Random Music Talk XCVIII: When the Music's Over...

[Danny Boy]

The complete studio recordings are actually drawn from the same masters as the original 1990 box set (and the second one from 1993). There may have been some minor tweaking, but they are essentially the same.

So this is really a complete facelift to the catalog, almost as long of a wait as the Beatles, which was originally in 1987.

True, but that was the second digital mastering of the LZ catalog, by Jimmy Page and George Marino. I had some of the original CDs from the 80s, which I think were mastered by Barry Diament.

If anything, I might download one of the high-definition remasters to see if I can appreciate a difference.

ETA: Oh, I see Laz already covered most of this...

 

[phanan]

My point was more about how long it has been since Page last remastered the albums, which was 1990, almost as long as the Beatles went.

But yes, there were the original pressings in the mid 80's first, followed by the Page remasterings which, at the time, great improved the sound quality. But that was still 25 year old technology. I anticipate a major sonic improvement.

That said, I don't like how the B-sides and previously released bonus tracks are not included on the albums they were originally recorded for. I get that they will all be on Coda, but something like Hey Hey What Can I Do should really be part of the bonus tracks for III. Now we have to wait for Coda to come out to get the same quality of that track as the others, which seems kind of silly.

 

[Hewson]

It only comes but once a year.

Much like Jimmy Page these days.

 

[martha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6zU87xJoBk

I like that.

 

[LemonMelon]

Hey Martha, as a fellow fan of garage rock and psych, I'd like to recommend this awesome album to you:

Reigning Sound- Let Your Self Go - YouTube

Reigning Sound - I'll Cry - YouTube

I mean, look at the title. TOO MUCH GUITAR

 

[martha]

Thank you! I just put it on my Amazon shopping list so I can remember to get it!

 

[u2popmofo]

Caribou Announces New Album Our Love, Shares "Can't Do Without You", Tours | News | Pitchfork

 

[martha]

Ashley, Wampire's opening for Temples at the Glass House June 26. Tickets go on sale Friday morning. I'm thinking about going because I dug Temples' album.

 

[u2popmofo]

So these Parquet Courts guys are like Pavement-lite or The Strokes-lite? Diff places say diff things.

Regardless, I like teh songz I hearz.

 

[Danny Boy]

Doesn't sound like "lite" anything to me. More punk than The Strokes.

I hear The Ramones + The Velvet Underground + The Violent Femmes, if that's even possible. It really does sound like it could have been made 30 years ago.

 

[u2popmofo]

Baby baby baby lite my way

 

[Danny Boy]

 

[u2popmofo]

I just bought teh Parquet Courtz AND teh Lez Zep deluxe CDs. COME AT ME LITE BRO

 

[trojanchick99]

Ashley, Wampire's opening for Temples at the Glass House June 26. Tickets go on sale Friday morning. I'm thinking about going because I dug Temples' album.

I will be at that show along with Fitz. Temples was one of the highlights of Coachella this year.

 

[martha]

Nice!

 

[martha]

Hey Martha, as a fellow fan of garage rock and psych, I'd like to recommend this awesome album to you:

Reigning Sound- Let Your Self Go - YouTube

Reigning Sound - I'll Cry - YouTube

I mean, look at the title. TOO MUCH GUITAR

Darling, these guys are playing the Bootleg Bar on July 3.

 

[bono_212]

Ashley knows all Wampire movements at all times. She is preparing for their imminent arrival.

Spoiler

Got the alert from Bands in Town yesterday at work. Clapped my hands and said, "yeah!"

 

[lazarus]

So these Parquet Courts guys are like Pavement-lite or The Strokes-lite? Diff places say diff things.

Doesn't sound like "lite" anything to me.

I just bought teh Parquet Courtz AND teh Lez Zep deluxe CDs. COME AT ME LITE BRO

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Isn't the one that talked?

 

[Danny Boy]

The band is in on the joke.

 

[Hewson]

Isn't the one that talked?

Parkay butter with Deacon Jones classic tv commercial - YouTube

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Yes!

 

[iron yuppie]

Study Links Drinking While Pregnant To Being At Kid Rock Concert | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

 

[LemonMelon]

Darling, these guys are playing the Bootleg Bar on July 3.

...with a new album coming out two weeks after that

 

[lazarus]

The band is in on the joke.

Very reminiscent of early Pavement album art.

 

[LemonMelon]

I had an opportunity to see them, but their set was during Phosphorescent and And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, so it wasn't exactly convenient. I'm sure they'll be back soon.

Their new album is good and the last one was even better.

 

[martha]

This sounds like a band I might want to look into.

 

[LemonMelon]

Re-listening to Parkay Quartz's debut and yeah, this is brilliant. I love this album. It doesn't sound anything like Pavement though, outside of N Dakota. It sounds a lot more like Modern Lovers to me.

Sunbathing Animal hasn't had a chance to grow on me yet. That one sounds a ton like Pavement.

 

[martha]

Modern Lovers is a favorable comparison. Pavement, not so much.

 

[bono_212]

I just went to a Rocket Fizz for the first time in my life. I didn't know that such a little piece of Heaven existed prior to this moment.

I'm going to go broke going to work every day. There are three Japanese restaurants within walking distance, two comic book/hobby/toy/etc. shops, a record store, and a fucking CRAFT SODA shop...