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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
[1970. CBS]



BLDY F-U-S-I-O-N

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FUNKADELIC - Maggot Brain
[1971. Westbound]



BLACK POWER

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RAMONES - Mondo Bizarro
[1992. Chrysalis]

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earlier...


Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Aroiund
(1963, Columbia) Mono guaranteed high fidelity



Tony Bennett was interviewed on NPR this morning, talking about his latest release of duets with others including Amy Winehouse (Body and Soul) and Aretha Franklin. 80 years old and still going strong.

now...

Chick Corea - Three Quartets
(1981, Warner Bros) mastered by Bernie Grundman



with Eddie Gomez, bass; Steve Gadd, drums; Michael Brecker, sax.

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The Byrds - The Ballad Of Easy Rider
(1969, Columbia)



This is a stretch in the later period Byrds that I'm drawn to. Not the same as the movie soundtrack album, only the title track has relation to the movie. I dig the folk-rock, banjo + hard rock here and on Untitled. An interesting piece on wiki about Dylan's contribution to the tite song:

In early 1969, the script writer and leading actor of Easy Rider, Peter Fonda, asked Bob Dylan to compose a theme song for the film.[13] Dylan declined but as a consolation he offered the lines - "The river flows, it flows to the sea/Wherever that river goes, that's where I want to be/Flow, river, flow" - which he hurriedly scribbled onto a napkin, before telling Fonda to "give that to McGuinn."[8][13] The fragment was dutifully passed on to The Byrds' guitarist, Roger McGuinn, who added his own lyrical and musical contributions to fashion a completed song, which he titled "Ballad of Easy Rider".[

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David Bowie - Heroes
(1977, RCA) STERLING gc in the deadwax; mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling



with Eno, keyboards; Robert Fripp, lead guitar; several songs co-written with Eno. Kind of a bright sounding record, I needed to attenuate the volume to reduce the attack of the razor blades... I guess I'm noticing this especially after switching from listening to The Byrds record.

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Thee Image - self titled
(1975, Manticore) Promo/NFS



a guitar heavy blues-rock trio led by Mike Pinera who played guitar with Iron Butterly, Blues Image and Cactus. a 50 cent HPB clearance find last month.

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Grateful Dead - self titled
(1967, Warner Bros) W 1689 Monophonic pressing



I've been wanting to spin some Dead after hearing a concert tape a few nights ago, nice to hear that Phil Lesh bass here on Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl and others.

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David Bowie - Hunky Dory
(1971, RCA) LSP-4623

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R.E.M. - Murmur
(1983, IRS) 1995 release 200g MFSL remastered limited edition #0168

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Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
(1973, Capitol/Sovereign) wly in the deadwax; mastered by Wally Traugott



a 50 cent HPB pickup today. Wishbone Ash guitarist Andy Powell plays on the title track.

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The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
(1972, Rolling Stone/Atlantic) artisan symbol in the deadwax



Listening to side 3/4. Recorded in the dusty basement of Keith Richards villa in the south of France, on exile from British taxes. I heard mention that Richards and Jagger would take day-trips to Italy for a meal, by boat to avoid the border crossing.

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THE STOOGES - The Weirdness
[2007. Virgin]

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Bob Moses - Visit With The Great Spirit
(1983, Grammavision) mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk



with John Scofield, Steve Kuhn, Bill Frisell, Steve Swallow, Eddie Gomez.

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For me, a masterwork. The usual Classic Rock tracks pale next to this assault.
Dave Mason should be revered instead of living in relative obscurity. I think he is still in California? He is greater than almost everyone who is now widely heard.

Saw Dave Mason in a group that included Mark Farner, Felix Cavaliere, Gary Wright and Rick Derringer called HippieFest. DM was by far the cream of the crop. He did 'All Along the Watchtower'. It had us jumping.