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Post by ScottsyII on Jun 19, 2004 0:46:11 GMT -5
Payroll finally came up with the goods too... :-) Got my copy of the Magnetic Fields' "i".... quite a darn fine recording if I do say so myself!
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Post by bowiglou on Jun 20, 2004 13:34:51 GMT -5
ampage.....I've seen some press on Switchfoot being their a hometown band from SD.........
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Post by ueb on Jun 23, 2004 10:41:53 GMT -5
Yesterday I finally got to do a little shopping, and this is what I found:
Beastie Boys - To the 5 Buroughs
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Ministry - Houses of the Mole
Tweaker - 2am Wakeup Call
I've only listened to the PJ Harvey and Minstry albums so far. I think both will definitely take more listening, but right now I think I can safely say I miss Paul Barker.
NP: Dumbass Mix (Vol 2 Side B) -- Tori Amos (Doughnut Song - Live)
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Jun 23, 2004 16:02:44 GMT -5
Wilco, A Ghost is Born
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Post by PC on Jun 23, 2004 18:46:48 GMT -5
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
I also wanted to get the first Jam album, In The City, alas they did not have it. I don't have anything by the Jam (yet), so I figured it would be a great starter album. Plus I've heard samples of some of its songs, and it seems right up my alley.
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Post by bowiglou on Jun 24, 2004 11:47:38 GMT -5
oh punkchick, I (as well as Ken) could go on and on re: the Jam.......right up there with the Clash as the perennial group from the "punk/new wave" era...anyway, In the City is great, but some would suggest, if you want to access their earlier catalogue go with All the Mod Cons,...though my faves are Sound Affects and Setting Sons..otherwise, they have a BBC collection that came out a couple of years ago that is quite good, as well as a decent compilation/best of called "snap" that is a nice retrospect of their career.....
..I absolutely adored the Jam...
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Post by strawman on Jun 24, 2004 13:27:28 GMT -5
All Mod Cons doess eem to be the album that gets the most recommendations, but really there isn't a bad Jam album. With Bow, my favorite is probably Setting Sons, folowed by In The City, Sound Affects, All Mod Cons, This Is The Modern World and The Gift
Snap was a really good compilation as it had all the singles on it, some of which never made it to a proper album (Going Underground and Funeral Pyre spring to mind)...Dig The New Breed is one of my favorite live albums ever...yeah The Jam were the British band bar none in my opinion and thats why The Guardian list put up by Dr Drum the other day is a crock of shit....
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Post by PC on Jun 24, 2004 14:23:52 GMT -5
I've heard great things about All Mod Cons, and I will check it out. Though I do like the raw sound of In The City, from what I've heard anyway.
Also, I listened to Rid of Me twice last night, and I love it! Especially "50ft Queenie", "Rid of Me", and her cover of "Highway 61 Revisited".
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Post by Proud on Jun 24, 2004 19:14:34 GMT -5
i bought 80-something used tapes. cost me $45 or so, but i'm sure it's worth it!
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Post by ScottsyII on Jun 24, 2004 23:55:21 GMT -5
Should provide an interesting listening experience!
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Post by Proud on Jun 25, 2004 22:27:23 GMT -5
well, i bought a handheld tapeplayer/radio
by some company called spectra, and it really blew (the sound quality, at maximum, was barely listenable). got a sony, and the volume's nice and the radio reception seems to be better.
i enjoy my new monkees tape!
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Post by Kensterberg on Jun 26, 2004 14:55:15 GMT -5
Just bought the new Wilco and the Buzzcocks' classic Singles Going Steady on cd.
NP: That new version of Salem's Lot that was on TNT this past week. Off to a good start.
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Post by Kensterberg on Jun 26, 2004 15:20:36 GMT -5
I know that I've posted Jam rec's many times at RS, but since all those seem to be gone now ... and since it's always fun revisiting one of the best British bands of any era ... here's my take on the Jam catalog ...
In the City -- a fine debut, if much more limited than the band's later work. Weller's fascination with alienation (Away From the Numbers), sixties mods (covering the Who's cover of Batman), and soul are all present here, under a spiky punky veneer. Almost sounds better today than it did in '77. 4 stars.
This is the Modern World -- aside from the killer title track, this is a disappointing sophomore record. Weller has often said that these tunes weren't given enough time to develope, and that the recording was rushed, and he's never been happy with it. It's not an awful album, but it's easily the worst Jam LP. 3 stars.
All Mod Cons -- brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Weller's writing takes a quantum leap on this effort, and a new-found fondness for the social commentary and uniquely British perspective of Ray Davies' best work with the Kinks elevates this one to essential status. The closing one-two punch of A-Bomb in Wardour Street and Down in the Tube Station at Midnight ranks with the greatest album closers in rock. 5 stars.
Setting Sons -- the conceptual elements of this one fell apart before the band even finished recording it, but the songs that made the record stand as some of the band's finest. Musically, SS is a bit of a return to the harder rock of the first two records, making it somewhat of a retreat from the expansiveness of All Mod Cons. However, Weller's writing is even more ambitious, and Burning Sky, The Eton Rifles, Private Hell and the best of the rest of these tracks are steamrollers riding on rolling basslines, crashing drums and slashing guitars. 5 stars.
Sound Affects -- one of the most sonically and lyrically ambitious records of its era, and IMHO perhaps the overall finest Jam LP. As one reviewer noted, the Jam seemed to do nearly as much experimentation on this one forty minute LP as the Clash did on six sides of Sandinista! That's Entertainment, written in ten minutes after Weller came home from a night of drinking, was hailed as the young man's finest moment to date, and every track on the album boasts a depth and maturity that boded well for the band's career prospects. 5 stars.
The Gift -- Alas, this marked the end of the band's winning streak, and of their career. The Gift found Weller immersing himself in soul music, which had only one drawback: Weller didn't have the voice for his new style, and the band were emphatically NOT a soul outfit. The best tunes here (Happy Together, Ghosts) are generally the ones that sound most like the Jam, with the notable exception of the brilliant Town Called Malice, on which the bassline from the Supreme's Can't Hurry Love is used to provide a perfect counter-point to Weller's trenchant observations on British society. Much better than it was given credit for at the time, there are really only a couple of duds on this record, and the highs far outweigh the lows. 4 stars.
Snap -- One of the great singles collections in rock, and still the best single Jam LP. The perfect place to begin, and essential for even completists in that many of the band's best tracks (Going Underground, Beat Surrender, etc.) were never included on their proper records. 5 stars.
Dig the New Breed/Live Jam/BBC Sessions -- the Jam were one of, if not THE, best live bands of the late seventies/early eighties, as these records so aptly demonstrate. Almost every track here manages to top the studio incarnation, no small trick. Essential for even a casual fan, and not a bad introduction for the uninitiated. 5 stars.
Extras -- A fine odds 'n' ends collection, as good or better than the Who's own Odds 'n' Sods, but really only for the fanatical. Demos of Setting Sons tracks, featuring just Weller and his guitar, are nothing short of riveting and covers of the Who and the Beatles are touching and potent. But Weller trying to evoke James Brown on I Got You (I Feel Good) is just embarrasing. 3 stars.
There are several other singles/best of sets out there, none of which are as good as Snap, though none of which are to be avoided either. The Jam were a great singles band, and its nearly impossible to assemble a bad Jam compilition. That said, Snap is still the best of this bunch, and remains my recommendation for anyone new to the band. The Jam were one of the most impassioned and powerful bands ever to come out of Britain, and Paul Weller went on to a sporadically interesting career in the Style Council, and then to a fine solo turn (which continues to this day). Well worth checking out, especially for anyone who loves punk rock or such classic UK bands as the Kinks or the Who.
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Post by PC on Jun 26, 2004 17:22:57 GMT -5
Thanks Ken. I've heard some of their songs, and I love them! Mark my words, next time I go to the record store (there's a great one, Vintage Vinyl, right in my hometown of Fords, NJ!), I will pick up a Jam album.  They're definitely right up my alley. |
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Post by slick7 on Jun 28, 2004 18:11:36 GMT -5
Todays purchases:
Godspeed you black emperor- yanqui u.x.o
The fire theft- self titled
The stills- logic will break your heart
Modest mouse- this is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about
Also, anybody familiar with mineral, american football or the microphones? one of the lab techs that works at the hospital suggested those. i was wondering what ya'll thought.
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They're definitely right up my alley.