06/24/2022 EU 3 X 12" 45 rpm just arrived from the UK and is waiting for me at home for tonight. . Well this sucks. Side 5 of one set has a permanent repeat and will not advance. Side 1 so far from the other set has the label bubbled so much that flipping it over makes Side 2 unplayable. Sigh ... I now have to continue with the other set and see if I can build one out of two. This is why I buy two sets at once. I still have the standard 33 set to go through and make sure that it is ok. Something is going to have to be returned, to England. It makes my head hurt.
The music is interesting though. I'll have to play it back at one time to try and figure it out. I expect some of this to get added to the RP playlist.
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Jun 24, 2022 - 4:11pm
kurtster wrote:
Never saw The Police live. Life was unsettled in those days and they always sold out quickly here in Cleveburg. Have nearly everything on vinyl and CD. Until pulling out this album, its been ages since I've listened to them closely. They were always a 'song' band to me as opposed to an 'album' band. This is a strange album to listen to as a whole. It's great yes but out of context mentally. I'll have to go back and start at the beginning and go in order to help it make more sense to me in the progression of the band.
Did get to see Sting live at my only Hollywood Bowl concert ever. Annie Lennox was the opener, then Sting and and then they did songs together. Really nice night and the sound at the HB is as good as everyone says. Even bought the T Shirt that night. I sat out their reunion tour after a lot of thinking. The reviews were mixed and the tickets were really expensive.
I've been to the Hollywood Bowl quite a few times now.
Always interesting for sure.
I love that you can bring your own food in and go to one of many picnic areas in the trees to eat.
The last show we went to was Electric Light Orchestra. When Jeff did "Rockaria!", he brought out an opera singer who replicated the parts in the original song perfectly. It was stunning.
He did "10538 Overture"... a kinda obscure deeper cut. One of my psychedelic favorites. It too was stunning.
I'd always looked for Mono mixes of those 2 albums but only had the muddy "re-processed" versions. Eventually I got the UK import of Aftermath, which was true stereo, had more tracks, and sounded much better. I usually had to go down to Greenwich Village or "record shows" to get a lot of those imports.
I posted a link a few months ago about a guy who's had a little shop in the Village for decades - I used to go there a lot. You may have even heard of this guy, he's apparently pretty well-known in record collector circles. Vimeo video can't embed:
Back when that Police album came out I thought 'yeah that's those 3 guys' Before that when they were on their first tour of the US a friend called and asked if I'd like to go see this new band The Police. I said no I didn't want to see a band called the f-ing police. Missed a good show from what I heard later.
Never saw The Police live. Life was unsettled in those days and they always sold out quickly here in Cleveburg. Have nearly everything on vinyl and CD. Until pulling out this album, its been ages since I've listened to them closely. They were always a 'song' band to me as opposed to an 'album' band. This is a strange album to listen to as a whole. It's great yes but out of context mentally. I'll have to go back and start at the beginning and go in order to help it make more sense to me in the progression of the band.
Did get to see Sting live at my only Hollywood Bowl concert ever. Annie Lennox was the opener, then Sting and and then they did songs together. Really nice night and the sound at the HB is as good as everyone says. Even bought the T Shirt that night. I sat out their reunion tour after a lot of thinking. The reviews were mixed and the tickets were really expensive.
Back when that Police album came out I thought 'yeah that's those 3 guys'
Before that when they were on their first tour of the US a friend called and asked if I'd like to go see this new band The Police.
I said no I didn't want to see a band called the f-ing police.
Missed a good show from what I heard later.
I'm sure it was someone here in the song comments that first pointed out that the LED figures are caricatures of the band. That was after I'd been looking at that album for two decades.
Just a fantastic idea and design. V impressive.
Now that Iâve got the turntable/amp up and running Iâm reliving one of the best albums in my much smaller collection. Manzanera, Mel Collins, Godley & Creme, Simon Phillipsâ¦such an incredible thing.
I'm sure it was someone here in the song comments that first pointed out that the LED figures are caricatures of the band. That was after I'd been looking at that album for two decades.
Indeed. Now I'm wondering did I know that from long ago and forgot or never paid any attention to it at all other than to think, that's nice ...
I'm sure it was someone here in the song comments that first pointed out that the LED figures are caricatures of the band. That was after I'd been looking at that album for two decades.
1969 US 1st press Needed a reset. Hometown girl Lydia was overshadowed by Janis. They were friends and Janis recommended Lydia to Cold Blood when they were forming. Cover by Rick Griffin. There was a Japanese CD about 15 years ago otherwise pretty much a vinyl only thing.
Just stumbled on this while poking around wondering about what became of the band.
