Was that the sealed Meditation Singers that was on eBay?
I had an eye on that even though I already own one.
Such an amazing record. Also like that (not pictured) Flatjacks - just picked that one up last week, expected it to be good but it was even better that I hoped!
[The music has a pop feel to it that doesn't fit very well into Gil's early work. It's a good album, but not his best and not essential in any way.
Peace
haha, i have to disagree homey. To me, it is his best album and absolutely essential.
I fall somewhere between the two of ya'll... I remember there being two catchy, lovely songs on there, and the rest all respectable (not filler, but not exceptional, either). but not an album for anyone looking for Tropicalia, funk, or "out" sounds.
but not an album for anyone looking for Tropicalia, funk, or "out" sounds.
definitely agree with you there. to me, it's just his most mature and perfectly realized set of songs. i find it conceptual, spiritual, profound in its integration of music and lyrics, all in a way that jives with my lifestyle. I remember reading an interview where he says that after '77 or so, all of his albums included some obviously awful, commercial shit.
[The music has a pop feel to it that doesn't fit very well into Gil's early work. It's a good album, but not his best and not essential in any way.
Peace
haha, i have to disagree homey. To me, it is his best album and absolutely essential.
Hey C**los
This is what I find amazing about music: one man's terd is another man's gold. Obviously, this record can't be compared to his later work, that's is aimed to the market and the sales. I listened to it recently and didn't find anything remarkable about the music. Maybe I need to hear it again, but I surely prefer his early work.
i actually have 2 mp3s this time, ive been meaning to share a bit when posting finds and usually never have time. ^^so the top right is a pretty standard local jazz workshop, but i was intrigued by the title "In Search Of Ancient Astronauts". turns out that song's got some cool stuff in it. after about 90 seconds of not much happening, it gets pretty cool. West Genessee Jazz Lab "In Search Of Ancient Astronauts" the osmosis is nice early semi-fusion-ish rca 1970?, the disco thing is by the pickwick band and i always am intrigued by possible dope cover versions (havent checked yet), and the star trek 3 is the first ever copy ive seen of it - ive seen like 1000 of each of the other ones. its cool, it comes with a bonus 12" of the title theme for some reason.
[The music has a pop feel to it that doesn't fit very well into Gil's early work. It's a good album, but not his best and not essential in any way.
Peace
haha, i have to disagree homey. To me, it is his best album and absolutely essential.
I fall somewhere between the two of ya'll... I remember there being two catchy, lovely songs on there, and the rest all respectable (not filler, but not exceptional, either). but not an album for anyone looking for Tropicalia, funk, or "out" sounds.
True, it's not funky or "out" and may hold little appeal for people looking for things strictly in a Tropicalia vein but it's a damn good album in my opinion. Definitely not a mere two tracker.
Zoot Sims Bossa is nice, pretty full orchestration though, Blowfly on Weird World is gross/funny, Tom Jones was free but I'm going to mp3 the versions of 'Shake' & '1000 Dances' before I throw it out, Roland Kirk is original NZ press & is amazingly consistent & nice, Milt Jackson is original UK press & is also great. Flirtations - Need Your Loving double to give away Sam The Sham strong two sider Mindbenders - Love Is Good upgrade, killer track, flip to the Groovy Kind Of Love schmaltz. Miracles - two nice mid tempo/ballad sides I didn't have already.
THANK U soulstrut... i copped my first yacht-rocker, ive steared clear of these lps in the past but thanks to SS i now know where heat is really at and promised myself never to pass up on one of these realhead nuggets ever again!!!
would it be fair to say that 1978 is a really good year for yacht rocking?
Have to admit I picked this up this weekend just for the same reason. That reminiscing song puts me right there.
got the "STREET NOISE" and "SWEETWATER" from a dude on waxidermy -- both great albums -- loving the second disc of streetnoise at the moment. the "SECOS..." LP came in a little package from a vinyl vulture member who's in Brazil -- really fun brazilian psych with a few nice breaks and funky bits. the JACK HAWKINS has a few pretty bombastic play out tracks on there!! the rest came from the daft record shop in clifton arcade -- a load of rubbish but only 1 or 2 quid each.
the 7's are: FAMILY - "strange band" p/s ep GEORGE BAKER SELECTION - "paloma blanca" p/s (absolute rubbish) SUZI QUATRO - "i bit off more than i could chew" (i know there's a great quatro out there but i cant seem to find it!!!) JUNIOR - "the snake" GEORGIE FAME - "peaceful" HORSLIPS - "the man who built america" p/s
....but my grab of the year so far is this little beauty .... never thought i'd actually own an OG of it!! a perfect album from start to finish. really chuffed:
the "SECOS..." LP came in a little package from a vinyl vulture member who's in Brazil -- really fun brazilian psych with a few nice breaks and funky bits. :
definitely love that record and other stuff by them from that era... i hear more prog, pop and glam (most people i play em for are floored to hear that their singer's a dude) than psych in their music, but great stuff nonetheless and definitely some funky bits in therr.
no really... all those pictures make me want to puke. why do you take pictures of all the records you just bought?
This is a site for people who go out and "dig".....I personally enjoy seeing what people around the world are finding and I assume others do too.
One reason why some folks do it is to show the other RECORD COLLECTORS here at SS what may be available for them to buy/trade......most folks here know that 90% of what I find goes up on ebay.....so I guess in some cases it's a little like advertising.
So tell us Grope...what about them makes you want to puke??
And why do you continue to click on and look at these posts??
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Was that the sealed Meditation Singers that was on eBay?
I had an eye on that even though I already own one.
Such an amazing record. Also like that (not pictured)
Flatjacks - just picked that one up last week, expected
it to be good but it was even better that I hoped!
I fall somewhere between the two of ya'll... I remember there being two catchy, lovely songs on there, and the rest all respectable (not filler, but not exceptional, either). but not an album for anyone looking for Tropicalia, funk, or "out" sounds.
definitely agree with you there. to me, it's just his most mature and perfectly realized set of songs. i find it conceptual, spiritual, profound in its integration of music and lyrics, all in a way that jives with my lifestyle. I remember reading an interview where he says that after '77 or so, all of his albums included some obviously awful, commercial shit.
Hey C**los
This is what I find amazing about music: one man's terd is another man's gold.
Obviously, this record can't be compared to his later work, that's is aimed to the market and the sales.
I listened to it recently and didn't find anything remarkable about the music.
Maybe I need to hear it again, but I surely prefer his early work.
Peace
"Scorpio Rising" on that Osmosis is
dude please PLEASE use the macro function on your camera when you take close ups.
this is your friend. you need him
True, it's not funky or "out" and may hold little appeal for people looking for things strictly in a Tropicalia vein but it's a damn good album in my opinion. Definitely not a mere two tracker.
I covet that Lorraine Hansberry LP (among many other things shown).
Zoot Sims Bossa is nice, pretty full orchestration though, Blowfly on Weird World is gross/funny, Tom Jones was free but I'm going to mp3 the versions of 'Shake' & '1000 Dances' before I throw it out, Roland Kirk is original NZ press & is amazingly consistent & nice, Milt Jackson is original UK press & is also great.
Flirtations - Need Your Loving double to give away
Sam The Sham strong two sider
Mindbenders - Love Is Good upgrade, killer track, flip to the Groovy Kind Of Love schmaltz.
Miracles - two nice mid tempo/ballad sides I didn't have already.
"I'll never forget whats his name" OST
"Life" sly and the family
weekend was good and cheap
Got this also in a recent collection and I cosign its quality.
Have to admit I picked this up this weekend just for the same reason. That reminiscing song puts me right there.
records basically dont exist in this town anymore.
got the "STREET NOISE" and "SWEETWATER" from a dude on waxidermy -- both great albums -- loving the second disc of streetnoise at the moment. the "SECOS..." LP came in a little package from a vinyl vulture member who's in Brazil -- really fun brazilian psych with a few nice breaks and funky bits. the JACK HAWKINS has a few pretty bombastic play out tracks on there!! the rest came from the daft record shop in clifton arcade -- a load of rubbish but only 1 or 2 quid each.
the 7's are:
FAMILY - "strange band" p/s ep
GEORGE BAKER SELECTION - "paloma blanca" p/s (absolute rubbish)
SUZI QUATRO - "i bit off more than i could chew" (i know there's a great quatro out there but i cant seem to find it!!!)
JUNIOR - "the snake"
GEORGIE FAME - "peaceful"
HORSLIPS - "the man who built america" p/s
....but my grab of the year so far is this little beauty .... never thought i'd actually own an OG of it!! a perfect album from start to finish. really chuffed:
Subject ESQ on Epic
Dies Irae on Pilz
Open House on Calig
ATCQ - Low End Theory (original)
I'm happy!
theme-from-weekend-crackers-1.mp3 - 2.29MB
definitely love that record and other stuff by them from that era... i hear more prog, pop and glam (most people i play em for are floored to hear that their singer's a dude) than psych in their music, but great stuff nonetheless and definitely some funky bits in therr.
a lot of them had these cool drawings on the sleeves.
some lps
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THAT Mike Giles?
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sick 12's
that was not
no really... all those pictures make me want to puke. why do you take pictures of all the records you just bought?
This is a site for people who go out and "dig".....I personally enjoy seeing what people around the world are finding and I assume others do too.
One reason why some folks do it is to show the other RECORD COLLECTORS here at SS what may be available for them to buy/trade......most folks here know that 90% of what I find goes up on ebay.....so I guess in some cases it's a little like advertising.
So tell us Grope...what about them makes you want to puke??
And why do you continue to click on and look at these posts??