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[Fritz The Cat]

This is a cruel one. Every 5 years i put this one on my turntable. Fusion. What a terrible word for my ears. No humour at all. No heart and soul. Cold music.....Do love it? Why?

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Steve Miller Band - Number 5
(1970, Capitol)




a favorite from the early Steve Miller Band LPs. w/ Nicky Hopkins, Lee Michaels, Ben Sidran.

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Ry Cooder rhythm guitar and mandolin. Jesse Ed Davis lead guitar. Listen to Track A2 "Statesboro Blues". Blues-rock-gospel-country-funk for your heart and soul. Very good US pressing. Purchased this year for 15 SFr. at my favorite record store BRO Records in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Look at the fence on the front cover picture. It says everything...... But instead of the house, he owns all the birds of the region.

That record store sounds like a good stop on my next trip to Switzerland!

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Nick Lowe - Party Of One
(1990, Reprise) Promo stamped cover; K-Disc in the deadwax




w/ Ry Cooder, Ray Brown (!), Dave Edmunds. The usual clever songwriting.

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Love - Forever Changes
(1967, Elektra) 2012 issue




a stunning Chris Bellman mastered analog reissue. What a great title to be one to set the bar for reissues, in my book.

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One of the best versions of Deep Purple's "Highway Star". Live. Twin guitars playing. John O'Daniel great lead vocals firmly and strongly backed by the other musicians. Interesting version. This one rocks!

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Too many cooks....Kiki Dee together with "Toto" and Co. You have one of the best female singers and all the best musicians in the studio, but there will be no heart and soul in the resulting work. Elevator music. Do i judge too critically? Listen to the dramatic track A5 "Stay with me baby": it's all too much of everything! Look at the picture on inner cover: Kiki has eaten too much pastry. Too many pastry cooks....

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Listen to the shuffling rhythm track B1 "Desert skies" which turns towards the end into a jazzy Django Reinhardt/Grappelli mood.

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Tommy Bolin guitar. Lee Sklar and Ron Carter bass. Listen to the calm track B2 "Le Lis" on which John Tropea plays guitar. Good german pressing.

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Very Beatles style especially because of the perfect vocal harmonies. Rick Nielsen with the curious custom made guitars. Robin Zander with the McCartney voice. Superb production by Todd Rundgren. So you can't go wrong with this one.

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Steve Miller Band - Number 5
(1970, Capitol)


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a favorite from the early Steve Miller Band LPs. w/ Nicky Hopkins, Lee Michaels, Ben Sidran.

It's the same US pressing as you own with deadwax inscription of the Lp number with suffix F-8 and the mushroom-sign on opposite side.

This is a good pressing with fine structured dynamics. Look at the dedication noted on inner foldcover: after 45 years, we don't have a better world! Did we have so many illusions in the seventies!? Charlie McCoy played harmonica. Nicky Hopkins piano. Concerning the quality of the song material, it's a mediocre SMB work. What about mixing the vocals in track B4 "Jackson-Kent Blues" nearly totally into the background? That song sucks! Weak studio job. Which album of the late sixties /early seventies is the best of SMB?

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[QUOTE=SpeakerLabFan;383641]Love - Forever Changes
(1967, Elektra) 2012 issue




German reissue of the 90ies. Superb dynamics. But the acoustic guitars on track B2 "Live and let live" are dump and not bright. How are these guitar dynamics on the pressing of 2012 you are showing? The original was published in 1967. Why is on this german pressing the publishing year noted as 1971? Listen to tracks A3 and A4: Carole Kaye plays bass. The wrecking team is everywhere......Yes, and it's a Milestone.

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Love - Forever Changes
(1967, Elektra) 2012 issue




German reissue of the 90ies. Superb dynamics. But the acoustic guitars on track B2 "Live and let live" are dump and not bright. How are these guitar dynamics on the pressing of 2012 you are showing? The original was published in 1967. Why is on this german pressing the publishing year noted as 1971? Listen to tracks A3 and A4: Carole Kaye plays bass. The wrecking team is everywhere......Yes, and it's a Milestone.

Carole Kaye is featured prominently in the wrecking crew tribute documentary put together by Tommy Tedesco's son. I saw this film on a recent flight, brilliant stuff:

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Nick Lowe - Party Of One
(1990, Reprise) Promo stamped cover; K-Disc in the deadwax




w/ Ry Cooder, Ray Brown (!), Dave Edmunds. The usual clever songwriting.

German pressing. It's a party for everyone. It was a musicians party as always.......Peace, Lowe and understanding......

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Produced by Thomas Dolby. As noticed on inner cover: "Due to the exceptional length of this record, play LOUD".