What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

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Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
Laura Shay "Live-Blue Light Sessions"

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Joe Bibb:

I'd like to hear that Oliver, I must say my preferred 'Rumours" todate is the Rhino.

Joe

I find both, the German and the JPN target outstanding - the German target is still pretty affordable.

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Originally posted by ewemon:

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Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
Laura Shay "Live-Blue Light Sessions"

You certainly like your Laura Shay Jeff.

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The original Airplane's final studio effort will go down inhistory as a victim of circumstance. By the time it was made in 1972 vocalist Marty Balin was long gone, and with the emergence of Paul Kantner and Grace Slick as the predominant power center of the group, the creative role of Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady had diminished. Thus, band morale was generally low, as were public expectations, and ultimately the album was roundly dismissed by band and public alike.
Hindsight shows this to be a grievous error. LONG JOHN SILVER found the Airplane solidifying their spacey folk-rock sound. There was less psychedelic abandon, but it was replaced by sturdy song structures and more focused arrangements. On the title track and elsewhere, Jorma still wails in his unique way, and Papa John Creach's fiddle enlivens "Milk Train", butthe real stars of this album are the songs, which are uniformly strong. The feel here is somewhat statelier, more deliberate and thoughtful, but LONG JOHN SILVER still gives off an agreeably earthy feel.

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Originally posted by Joe Bibb:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Joe Bibb:

I'd like to hear that Oliver, I must say my preferred 'Rumours" todate is the Rhino.

Joe

I find both, the German and the JPN target outstanding - the German target is still pretty affordable.

Perhaps we can bake them off with the Rhino soon?

Joe.

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Originally posted by munch:

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Originally posted by naim_nymph:
Pink Fairies ~ Neverneverland

1. Do It
2. Heavenly Man
3. Say You Love Me
4. War Girl
5. Never Never Land
6. Track One, Side Two
7. Thor
8. Teenage Rebel
9. Uncle Harry's Last Freak-Out
10. The Dream Is Just Beginning
11. The Snake
12. Do It (Single Edit)
13. War Girl
14. Uncle Harry's Last Freak-Out (First Version)

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Commercial Marketing CD @ 2002 [Original recording remastered]

Deb's,
whats does that remaster sound like?
Stu

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Mavis Staple's 2007 album, WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK is a stunning achievement from one of soul and gospel's most revered singers. Produced by Ry Cooder, the album is built around freedom songs of the civil rights movement--some are traditional ("Eyes on the Prize"), some are appropriated for the theme("99 and 1/2"), while others are originals ("I'll Be Rested"). As much a celebration of hard-won freedom as a reminder of past and current injustices, the album features stirring gospel choir vocals from both Ladysmith Black Mombazo and original members of the SNCC Freedom Singers. Yet the album isfirst and foremost a platform for Mavis Staples's stirring voice, one that is as much a liberating force as any protest. Cooder, to his credit, keeps things appropriately raw and immediate, and the band always positions Staples at the front of the line. As deeply moving as any album made in 2007, WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK is at once a call to arms, a new cadence for a new march, and the celebratory soundtrack for the jubilee on the other side of the mountain.