'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Wow. It just seemed like he was always going to be there, you know?
For those unfamiliar, John Peel also had bands come in and play live, in studio. They weren't little acoustic things, but the full band. What you got was an interesting in-between track which showed off the band's live capacity, but with studio fidelity.
My favorite such Peel session might be The Only Ones. But there were many, many other revelatory ones.
The Peel sessions weren't necessarily recorded live, but due to time constraints, they were generally more "raw" than a band's studio recordings.
The Peel sessions weren't necessarily recorded live, but due to time constraints, they were generally more "raw" than a band's studio recordings.
They weren't much more than four track, though, right?
Peel tirelessly advocated for The Fall, too. I'd go so far as to contend that Mark E. Smith would be a dockworker without John Peel. My favorite Peel Sessions: Sonic Youth doing Fall songs a year or two ago, the Slits inventing Brit rap in 1979, and Can engaging in some serious sonic deconstruction in the late 70s.
They weren't much more than four track, though, right?
I think they used a 16 track recorder.
I think they used a 16 track recorder.
Pffft. Sgt. Pepper was made on an 8 track, wasn't it?
Yeah, but Martin bounced stuff around. It's not like they recorded everything at once onto 8 tracks. In any case, I don't think Maida Vale got the 16 track until the late 70's.
And of course, I have no clue about this "Black Velvet" business.
I'm sure you do, P-C. It's sexy, smoky, and hooky -- the best kind of pop hit, kind of a little sister to "Son of a Preacher Man," but about Elvis. The lyrics would probably help you place it.
Ah, Dismemberment Plan! And that is actually a mix cd formula that I've never seen before. How rare and exciting.
I LOVELOVELOVE the Plan. (Did you ever see them live? The CDs are good, but their live shows were astounding.)
The mix formula was devised in this thread back in january -- msbelle took suggestions, than put the categories in order. It was inspired by a Frankenmix meme over on artofthemix.org.
And RIP to John Peel.
Lyra Jane, I meant to tell you that I have a copy of your original mix, along with all the individual mp3s if you want them.
(I could've sworn I posted that yesterday, but I must've forgot to hit that pesky "post" button.)
I meant to tell you that I have a copy of your original mix, along with all the individual mp3s if you want them.
Thanks, but I don't think I need them -- I do have my own copy. I was just feeling too lazy last night to rip any more tracks, so I decided to go with what I had on the computer already.