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| From | R+K Sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: 60's pop advice |
| Date | Sun, 20 Jun 2004 21:10:59 -0700 |
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GaryPig@aol.com wrote:
> << I grew up with these and just thrilled at ever new album
>
> (exception' Party). >>
>
> Y'know, maybe it's just me
> (it quite often is ;-)
>
> but I absolutely LOVE the Beach Boys Party album,
> and even such audio esoterica as their "Bull Session with the Big Daddy,"
> "Favorite Recording Sessions," or (gasp!) "Cassius Love vs. Sonny Wilson."
>
> Why? Because wayback in those pristine ages before rock 'n' roll bootlegs
> (not to mention that whole Unplugged thang) became common household noises, it
> really was next to impossible to ever hear our idols in all their raw
> unpolished glory, just having fun (fun fun) as they went about their sessions, building
> their little masterpieces. And sure, in the BB's case such tidbits were
> often just used as album filler (or, in the case of Party, as a means to buy
> time).
No kidding... just after the fabulous Today and the nearly so Summer Days, but before the
highly anticipated follow up, we get an album long filler. I loved Our Fave Recording
Session. Bull Session was awfully forced....
As a high strung fan, waiting for the next record, Party didn't do it. I just got bored
and found other bands... totally missed Pet Sounds. Good Vibes and Heroes got my attention
right away, and Smiley Smile put me back on track.. still one of my fave albums ever. Who
would have thought?
I have Party, but I've never listened to it all the way through... even on cd, while I
have spun Stack O'trax. Now there is a curiosity. It's almost impossible to identify some
of those songs as it's just bass, organ and percussion. Brilliant.
rs
>
>
> But more than one Audities-type even older than I has confided how much an
> impact that Party album had on their own musical education circa 65, be it
> either in an instructional (".....ahh, so THAT'S where the capo was on that track,"
> f'rinstance) or purely inspirational way ("huh! the Beach Boys sound just
> like us mere mortals when they let us peak behind the aural curtains").
>
> Personally speaking, as a young tyke learning his first chords, I was bolted
> indeed to hear (on the Canadian mono "Rubber Soul") Paul mess up the opening
> of "I'm Looking Through You." Coz it made me think, wow, even BEATLES make
> mistakes!
>
> This was well before we all became acquainted with "What's The New Mary Jane"
> of course,
>
> Gary "NP: Beach Boys Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 10 (again)" Pig
>
>
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