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  1. The Grateful Dead Dark Star

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    Posted · Edited by gdogus

    Most Deadheads can insult the band more wickedly than people who profess not to like them. The band had such a long run with a change in the cast and inclinations that it's easy to like some years more than others and some not at all. Key buzzwords to start trouble are "Donna," "Vince," "Samba," "the '80s," "Drumz/Space," "Brent songs," and "MIDI" for starters.

    And they didn't always have 2 drummers. Personally my favorite years are when they just had one. Check out the years from '72 to '74 if indeed that is one of your qualms. Though there's no getting around "the problem" of Jerry's guitar style.

    Flaccid? Not in a fall '72 "Playin'," or the end of a hot "Deal." Not ever in the '60s. I mean some of their biggest fans were the Hells Angels. You wanna say their taste runs towards flaccid? I've heard "noodley," and a wet noodle is flaccid, so if that's what your friend is trying to explain then I can see it (at least some of the time.) When I hear flaccid I think of something like Billy Joel or Christopher Cross ballad myself.

    Elvis Costello has gone on record as appreciating the vulnerability in Jerry's voice. Of course Elvis can't sing either can he?

    Usually fans of power pop are less likely to like the Grateful Dead, since their attention span runs out after 3:30. Not that I'm interested in converting everyone to the band, but I've found that the live acoustic album "Reckoning" usually plays better for those who say they don't like the Dead more than anything else. But there's no guarantee.

    But be careful, liking the Grateful Dead can happen to anyone, even those who never imagined it. I recently assisted a young British friend with some Dead recommendations from archive.org. He was grabbing Billy Bragg recordings and most of his collection consists of indie bands and folk singers. His curiosity got the better of him.

    Great post. Frankly, what I "don't get" is someone posting in a thread on a band they admittedly "don't get," only to throw around insults - and insults apparently justified by professed ignorance, at that.

    It's just kinda weird, ya know?

  2. What's in Your Shopping Cart?

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    What's on the short version of your "to get" list - say, the next five discs/sets you plan to purchase?

    Sure, we could all publish LOOOONG lists of albums we want, but what's in the immediate plan for the future?

    Miine:

    • Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates

    • Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

    • Grateful Dead - Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead - England '72

    • Grateful Dead - Ladies and Gentlemen, The Grateful Dead - Fillmore East, April 1971

    • Jason Moran - Black Stars

    (Open to massive revision, of course...)

  6. The Grateful Dead Dark Star

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    I've been downloading some 1975 material from archive.org. . . . I really enjoy these studio rehearsal discs from Ace's studio and Club Front!  Amazing opportunity to hear the band working on material. . . . The few live appearances that year are also interesting so far, and I'll download these.  Pretty amazing how little there is from 1975 and what hight quality it its!

    Lon,

    I've really been digging 1975/09/28 - Lindley Meadows, Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, CA (downloaded from archive.org). I need to look into those 1975 rehearsal discs.

  12. Weird

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted · Edited by gdogus

    ...my guess is that you'd be pissed off.

    Are you arguing ethics here, or sound business practice?

    I'm arguing that your guess that I'd be pissed off is incorrect. :mellow:

    Well, see, you appear to be arguing something much broader than that. You said:

    It's not the fault nor the responsibility of Mosaic to make sure that 'I' get a copy of a certain title before it goes out of print. It's the responsibility of 'me' and me alone. If a single purchaser comes along with the money and the desire to have, say, the last 100 sets... Mosaic should sell the sets to that excellent customer.

    Now, I'm fascinated by this leap between what you perceive to be a business's lack of "responsibility" (i.e., obligation) in a certain situation, and what they "should" alternatively do. That is, you suggest they have no obligation to look out for any particular customer's interests, and therefore they are obligated to sell to just anyone. I just don't see why that should be the case.

    And so I asked , is your contention about what Mosaic "should" do an argument about sound business ethics (Mosaic's sense of conscience), or about sound business practice (Mosaic's bottom line)?

    The context was provided in the part of my posts that you neglected to quote.

  14. Weird

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    Posted · Edited by gdogus

    I think that the main reason for this limit by customer for this last chance set is ... eBay. On the other thread about the Byrd/Adams they mention that someone bought 6 copies and where will go at least five of theses copies ?? ... eBay for sure (OOP = $$$).

    Truth. That's exactly what I'm saying.

    And... your guess would be incorrect. It's not the fault nor the responsibility of Mosaic to make sure that 'I' get a copy of a certain title before it goes out of print. It's the responsibility of 'me' and me alone. If a single purchaser comes along with the money and the desire to have, say, the last 100 sets... Mosaic should sell the sets to that excellent customer. The more Mosaic sells, the more profitable the company is, hopefully, and the more new sets the company can introduce to sell to me.

    Okay, my mistake - you wouldn't be pissed off, but instead pleased that the entrepreneurial spirit lives and breathes. But I, for one, am glad that other sentiments sometimes prevail in the business world. (And apparently, Mosaic agrees that isn't too cool for others to reap exorbitant profits on their material.)

    Lastly, I'm not sure what's up with your assessment of "responsibilities" and "shoulds" in this case. Their business, their policies. Are you arguing ethics here, or sound business practice? Mosaic seems on solid ground either way.

  15. Weird

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    Interesting. The note from Mosaic does seem odd from a business perspective. To refuse a sale isn't very 'business like' in my opinion. Mosaic must be confident in its ability to sell the remaining sets.

    Still, if I had 100 sets remaining and a single purchaser wanted all 100 sets, I'd sell the 100 and be done with the sale.

    If you heard that Mosaic sold the remainder of its "last chance" stock to a single purchaser so that they could "be done with the sale," disregarding their many loyal customers...and if that single purchaser then turned around and started selling the sets at a substantial mark up...my guess is that you'd be pissed off. They're just trying to protect their customer base, and rightly so.

    By the way, this approach is very common in retail business. Does the phrase "Quantities are limited - one per customer" sound at all familiar?

  17. Recommendations needed...

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    Posted · Edited by gdogus

    Jackson Browne - especially the albums Jackson Browne, For Everyman, Late for the Sky, and the brilliant Running on Empty

    Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out remains an absolute classic of acoustic/harmony songcraft. Must have.

    Loggins and Messina - Kenny Loggins went on to do 80s pop, and Jim Messina had earlier been a member of a latter-day edition of The Buffalo Springfield (the band that first brought notariety to Stephen Stills and Neil Young) and Poco. Their early-70s partnership yielded some great acoustic/harmony stuff. Look for Sittin' In, Loggins & Messina, and the great live On Stage.

  20. Maurice Brown

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    As for myself, why would I would want a bunch of random chicks I never met wearing panties with my name printed on them?  [snsip]  I think it appeals quite a bit to dudes like Tommy Lee of Motley Crue or any G'nR/Velvet Underground or L.A. Guns member or Kid Rock or Snoop Dog or 50 Cent ...

    "G'n'R/Velvet Underground"?

    :blink:

  21. Chick Corea

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    Posted · Edited by gdogus

    Can't answer your specific question, JK. I never did like the Elektrik Band much, though. I listened to a couple of their recordings from the mid-eighties, which left me more than cold - I felt downright frozen. In my opinion, this was where Corea achieved the utter mediocrity of which he always seemed capable. ^_^

    I do have a double disc live set by the Dave Weckl Band, however, and I like that in certain moods.

  23. Yourmusic.com corner

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    Well, I went ahead and ordered Seven Steps from yourmusic. $41.93 total (free shipping).

    A great deal, for sure.

    But it better have the goddamn metal spine!!

    :rmad:

    Shipment arrived yesterday, metal spine and all. But damn, that spine is shiny. Remind me never to use this box as a bludgeon - the CSI folks would have no problem lifting a perfect set of prints from this sucker.

    Oh, also got the first item from my queue, in honor of our friend here:

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    Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Free for All (Blue Note, 1964; RVG)

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