Nice piece about the uses of vinyl and cds - contemplation vs. production modes. I, too, have never listened to a side 2 of an album before side 1. Dismissing the post-sixties Stones has been a cliche since about 1972, the time of Exile on Main Street. There are great, very selective cuts out there (not anything of note from the 90’s on). I’m thinking of Shattered (Some Girls), Mixed Emotions, the gritty Hot Stuff (Black and Blue), and Emotional Rescue. Ralph Fiennes insanely uninhibited dance to the later in the film A Bigger Splash is one of his finer moments.
I’m a fan of Boris Vian’s writing and knew he was also a musician but for some reason never thought to look for his recordings. Turns out he’s got loads of albums on Spotify. I had no idea.
3 albums from 3 different decades that I recommend to you that you probably will love: 1) Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate; Tom Waits, Blood Money and Van Morrison, Poetic Champions Compose.
I agree with you about vinyl and cd. I tend to give away cds, but I keep all of my vinyl. That Satie recording sounds marvelous. Lovely post, Tosh.
Nice piece about the uses of vinyl and cds - contemplation vs. production modes. I, too, have never listened to a side 2 of an album before side 1. Dismissing the post-sixties Stones has been a cliche since about 1972, the time of Exile on Main Street. There are great, very selective cuts out there (not anything of note from the 90’s on). I’m thinking of Shattered (Some Girls), Mixed Emotions, the gritty Hot Stuff (Black and Blue), and Emotional Rescue. Ralph Fiennes insanely uninhibited dance to the later in the film A Bigger Splash is one of his finer moments.
I’m a fan of Boris Vian’s writing and knew he was also a musician but for some reason never thought to look for his recordings. Turns out he’s got loads of albums on Spotify. I had no idea.
3 albums from 3 different decades that I recommend to you that you probably will love: 1) Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate; Tom Waits, Blood Money and Van Morrison, Poetic Champions Compose.
Refreshing to see someone put limits on the Stones. I've always thought their work started to decline in 1966.