That Diana Rigg picture is too good to miss.
https://www.lifo.gr/sites/default/files/styles/lifo_lightbox_open/public/articles/2020-11-06/diana-rigg0_1.jpg
A few years ago I had discovered two photographs of Diana Rigg on the net, one black and white and one in colour, both from 1968, or a little later, that made me miss them.They were taken at her home, presumably, and showed her standing (one) and sitting (the other) in front of her stereo. You could see her machinery, her books in the background, and even some of her records. Some of them were easily and clearly distinguishable:1. Antonio Carlos Jobim's album "The Composer of Desafinado, Plays", probably the British edition on Verve, from 1965.2. Otis Redding's album "The Immortal" on Atlantic in 1968, and...3. Mikis Theodorakis and Odysseus Elytis' "Axion Esti", which was then only released in Greece, in 1964!
They were taken at her home, presumably, and showed her standing (one) and sitting (the other) in front of her stereo. You could see her machinery, her books in the background, and even some of her records. Some of them were easily and clearly distinguishable:
1. Antonio Carlos Jobim's album "The Composer of Desafinado, Plays", probably the British edition on Verve, from 1965.
2. Otis Redding's album "The Immortal" on Atlantic in 1968, and...
3. Mikis Theodorakis and Odysseus Elytis' "Axion Esti", which was then only released in Greece, in 1964!
https://www.lifo.gr/sites/default/files/styles/lifo_lightbox_open/public/articles/2020-11-06/a_lifo_diana_rigg_1.jpg
― meisenfek, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/release/12057569-Mikis-Theodorakis-Odysseas-Elytis-Axion-Esti-
i guess that obvious one can't not be this but the cover is very different
― koogs, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 19:43 (one year ago) link
although discogs says Sweden
― koogs, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 19:44 (one year ago) link
seems like it must be this version
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 19:50 (one year ago) link
Watching Risky Business… no record sightings (yet), but there’s a great moment early on when his dad detects “a preponderance of bass, perhaps?”; and scolds Cruise, “I told you, this isn’t a toy” as he adjusts the sliders back to his liking:https://i.imgur.io/oPRodEs_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 22 April 2023 04:36 (eleven months ago) link
This movie’s boring, though… weirdly, it’s like “fake John Hughes” (right down to the Highland Park, IL filming location), but it predates all those Hughes teenager flicks.
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 22 April 2023 04:39 (eleven months ago) link
All of Cruise’s performance mannerisms were fully intact at this early stage, it’s really something.
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 22 April 2023 04:46 (eleven months ago) link
Man i loved playing with the equalizer, though my Dad wasn’t a jerk about it
― Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Saturday, 22 April 2023 10:56 (eleven months ago) link
Risky Business ended up having some pretty good song selections (including Prince's "D.M.S.R.")... tho it's amusing hearing Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" used to soundtrack Cruise & De Mornay having chemistry-free sex on a commuter train.
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 22 April 2023 17:40 (eleven months ago) link
I remember when the Risky Business soundtrack was the only way to get “D.M.S.R.” on CD.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 22 April 2023 19:43 (eleven months ago) link
following Diana Rigg, 1973...Francoise Hardy, 1973
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fwv0uElWAAAcSCK?format=jpg&name=900x900
― fetter, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 14:26 (ten months ago) link
fantastic
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 16:43 (ten months ago) link
for a sec I thought it was The Doors "Strange Days" behind her but nope
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 16:45 (ten months ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Carly_Simon_-_Anticipation.jpg/220px-Carly_Simon_-_Anticipation.jpg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 16:47 (ten months ago) link
The fact that Nick Drake's "Five Leaves Left" is there shows that he wasn't as obscure as people seem to think he was.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 16:48 (ten months ago) link
"Bryter Layter" peeping out behind Carly, too. And I think that's her own album "La Question" to the right of the turntable.
― fetter, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 17:39 (ten months ago) link
to the right of five leaves left:
https://i.discogs.com/QqjRbhHpMvropMvmnDlVpMw4rnX8dnJ9leeY_tbNSac/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:597/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQxNTc2/MDYtMTM1NzIxNTMx/Ny0xNjE5LmpwZWc.jpeg
wasn't there some kind of plan for a hardy/drake collaboration at one point? pretty sure i read about it somewhere!
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 06:32 (ten months ago) link
Yes, I think you're right.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 06:38 (ten months ago) link
I remember an Ian MacDonald piece about Nick D where he questions the obscurity thing - when he was at univeosrity in the early 70s, everyone had the albums, he reckoned.
― fetter, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 07:34 (ten months ago) link
Dolphin's Of Hollywood, circa 1948
https://scpr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/05fb2f8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1800x1109+0+46/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fa.scpr.org%2F103606_e1441670831d0144cd918d7eaa7c60d9_original.jpg
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:19 (six months ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71fl5js4eRL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg
https://scpr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/69e87dd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1800x1109+0+46/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fa.scpr.org%2F103605_5a7c53e60ad9be75fc07241f645ff3a5_original.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PWTBvePj3QI/maxresdefault.jpg
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:20 (six months ago) link
https://media.gettyimages.com/id/74273036/photo/an-interior-view-of-people-shopping-at-producer-john-dolphins-dolphins-of-hollywood-record.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=RMQhDGRedNlHQPaYtauB4TMBS79gXjVuIRktRAdRdMs=
You were right, these photos are incredibly good. Just reading a bit about the history of the shop - it was open 24 hours?!?!
― emil.y, Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:33 (six months ago) link
I missed that, the place must have been really hopping back in the day!
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:34 (six months ago) link
It was the toast of the coast!
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Sunday, 24 September 2023 23:27 (six months ago) link
It had a radio station in the store! I think i remember hearing about this in an episode on Andrew Hickey's podcast.
― enochroot, Sunday, 24 September 2023 23:53 (six months ago) link
what a life
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dolphin_(music_producer)
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 24 September 2023 23:58 (six months ago) link
with Billie Holiday
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/John_Dolphin_%26_Billie_Holiday_%28cropped%29.JPG/800px-John_Dolphin_%26_Billie_Holiday_%28cropped%29.JPG
(he's also the guy standing right under the big portrait of him on the wall in the pic before the Billie one)
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 24 September 2023 23:59 (six months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/a8faQPa_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium https://i.imgur.io/oPRodEs_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
Haha, same guy, right?
― pplains, Monday, 25 September 2023 00:50 (six months ago) link
OMG, you’re right!
― stylized in all lowercase (morrisp), Monday, 25 September 2023 01:50 (six months ago) link
Now I need to watch Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home, in which he also placed the dad, to see if there’s a “disapproving stereo” scene…
― stylized in all lowercase (morrisp), Monday, 25 September 2023 01:53 (six months ago) link
The former location of an auto parts store near me is being dressed up for a production. Can we guess the year it is set?https://i.imgur.com/zmzdNin_d.webp?maxwidth=1520&fidelity=grandhttps://i.imgur.com/AVdARmU_d.webp?maxwidth=1520&fidelity=grand
― atmospheric river phoenix (morrisp), Thursday, 15 February 2024 17:47 (two months ago) link
late 1979
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 15 February 2024 17:53 (two months ago) link
Is this anywhere near the filming sites for the alleged PTA Pynchon adaptation?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:10 (two months ago) link
Huh, I don't know...
― atmospheric river phoenix (morrisp), Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:16 (two months ago) link
(Looks like that book is set in 1984, tho?)
― atmospheric river phoenix (morrisp), Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:20 (two months ago) link
Yeah, good point. Was just curious.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:20 (two months ago) link
I'm curious too!
― atmospheric river phoenix (morrisp), Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:21 (two months ago) link
Would a 1979 record store have massive poster/murals like that? I don't recall anything that big. Also, those choices are very received wisdom. Blues Brothers, Eagles, The Knack.
― bendy, Thursday, 15 February 2024 19:09 (two months ago) link
Maybe this is remake of Record City!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z832IqZLXKs
a film that terrified a zoomer in my household more than Hereditary!
― bendy, Thursday, 15 February 2024 19:12 (two months ago) link
Vineland begins in 1984, but there are flashbacks galore - we're talking non-linear Pynchon time obv. So there could be scenes set in 1979, especially if this is a 'loose adaptation'.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 15 February 2024 19:14 (two months ago) link
xps That was my thought but the wikipedia page for Tower Records has a photo of their Sunset Strip location that looks just like this (though from a much later date).
― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 15 February 2024 19:17 (two months ago) link
Blurry pic from '78
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 February 2024 20:10 (two months ago) link
Fake location def. has "cooler" murals (...not that I can identify most of the ones in that pic!)
― atmospheric river phoenix (morrisp), Thursday, 15 February 2024 20:14 (two months ago) link
Nice pics here as well: http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-legendary-past-and-celluloid-future.html?m=1
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 February 2024 20:15 (two months ago) link
For all these shows and movies that recreate Tower Records, maybe it would have been easier for them to just keep some open! Surprised at how much I even miss having a chain like that around.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 February 2024 20:18 (two months ago) link
Particularly now that the only national chain carrying a barely respectable amount of music is *Barnes & Noble*.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 February 2024 20:26 (two months ago) link