Hi everyone, I was going to put in a new blog entry tomorrow, but with the passing of Keyboard great Ray Manzarek, I decided to write one today.
Ray Manzarek born Raymond Daniel Manczarek February 12, 1939 in the Southside of Chicago. As a kid he took piano lessons from Bruno Michelotti, but also liked Basketball and wanted to play center or forward, but his high school coach wanted him to play guard, but Ray didn't like that so he quit Basketball. He has a degree in Economics from DePaul University and later found his way to UCLA studying cinematograpghy where he met fellow film student Jim Morrison. He liked Morrison's poems and put them to music and they formed The Doors.
We all know about the impact and great music The Doors have made, so I am not going to get into a whole history of The Doors at this point. Maybe a future blog can be devoted to The Doors. Right now I'm going to focus on Ray.
Beisdes playing Keys and occasion guitar and vocals for The Doors. Ray was also in the band Nite City. in which released 2 albums. He also recorded and released 6 solo albums. Besides music Ray also wrote a few books, a memoir called "Light My Fire: My Life With The Doors", a novel called, "The Poet In Exile" a story exploring the "Urban Legend" that Jim Morrison maybe faked his own death. A second novel called, "Snake Moon" a Civil War ghost story.
Ray married Dorothy Fujikawa December 21, 1967 and they remained married until his death. They have one son Pablo and 3 grandchildren.
He will be missed! The sound of his haunting keys in those classic Doors songs, added just the right element to those songs! He had such a recognizable sound that on first note anyone could tell it was Ray and The Doors!
My two favorite Doors albums are "The Soft Parade" and "Morrison Hotel".
Rest in peace Ray.
God's Blessings on your day, RB
Monday, May 20, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Hi all I'm back! After a much delayed hiatus, much longer than planned. I am back to fill you all in on part two of my review and interest in "Exile On Main St." The Rolling Stones, their 11th U.S. studio album. Released May 12, 1972.
As you start off with track one side one, with "Rocks Off", this song just grabs you by the neck and and drags you along to your enjoyment! LOL! Then we have "Rip This Joint" Which takes off at a break neck speed and doesn't slow down! The album to me has a great Rock and Roll, Country, Funk feel and also to me is what Rock and Roll should sound like! Albeit that's my opinion but this is a central sound of what Rock and Roll is.
Yes there are all types of Rock and Roll and everyone has their own definition of what Rock and Roll should be and this is my definition. If you want to make a great and successful Rock and Roll album you have to have the ingredients of "Exile On Main St."
The album was mainly recorded in 1971/1972 and additional tracks we taken from 1968 to 1970. The beginning of the album was recorded at Keith's house in his basement at Nellcote in Nice, France and it was finished at Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, CA. U.S.A.
Now to get an original vinyl copy of "Exile" you have to look at the record label and look for this address 1841 Broadway, N.Y, N.Y and stock number COC-2-2900.
Additionally, if you get the original release of the 45 RPM single of "Happy"/ "All Down The Line" on Rolling Stones Records label with 1841 Broadway address "All Down The Line" has a completely different instrumentation. You can hear the piano really up front and it's a bit funkier. Subsequent re-releases of the single and the recent deluxe edition of "Exile" the Japanese import with the added "Happy"/"All Down The Line" 7 inch boasts the alternate take of "All Down The Line" it is not, it;s the same album take. So don't be suckered into buying that for the alternate version. It's the same old album version. Just a word to the wise! LOL!
That's all for now kids, Be back soon and in the mean time, may you always find the hidden track, blessings to all!
"Half-Baked Wax"
As you start off with track one side one, with "Rocks Off", this song just grabs you by the neck and and drags you along to your enjoyment! LOL! Then we have "Rip This Joint" Which takes off at a break neck speed and doesn't slow down! The album to me has a great Rock and Roll, Country, Funk feel and also to me is what Rock and Roll should sound like! Albeit that's my opinion but this is a central sound of what Rock and Roll is.
Yes there are all types of Rock and Roll and everyone has their own definition of what Rock and Roll should be and this is my definition. If you want to make a great and successful Rock and Roll album you have to have the ingredients of "Exile On Main St."
The album was mainly recorded in 1971/1972 and additional tracks we taken from 1968 to 1970. The beginning of the album was recorded at Keith's house in his basement at Nellcote in Nice, France and it was finished at Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, CA. U.S.A.
Now to get an original vinyl copy of "Exile" you have to look at the record label and look for this address 1841 Broadway, N.Y, N.Y and stock number COC-2-2900.
Additionally, if you get the original release of the 45 RPM single of "Happy"/ "All Down The Line" on Rolling Stones Records label with 1841 Broadway address "All Down The Line" has a completely different instrumentation. You can hear the piano really up front and it's a bit funkier. Subsequent re-releases of the single and the recent deluxe edition of "Exile" the Japanese import with the added "Happy"/"All Down The Line" 7 inch boasts the alternate take of "All Down The Line" it is not, it;s the same album take. So don't be suckered into buying that for the alternate version. It's the same old album version. Just a word to the wise! LOL!
That's all for now kids, Be back soon and in the mean time, may you always find the hidden track, blessings to all!
"Half-Baked Wax"
Sunday, October 7, 2012
My favorite album?
Hi folks, sorry haven't been around in a while, kind of down a bit, but I'm trying, I'm trying.
Anyway I was thinking of my favorite albums and what would be my favorite, my all time favorite album?!?!?!? Like a lot of people, I don't think I can just pick one! But one that rises to the top if not number one, most definitely number two! LOL!
I would say that the album in my collection that gets the most play is, The Rolling Stones: "Exile On Main st.". First let me say, that I have been a "Stones nut" since the Summer of 1968, when I first heard my older sister playing the single of "Jumping Jack Flash"! The sound of the guitar was what got me even at that young age, (I was 9 years old). Anyway, I remember when my sister left her room I ran in there to look at her stereo to see what record she was playing and there it was! The Rolling Stones, Jumping Jack Flash"! While she was out I played the record a dozen times or more! I was "entranced" by that sound of the guitar and the overall sound of the whole record!
Anyway, that lead me on a life of listening, collecting and seeing in concert the "Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World", the Rolling Stones! I had a friend growing up that seemed very "hip" to music and in the later part of the '60's and early '70's, he further introduced me to the sounds of the Rolling Stones and again in the summer of 1972 he came home with the Rolling Stones, "Exile On Main St.", I went over his house to hear the new sounds of the Stones and was floored!!!! Again the sound of the guitars knocked me OUT!!!!! So the next weekend, I hurried over to the record store and picked up my own copy of "Exile", when I got home and opened the album, I was dismayed and disappointed that my copy did NOT have the "postcards" that were included in my friend's album. Anyway, I sucked it up and carried on listening to the music that would be an integral part of my life. But, I did a few months later get another copy of "Exile" to get the "postcards" of course, I am Half-Baked Wax you know! LOL!
Having said that! I am presently on my fifth vinyl copy of "Exile"! Well the fifth copy was kind of a given, since it was part of an anniversary edition that included the vinyl, CD's, an extra CD containing some out takes and unreleased songs from the "Exile" sessions that were recorded at Keith's house in the South of France and in L.A. Also, included in the set was a DVD and a book. which was given to me as a Birthday present from my wife. But, barring that edition I went through four vinyl copies of "Exile"!
I got to see them at Madison Square Garden in July of '72, with my fellow Stones nut and his older brother. Under the guise of sleeping over my friends house, (Because my parents wouldn't let me go to a concert) I saw the 2 PM afternoon show AND the 8 PM evening show!!!! As can be guessed, a good time was had by all! LOL!
Now, to this record. It's a double LP gatefold with custom inner sleeves and a custom label. As soon as you put the needle down on side one, the record BLASTS off!!!! Starting with "Rock Off"! A blazing splatter of guitars, drums and hyped-vocals. Wide ranging lyrics of life on the road, drugs and women!
Sorry to end here, but part two tomorrow, I promise! This adventure will probably take a few days, perhaps a week to go through, as I voice my opinion of MY favorite LP! Until then, may you always find the hidden track, cheers and all is well.
Half-Baked Wax
Anyway I was thinking of my favorite albums and what would be my favorite, my all time favorite album?!?!?!? Like a lot of people, I don't think I can just pick one! But one that rises to the top if not number one, most definitely number two! LOL!
I would say that the album in my collection that gets the most play is, The Rolling Stones: "Exile On Main st.". First let me say, that I have been a "Stones nut" since the Summer of 1968, when I first heard my older sister playing the single of "Jumping Jack Flash"! The sound of the guitar was what got me even at that young age, (I was 9 years old). Anyway, I remember when my sister left her room I ran in there to look at her stereo to see what record she was playing and there it was! The Rolling Stones, Jumping Jack Flash"! While she was out I played the record a dozen times or more! I was "entranced" by that sound of the guitar and the overall sound of the whole record!
Anyway, that lead me on a life of listening, collecting and seeing in concert the "Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World", the Rolling Stones! I had a friend growing up that seemed very "hip" to music and in the later part of the '60's and early '70's, he further introduced me to the sounds of the Rolling Stones and again in the summer of 1972 he came home with the Rolling Stones, "Exile On Main St.", I went over his house to hear the new sounds of the Stones and was floored!!!! Again the sound of the guitars knocked me OUT!!!!! So the next weekend, I hurried over to the record store and picked up my own copy of "Exile", when I got home and opened the album, I was dismayed and disappointed that my copy did NOT have the "postcards" that were included in my friend's album. Anyway, I sucked it up and carried on listening to the music that would be an integral part of my life. But, I did a few months later get another copy of "Exile" to get the "postcards" of course, I am Half-Baked Wax you know! LOL!
Having said that! I am presently on my fifth vinyl copy of "Exile"! Well the fifth copy was kind of a given, since it was part of an anniversary edition that included the vinyl, CD's, an extra CD containing some out takes and unreleased songs from the "Exile" sessions that were recorded at Keith's house in the South of France and in L.A. Also, included in the set was a DVD and a book. which was given to me as a Birthday present from my wife. But, barring that edition I went through four vinyl copies of "Exile"!
I got to see them at Madison Square Garden in July of '72, with my fellow Stones nut and his older brother. Under the guise of sleeping over my friends house, (Because my parents wouldn't let me go to a concert) I saw the 2 PM afternoon show AND the 8 PM evening show!!!! As can be guessed, a good time was had by all! LOL!
Now, to this record. It's a double LP gatefold with custom inner sleeves and a custom label. As soon as you put the needle down on side one, the record BLASTS off!!!! Starting with "Rock Off"! A blazing splatter of guitars, drums and hyped-vocals. Wide ranging lyrics of life on the road, drugs and women!
Sorry to end here, but part two tomorrow, I promise! This adventure will probably take a few days, perhaps a week to go through, as I voice my opinion of MY favorite LP! Until then, may you always find the hidden track, cheers and all is well.
Half-Baked Wax
Friday, August 10, 2012
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Part 2!
So, last night I took a deeper look at Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums. Well, as I found out it's not just Rock and Roll, it's Jazz, Hip-Hop, Soul and Country and other musical tastes. There was an introduction to the magazine by Elton John, it seemed more of a commercial for the albums that are in the magazine. ANYWAY, as I used to say to a friend of mine. I looked at all the 500 albums and I counted the that I have and or had, so out of the 500 albums I have/had 133 of them. Not bad, not quite half that list. But my collection is WAY better than the 500 here. LOL!
On another note, the last page of this magazine had a bunch of interesting stats!For instance believe it or not Michael Jackson's "BAD" album had the most number one hits! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?!??! Also, another interesting fact is that the Grateful Dead album, "Live Dead" Was released Nov. 10, 1969 and it wasn't until August 24, 2001 that it finally went GOLD! Also, out of this list of the 500 greatest albums the majority of the greatest albums came from the era of the '70's! Like THAT was a surprise!!!!!! LOL!!! The groups or individuals with the most number of albums in the 500 greatest albums was Bob Dylan with 10, The Beatles with 10, the Rolling Stones with 10, Bruce Springsteen with 8 and The Who with 7. Interesting, eh?
I'll give you their top 10.
1. SGT. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band- The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys
3. Revolver- The Beatles
4. Highway 61 Revisited- Bob Dylan
5. Rubber Soul- The Beatles
6. What's Going On- Marvin Gaye
7. Exile On Main St.- The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling- The Clash
9. Blonde On Blonde- Bob Dylan
10. "The White Album"- The Beatles I have the White Album in Parenthesis because we all know the real name of this album is called. "The Beatles". Anyway, That's the top 10 of the greatest 500 Albums of ALL Time! After 10 the list starts going down hill fast! With 11 being an Elvis album a collection of his SUN Records recordings called "Sunrise" which came out in 1999!!!! Guess what? I have never heard of this record. I know of "The Sun Sessions" which surprisingly is on this list as well. Number 12 in Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue". 12! Don't you think it should have been ahead of a repackage of SUN Session recordings??
As, I have said yesterday, once you make list of 500 albums there has to be some clinkers and BOY are there! A band like Arcade Fire is on this list coming in at number 151 with their album "Funeral". I saw them on SNL a while ago and I really didn't like them. But that's just me.
Well, I think that's enough for now. Tomorrow will be part 3, with what I didn't like on the list and maybe someone out there can tell me the opposite and why. Well, cheers and may you always find the hidden track.
Half-Baked Wax
On another note, the last page of this magazine had a bunch of interesting stats!For instance believe it or not Michael Jackson's "BAD" album had the most number one hits! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?!??! Also, another interesting fact is that the Grateful Dead album, "Live Dead" Was released Nov. 10, 1969 and it wasn't until August 24, 2001 that it finally went GOLD! Also, out of this list of the 500 greatest albums the majority of the greatest albums came from the era of the '70's! Like THAT was a surprise!!!!!! LOL!!! The groups or individuals with the most number of albums in the 500 greatest albums was Bob Dylan with 10, The Beatles with 10, the Rolling Stones with 10, Bruce Springsteen with 8 and The Who with 7. Interesting, eh?
I'll give you their top 10.
1. SGT. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band- The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys
3. Revolver- The Beatles
4. Highway 61 Revisited- Bob Dylan
5. Rubber Soul- The Beatles
6. What's Going On- Marvin Gaye
7. Exile On Main St.- The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling- The Clash
9. Blonde On Blonde- Bob Dylan
10. "The White Album"- The Beatles I have the White Album in Parenthesis because we all know the real name of this album is called. "The Beatles". Anyway, That's the top 10 of the greatest 500 Albums of ALL Time! After 10 the list starts going down hill fast! With 11 being an Elvis album a collection of his SUN Records recordings called "Sunrise" which came out in 1999!!!! Guess what? I have never heard of this record. I know of "The Sun Sessions" which surprisingly is on this list as well. Number 12 in Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue". 12! Don't you think it should have been ahead of a repackage of SUN Session recordings??
As, I have said yesterday, once you make list of 500 albums there has to be some clinkers and BOY are there! A band like Arcade Fire is on this list coming in at number 151 with their album "Funeral". I saw them on SNL a while ago and I really didn't like them. But that's just me.
Well, I think that's enough for now. Tomorrow will be part 3, with what I didn't like on the list and maybe someone out there can tell me the opposite and why. Well, cheers and may you always find the hidden track.
Half-Baked Wax
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums.
Recently I picked up Rolling Stone's The Greatest Albums Of All Time. I was curious as to what would be in it and to pick 500 albums! THAT would be an accomplishment even for me! But I don't know what to make of this list, I don't know if it's just Rock albums or something else? I don't know, because the back cover of the magazine says, "Rock's Greatest Albums Come Alive". So, is this just Rock albums or all music? I don't know, but we'll find out together. If anyone has looked at this magazine feel free to comment. Because I think I will break this up in parts.
Now, first 500 albums is a lot of albums and to list them from 1 to 500, is a feat in itself! Plus the fact I could guess that maybe the first 100 or 150 would be the coolest albums then after that I think one would be hard pressed to come up with another 350 of equally cool albums. Maybe it's me. How 'bout you, could anyone out there come up with 500 COOL albums?!?!? Hmmmmm.
I glanced at this list and it was just a casual glance and from that couple of quick looks, I could see right away that some of the albums near the top could be ranked lower and visa-versa.
So, what should I do start at number 500 and work to number one or start at number one and go to 500? That's the question. So, for now, I'll leave it at that and start the list tomorrow. After I give it some thought and take a look at the albums they have listed here and decide from that.
Anyway, cheers for now, see ya tomorrow and may you always find the hidden track!
Half-Baked Wax
Now, first 500 albums is a lot of albums and to list them from 1 to 500, is a feat in itself! Plus the fact I could guess that maybe the first 100 or 150 would be the coolest albums then after that I think one would be hard pressed to come up with another 350 of equally cool albums. Maybe it's me. How 'bout you, could anyone out there come up with 500 COOL albums?!?!? Hmmmmm.
I glanced at this list and it was just a casual glance and from that couple of quick looks, I could see right away that some of the albums near the top could be ranked lower and visa-versa.
So, what should I do start at number 500 and work to number one or start at number one and go to 500? That's the question. So, for now, I'll leave it at that and start the list tomorrow. After I give it some thought and take a look at the albums they have listed here and decide from that.
Anyway, cheers for now, see ya tomorrow and may you always find the hidden track!
Half-Baked Wax
Monday, July 16, 2012
My first record
Hi everyone! Today I was thinking of the first record in my collection! I heard this song a number of times on the radio. I don't remember how old I was, I think I was 5 or 6, but probably closer to 5 years old. I also believe my older sister had the record and she ended up giving it to me. I no only listened to the record hundreds of times, but I also carried around wherever I went! With no sleeve, just the record itself! (I know GASP! right!) LOL!
Anyway, I'm sure by now you are wondering what great record this was. It was Chubby Checker's "Pony Time"! I don't remember the "B" side. But I do remember it had an orange label. Alas, I do not have that record anymore. As I said I carried this record everywhere! One of these times was a trip in my sister's boyfriend's car. We went to a park and was there a while and I left the record in the car. I know what your'e thinking. "Oh, no the heat got to it!" No, I left the record on the car seat. The drivers side seat and as I got in the car and started to reach for it my sister's boyfriend sat down and cracked it in half! Of course he told me he was going to buy me a new one. But as you can guess, he never did!
Anyway, years later while I was record hunting in a local store, as an after thought I asked if they had a copy of Chubby Checker's "Pony Time" and they did albeit a re-issue. It was on a ABKCO label and made into a double "A" side hit single. the other side was "The Hucklebuck" a song I gather made popular buy one of "The Honeymooners" episodes, if anyone remembers that. On a little side note about that "Honeymooners" episode. I think the kid "Tommy Manicotti" the kid that lived upstairs and was on a few episodes. The kid that played "Tommy" was Van Dyke Parks, who later became a partner in songwriting with the famous Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys! On the fate of "Parkway Records", the whole Cameo-Parkway catalog was bought up by ABKCO. ABKCO was the record label of Allen Klein, who managed the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, not at the same time. Right now ABKCO only releases Cameo-Parkway records in various Greatest Hits packages.
I still haven't bought an original issue of Chubby Checker's "Pony Time", but I haven't really looked hard for it either. I still have the ABKCO re-issue of "Pony Time" though. Other records That I got after "Pony Time" was a bunch of kids records my mother picked up for me whenever she went to the Dept. Store. I still have a few of those. One called, "The Crazy Mixed Up Zoo", which I guess explains a lot about me. A few others were these "Play-A-Long" records where you played along as an Astronaut and other things like that. It was fun. Because it continued on side B and I remember as a kid rushing to turn over the record to get to side B as fast as possible, because at that time I guess Ihad a real work ethic! LOL!!!!
Anyway, that's my first record story. Peace be with you and may you always find the hidden track!
RB
Anyway, I'm sure by now you are wondering what great record this was. It was Chubby Checker's "Pony Time"! I don't remember the "B" side. But I do remember it had an orange label. Alas, I do not have that record anymore. As I said I carried this record everywhere! One of these times was a trip in my sister's boyfriend's car. We went to a park and was there a while and I left the record in the car. I know what your'e thinking. "Oh, no the heat got to it!" No, I left the record on the car seat. The drivers side seat and as I got in the car and started to reach for it my sister's boyfriend sat down and cracked it in half! Of course he told me he was going to buy me a new one. But as you can guess, he never did!
Anyway, years later while I was record hunting in a local store, as an after thought I asked if they had a copy of Chubby Checker's "Pony Time" and they did albeit a re-issue. It was on a ABKCO label and made into a double "A" side hit single. the other side was "The Hucklebuck" a song I gather made popular buy one of "The Honeymooners" episodes, if anyone remembers that. On a little side note about that "Honeymooners" episode. I think the kid "Tommy Manicotti" the kid that lived upstairs and was on a few episodes. The kid that played "Tommy" was Van Dyke Parks, who later became a partner in songwriting with the famous Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys! On the fate of "Parkway Records", the whole Cameo-Parkway catalog was bought up by ABKCO. ABKCO was the record label of Allen Klein, who managed the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, not at the same time. Right now ABKCO only releases Cameo-Parkway records in various Greatest Hits packages.
I still haven't bought an original issue of Chubby Checker's "Pony Time", but I haven't really looked hard for it either. I still have the ABKCO re-issue of "Pony Time" though. Other records That I got after "Pony Time" was a bunch of kids records my mother picked up for me whenever she went to the Dept. Store. I still have a few of those. One called, "The Crazy Mixed Up Zoo", which I guess explains a lot about me. A few others were these "Play-A-Long" records where you played along as an Astronaut and other things like that. It was fun. Because it continued on side B and I remember as a kid rushing to turn over the record to get to side B as fast as possible, because at that time I guess Ihad a real work ethic! LOL!!!!
Anyway, that's my first record story. Peace be with you and may you always find the hidden track!
RB
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Old and new style of record collecting.
Hi everyone. Hope all is well in the vinyl community. As I have said in my introduction. I started collecting in the mid-70's and basically stopped by the late 80's. I have started up again around maybe 2006. Yeah, I know a long layover! LOL! Also, the fact that I have lost more than half my collection in that time. Even though at my highest point of record collecting I had no where near the size I see on some of you guys sites! Like FatBackFunk, Lazzerus, EoLoVoX, Vinyliciousness and DereckVon. To mention a few. These guys have are "All Out" To say the least!
"Back in the day" I had a little over 600 LP's not counting singles and cassettes. singles I probably had close to 600. Cassettes not much, maybe 200 or less. 8-Tracks I could count on one hand and have fingers left over! I HATED 8-Tracks!!!!!! (Oh, was that too rough?) I bought 8-Tracks when I really wanted an album and when I go to the record store, a few times that's all they had, just the 8-Track. On 8-Track I had Alice Cooper's "Muscle of Love" album. Because I really wanted it and when I got to the store that's the only way they had it. :( Also, Boston's second album, I think it was called, "Don't Look Back", because once again that's all they had. So, I only had 2 albums on 8-Track. The reason for my utter disdain for 8-Tracks is two-fold. Well, actually maybe three-fold.
My first disdain for 8-Tracks is, when a song is long and it's the last song on "Channel One". First you get the "fade-out", then you get the "Whrrrr" sound the you get the "Click, click, click" sound, the you get the "fade-in". By this time you lost the "groove" of the song. My second disdain for 8-Tracks is that if you don't play them in a while they break. The third disdain is they were cumbersome to carry around. Well, lets just say I didn't like 8-Tracks. LOL!
Lets talk a little about collections. Once you get them home. You clean them up if need be.Then you would put them in those heavy, thick, cloudy bags. Which at the time you thought was the "Cat's Meow"! LOL! I used to buy these bags and when I worked for some of the record stores around the neighborhood. I used "borrow" their bags. I like the LP bags with the flap and I used to have the flap at the top and yes, that meant taking the whole album out of the bag. Which isn't bad, because you always looked at all the photos and read all the liner notes and all the credits, over and over again and again! LOL! Am I lying?? LOL! Not only did I use the flap I also "Scotched Taped" them closed! Now, I'm hearing in the vinyl community of these "Blake" bags. I've seen the reviews by DereckVon, Lazzerus and a few others and man they do look good! So eventually I have to get those.
So, the style of old and new record collecting has come down to Thick, heavy, cloudy bags to clear, shiny, I gotta get me some Blake bags? Is that what it has come to? A part two of this tomorrow will be how I catalogued my albums, when I had them.
Also, on a closing note. Of course "back in the day" I was mainly a "Rock Head". But, now I'm getting into Jazz. Both listening and playing. I play a bit of Jazz guitar. Anyway, I have to contact Teddy of Vinyliciousness about getting some Jazz! I have started a small collection this far. But I need that to grow! So, anyway, bye for now, peace be with you and may you always find the hidden track!
Half-Baked Wax
"Back in the day" I had a little over 600 LP's not counting singles and cassettes. singles I probably had close to 600. Cassettes not much, maybe 200 or less. 8-Tracks I could count on one hand and have fingers left over! I HATED 8-Tracks!!!!!! (Oh, was that too rough?) I bought 8-Tracks when I really wanted an album and when I go to the record store, a few times that's all they had, just the 8-Track. On 8-Track I had Alice Cooper's "Muscle of Love" album. Because I really wanted it and when I got to the store that's the only way they had it. :( Also, Boston's second album, I think it was called, "Don't Look Back", because once again that's all they had. So, I only had 2 albums on 8-Track. The reason for my utter disdain for 8-Tracks is two-fold. Well, actually maybe three-fold.
My first disdain for 8-Tracks is, when a song is long and it's the last song on "Channel One". First you get the "fade-out", then you get the "Whrrrr" sound the you get the "Click, click, click" sound, the you get the "fade-in". By this time you lost the "groove" of the song. My second disdain for 8-Tracks is that if you don't play them in a while they break. The third disdain is they were cumbersome to carry around. Well, lets just say I didn't like 8-Tracks. LOL!
Lets talk a little about collections. Once you get them home. You clean them up if need be.Then you would put them in those heavy, thick, cloudy bags. Which at the time you thought was the "Cat's Meow"! LOL! I used to buy these bags and when I worked for some of the record stores around the neighborhood. I used "borrow" their bags. I like the LP bags with the flap and I used to have the flap at the top and yes, that meant taking the whole album out of the bag. Which isn't bad, because you always looked at all the photos and read all the liner notes and all the credits, over and over again and again! LOL! Am I lying?? LOL! Not only did I use the flap I also "Scotched Taped" them closed! Now, I'm hearing in the vinyl community of these "Blake" bags. I've seen the reviews by DereckVon, Lazzerus and a few others and man they do look good! So eventually I have to get those.
So, the style of old and new record collecting has come down to Thick, heavy, cloudy bags to clear, shiny, I gotta get me some Blake bags? Is that what it has come to? A part two of this tomorrow will be how I catalogued my albums, when I had them.
Also, on a closing note. Of course "back in the day" I was mainly a "Rock Head". But, now I'm getting into Jazz. Both listening and playing. I play a bit of Jazz guitar. Anyway, I have to contact Teddy of Vinyliciousness about getting some Jazz! I have started a small collection this far. But I need that to grow! So, anyway, bye for now, peace be with you and may you always find the hidden track!
Half-Baked Wax
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