Something magic

[Fritz The Cat]

There are songs with a magical moment. Tell us about these songs! Where is the magic of this special song? A haunting mood?
Let's start this magic bus to a magical mystery tour.
Listen to War, from LP "Life (Is so strange)", track A3: "W.W. III Medley". The haunting mood of this song is appropriate to the picture on back cover.

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Listen to the crazy laughter by "Papa" Dee Allen in "Fidel's fantasy" B3.

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Ringo's drums at the beginning of "Come together" are incredible. Magical.

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I agree, the rhythm section of the song is great. When it came out, it was the first request I ever made to a radio station only to be playing it for real at my first radio job less than two years later.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul4hxJQIdZk

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Peter Green - The Supernatural
I love it when we agree on something! ;)

[SEAWOLF97]

I love it when we agree on something! ;)

bound to happen sometimes ...

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The piano playing by Ira Kart on "Springfield Station Theme" of Harvey Mandels LP "Get off in Chicago" is a scorching beauty. And then there is this lively warm guitar solo. Butterzart!

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"Time is tight", 45rpm with 4' 55" version.
Fingersnapping magic. Listen to the atmospheric intro and outro by Booker T Jones.

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This guitar intro cuts like a knife: Jimmy Page. A distinctive mark. Fender Stratocaster sound?

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Never ever heard such a dialog between voice and guitar like this again. Only Satch and Herb Ellis: "There's no you".
That old magical feeling....

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A magical vocal duet: Leonard Cohen and Jennifer Warnes in "Joan of Arc" A4.

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The rhythmic organ intro of "Spill the wine" B1 is hypnotising. In fact the whole album has a magical mood.

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In every one of these live tracks, there is a magical vitality and precision.

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First a short lively piano intro and the splintering of icicles. Then this phenomenal high female voice began to crawl into my brain. Wuthering heights since 40 years ...

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The children's choir on "Oh how lucky i am" is like a magic spell.

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The first 35 seconds of this song are unforgettable. I remember (in the early 70ies) listening to this tune from radio alarm clock awakening on a sunny summer morning. Produced by Robert Stigwood. Great vocals by Jack Bruce. Isn't it simple and pure?

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Eerie intro/outro. Heavily jazz-funk styled rendition of the classic theme composed by Richard Strauss in Frankfurt am Main in 1896. Guitar solo by John Tropea.

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This intro! This voice! Shivers down your spine....

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Simple and pure. With a magical beauty.
The flip side of "Perfect" is perfect.

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This finger snapping intro is so simple and intensive. It's a bass solo intro by the MG's. Da-ta---da-ta---da-ta......and then one magical Steve Cropper-riff makes everything clear, where the song has to go to...

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Canned Heat "Woodstock Boogie". Hypnotic 12' 55" recorded live at Woodstock Festival, August 16, 1969. Harvey Mandel: this dynamic Les Paul lead guitar sound is great! Let the children play....

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Vocal solo intro of unique beauty and gracefulness. And after that "La cage aux folles" with this stupid disco rhythm....

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John Kay was not a carpet crawler in 68.
50 years ago...

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Sometimes the magic of a song lies in it's simplicity. This one is reduced to the maximum. A voice, a bass, a guitar and the drums. That's all.

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What is the magic of this voice? Incredible power and verve and....
Listen to "I've got a right" B2: it's the singer AND the song!

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Ear cinema. A musical maritime painting of a bleak landscape. Close your eyes and...

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The guitar of the intro sounds like hells bells. And so the story goes.....
50 years since this magical tune.

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Something special-something magic. It's the extraordinaire solemn mood.

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The slow motion helicopter sound laid over this cult song: scary and beautiful. The beauty and the beast.

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The wild sax solo at the end of "Touch me". A touch of jazz music.

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The spooky mood of "Milonga for three" A2 and in contrast the hot picture on front cover: Tango apasionado!

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The wonderful voice of Sonja Kristina and the dark atmosphere in "Backstreet Luv" A2 and the melancholic "Jumbo" A3. Anybody remembers, that "Backstreet Luv" was a hit in the charts? Oh no, crazy times then, we used to dance to this psychedelic song on saturday evenings in 1971.....

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Still magical after all these years. A colorful bouquet of fairytale atmosphere. Listen to the hypnotic "Wandering song" B3!

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Where is the magic of the Beatles' original here? The magic is not here at all. Sorry, but it's on the original! (IMHO)

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The repetitive pattern of "Hum along and dance, take a stroll thru your mind" produces some kind of spooky magic. 12 minutes of ear cinema.

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Mc Cartney's intro guitar solo in "Sgt. Pepper's" is totally crazy. What does he play on the guitar? Hey, he was "only" the bass player! And the magic is: where did the inspiration for this guitar solo come from? The creativity of Paul McCartney was and still is..... incredibly magical! "...it's certainly a thrill....."

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"Blues for New Orleans" A1 on Duke Ellington's LP "New Orleans Suite" is the last recording of the great blues player Johnny Hodges. He died shortly after this memorable session.

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Let's go way down to the "Jungle Room", where the fellows wait with their instruments.
Let's record take 10 of " She thinks i still care". Magical voice in a magical recording ambiance.

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A hypnotic 1971 magical mystery tour: the suite on side B "Peace and love".
Lost in the 80ies and finally found last month in Peter's LP shop "Vinylpunkt" in Schaffhausen. One of the most sampled groups today...

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These songs show so much elegance and grandeur. Perfect live recording dynamics from the Tempodrom Theatre, Berlin, Germany 1981. Listen to the solemnity of "Star crossed lovers" and "The Wedding". Happy new year to all snoopy music lovers!

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Not magic at all, but it's the magic of vinyl fantasy:
the "Ultra LP" by Jack White. 200g vinyl. The surface of side B is not glossy. 2 (vinyl only)hidden tracks: one runs on 78rpm, the other on 45rpm. The quality of these 2 songs? Forget it! Side A is only playable backwards: put the pickup close to the deadwax for start! A hologram. B1 is playable in 2 versions: there are 2 grooves: by chance you may hear the acoustic or the electrical version of "Just one drink". Good dynamics. The music? Lynyrd Skynyrd-Johnny Cash-Neil Young and everything....

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The guitar solo in the outro of "Taxman": George didn't want to work too much just for the taxman. The furious guitar solo at the end of this song, an imaginary protest against the Taxman, was played by Paul! This album begins with a unique (in music history) intro: why should they sing for the Taxman? So it's just this dark minimalistic "One, two, three, four....." by John. Magical icon front cover by Klaus.

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It was the magical first take. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios on Sept. 12, 1972. The shadowy intro and the cryptic outro are some kind of an icon for this fantastic interpretation of a Richard Strauss theme.

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This deep dark voice! Listen to his opening speech for "The Future" (CD1 at the end of track 1):
"Tonight we'll give you everything that we got!"
Live in concert at the O2 Dublin, September 12th, 2013. LC was 79 years old then. His fascinating old voice never was so magical....

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"Mama this one's for you" E2. Her mama Dorothy is sitting in the Auditorium.
One voice, one piano, two souls: shivers up and down your (and Dorothys?) spine....

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Can was one of the best selling Krautrock bands in the 1970ies because of this track: "Spoon". It was the signature theme of the popular German TV thriller "Das Messer" (after Francis Durbridge). Where is the magic? Look the movie "Das Messer": the killer waits in the dark behind your back.....

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This guitar sound as intro of "Short and Sweet": who has invented it? It's the trademark of David Gilmour. Simply magical, isn't it?

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These 2 songs B3/A2 are Africa's breath and heartbeat. A full moon evening in the savannah. Ear cinema. Listen also to the other songs on this great album full of laughter and lust! Afrijazzy magic!

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Since 50 years: this iconic intro-take-off, orchestrated in a mildly way by Paul Buckmaster, followed by this sawing guitar-take-off. So simple and pure. Was the guitar played by Mick Ronson, or not? Mick Wayne? Listen to the guitar solo at the end of the song: another lift off into space... This nice story is sugarcoated by the Mellotrone of Rick Wakeman. A magical masterwork. Buckmasterwork.

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This was a superb session in 1968, indeed. "Always, the best things happen after hours by accident, while the cat's away, when the moon goes behind a cloud and there's no one else around." (Cit. Liner notes by Michael Thomas on back cover) A magical moment in popular music. Especially the bow of Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield to John Coltrane and modal jazz in "His holy modal majesty" is 9' 13" of pure spirited magic.

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A very interesting concept from the master sleeve designers, Hipgnosis, containing a sad story concerning "Dear John" Paul Jones.
The sleeve "proper" features a man in a bar burning a "Dear John" letter, watched by a bemused barman and a couple of ladies in the bar, whilst the piano player bashes out a tune of some sort. (In fact on this album the piano player contributes too much synthesizer crap). The scenario has been photographed from 6 different viewpoints within the bar and the 6 different sleeve variations have been created (with the letters A-F at the top of the spine denoting each variation).
To diguise the buyers which sleeve variation they were purchasing, an outer brown bag was added - creating a sense of mystery when the sleeve design was revealed.
The (no doubt expensive) concept was further enhanced by the inclusion of an inner sleeve that featured "magic ink". Gently wet the inner sleeve and different colours would appear on the design: the Dollar bill, the cigar in the ashtray and b/w the burnt "Dear John" letter and the broken glass.
The goal for all Zeppelin collectors is to collect pristine copies of all 6 versions, complete with outer brown bags and with uncoloured inner sleeves.
"Dear John" Paul, the keyboard parts you played are too cheesy to accept! Important for this (mishandled by "Dear John") album: the vocals of Robert Plant are the best he ever did with Led Zeppelin (also on Presence LP) - a matured distinctive voice with a range of lower level as usual. That means: less ambulance horn screamings! But these crappy keyboards! Let's burn the letter, "Dear John". You have broken the glass. The magic? LZ had a presentiment that this album is the swan song (Schwanengesang) of LZ...

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After 50 years: "I want you" grows more and more in its impressiveness: it reveals the pure magic of The Beatles. Lennon uses only 14 different words, but they recorded 35 takes! (In my brain there are hundreds of takes until now, because i always can discover new aspects of this song.)
All in all, there's a magical mood in this song, incredible (!!!) bass playing, turning near the end of these 07:47 into the Moog-signal noise and then we have this brutal metaphorical cut. First, they had planned to put this song at the end of side B. The cut was meant to be the end of the "Abbey Road" album. Finally the "End" became the end of the Beatles. No fade out of The Beatles at all, it's a brutal cut...

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All over the world: The Beatles live were magical in August 1964 and 1965. Listen to "Live at the Hollywood Bowl": those girls went crazy! Don't even listen to the music because the girls made the sound of those concerts! But not only the Beatles had their screaming girls. Also Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas were a famous Merseybeat band in 1963 - 1965. They were also produced by George Martin and managed by Brian Epstein for NEMS Enterprises. Listen to the live version of their "Sugar Babe" B10: the girls didn't want to rest seated on their folding chairs. Kramermania...

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When 2 giant instruments meet: what purely magical sounds by the Les Paul Gibson guitar followed by the powerful entry of the Hammond organ. Magical sounds united in one of the most beautiful instrumental recordings of 20th century music: Carlos Santana's "Samba pa ti". Same wonder on flip side: "Se a cabo".

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"First of May": at the end of the song there is a short break. Some seconds of pure silence as a kind of theatrical moment. Then once again the faint voice of Barry Gibb: "Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by, someone else moved in from far away", fading slowly into the past. The song is followed by a haunting mood played by the classic orchestra: "The British Opera". The finale grande. Still a magical moment in this hour of "American Opera" or "Masterpeace" called masterpiece. After all these 50 years: still something magic because there are so many beautiful melodies on these 2 LPs. For the music streaming listeners: hey, these 2 LPs are packaged in a red velvet cover box with gold lettering front and back and an elaborate background painting for the box interior....Does "Odessa" stand the test of time? Is it Kitsch? Or am i getting just a little bit too sentimental?

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Hypnotic atmosphere. A magically grooving album: "All day music"!

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This one has kept its warm magical mood over all these 40 years. One of the most played LPs in my collection. Produced and backed by Booker T. Jones. Chris Etheridge, bass.

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"Django": a fantastic dialogue of two superb guitar players: McLauglin and Jeff Beck. Pino Paladino, b. Affectionate tribute to Django Reinhardt.

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The window is wide open. Today 4:31 a.m. daybreak.
The blackbird's song is the opener. Then the redstarts begin their twittering, followed by the robins, titmice, chaffinchs and the sparrows. Big chirping orchestra. After one hour the concert ended at 5:24 a.m. Costless ticket. Magical!

[Kay Pirinha]

We also observe and listen to greenfinches and goldfinches sitting on the big birch and walnut trees in our garden.

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We also observe and listen to greenfinches and goldfinches sitting on the big birch and walnut trees in our garden.

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We've had many generations of house finches living our patio cover. But we just tore it down and replaced. going to have to find a new location for our little chirping friends.

The pines and firs in the yard are places for many interesting species (including squirrels - they make lots of sounds too) , but the ultra noisy crows hang out in our cherry tree. :crying: (my little cork pop gun scares them away at least)

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We also observe and listen to greenfinches and goldfinches sitting on the big birch and walnut trees in our garden.

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"something magic" indeed :)

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A magical voice: she had a four-and-a-half octave voice. A typical trained singer has a range of about three octaves. The combination of her extraordinary voice, exotic looks and stage personality made her a hit with American audiences: Yma Sumac is Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri Del Castillo from Peru. Listen to Les Baxter's "Xtabay" B4.

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The last evening at the Star Club in Hamburg, New Year's Eve 1962. Forget the quality of the sound recorded by the Philips tape recorder with one single microphone. Thanks to Kingsize Taylor for this happy decision! Music history of great value. Feel the magic of the vibe! Listen to "Hallelujah i love her so" while reading this beautiful book.

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The thrilling guitar riff by Keith Richards, driven through the Leslie speaker in the intro of "Let ist loose" is unforgettable. Swamp-Blues-Southern-Rock-jam with impressive Gospel-vocals by Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Tami Lynn, Shirley Goodman and Dr. John.

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Magical roots. Just stay in bed and rip off some roots: a magical moment in the creative 1971 recording process of Deep Purple. Take the guitar riff of the Clapton&Powerhouse version of Memphis Slims "Steppin' out", refine it, add some dull lyrics and a jazzy organ. The result is a quickly prepared rich supper! A fantastic interpretation, Lazy, but not "Made in bed". It was made in 1966 by EC, Jack Bruce, Hughie Flint and Steve Winwood....

[Kay Pirinha]

Are you sure these pictures fit?

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Are you sure these pictures fit?

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Picture 3 and 4 are from fold cover art and inner sleeve of DP's "Machine head". Gruss aus der Schweiz

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Most women loved their beautiful ha(i)rmonies: The Hollies' vocals

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Blues-Rock-shouter Frankie Miller together with the violins: "Just another day of searching" B3. A magical encounter. What a (forgotten) congenial voice. Magical art work by James Francis Cauty, also known as "Rockman Rock".

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Howling of the wolf: http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?2724-What-s-Playing-Now&p=401279&viewfull=1#post401279

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Magical mood: http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?2724-What-s-Playing-Now&p=382998&viewfull=1#post382998

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Magical jobs:http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?2724-What-s-Playing-Now&p=382023&viewfull=1#post382023

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Magic buzz!

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Tongue twisters. Still magical after all these years.

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Still magical after 50 years: the sound of the piano in the intro of "Let it be". It's a German Blüthner Flügel from Leipzig.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Bl%C3%BCthner8G.jpg/220px-Bl%C3%BCthner8G.jpg

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Rock myths aside, “Song for a Dreamer” remains one of the best evocations of Hendrix ever recorded. Beautiful and mysterious, elegiac and seemingly profound, it is among the great dark works of psychedelic rock.

“I couldn’t believe I did that,” guitarist Trower said of the 1971 recording, essentially a solo effort on which he sang and played most of the instruments.

Thus inspired, the guitarist left Procol Harum for a long and fairly successful solo career — one, ironically, that drew never-ending comparisons to Hendrix. That all started here. https://psychedelicsight.com/song-for-dreamer-trower/
"I will meet you on the other side of the moon..." One of the most sensitive tributes to Jimi Hendrix.

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Repent Walpurgis: this simple and pure but so portentous drum intro by B.J. Wilson. Followed by that great Bach-Fisher organ tune. Shivers down my spine... still after so many years.
"To be listened to in the spirit in which it was made" (back cover liner note)
Procol Harum's first LP: cultural heritage, still one of the most enduring progressive-rock masterpieces. One for the desert island, yes, definitively!

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50 years ago: the birth of heavy metal rock. "Speed King": that explosive whammy-bar-excess intro, called by the band "woffle", was not suitable for the US music market. So they dropped the fist 50 seconds. What an embarrassing misjudgement. That intro was essential for the unfolding of heavy metal hard rock: it showed the energetic arising of Phoenix from the ashes of rock'n'roll. It's unlike anything else released at the time. Epochal till today. Forget the US version. That first minute would blow our mind...

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Magical incredible juvenile energy: Rory Gallagher 1970 live at Montreux, Switzerland. Listen to "Feel so good part 2" B1.

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Full of majestic anthems. Ageless with magical atmosphere: "Lamplight", C3. Intro: "Alors, viens encore cherie! J'attendrais ans apres ans sous la lampe dans la vieille avenue." The melody for a new national anthem of Switzerland?
Bee Gees' "Sgt. Pepper"?

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A brilliant trick for an atmospheric song: the overdubbed whispering by Jim Morrison increases the dark intensity of scary mood. Listen to "Riders on the storm N.O.W. Sofa Mix" D3 of Bonus 12".
Magical effects of dripping raindrops by Fender Rhodes piano by Ray Manzarek. Ear cinema. The last one with crazy Jim.

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The Intro of "Something Magic": regal sounding orchestra heralding the entry of Brookers piano.
"In the centre of the storm something magic being born". Most underrated album of Procol Harum. Perished in style in the centre of the nasty storm of "Punk". The title song is something magic, indeed: "It's the dark hours of the soul, when the nightmares take their toll..."
"The worm and the tree" (a fable): what foreseeing vision 43 years before Corona.

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Peter Green RIP. After his comeback in 1979 he wasn't the same again. But there still was enough magic in his guitar playing. Listen to "Trouble in mind" A4: Brian Knight, vocals (Ex-Cyril Davies' All Stars), Peter Green guitar, Ian Stewart (Stu!), Charlie Hart bass (Pete Brown's Battered Ornaments et al. look here: http://www.charliehart.com/pages/biography.htm) and the great Charlie Watts on drums. Peter Green in the skies, above everything.

[Kay Pirinha]

The cover of your In The Skies album obviously differs significantly from any of my items. Here's PVLS 101 that I bought soon after it was released in 1979:

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And here's Creole 6.23793 AO that I received as a birthday present from some fellow students the same year:

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Yes, it's so sad that Peter Green ist gone. Together with Danny Kirwan who passed just some months ago he formed the nucleus of the real Fleetwood Mac. Let's hope they will find other musicians in heaven to re-form Fleetwood Mac as a blues band.

Btw, he obviously influenced many other guitarists. Here's an example by Scotch band Beggars Opera from their 1972 album Pathfinder, written by their guitarist Ricky Gardiner:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89yYo9_m2gg

Guess which FM tune was the pattern for this one?

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Peter Green RIP.

That's the cover of my In The Skies ... always liked it.

this has been one of fave PG songs.

Showbiz Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koRlHTA3-Ls

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A brilliant trick for an atmospheric song: the overdubbed whispering by Jim Morrison increases the dark intensity of scary mood. Listen to "Riders on the storm N.O.W. Sofa Mix" D3 of Bonus 12".
Magical effects of dripping raindrops by Fender Rhodes piano by Ray Manzarek. Ear cinema. The last one with crazy Jim.

I saw The Doors live in '68 , always a fan ...but then I've always thought they sucked LIVE.

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[QUOTE=Kay Pirinha;430838]The cover of your In The Skies album obviously differs significantly from any of my items. Here's PVLS 101 that I bought soon after it was released in 1979:

It's a Canadian pressing. USA: Sail Records. Good dynamics.

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[QUOTE=SEAWOLF97;430840]That's the cover of my In The Skies ... always liked it.

This is the German Teldec pressing. A rather dark and dull sky (slabo day?) on cover art. I like the Canada pressing cover art more than this (for us Europeans) common one. But it's more convenient with the fold cover supplying the lyrics. Peter Bardens Hammond/electric piano. Snowy White, fine guitar solos in "Slabo day". Distinguishing for this "laid back" surprising comeback after 9 years: the congas played by Lennox Langton. Look at the advertising in German music magazine "Sounds".

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Green!

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[QUOTE=Kay Pirinha;430838]The cover of your In The Skies album obviously differs significantly from any of my items.


Red and Green! Complementary colors and complementary sounds.

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[QUOTE=Kay Pirinha;430838]The cover of your In The Skies album obviously differs significantly from any of my items. Here's PVLS 101 that I bought soon after it was released in 1979:
Btw, he obviously influenced many other guitarists. Here's an example by Scotch band Beggars Opera from their 1972 album Pathfinder, written by their guitarist Ricky Gardiner:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89yYo9_m2gg

Guess which FM tune was the pattern for this one?

I can't hear any similarity between "Stretcher" and any Fleetwood Mac song. Perhaps a faint homage to "Albatross"? Dunno!

[Kay Pirinha]

Yes, that's how I see it :cheers:! Comparable with the similarities between FM's Oh Well and LZ's Black Dog ;).

Best regards!

[Fritz The Cat]

Left handed musicians: Paul McCartney, Albert King and many others. Jimi's Father reportedly believed playing left-hand was a sign of the devil. Jimi took right-handed Stratocasters and restrung them for playing left-handed. But he was a "mixed right-hander": he wrote, he ate and telephoned with his right hand. His guitar technique and simultaneous guitar solo/singing was a result of his "ambidexterity". Here lies the main cause of his genius. The magical interaction between left and right cerebral hemisphere. Ambidexterity as a condition for creativity and technical virtuosity. Jimi didn't care about it. Listen to Jimi playing bass on "Inside out" C3.
The brain is something magic...

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The 1967 Kinks-Euphoria: screaming girls all over! Typical for some English "boygroups". No access to USA. Listen to "Sunny Afternoon" A4.

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The magic rises from the groove. Grooved into wax and pressed into vinyl: the "Nonplusultra" of (long-standing!!!/eternal???) music conservation. Apropos HIFI: look at the notice concerning the technical finesses on inner foldcover. "Altec-Lansings home version of the legendary professional "Voice Of The Theatre", the Model NINETEEN, to experience the fundamental low notes at highest sound pressure,..."
Looks great IMHO.

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Magic of friendship of Lennon/McCartney and their first record. February 11, 1963: The Beatles record their first album "Please Please Me", in a one day marathon thirteen-hour session. "I saw her standing there" is the best first song on a debut album, ever. (Cit.: Rob Sheffield, Dreaming The Beatles, 2017, Harper Collins Publishers, page 39)

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Tritonus: just two intervals with 3 notes. Known in music theory as "diabolus in musica". What effect!
Black Sabbath title track A1.
Cit. Wikipedia: The song "Black Sabbath" was one of the earliest examples in heavy metal to make use of this interval, and since then, the genre has made extensive use of diabolus in musica.

[Kay Pirinha]

Tritonus is the interval that divides an octave in two equal parts, for instance c - g#- c'.

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[Fritz The Cat]

The magic of the swirl. Is there any Swirl-Vertigo album that is not cult today?

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The same black magic feeling as in the early 70s?
Produced by Rick Rubin!

[Kay Pirinha]

I don't know this album, but from other things Santana did later on I suspect it isn't. Am I right in assuming it's just heavily polished pop, adressed to the big American mass market?

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[Fritz The Cat]

I don't know this album, but from other things Santana did later on I suspect it isn't. Am I right in assuming it's just heavily polished pop, adressed to the big American mass market?

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No no, not at all. It's african ethno soul rock. Much afro female vocals! Compare it to Osibisa (?) Its not the usual Santana MOR as we are tired to listen to since the 80ies and 90ies.

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Stevie had a near-fatal car accident in 1973. So he wrote this thrilling song: "They won't go when i go" B3.

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50 years of seminal cooperation: charismatic Bob Ezrin and Vincent Furnier.

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The haptic possibilities of vinyl fold-covers and sleeves are immense. Look at this pop up artwork from Switzerland. Handmade!

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Left handed musicians: Paul McCartney, Albert King and many others. Jimi's Father reportedly believed playing left-hand was a sign of the devil. Jimi took right-handed Stratocasters and restrung them for playing left-handed. But he was a "mixed right-hander": he wrote, he ate and telephoned with his right hand. His guitar technique and simultaneous guitar solo/singing was a result of his "ambidexterity". Here lies the main cause of his genius. The magical interaction between left and right cerebral hemisphere. Ambidexterity as a condition for creativity and technical virtuosity. Jimi didn't care about it. Listen to Jimi playing bass on "Inside out" C3.
The brain is something magic...

Left-handed bass player Colin Hodgkinson: his incredibly inspired and creative bass artistry saves this LP.

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Magical combination: Shifrin/Smith/Hammond/Leslie

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A festival of the rotating speakers (Leslie) and rotating labels! Some kind of 50 years old rotating progressive magic. Vertigo...

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The peculiar magic of vocal harmonies: Beatles, Queen, Uriah Heep...
Listen to this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znmgVKSBnXc while reading here: (page 128) https://issuu.com/codarecordsltd/docs/uriah_heep_special_edition
Listen to "One Day" A3

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The magic of Africa.
"I don't know, if all this is jazz or not. (...) I do know that this is magnificent music, powerful music, vital music. The message is potent. This album is the most devastating thing of it's kind that I've heard. The sensitive listener cannot deny that it is a vibrant social statement and an artistic triumph." (Cit: original review in "Down Beat" by Don Michael)
Abbey Lincoln vocals!

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Is there any fictional character in rock business more durable than "Alice Cooper"? "Ziggy played guitar" just 1 1/2 years. A magical figure?

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The magic of a congenial drummer. The stones are not rolling any longer. RIP Charlie Watts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4mGIWRWhf0

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The cover art by Roger Dean paired with Osibisa-ethno-jazzfunkrock: still a fascinating combination after 50 years.
Good Italian pressing. Listen to Kirk's "Spirits up above": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZguEY7iVcV0

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This one breathes that certain magical mood of glam rock. If you like "Ziggy" you must have this one. Bill Nelson: great guitar player! Forgotten?
Listen to "Axe Victim" A1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_DqNW0HVIY

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The magic of these songs, still remaining after 50 years! Kulturerbe des 20. Jahrhunderts? Cultural heritage of the 20th century? Is it possible to conserve this artistry for 200 years? 300 years? More? How to conserve it? Will the magic remain? Tell!

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Wonderful (magical?) combination of Franz Schubert (the romantic pop star of the 19th century, (1797-1828)) and Chris Thompson (the most underrated vocalist!) with a little composition help by Manfred Mann and Chris Slade: "Questions" B4
PS: Listen to the crispy sax solo by Barbara Thompson at the end of "Singing The Dolphin Through" A2
Remarkable: Schubert was 31 years old when he died of Syphilis, possibly complicated by Typhus.
Listen to the roaring silent track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvvstrKLvts
One of the greatest songs and vocal performances ever?

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The magic of conceptual jazz art by Laurence "Blinky" Walden: https://bobbyraybassface.weebly.com/jazz-art-by-walden.html
Big organ grinding fun plus a fantastic guitar job by Ray Crawford.

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Yesterday in Munich at "High End"-Messe.
Today brought down to earth into Hifi-reality.
On May 21 Alan Parsons will be Special Guest in Munich: https://hifi-ifas.de/alan-parsons-auf-der-high-end-muenchen-2022 (https://hifi-ifas.de/alan-parsons-auf-der-high-end-muenchen-2022)

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One of the greatest albums that German Krautrock contributed to Rockmusic.
Produced by Didi Zill. Look here at his "Magic Moments Of Rock": https://www.didi-zill.com/

Macht das Ohr und die Augen auf!

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This combination has its magical moments.
Recorded at Mondial Sound Studio, Milano

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Also this one has its magical atmosphere thanks its combination.
The baffling untamed wizzzzardry of Roy Wood and the elfish pure voice of Annie Haslam.
Roy Wood: The Move, Wizzard, ELO
Annie Haslam: Renaissance
Cover art work also by the wizzzzard!

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A forgotten (but not lost) gem. What magical moment with an impressive voice: "Rock and Roll Lament".
Sung, composed and produced by Charlie Allen.
A prayer for all Rocknrollers!
PS: listen to the LP! From A to Z no fillers guaranteed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7RVfIJ5qZ4



(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7RVfIJ5qZ4)

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Still the most hypnotic atmosphere in German Krautrock. Listen to "Spoon" B4 (over and over).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PH7a4RptU
Superb remastered reissue 2013
Everything was possible in the early 70ies...

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The magic in the compositions of Leonard Cohen! A dignified version of "The Future" here by Popa Chubby B2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94lle0Yo_bs
Cit LC: "...and all the lousy little poets coming round..."

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So sieht wahre Begeisterung aus! Something magic perfectly explained.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV9bnaqqfq8