To be clear, I love the album (at least the album proper, not the jams), but it's just a reissue. The remix may be dubious, but there's like a million albums getting anniversary remixes now.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 7 August 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
What about the deep, previously unreleased cuts?
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 August 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
Beyond that, I actually like the Who Sell Out remix you mention - it's not just a remix, incorporating the bonus material does everything Dave Marsh claims and brings the original concept to complete and satisfying fruition.I do like that remix, but I was never of the opinion that the concept on the original was abandoned: the album mirrored the shift (in the US, anyway) from hyperactive AM to “heavy” and reflective FM.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 7 August 2021 19:53 (two years ago) link
The new mix sounded really nice when I was listening to it yesterday, not drastically different but I think “Isn’t it a Pity” sounded a lot clearer. And I liked the devotional songs that didn’t make the album, “Om Hare Om” is a cool tune!
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
For some reason I've adored this self-produced throwaway recorded for the excellent Best of Dark Horse comp. Happy birthday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJB7cl5Ww8E
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 February 2022 11:06 (two years ago) link
Hadn’t heard “Poor Little Girl” before. Not bad. Kinda catchy chorus
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 February 2022 19:35 (two years ago) link
I’m fairly certain this thread would’ve stalled ca. 2009 were it not for Alfred.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 16 April 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
Um….
― Ramones Leave the Capitol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 April 2022 16:49 (two years ago) link
I finally got around to the set last week, and I think the two discs of demos are great - I wish they got their own standalone release. The disc of outtakes felt pretty disposable. It's funny to hear "Isn't It Shitty" done as a joke to the tune of "Isn't It a Pity," but otherwise there is close to nothing on there I'd want to revisit. The one exception is probably the acoustic "Woman Don't You Cry for Me" but you already get a great version of that on Early Takes, Vol. 1 (what happened to "volume 2"???). To be fair it's much longer on the ATMP super deluxe set, so I guess it has that going for it.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 16 April 2022 17:39 (two years ago) link
Haha.
Man, do I like Cloud Ninem
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 April 2022 18:09 (two years ago) link
Alfred has some kind of love/hate relationship with George.
― Ramones Leave the Capitol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 April 2022 18:31 (two years ago) link
No longer!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 April 2022 18:51 (two years ago) link
I can't resist him.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 April 2022 18:52 (two years ago) link
Just realized via the “end of the line” video that GH is kind of the lead on that
― calstars, Saturday, 16 April 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link
This is pretty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6s3v-XLfa0
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 April 2022 21:58 (two years ago) link
Dig those white teeth
― calstars, Saturday, 16 April 2022 22:11 (two years ago) link
cloud nine has hooks galore. “Fish in the sand”, “this is love”
― brimstead, Sunday, 17 April 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
"Fish" is one of his best.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 April 2022 17:21 (two years ago) link
hooky chorus but the production and instrumentation sound hasn't aged too well
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 April 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
sounds fine to me but I've no problem with Lynne's production, and thanks to Harrison's mitigating influence it's less burdensome.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 April 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
George Harrison was rather unimpressed with the new releases in December 1965: "Take it off, it's crap," "It's crap. Take it off," "That's enough," "I don't like it," and the succinct, "Rubbish." pic.twitter.com/WLhKHdtwaH— John F. Lyons (@JohnFLyons2) April 26, 2022
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 13:45 (two years ago) link
Are you sure that wasn't an outtake from A Hard Day's Night?
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 13:48 (two years ago) link
when wasn't George "rather unimpressed"
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 13:49 (two years ago) link
He never dropped that attitude. Even when the guy stabbed him he had something dismissive to say.
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:01 (two years ago) link
He said, "...That's enough. I don't like it".
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:04 (two years ago) link
To be fair, those records in question WERE crap, and he liked a few things like the one by the Zombies. (Plus his responses turned out to be much longer.)
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:11 (two years ago) link
George during this era was the band's resident American R&B expert.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:13 (two years ago) link
Thought he said “I don’t think he was here to audition for The Traveling Wilburies.”
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:14 (two years ago) link
"good if it's English, mediocre if it's American", oof brutal
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:15 (two years ago) link
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, April 26, 2022 10:13 AM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yep. I believe he was the one who pushed most for them to try recording at Stax, and he had the idea for the "Respect"-like unison guitar & bass line in "Drive My Car" (and ended up playing bass on it).
A couple years earlier when he visited his sister in southern Illinois, he bought records by Bobby "Blue" Bland, Booker T. & the MGs, and James Ray, the latter of which had "Got My Mind Set On You."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:35 (two years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/02/11/they-were-the-first-really-loud-european-band-i-ever-heard/
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:56 (two years ago) link
Yep. I believe he was the one who pushed most for them to try recording at Stax
His brief guitar solo at the end of "Got to Get You Into My Life" is one of his greatest moments on record. Exemplary of his taste and what he may have learned from Cropper - he's otherwise quiet for the rest of the track.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:57 (two years ago) link
^The longest version of the story of Norbert Putnam, Tommy Roe and The Beatles I have seen so far. (xp)
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 14:57 (two years ago) link
Thirty Three & ⅓ was his best album since ATMP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DzisXpZM7c
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
yeah it's really good. I like it as much as the s/t that followed it; and dare I say that those three are his best albums.
― akm, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 01:59 (one year ago) link
Beautiful Girl dates back to the same backlog of songs that was used to fill up ATMP.
― akm, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 02:03 (one year ago) link
I'd claim Cloud Nine bests the s/t.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 02:03 (one year ago) link
What was George doing between cloud nine and brainwashed? The former was a huge album and then he was basically done til the latter was released (posthumously of course.)
― omar little, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 02:13 (one year ago) link
Wilburys, Japanese tour, legal battles, dealing with Paul 'n' Beatle shit, hanging out.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 02:15 (one year ago) link
Oh yeah wilburys, of course…surprised I guess he didn’t knock out another solo album or two in that time.
― omar little, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 02:17 (one year ago) link
I don't think he cared much. He had plenty of dough and had a strong enough sense of self.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 02:18 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I don't get the sense that he enjoyed the process enough to continuously do it. Working with Lynne and the Wilburys helped a lot and made those sessions enjoyable, but even the second Wilburys album (Vol. 3) was much less fun to do, especially for Dylan. The only reason he did the tour was because it was short and Clapton talked him into it, but it was never going to more than a one-time deal.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
Hare hare, George!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yJLqVN6eJM
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 25 February 2023 14:27 (one year ago) link
Stachewave
― calstars, Saturday, 25 February 2023 19:50 (one year ago) link
Would've been 80 years old today! Wish we could see all of them at this age.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 25 February 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link
Like
― calstars, Saturday, 25 February 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/george-harrison-living-in-amaterial-world-1234737644/
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 June 2023 09:53 (one year ago) link
Fantastic album - his quietude as rewarding as it ever was. Even the funny stuff (Sue Me Sue You Blues) works, which can't be said so much for e.g. Extra Texture.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 1 June 2023 14:23 (one year ago) link
Talk about a forgotbuster: #1 for weeks in the summer of 1973, not spoken of much ever since. Unavailability on CD until the early '90s didn't help.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 June 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link
Cover looks modern, out of time with 1973
― calstars, Thursday, 1 June 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link