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Pink Floyd 1969/04/14 a (Rehearsal)- Southbank, London, England, Royal Festival Hall 1. Biding My Time 2. The Beginning ~ Beset By Creatures Of The Deep 3. Variation on Theme from Nightmare 4. Sleep 5. Organ Exercises (The End Of The Beginning) The Man 6. Daybreak (Part 1) 7. Work (The Man) 8. Doing It! (The... Continue Reading →
Great album, but unfortunately not absolutely consistently so to my taste. "The Seventh Seal" (based on the Bergman film of the same title) opener is by far the best, but there are other highlights throughout such as "The World's Strongest Man", "Hero of The War", and "The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist... Continue Reading →
Well, I'm pleased to say that I just got a download code email from Vinyl Moon for my purchase of Volume 46- Cosmic Blues. Quite a bit delayed from the physical product, but very welcome none the less! Another plus from me in regards to this subscription service. Original review post edited to reflect this... Continue Reading →
One of the essential outputs of human civilization! Hyperbole? Sure. Make no mistake though, Arthur is a masterpiece. Arguably The Kinks' best. Loosely a concept album about British life, everything works. From the horn sections, the meditations on "Shangri-La", to the cartoon artwork. Rockin' when it should be, soft when it needs to be. The... Continue Reading →
The Byrds 1969/05/23- Los Angeles 1. Lover Of The Bayou 2. You Ain't Going Nowhere 3. Welcome Back Home 4. Old Blue 5. My Back Pages 6. Baby What Do You Want Me To Do 7. He Was A Friend Of Mine 8. Truck Stop Girl 9. Guest Intros 10. Break My Mind 11. I'm... Continue Reading →
Grateful Dead 1969/07/03- Colorado Springs, CO 1. Green, Green Grass of Home> 2. Slewfoot 3. Sittin' On top of the World 4. Morning Dew 5. High Time 6. Me & My Uncle 7. Casey Jones 8. Hard to Handle 9. Turn on Your Lovelight July isn't represented in official Grateful Dead releases, so here's a... Continue Reading →
A lot of people love this album, and for sure it is good. As great as its reputation claims? Probably not. Granted, it is as luxurious as any Hayes production, his voice is as wonderful as ever, and it plays fine in the background. To me, some of the songs are a bit too pretentious... Continue Reading →
Ibex 1969/09/09- Liverpool, England (INC?) 1. Communication Breakdown 2. We're Going Wrong 3. Rock My Plimsoul 4. Stone Free 5. Jailhouse Rock 6. Crossroads 7. Vagabond Outcast 8. I'm Going Home I thought I'd start off my 1969 festivities with a real oddity: Ibex. This is Freddie Mercury (then known as Freddie Bulsara), Brian May... Continue Reading →
Actually, I'm getting ahead of myself a little. A week or two before the record came, I got a flexi-disc welcome to the club with J.F.K.'s launch message. Nice little bonus! A little waiting, then the package came. Sturdy cardboard with the logo and fragile warnings on the outside, print of the Voyager gold record... Continue Reading →
Arctic Monkeys 2006/07/08- Naas, Ireland, Okygen 1. Intro 2. The View From The Afternoon 3. Cigarette Smoker Fiona 4. You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me 5. Still Take You Home 6. Who The F Are Arctic Monkeys Part I 7. Who The F Are Arctic Monkeys Part... Continue Reading →
Marc Almond 2016/10/23- London, England, Playhouse Theater 1. I'm Coming 2. The Bulls 3. The Desperate Ones 4. My Death 5. Carousel 6. Please Don't Go (Alternate Version of "If You Go Away") 7. The Devil (OK) 8. Amsterdam 9. Litany for a Return 10. Jacky 11. Mother Fist 12. There Is a Bed 13.... Continue Reading →
Black Sabbath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3pZjmS3rg VS. Pantera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5K_gQLENOs Two metal juggernauts. One trippy, soft song. Honestly, the cover isn't all that bad. It keeps pretty close to the original, for better or worse. While I would like to see a more dramatic approach to differentiate them, I also feel Pantera is forcing the vocals. Old-school Sabbath still... Continue Reading →
As Paul McCartney was working on his early solo album Ram, he also wanted to release an orchestral version. That idea didn't happen right away, and the project took years to actually come out. By 1977, McCartney constructed a persona under which to release it secretly. Heck, to sell the idea, he even took out... Continue Reading →
Neil Young 1996/07/19- Stratford-on-Avon 1. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) 2. Heart of Gold 3. Cinnamon Girl 4. Like a Hurricane (edited) 5. Rockin' in the Free World 6. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) 7. Helpless 8. Pocahontas 9. Big Time 10. Sedan Delivery 11. Music Arcade 12. Like a Hurricane... Continue Reading →
Grateful Dead 1984/10/27- Berkeley, CA, Community Theater 1. Hell In A Bucket > 2. Sugaree 3. It's All Over Now 4. Candyman 5. Me And My Uncle > 6. Mexicali Blues 7. Dupree's Diamond Blues 8. Beat It On Down The Line > 9. Might As Well 10. China Cat Sunflower > 11. I Know... Continue Reading →
1. File Storage As you may or may not know, 365 Music Musings is a hobby blog. I don't monitize it and I can't afford to pay for upgrades to it or my file storage. The MEGA account I've been using is running low on space so I've decided to try out a home cloud... Continue Reading →
Cake's best. Utterly filled with catchy hits. Their cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" rivals the already excellent original. "Frank Sinatra" and "The Distance" are perhaps a bit overplayed, but still good none the less. Arguably just as good are the deep cuts: "Friend is a Four Letter Word"- as biting as any Dylan... Continue Reading →
Lou Reed 1976/10/30- New York, NY 1. Sweet Jane 2. I Believe In Love 3. Lisa Says 4. Kicks 5. She's My Best Friend 6. Waiting For My Man 7. Sheltered Life 8. Kids 9. Claim to Fame 10. Vicious Circle 11. Coney Island Baby 12. Rock and Roll Heart 13. Charley's Girl 14. Kill... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite Priest albums! That being said, it isn't solely Heavy Metal start to finish. There are still some lingering 70s elements at play. I hardly ever choose to play the ballad "Last Rose of Summer" out of context of the album as a whole. But the opening trid of "Sinner"->"Diamonds And Rust"->"Starbreaker"?... Continue Reading →
Igor and The Red Elvises 2012/11/02- Richmond 1. Red Elvis Intro 2. Stage Banter 3. I am No Jesus 4. They're Rockin' 5. One Way Ticket 6. Stage Banter 7. Pulp Fiction Instrumental 8. Strip Joint is Closed 9. Wedding Day 10. Sad Cowboy Song 11. Beach Bum 12. California > Twist Like Uma Thurman... Continue Reading →
Having paid off my credit card, I thought now was as good a time as any to try out a vinyl record subscription. I'd casually read into the services around, and decided to go with Vinyl Moon. https://vinylmoon.co/ While most subscriptions feature existing popular records or gimmicky bundles, Vinyl Moon Discovery Series is a monthly... Continue Reading →
Arlo Guthrie 1968/04/17- London, England, BBC Sessions, BBC broadcast, FM 1. Standing At The Threshold 2. talk 3. Meditation (Wave Upon Wave) 4. talk 5. John Looked Down 6. talk 7. Amazing Grace 8. talk 9. I'm Going Home I don't think I've ever heard a bad BBC session from any band. This early Arlo... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPwtJ89jes4 However fantastical it might sound, the following is a true story. I became a Kylie Minogue fan. That's not the unbelievable part- she's wonderful. The way she entered my present consciousness i've pondered for a bit now. It came to me in a dream. I don't often don't get enough sleep and it's often... Continue Reading →
From producer John Collins, this obscure record from the late seventies is well worth getting! Coming before the digital eighties, these tracks are expertly crafted lover's rock woven with fantastic synths. About half of the songs have smooth male vocals, while the others are instrumentals. What really sets this record on a higher tier from... Continue Reading →
-As promised, I've updated my old compilation; removing the recently officially released "Dire Wolf" (Dave's Picks 30) and replacing it with the still unreleased next night's version.- Since I has young, I used to make-mix tapes for myself, family, and friends. At first, it was on cassette from the radio or tv. Then on CD... Continue Reading →
David Bowie 1973/04/08- Tokyo, Japan 1. Ode to Joy 2. Hang Onto Yourself 3. The Width of a Circle 4. Ziggy Stardust 5. Changes 6. Moonage Daydream 7. Panic in Detroit 8. Aladdin Sane 9. Space Oddity 10. The Jean Genie 11. Time 12. Five Years 13. Suffragette City 14. Let's Spend the Night Together... Continue Reading →
Fine example from a great compilation series! Rubble compiles various later 60s British psychedelic rock tracks. Each has a very loose theme, I suppose, though all have a nice range of material in the genre. Good all around listen with a lot of oddities and selections you aren't likely to hear otherwise. That being said,... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pwzy-oVx7k A co-worker had a nice synth-pop mix including this song. Great introduction! Borrowed it and explored the various bands I hadn't before. Erasure isn't my favorite, but they definately have some good songs.
Not as bad as its reptuation holds, but far from being an overlooked classic. Sabbath was on rocky terrain at this point in their career, and managed to pull together this album before Ozzy would make his extended departure and Dio would enter the fore. It's not bad by objective measure, but undenyably tired and... Continue Reading →
Public Enemy 1987/11/05- Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jaap Edenhal 1. You're Gonna Get Yours 2. Public Enemy #1 3. Bring The Noise 4. [ID] 5. Peacepower ~ Chat 6. Don't Believe The Hype Not a big rap fan, though I give things a chance. Maybe someone will get more enjoyment out of this recording than me, so... Continue Reading →
Had been meaning to pick this up in pysical form to read but stumbled across an audiobook version first, so that's what I went with. Playing at about 5 hours (and followed by a re-listen to the concert in question itself) ate up an entire day at work. Well worth the listen! As is brought up... Continue Reading →
The only shaped vinyl in my collection! Square. White. Not terribly exciting, but works well in conjusntion with the white block obscuring the original "Heroes" cover for his comeback record. Cool in context.
Good album. Dark and moody, Interpol continues along pretty much the same path as they had trod before with about the same results. I'm not a huge fan, but I do have a few albums and enjoy them occasionally. Modestly recommended.
One of my favorite Phish studio albums! Their reformation and new era is a delight to me, as I enjoy their more mellowed sound and maturity. Joy is delinately a fitting title, as the songs truly radiate the feeling of an old friend once again, quirks and all. For a studio album (often decried as... Continue Reading →
Great single! Nice translucent pink to go with the theme. A return to style for the band, though arguable the start of their decline.
