Sunday, September 23, 2012

Bob Marley - Burnin'

One of the two other purchases from Purple Record: the remastered CD of Burnin'. The video above's the Deluxe Edition of the album, which I haven't heard yet.

Rochelle had bought me the vinyl LP of Legend to celebrate our 100 days together and it sparked an interest in this big musical figure. I've always known about Marley and his songs, but hadn't spent much time listening to him until now. He's good stuff. Reggae's still largely unknown to me, but I like the laidback grooves and the uplifting songs. Burnin' is full of quality songs. Favorite tracks:


  • Get Up, Stand Up
  • I Shot The Sheriff
  • Small Axe
  • Burnin' and Lootin'
  • One Foundation
Extra info dept: The book Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders The Classics tore about Marley's famous Exodus album. The book isn't here in Korea, so I can't say anymore about that right now. The memory's fuzzy.

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame + Birds of Fire

Two CD of the four CDs I bought at Purple Record in Hongdae, Seoul, this weekend:

Mahavishnu Orchestra's first LP, The Inner Mounting Flame, from 1971.



Their second LP, Birds of Fire, from 1972.




Two things spurred these purchases:

1. I had a beyond cool class called American Popular Music during my freshman year of college. Dr. Martin Jack Rosenblum taught the class and he'd played these guys during a lecture on jazz and its influence on rock music. The song he played: The Inner Mounting Flame's "Meeting Of The Spirits," a veritable explosion of sound and melody. The song came to mind a few days ago, so I looked it up on YouTube, played it, and listened to it anew after 7 years.

2. Henry Rollins mentioned Birds of Fire's title track in his book Fanatic! He writes:
This is John McLaughlin's monster band....if you like what you hear, the record is cool and so is The Inner Mounting Flame. I think [Black Flag's guitarist] Greg Ginn really got a lot from McLaughlin and this record. 


[Fanatic!: Songs Lists and Notes from the Harmony In My Head Radio Show. Rollins, Henry. Las Angeles: 2.13.61, 2006]

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Dr. Feelgood




The Down By The Jetty LP. An excellent first album. I picked up the double disc Collector's Edition of it on iTunes and it's been in heavy rotation for a month now. Tracklist below. My favorites are in italics:
  1. "She Does It Right"
  2. "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker)
  3. "The More I Give"
  4. "Roxette"
  5. "One Weekend"
  6. "That Ain't No Way To Behave"
  7. "I Don't Mind"
  8. "Twenty Yards Behind"
  9. "Keep It Out Of Sight"
  10. "All Through The City"
  11. "Cheque Book" (Mickey Jupp)
  12. "Oyeh!" (Mick Green)
  13. "Bonie Maronie" / "Tequila" (Larry Williams) / (Danny Flores) - live recording


(thanks to Wikipedia for the tracklist)

"All Through the City"




"Stupidity" (live from Stupidity LP)


The Stupidity live LP. The group in their element, laying down the dirty r&b.

Tracklist:


  1. "Talking About You" (Chuck Berry)
  2. "20 Yards Behind"
  3. "Stupidity" (Solomon Burke)
  4. "All Through The City"
  5. "I'm a Man" (Bo Diddley)
  6. "Walking The Dog" (Rufus Thomas)
  7. "She Does It Right"
  8. "Going Back Home" (Mick Green, Johnson)
  9. "I Don't Mind"
  10. "Back in the Night"
  11. "I'm a Hog for You Baby" (Leiber, Stoller)
  12. "Checking Up on My Baby" (Sonny Boy Williamson)
  13. "Roxette"
  14. "Riot in Cell Block No. 9" (Leiber, Stoller)
  15. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry)


"Back in the Night" from their second LP, Malpractice. Turn it up!