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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jun 26, 2023 14:46:50 GMT
Here's how this will work.
A track will be chosen for someone (something that you think they'll like). They will comment on the track and then post a track for another named poster to comment on and so on. Anyone can comment on a track posted (so the thread doesn't go too dead) but only the nominated poster can then nominate the next track for a named poster.
Make sense?
For FANGE (listen to the whole thing...takes a while to get going)
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Post by rayge on Jun 26, 2023 16:24:01 GMT
Very tasteful. Vaguely got a Family Affair vibe off the vocals. Could have done without the flute though  |
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Post by fange on Jun 27, 2023 7:24:11 GMT
Here's how this will work. A track will be chosen for someone (something that you think they'll like). They will comment on the track and then post a track for another named poster to comment on and so on. Anyone can comment on a track posted (so the thread doesn't go too dead) but only the nominated poster can then nominate the next track for a named poster. Make sense? For FANGE (listen to the whole thing...takes a while to get going) I like that, cheers G! Musically it's right up my street, lovely funky-folky sound. Don't think i recall this group, so will investigate further. OK, I will think about a tune to recommend to someone next. |
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jun 27, 2023 7:34:11 GMT
Cheers Ange! I'll edit the title for the new recipient when you've chosen.
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Post by fange on Jun 27, 2023 7:50:14 GMT
This one is for CHARLIE (though of course it may certainly appeal to others too)...
You may know this one already, as i'm sure you know Bobby Parker Jr. of 'Watch Your Step' fame, but i thought i might post it here just in case.
Bobby was a stalwart of the Washington DC R&B scene, and was credited as an arranger on this single by Nat Hall, and is clearly the guitarist on the smokin' lead break as well. Check out the flip-side too ('Why (I Want To Know)' )...
Nat Hall - 'You Don't Know (Just How I Feel)'
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Post by Charlie O. on Jun 27, 2023 12:30:18 GMT
That's a new one on me, Ange! Truthfully, I think the arrangement lets it down - in my head I'm hearing something with organ and/or piano, more subdued horns (or none), shuffle-y drums, and a guitarist who isn't competing with the singer for attention during the verses (the latter could be more of a mix issue than an arrangement issue) - but I enjoyed it, all the same. Thanks for thinking of me!
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Post by Charlie O. on Jun 27, 2023 13:37:17 GMT
For DarknessFish (I've honestly no expectations regarding what you'll make of it), "Our Sister The Sun" by The Insect Trust, from their second album Hoboken Saturday Night (not their excellent self-titled debut, which is confusingly shown in the clip). The Trust could never seem to hang onto a drummer long enough to make an album with them; sitting in with them here is Elvin Jones.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jun 27, 2023 17:22:47 GMT
I will get to this, but it might take till tomorrow morning. Not listening to it on my phone.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jun 28, 2023 7:51:04 GMT
Quick update.
The Nat Hall was well played, but too generic blues-soul for my tastes.
The Insect Trust - Wow Charlie. I thought this was mesmerising and atmospheric, really interesting stuff. The slightly stiff folk vocal might be the thing that was least impressive, but overall really good. I love the use of the sax! I will definitely be searching out more from this band.
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Post by fange on Jun 28, 2023 8:23:07 GMT
What an interesting mix it is, yeah. Is that a soprano sax or an clarinet of some kind? It almost sounds like a jazzy/rock post-punk band if it weren't for the singer, say Rip Rig & Panic or the Laughing Clowns. The sing-song ending just added to the unusual cocktail, such a strange and fascinating mix of stuff. Cheers Charlie.
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Post by Charlie O. on Jun 28, 2023 8:58:56 GMT
They had both a sax player and a clarinetist (the latter was Robert Palmer - not the singer, but the one who went on to write a number of well-regarded books on jazz and blues). I do love their first album (1968) especially, a unique and vaguely psychedelicized mishmash of folk, blues, jazz, and rock. You get used to the singer after a bit. (She went on to be a Vice President at Elektra Records for years, and at last report was administering Paul McCartney's publishing empire!)
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Post by DarknessFish on Jun 28, 2023 9:25:14 GMT
The overall sound isn't really my thing, and I'm going to criticise Elvin Jones here, so I guess my opinion is possibly just stupid. However, too much cymbal for me, that constant wash of tsh-tsh, I find it irritating, fills too much space. The free-flowing clarinet/sax thing and la-las for the last few minutes is a glorious thing though, full of joy. So it develops from a "not for me", to "woah, lovely", in a 7 minute track. That's not a bad thing.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jun 28, 2023 9:27:09 GMT
And now, something for the twisted thread starter, G.
I hope I've not picked this in a cup before, but it's something I bought entirely randomly, isn't in my normal tastes at all, but I like it a lot.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jun 28, 2023 10:10:48 GMT
You know my tastes DF!
I loved this. It's obviously looking back to that hippyish side of early 70s Brazilia, but it puts it together in a way that's very contemporary and not off-puttingly retro. It's rare to hear string arrangements this good in contemporary tracks..It's becoming a lost art, but they've got it here.
Really impressed by this track, cheers DF!
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jun 28, 2023 10:21:11 GMT
Now for a track for JC.
Not as obscure as some of the selections so far, but I don't remember it being discussed on here before and I'm interested in JC's thoughts.
Johnny Thunder "I'm Alive"
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