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Jahfin

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  1. I don't have the single but Killer is amongst the very first albums I ever purchased, if not the very first.
  2. From the All Things Music Plus page on Facebook: http://youtu.be/HhI_khA8w-I ON THIS DATE (40 YEARS AGO) February 8, 1972 – Alice Cooper: “Be My Lover” b/w “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” (Warner Brothers WB 7568) 45 single is released.
  3. If you don't get the whole Popeye angle of the poster just scroll up to post #108.
  4. Cheap Trick doing a revamped version of Big Star's "In The Street" known as "That 70's Song": The original:
  5. I merely stated my opinion about how some things are better left alone. In my original post on the subject I was referring specifically to Ted Turner's colorization of old black and white films. I never said anything derogatory or uncomplimentary about this particular piece of footage or the person that did the colorization.
  6. I didn't shoot down the guy's work. I'm just saying some things are just fine the way they are. In this case, black and white footage of Led Zeppelin. I'm not sure how to make that any clearer to you.
  7. I don't recall suggesting that it should be a bonus feature or that the guy isn't creative. I'm saying there's really nothing the matter with leaving things just the way they are, in this case, some black and white footage.
  8. I'm sure it was a lot of hard work so that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying sometimes it's perfectly fine to leave well enough alone. Should all mono records be converted to stereo just because someone finds that more appealing? The same thing applies to converting black and white footage to color footage.
  9. Didn't anyone learn anything from Ted Turner's colorization fiasco? Footage originally shot in black and white looks perfectly fine that way.
  10. That's the unfortunate thing about the "alt.country" label, some of the artists aren't really that "country" at all. Wilco definitely has some very deep roots in country music, not just with Uncle Tupelo but with the Mermaid Avenue albums as well as some of their own material. Their current sound is pretty far removed from that for the most part. One of my very favorite songs is "Remember the Mountain Bed" from the second Mermaid Avenue record. This particular performance is Jeff Tweedy solo at Farm Aid 25.
  11. For anyone that may have missed Wilco on Austin City Limits over the weekend, you can watch it here.
  12. ....and what a show it was. Definitely one of many musical highlights for me in 2011.
  13. This is from a couple days ago but better late than never. This is from the All Things Music Plus page on Facebook: ON THIS DATE (26 YEARS AGO) February 3, 1986 – The Firm Mean Business is released. # ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 3.5/5 # Allmusic 2.5/5 Mean Business is an album by The Firm, released by Atlantic Records on 3 February 1986. Repeating the same bluesy formula as the debut album, Mean Business did not achieve the same commercial success. One of the album's tracks "Live in Peace" was first recorded on Paul Rodgers' first solo album, 1983's Cut Loose. The differences between the two versions was that Chris Slade played the drums slower than the Cut Loose version except for the ending and Jimmy Page added a bluesy guitar solo at the end of the song. The album's title was intended to have a double meaning: that the music business is a hard one, and that the band was serious about its music ("The Firm mean business"). However, perhaps due to the lukewarm-at-best critical and financial success with which the band met, Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers decided to disband The Firm within months of this album's release. The album peaked at #22 on the Billboard's Billboard 200 album chart and #46 on the UK Album Chart, and the single "All The King's Horses" spent four weeks at the top of Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Fortune Hunter" was originally co-written by Page and Chris Squire for the aborted XYZ project in 1981. Squire was not credited on The Firm's version and later stated he would have sued for royalties if the album had been a hit, but since it failed he dropped the idea because he saw it as inappropriate at a time he was receiving six-figure yearly income from the sales of 90125. REVIEW By Ace Jones, amazon.com (4/5 stars) For anyone suffering Led Zep (or Bad Co.) withdrawal symptoms in the mid 80s, the Firm wasn't quite the answer, but upon repeated listening - Mean Business is probably Jimmy Page's best post-Zep effort. Punchy yet atmospheric with the bluesy vocals of Paul Rodgers, I do admire how these guys actually tried to produce a pretty serious album - and in spite of less than a stellar response - this album stands the test of time. Page would later play some of these tracks live - "Tear Down the Walls" is particularly nice. And "Fortune Hunter" rocks. A progressive album that is underrated and worth exploring. TRACKS Side One 1. Fortune Hunter (Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers) 5:00 2. Cadillac (Page, Rodgers) 5:57 3. All the King's Horses (Rodgers) 3:16 4. Live in Peace (Rodgers) 5:05 Side Two 1. Tear Down the Walls (Page, Rodgers) 4:43 2. Dreaming (Tony Franklin) 6:00 3. Free to Live (Page, Rodgers) 4:13 4. Spirit of Love (Rodgers) 5:06
  14. If I'm not mistaken this is from the re-release of Dead Ahead that came out on DVD in 2005. Parts of the acoustic set also appear on Reckoning.
  15. You just answered your own question. Taro started this thread, not you so it should be up to him as to what's included in this thread, not you.
  16. The Dead's acoustic songs is some of my very favorite stuff of theirs, especially Reckoning. Now, for something completely different, the Dead performing on February 4, 1970 at the Family Dog in San Francisco (this performance is also available on DVD).
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