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McParadigm wrote:
All those later records are better written, and are very much the big payoff of the early explorations, but that 1964-66 period is really the heart of the art, as it were....that moment of total, almost blind inventive drive that ultimately created this incredible sound....a band that could balance their music on the absolute precipice of chaos, could do so indefinitely, and would sneer and strut while they did it.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:04 pm Posts: 37156 Location: September 2020 Poster of the Month
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
I'm going to start this thread by saying the original version of A Quick One, While He's Away (which can be found on the 30 Years Maximum R&B box set) is the version to listen to.
That's great, but it's not the original version. It's a Frankenstein hybrid of the original version and the rock & roll circus version. Most of the liner notes/descriptions for that box set are completely wrong because the Who's production team are a bunch of fucktards.
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Been listening to their records all week, haven't done that in a while. Still really one of the all-time greats, but I have a feeling their popularity is at a low nowadays. They don't seem to find as many new and young fans discovering their music as let's say Led Zeppelin.
Speaking of discovering, some solo records are also really really good (althought most suck... ).
I find the live/studio transitions in the "Maximum R&B" version too jarring; I actually think the simple existence of that weird hybrid version is kind of baffling. This is the sweet stuff for me:
I don't really care for My Morning Jacket, so that cover ain't even coming close for me. Sorry, Strat.
Gimme the raw balls-to-the-wall let's embarrass and destroy the Rolling Stones at their own event madness of the Rock & Roll Circus "Quick One." It's the perfect example of the controlled chaos almost going off the rails but kept in check by the ramrod backbone tone of Pete's Gibson SG Special (it's an ENGINE DRIV-AAAAAAH) each crushing windmill drawing the band back to the epicenter of Maximum R&B long incoherent description over.
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Kevin Davis wrote:
I find the live/studio transitions in the "Maximum R&B" version too jarring; I actually think the simple existence of that weird hybrid version is kind of baffling.
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Sell Out reissue this Friday: Half-speed remaster from the original tapes, lacquers cut at abbey road. It’s my second favorite Who album so I’m all over this.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Sell Out reissue this Friday: Half-speed remaster from the original tapes, lacquers cut at abbey road. It’s my second favorite Who album so I’m all over this.
inspired by the album cover, i have had many cans of the blue british heinz beans cans around as a piece of "art" for many years..the latest one is sitting on the fire place mantle..
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