What's new.....

What do Ringo, Patti, Astrid, Mick, Elton, Eric, Ronnie, and Paul all have in common?

They all have new product either just out or coming out soon. Here's a quick run-down, with links:

8/28 - CD + DVD / RINGO STARR - Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo

8/28 - Book / PATTI BOYD - Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me

10/1 - Book / ASTRID KIRCHHERR - Yesterday: The Beatles Once Upon A Time

10/2 - CD / MICK JAGGER - The Very Best Of Mick Jagger

10/2 - CD + DVDs / ELTON JOHN - Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden

10/9 - Book / ERIC CLAPTON - Clapton: The Autobiography

10/16 - Book / RONNIE WOOD - Ronnie Wood: The Autobiography

11/13 - DVD / PAUL MCCARTNEY - The McCartney Years

Maybe I should get started on my "Dear Santa" letter.....

Michael

Born August 29th, 1958, today is MICHAEL JACKSON's 49th birthday.

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Here's a great track that I've already posted before, about a year and a half ago. Its the "CCC" mash-up of Michael's vocal from the JACKSON FIVE's "I Want You Back" and the music from GEORGE HARRISON's "Isn't It A Pity". And like I said before, check out little Michael's vocals. Excellent.

CCC - I WANT PITY

Happy birthday Michael.

Disco Floyd

".....goody goody goody bullsh*t....."

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of ROSEBUD's classic disco versions of PINK FLOYD's "Have A Cigar" and "Money". Released as a 12-inch "Disco Single" on Warner Brothers Records, the A-side "Have A Cigar" did actually get some airplay on my local FM "rock" station at the time.

I did my own needle-drop, and since I know you'll all want these for your next Disco Dance Party, I ripped them at 320 kbps. They're separate MP3s, but they're both in the same RAR file.

http://www.gigasize.com/get.php/3195435410/Rosebud.rar

Too Many Cooks!!!

Yes its true - finally an official release of "Too Many Cooks". Coming in October, on "The Very Best Of Mick Jagger":

"The sizzling "Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)," was produced by John Lennon and recorded by Jagger in 1973 in Los Angeles. The track features an all-star lineup that includes guitarists Danny Kortchmar and Jesse Ed Davis, keyboardist Al Kooper, bassist Jack Bruce, drummer Jim Keltner, and, on background vocals, singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. It has never previously been released."

Read all about it here:

http://mickjagger.com/

2007 Magazine of the Week #17

Maybe I should just start calling it the "Magazine of the Month".....

(.....yeah, I know. Its been two months.....)

Anyway, here's a look at the June 1969 issue of HIT PARADER.

(Click images to enlarge)

There's a story on the "Current Problems of THE ROLLING STONES". We learn that BRIAN was "now happily back in the social circulation", and "took a great fancy to the ten-foot-high cut-out of Tiny Tim at the Playboy Club reception. So taken with it was Brian that he took it with him when he left and on to a party at photographer DAVID BAILEY's next evening, where it was apparently a great success". MICK pops in for a quick interview and briefly (very briefly) discusses "Beggars Banquet", "Performance", "Barbarella", MOTHERS OF INVENTION, and his new "moog-synthesiser".

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In "PAUL MCCARTNEY on THE BEATLES", Paul talks about the recently-released Beatles' "White Album". Here's a bit where he talks about writing "Rocky Racoon":
"I was with John on the roof, and we were just sitting around playing guitar and we were with DONOVAN and just enjoying ourselves. I started playing the chords and originally the title was "Rocky Sassoon". And then the three of us started making up the words and they came very quickly, and eventually it became "Racoon" because that was more like a "cow-ie"."

"Words To Your Favorite Hits" includes the lyrics to "Crossroads (as recorded by the Cream)" and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (as recorded by Arthur Conley)".

There's a nice article on the SPECIALTY record label, plus TRAFFIC, JIMI HENDRIX, ARETHA FRANKLIN, and "Have We Misjudged THE MONKEES?".

And then there's THE HOLLIES, BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE, THE IMPRESSIONS, MARTHA REEVES, JOHNNY TAYLOR, and a lot more.

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Not bad for 35 cents!

DC5 redux

By popular demand, here's a re-posting of the DAVE CLARK FIVE tracks that I posted a while back, this time all in a single file:

http://www.gigasize.com/get.php/-1099690015/DC5.rar

These are the songs included:

Glad All Over
Bits And Pieces
Do You Love Me
Can't You See That She's Mine
Because
Reelin' And Rockin'
Everybody Knows
Having A Wild Weekend
Catch Us If You Can
Try Too Hard
At The Scene
I've Got To Have A Reason
I Like It Like That
Over And Over

And here are links to my original posts:

CULPA DIRECT - THE DAVE CLARK FIVE

CULPA DIRECT - THE DAVE CLARK FIVE, PART 2

Tracking Townshend

There's an excellent interview with PETE TOWNSHEND over at EQ Magazine. Pete talks about recording, making home demos, equipment, Pro-Tools, mic placement, the recent "Endless Wire" CD, etc - fascinating stuff.

Here's a brief excerpt:

"It is a long time since I have mixed in an analog desk. I have had my big Synclavier since 1984 — me and Frank Zappa, Sting, and the rest. That had a built-in 16-track hard disk recorder that still sounds pretty incredible, I have to say. So often a lot of simple level adjustments could be made right inside the Synclavier with ease. On Endless Wire, I would have mixed analog, but my Focusrite desk from 1986 was on its last legs (it is now being broken up into modules), and I simply didn’t have enough reliable working channels to give it a try. I wasn’t about to go into someone else’s studio to mix. I have to say I think mixing in Pro Tools is a joy. The ability to keep tweaking a good mix, and to strip it down for TV backing tracks, to offer elements to remix engineers, to be able to email track groups across the globe for overdubs, etc. — all this is what makes it so great. The sound? I have heard recordings made by Myles Clarke on Pro Tools at 48/24 that sound as good as those I record to tape. I can’t do what he does with it. He uses some of the techniques I’ve demonstrated on the studio floor, but also has his own unique approach. So we learn from each other. "

Read the whole thing here:

EQ ONLINE - TRACKING TOWNSHEND