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I've owned the second BS&T album since I was a kid and have always liked it. Over the past 35 years or so I've been told countless times that I needed to get the first album, the one with Al Kooper ...that was the hot one.
This week I was in a pawn shop on my lunch hour and I found what looked like a NM or better copy of "Child Is Father to the Man" ...but it was ten bucks.
TEN BUCKS !
I brought it to the front counter and did my damnedest to get the price down, but she wouldn't budge a nickle.
I'm so accustomed to records being two or three dollars in these shops that paying ten bucks just seemed nuts.
Then I thought about it ...if I found a nice one on FleaBay it would be at least five bucks and with postage nine bucks.
So, I bought it ...and am very glad I did.
Not only is it NM ...but I really dig the tunes and this record sounds soooooooooooooooooooooooo freakin' good !
I have no idea what took me so long to buy one ...but I'm glad I can check it off the list.
So, have you ever done that? Known about an album for a long time that you would probably enjoy, but for some reason just never got around to buying it and when you did it was one of those "ah ha" moments?
This is one of my best purchases this year.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
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I remember playing that album frequently in the early 70's and loved the song "I can't quit her" I shouldpick up a copy again.Thanks
still a joy
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
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Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
...the first album was never equaled, just as Chicago was a pale imitation that never worked for me.
Now the Blues Brothers Soundtrack, that has the same magic. I have to hear "Minnie The Moocher" and "Jailhouse Rock" at least monthly.
LIBERTY ONCE LOST,
IS LOST FOREVER
-JOHN ADAMS
My friends have told me that I was attended a Cab Calloway concert at Berkeley when I was at school there. I have no recollection of the event, so I must have had a great time!
Dan
You're kidding right? Come on man they are two groups formed by musicians with like interests. Someone needed to fuse rock with jazz and horns. B,S & T and Chicago produced some dammed fine music.From a purists point of view it may not be this or that but it was enjoyable and they are still spinning Chicago's and B, S & T's tunes all these years later.
Chicago proved a much more durable group and I believe they made over 20 albums in one form or the other. Some of their LPs were more Jazz influenced and some less.
I am not a purist and just want to listen to music that makes me tap my toes and sing along. I don't give a crap what others may or may not say about the group. My nose doesn't like being stuck in the air and its harder to listen that way. If the music is enjoyable they managed to create something entertaining and that is the point.
I love both B, S & T and Chicago and if you want a very fine sounding pressing of some B, S & T work try the CBS/Sony pressing (SONP 50236) of B, S & T 3. The Direct Disc Labs pressing of their second self titled LP - Blood, Sweat & Tears (SD16605) is pretty close to as good as you will ever find of a B, S & T pressing.
As far as Chicago pressings are concerned the first two double LP releases have been re-done by Rhino and are better in every way compared to the originals. Rhino has done some very good LPs over the past few years and CTA (R1 76171) and Chicago II (R1 76172) are very, very good.
Ed
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Life is analog...digital is just samples thereof
Edits: 08/03/12
The Rhino re-issues of CTA and Chicago II are outstanding.
Opus 104
Like BST they had a lotta good players, including Mike & Randy Brecker.
That sounds good, so I ordered one (LP).
Thanks for the tip !
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
nt
though-see post directly below
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
Edits: 08/03/12
This is the one I have, can't remember where/when I got it but I enjoy it...
Pretty sure that's the one that introduced me to Brecker. Barry Rogers too.
Just pulled it and listened to it again :)There isn't a lot of solo playing on this LP but there's a good amount of inventive soli writing inside of some creative tunes. The second side opens with a MB cadenza leading into a blues tune, and that is nice. I really appreciate that each track was recorded 'live,' showcasing great players playing well together (rather than the easier alternative).
Edits: 08/04/12
I got to know Mike & Barry Rogers well (and Randy, but he's still around). All 3 of 'em had very fond memories of Dreams. Helluva horn section.
You're welcome, and thanks for reminding me of the band. Helluva of a horn section to be sure! The whole group is very tight through some challenging rhythmic writing in those solis. I had forgotten how good the bass playing is, too. I'll need to listen to it again before it goes back to the shelf!
Edits: 08/04/12
Me, too. I heard it around 1969. Brecker really turned my head around. Cobham, too.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
If you get a chance, check out Zoo. Very good album. Late 60's,horn rock sound. I found it in a thrift store in Texas and was happy I did.
When I was a college student in the late 60's, one of my roommates had their first album and I liked it quite a bit. But I never cared for any of their subsequent music.
As for Al Kooper, what a musician! The Kooper and Bloomfield albums are terrific. Among other albums, Kooper also played on Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" and "Highway 61 Revisited".
Glad you found a good copy of a good album. It's been a long time since I heard it; I'll have to be on the lookout for it. May I'll be able to find a copy at the Albuquerque Record Show Sept. 2nd.
You have entered my Wonder Years... Super Session with Mike Bloomfield and Steven Stills is a mighty fine album - '67. That along with "Kooper Session" the album Kooper cut with the outstanding guitarist Shuggie Otis around '68... some sweet heartfelt playing there!
Paul Butterfield Blues Band with Bloomfield on their eponymous '65 album is killer- Elvin Bishop on guitar. Also check out Bloomfield in the band Electric Flag - their big album was "A Long Time Comin'" - outstanding jazz fusion horn sound and a teenage Buddy Miles on drums. I hope some of you got to see Buddy play- he was up there with Bonzo as a rock drummer.
Brings to mind The Blues Project with Kooper and Danny Kalb- "Projections" from '66 is well worth it, but I really love "Planned Obsolescence" and their self-titled album - '70-ish, I think post Kooper.
If you want to get the MONSTER horn sound though, there is nothing like Ten Wheel Drive. Those guys had chops! I still remember them as the loudest freakin rock band I ever heard. "Brief Replies" is an outstanding album musically, an unfortunate recording and pressing though. What a stage show- like 15 people on stage. Hall and Oates sang backing vocals as kids in TWD.
Last thought-there are some fine studio guys on some of the Hall & Oates albums- they're not all lame- those guys had the cats, back in the day
May I respectfully suggest my all-time favorite "Muscle Horns" album;
*CHASE (Bill Chase) -- "Pure Music" c. 1974
EPIC RECORDS Inc. #KE 32572 =S T E R E O=
A friend gave me this album shortly after it's release, back when I was a sophomore in high school (1973-1974) He was a trumpet player in the band then. I remember him telling me, Maynard Ferguson is good, but Bill Chase, is "THE MAN"!
My friend was right. Played this album then, and every time since then, over the years; this album has my jaw dropped in disbeleif at Bill Chase's amazing talent. As my Dad would say, for someone like Bill Chase: "This Cat Can Play"!
If you don't already own a copy, look for this album. On the bright orange Epic label, with Epic's mid 70s era releases. The entire LP is excellent.
Ed
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"Some Folks Need An Education ... Don't Give Up Or We'll Lose The Nation" C. 1970 MARK FARNER of Grand Funk Railroad from "Sin's A Good Man's Brother"
His first release, from 1971, titled "Chase", is also good.
get more al kooper merch. not sure if its all or any of it would be available on vinyl. rekooperation and soul of a man--al kooper live will be lots of fun for you i am sure.
...regards...tr
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