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When I was a child, I owned several oddball albums that either my parents or my grandmother bought for me. These were records that I listened to constantly, and five of them are seared into my brain. One such album was The Touch of Leonard Nimoy, which Dot released in 1969. (It’s hard to believe, but this was actually Nimoy’s fourth platter.) My grandmother gave me this record because she lovby Middle C
“Music to burn joss-sticks to,” sniffed the New Musical Express of David Sylvian’s instrumental EP Words With the Shaman, released in late 1985. Well, what if it was incense-friendly? Surely music, even when it’s recorded by refugees from the rock world, can have a meditative, even medicinal, quality. The three-part suite, which easily qualifies as accompaniment for your next mystical migratioby Middle C
Those are some killer B's, my friend! You've assembled an extraordinary list. "Paths and Angles," "Glow," and (especially) "The Passion" are real knockouts. I also quite like Nelson's "The Burning Question."by Middle C
Music takes us backwards as much as, if not more than, it moves us forward. Every summer, for me, is the summer of David Sylvian’s Brilliant Trees, released in June 1984. Although I listen to this album frequently, it assumes especial resonance during the hottest season of the year. Undoubtedly, I associate summertime with the long breaks between the end of one public school year and the begiby Middle C
One of the many joys of reading TP was Jim Green’s singles review column, “Green Circles.” I loved his assessments of (largely) import 45’s. So I’ll address this question to my fellow geezers on this forum: What are your favorite, as well as your least favorite, non-album B-sides? They can be either of the 7” or 12” variety. I’ve no idea what my all-time favorite non-album B-side is, but sby Middle C
Here are some suggestions. The Virgin and Bear Family collections are particularly good. Film Music Volumes 1 & 2 (Virgin) Canto Morricone Volumes 1 &2 (Bear Family) Main Titles Volume One (DRG) The Singles Collection Volume Two (DRG) Morricone in the Brain (Bella Casa) Crime and Dissonance (Ipecac) Enjoy!by Middle C
I’ve never had a clerk deride one of my music purchases, but I remember buying, about 25 years ago, copies of Lou Reed’s essential Live in Italy and Mahavishnu John McLaughlin’s acoustic gem My Goal’s Beyond at a Chapel Hill record shop. The male clerk expressed surprise that I was buying discs by these two great artists, whose music (he explained) “ go together.” When I politely inquired as toby Middle C
I rented the print from the long-defunct Films, Inc., one of the many 16mm rental companies that were everywhere back in the day. I was the student president of my college's Film Committee, and there was a charming lady named Jemi (bless her!) at the business who gave us deep discounts on the obscure movies I programmed. If I recall correctly, the dialogue dub (now here's the rub) useby Middle C
Eat to the Beat is fantastic. I love Young Americans, but I wish that Bowie would've substituted "Who Can I Be Now?" for his overwrought cover of "Across the Universe." (Thank goodness for Rykodisc.) The Dame's take on the Beatles tune flops just as much as his version of "Wild Is the Wind" succeeds on Station to Station.by Middle C
I'm positively emerald with envy! I managed to rent a 16mm copy of the film in late 1985, eight years after reading about it in Philip Strick's classic Science Fiction Movies book. The picture was everything I'd hoped it would be, and more. I fell hard for Marisa Mell!by Middle C
1980 marks the fortieth anniversary of Blondie’s Autoamerican, which produced two massive hit singles, “The Tide Is High” and “Rapture.” At the time of its release in November of that year, the album seemed to discombobulate and/or agitate critics. The great Mr. Robbins, who was more merciful than many reviewers, wrote that the album “displays the band’s basic flaw: lack of direction and a musby Middle C
My favorite tribute CD is the 2002 compilation, "For a Few Guitars More," which features fantastic covers of Ennio Morricone's spaghetti western themes. The disc was released by the Croatian label Dancing Bear, and is highly recommended to anyone interested in the Maestro.by Middle C
Yes, sir! I revere Mario Bava, and "Danger: Diabolik" is my favorite film. (In fact, one of my old college friends is an audio commentator on the recent Shout! Factory Blu-ray release.) "Valmont's Go-Go Pad" is Morricone at his most outlandish, and I can listen to that composition endlessly.by Middle C
Yikes! Sorry to have duplicated this thread.by Middle C
I'm sure that everyone on this forum has heard by now that the great Ennio Morricone has died. The Maestro is my all-time favorite composer, and I cannot imagine the cinema of the Twentieth Century without his marvelous music. His influence on rock, of course, is enormous. When Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow burst upon the scene decades ago, I savored the Morriconesque spaghetti westerby Middle C
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