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Teasing the Korean

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  1. This version of Herbie's main title from "Blow Up," recorded by B. Hutch with Herbie on the former's "Oblique" album, is pure perfection. Joe's drumming is perfect. This should have been a bonus track on the CD issue of the OST, but contractual issues may have prevented this from happening.
  2. Adolph Deutsch - The Apartment OST - UA (black label, mono)
  3. I hear all of you, but I'm respectfully disagreeing. The Beatles' reputation is solid - They're not going to lose any income because of your beloved Teasing the Korean.
  4. That post was so nice, you had to post it twice! I get where you're coming from but I'll respectfully disagree.
  5. Exactly, not radically different from my perspective. I respect your opinion, though. Also, I noted previously that there were plenty of bad tin pan alley lyrics. I was talking about Broadway and Hollywood lyricists, who were light years beyond the teen pop/rock stuff, of which the Beatles were a part. From a technical and a subject matter standpoint, there is nothing great about their early lyrics. I have not read the book that was being discussed earlier. I suspect that the author was really talking about Broadway and Hollywood lyricists as opposed to strictly tin pan alley lyricists.
  6. I have and, respectfully, I think it's a solid lyric from a technical standpoint, and the subject matter is unusual for a pop tune of its time. It's a far cry from a lyric like, say, "If I Fell" or "No Reply," in which the narrator unwittingly becomes involved in bisexual love triangles because incorrect pronouns were used. For me, a great song has to be solid from both a melodic and lyrical standpoint. So while I can enjoy the teen pop of the early Beatles for what they are, they don't qualify as great songs. Good teen pop records, maybe, but not great songs. Again, things start to shift around the time of Rubber Soul, and there were still some bumps along the way, not only for the Beatles.
  7. Like most teen pop in the rock era, the Beatles' lyrics were pretty juvenile up until Rubber Soul or so. That was standard, the usual teen angst stuff. While there were some lame tin pan alley lyrics, most of the good Broadway and Hollywood lyricists - I'm thinking people like Cole Porter, Lorenz Hart, etc. - were light years beyond what was going on in rock/pop, in terms of technique, subtleties, references, rhyme schemes, etc. Rock/pop lyrics began to get more adventurous with the influence of Dylan and psychedelic drugs. While the imagery and subject matter may have surpassed the earlier generation, most rock/pop lyrics tended to remain pretty sloppy in terms of technique.
  8. I have a version on Charly but it works on USA region players. It is decent quality but nothing like you would expect from, say, Criterion.
  9. The tapes for "Fearless Vampire Killers" and "Rosemary's Baby" used for this set were supposedly Komeda's own 1/4" reel mono mixdowns. His widow apparently supplied them. RB features the actual film tracks. The album that came out on Dot, typical for the time, was a re-record, but the arrangements were identical (or close) to those used in the film. The track titles on RB CD are mixed up, and it omits music from the final 20 minutes or so of the film. The Dot album includes the incredible track "Panic," a variation on the main theme using ondioline for the melody, which does not show up on the box set CD (The track is listed but it's not really "Panic"). So, until we get an expanded RB remixed from the multi track masters, we'll need both sources to get an approximation of RB.
  10. Fixed, thanks. Anyone know if the raw footage exists, and if more performances were filmed than we've seen?
  11. I think I've asked this before. Does the original, unedited footage exist? Any chance of an expanded DVD set?
  12. Our gang is more tolerant than theirs. Hence the thread.
  13. All right. In fairness, my statement was based on a few threads that have interested me, that had to do with equipment and/or certain re-mastered CDs. In each case, either Hoffman or one of his goons chimed in with the definitive, conversation-ending opinion, and that was that. As for the rest of the Website, I suppose it's useful if you care about which Steve Miller or Fleetwood Mac CDs have the best sound, but I have no interest in that. As for the promoting-Hoffman's-career/product angle, there are other message boards built around a similar model, but which tolerate dissenting views if they are expressed politely and thoughtfully. So, between all of this, I have deemed the site useless from my perspective. Obsessive audiophiles and members of the Hoffman congregation may feel otherwise, and I'm glad they have a corner of the internet where they can all marinade together.
  14. You and I can have this disagreement here. Over there, one of us would have been banned. Hopefully I would have been. That's one reason. There are others.
  15. Rock-related (and you need to use hyphens between word pairs that are used as adjectives) questions are of no interest to me. That Website is a joke.
  16. That Website is a joke. I've tried a few times to get some useful information there, but it never works.
  17. Martial Solal Trio in Concert - Liberty (rainbow mono)
  18. Spinning a bunch of Blue Note CDs right now. "The Omen" by Bobby Hutcherson (on "Happenings") is a good example of TZ jazz.
  19. That's right up my alley! NP: Sinatra - Only the Lonely - Capitol (UK mono rainbow). The real mono recording, not a fold-down, as was sometimes the case in the UK with US albums. Sounds so much better in mono, an upgrade from my previous copy.
  20. A six-CD set in a metal box a little smaller than a lunch box, with a fold-out accordion digipack monstrosity holding the disc. Hideous illustrations, bulky design. Not sure when it came out or if there is a better one now. I found it sealed on-line some time ago for a cheap price.
  21. I am listening now to this box set. From both the visual aesthetic and structural standpoints, this has to be the most diabolical box set I have ever held in my hands. Great music though.
  22. I have passed up the Columbia album with Previn too many times. I need to find it.
  23. I had no idea it had been unavailable. Is TNT out?
  24. I wasn't lucky enough to get the Clash as opening act at the show I saw. The only memorable part of the evening was when they did "Tattoo" from "Sell Out." Audience response was tepid, predictably.
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