Posted on 05/26/2017 12:44:38 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Back in the “old” days of turntables the needle would go to the center of the vinyl record and if there was no auto return for the stylus arm it would stay there. Lennon said they put that random sound track to annoy dogs and/or anyone/anything else.
Back in the “old” days of turntables the needle would go to the center of the vinyl record and if there was no auto return for the stylus arm it would stay there. Lennon said they put that random sound track to annoy dogs and/or anyone/anything else.
Sorry, I was just quoting Verdi who commented how atrocious the writing for the voice was in the Choral finale to his 9th Symphony.
Help might be the Beatles most underrated album. The song itself is one of my all-time favorites.
From Wall Street Journal May 20, 2017:
“’Pepper’ was not the first concept album, only the biggest. In 1955, Frank Sinatra had pioneered the form with ‘In the Wee Small Hours’ — and Sinatra, unlike the Beatles, had sustained his concept past the third track.”
“Ringo’s favorite is ‘Abbey Road.’ George preferred ‘Rubber Soul’ and ‘Revolver.’ John, who doubted whether ‘Pepper’ was a concept album at all, listed three of its tracks — ‘When I’m Sixty-Four,’ ‘Lovely Rita,’ and ‘Good Morning Good Morning’ — among his least favorite Beatles’ numbers. Only Paul prefers ‘Pepper.’”
From Wall Street Journal May 20, 2017:
"The band's manager, Brian Epstein, wanted to maintain the band's profile between albums, so in February 1967 the two tracks ['Strawberry Fields' and 'Penny Lane'] were issued as a single with two A sides. In Britain, this was also the first Beatles' single in four years not to reach No. 1; Engelbert Humperdinck's 'Release Me' stopped it. With the press pondering the band's decline, Epstein insisted that neither track be on the new album. George Martin was to call his assent to this plan 'the biggest mistake of my professional life' (this from the man who recorded Celine Dion)."
I have a Bill Evans recording, Night at the Village Vanguard. Wonderful stuff. I believe the liner notes mention that the bassist died in an auto accident within days of that recording. I also love it because you can hear tinkling of cocktail glasses and and even coins hitting the table. Really immerses you in the atmosphere.
Yes, Scott LeFaro, probably outside of Jaco, one of the most influential bassists of his time.
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