Thee Cormans Halloween album in the house...

In the car, I've had the Von Drats "Dratsylvania" playing for days. Love it. I had a brief chance to see DanO when he flew into Las Vegas this past Sunday. I haven't been back to Toronto since 2008. It's been nice to see my old friends this year!

"Turn the knob to 10 and break it off!" -Baja Marty

Built to Spill... not surf, but awesome nonetheless.

I want less sustain. My notes are so tortured it seems only humane to let them die as quickly as possible.

Bjork - Crystalline

The album Souvlaki by Slowdive. Reverb of a different kind!

JakeDobner wrote:

Absolutely one of my favorites!

Yeah man, mine too. So amazing. Love that sound.

RobbieReverb wrote:

Jimi Hendriz "Winterland" 5CD Box set, and "Hendrix in
the West". There are some tremendous guitarists out
there, but Jimi was at an exalted level that (to me) no
one has remotely approached. It's more than a technical
thing, though he was technically mind=blowing
(especially for the early time period, and given the
gear limitations in the 60's). The spirit/vibe/soul in
his playing was what really made it special for me. His
material was top notch, as well.

To now have these Winterland recordings available is
huge for me. The band was really on a roll:
absolutely at the top of their game, with inspired
performances involving a lot of loose arrangements &
jams, no pre-arranged setlists, guest performers
sitting in, and some rare and/or unusual song choices.
The high level of the performances and lack of filler,
flubs & sub-par material is astounding. Most people
associate Jimi with the freak-show, flamboyant side of
his playing, but here, this is a serious
man-on-a-mission artist, really buckling-down and
delivering the goods during this run of shows. Jimi,
the Experience, and their guests were at the
top-of-their game here. I cannot recommend this
Winterland box highly enough, and give it "6 stars on a
scale of 5".

"Hendrix in the West", also awesome, is expanded and
improved upon. Being that it is pulled from a number of
shows over a time period of a few years, it is not as
cohesive as the Winterland box. Still, I'd give it 5
out of 5 stars.

How's it compare to the Woodstock 2 CD set? I mean, when people say "mind-blowing" when describing ANYTHING, I don't think they've invented adjectives powerful enough to describe THAT performance. If that makes any sense whatsover.

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WhorehayRFB wrote:

RobbieReverb wrote:

Jimi Hendriz "Winterland" 5CD Box set, and "Hendrix
in
the West". There are some tremendous guitarists out
there, but Jimi was at an exalted level that (to me)
no
one has remotely approached. It's more than a
technical
thing, though he was technically mind=blowing
(especially for the early time period, and given the
gear limitations in the 60's). The spirit/vibe/soul
in
his playing was what really made it special for me.
His
material was top notch, as well.

To now have these Winterland recordings available is
huge for me. The band was really on a roll:
absolutely at the top of their game, with inspired
performances involving a lot of loose arrangements &
jams, no pre-arranged setlists, guest performers
sitting in, and some rare and/or unusual song
choices.
The high level of the performances and lack of
filler,
flubs & sub-par material is astounding. Most people
associate Jimi with the freak-show, flamboyant side
of
his playing, but here, this is a serious
man-on-a-mission artist, really buckling-down and
delivering the goods during this run of shows. Jimi,
the Experience, and their guests were at the
top-of-their game here. I cannot recommend this
Winterland box highly enough, and give it "6 stars on
a
scale of 5".

"Hendrix in the West", also awesome, is expanded and
improved upon. Being that it is pulled from a number
of
shows over a time period of a few years, it is not
as
cohesive as the Winterland box. Still, I'd give it 5
out of 5 stars.

How's it compare to the Woodstock 2 CD set? I mean,
when people say "mind-blowing" when describing
ANYTHING, I don't think they've invented adjectives
powerful enough to describe THAT performance. If that
makes any sense whatsover.

Whorehay,

To my ears (and a general consensus among Hendrix fans, experts and critics), Woodstock was a relatively weak show for Henrdrix. He had a new "big" band (Jimi & Mitch being the holdovers. Billy Cox had just flown in from Nashville, and they added a rhythm guitarist and two percussionists. This was loose, sloppy band. Jimi was so unhappy about the band's performance at Woodstock that he disbanded the new group shortly after Woodstock. He came on to play about 6am, and for most of the show was not at the top of his game. There are exceptional moments by Jimi at Woodstock, but by his lofty standards they were few and far between during that show. In my opinion, the Winterland run in Oct '68, and the Band of Gypsies shows at the Fillmore East New Years '69-70 smoked the Woodstock show. I think that for many, Woodstock's legend escalated into something more than it really was . Most of the bands thought that their performances at Woodstock were crap. Some refused to grant release of their sets for the film and /or album. But in the minds of many (quite often people who were not there, or not alive at the time of the festival), the performances at Woodstock were the best ever done by the bands who performed there.

Yes, I agree mind-blowing is overused, and maybe I was lazy in choosing words. Frankly, almost all of my posts are random thoughts off-the-top-of-my-head, and not deliberately chosen. I would argue that "mindblowing: was a word that is certainly time appropriate for describing Jimi in '68.

My 2 cents... Thanks for chiming-in!

Bob

Bob

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Mike

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Ha! Ha! You're absolutely right, Carol. And about 3 million more people than actually attended the festival, say that they were there.

" If you remember the sixties, you weren't there!"

Bob

Bob

Last edited: Sep 19, 2011 08:29:05

Bob van Asperen's recording of Book 1 of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier.

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