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post #631 of 1306
9/24/09 at 1:41pm
The Night Before (from Help!) (Beatles).  Note the wonderful vocal articulation around 1:09-1:11-ish.  McCartney doesn't do it anywhere else in the song.  The contrast between what he does there (detached syllables) and what he chooses to do elsewhere on similarly-texted lines (more legato-like) is very musical.  Also, the cross-relations sung by McCartney (on 'treat' and 'did') are exceptional.  (The text 'did' includes what amounts to a subtle acciaccatura.)  The cross-relations aren't quite the blues notes we get when Lennon sings the text 'right' (i.e., 'feel ... all right' and on 'o - kay' in A Hard Day's Night), but they're close.

In my experience, I would have to say that Help! is one of the Fabs' most underrated albums.  The songs are top-notch, and the Beatles are at the height of their compositional ingenuity, at least far as the beginning of their 'middle period' material is concerned. ;) 
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post #632 of 1306
9/24/09 at 1:54pm
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
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post #633 of 1306
9/25/09 at 6:47am
Put Your Hand In the Hand (Ocean)

Next: Here Comes the Sun (Beatles)
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post #634 of 1306
9/25/09 at 2:55pm
The Inner Light (Beatles).
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post #635 of 1306
9/25/09 at 3:01pm
The Best of Delany & Bonnie to be followed by Delany & Bonnie & Friends-On Tour with Eric Clapton. Saw D & B live in NYC's Central Park in the early 70s. I consider them one of the greatest American Rock'n'Roll bands ever.
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post #636 of 1306
9/25/09 at 3:22pm
The Beatles: The Beatles (the white album)
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post #637 of 1306
9/27/09 at 12:20pm
 Chords and Thyme--English Folksongs for Guitar (Edward Flower and Joel Brown)
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post #638 of 1306
9/30/09 at 6:21pm
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes  MoFi 24K
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post #639 of 1306
10/1/09 at 6:21am
 Genesis-- ... And Then There Were Three  (SACD MCH)
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post #640 of 1306
10/1/09 at 9:10am
I Just Don't Understand (Beatles).

Next: Tarkus (ELP).
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post #641 of 1306
10/1/09 at 10:01am
Living Colour - The Chair In The Doorway

Saw they live last night and as heavy as parts of this album are when the play them live they are even better.
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post #642 of 1306
10/1/09 at 1:32pm
The Beatles: Yellow Submarine
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post #643 of 1306
10/1/09 at 3:26pm
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
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post #644 of 1306
10/2/09 at 9:01am
Where Or When (Dion and the Belmonts)
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post #645 of 1306
10/2/09 at 2:31pm
The Beatles: Abbey Road
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post #646 of 1306
10/5/09 at 12:21pm
Whenever You're On My Mind - Marshall Crenshaw

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post #647 of 1306
10/5/09 at 8:41pm

This is what I've played today so far:
 

The Guess Who - Wheatfield Soul
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
The Boomers - What We Do

next up, Sergio Mendes - Equinox

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post #648 of 1306
10/6/09 at 4:29pm
just added the Crash Kings
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post #649 of 1306
10/8/09 at 9:31am
The Beatles: Past Masters
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post #650 of 1306
10/8/09 at 2:05pm
Express Yourself (Mocean Worker Remix)
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post #651 of 1306
10/8/09 at 9:26pm
 Genesis--More Fool Me
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post #652 of 1306
10/9/09 at 7:29am
The Barbarian (from Emerson, Lake, & Palmer) (ELP).  Amazing drumming on this instrumental, especially beginning around 1:24 or so.  And how about the tonal center of F-sharp minor?  That's an interesting key for pop-rock, and one I don't hear all that often in the genre.  Pink Floyd's Time is also in this key.  Does anyone hear any similarities with regard to the piano parts in The Barbarian to works on Brubeck's Take Five album?

Next up: Fugue No. 16 in G Minor (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book II) ( J. S. Bach).
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post #653 of 1306
10/9/09 at 3:53pm
 Tony Banks--Seven (A Suite for Orchestra)

Next up:  Tony Bennett and Bill Evans--Together Again
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post #654 of 1306
10/10/09 at 9:35am
Michael Jackson - Hello World

This is the 3 disc Hip-O Select set of MJ's 4 early 70's solo albums done for Motown before he moved to Epic.
(Got To Be There, Ben, Music & Me and Forever Michael).
Also includes the tracks from Farewell My Summer Love and Looking Back To Yesterday, both were released in the mid 80's post Thriller and contained vault material.

A lot of the earlier material sounds dated but on the whole I'm enjoying it far more than I expected. Very interesting to hear his voice develop.

Hearing an 11 year old Michael sing makes the whole thing just a little bid sadder.
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post #655 of 1306
10/10/09 at 11:18am
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
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post #656 of 1306
10/10/09 at 2:59pm
Phutureprimitive - Darkness
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post #657 of 1306
10/10/09 at 4:18pm
Bob Schneider...Lovely Creatures
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post #658 of 1306
10/10/09 at 8:52pm
Paul McCartney-Singalong Junk followed by Joan Armatrading-Down To Zero, both on Sirius/XM 6033.
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post #659 of 1306
10/10/09 at 8:58pm
 Soixante Minutes avec Beau Dommage--Beau Dommage

Really great folksy/pop from a seminal Québécois band.  A favourite that gets a lot of play
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post #660 of 1306
10/13/09 at 10:47am
Spent the long weekend spinning vinyl albums for the first time in a long time:

Fosterchild - Troubled Child
Lisa Dal Bello - Lisa Dal Bello
Three Dog Night - Hard Labor
Roberta Flack - First Take
Chilliwack - Ridin' High

Next up, Herb Alpert's Ninth
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