Best side of vinyl ever?

littlegreenman

To me, pretty much...

stonevibe

Its good, but it isn't perfect.

littlegreenman

Apologoes for the jump at 14' or so.

littlegreenman

stonevibe said:

Its good, but it isn't perfect.

There is no perfect. I can hear at least a few duff bits, and there's an attempt at a pinch harmonic that goes wrong that Frank said he always wanted to go back and fix but the rest of that part was good so Fuck it!

It is however one of the most entertaining things on Earth, to me. The segue from St. Alphonso into Father O'Blivion is Sesame Street on acid groove gone wild!

Uncle Remus is pure genius too. Stinkfoot? Funny, because it's true.

One of the best bass tones from the 70's from Arthur Barrow on that record too IMHO.

axisus

You could always go wild and just tell us what it is

viz

Excellent. Have you tried art du son by the way? It's AMAZING.

littlegreenman

viz said:

Excellent. Have you tried art du son by the way? It's AMAZING.

Not my vinyl, just a good YT recording of a classic. I only own 3 proper records now, Eat 'Em and Smile, Skyscraper and Flex-Able.

All my vinyl was nabbed in a burglary about 20+ years ago, never went looking to replace them as CD and then, WAV, FLAC and mp-wotsit came along...

viz

That's the right 3 records to own if you only have 3!

littlegreenman

viz said:

That's the right 3 records to own if you only have 3!

It's the Black and Pink cover Flex-Able too.

Whatever bad press/ posts there may be about the little Italian virtuoso, that blue haired mofo got me to where I wanted to be. The rest is entirely my fault!

viz

Yep that's the one I've got. Well I've got both actually (and the english and spanish versions of eat 'em)

littlegreenman

Which one do you have? The one that says "We were sent here by God" forwards, or the backwards one?

viz

I've never noticed that! Are you talking flexable or eatem?

littlegreenman

Flexable. On Little Green Men, @ 3:48 it says "We were sent here by God" on the version I got, on other versions it says the same in reverse.

No idea which is the original version, and it really makes no difference.

Listening to Call It Sleep right now, that's why I play guitar right there!

littlegreenman

Salamanders in the Sun now

Phil_aka_Pip

For me there are 3 perfect sides of vinyl

Eruption (Focus, side 2 of Moving Waves), and
Both sides of The Snow Goose (Camel, the original version)

57Deluxe

This has to be the most beautifully crafted musicianship from an era when it was OK to dress up like a flower and be a public school twat...



....so many things contained that nurtured my love for Synths, Guitar and Mellotrons...

(whatever became of the Fat Old Lady??)

markv

Side A of "A NIght At The Opera", no question. :-)

Wolfetone

Side B of Schools Out - Alex Cooper

stuagu

Well... A lot of great stuff there.... Il put forward a non guitar side if I may.... Side 2 blood and chocolate. Elvis Costello. Stunning songwriting, band and emotion.

impmann

Roxy Music - Country Life side 1 especially
Led Zeppelin 1 side 1
Beatles Abbey Road - either side, it's perfect
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love side 2 (The Seventh Wave)
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (any of it)
King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic (any side - special mention for Starless)

Any of these to me are perfection

stickyfiddle

Abbey Road, Side Two