Great rundown, Darren - and some fantastic rare mp3s!
Speaking of The Cars and The Bee Gees, head on over to Coverville (http://www.coverville.com) for two fantastic related podcasts - shows dedicated to The Cars AND to Saturday Night Fever.
Eric S.
· 1 year ago
This is completely off the subject, but if you go to Coverville check out the video of a little girl playing "Carry On My Wayward Son" at a recital. They should have called her when Steve Walsh left Kansas.
1Py_Korry1
· 1 year ago
Holy crap! I forgot what a great year in music 1978 was. Thanks for the boat load of mp3 goodies!
mojo
· 1 year ago
what, was Alice Cooper's roommate at the sanitarium Meat Loaf or something?
Onie
· 1 year ago
Amazing. '78 had a LOT of good tunes...I'd forgotten that those songs came out back then...
JohnHughes
· 1 year ago
That Cars cover pic kills me. Smile!
I remember that Alice song on the radio constantly as I pored over my copy of Marvel Premiere #50 featuring Alice Cooper!
jack
· 1 year ago
I heard recently that Al Stewart wrote "Time Passages" because his record company demanded a song that sounded like "Year of the Cat" and he though the song was a hit, he didn't like it.
That is probably more than anyone ever needs to know about Al Stewart.
Dan
· 1 year ago
What fucking horrible version of The Cars-Good Times Roll is that?
Elaine
· 1 year ago
Keith Moon died of an overdose of alcohol-detox medicine? Guess he really did do -everything- to excess. How sad, though.
EightE1
· 1 year ago
The Boston track sounds like the original record with some crowd noise added. Were they really that exact when they played live?
Ah, the wheel in the sky does indeed keep on turning ...
Rob EightE1
DwDunphy
· 1 year ago
That was a real bone of contention with people who saw the Third Stage tour. The band did the album straight through as the opener and were dead set on faithful reproduction, so they say. I cannot substantiate whether they were synching because I wasn't there. However, Tom Scholz has always come off as slightly manic about these things - certainly about the technological end of it. It certainly wouldn't have been out of line with that character trait to go for lots and lots of "extra sweetening"...
Beau
· 1 year ago
As long as he didn't use a synthesizer or drum machine, he'd be fine with it.
Laboriously splicing together pieces of tape to replicate a sound he couldn't quite get with his drummer or his guitar? Yes, he was fine with that. Using a synthesizer? No.
Murph
· 1 year ago
That was the year I started to pay attention to rock (as opposed to just hearing it in the background). Interestingly, it was "Baker Street" that first drew me in, although I can name a lot of touch stones from that list. What a year.
D
Darius
· 1 year ago
Is there any chance of posting the original recordings? This really was disappointing.
jefito
· 1 year ago
We'll issue you a refund.
bob
· 1 year ago
why even post them if they all sound like shit ?
Darren
· 1 year ago
I can see where you're coming from.
However, considering the studio tracks have been commercially-available for THIRTY YEARS, it is not my intent to deliver up such tracks as freebies.
My fave blogs have always been those that make rare live cuts, out-of-print remixes, etc. available to discerning music fans.
So, if you're reading one of my posts and clicking on a link to an Al Stewart mp3 (for example) in hopes of acquiring the commercially-available studio version, that just ain't gonna happen.
jefito
· 1 year ago
Waaaaaaaah! Someone gave me free music, and I don't like the way it sounds! Waaaaaaaah!
bob
· 1 year ago
Geezuz, sorry for a little honest criticism....Gosh Popdose people, those mp3s sound great ! (kiss-kiss, suck-suck, lick-lick), what the F was I thinking....?
"....those that make rare live cuts, out-of-print remixes, etc. available to discerning music fans." And I discerned that they sound awful. It's my opinion FWIW...
jefito
· 1 year ago
"Honest criticism" and "bitching" aren't the same thing.
JohnHughes
· 1 year ago
bob, serious question - did you find us via the Hype Machine by typing in the title of a song you wanted, or are you a regular reader?
If you came specifically looking for a free mp3, then I can understand your disappointment, but that's not what we're really about here.
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Speaking of The Cars and The Bee Gees, head on over to Coverville (http://www.coverville.com) for two fantastic related podcasts - shows dedicated to The Cars AND to Saturday Night Fever.
I remember that Alice song on the radio constantly as I pored over my copy of Marvel Premiere #50 featuring Alice Cooper!
That is probably more than anyone ever needs to know about Al Stewart.
Ah, the wheel in the sky does indeed keep on turning ...
Rob
EightE1
Laboriously splicing together pieces of tape to replicate a sound he couldn't quite get with his drummer or his guitar? Yes, he was fine with that. Using a synthesizer? No.
D
However, considering the studio tracks have been commercially-available for THIRTY YEARS, it is not my intent to deliver up such tracks as freebies.
My fave blogs have always been those that make rare live cuts, out-of-print remixes, etc. available to discerning music fans.
So, if you're reading one of my posts and clicking on a link to an Al Stewart mp3 (for example) in hopes of acquiring the commercially-available studio version, that just ain't gonna happen.
"....those that make rare live cuts, out-of-print remixes, etc. available to discerning music fans."
And I discerned that they sound awful. It's my opinion FWIW...
If you came specifically looking for a free mp3, then I can understand your disappointment, but that's not what we're really about here.