Does the CD for "Xu Feng" omit the recording date or am I just spacing out? There's an "August 4, 1985" tucked under the jewel case inside but that's apparently a composition date.
LT
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 11:26:29 -0700
From: "Matthew W Wirzbicki (S)" <M_WIRZBICKI@ColoradoCollege.edu>
Subject: RE: Favorites of 2000
>Did anyone else hear "Comedy"?
I listened to the first track of someone else's copy.
I still listen to "second" however. The long bookend tracks are excellent
but the 2-3 min mid-track seems a bit...it gives the whole album the feel of
working outside under the hot sun all morning and heading to one of those
walk in freezers for lunch and then resuming work from a slightly different
(afternoon?) type perspective. So, nevermind, I guess I like the whole
thing.
FWIW - there are some recordings which don't demand my full attention for
enjoyment. This one does. I find that if I try to do anything else while
this recording is playing then I am often compelled to turn it off.
Matt Wirzbicki
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 14:58:25 -0400
From: "Neil H. Enet" <nilugo@usa.net>
Subject: RE: xu feng recording date
The date is in the CD booklet, right there when you open the CD box (that
would be the back of the booklet). You have the lineup and then the next
line says:
recorded at DIFFERENT FUR, SF 5/28/00
Neil H. Enet
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Subject: xu feng recording date
Does the CD for "Xu Feng" omit the recording date or am I just spacing out?
There's an "August 4, 1985" tucked under the jewel case inside but that's
apparently a composition date.
LT
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 14:58:23 -0400
From: "Neil H. Enet" <nilugo@usa.net>
Subject: Roxy Music
I just purchased ROXY MUSIC's self-titled debut and I was pretty surprised
when I heard the first track RE-MAKE/RE-MODEL which has a very "avant-pop"
dwelling between the guitar and the sax, it's pretty good. Anybody know if
other ROXY MUSIC album are like this? Or any other "pop" album with this
type of playing?
OH, another thing ... I just found out (haven't heard) of a group called
CALLA which are supposed to play somekind of AVANT-ROCKABILLY. Anybody have
any info on this band?
Thanx
Neil H. Enet
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 14:00:25 EST
From: JonAbbey2@aol.com
Subject: Re: Roxy Music
In a message dated 12/28/00 1:57:00 PM, nilugo@usa.net writes:
<< I just purchased ROXY MUSIC's self-titled debut and I was pretty surprised
when I heard the first track RE-MAKE/RE-MODEL which has a very "avant-pop"
dwelling between the guitar and the sax, it's pretty good. Anybody know if
other ROXY MUSIC album are like this? Or any other "pop" album with this
type of playing? >>
the second one, For Your Pleasure, is the only other one with Brian Eno on
it, and is my favorite one from start to finish.
you also should check out the first two solo Eno CDs, Here Come The Warm Jets
and Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy, and the superb "supergroup" on 801
Live.
Jon
www.erstwhilerecords.com
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 11:57:45 -0800
From: Tosh <tosh@loop.com>
Subject: Re: Roxy Music
I too want to add my thoughts on the early Roxy Music stuff. It is simply
fantastic and you should also get the first two Eno albums. As of CALLA, I
haven't heard them, but by the description they sound promising.
Oh on a Roxy Music note, you may want to check out some of the Joe Meek
recordings. Maybe the first 'space-age avant' rock record maker. Meek was
a total out there British independent record producer from the very late
50's to the time of his death in 1967. Electronics with twangy guitars
via his big hit with the Tornandos 'Telestar.' My personal favorite of
his recordings is The Honeycombs 'Have I the Right.'
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TamTam Books
http://www.tamtambooks.com
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 15:21:39 EST
From: TagYrIt@aol.com
Subject: Re: Roxy Music
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In a message dated 12/28/00 1:57:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, nilugo@usa.net
writes:
> I just purchased ROXY MUSIC's self-titled debut and I was pretty surprised
> when I heard the first track RE-MAKE/RE-MODEL which has a very "avant-pop"
> dwelling between the guitar and the sax, it's pretty good. Anybody know if
> other ROXY MUSIC album are like this? Or any other "pop" album with this
> type of playing?
>
While the first, self-titled Roxy Music album is probably the most eccentric
of the batch, I've always thought the first five - Roxy Music, For Your
Pleasure, Stranded, Country Life, and Siren - were really indispensable. For
my tastes, and this may get a bit long-winded, but here goes - The
self-titled album has always sounded to me like the band trying to find
themselves and what they do best. This all came together on For Your
Pleasure; dark, mysterious, weird, and haunting, and pushing "pop songs"
probably as far as they could go. On Stranded, former Frank Zappa band member
Eddie Jobson replaced Eno, and while a lot of the eccentricities left with
Eno, Jobson's frequent violin parts add a different dark texture to a lot of
the material. Country Life refined all of this again - there's still a
definite, distinct style that to me no one else has ever approached, but the
songs are shorter and in a somewhat more "traditional" style of writing. Its
still very dark and haunting though, Lots of minor keys, drones, and a sense
of longing in both the music and lyrics, even in the most upbeat, last track,
Prairie Rose - which to me is still a real gem. By the time of Siren in 1975,
the band reached their popular success and was having a lot of internal
stress at the same time. Siren was yet more polished and streamlined, which
most likely is part of the reason it yielded two hit singles - Love Is the
Drug and Both Ends Burning. After that, I really lost interest - there was a
3-year silence until the release of Manifesto, and at this point, it became
more obvious that Roxy was reduced to the core of Ferry, Manzanera and
MacKay, plus hired guns; and the albums became increasingly interchangeable
with Bryan Ferry's solo records. But boy, especially For Your Pleasure
through Siren...I go back to those regularly and still find them well-worth
the time invested.
If you want to get into the Eno catalog, I can go into that even MORE! <G>
Dale.
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT COLOR="#8080c0" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0"><B>In a message dated 12/28/00 1:57:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, nilugo@usa.net <BR>writes:
<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I just purchased ROXY MUSIC's self-titled debut and I was pretty surprised
<BR>when I heard the first track RE-MAKE/RE-MODEL which has a very "avant-pop"
<BR>dwelling between the guitar and the sax, it's pretty good. Anybody know if
<BR>other ROXY MUSIC album are like this? Or any other "pop" album with this
<BR>type of playing?
<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#8080c0" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0"><B>While the first, self-titled Roxy Music album is probably the most eccentric <BR>of the batch, I've always thought the first five - Roxy Music, For Your <BR>Pleasure, Stranded, Country Life, and Siren - were really indispensable. For <BR>my tastes, and this may get a bit long-winded, but here goes - The <BR>self-titled album has always sounded to me like the band trying to find <BR>themselves and what they do best. This all came together on For Your <BR>Pleasure; dark, mysterious, weird, and haunting, and pushing "pop songs" <BR>probably as far as they could go. On Stranded, former Frank Zappa band member <BR>Eddie Jobson replaced Eno, and while a lot of the eccentricities left with <BR>Eno, Jobson's frequent violin parts add a different dark texture to a lot of <BR>the material. Country Life refined all of this again - there's still a <BR>definite, distinct style that to me no one else h!
as ever approached, but the <BR>songs are shorter and in a somewhat more "traditional" style of writing. Its <BR>still very dark and haunting though, Lots of minor keys, drones, and a sense <BR>of longing in both the music and lyrics, even in the most upbeat, last track, <BR>Prairie Rose - which to me is still a real gem. By the time of Siren in 1975, <BR>the band reached their popular success and was having a lot of internal <BR>stress at the same time. Siren was yet more polished and streamlined, which <BR>most likely is part of the reason it yielded two hit singles - Love Is the <BR>Drug and Both Ends Burning. After that, I really lost interest - there was a <BR>3-year silence until the release of Manifesto, and at this point, it became <BR>more obvious that Roxy was reduced to the core of Ferry, Manzanera and <BR>MacKay, plus hired guns; and the albums became increasingly interchangeable <BR>with Bryan Ferry's solo records. But boy, especially For Your Pleasure <BR>through!
Siren...I go back to those regularly and still find them well-worth <BR>the time invested.
<BR>
<BR>If you want to get into the Eno catalog, I can go into that even MORE! <G>
<BR>
<BR>Dale.
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 12:53:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott Handley <thesubtlebody@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Roxy Music
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> If you want to get into the Eno catalog, I can go
> into that even MORE! <G>
I for one would be interested to hear opinions and
estimations of Eno's work. I've heard so little, but
I had a great experience not even a month ago with
WARM JETS. If this isn't Eno "best" work, then I'm
afraid I'm going to have to start buying again. I
can't believe it's taken me so long to find this
record....where have I been? From the first warbly
texture-guitar riff I knew I was back to the future:
five second into the record and I know where My Bloody
Valentine's LOVELESS came from. Same with Can and
Faust---last year's interest in "post-rock" seems
ill-placed now. "Post", indeed. Go home, Tortoise.
