroads")
Ray Colcord electric piano
Tom Flye drums ("The Grave"), engineering
Ed Freeman string arrangements
Paul Griffin piano ("American Pie")
Lee Hays arranger
Mike Mainieri* marimba, vibraphone
Roy Markowitz drums, percussion
Gene Orloff concertmaster
Bob Rothstein bass, vocals
David Spinozza electric guitar ("American Pie")
West Forty Fourth Street Rhythm and Noise Choir chorus
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Next up an album that few if any rock music fans can claim not to have heard the title track !
Having sold over 43 million copies worldwide the album has a folk lore story.
Steinman and Meat Loaf had difficulty finding a record company willing to sign them. According to Meat Loaf's autobiography, the band spent most of 1975 writing and recording material, and two and a half years auditioning the record and being rejected. Manager David Sinenberg joked that they were creating record companies just so they could be rejected.
They performed the album live in 1976, with Steinman on piano, Meat Loaf singing, and sometimes Ellen Foley joining them for "Paradise". Steinman says that it was a "medley of the most brutal rejections you could imagine." Meat Loaf "almost cracked" when CBS executive Clive Davis rejected the project. According to Meat Loaf's autobiography, Davis commented that "actors don't make records" and challenged Steinman's writing abilities and knowledge of rock music:
Do you know how to write a song? Do you know anything about writing? If you're going to write for records, it goes like this: A, B, C, B, C, C. I don't know what you're doing. You're doing A, D, F, G, B, D, C. You don't know how to write a song.... Have you ever listened to pop music? Have you ever heard any rock-and-roll music.... You should go downstairs when you leave here...and buy some rock-and-roll records.
Meat Loaf asserts "Jim, at the time, knew every record ever made. He is a walking rock encyclopedia." Although Steinman laughed off the insults, the singer screamed "F..k you, Clive!" from the street below his office.
In one 1989 interview with Classic Rock magazine, Steinman labeled Todd Rundgren "the only genuine genius I've ever worked with." In a 1989 interview with Redbeard for the*In the Studio with Redbeard episode on the making of the album, Meat Loaf revealed that Jimmy Iovine and Andy Johns were potential candidates for producing Bat Out of Hell before being rejected by the singer and Steinman in favor of Todd Rundgren, whom Meat Loaf initially found cocky but grew to like. Rundgren found the album hilarious, thinking it was a parody of Springsteen. The singer quotes him as saying: "I've 'got' to do this album. It's just so 'out' there." They told the producer that they had previously been signed to RCA.
Band / Personnel
Meat Loaf lead vocals, backing vocals (6), percussion (2)
Todd Rundgren guitar (1, 2, 46), percussion (1, 2), keyboards (1), backing vocals (13, 5, 6)
Kasim Sulton (misspelled as "Sultan" in vinyl liner notes) bass guitar (1, 2, 47), backing vocals (1)
Roy Bittan piano, keyboards (all except 7)
Steve Margoshes piano (7)
Cheryl Hardwick piano (7)
Jim Steinman keyboards (1, 2, 6), percussion (1, 2), spoken word (2), "lascivious effects" (6)
Roger Powell nsynthesizer (1, 2, 5, 6)
Edgar Winterb saxophone (2, 4, 6)
Max Weinberg drums (1, 2, 6)
John "Willie" Wilcoxn drums (4, 5, 7)
Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto play-by-play (6)
Ellen Foley lead vocals (6), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6)
Rory Dodd backing vocals (all except 4)
Gene Orloff concert master (7)
Marcia McClain spoken word (2)
Members of New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra orchestra (7)
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We as usual close with vinyl and this 1983 debut solo album from British born guitarist and one time Thin Lizzy band member Terence Charles "Snowy" White. It includes the song "Bird of Paradise", which reached No. 6 on the UK charts when it was released as a single.
Personnel
Snowy White guitars, vocals
Kuma Harada bass guitar, double bass
Jess Bailey keyboards, moog synthesizer, electric piano (except tracks 1, 2)
Richard Bailey drums, percussion
Godfrey Wang string synthesizer (tracks 1, 2)
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Doc Powell Inner City Blues - 1996