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Post by rayge on May 31, 2019 10:05:02 GMT
A Alice Cooper - Living
B All That Glitters is Not Gold - Audley Rollens
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2019 13:34:14 GMT
Was A commercially released at the time? It seems so badly recorded that it's difficult to imagine, the sound almost drops out totally at one point as if recorded on tape that was just about to give up the ghost entirely. The arrangement and production are such a mess that they come close to derailing the whole thing. For all that, I really liked the stoned, droney Byrdsian vocal line and the way it drifted over the proto metal mayhem happening underneath.
B is the kind of reggae I like. It has one of those classic Jamaican lead vocals, in that Gregory Isaacs/Winston Rodney line, that's very easy to listen to. It does, though, feel a little formulaic..not much surprise or ambition going on here.
In a way they're polar opposites..one a bit of a shambolic mess with something interesting going on and the other beautifully recorded and played but without much inspiration.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2019 13:59:55 GMT
I agree with everything G says, but my only counter would be that Motown could sound formulaic, but that didn't lessen the joy and way it made you tap your feet. I love this era and style of reggae too - I was never a huge Lovers Rock fan, which lots of reggae singers got into because the records flew off the shelves. This isn't one of those - more conscious reggae while still being a love song.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on May 31, 2019 16:31:37 GMT
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by quite a distance. It's a favourite off the most interesting AC album, I don't think he did much better (although subsequent LPs had some better individual tracks). The reggae thing was just reggae, I didn't hear much that made it stand out
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Post by bungo the mungo on May 31, 2019 16:54:51 GMT
the cooper track is a real treat, whereas B is reggae by numbers.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2019 17:46:59 GMT
Gutless Cooper is worse than normal Cooper...Run of the mill Reggae is better...Vote B
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Post by toomanyhatz on May 31, 2019 18:35:52 GMT
I much prefer the next several Alice Cooper albums to the first - it allegedly has no producer, and gosh, it sure sounds like it - meandering and unfocused - but at least it stands out a bit - B is nice enough but pretty nondescript.
A for effort.
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Post by lokie on Jun 1, 2019 12:47:55 GMT
If you'd never heard Pretties, you would never guess it was what was to become Alice Cooper. Those harmonies! I like B too, but A is a surprising pick.  |
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Post by fange on Jun 2, 2019 14:22:44 GMT
As a big fan of the "golden era" Coop band, I was a bit nonplussed when I first heard PFY. I had got this comp. which contains Easy Action as well...  and while those 2 albums never really became faves, A is a wonderful track that keeps surprising and delighting me whenever I hear it. B is so lovely and understated though; as I've often said, maybe my very favourite kind of reggae is the stuff that is still tied to its soul roots, like Toots and the Maytals, The Heptones, etc. This is a beautiful little melodic slice of that stuff, and i'm giving it my vote here. B |
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Post by DarknessFish on Jun 2, 2019 20:08:36 GMT
Save all my pretties for you, save all my pretties for you, bye bye baby, bye bye. This sounds like The Beatles. I'm not sure if that's worse than I expected from Alice, or better, but either way, it's not something I want to hear.
Yeah, we've probably not had much reggae, which I would normally be thankful for, but given the wretched musty cack I've endured so far, it's a breath of fresh air.
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Post by osgood on Jun 4, 2019 15:56:36 GMT
Listening to A I had the same feeling as with the ISB track two rounds before, an early recording of a well known artist with no hint of what was to happen later. Except this is much better than the Parsons track.
I'm far from a reggae fan (in fact I ended hating the genre during the 70s cup), but B is one of the kind I can gladly enjoy. And it wins here. Sorry A but
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Post by fonz on Jun 5, 2019 7:57:54 GMT
A. It’s not that bad.
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Post by rankingted on Jun 5, 2019 22:08:19 GMT
Ah, right, so I really don't like either. A sounds like a real barrel scraper of an era pick, B has no distinguishable features, as generic as you get.
Abstain
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Jun 6, 2019 15:32:03 GMT
I've loved "Living" for a long time. As others have said, it bears no resemblance to what the band was about to become, but it's such a shambolic blast of joy that I can't resist it.
B is nice, but that's about it.
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Post by countmachuki on Jun 6, 2019 17:28:46 GMT
B
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