The wild sax solo at the end of "Touch me". A touch of jazz music.
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The wild sax solo at the end of "Touch me". A touch of jazz music.
The spooky mood of "Milonga for three" A2 and in contrast the hot picture on front cover: Tango apasionado!
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.....
Still magical after all these years. A colorful bouquet of fairytale atmosphere. Listen to the hypnotic "Wandering song" B3!
Where is the magic of the Beatles' original here? The magic is not here at all. Sorry, but it's on the original! (IMHO)
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.
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....."
"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.
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.
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...
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!
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....
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.
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.
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....