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| 2947.1 | | TECRUS::ROST | The faithful shall overcome | Fri Jul 15 1994 10:02 | 92 |
| Since I'm one of the few humans to have actuallyheard GN6, I guess I
can be the first reviewer. I promise to be gentle 8^) I'm glad that
some folks who are mostly read-only types threw in some stuff this time
out. Thanks again to all that contributed.
ROST/WAIBLE: Don't Blame Me
Thank God Fred came over to record this with me because otherwise I
would have had to sing, play guitar and write lyrics which would have
sunk the tune for sure.
D.B. WILFRED: Still Got The Blues
I like this one a lot. Good recording job, I assume db used his 488.
Did Fred play both the bass and the guitar or was that L'Angelo
Mysterioso? I see db showed admirable restraint by not breaking into
laughter in the middle of a blooz tune.
JOHN D'ERRICO: Someone's In the Kitchen/Once in A Lifetime
I guess I should say something nice here because John treated me to
lunch the other day 8^) Actually, I kept waiting for some lyrics
here! You know, "Dinah, won't you blow", etc. 8^)
BLUE FLAMES: Blue Smoke
I could tell that Terry Reilly had something to do with this tape
because the organ is so much louder than the guitar. Dave Clark sounds
sweet on this tune, I guess his Rat pedal was broken that day 8^)
Nice to hear Rick Calcagni in this setting (more Rick on side two).
So where's the tape of "Dreams of Milk and Honey", doods?
BILL BUCKLEY: Galilee
A nice tune for this style. Unfortunately reminded me why I always
disliked the guy who sang for Styx 8^) Once I got past the vocals, I
thought the playing was great. When do we hear something current, Buck?
CLARK CUMINS: All Roads Leave Home
This is a left-field entry that arrived in the mail one day. Sitting
somewhere in the territory between Pink Floyd and Neil Young (I knew
there had to be a connection!), this is a fine tune. I should mention
that Clark had more on his submission tape, equally good.
DAVE BOTTOM: The Light/Be My Baby
I always like haring Dave play, this is up to his usual high standard.
Same caveat as with Buck's tune about the vocal style not being my cup
of tea, but no problems with the neck-strangling. Though the
distributed copies are three generations away, I had the pleasure of
hearing the first generation dub from the DAT...wow, I need one of those!
Side 2:
STEVE D'ANDREA: There Goes Another Love Song/Bulldawg in Bad Co.
Finally, the Bulldawg barks! The super-low-tech karaoke of the first
track makes it tough to discern who's on first, but the Bad Co.
pastiche is great, reminds me of my garage band days, right down to
the falling down the stairs ending 8^). This sounds best played at
130 db in a Camaro 8^)
JIM HYNDMAN: Red Hot Blues/Things'll Get Better
What is this fascination that UK residents have with US country music?
I dunno, but Jim has the Doc Watson thing down cold in the first tune
(nice warbles too) and the more electric second offering is nice, too
although I wish it had words.
HAL LAURENT: Stems and Seeds
Rooooooollllll another one...just like the other one...kaff...kaff...
I hope you manage to get "Craving Your Love" down on tape in time for
GN7 8^)
PAUL CUMMINGS: Gabriel's The One/Serious Darkness
I like how Paul likes to take the road less-traveled with these pieces.
The second tune in particular is a nice example of how a collective
improv can blossom into some great music making.
THE NEXT: Oh Vanna/Feel Like Summer
Hey, it's about time power pop made a comeback. I'll apologize
publicly to depriving other noters of hearing the other three tunes the
Next submitted since there was no room. Dirk Friedrich is the guy to
talk to if you want to sign these guys to your label.
Brian
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| 2947.2 | 2 Thumbs Up | DIVE::DFRIEDRICH | | Fri Jul 15 1994 11:05 | 67 |
| Here are my impressions. With my Marlboro/Windham commute, gave this
tape a few listens...
ROST/WAIBLE: Don't Blame Me
Butt kickin' blues guitar does me on this one.
D.B. WILFRED: Still Got The Blues
Killer tone on that guitar. The Satch would be proud.
JOHN D'ERRICO: Someone's In the Kitchen/Once in A Lifetime
Real cool synth work, toe-tappin' tunes fer sure. Excellent chops on
Once In A lifetime, turn them up!
BLUE FLAMES: Blue Smoke
Best blues jam I've heard in many moons. Top shelf instrumentals.
BILL BUCKLEY: Galilee
One of the more imaginative tunes on GNVI, and I happen to like
'Styx'. Also 'Yes'. Cool ending on this tune.
CLARK CUMINS: All Roads Leave Home
Great song, makes me wanna spark one up. That flute is too
cool. And turn up the crunch guitar.
DAVE BOTTOM: The Light/Be My Baby
Excellent live recording. Glad I didn't take my wife to this
gig, she'd still have me up there dancing.
Side 2:
STEVE D'ANDREA: There Goes Another Love Song/Bulldawg in Bad Co.
First one had a nice Allman brothers feel to it, good vocals too.
Wondering how Bulldawg would sound if lyrics were penned for it.
JIM HYNDMAN: Red Hot Blues/Things'll Get Better
Can that boy sing or what!!?? I'm not a big country/blues fan, but
had to keep my feet from tappin' the gas pedal on Red Hot Blues.
AL LAURENT: Stems and Seeds
Now my favorite version. Can't wait for my dog to die tho.
PAUL CUMMINGS: Gabriel's The One/Serious Darkness
I play rock cause I can't play jazz, much less Fusion. This entries
are most excellent.
THE NEXT: Oh Vanna/Feel Like Summer
WOW, where did these guys come from?? Why haven't I heard them before??
Oh Vanna, best tribute song to a pop icon to date. And Feel Like
Summer, those boys can rocknroll!!! Quit those day jobs now!
O.K., so I had a hand in the last two entries. Scuuussse me.
/Dirk
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| 2947.3 | | TAMRC::LAURENT | Hal Laurent @ COP | Mon Jul 25 1994 11:56 | 96 |
|
Got mine in today's mail and just gave it a listen (there's advantages to
working at home :-).
First off, I don't care what the J-card says, my copy certainly didn't
sound like it was really recorded with Dolby-B. I had to turn off the
Dolby on my cassette deck when playing it back to keep all the high end
from disappearing. If your copy sounds muted you might want to try the
same.
ROST/WAIBLE: Don't Blame Me
Is Henry Mancini dead yet? If not, Brian might get sued for that bass
line. :-) Seriously, though, very nice playing and singing. I would
have mixed the bass guitar a bit louder.
D.B. WILFRED: Still Got The Blues
I'm not the world's biggest fan of that highly compressed guitar sound, but
Fred does it very well. Not to mention nice singing. Also, being the
curmudgeon that I am, I would have preferred a nice B3 sound instead of
the synth pads (I can't help it, I just don't like synth pads :-).
The synthesized bass sounds very good, though (I assume the bass was
played by db on the keybooards since it wasn't mentioned elsewhere).
JOHN D'ERRICO: Someone's In The Kitchen/Once In A Lifetime
You can tell these were done by a bass player! :-) The guitar playing
sounds good, but it's way undermixed and is hard to hear. Damn, those
Rickenbacker basses sound good!
BLUE FLAMES: Blue Smoke
One of my favorites on the tape! I'm partial to swing stuff anyway,
but this was very nicely done! Nice guitar playing, nice guitar tone,
great bass, drums, and organ. It sounded like a real Hammond/Leslie, too.
If it wasn't, I'd like to know what box produced that sound. My only
complaint is that drums could be a touch louder.
BILL BUCKLEY: Galilee
Not my cup of tea, genre-wise. Good guitar playing, but it often is
kind of obscured by the heavily distorted tone that doesn't seem to cut
through the mix very well. I concur with Brian, I'd like to hear what
Buck's doing nowadays.
CLARK CUMINS: All Roads Leave Home
I might raise Brian one on this one: I think Pink Floyd picked up
(Genesis era) Peter Gabriel on the way to Neil Young's house. :-) In
spite of the fact that it has less chords than the Blues Song, I liked it!
If Clark's still around DEC he should post his liner notes.
DAVE BOTTOM: The Light/Be My Baby
Having heard St Amand on GN-V, I was surprised by "The Light"...I never
heard a hard rock band do folk-rock before! Actually, it started like
folk-rock and then changed into something else I'm not sure how to
describe. I don't normally care for the style of music that St Amand
plays, but "The Light" was a pleasant exception. The usual fine guitar
playing by Dave on both songs.
STEVE D'ANDREA: There Goes Another Love Song/Bulldawg In Bad Company
After all the accounts of the famous one-note solo at the blues jam, it
was nice to finally hear Dawg play, although in the first cut it was hard
to tell when it was Dawg and when it was the Outlaws (that *was* the
Outlaws, wasn't it?). As for "Bulldawg In Bad Company", if it was recorded
live in a basement I want to know how that guy managed to play bass guitar
and keyboard at the same time!
JIM HYNDMAN: Red Hot Blues/Things'll Get Better
Ah, I always like to hear nice acoustic guitar playing! :-) And nice
bass solo, too! Not to mention nice dobro! And I haven't even gotten
to the second song yet!
I kind of agree with Brian on the second tune, it sounds good, but it
cries out for vocal(s).
HAL LAURENT: Seeds and Stems
I'll plead the Fifth Amendment on this one. :-)
PAUL CUMMINGS: Gabriel's The One/Serious Darkness
Paul, did you really do that first one by yourself on a four-track?
I'm impressed! As for "Serious Darkness", I just might have to get
myself a copy of "Rainforest Rhumboogie"! I particularly like the feel
that the percussion work gives the piece.
THE NEXT: Oh Vanna/Feel Like Summer
Again, not a genre I'm particularly into, but I found myself kind of
liking "Feel Like Summer" in spite of myself!
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| 2947.4 | My review | GOES11::HOUSE | How could I have been so blind? | Mon Jul 25 1994 14:07 | 124 |
| Mine was waiting for me in the Post Office this morning, too! I'm
listening to it now (for the second time).
As a general comment, I'd like to say that this tape is consistantly
good throughout. One of the best of the series, if not *the* best.
You all have a lot to be proud of!
I'll swipe Hal's song-by-song format...
ROST/WAIBLE: Don't Blame Me
Interesting song! I like the effects on the bass.
D.B. WILFRED: Still Got The Blues
This is perfection! The recording, the playing, I really like
everything here.
JOHN D'ERRICO: Someone's In The Kitchen/Once In A Lifetime
Man, love that thump in the bass! An interesting mix and some nice
playing in a tasteful style. Personally, I think the songs could use
some vocals, but hey, that's just me.
BLUE FLAMES: Blue Smoke
Lively performance, cool song! What more can I say? I kind of
expected to hear Robert Plant kickin in like on his Honeydrippers
project. Very fun to listen to stuff like this.
BILL BUCKLEY: Galilee
More of that "progressive" rubbish, yawn... ;^)
Just kidding. I liked the song quite a lot. Even back in those days,
Bill's style was pretty clearly established. As always the chops are
outstanding. But..lose the dude from Styx that was doing the singing.
He's got a good voice and is right on pitch and everything, but man,
he's a total clone. Oh yeah, and...gate off that crap at the start!
HISSSSSS...CRACK..BUZZZZZZZT!!
CLARK CUMINS: All Roads Leave Home
I really liked the style and the song, but it simply SCREAMS to have a
guitar solo over that intro in my mind! I always kind of
wanted/expected to hear that right-on-the-edge-of-feedback sort of
sound in the solo that was there, but it never really happened.
Bummer. Not a big criticism, I liked what was played.
Oh yeah, the flute's a cool touch, but it should have been recorded
with a better mic or something, it sounds like it's under a blanket, no
clarity. (presuming of course that it was real and not a synth).
Frankly, I don't think it sounds like Pink Floyd that much. Thank
goodness, I'm sure burned out on THEM.
DAVE BOTTOM: The Light/Be My Baby
A good recording and performance of material that doesn't really appeal
to my current tastes that much. Were I producing this, I'd change the
reverb/delay on the lead vocal of The Light, it just sounds like too
much to my ear. And I'd reduce the chorus depth parameter on the lead
guitar sound on Be My Baby. It keeps pulling the guitar line out of
tune.
Keep in mind that my personal taste is toward dry, up front sounds and
uncompressed guitar parts, but overall, the level of effects in these
two recordings distracts from the songs to my ear. For an example of a
recording that still has the big reverbs without things getting lost
or sounding like they were recorded in a cave, see db's recording of
"Still Got the Blues".
STEVE D'ANDREA: There Goes Another Love Song/Bulldawg In Bad Company
This one is the only one on the tape that I'd say didn't have a great
mix. It sounds like it was done by a guitar player... You know,
guitar too loud, can't hear the bass at all, um...are those drums back
there somewhere?
JIM HYNDMAN: Red Hot Blues/Things'll Get Better
Um...wow!
I'd have to say that Jim's submission is probably my favorite on this
tape. The clarity of the recording is great and I enjoyed both the
songs and the performances.
Hard to believe there's actually a Scotsman singing that, what happened
to your accent, dude?
HAL LAURENT: Seeds and Stems
Hal, you should cut yourself some slack! What with all the apologies
and humbleness and all, I guess I wasn't expecting all that much. What
I heard was an excellent recording of someone with a pleasant voice and
considerable taste in the use of the slide. I really enjoyed this
tune! (I mean, content aside...it really is a depressing song... :-))
All that work on your studio has clearly paid off. Again, like Jim's,
the clarity of this recording really shines through and my ear really
appreciated it. Good mic selection works wonders! Very well done.
PAUL CUMMINGS: Gabriel's The One/Serious Darkness
Nice work, a little rambling at times, but I love jams. The recording
quality is good and captures things well. Love that bass sound, Rick!
THE NEXT: Oh Vanna/Feel Like Summer
Ah, and just when you thought thought that the new wave movement of the
early 80s was over, along comes The Next. Shades of The Knack! Now, I
always loved stuff like that, so I got into this. One small complaint,
the background vocal on "Oh Vanna" sings it as VannER and it just
drives me nuts (in addition to making it so that it doesn't match the
lead vocal). The energy is contagious on both songs though and I
enjoyed 'em. Oh yeah, could you post some liner notes, Dirk?
So, there you have it. All in all, I'd say this recording clearly had
too many notes played on it. Could we have it again without so many
notes? It clutters the ear.
Er...um...yeah. Good work, folks. Congrats to all!
Greg
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| 2947.5 | my $.02 on GN6 - overall great job! | BIGQ::DCLARK | I'm Glad(I'm Glad(I'm Glad)) | Tue Jul 26 1994 13:06 | 75 |
| Here's my review having listened to this several times over:
ROST/WAIBLE: Don't Blame Me
Catchy tune. Sounds like Fred W's been working a lot on his fills and
tone since the days of the DC4. Nice hooks in a Thorogood/John Lee
Hooker vein.
D.B. WILFRED: Still Got The Blues
The word that kept coming to mind to describe Fred's playing on this
one is immaculate; polished screaming without going overboard and
getting sloppy. I would also have preferred a more B-3 like patch
on the keys, but I'm an old fart. I'm not a huge fan of Gary Moore-
style blues-rock but this does it justice fer sher.
JOHN D'ERRICO: Someone's In the Kitchen/Once in A Lifetime
I kept waiting for some vocals here; sounds like a demo.
BLUE FLAMES: Blue Smoke
Sounds like these guys were having fun that day; maybe they'd better
spend more time at practice getting tight and less time telling
flatulence jokes so they can have fun this year too :-)
BILL BUCKLEY: Galilee
Wow, when you say you were influenced by Styx, you're not kidding.
This could seamlessly fit onto a late-seventies Styx album. Buck
shows that the playing style was there even way back in '83; how
long had you been playing at this point? Makes me glad I do music
for fun. I also agree with previous comments re: the singer.
CLARK CUMINS: All Roads Leave Home
One of my faves here; a great original tune, heavy on the Floyd and
Genesis. One of the tunes where I'd like to see the vocals a tad
louder. Other than that a real nice recording job.
DAVE BOTTOM: The Light/Be My Baby
Nice guitar stuff. I think the vocalist needs to unwind a little bit.
After all, vocalists are simply marking time in between guitar solos,
right? :-) Be My Baby sounds like REO Speedwagon/Journey ballad stuff.
Side 2:
STEVE D'ANDREA: There Goes Another Love Song/Bulldawg in Bad Co.
Dawg plays southern rock/seventies rock to perfection.
JIM HYNDMAN: Red Hot Blues/Things'll Get Better
Another pair of personal faves off this tape. Great playing, great
recording; nice Albert Lee stuff delay stuff on the second song. This
pair would appeal to lots of people, not just pickers.
HAL LAURENT: Stems and Seeds
Another personal favorite; nice vocals, smooth harmonies and slide
fills, very polished (if somewhat tongue-in-cheek) recording of a
cool song. Even though I'm never Down to Stems and Seeds, I can still
relate.
PAUL CUMMINGS: Gabriel's The One/Serious Darkness
More Rainforest Rhumboogie type of stuff; maybe a little more
unstructured.
THE NEXT: Oh Vanna/Feel Like Summer
Sounds like the Romantics meet the Ramones meet the Knack. You guys
should be playing the beach club circuit this summer and get the
babes out on the dance floor.
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| 2947.6 | The Left Fielder | GRANPA::CCUMMINS | SUPER BOWL(1995) RAMS 35 BILLS 3 | Wed Jul 27 1994 16:26 | 24 |
|
Yeah, I'm still here. Just got done listening to it today.
Overall, some really great stuff. It's good to see DEC has hired
such creative musicians. My first question is to D.B.: What exactly
did you use to get that KILLER tone??? It was intense!!
Anyway, It's great to be thrown in with Floyd/Young/Gabriel.
I've always been a art/progressive rock fan and I guess it shows
through. The reason the song only has two chords (one less than
a blues song), is because the bass player at the time was having
a hard time with all my complex chord changes. So I decided to
write him a simple one. It turned out to be one that most people
liked the best. I guess there is a lesson in there somewhere,
huh???
Oh, and yeah, that was a real flute. I thought the contrast
of the flute and the electric guitar was the best part.
Hopefully I'll get time for a song bt song review tomorrow.
Thanks for the tape, Brian!!
Clark Cummins
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| 2947.7 | | GOES11::HOUSE | How could I have been so blind? | Wed Jul 27 1994 16:55 | 6 |
| I liked the flute part quite a lot, Clark, really worked well in the
song. I just thought it was a little flat and dark sounding. A nice
condensor mic would probably bring out the qualities I think of when I
think of flutes.
Not a big deal.
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| 2947.8 | | TAMRC::LAURENT | Hal Laurent @ COP | Thu Jul 28 1994 08:29 | 5 |
| re: .7
From what I've read, flutes are particularly difficult to mic effectively.
-Hal
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| 2947.9 | Here we go, | GRANPA::CCUMMINS | SUPER BOWL(1995) RAMS 35 BILLS 3 | Thu Jul 28 1994 16:19 | 75 |
|
ROST/WAIBLE
Good song with some good guitar work. It sounds like you had
a good time with it.
D.B. WILFRED
As I said previously, I loved the guitar tone. Gary Moore would
be proud. Very good recording quality,too. Do you know ,"Perisian
Walkway"??
JOHN D'ERRICO
I also would of liked to hear some vocals. Great groove on the 1st
one with the bass & drums(machine?). Guitar too low in the mix.
BLUE FLAMES
Great playing on this one. Obviously you've done some work on the
club scene.
BILL BUCKLEY
The hard part must of been getting Dennis DeYoung to sing on it.
Also heard a little TNT style in there. Really good song though, with
some fiery lead playing.
CLARK CUMMINS
The tape I got is a little bottom end heavy, which would explain the
loss of brightness in the flute & guitar. I agree that the lead should
have pushed to the limit(a friend of mine told me the exact same thing
a month ago!) a little more, I guess I'll know next time. I can hear
the soloing over the beginning that was mentioned, but I thought the
flute was a better set up. Besides, the guitar would get it's turn
later.
DAVE BOTTOM
"The Light" almost sounded like Billy Joel singing. Liked it, it was
a good pop/rock song.
"Be My Baby" was great,one of my faves on the tape. I'm curious at
the "boys ripped this one off" quote in the intro. To which song was
he referring?? I recognize something but can't put my finger on it.
It's a great song anyway.
STEVE D'ANDREA
Good playing, lousy tape quality. The singer sounded just like him.
Ever since my Outlaws tape got a case of the squealeys, I haven't heard
this in a while. This is good replacement.
JIM HYNDMAN
"Red hot blues" was just that. Really good country/rockabilly type
feel.
"Things'll get Better".....awesome. That delayed guitar kept it
moving all the way through.
HAL LAURENT
Good song. Found myself walking round the house singing the hook.
Always a good sign for a song.
PAUL CUMMINGS
Whew!! I actually thought I was listening to a Grateful Dead space
jam for a minute.(that's a compliment,by the way). I kept waiting
for a segue into Sugar Mag. Very experimental, but very creative.
THE NEXT
Good pop/rock songs. The second one sounded like it could be a
Hooters song. The recording sounded a little weird, but cool in
the same way. Liked it.
Thanks and congrats to all,
Clark Cummins
P.S Hey, Hal
Sorry 'bout your dog.:')
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| 2947.10 | | POWDML::BUCKLEY | Venimus, Vidimus, Coastimus | Mon Aug 01 1994 09:20 | 13 |
| RE: -1
>BILL BUCKLEY
> The hard part must of been getting Dennis DeYoung to sing on it.
Er, am I the ONLY person who doesn't think Bob really sounds like
Dennis DeYoung from Styx??
>Also heard a little TNT style in there.
Naw, couldn't be ... never listened to TNT in my life!!
;')
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| 2947.11 | Not "sound like" but "sing like" | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Leave it to Beevis | Mon Aug 01 1994 09:34 | 12 |
| I don't think he "sounds like" Dennis DeYoung, but I think he "sings
like" him. That is, the vocal "style" is similar but the voice sounds
difference.
I *do* think that he MUST be trying to sound like D.DY.
As you know, I love that tune (Buck and I play that one in Metropolis),
and I now like the semi-unresolved ending (chordwise), but I can't
imagine myself getting used to what the singer does at the end,
particularly the "Yeah!".
Thanks for not making Lance try to cop that. ;-)
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| 2947.12 | | GOES11::HOUSE | How could I have been so blind? | Mon Aug 01 1994 11:42 | 5 |
| Given that the recording of the tune predates TNT's first album by
about 2-3 years, I'd have to say Buck didn't get much influence from
Ronni LeTekro on that one.
Greg
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| 2947.13 | a historical FYI | POWDML::BUCKLEY | Venimus, Vidimus, Coastimus | Mon Aug 01 1994 12:24 | 7 |
| >Given that the recording of the tune predates TNT's first album by
>about 2-3 years, I'd have to say Buck didn't get much influence from
>Ronni LeTekro on that one.
That's true, however, tapes of Ronnie's playing had already been
"smuggled" into Berklee from Norway, along with the Yngwie 4-track
home demos from Sweden.
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| 2947.14 | | HOTLNE::LUCHT | Swallow your soul | Mon Aug 01 1994 12:31 | 10 |
|
> That's true, however, tapes of Ronnie's playing had already been
> "smuggled" into Berkley from Norway, along with the Yngwie 4-track
> home demos from Sweeden.
How'd they sound, especially the Yngwie ones???
Kev --
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| 2947.15 | | GOES11::HOUSE | How could I have been so blind? | Mon Aug 01 1994 15:57 | 2 |
| C'mon, you should know by now that Yngwie's stuff *always* sounded the
same!!!
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| 2947.16 | | HOTLNE::LUCHT | Swallow your soul | Tue Aug 02 1994 11:14 | 6 |
|
"People don't realize that I started out playing the
blues..."
-- Yngwie J. Malmsteen, from a recent guitar rag.
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| 2947.17 | | GRANPA::CCUMMINS | SUPER BOWL(1995) RAMS 35 BILLS 3 | Wed Aug 03 1994 13:00 | 11 |
|
RE: .10
Ummm, Actually I was referring to the singer. You know, that
grand opera/hard rock style of belting it out. The singer from TNT
was first one that came to mind for me. The fact that the song
predates them just goes to show that your band was YEARS ahead of
your time. Regardless, I like the song despite whoever/whatever
it already sounds like.
Clark Cummins
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| 2947.18 | | HEDRON::DAVEB | anti-EMM! anti-EMM! I hate expanded memory!- Dorothy | Thu Aug 04 1994 14:38 | 6 |
| Actually the rip this one off comment was meant to be "they really rip
on this one"...I howled when he said it and decided to leave it on the
tape since it was so gauche! Besides he (the singer) wrote it, we just
did the arrangement.
dbii
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| 2947.19 | Better late etc... | PAKORA::JHYNDMAN | | Wed Sep 14 1994 23:13 | 67 |
|
Thought I'd put down my feelings about this tape while I had
a spare half-hour...at last !!
I'd just like to say that I would not have believed that so many
talented guys work (or did) for Digital until I heard this tape.The
playing and range of styles was incredible. Hats off to you all.
Big Jim.
ROST/WAIBLE
Really enjoyed this,good song,great playing and form.The beat change
in the middle was a refreshing change,too.
D.B. WILFRED
Tone master !! Please send me a bucketful of that sound by return
mail !!!! Good cover of a good song,loved the vocals too.Smooth keys
too,DB.
JOHN D'ERRICO
Loved the groove,and found myself immediately writing melodies in my
head for both tunes. "Someone's" had a particularly nice,unusual jump
beat to it. "Once in a lifetime" had me imagining Bryan Ferry singing
over it.Wonderful bass playing.
BLUE FLAMES
Swinging !!! Reminded me a lot of a Commander Cody live track I had
on tape,apart from the Hammond sound.I would be dancing right now if I
wasn't listening to this at my desk !
BILL BUCKLEY
Excellent track,very 70's sound (of course). I'd really like to hear
your chops now,Buck,if "Galilee" was typical of your playing back then !
CLARK CUMMINS
Another track reminiscent of the same period.Quite a dark sounding song
with a great combination of sounds. All round good playing.
DAVE BOTTOM
Nice feel to "The Light",liked the stops and descending bass lines
against the ascending vocals.
"Be My Baby" was very slick for a live performance,another great tone
on the lead guitar,well balanced. Were the audience slowly swaying and
waving candles in the air,or am I just imagining it??!!
STEVE D'ANDREA
Just how I thought the "Dawg" would sound !!! But better than what his
self-demeaning notes would have you believe. Both well-played tracks,
very Southern sounding,good tone and plenty waa.
JIM HYNDMAN
Well....hadn't listened to my own submissions since I mixed them. Both
had the kind of feel I was after,but tooooo many timing mistakes !
HAL LAURENT
Good version of Seeds and Stems ! I used to do this song with a band,
and could never keep a straight face,especially on "My dawg died this
mornin'" Nice guitar playing,Hal.Loved the harmonies,too.
PAUL CUMMINGS
Gabriel's the One:- excellent playing again,one of those pieces of music
I just drift away with.
Serious darkness;- aptly named,dude ! Full of foreboding and dark portent.
A tone poem.
THE NEXT
Probably the most refreshing on the tape,very poppy feel,in the nicest
way. The nearest I could think of to compare these tracks to were XTC .
"Feels like summer" reminded me very much of "Making plans for Nigel"
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