One of the best live acts I've seen before they sold out to commercialism. Performed pl55ed and/or stoned but still gave 100%.

 

 

13 hours ago, talahtnut said:

The Whitechapel is in walking distance to the Blind Beggar and the East London Mosque,

at 10pm both are packed solid.

 

The Ulster sported a slightly different bore and stroke.

 

You look remarkably different than I Imaged you, talahtnut.  LOL

Georgie with his #1 chart topper of '64.
 

 

8 hours ago, bobandyson said:

One of the best live acts I've seen before they sold out to commercialism. Performed pl55ed and/or stoned but still gave 100%.

 

 

Never had the good fortune to see them live back in the heyday but always loved them.
 

 

19 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

A few years ago I was in the market for a pocket sized external hard drive and wanted something over 2TB.  Found Seagate 5TB & 10TB drives.  I thought about the 10TB and wondered what would fill that thing up.  I couldn't imagine it.  So I went with the 5TB model.

Well, today I have the answer.  I was looking at some music to download.  I only download FLAC as best quality is important to me.  So I come across this file for the Eagles at 11.44 GB:  (DSF)Eagles - The Complete YERAYCITO MASTER SERIES VII.  Given the size it looks to me to be the entire discography so I begin downloading.  Once the download starts I can access the files in Explorer to see what I've got.  It's a 2-disc "best of" album.  Huh?

Turns out these are in a .dsf format using an extremely high bitrate.  An example:  Hotel California weighs in at 539 MB!!  WHAT?!?!?!

So, 33 songs require 11.44 GB.  That's how you easily get to 10 TBs of data.

Waiting to see what these sound like but from what I've read so far about .dsf files you need a fast computer.

The title track of their '76 Hotel California LP.
 

 

Had my first opportunity to listen to the DSF files of a 'best of' the Eagles download this morning.  Had to install an audio player and the appropriate input plugin.  Gotta say it's a step up.

 

For the audiophiles out there, or even if you're not, here's a discussion of DSD audio.
 

And Hi-Res Audio . . . 
 

 

Back in the mid-90's I went with my brother-in-law to a high end audio store in one of the Chicago suburbs.  Here's the protocol for this shop.  You enter and sign in.  The shop had two listening rooms . . . .both high end but one of them was for systems only those with money to burn could afford (in 1990's dollars $30,000 speakers, for instance).  Only one customer allowed at a time in an occupied listening room.

The waiting room had a rack of CD's for the customer to pick from to listen on any audio system.  You could bring your own, too.

The listening room was filled with only the top end components of any given audio manufacturer.  For instance, a given manufacturer may excel at amplifiers but not turn tables.  If that manufacturer's turn tables were not high-caliber enough the shop would carry only the amplifiers, not turn tables.

Other than speakers, all audio components . . . from amps to pre-amps to CD players, etc. . . . were displayed on shelving against a single wall in the room.  No price tags displayed on any of the components.  The reason?

Everyone is individually unique and that also applies to audio capabilities.  Some people have a greater range of hearing than others.  The shop's only interest was in matching components to an individual customer's ear.  If, for example, someone was incapable of pointing out the difference between a $2,000 set of speakers versus a $6,000 set then the money spent on those $6,000 speakers would be a waste.  There are people with deep pockets who walk into a shop and pick out the most expensive components for no other reason than because they can.  They think there's an advantage for them but they may well be spending thousands for nothing.  In fact, if you had a mate come with you the salesman would advise the mate to not provide his or her own input/influence to the customer.

The first question you're asked is to name your budget.  From there the salesman, highly qualified and not some highschooler with a part time gig, matches you up with best in class components.

Now I listened to a range of CD players.  Again, these are mid-90's amounts.  The first was a $350 model, the second was a $450 model and the third was a $750 model.  I could hear a slight improvement between the $350 and $450 models.  But the improvement in sound quality of the $750 model blew me away.  Until then I had never really understood there could ever exist such a vast difference in quality between CD players.

Anyway, here's a fun audio test folks can try for themselves.
 

 

Another Fleetwood Mac number off of the '69 blues sessions in Chicago.  Madison Blues.  Enjoy!
 

 

Horton's Boogie Woogie (Take 1) with Shakey Horton on vocals.
 

 

I Can't Hold Out.
 

 

I'm Worried

 

 

 Sugar Mama.
 

 

Everyday I Have The Blues.

 

 

Due to a heavy schedule at the time of Peter Green's passing, on 25 July 2020, I didn't have the opportunity to pay tribute to him at that time.  By the time I saw light of day I had sadly forgotten.  Since I've highlighted the Fleetwood Mac Chicago blues sessions today I may as well make my tribute now to whom I consider to be one of the greatest guitar players of all time.

One Sunny Day off of their debut, The Original Fleetwood Mac, released on February 24, 1968.

 

 

Fleetwood Mac's original bassist, Bob Brunning, was quickly replaced by McVie, who was Green's original choice for bass.  Brunning's only contribution to their debut LP was on Long Grey Mare.  Brunning appeared with the group in their first public debut at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival on August 13th '67.

 

 

Not the best of recordings, LOL.

 

 

Shake Your Moneymaker, also off of the '67 debut LP,  Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.
 

 

One more cut off of that LP, You're So Evil.  Set to some devilish imagery.

 

 

A scant 6 months later FM released Mr. Wonderful.  Christine Perfect of Chicken Shack was added on keyboards.  Stop Messin' Around.

 

 

Covering Robert Johnson's '36 number Dust My Broom.
 

 

Need Your Love Tonight written by Jeremy Spencer.

 

 

English Rose was basically a compilation LP released in Jan. '69 though it did include some significant material not appearing on earlier studio albums.  Danny Kirwan made his first appearance and penned a number of songs, including Jigsaw Puzzle Blues.

 

 

One of the two memorable Green penned tunes included in English Rose was Black Magic Woman, made hugely successful by Carlos Santana's exquisite Latin-flavoured rendition appearing on Santana's '70 Abraxas LP.

 

 

 

 

The other noteworthy song was Albatross, perhaps Green's most recognized and beloved song.  It was released as a single in Nov. '68.  Supposedly it was inspired by Santo & Johnny's '59 steel guitar hit "Sleep Walk."  Or perhaps it was Chuck Berry's '57 pedal steel instrumental Deep Feeling.

 

Albatross is the only Fleetwood Mac composition with the distinction of having inspired a Beatles song, Sun King, from '69's Abbey Road.

 

 

 

 

 

While English Rose was the compilation for the U.S. market the UK version, The Pious Bird Of Good Omen, was released later in the year on 15 Aug. '69.  This album featured the Eddie Boyd composition The Big Boat, a collaboration with Boyd on vocals.
 

 

The sultry and dreamy Need Your Love So Bad, originally written and recorded by Little Willie John in '55, was also a new number not appearing on the U.S. English Rose compilation.
 

 

 

Another collaborative number with Boyd found on The Pious Bird Of Good Omen was Just The Blues, which also appeared on Boyd's own '68 release, 7936 South Rhodes.
 

 

On 8/7/2021 at 9:25 AM, TooBigToFit said:

It was a long time since I heard this one yesterday. Quite the lyrics and lots of strange stuff going on. Love it.

 

 

Love it with Break on Through live

 

Spiritual Sport

 

On 8/6/2021 at 7:37 AM, Tippaporn said:

Adam Ant with Juanito The Bandito off of the '82 Friend Or Foe LP.

Lock up your shed because Juanito's coming
Just crossed over into Mexico
Lock up your pigsties and your daughters
'Cos if it moves, you know old Juanito

 

 

A Westerner was sitting at the table next to mine in our local restaurant last night. He claimed he used to be an 80s pop star in the UK but i couldn't see it. However, he was adamant.

A beautiful song from The Doors.