My old LP's

SammyChevelleTypeS3 said:
Career of Evil! Hahaha! They did it last year when we saw them.
Many classic groups who have lost so many members but several are still out there , I am not enthused about seeing. Why? Because most, I will check on YouTube before I let the wife attempt to talk me into one of those shows. I find many are truly as bad as some poor excuse of a tribute/copy band. Certainly not worth someone's money for the wildly expensive prices they expect folks to pay.

I can honestly say that BOC , even to this day still sound as good , if not better than the early days. I would not pass a chance to see them if they play near you. I really can not see how they can go much longer with the ages of the last remaining original members. Late 70s and early 80s ages! WoW. Still out there? They must be on some mighty strong vitamins!

The wife does not give a hoot because she is just looking for ANY show to go to. I just feel it is asking a bit too much for those high prices when you are paying for something you are not really getting. Copy/tribute bands should not be asking the kind of money they are.

Lynyrd Skynyrd for example are down to the original drummer and the original singer's brother... A really very poor excuse for what once was.
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I saw Yes around 2015. I was not expecting much. I was wowed. Of course no Jon Anderson, but they hired a young fellow singer who could absolutely hit those - dare I say - soprano notes! It was a great concert - small outdoor venue at a Casino!
 
Just yesterday, I was driving back from my Mom's house and Fleetwood Mac's - Tusk came on the radio. Took me back to my teen years laying on my bed, listening to records thru my Realistic (Radio Shack) Quadraphonic receiver. Just wasn't the same. There are things you could hear on the 4 channel system that you really don't realize on a regular 2 channel. That goes for any Pink Floyd album. The Cars -Moving in Stereo was awesome.
 
Another jazz classic pressed in 1963 but many recordings from the ‘40s

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SammyChevelleTypeS3 said:
Now you got me going. B.O.C. is one I have seen so many times since 1974 that I lost track of how many shows long ago. Actually just saw them the last time in 2024. On Your Feet or On Your Knees from 1975 has been one I have owned on 8track / cassette / vinyl and now CD forms. Buck has to be one of the greatest (kind of ignored by the music media) guitarist I have seen and I have seen many of the greats.
Pablo. What are your favorite 3-4 songs by them? Mine would be some like #1) Subhuman #2) Harvester of Eyes #3) Maserati GT (I aint got You.) #4) Buck's Boogie. There are so many this list could go on and on..... Cities On Flame.... Astronomy.... Hot Rails to Hell..... ME262.....
They have lost some really great talent over the years (Bouchard brothers, Alen Lanier) but at least Buck and Bloom are still out there leading and every time they replaced someone it was with a very talented pick. Those guys (Buck-78yrs & E. Bloom-80yrs! old) must have found the fountain of youth to still be out there at their ages....
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Back to the initial release LP. All the songs are great. Hahahahaha

1972. The guitar is pretty darn clean. Who even knew they existed then?
 
My only complaint about BOC recordings?

The CD's REALLY suck. Muddy. Bassless. Unsharp highs. The heck, like they just went through the motions in the 1990's??

I never ever thought I would write this: The streaming is so much better. Pretty clean, IMHO.
 
SammyChevelleTypeS3 said:
Now you got me going. B.O.C. is .........................#1) Subhuman
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Oyster boys?

"So ladies fish and gentlemen
Here's my angled dream
See me in the blue sky bag
And meet me by the sea

Oyster boys are
Swimming for me now
Save me from the
Death-like creatures"

Classic!! Great song

ME-262? "Like some heavy metal fruit"

"
Goering's on the phone to Freiburg
Said Willie done quite a job
Hitler's on the phone from Berlin
Says, "I'm gonna make you a star
My Captain Von Ondine, here's your next patrol
A flight of English bombers across the canal
After 12, they'll all be here
I think you know the job

They hung there dependent from the sky
Like some heavy metal fruit
These bombers, ripened, ready to tilt
Must these Englishmen live that I might die
Must they live that I might die"
 
AndyB said:
The guitar solo in “Blue Oyster Cult” off the Imaginos album is a masterpiece.
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BOC lead guitarist , Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser IMHO is one of the greatest American rock guitarist of all time. I have seen very many of the greats to compare him too. Yet he is never even mentioned in any lists I have ever seen.
These are IMO some of the best I have seen perform LIVE more than once in the past.
From Eric Clapton , Jeff Beck, Peter Frampton, to Stephen Stills, Robin Trower , Hughie Thomasson, Gary Rossington to Mark Farner, Allen Collins, Johnny Winters, Billy Gibbons, Jeff Skunk Baxter, Steve Howe, Neal Schon, Jorma Kaukonen, Dickey Betts, David Gilmour, Frank Zappa, Elvin Bishop, Joe Walsh, Frank Marino, Alvin Lee , Ronnie Montrose ....
The guy, Buck Dharma is ONLY 80 years old and is still actually touring and leading the current BOC with another very good player, the other remaining BOC founding member Eric Bloom who is 78 yrs old.
 
SammyChevelleTypeS3 said:
BOC lead guitarist , Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser IMHO is one of the greatest American rock guitarist of all time. I have seen very many of the greats to compare him too. Yet he is never even mentioned in any lists I have ever seen.
These are IMO some of the best I have seen perform LIVE more than once in the past.
From Eric Clapton , Jeff Beck, Peter Frampton, to Stephen Stills, Robin Trower , Hughie Thomasson, Gary Rossington to Mark Farner, Allen Collins, Johnny Winters, Billy Gibbons, Jeff Skunk Baxter, Steve Howe, Neal Schon, Jorma Kaukonen, Dickey Betts, David Gilmour, Frank Zappa, Elvin Bishop, Joe Walsh, Frank Marino, Alvin Lee , Ronnie Montrose ....
The guy, Buck Dharma is ONLY 80 years old and is still actually touring and leading the current BOC with another very good player, the other remaining BOC founding member Eric Bloom who is 78 yrs old.
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That’s just it. Late 60 and 70s were great for music except disco. Truly sad in one aspect Buck didn’t get recognition but ironically wasn’t this the goal or at least a statement of music movements? Punk, 60s revolution rock, grunge, etc - don’t need no recognition!? Buck truly achieved this - all the while BOC I assume did ok money wise ( I have not studied their financial success)
 
Pablo said:
That’s just it. Late 60 and 70s were great for music except disco. Truly sad in one aspect Buck didn’t get recognition but ironically wasn’t this the goal or at least a statement of music movements? Punk, 60s revolution rock, grunge, etc - don’t need no recognition!? Buck truly achieved this - all the while BOC I assume did ok money wise ( I have not studied their financial success)
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I would guess they did better than a lot of others with the finances. I can only base it on what I read a good many years back and the nickname they gave themselves over ten years ago. The "Band on Tour Forever." LoL I think they meant it because once in a while I check to see if/where they are still playing. Most times it can be from California to the East Coast or someplace across the oceans. I doubt they could do that stuff unless they are/been making real good money. They are also one of the few from that era who can actually afford to bring their own sound people with them to run the boards and make sure the sound is exactly what people paid for and turn out to hear unlike others who I bet can't afford to. It would be a shock to people to know just how little many of those classic groups are paid at some places. Many have started doing those large music cruise ship tours. There has been quite a bit of that going around the last several years. I would imagine that type thing pays a lot better than some smaller land based places and festivals.
 
1lieutenant said:
Just now listening to this 1963 pressing I found while going through my albums. Incredible sound quality! Nice dynamics and low noise. Just about pristine. Seems more appropriate for a turntable than digital, but I have no doubt that the WiiM with a bit of parametric equalization would sound just as good or better.

Happy Thanksgiving all!!

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I LOVE that era and most of the things I have heard thru the years that Duke Ellington released. Not too much on Satchmo's singing but he was a real talent for sure.
 
Pablo said:
That’s just it. Late 60 and 70s were great for music except disco. Truly sad in one aspect Buck didn’t get recognition but ironically wasn’t this the goal or at least a statement of music movements? Punk, 60s revolution rock, grunge, etc - don’t need no recognition!? Buck truly achieved this - all the while BOC I assume did ok money wise ( I have not studied their financial success)
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I was told by a member of the current Marshal Tucker Band, of which they too are down to just about one founding member left that they get paid peanuts at a lot of places but they keep doing it because they can afford to and it is simply what they do. Life long career some are just not ready to give up. I was a major fan of the original Atlanta Rhythm Section in the late 70s/early 80s. Saw them many times. A few years back the wife tells me they are playing some place nearby. I found a current YouTube video and it was such a poor excuse for a true cover band, with only the original keyboard player and it was so pathetic I knew there was no way I would enjoy that show at any price. We skipped that one.
 
I found one of my favorites from the 1990s recently I had forgot about.

Anyone recall the great come back from Roger McGuinn from around 1991?
Back From Rio album with Tom Petty singing with him on the hit radio song from that one called The King Of The Hill.
That was a must have cd in the car when the wife and I still travelled a lot.
 
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