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Pink Floyd - The Wall In Progress

This is truly an interesting album. Recorded at Pink Floyd's Britannia Row Studios. This is demo tracks of The Wall album. These recordings give real insight into the creation of the final masterpiece. Though these tracks are stripped down, raw, basic, and almost completely different than the final cuts, the sound quality is superb. If you are a Floyd fanatic, this is a must have. Even if your not, I think it's very interesting to listen to the works in their infancy.
Tracks:
In The Flesh?
The Thin Ice
Another Brick In The Wall Part 1
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
Mother
Goodbye Blue Sky
Empty Spaces Part 1
Young Lust
One Of My Turns
Don't Leave Me Now
Empty Spaces Part 2
What Shall We Do Now?
Another Brick In The Wall Part 3
Goodbye Cruel World
Nobody Home
Vera
Bring The Boys Back Home
Is There Anybody Out There? Part1
Is There Anybody Out There? Part2
Comfortably Numb
Hey You
The Show Must Go On
In The Flesh
Run Like Hell
Waiting For The Worms
Stop
The Trial
Outside The Wall

***Pink Floyd - The Wall In Progress***

Royal Trux - Lightning Boxer 1990

Recorded live at Okayz Corral in Madison, WI

Jim Marshall 1936-2010 RIP

Jim Marshall passed away in his sleep Tuesday night. He was "the Rock and Roll Photographer" deemed by Annie Leibovits. He photographed all the greats in rock, as well as many historic rock events. Like Woodstock and Monterey International Pop Festival.

Alex Chilton - The Knitting Factory, February 13, 1997

Here is another wonderful recording to help celebrate Mr. Chilton's life of music. Thanks to Jeff Vargon we have this great recording. This is a very special show. Here is the story as told by Jeff Vargon.
"After an unexpected loss of power, the club's management announced that the second set was canceled and in spite of the grumbles of the audience, refunds were given out. I, and a handful of others, chose to remain in our seats and unexpectedly Alex came out onto the floor. By the grace of the muses one of the audience members had an acoustic guitar, and handed it to Alex on a whim. Alex began strumming,and what began as a brief four song run-through led to over an hour of amazing, and at times, almost ethereal music."
Thank you Jeff, for recording and sharing this with us. This is truly a very special recording, of a one of kind singer song writer.

Set List:
Volare
Last Bouquet
Baby I'm Your Man
The F.B.I.s Top Ten
Let's Get Lost
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Like a Rain in My Heart
If I Had a Hammer
Lovesick Blues
Girl from Impanema
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Motel Blues
Someone to Watch Over Me
Footprints in the Snow
Only the Lonely
Blues Tune
Tastes So Bittersweet
Wouldn't it Be Nice
Surfer Girl
Solar System
What's Your Sign?
I Walk the Line
Goodnight My Love
***Alex Chilton Acoustic 1997***

Alex Chilton live at 7th St. Entry - 01/23/2010

We're gonna miss you. Here is a wonderful sounding recording, of Alex playing at the 7th St. Entry in Minneapolis, Mn. Its two nice rich, full sets. There is not much on the actual lineage, of the tape source, other analog tape. Really who cares, it sounds great. Thanks to Lolita for doing some light processing on the tape, and sharing it with us. Thank you Lolita. It's a beautiful way to remember some of the excellent music, that Mr. Chilton has given us.

Set list:
Set 1:
1.Intro(Chat)
2.Never Found Me A Girl
3.Sick & Tired
4.Lotta Livin'To Do
5.In The Street
6.Rock With You
7.Don't Know Why I Love You
8.Guantanamerika
9.When My Baby's Beside Me
10.I Will Turn Your Money Green
11.Hook Me Up
12.Oogum Boogum Song
13.Silk Stockings
14.Single Again

Set 2:
1.Intro(Chat)
2.You Got A Booger Bear
3.Ill Rebelle
4.Little GTO
5.634-5789
6.What's Your Sign?
7.Tee Na Nee Na Noo
8.Take It Off
9.New Girl IN School
10.Humoresque
11.The Entertainer
12.Thing For You
13.Alligator Man

***Alex Chilton 01/23/2000***

Alex Chilton - RIP

Alex Chilton passed March 17th, 2010 of an apparent heart attack. Feeling ill yesterday, he rushed to a New Orleans hospital, and passed away there. He was scheduled to perform this weekend with a reunited Big Star as part of SXSW. Children by the millions have lost a Big, Big Star.

"Exile On Main Street " reissue May 17th

The Rolling Stones are to reissue their 1972 album 'Exile On Main Street' with 10 previously unreleased tracks on it.

The album will be reissued on May 17, and will coincide with the broadcasting of a newly filmed documentary on the band called Stones In Exile.

In addition to the original album, the rerelease will also feature 10 previously unreleased Rolling Stones songs recorded in the same period, which were unearthed during work on the reissue project.

New tracks on the re-release include 'Plundered My Soul', 'Dancing In The Light', 'Following The River' and 'Pass The Wine'. Alternate versions of 'Soul Survivor' and 'Loving Cup' are also included.

The release will be available as both the original 18-track album, and a deluxe edition with the 10 bonus tracks. Meanwhile, a super-deluxe package also includes vinyl, a 30-minute documentary DVD, and a 50-page collector's book.

Source:Uncut.co.uk

THE FACES - London, Paris Theatre 02-08-1973

So, hears the situation. Apparently, this concert was recorded for the BBC, to be aired back in 1973. This however never happened. because the BBC thought they were to drunk. Hmmm, imagine that, The Faces to drunk. This is the same band that toured with a bar right on the stage. I think that was the point of their performances back then. Fast forward thirty years, and the show finally airs on BBC 6. And even that airing is supposedly by accident. You got to love this band. And damn, if the concert doesn't rock, no matter how drunk they were back then.

Set List:

1 Silicone Grown
2 Cindy Incidentally
3 Angel
4 Memphis, Tennesse
5 True Blue
6 I’d Rather Go Blind
7 You're My Girl
8 Twistin' The Night Away
9 It's All Over Now
10 Miss Judy's Farm
11 Maybe I'm Amazed
12 Three Button Hand Me Down
13 I’m Losing You

***The Faces 02/08/1973***

Storm De Hirsch - Peyote [1965]

This is a pretty cool tripped out film. The music is interesting as well. It goes from percussion, to an organ and horn jam, and back. It's the visuals that get me.

Flaming Lips - Borderline

The flaming lips Borderline

Crazy version. This is what I love about these guys. They don't just cover a song. They re-imagine it. If you haven't checked out their version of Pink Floyd's "Dark side of the Moon," get on it. It's kinda scary. Thanks CJ for the heads up on this video.

Original Pop Corn -1969

Ok, this is a weird one. The information I have obtained about this record is this. A bunch of talented tripped out French musicians got together to create a new dance. Whether serious, or not, I don't now, but this is what the out come was. The record is supposed to be the soundtrack to the new dance the Original Pop Corn. This is sixties psychedelic pop at its strangest. There are some really cool jams throughout. The musicians not only use there instruments to get psychedelic sounds, but the studio itself. Lots of drippy re-verb, and other odd uses of studio effect. The album is going to be reissued as vinyl in a few months. If you are interested, you can preorder a copy for yourself here at Movie Grooves. Which by the way has tons of amazing psychedelic vinyl and compact discs. It's a great website. I highly recommend you check it out. Have fun shaking your corns to this one.

***Original Pop Corn 1969***

Furthur - Tabernacle Atlanta GA 2/8/10

Stream of the whole concert.


I had an amazing time at this show. The boys got it driving full steam ahead. I missed the first couple of songs trying to score a ticket outside. Fortunately, I got that miracle. Estimated Prophet and Passenger sounded great. The second set was unbelievable. They started with 13 minute Scarlet Begonias right into a killer version of Jack Straw. This show was beyond sold out, but it didn't matter. Everybody was having a good time. I think Molly had a lot to do with that. Lord knows she widened my eyes, and sparkled my ears. Got many a hug and much generosity. Can't wait till the next time.

Here is a real crisp audience recording done by Z-Man. Thanks for sharing this with us.
***Futhur 2/8/2010***

You can also buy the soundboard recording from Furthur.Net.
I bought one after the show, and it's worth every penny.

Set List:
1st Set
01 Tuning
02 The Promised Land
03 Brown-Eyed Women
04 El Paso
05 Just A Little Light
06 Money For Gasoline >
07 Estimated Prophet >
08 Liberty
09 Passenger

2nd Set
01 Tuning
02 Scarlet Begonias >
03 Jack Straw
04 Eyes Of The World >
05 Woman Are Smarter
06 Cumberland Blues
07 Cassidy >
08 Mountains Of The Moon >
09 Death Don't Have No Mercy
10 Fire On The Mountain
Encore:
11 Phil Donor Rap/Tuning
12 Satisfaction

2001: A Spiritualized Odyssey

Ok, this is amazing. A group called The Almighty Sound redid "2001" the Stanley Kubrick film with a new soundtrack. Yes, easy guess Spiritualized. They did an amazing job. They replaced the audio track, with their choices, of Spiritualized songs. Though you can not hear the actors speak, they did add subtitles. It makes for a very interesting watch. If your a fan of either the film, or band it's a must have. And the best part is they are working on a surround sound 5.1 version that should be out in the near future. I highly recommend you burn one or two and Check it out.

DOWNLOAD formats:

• USA NTSC DVD .iso (6.9 GB)
• UK PAL DVD .iso (6.9GB)
• DivX Video
• Video for iPod/iPhone

2001: A Spiritualized Odyssey - Part 1 from The Almighty Sound on Vimeo.

JD Salinger dies aged 91

Pic: PA Photos

JD Salinger the author of The Catcher In The Rye - the book which John Lennon's killer Mark Chapman was obsessed with - has died aged 91.

The author, who passed away yesterday (January 27) at his home in New Hampshire, died of natural causes.

Salinger famously wrote the American classic Catcher In The Rye, the book which John Lennon's killer Mark Chapman carried with him on the day he shot the musician in December 1980.

Selling over 61 million copies since it was released in 1951, the book and its association with Lennon's death has inspired various films and documentaries, including 2007's Chapter 27, which starred Jared Leto.

Source: NME