Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Dark Star Boogie
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Dark Star Boogie
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From the Atlantic Years Mono boxset.
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Cross post from the June Vinyl Challenge thread...
Day 10 - Perfect?
I like to say that perfection only exists in definition.
But go ahead play an album you'd rate a 10. (or as high as you'd rate one)
A fun category. Perfection is so subjective - and that's what'll make today's entries so much fun.
I find perfection in the imperfect. I'm much more interested and invested in a record that has it's raw emotion on display lyrically and musically in lieu of something slick and technically perfect. Which brings us to...
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
Tonight's The Night is arguably Neil's most emotional record. It's a song cycle spawned from the death of two of Neil's close friends - Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and CSNY roadie Bruce Berry - from heroin overdoses. This is a record birthed from emotional and physical pain. It's songs are related from two pints of view, the junkie who tried to make it but couldn't and those left to deal with the wreckage of their passing. Ironically, the most upbeat song on the record, 'Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown, is a tale of scoring and living to score again. And it's sung by Danny Whitten.
Neil even put thought into the packaging. The labels on the record - black - reflecting the mood of the LP and a first for a Reprise release. Original pressings of this record were in a sleeve made from a soft, fragile, fuzzy paper. Like living with heroin, this jacket was very hard to preserve without showing the substantial wear of making it though life and eventually succumbing to the same loss and decay reflected in the songs. This is the main reason an original pressing of TTN is so hard to find in nice shape.
Neil describes TTN as his most "liquid" album, and you can tell the fire water was flowing listening to some of these songs. The performance is at times ragged - vocal and musical mistakes are left intact. It's a warts and all record, but it's these imperfections that convey the emotional catharsis that drives Tonight's The Night and makes it a jewel.
Day 10 - Perfect?
I like to say that perfection only exists in definition.
But go ahead play an album you'd rate a 10. (or as high as you'd rate one)
A fun category. Perfection is so subjective - and that's what'll make today's entries so much fun.
I find perfection in the imperfect. I'm much more interested and invested in a record that has it's raw emotion on display lyrically and musically in lieu of something slick and technically perfect. Which brings us to...
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
Tonight's The Night is arguably Neil's most emotional record. It's a song cycle spawned from the death of two of Neil's close friends - Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and CSNY roadie Bruce Berry - from heroin overdoses. This is a record birthed from emotional and physical pain. It's songs are related from two pints of view, the junkie who tried to make it but couldn't and those left to deal with the wreckage of their passing. Ironically, the most upbeat song on the record, 'Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown, is a tale of scoring and living to score again. And it's sung by Danny Whitten.
Neil even put thought into the packaging. The labels on the record - black - reflecting the mood of the LP and a first for a Reprise release. Original pressings of this record were in a sleeve made from a soft, fragile, fuzzy paper. Like living with heroin, this jacket was very hard to preserve without showing the substantial wear of making it though life and eventually succumbing to the same loss and decay reflected in the songs. This is the main reason an original pressing of TTN is so hard to find in nice shape.
Neil describes TTN as his most "liquid" album, and you can tell the fire water was flowing listening to some of these songs. The performance is at times ragged - vocal and musical mistakes are left intact. It's a warts and all record, but it's these imperfections that convey the emotional catharsis that drives Tonight's The Night and makes it a jewel.
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Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Since you've already seen Monday there can you tell me if mine will be alright or is it gonna suck and I should just call in sick?
Thank you kindly.
kafunis
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Well I have Mondays off(but work Sunday ) so mine was pretty good, lots of good music , had my 2 year old for company .made some Chicken Stock and making a Paella for Dinner , all in all 
So I'd say you're safe based on mine 
, Enjoy yours @Yer Ol' Uncle D
So I'd say you're safe based on mine , Enjoy yours @Yer Ol' Uncle D
Dark Star Boogie
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The Comet Is Coming - Death to the Planet
Souljacker
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It's a Pentecost monday off here. Starting it right by turning up the volume 
Joe Mac
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I gotta say, on vinyl this set gave me a new appreciation for Dylan, the mono pressing works so well with conveying not only the emotion in his singing, but the lyrics and guitar work are fantastic. You should really enjoy it
Couldn’t agree more, the mono mixes are definitely the definitive versions of those first 8 Dylan albums. A bit like The Beatles in that era he put the emphasis on the mono mixes because that’s what the vast majority of people were listening to, the stereo mixing was often palmed off to the engineers as an afterthought!
Glad you are digging them, I already have those in various different mono releases otherwise I’d be all over that box!
