NewcastleSpinner
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My second book arrived today in this series.
Abba - Abba Gold
Abba - Abba Gold
The 33 1/3 thread.... (the book series)
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Waitressboy
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I don't know if we have another thread about books about music, if so please move this post.
There's a new book about Kid A.
I am excited about this. I hope it's as good as I want.
There's a new book about Kid A.
I am excited about this. I hope it's as good as I want.
Amazon.com: This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's "Kid A" and the Beginning of the 21st Century (9780306845680): Hyden, Steven: Books
Amazon.com: This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's "Kid A" and the Beginning of the 21st Century (9780306845680): Hyden, Steven: Books
www.amazon.com
MadLucas
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Just ordered 3 more:
The Beatles' Let It Be
Wire's Pink Flag
Rolling Stones Some Girls
I was going to get The Who's The Who Sell Out, but the user reviews were scathing about how the book isn't actually about the album, but about the scene in London during the time the album was made. I'll definitely get around to it, especially since I ordered the reissue the other day (bonus LP of 10 extra songs made for the album!), but today was not that day.
The Beatles' Let It Be
Wire's Pink Flag
Rolling Stones Some Girls
I was going to get The Who's The Who Sell Out, but the user reviews were scathing about how the book isn't actually about the album, but about the scene in London during the time the album was made. I'll definitely get around to it, especially since I ordered the reissue the other day (bonus LP of 10 extra songs made for the album!), but today was not that day.
Let it Be was good, Wire was great, haven't read Some Girls and yeah Who Sell Out was ...not terrible, just not about the album. If you're interested in Wire enough to read a book about them, Ep232: Colin Newman of Wire - | The Vinyl Guide podcast | Interviews for Record Collectors & Music Fans might be up your alley.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Ordered the Love book and record.
Don't know about the book, but Forever Changes the record is perfection. If you're already a fan, it's worth getting the rhino 2CD expanded version just to hear Arthur Lee busting Bryan McLean's chops when he's trying to record a guitar solo on one of the alternate takes.
TrainFan73
Frothy
I’m actually not familiar with the album.
speaking of that - @Joe Mac in two months, The Smiths - Meat is Murder, what’s a good pressing for that?
Good news. All smiths albums are eminently affordable. The rhino ones since 2011 are all good. Johnny Marr went back and remastered all the smiths albums in 2011 and did a fantastic job. If you want a smiths album recommendation I think the two albums after it are better but I get the whole book thing.
This is the copy I’ve got.
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2012 Vinyl release of "Meat Is Murder" on Discogs.
www.discogs.com
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TrainFan73
Frothy
You’re gonna have to be okay with the fact that I am even considering purchasing one...Good news. All smiths albums are eminently affordable. The rhino ones since 2011 are all good. Johnny Marr went back and remastered all the smiths albums in 2011 and did a fantastic job. If you want a smiths album recommendation I think the two albums after it are better but I get the whole book thing.
This is the copy I’ve got.
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2012 Vinyl release of "Meat Is Murder" on Discogs.
Gavaxeman
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Warning....The 33 1/3 Meat is Murder book pretty much has nothing to do with The Smiths or the album!
My current collection of these. Although now that I take a pic, some are missing that I know I have (REM's Murmur, Aretha's Amazing Grace, Guns 'n' Roses' Use Your Illusion) I buy one everytime I have to travel for work or leisure. Guess I have to check some old backpacks or suitcases. I know I have some as ebooks -- all those amazon "get a dollar in digital credits if you don't choose next day shipping!" offers helped me pick out a few for free or for a couple of bucks. All of these are wonderful, some more than others (boys for pele is at least half about the late-90s riotgrrl/girlpower movement; not bad, but caveat emptor. Unknown Pleasures has that dry-goes-on-too-long writing like a magazine article in THE WIRE, where it's 1000 words and you're still not sure if the author likes the band).
The ones I would recommend without reservation: Dilla's Donuts, BBoys Paul's Boutique, In Utero, Beatles' Let It Be, Bowie's Low, REM's Murmur, Doolittle, Chocolate & Cheese, Pink Flag, Bee Thousand, Led Zepp's IV, Reign In Blood. I'd probably skip Who Sell Out, SAWII, Pretty Hate Machine. I would actively dissuade you from reading Lethem's navel-gazing this-is-not-a-book-about-talking-heads'-'fear of music'-album. Infinite Jest is in there because that's where they got the idea of doing the series, but IMO it's kind of just 'OK' on the subject of DFW's book.
The ones I would recommend without reservation: Dilla's Donuts, BBoys Paul's Boutique, In Utero, Beatles' Let It Be, Bowie's Low, REM's Murmur, Doolittle, Chocolate & Cheese, Pink Flag, Bee Thousand, Led Zepp's IV, Reign In Blood. I'd probably skip Who Sell Out, SAWII, Pretty Hate Machine. I would actively dissuade you from reading Lethem's navel-gazing this-is-not-a-book-about-talking-heads'-'fear of music'-album. Infinite Jest is in there because that's where they got the idea of doing the series, but IMO it's kind of just 'OK' on the subject of DFW's book.
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TrainFan73
Frothy
Book’s here... vinyl shipped... will report back soon:
wmeugene
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Where did you order the vinyl? I was looking and it is sold out at the usual suspects.
TrainFan73
Frothy
I got the 2011 Rhino repress. US version, pressed at RTI and mastered by Chris Bellman. Used Discogs. I debated grabbing a mofi.
CrazyDiamond84
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This is the one I have, its pretty good! Maybe I'll catch up on this over the weekend, and start the Dusty book. I was looking at the 1st 10 books, and I'm only missing one of them on vinyl (ABBA Gold).
BoilerRhapsody
Active Member
Someone on Reddit suggested I expand my Death Grips breakdown and submit it for one of these:
boilerrhapsody.wordpress.com
What I'm gathering from the thread is they vary in quality, probably to be expected in a series like this.
Anyone in here know what the process is like? Is my breakdown in the ballpark of what could be one of these books?
Album Breakdown: Death Grips – The Money Store
After the first listen, many find Death Grips’ The Money Store daunting and incomprehensible. This is the breakdown I wish I’d had.
boilerrhapsody.wordpress.com
What I'm gathering from the thread is they vary in quality, probably to be expected in a series like this.
Anyone in here know what the process is like? Is my breakdown in the ballpark of what could be one of these books?
TrainFan73
Frothy
Given that the two books I have read are completely different and some books are fiction, format is it at all important.Someone on Reddit suggested I expand my Death Grips breakdown and submit it for one of these:
Album Breakdown: Death Grips – The Money Store
After the first listen, many find Death Grips’ The Money Store daunting and incomprehensible. This is the breakdown I wish I’d had.
What I'm gathering from the thread is they vary in quality, probably to be expected in a series like this.
Anyone in here know what the process is like? Is my breakdown in the ballpark of what could be one of these books?
Here’s how to submit:
How to Submit a Proposal
Guidance on how to submit a book proposal for our 33 1/3 series. Find out about our open call for proposal process.
333sound.com
wmeugene
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I did the same. Thanks for the heads up.
Decided to orient my album listening around some new material. I was glad that RSD did Wild Tchoupitoulas and that Amazon had the 33 1/3 on it for 11 bucks and change.
BjorgenFjorgen
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Just received an email from Ray Padgett, who writes a Dylan newsletter I subscribe to:
"Hi all, I hope you’ll forgive a little self-promotional interlude - won’t become a regular thing, promise - but my new book is out today! It’s not explicitly on Bob Dylan, but he comes up. A lot. I wrote about how he comes up in this newsletter last month.
The book is in the 33 1/3 series of books about specific albums (they did Highway 61 Revisited a decade ago, and have done other Dylan-adjacent albums like Music from Big Pink). Mine, though, looks at the history of the tribute album through the lens of one tribute in particular: 1991’s I’m Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen. It’s got R.E.M., Pixies, Ian McCulloch… but its main claim to fame is, without it, you wouldn’t know “Hallelujah.” (Which, in weird timing, was just played twice after Trump’s convention speech. So maybe right now you wish you didn’t know “Hallelujah”…)
I won’t belabor this - again, that earlier newsletter has way more info - but if you enjoy reading these newsletters, I think you’ll like my new book too. It’s my second, after 2017’s Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time, which also features a lot of Dylan content. You can find that one at this link, and a bunch of places to buy the new I’m Your Fan right here:
Bloomsbury | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop
If you do buy it, head over to my main site, Cover Me, where you can claim a free mixtape I made of great lesser-known Cohen covers.
Thanks for indulging me. Be back to our usual business this Sunday - with the earliest Bob show I’ve covered to date, no less!
Ray"
"Hi all, I hope you’ll forgive a little self-promotional interlude - won’t become a regular thing, promise - but my new book is out today! It’s not explicitly on Bob Dylan, but he comes up. A lot. I wrote about how he comes up in this newsletter last month.
The book is in the 33 1/3 series of books about specific albums (they did Highway 61 Revisited a decade ago, and have done other Dylan-adjacent albums like Music from Big Pink). Mine, though, looks at the history of the tribute album through the lens of one tribute in particular: 1991’s I’m Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen. It’s got R.E.M., Pixies, Ian McCulloch… but its main claim to fame is, without it, you wouldn’t know “Hallelujah.” (Which, in weird timing, was just played twice after Trump’s convention speech. So maybe right now you wish you didn’t know “Hallelujah”…)
I won’t belabor this - again, that earlier newsletter has way more info - but if you enjoy reading these newsletters, I think you’ll like my new book too. It’s my second, after 2017’s Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time, which also features a lot of Dylan content. You can find that one at this link, and a bunch of places to buy the new I’m Your Fan right here:
Bloomsbury | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop
If you do buy it, head over to my main site, Cover Me, where you can claim a free mixtape I made of great lesser-known Cohen covers.
Thanks for indulging me. Be back to our usual business this Sunday - with the earliest Bob show I’ve covered to date, no less!
Ray"
TrainFan73
Frothy
@MikeH
coming round to side two. I quite like this. The pressing is very nice. There’s a slight warp but I don’t think I’ll bother putting it under the michell, weight seems fine. The imaging is very nice - which I noticed somewhere in the talk of the new mono version for rocktober, Someone had complained about it being an early stereo mix (which always makes me think of Sgt Peppers)... I have no idea if Bellman did something different here, but it’s quite nice. There is some phase shifting, but nothing jarring and honestly, given that this is a “psychedelic” record - I’m sure what’s there is quite entertaining in the right atmosphere. Nice instrument separation. Nice soundstage. No pressing noise. I’m still a spin clean user and I definitely introduced some static in the drying process.
coming round to side two. I quite like this. The pressing is very nice. There’s a slight warp but I don’t think I’ll bother putting it under the michell, weight seems fine. The imaging is very nice - which I noticed somewhere in the talk of the new mono version for rocktober, Someone had complained about it being an early stereo mix (which always makes me think of Sgt Peppers)... I have no idea if Bellman did something different here, but it’s quite nice. There is some phase shifting, but nothing jarring and honestly, given that this is a “psychedelic” record - I’m sure what’s there is quite entertaining in the right atmosphere. Nice instrument separation. Nice soundstage. No pressing noise. I’m still a spin clean user and I definitely introduced some static in the drying process.
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