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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Robert Johnson
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on: March 01, 2023, 01:14:21 PM
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Smithsonian Announces New Releases Drawn From Legendary Mack McCormick CollectionReleases Include Book “Biography of a Phantom,” Box Set “Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958 – 1971” and Display at National Museum of American HistoryWhen blues master Johnson’s little-known recordings were rereleased to great fanfare in the 1960s, little was known about his life, giving rise to the legend that he gained success by selling his soul to the devil. On April 4, Smithsonian Books will publish Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey, McCormick’s all-consuming search, from the late 1960s until his death in 2015, to uncover Johnson’s life story. McCormick spent decades reconstructing Johnson’s mysterious life and developing theories about his untimely death at the age of 27, but never made his discoveries public. Smithsonian Books will publish this compelling work, Biography of a Phantom, for the first time, including 40 unseen black-and-white photographs documenting McCormick’s search. More information and how to preorder the book are available. Source: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-announces-new-releases-drawn-legendary-mack-mccormick-collectionNew Robert Johnson biography to feature unreleased photos and new life insights, Smithsonian announcesNEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New details will be revealed about the life and circumstances of one of the most mysterious figures in American music next month, according to an announcement made by the Smithsonian Institute last week.A new biography of Johnson entitled “Biography of a Phantom” was left unfinished by folklorist Mack McCormick, who died in 2015. Now, the book is set to be released on April 4 by Smithsonian Books. The biography is expected to fill much-discussed gaps left open by a lack of record-keeping during the blues guitarist’s life. Johnson died a mysterious death at age 27 in 1938 after a performance in the Mississippi Delta. Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/new-robert-johnson-biography-to-feature-unreleased-photos-and-new-life-insights-smithsonian-announces/ar-AA185Rd9
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Record shop in Copenhagen?
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on: February 26, 2023, 01:45:24 AM
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So, it looks like I will have some hours to spend in Copenhagen in April and thought I'd look for some used vinyl. Do you have any recommendations for a record shop? Broadly speaking, I'm looking for blues/soul/rock/country/jazz/pop up until the early 70s.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Elvis Presley
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on: February 23, 2023, 04:42:26 AM
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Oh, okay. They have used this fake-stereo which is currently very popular in the bootleg scene, it seems. Again, I've only listened through my laptop speakers and therefor can't say very much about the quality. But the show is great. It's also good to hear Burton having a solo on "Hound Dog". Songs like "Hound Dog" and "Blue suede Shoes" benefit from a guitar solo because otherwise Elvis just ran through them in under one minute.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Elvis Presley
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on: February 21, 2023, 01:16:41 AM
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What about the FTD release opening night Jan 1972-do you think that will be any good or was that not a great show?
I like that show very much. But I am not sure I understand what you mean. Has there a FTD release of this show been announced (I have not kept track of the FTD concert releases)? There's a recent release by the Memphis Recording Service label which I only listened to via youtube and through laptop speakers, but it sounded ok. The show itself is really good imo. And the setlist was full of "new" songs. You can see that Elvis and his band put a lot of work into this. Then again it probably was the last time that he presented a fresh show, except for a couple of months in '74/'75.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Elvis Presley
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on: February 18, 2023, 01:41:53 AM
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For the upcoming Record Store Day: "Burning Love: The RCA Rehearsals compiles the best of the recordings made during rehearsals for Elvis’ April 1972 US tour, and the tracks are all taken from the new Elvis On Tour collection.
The 2LP Record Store Day 2023 set features rare and unreleased versions of “Burning Love”, “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Jailhouse Rock,” [sic!] along with some of Elvis’ favorite cover songs, gospel songs and more."Side A1. Burning Love - Take 3 * 2. For The Good Times - Take 5 * 3. Always On My Mind - Take 3 4. Separate Ways - Take 2 5. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Side B1. See See Rider - Take 2 2. Proud Mary - Take 2 3. Never Been To Spain - Take 2 4. Until It’s Time For Me To Go 5. Polk Salad Annie 6. All Shook Up 7. Heartbreak Hotel Side C1. Help Me Make It Through The Night 2. Young And Beautiful 3. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 4. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 5. A Big Hunk O’Love - Take 2 6. Funny How Time Slips Away 7. Can’t Help Falling In Love Side D1. I, John 2. Bosom Of Abraham 3. You Better Run 4. Lead Me, Guide Me 5. Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/Nearer My God To Thee 6. How Great Thou Art * * previously unreleased Source: https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/15745
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Documentary Film on Jan Berry (Jan & Dean)
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on: February 11, 2023, 02:04:16 AM
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Thanks to Mark A. Moore for sharing this. I saw it on Facebook: Documentary Film on Jan Berry (Jan & Dean)https://www.gofundme.com/f/documentary-film-on-the-life-of-jan-berry?Jan Berry, leader of the music duo Jan & Dean from the late 1950s to mid-1960s, was an intense character who experienced more in his first 25 years than many do in a lifetime. As an architect of the West Coast sound, he was one of rock 'n' roll's original rebels--brilliant, charismatic, reckless, and flawed. As a songwriter, music arranger, and record producer for Nevin-Kirshner Associates and Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Berry was one of the pioneering self-produced artists of his era in Hollywood. He lived a dual life, reaching the top of the charts with Jan & Dean while transitioning from college student to medical student, until an automobile accident in 1966 changed his trajectory forever. Suffering from brain damage and partial paralysis, Jan spent the rest of his life trying to come back from Dead Man's Curve. His story is told here in-depth for the first time, based on extensive primary source documentation and supplemented by the stories and memories of Jan's family members, friends, music industry colleagues, and contemporaries. From the birth of rock to the bitter end, Berry's life story is thrilling, humorous, unsettling, and disturbing, yet ultimately uplifting.
Jan & Dean Fans . . . After an initial consultation with a producer, I am currently working with Voyage Media to produce a feature documentary film (and possibly a podcast) on the life of Jan Berry and Jan & Dean, based on my award-winning book, “Dead Man’s Curve: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Life of Jan Berry” (McFarland, 2021). Five grand gets us started. Ten grand gets us A-List talent and narration. All donors will be acknowledged onscreen.
Are you a Baby Boomer who experienced the music during its original era? Are you a Gen-Xer who was introduced to Jan’s story through the fictionalized 1978 TV film “Deadman’s Curve”? Are you from a younger generation who loves these guys and their music? This is your opportunity to step up and help bring the real story of Jan Berry and Jan & Dean to a national audience.
A Voyage Media representative is available to answer questions about this project (serious inquiries only). Submit questions to Mark A. Moore. If warranted, a direct connection can be facilitated.
Gotta take that one last ride . . .
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: R. I. P. Burt Bacharach
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on: February 11, 2023, 01:36:59 AM
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Time to listen to "What Love can do": This song was included on a Target album New Music from an Old Friend, where several well-known artists, including Brian Wilson, did a new recording of an old song, and then laid down one new tune. Singer-songwriter Tonio K found himself collaborating with two music legends when he penned this song with Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach. Tonio had taken on the Hal David role with Bacharach on a number of other tunes, but this was the only time either of them had written with Brian Wilson. Speaking with us in a 2013 interview, Tonio told us how this one-off collaboration came about: "He and Burt, I don't know if they even knew each other," he said. "They must have said hello over the years at one function or another, but he and Burt I think were seated at the same table at some Grammy function and someone at the table was going, 'Hey, have you two guys ever written a song?' They went, 'No, actually. We've never written a song together.' And I think Melinda, Brian's wife and kind of manager aide-de-camp put it together.
So one day Burt called me up and he goes, 'Hey, I'm going to write a song with Brian Wilson. First time I've ever written with him before. Do you want to write the lyric?' I went, 'Oh, gee, let me think about that.' So anyway, we did.
But Brian had a verse, melody, and background harmonies, which are really cool. Some real Beach Boy kind of background stuff that he already had. He was hoping Burt would come up with a great Burt Bacharach '60s chorus, which Burt did. I'm sitting around with my legal pad, looking at the two of them on a piano bench working it out at Burt's house, and I said, 'Burt, you know me well enough to know I don't do this, but I'm sitting here looking at Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson sharing a piano bench as we're writing this song. I've got to have a picture of that. Are you guys okay if I bring a camera tomorrow?' [Laughing] This was pre iPhone. They went, 'Sure.'
I don't do that, but that one just struck me as something no one was ever going to see again, and I needed to get a picture of it."Source: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/brian-wilson/what-love-can-do"What Love can do":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8A_J4KSvRg
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