Archive for month: April, 2016
great day of “lost” masterpieces plus the usual rawk
/in what goes on /by RadioJJb) Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun
Side B:
6. Lanky, Part One
After Barrett’s dismissal from Pink Floyd, he gathered himself in 1968 to record his first solo album,The Madcap Laughs. The album was essentially recorded in three sessions: May-June 1968 with Peter Jenner, April 1969 with Malcolm Jones and July-August with former bandmates David Gilmour and Roger Waters. For the sake of chronological continuity, we are only going to utilize the material Barrett recorded in his initial 1968 sessions (swiftly overlooking the overdubs made in 1969, of course), pairing them with the aforementioned material from the A Saucerful of Secrets sessions recorded in late 1967 and early 1968. Focusing on the material that sonically fits with the previous seven selected Pink Floyd recordings, we are using “Late Night” and an alternate version of “Golden Hair” from The Madcap Laughs remaster, as well as “Clowns and Jugglers” and “Lanky (Part One)” from the Opelremaster.
The sequence of The Shape of Questions to Heaven was heavily influenced by its actual previous albumThe Piper At The Gates of Dawn but almost all of the tracks were crossfaded to create a continuous two sides of music (a tactic Pink Floyd would later explore in the following years). My re-imagining begins with a duo of uptempo rockers (“Vegetable Man” and “Apples and Oranges”) before a low-key decent with the following two songs (“Late Night” and “Remember The Day”), allowing the side to slowly wind down. Side A concludes with an original edit of “Golden Hair” and “Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun”, crossfaded into each other creating a seven-minute epic. Although placed with a record-flip in-between, the psychedelic-jazz jam “Lanky, Part One” continues the mood set by the previous suite, even staying in the same key and mode. After the rare stereo mix of Richard Wright’s “Paint Box”, the album picks up for a glorious and increasingly paranoid finish with “Clowns and Jugglers”, “Scream Thy last Scream” and the prophetic “Jugband Blues”.
The Shape of Questions to Heavens shapes out to be an album very indicative of Syd Barrett’s mindset in 1968. Although we largely have similar full-band Pink Floyd song arrangements as found on their debut psyche-pop debut, the off-kilter songwriting leans towards the bizarre, with two Richard Wright and a Roger Waters-penned song picking up the slack for their slipping songwriter. We are fairly certain the album would have been a commercial flop, probably too avant-garde for the mainstream 1968 and too lacking in commercial singles, with “Apples and Oranges” the only possible contender (which was a failed single in itself). Regardless, it is an enjoyable listen and an interesting alternative to A Saucerful of Secrets, and succeeds in creating an album that demonstrates just what Pink Floyd could have done with their lunatic on the grass.
STREAMING LIVE FROM JAMES WHITAKERS HAIR SALON
/in what goes on /by RadioJJ12/04/2016
/in what goes on /by RadioJJOK Breakfast with jazz tributes to The Beatles, Pf Sloan and JS Bach then a thunderous tribute to the Doors Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe …THE DOORS …..AN ALTERNATE HARD ROCK CAFE/MORRISON HOTEL
LIVE – AN HOUR FOR MAGIC [55.21]
Roadhouse Blues
Sunday Trucker/Build Me A Woman
Ship Of Fools
Universal Mind
Rock Me
Someday Soon
Peace Frog
Blue Sunday
Goin' To NYC Blues
Gloria.
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OUT TAKES AND REHEARSALS [34.53]
I Will Never Be Untrue
Build Me A Woman
Close To You [Ray lead vocal]
You Need Meat [Go No Further] [Ray lead vocal]
I'm Your Doctor [Ray lead vocal]
Midnight Train
Crossroads
Gloria
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EDITS/ALTERNATES,SESSIONS AND HYBRIDS
Roadhouse Blues [27.52]
Waiting For The Sun [15.45]
You Make Me Real [16.53]
Peace Frog [13.41]
Blue Sunday [8.30]
Ship Of Fools [12.15]
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Land Ho ! [13.23]
The Spy [13.52]
Queen Of The Highway [19.26]
Indian Summer [9.40]
Maggie M'Gill [18.05]
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MORRISON HOTEL
Musicians
James Douglas Morrison– lead vocals,maracas, tambourine, buried harmonica track 1
Raymond Daniel Manzarek – Tack Piano on tracks 3 and 8, G101 organ on tracks 2 and 5, Vox Continental Organ on tracks 4, 6, 7 and 10, piano on tracks 1 and 8,Wurlitzer electric piano on track 9, Fender Rhodes Piano Bass on track 10, Hammond C-3 on track 11, RMI Electric Piano on track 2.Moog on track 2.
Robby Krieger– Guitar = Gibson SG and,Gibson Les Paul Custom
John Densmore – Drums, Percussion.
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Additional musicians
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Lonnie Mack– bass guitar on tracks 1 and 11
Ray Neapolitan – bass guitar on tracks 2 to 9
John Sebastian (as "G. Puglese") – harmonica on track 1
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Technical personnel
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Paul A Rothchild – Producer
Bruce Botnick Engineer
Gary Burden – Sleeve Design
Henry Diltz– Sleeve Photography
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The Souths gonna rise like a Freebird
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/in what goes on /by RadioJJMonday – lost Psychedelic Artifacts
/in what goes on /by RadioJJVictoria were superb band who made an ultra rare US psych concept album that has a Sweetwater/Airplane feel.
This psych beauty, sometimes dreamy, sometimes totally wild,sometimes so far out it's in has female vocals,
titanic horns & distorted guitars. Sweet tunes full of full on dark psych-power.
Greg Ruban, the composer and front-man of Victoria recorded their one album just before
he had to go to Vietnam. When he returned from War, obviously mentally snafu'd,
he took his unreleased album on a 3 month trip to Europe on a motorbike to promote it,
but unfortunately that did not work out at all. The project died there and then but not anymore…..
Peace – 2.44
Cumberland – 4.41
Gevaro – 4.11
Ride A Rainbow – 2.50
Never Knew Blues – 4.58
Down To The Park – 2.57
Village Of Etaf – 12.23
Core Of The Apple – 8.09
Johny & Lisa (Bonus Acetate) – 3.02
Peace (Bonus Acetate) – 2.52
Cumberland (Bonus Acetate) – 2.51
Child Of Princess (Bonus Real-To-Real Track) – 3.07
Sundance (Bonus Real-To-Real Track) – 1.46
Wheels (Bonus Real-To-Real Track) – 2.02
- Drums: John Densmore
- Guitar: Paul Ferrara
- Violin: Tim McIntire
- Keyboards: Ray Manzarek
- Vocals: Paul Ferrara
- Guitar: Robby Krieger
Former members
- John Densmore – drums (1973-1975)
- Robby Krieger – guitar (1973-1975)
- Phil Chen – bass (1973-1974)
- Roy Davies – keyboards, synthesisers (1973-1974)
- Jess Roden – vocals (1973-1974)
- Mick Weaver – organ (1973-1974)
- Mike Berkowitz – drums (1974-1975)
- Alex Richman – keyboards, vocals (1974-1975)
- Karl Ruckner – bass (1974-1975)
- Michael Stull – guitar, vocals (1974-1975)
- David Paul Campbell – keyboards, vocals (1975)
Sweetwater was an American rock band originally from Los Angeles, California. They were the act scheduled to open the Woodstock Festival in 1969; however, due to being stopped by the police on their way to the festival, folksinger Richie Havens' trio (Daniel Ben Zebulon, percussion, Paul "Deano" Williams, guitar, backing vocals) performed first. Sweetwater performed next, becoming the first band to perform at the festival.[1]
The band originally formed to perform in local coffee houses in Los Angeles until being signed to a major label. Sweetwater were early developers of the psychedelic rock/fusionstyle that was popularized by Jefferson Airplane to be regarded as the archetype "60s Sound". In 1968-69, the band often toured with The Doors. They were also one of the opening acts for Eric Burdon and the Animals in 1968. One of their best-known recordings is a version of the traditional folk song "Motherless Child". It appeared on their debut album, Sweetwater, the band's only album to chart nationally in the U.S.. As the band progressed, they developed music more toward the psychedelic folk genre.[2]
The original members of the band were Nancy "Nansi" Nevins (lead vocals/guitar), August Burns (cello), Albert Moore (flute/backing vocals), Alan Malarowitz (drums), Elpidio Cobian (conga drums), Alex Del Zoppo (keyboards) and Fred Herrera (bass). The band's size was unusual for the period, having eight, but with the additional members, they were able to create a more unique sound in recordings and live performances.
On December 8, 1969, three days after Sweetwater performed on The Red Skelton Show, singer Nansi Nevins was severely injured in a car accident, which stopped the progress of the band. Nansi experienced brain damage for some years following the collision, and one of her vocal cords was permanently damaged. Nansi would never again complete a full album with the band, although she still had some recordings prepared for the next two albums.[3][4]
The group reunited for Woodstock '94 in 1994 with three original members – Nevins, Herrera and Del Zoppo. August Burns died in the 1980s, Alan Malarowitz was killed in a car crash in 1981, Albert Moore died of pneumonia in 1994. Elpidio Cobian works as a film statist. In 1999, the band's story was depicted in a VH1 TV-movie called Sweetwater: A True Rock Story. Amy Jo Johnson portrayed Nansi Nevins, while Michelle Phillips portrayed an older Nancy.
Sweetwater discography
- Sweetwater (1968)
- Just for You (1970)
- Melon (1971)
- Cycles: The Reprise Collection (1999) – (Individually numbered limited edition of 10,000 copies)
- Live At Last (2002)
Nancy Nevins' solo discography
- Nancy Nevins (1975)