News has been floating around for months about the multi-disc reissue of one of my all-time favorite LPs, Spiritualized 1997 epic Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space. The set includes two extra discs full of demos, a cappella and alternate versions -- including a version of Cop Shoot Cop with the subtitle of "Dr. John's National Anthem", which I imagine will be worth the cost of admission alone. Re-mixed artwork (above) as well as a recreation of the album's original blister-pack design that features each track in easily digestible 3" compact discs almost has my interest piqued enough to re-purchase an album in an antiquated format. Here's hoping it eventually makes its way to vinyl.
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Monday
Ladies and Gentlemen...
...We Are (Once Again) Floating In SpaceNews has been floating around for months about the multi-disc reissue of one of my all-time favorite LPs, Spiritualized 1997 epic Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space. The set includes two extra discs full of demos, a cappella and alternate versions -- including a version of Cop Shoot Cop with the subtitle of "Dr. John's National Anthem", which I imagine will be worth the cost of admission alone. Re-mixed artwork (above) as well as a recreation of the album's original blister-pack design that features each track in easily digestible 3" compact discs almost has my interest piqued enough to re-purchase an album in an antiquated format. Here's hoping it eventually makes its way to vinyl.
News has been floating around for months about the multi-disc reissue of one of my all-time favorite LPs, Spiritualized 1997 epic Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space. The set includes two extra discs full of demos, a cappella and alternate versions -- including a version of Cop Shoot Cop with the subtitle of "Dr. John's National Anthem", which I imagine will be worth the cost of admission alone. Re-mixed artwork (above) as well as a recreation of the album's original blister-pack design that features each track in easily digestible 3" compact discs almost has my interest piqued enough to re-purchase an album in an antiquated format. Here's hoping it eventually makes its way to vinyl.
Wednesday
Cannonball Adderley
The Black Messiah - 1972
One of the oft-overlooked giants of late 60s/early 70s jazz fusion, Cannonball Adderley's music was buoyed by the tremendous songwriting of Joe Zawinul, who moonlighted on Miles Davis' In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew LPs before taking the reins of Weather Report with Wayne Shorter. Black Messiah, recorded live at the Trubadour in LA, proves that Adderley's music could certainly stand on its own without him. Featuring the wild electric piano of George Duke to fill Zawinul's role, the band is fleshed out to the point that Adderley protests before one song "Now I don't give a damn whether you can count or not, we still are the Cannonball Adderley Quintet!" This vicious mix of tunes runs the gamut from dark funk to boogie, includes a four minute flute/percussion solo featuring Airto Moriera and basically changes style from one number to the next. That however, paired with Cannonball's warm stage presence and unmatched rapport with his audience, is what makes this LP so enjoyable. Get up with it.
One of the oft-overlooked giants of late 60s/early 70s jazz fusion, Cannonball Adderley's music was buoyed by the tremendous songwriting of Joe Zawinul, who moonlighted on Miles Davis' In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew LPs before taking the reins of Weather Report with Wayne Shorter. Black Messiah, recorded live at the Trubadour in LA, proves that Adderley's music could certainly stand on its own without him. Featuring the wild electric piano of George Duke to fill Zawinul's role, the band is fleshed out to the point that Adderley protests before one song "Now I don't give a damn whether you can count or not, we still are the Cannonball Adderley Quintet!" This vicious mix of tunes runs the gamut from dark funk to boogie, includes a four minute flute/percussion solo featuring Airto Moriera and basically changes style from one number to the next. That however, paired with Cannonball's warm stage presence and unmatched rapport with his audience, is what makes this LP so enjoyable. Get up with it.Dion
Born To Be With You - 1975
The story behind this album is mythical. After years without a hit between them, Phil Spector enlists Dion to create a comeback album that would relaunch the careers of both men. From the liner notes: Arriving at the "Tycoon of Teen's" Los Angeles mansion, Dion found himself in a room lit only by one light bulb. Phil was dipping in and out of the shadows and speaking at the pace of a man posessed by demons "only you know what you have been through, only you know where you have been to, there's better things you're gonna get into, and I'm gonna be there too." Booking his famed Gold Star recording studio and enlisting a crew of musicians that included ten guitarists, two bassists, two drummers, choirs, eight horns and a full string section, Spector created an ocean of sound and Dion's voice soared above it. The title track alone is worth the price of admission, but the highlight of this set is the Spector-penned "Only You Know"; morphing from a molasses dipped "Be My Baby" into a gut wrenching ballad with one of the greatest verse to chorus transitions of all time. By the end of the grueling sessions, Dion's response to the album was surprisingly negative, and after sitting on the LP for over a year, he and his label settled for releasing it in the UK only. To this day, despite having being hailed by Pete Townshend and Jason Pierce of Spiritualized (among many many others) as a work of genius, it has never been released in the US.
The story behind this album is mythical. After years without a hit between them, Phil Spector enlists Dion to create a comeback album that would relaunch the careers of both men. From the liner notes: Arriving at the "Tycoon of Teen's" Los Angeles mansion, Dion found himself in a room lit only by one light bulb. Phil was dipping in and out of the shadows and speaking at the pace of a man posessed by demons "only you know what you have been through, only you know where you have been to, there's better things you're gonna get into, and I'm gonna be there too." Booking his famed Gold Star recording studio and enlisting a crew of musicians that included ten guitarists, two bassists, two drummers, choirs, eight horns and a full string section, Spector created an ocean of sound and Dion's voice soared above it. The title track alone is worth the price of admission, but the highlight of this set is the Spector-penned "Only You Know"; morphing from a molasses dipped "Be My Baby" into a gut wrenching ballad with one of the greatest verse to chorus transitions of all time. By the end of the grueling sessions, Dion's response to the album was surprisingly negative, and after sitting on the LP for over a year, he and his label settled for releasing it in the UK only. To this day, despite having being hailed by Pete Townshend and Jason Pierce of Spiritualized (among many many others) as a work of genius, it has never been released in the US.
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