OFF: Re: Dio, Maiden, etc.

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 19 Sep 2008, at 06:30 , Steve Swann wrote:
> Speaking of monstrous vibe, did you ever pick up the reissued Spine  
> of God?  You know I'm not going to leave off until you do...   :)


I did!  I got it just over a year ago, just before I left the UK.  (I  
was pretty sure I wouldn't find a copy here in the local Bogota Tower  
Records .... ;)).  Actually, I mentioned it briefly in an earlier  
eruption of the loudness wars discussion a few months ago, where I  
noted it does seem to be more compressed that the original CD issue,  
but the original CD issue also sounded like arse in various ways that  
the reissue doesn't, so I'm much happier with the new one. :)

Ah, Monster Magnet ....  They (or Wyndorf, or whoever) could kind of  
use a "comeback album" .... ;)  I suggest a 50 minute album on which  
the tracks intersperse 6-8 minute HawkSabbath roar numbers with 3-4  
minute pseudo-MCStooges songs, plus an accompanying EP that includes  
a 30-minute cover of The Spacious Mind's "Interplanetarian  
Lovemachine".  Producing will be some mad Scandinavian who  
understands how to get a modern snap on a 70s dinosaur vibe.   
Sorted. :)  Dunno how many copies it would move in the mainstream  
charts, but we could at least restore some dignity to the name. :)

Cheers,
Carl

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