OFF : Smile

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

yes - but where is the CD of 'Manifest destiny' - "Science Gone To Far" -
just awesome!!!! Come on Sony group - get the sucker out.
Andy Garibaldi.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <ceres at SIRIUS.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: OFF : Smile


> On Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:40:54 EST, DASLUD at AOL.COM wrote:
> >In a message dated 12/8/00 3:55:38 PM, ceres at SIRIUS.COM writes:
> ><< Don't forget that the Clash and the Dream Syndicate also had
> >Pearlman-produced albums ...
> > >>
> >=====
> >which isnt to say that the attempted "rockin' americanization" of the
clash
> >did them any favors....
>
> It sure put "question marks" over a LOT of peoples' heads ... of course,
> their SECOND attempt at "rockin' americanization" was the one that did
them
> all the financial favors (jeans commercials, etc.).  And for that matter,
> on Fri, 8 Dec 2000 19:36:32 -0000, starfield <starfield at SUPANET.COM>
wrote:
> >How about a poll of the most disappointing albums by bands who should
know
> >better?
>
> 'Combat Rock'!  (vs. first album & 'London Calling')
>
> FWIW I actually like 'Give 'em enough Rope' quite a bit ... enough good
> songs, and the guitar sound is undeniably MASSIVE.
>
> ... and back to DASLUD Larry ...
> >and why wasnt that drum f*ckup near the end of 'days of wine and roses'
> >allowed to remain, w/o doing another take? that annoyed the heck outta
me.
>
> I never noticed that!  (But I'm not a drummer.)  It's a fantastic take,
> otherwise, though.  That's always a number-one producer crisis - what to
do
> when a brilliant take has one major noticeable fuckup ... "punching in"
> drum retakes can be near-impossible (compared to doing so with
> guitar/bass/keyboard/etc.).  I think (don't have the LP in front of me)
> that you'd have to blame Chris Desjarins for that one (and if so, he more
> than redeemed himself with the first four Flesheaters LP's), though.
Their
> second LP, 'The Medicine Show', was the SP-produced one.
>
> >funfax:
> >'dictators go girl crazy' was one of the worst-selling lp's in that
> >conglomerate's history.
>
> ... allegedly the absolute worst-selling music album from the pre-Sony
> CBS/Columbia/Epic/etc. conglomerate was the Hampton Grease Band's 'Music
To
> Eat' (second-worst seller overall, behind a spoken-word/poetry/nature
> sounds/comedy or something along those lines album).
>
> >ah, what did they know in '75, anyway. hmph.
>
> Indeed!  But now both albums ('Tators, 'Grease Band) have been reissued on
> CD by Sony.  Nice to see the good stuff vindicated by History every once
in
> a while ...
>
>         -Doug
>          ceres at sirius.com