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| From | "Mark Tate" <zumpp99@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Blue Ash |
| Date | Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:15:49 -0400 |
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I'll second this. The rawness of most of it is one of its greatest
strengths. The horrid cover of the great Stones song "Sweet Virginia" is a
very low point, but it was worth a shot I suppose.
Mark
NP: new Tommy Stinson - sounds good so far...
>From: hsomers@law.gwu.edu
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Blue Ash
>Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:30:19 -0400
>
>Hello All,
>
>I'm on Digest and I've only had a chance to skim them lately, but I wanted
>to toot the
>Not Lame horn about yet another GREAT release! The new Blue Ash two-CD
>"Around
>Again" collection is a must have for all fans of 70s Badfinger and
>Raspberries-style
>power pop!!
>
>I may be biased here as I hail from Blue Ash's Youngstown, OH hometown
>(also home
>to Stiv Bators, the Human Beinz and Phil Keaggy) but this is a righteous
>collection of
>demos and alternate versions of songs that have appeared on their two legit
>releases. I
>have owned a trebly tape of many of these songs for years and it is
>absolutely
>wonderful to hear them nicely mastered and presently with the care they
>deserve.
>
>If you are a fan of their Mercury release "No More, No Less", this
>collection includes a
>wealth of demo songs that rival the quality of that fine release. Also, it
>is quite a
>revelation to hear the best cuts from their Playboy release "Front Page
>News"
>presentled without the horns that buried those tracks on the LP.
>
>After you hear this, I think it is safe to say that you will have to
>reconsider Blue Ash's
>place in the pantheon of mid-70s power pop Gods! Check it out!!
>
>Thanks Bruce for adding another piece to the historical power pop puzzle!
>Hey, since
>there are over 200 tracks in the can, can we expect a Vol. 2??
>
>Best,
>
>Herb Somers
>
>
>
>
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