What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.

[ghost of miles]

Olden Yolk, Living Theater

[Brad]

Disc 1 of the 50th Anniversary Edition. 

[catesta]

[ghost of miles]

American version, the one I grew up with (and prefer--in fact, I think Aftermath U.S. version continues to be my favorite Stones album of all):

[Brad]

1 hour ago, ghost of miles said:

American version, the one I grew up with (and prefer--in fact, I think Aftermath U.S. version continues to be my favorite Stones album of all):

I suppose it depends what you grew up with but UK version has 14 songs vs 11 songs. All you need to say. Plus, the cover is just not as good. 

Edited November 1, 2019 by Brad

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, BFrank said:

Great backing band ....

[felser]

9 hours ago, Brad said:

I suppose it depends what you grew up with but UK version has 14 songs vs 11 songs. All you need to say. Plus, the cover is just not as good. 

Except that one of the 11 on the US version is "Paint It, Black"!

[Brad]

35 minutes ago, felser said:

Except that one of the 11 on the US version is "Paint It, Black"!

It had already been released as a single so it’s not as if people had not ever heard it. Sorry, no dice. 

[ghost of miles]

I just prefer the sequencing of the U.S. version. I do have the UK version and enjoy it as well.

[Brad]

I think it all comes down to what you grew up with and how you hear the songs in your head. For example, I was listening to My Generation a couple of days ago and after hearing the title song, I was expecting The Kids Are Allright and so it followed. Mind you, I probably haven’t listened to the album in 30 years.

The same discussion happens with albums like Rubber Soul and Revolver. 

[felser]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

I think it all comes down to what you grew up with and how you hear the songs in your head. For example, I was listening to My Generation a couple of days ago and after hearing the title song, I was expecting The Kids Are Allright and so it followed. Mind you, I probably haven’t listened to the album in 30 years.

The same discussion happens with albums like Rubber Soul and Revolver. 

Yep. I find it jarring to hear the end of Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker" without "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" kicking in.

[Brad]

Some of the commentary I’ve read on Aftermath say that Going Home works better on the US album because it’s the last song on the album where on the UK version it’s at the end of side 1. I do agree it works better as the last song on the album. 

Edited November 1, 2019 by Brad

[erwbol]

I don't understand why they can't just combine all Aftermath tracks on a single CD. Surely they would fit? Same for Let It Bleed. Why not include Honky Tonk Women as a bonus?

I noticed there is a 50th anniversary set coming out for Let It Bleed: mono + stereo vinyls, 2 Hybrid SACDs (mono & stereo), and a bonus 7" of Honk Tonk Women (mono & stereo on a & b sides), but no Honky Tonk Women on either Hybrid SACD. Same for the standalone 50th anniversary Hybrid SACD.  Pure bullshit IMO. 

Edited November 1, 2019 by erwbol

[Brad]

Yes, just another way to see how much money they can squeeze out of people. 

[ghost of miles]

I just generally make a CD-R of the version that I prefer--for example, the Psychedelic Furs' Talk Talk Talk.  I grew up with the U.S. version; the UK version has the exact same songs, but a different and IMO inferior sequencing.  So I just dumped the files from the CD into my computer and resequenced them in the American running order, then burned a CD-R of it.  Iirc the Stones' catalogue was reissued in both US and UK versions in the early 2000s, and I've ended up with store-bought copies of both Aftermaths.  I was prepared to give the UK version a go and it's still a very good album, but the American version is a hands-down favorite for me.  

With the Beatles, I grew up with the U.S. versions of the albums (just through Revolver, of course), but much prefer the original UK versions, which have been used as the playlists for the primary CD releases of the albums since 1987.  That said, I recently reconstructed Yesterday And Today, one of the American-assembled albums that Capitol culled from the UK releases out of greed... and it's a really good album on its own merits.  Whoever sequenced it (Dave Dexter?) did a great job.

[soulpope]

Afternoon Deep Soul show .... :

[felser]

6 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

flac/mp3 completely changed the way I listen to music. It freed me from the tyranny of the album.

Me too.  For my car, I just make compilations of my favorite cuts by an artist, and play that.  I have one by the Byrds I made which I've probably listened to 100 times, others by Spirit, Springsteen, early Steve Miller, etc.  I listen to a lot of jazz at home and work, but find rock is what I want to hear in the car, and shorter songs.  Just got a car with Sirius/XM after not having it for 6-7 years, so have been listening to that.  And they do not serve jazz well at all.

[Brad]

I have a Sony player but I find that I prefer to take the actual cd into the car, which I listen to all the way through. When I had an iPod (before it died), I used to listen to random cuts but I just didn’t and don’t find listening to a player satisfying. I prefer having the actual album with me; tactile and all that. 

[felser]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

I have a Sony player but I find that I prefer to take the actual cd into the car, which I listen to all the way through. When I had an iPod (before it died), I used to listen to random cuts but I just didn’t and don’t find listening to a player satisfying. I prefer having the actual album with me; tactile and all that. 

I agree on the tactile thing, but the CD-R provides a semblance of that for me.

[Brad]

On 10/31/2019 at 0:22 PM, Brad said:

Disc 1 of the 50th Anniversary Edition. 

Disc 2, a January 24, 1969 concert at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco

[Matthew]

Brown Acid: The First Trip

Edited November 2, 2019 by Matthew

[jlhoots]

Mumford & Sons: Johannesburg

[Brad]

[EKE BBB]

[Matthew]

7 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

 One of my favorite Dylan albums!