Archive for July, 2010

THE PHILIP COHEN COLLECTION: UNRELEASED ROLLING STONES

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork. THE ROLLING STONES Unreleased Vols. 1 and 2 [no label, 2CD] Outtakes, unreleased tracks, BBC radio. Very good soundboard. I assembled this collection and, basically, my approach was to imagine how I would assemble a 1963-66 Rolling Stones outtakes album if I ...

FRESH FROM THE OVEN: ROSANNE CASH - CAMDEN 2010

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork. ROSANNE CASH Camden 2010 [no label, 1CD] Live at the XPoNential Music Festival, Wiggins Park, Camden, NJ, July 17, 2010. Very good FM broadcast. The XPoNential Music Festival, from July 16-18, was part of the annual highlights of the non-commercial WXPN with ...

FRESH FROM THE OVEN: YO LA TENGO - CAMDEN 2010

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork. YO LA TENGO Camden 2010 [no label, 1CD] Live at the XPoNential Music Festival, Wiggins Park, Camden, NJ, July 17, 2010. Very good FM broadcast. While the Hoboken, New Jersey Yo La Tengo have stuck to their indie roots, over the years, ...

THE PHILIP COHEN COLLECTION: THE PET SOUNDS

Monday, July 26th, 2010

In 1995, bootleggers beat the Beach Boys to market with a nice collection of Pet Sounds.    Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork.          THE BEACH BOYS Leggo My Ego [Spank 140/141/142, 3CD] A collection of rehearsals, outtakes and alternates from the sessions for The Beach ...

THE MONTREAL BLITZ

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

It was all too much for the rock 'n' roll crowd when the trio made them "walk on the wild side". LAURIE ANDERSON, LOU REED and JOHN ZORN Montreal 2010 [no label, 1CD] Live at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada, July 2, 2010. Excellent audience stereo recording. The notoriety of this ...

THE BIGGEST SUMMER JAM

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

According to estimates, 600,000 music fans converged at Watkins Glen, New York. Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork. THE BAND Watkins Glen Festival 1973 [no label, 4CD] Live at the Raceway, Watkins Glen, New York, July 27, 28, 1973. New, previously uncirculated, very good audience recording. The Watkins Glen ...

BRITISH JAZZ HERO III

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Ian Carr was trumpeter, composer, author, broadcaster, journalist, campaigner, teacher and more. Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork. VARIOUS Ian Carr Celebration - Nucleus Revisited  [no label, 1CD] Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK, February 23, 2010, broadcast on Radio 3 Jazz Line Up on April ...

THE PHILIP COHEN COLLECTION: SURFER’S MOOD

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork.       VARIOUS Surfer's Mood [no label, 3CD] Vinyl transfer - source singles and acetates crackly but highly listenable. Before The Beach Boys, “Surf Music” meant instrumental guitar bands, though in fairness, The Beach Boys did record some instrumentals on their second ...

JEFF BECK - ITALY 2010

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork. JEFF BECK Lucca 2010 [no label, 1CD] Live at the Piazza Napoleone, Lucca Summer Festival, Lucca, Italy, July 13, 2010. Very good FM broadcast. Jeff Beck sure knows how to pick his bassists. Earlier on, it was Australian Tal Wilkenfeld, who had ...

TRIBUTE TO THE VELVETS

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Indie musicians from America and Europe play a gig of VU tunes. Yes, the ones with melodies. Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork. SATELLITES OF LOVE Wien 2009 [no label, 2CD] Live at Stadtfest am Michaelerplatz (Open Air), Wein, Austria, April 25, 2009. Ex SBD stereo. Ever wondered what ...