The ping pong bathroom stereo effects and reverb was added in America by Capitol and had nothing to do with what the Beatles and George Martin did
Joe
The ping pong bathroom stereo effects and reverb was added in America by Capitol and had nothing to do with what the Beatles and George Martin did
Joe
That changed pretty quickly after the Introducing the Beatles, Meet the Beatles song list passed, after 1962-63
That comedy label descriptive of Parlophone is a commonly and erroneously repeated myth, Parlophone was primarily a Jazz label at the time
Yeah, it was considered a "specialty" label by some and did have some comedy acts on the roster, the Beatles wound up there because Martin signed them and that just happened to be the division he was running
But few in the business knew exactly what to do with this new thing they called Rock and Roll in 1962, especially music writers and record execs and even fewer thought it would last
Doesn't change the fact that few of the Beatles early recordings needed "fixing" as much as the Doors stuff did to sound good (read what Hoffman had to say in that thread you linked to)
James Brown was distributed in Europe on Parlophone to cite one example
Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer and the Hollies were also Parlophone artists
You're cherry picking historical context to make some point I really don't understand
Primitive, early era stereo versus mono, no that's another conversation or debate entirely
Joe
That's not an entirely accurate statement
Now that's a pretty good analogy with which I can concur wholeheartedly
Seriously comparing the Beatles music with that of the Doors is almost laughable, on any level
Some decent tunes compared to innate genius, whether one likes the Beatles or not
Joe
Getting this thread back on-topic, here are my 5 desert-island discs:
1) Steve Tibbetts: Yr. The finest album of guitar-based music I've ever heard, this album hangs-together like an exquisite single composition, with Tibbetts' virtuoso playing on electric and acoustic guitars always at its center. Unclassifiable in genre, it weaves a different spell every time I listen to it. (BTW, he recorded it in his basement on semi-pro 8-track equipment.)
2) Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich: Krupa and Rich. Gene and Buddy tearing it up in the studio with a first-class group of JATP all-stars. Includes their greatest recorded 'drum battle' (Bernie's Tune), with Gene acquitting himself better against Buddy than at any other time (although it’s still no contest). Two masters at work.
3) Cream: Live Cream, Vol. 1. At its heart, Cream operated like a jazz band playing pop songs, and they were the first rock band to walk the tightrope of collective improvisation during their live performances. When they succeeded in making it all the way across the wire (as they did on this album’s highlight, Sweet Wine) they far outshined all of their contemporaries in rock (Dead fans take note) and even most of their contemporaries in jazz for musical inventiveness, precision and sheer power.
4) Mothers of Invention: Absolutely Free. Frank Zappa brilliantly and inventively blends Louie, Louie covers, jazz improvs and Igor Stravinsky themes with biting social and political commentary in this sophomore release. Contains the peerless Brown Shoes Don’t Make It, Zappa’s first (and IMO, greatest) masterpiece—in reality a complete opera condensed into just 7-1/2 minutes.
5) Yes: Close to the Edge. The ultimate statement of the progressive rock genre. Brilliantly played and sung, the epic title work spans an entire vinyl album side while musically spanning everything from a pastoral sound collage to intense jazz/rock fusion, to many themes and their variations, and through *two* organ solos (pipe and Hammond) before finally dissolving into yet another pastoral sound collage. Rounded out by the beautifully majestic And You And I and hard-driving Siberian Khatru (with passages in 15/8 time), if you’re ever confronted by a Martian who asks “What is progressive rock?”, this is what you play for them.
Dire Straits/Brothers in Arms 2014 Japanese SHM-SACD
This is an astoundingly good recording!
I'd smuggle the entire 15 CD series "How the West was Swung" by the late Tom Morrell and the TimeWarp~TopHands
But to stay on point, 1 record? Sinatra Live at the Sands. Why? Sinatra & Basie.
Definitively a big one on vinyl.
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Because he was the last of the great romantic musicians and poets.
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I'd have to add TYA's "A Space in Time" . have read that it was so well recorded that a remaster is not needed.
WHY ?? Listen to it, self evident.*
If ASiT didn't exist, Cricklewwod Green would be a good substitute.
*have also read that A Lee didn't like it, too commercial for him.
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