Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 4)

[Barry]

I love Bowie's 'Berlin' period recordings - so that looks like a good CD set. I take it that "Live" is a collection of Bowie's songs performed live.

[Barry]

Not bad, not bad at all.

[Idlewithnodrive]

I love Bowie's 'Berlin' period recordings - so that looks like a good CD set. I take it that "Live" is a collection of Bowie's songs performed live.

I do too. Yes, it is, and what a fantastic Album it is

[Barry]

Pink Floyd - 'Atom Heart Mother'

CD 7243 8 31246 2 6 (Doug Sax remaster, 1994)

I really like this album, as it has interesting contributions from Ron Geesin: the title track 'Atom Heart Mother' and the last track 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast'. The latter is a bit of a gimmick; especially the vinyl version where the dripping tap at the end continues into the locked run-out groove, so if you were stoned and had fallen asleep, you would reawaken to the sound of a dripping tap!

But the real contribution from Geesin is the title track. I saw them perform this, complete with brass band, at the Bath Festival in 1969 (or was it 1970?). Anyway, I must have been stoned at the time, as I can remember crawling back into my tent to lie down, and missed the launch of a pair of skyrockets at the very end! (another )

[Pigmy Pony]

Pink Floyd - 'Atom Heart Mother'

CD 7243 8 31246 2 6 (Doug Sax remaster, 1994)



I really like this album, as it has interesting contributions from Ron Geesin: the title track 'Atom Heart Mother' and the last track 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast'. The latter is a bit of a gimmick; especially the vinyl version where the dripping tap at the end continues into the locked run-out groove, so if you were stoned and had fallen asleep, you would reawaken to the sound of a dripping tap!

But the real contribution from Geesin is the title track. I saw them perform this, complete with brass band, at the Bath Festival in 1969 (or was it 1970?). Anyway, I must have been stoned at the time, as I can remember crawling back into my tent to lie down, and missed the launch of a pair of skyrockets at the very end! (another )

According to a couple of internet sources I saw, the 'dripping tap' run out groove for Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast is only on the original presses, and does not appear on the 2016 Bernie Grundman reisssue (the version I have), but Wikipedia reckons it does It's a mystery!

As I usually lift the tonearm ahead of the run out on records I'm familiar with, I don't know the truth of it. So I'll stick it on tomorrow and see.

[Idlewithnodrive]

Pink Floyd - 'Atom Heart Mother'

CD 7243 8 31246 2 6 (Doug Sax remaster, 1994)

I really like this album, as it has interesting contributions from Ron Geesin: the title track 'Atom Heart Mother' and the last track 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast'. The latter is a bit of a gimmick; especially the vinyl version where the dripping tap at the end continues into the locked run-out groove, so if you were stoned and had fallen asleep, you would reawaken to the sound of a dripping tap!

But the real contribution from Geesin is the title track. I saw them perform this, complete with brass band, at the Bath Festival in 1969 (or was it 1970?). Anyway, I must have been stoned at the time, as I can remember crawling back into my tent to lie down, and missed the launch of a pair of skyrockets at the very end! (another )

Great Album and great story.

[Idlewithnodrive]

A very underrated Bowie Album, imo.

[Barry]

And now to the man himself:

Ron Geesin - 'A Raise of Eyebrows'

Vinyl, Transatlantic TRA-161 (1967)



Note the two Revox G36 recorders, a valve Leak preamplifier (presumably with a matching Leak power amplifier hidden away somewhere) and two Vortexion four-channel mixers. I think the microphone is a Reslo ribbon type. Yes - I'm a bit of a 'nerd' when it comes to audio equipment.

[Idlewithnodrive]

And now to the man himself:

Ron Geesin - 'A Raise of Eyebrows'

Vinyl, Transatlantic TRA-161 (1967)



Note the two Revox G36 recorders, a valve Leak preamplifier (presumably with a matching Leak power amplifier hidden away somewhere) and two Vortexion four-channel mixers. I think the microphone is a Reslo ribbon type. Yes - I'm a bit of a 'nerd' when it comes to audio equipment.

Great cover.

[Idlewithnodrive]