This is truly a gem.
Neil never re-issued this live recording to CD, for whatever reason, but it truly is worth a listen as the follow-up to Harvest. Take a listen to Last Dance below.
Last Dance
Neil Young – Time Fades Away
August 22, 2009 by Kevin WalkerJimmy Smith – The Sermon!
August 9, 2009 by Kevin Walker
I’ve jumped back into the stack of dusty LP’s from Michele’s crawlspace, and finished re-touching my recording of Jimmy Smith’s The Sermon!
Take a listen to the entire first side (!) below.
The Sermon
The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
May 7, 2009 by Kevin Walker
I’ve been into this record pretty heavily as of recent. It’s one of the Beach Boys later albums, and showcases some of the Boys’ (not named Brian) finer lesser-known compositions.
Long Promised Road, almost entirely recorded by Carl Wilson, is at the top of my list, and I can’t stop belting out its uplifting refrain when I need a boost.
Most critics will swoon over Brian’s finale (the triptych of A Day In The Life Of A Tree, ‘Till I Die, and Surf’s Up) which ARE pretty fantastic, but in an heavy-handed kind of way. I tend to focus on the contributions from the rest of the group.
I’ve also posted Bruce Johnston’s Disney Girls (1957), which is slow and quirky, but a must-hear.
Mike Love’s Don’t Go Near The Water, while pretty heavy-handed on environmental friendliness, has a fantastic breakdown about toothpaste and soap that I keep coming back to.
The quality of my rips may not be the cleanest, but Capitol released a remastered version of this record along with Sunflower in 2000, so if you are into it, Amazon or iTunes has the high quality MP3’s. I’ll keep my poppy vinyl recordings, though, for the sake of “character”.
Long Promised Road
Disney Girls (1957)
Don’t Go Near The Water
The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Box Set)
April 26, 2009 by Kevin Walker
I’ve been digging this ever since the sweet purple crushed velvet box of vinyl arrived at my office.
I’ve only begun to get into the material, but so far it’s pretty amazing, below are a few tracks from the first two records I’ve recorded from the vinyl. These include the outtake from the Are You Experienced sessions, Title #3 (Title #4 is better known as Are You Experienced), a ridiculously vicious live Dylan cover, followed by a live Beatles take, and an alternate version of the ever popular Little Wing. As I record more, I will post more for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
[edit] Disc 3 is now done – check out Bold As Love and Fire.
Title #3
Like A Rolling Stone (Live)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Live)
Little Wing
Bold As Love
Fire (Live)
Loudon Wainwright III – Attempted Mustache
April 7, 2009 by Kevin Walker
Best. Album title / cover combo. Ever.
Found this LP not long ago at Earfood Records in Winchester.
The Swimming Song
Roky Erickson – Gremlins Have Pictures
April 6, 2009 by Kevin Walker
This guy is actually certifiably crazy – but his mental state makes for some thrilling vampire tunes.
Backlog / Exams / Vinyl / No Ripcord
April 6, 2009 by Kevin WalkerI’ve been busy lately, so I apologize for the lack of recent posts.
I’ve also decided that the focus of this page is going to shift to my vinyl discoveries; which means posting rips from my parents (or parents-in-law’s) collection, and also my recent orders from Insound or eBay.
Most of my new record reviews can be read over at No Ripcord (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Neko Case, The Black Lips, BLK JKS, Andrew Bird, My Dear Disco, Clipse, The Muslims). But check out the site this month regardless, as it is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with some special features.
Stay tuned. I’ll try and post some vinyl rips tonight.
2009 Album Art Face-off
February 13, 2009 by Kevin WalkerThere has been some superb artwork this year; magic-eye candidates (Animal Collective, Black Lips), wonder-inducing ball-point pen madness (Trail of Dead), persona-defining self-portraits (Neko Case, Morrissey), high-speed photography (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), minimalism (U2), and something that resembles the fortune telling arcade game “Zoltar” from the movie Big (Mastadon). I’m sure 2009 has more in store, but what’s your favorite of the bunch thus far? Click on each image if you’d like to compare these at a larger scale.
01.The Yeah Yeah Yeahs 02….Trail of Dead
03.Animal Collective o4.Neko Case
05.Black Lips 06.Morrissey
07.Mastadon 08.U2
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo: Watch What Happens
February 10, 2009 by Kevin Walker
This is one of the LPs that my mother-in-law is letting me borrow from her crawlspace. The cover songs alone are outstanding, and the whole record is full of beautifully recorded melodies.
Above is a cover of George Harrison’s Something; track 2 off of this fine release from 1970, ripped straight from the record [Thanks Michele!].
Dosh: Wolves and Wishes
February 5, 2009 by Kevin Walker
I picked this LP up at the (fantastic) Andrew Bird show on Monday at The National in Richmond, VA.
It’s Bird’s drummer’s concoction of sounds, beats, ambiance, etc., and it’s rather good.
I finally figured out the stylus pressure issue with my turntable (leading to sibilance on the last cuts of each side), and everything sounds even more fantastic through the headphones (…and this is a headphone record).
Take a listen here (if you don’t mind MySpace).
Purchase here (from the label).
