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DIRE STRAITS  "brothers in arms" vinyl/cd  1985

their fifth of six, mine too!
the one that shot them into the stratosphere...
30.8 millon copies sold and mega hits the world over...
loving eight of the nine tracks here, liking the other one though (One World)...
their third in a hat-trick of masterpieces...
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

favorite on this occasion:

[Jerome]

When rock music was at it's peak - https://youtu.be/WD8hJ-awjBc

[Jerome]

Been listening to Led Zeppelin's 'The Song Remains The Same' double live CD in the car over the last few days. I have 2 versions of this - the original and the super duper deluxe all bells and whistles remastered repackaged version. The original is far better. The new version has a very muddy mix and lacks the clarity the original had. Amazing how good those 4 guys were together.

[Ruby]

I'm listening to Kayak's Cleopatra: The Crown of Isis. I think they imagined a rock opera here - it's an hour and 47 minutes worth of listening - super ambitious. Enjoying what I am hearing so far. They've had different line-ups over the years, including singers - I'm not familiar with all of them. This has me fairly engrossed - until such time as the power goes off which will be shortly. Rolling blackouts are upon us yet again. 

Can't find any clips to post but of what I've heard, would have chosen "Goodbye Pharos". I think they've managed to capture the vibe and atmosphere of ancient Egypt - not that I was there, lol!  

[Jerome]

You always manage to come up with stuff that intrigues me. Must get to listen to this sometime.

Here's a sample from YT - https://youtu.be/HNtJPk-5vHA

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DIRE STRAITS  "on every street" cd, 1991

their sixth and final album...
only one i dont own on vinyl...
i didnt have this one until a few eyars ago courtesy of a recommendation to purchase from Jerome...
glad i did, loved it from the get-go...
probs didnt buy it back in the day because i wasnt overly taken with the first two single (heavy fuel, calling elvis)...
to be honest, still not a real fan of those two tracks...
love just about everything else on it
album went #1 everywhere and sold an impressive 9.1 million sales back in the day...
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

favorite track, the title track:

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JOHN FOGERTY "deja vu,all over again"  cd, 2004

John's sixth studio album as a solo artist...took him three and a half years to release seven with CCR, yet around thirty years to release six as a solo artist!
album reached #23 in the US, but failed to chart bith here and in the UK for some reason!
songs on here are somewhat political in nature often drawing comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq....
different styles on this album also, very Knopfler on "nobody's here anymore", "she's got baggage" very Ramones' sounding, country rock on "rhubarb pie", sort of a disco feel to "radar", and very Hendrix type psychadelia on the final track "in the garden"...which i dont like!
all up though, it is still a Fogerty album and no matter what he does his sound still comes through inevitably!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: in the garden
best track: she's got baggage

tracks:

1. deja vu(all over again) ***
2. sugar sugar(in my life) ***
3. she's got baggage ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUrMa4o-C0g live
4. radar *
5. honey do ***
6. nobody's here anymore **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPpdM8Y-BVg audio
7. i will walk with you **
8. rhubarb pie **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ibLPOp3GfU audio
9. wicked old witch **
10.in the garden *

3s=4
2s=4
1s=2

rating: 2.2

^^
no need to repost a different post
this one remains the same

[Jerome]

Right was listening to this in the car on the way to get some supplies and then realised that notwithstanding the fact that I have listened to this track a zillion times I did not know who the vocalist was. Turns out it is one Cara Dillon who I know nothing about. Anyway here is the track in question. The directions on the packet say that you must play this loud enough to annoy your neighbours and then let them simmer for a while before repeating the process again at a much higher volume. How's that for a guitar solo?

https://youtu.be/QH2CyizmHM4

And now that I have discovered Cara how about this for a performance - I think I'm in love - https://youtu.be/_CCi13tnW5o

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^^
and you fittingly discover her on St.Paddy's day.

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JOHN FOGERTY  "premonition" cd, 1998.

his first live album.
eighteen tracks, at least half are CCR, the rest solo...
all trakcs blend well together, no disparity between old and new...
the DVD has several tracks that didnt fit on the cd, but thats okay...
as much as i love Fogerty this album does fall flat in the sound production to me...
i can get passed that, its still a good collection of tunes...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM (but i love the DVD live concert, different sound quality)

lets go for something not CCR for a change: