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I have the lp of that album...ad your review is dead on...
some crap mixed with gems. Good listening and some very
interesting and unique tunes there.
-dp
--- ipongrac <> wrote:
> Hey, that's a cool website! I don't want to get into a
> discussion
> over the legality or whatever of this thing. Instead, I
> really
> wanted to recommend that people check out the album there
>
> called "Twango: 20 Classic Instrumental Rarities". This
> is all Brit
> sixties instros, most of them not well known at all
> except to nuts
> like myself. Anyway, some of it is crap, but there a
> handful on
> songs on that album that are just amazing! Check out the
>
> Dakotas "Oyeh" (with the sublime Mick Green on lead
> guitar, formerly
> of Johnny Kidd & the Pirates), The Nu-Notes "Fury", The
> Cougars "Our
> Man In Siberia", The Gladiators "Bleak House", The Krew
> Kats "Peak
> Hour" and "The Bat" (with Brian Bennett and Brian Locking
> as the
> rhythm section, both of whom later became members of the
> Shadows,
> and Big Jim Sullivan on lead guitar, a guitar teacher
> both to Jimmy
> Page and Ritchie Blackmore), The Staccatos "Topaz", and
> The
> Scorpions' surfy "Scorpio" and "Rockin' At the Phil".
> This is GOOD
> stuff! Definitely take a listen, I highly recommend it -
> and it's
> free!
>
> Ivan
>
>
> --- In , "Double Crown
> Records"
> <records@...> wrote:
> >
> > The guy running the Sandgropers site is a really cool
> guy and
> really
> > enthusiastic about surf music. I contacted him about
> his listing
> of one of
> > the Spaghetti compilations, telling him it was still
> readily
> available, and
> > he took it down right away. I know on one hand, it's
> good exposure
> (usually
> > 500-1000 people download the albums posted on the
> site). However,
> I don't
> > think it's cool to share albums that are still
> available for
> purchase,
> > unless one has permission to do so. I'd say if anyone
> on this list
> has an
> > issue with his sharing of their music, just drop him an
> e-mail and
> I'm sure
> > he'll take care of it right away.
> >
> > I have to say though, I have less of a problem with
> websites like
> his
> > sharing rare, out-of-print vinyl recordings that
> probably won't be
> reissued.
> > There is some really cool, obscure stuff out there that
> I just
> don't see
> > anyone ever properly putting on CD (or an Itunes type
> service).
> One site had
> > a bizarre Lee Hazelwood LP that had instrumental
> recordings of all
> of his
> > big hits with Nancy Sinatra, done in the style of a
> 1920's ragtime
> band with
> > kazoos and clarinets and banjos. The sharing of these
> albums
> undoubtedly
> > reduces even further the demand for potential reissues,
> but at the
> same
> > time, if these aren't reissued, it's most likely that
> these
> recordings will
> > just fade into obscurity with few people ever having a
> chance to
> listen to
> > them.
> >
> > What I would REALLY like to see is labels like Capitol
> and Liberty
> take all
> > of the music in their vaults and put it up on services
> like
> Itunes. There
> > isn't enough demand out there to properly release most
> of this
> stuff, but
> > the cost is much lower when putting music up for
> download. The
> labels could
> > make some serious money if they did this. Stuff like
> Dick Dale's
> original
> > 60's albums, Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman,
> etc. I think
> many
> > people would jump at the chance to download clean,
> clear recordings
> > legitimately for $9.99/album.
> >
> > That's my $0.02....
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sean
> > Double Crown Records / The Continental Magazine
> > P.O. Box 4336 - Bellingham, WA 98227-4336
> > www.dblcrown.com
> >
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