Imaginos :Black & Silver

[Ted O. Jackson]

> Somebody, in what I assume was a demented fit, wrote:
> >
> > And who the fuck has any right to play
> > guitar on a BOC recording but BD?  There's plenty of 'additional
> > guitarwork, sadly, on 'Imaginos.'

I resemble that remark
theo

>
> Look, Buck is probably my favorite guitar player.  However...
>
> Who the fuck has the "the right" to call Al's album a BOC album?  He
> wrote all the songs (except the ones written by Joe, also *not* a BOC
> member).  He and the "Imaginos Band" performed them.  BOC (meaning the
> members of the band in the late 80's) overdubbed the vocals onto those
> existing tracks.  Numerous hired guns added guitar/synths/FX/etc.
> But it's not a BOC album.  No way.  No how.  I've heard Al's Imaginos
> band tracks, and that stuff *is* the album.  All the rest is just a
> coat of gloss.
>
> So you can stop getting high-handed about who has the "right" to
> play guitar on a "BOC" album, because Imaginos ain't their album.
>
> Which is too bad, because Imaginos is a better than anything that
> BOC has done for 15 years.
>
> Steve
Steve,
Of course you're right.  But I think a lot of my fervor arises from
frustration over the fact that 'Imaginos' is such a great album, and
I wish it had been a BOC record and a signal that the band could re-
approach the greatness of old.  And, BTW, I totally agree with you
that 'Imaginos' is better than anything BOC's done in a long while.
As for the BOC's 'rights,' I recon they've lost any claim to them by
virtue of the way they've treated Al [which I believe i've said over
and over inother posts].  Still, I do love to speculate about what
might have happened if BOC could have been in on the project from the
get-go.  And I'll stick by my statements that a full-blown 'Imaginos'
trilogy as envisioned by Al would be the ultimate album for me, and I
still believe the original lineup would be the proper vehicle for
such a project.
theo