Title: Wish You Were Here Source:
youtube URL Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAchKt2xjsw Published:Dec 15, 2005 Author:tribal328 Post Date:2007-12-23 21:52:04 by wudidiz Keywords:None Views:731 Comments:59
Yeah,I come over here and to a few other places when I'm bored to just lurk and kill time. No way can I pass up a Pink Floyd thread without commenting,though. Pure genius. I am now listening to the Wish You Were Here album on my computer. "Shine on you crazy diamond" is playing as I type this.
"Goodtime Joe" by Link Wray. I can't find it anywhere. It's a crime that album with Goodtime Joe,Rocket 88,and Backwoods Preacher Man hasn't been put back into production.
If you ain't heard Link Wray play Goodtime Joe,you ain't heard rock and roll guitar.
That Pink Floyd concert movie really was something special,wasn't it? I have never seen so many drums in my life,and the girl backup singers were incredible. Reproducing the sounds that are on a Pink Floyd album live is no small feat. I don't know who they are,but my hat is off to them.
"Goodtime Joe" by Link Wray. I can't find it anywhere. It's a crime that album with Goodtime Joe,Rocket 88,and Backwoods Preacher Man hasn't been put back into production.
If you ain't heard Link Wray play Goodtime Joe,you ain't heard rock and roll guitar.
That Pink Floyd concert movie really was something special,wasn't it? I have never seen so many drums in my life,and the girl backup singers were incredible. Reproducing the sounds that are on a Pink Floyd album live is no small feat. I don't know who they are,but my hat is off to them.
Oh, that wasn't Pink Floyd?
Here:
... seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you...
One of the "Crown Jewels" of my Record collection is a very rare Japanese Audiophile Pressing, 1/2 Speed Mastered, copy of "Wish You Were Here". It is in mint condition - and the liner notes are in Japanese. I don't know if it was ever imported into the States - I bought my copy in Japan.
I've thought about selling it on ebay to buy a new amp for my Stereo System but have no idea what it is worth. I know it is at least several hundred dollars, based on what I've seen other Floyd rarities go for, but am really not sure. I have a few others such as a mint copy, unopened, of the Mobile Fidelity Pressings of "Days of Future Passed", and Genesis "Trick of The Tail", but I know they are valuable but not as rare as the "Wish You Were Here Recording". I figure at auction it could go anywhere between $500 and "oh my gosh".
"When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather - not screaming in terror like his passengers." - Unk.
Of course it was Pink Floyd. Why did you think it wasn't? Was it because I wrote "concert movie"? If that is it,the concert movie is a movie of a actual Pink Floyd concert that was recorded live a couple of years ago in London. I think it was released on DVD last year. At any rate I bought my DVD of it last year,and it is truly something amazing to watch and listen to. I had never seen Pink Floyd in concert,and I had been thinking it would be impossible to create that sound live. I was wrong. I don't think there was a missed note or a flaw/deviation from the original recording the whole show. I can't recommend that DVD too highly to anybody who loves music in general,and Pink Floyd in particular. Hell,buy the DVD and save money by not having to buy 3 or 4 CD's!
Yeah,that's the man. If you ever get a chance to buy his 1973 Polydor album that is titled,"Link Wray Rumble",buy it! I think it went out of print in 74,and has never been re-released. I finally wore out my second copy,and the only new one I could find was in Germany,and I had to pay 130 bucks for the damn thing! If you had any idea how cheap I am,that would really mean something to you. I never paid even $20 for a album before or since.
BTW,seems like he put out a couple of albums with "Rumble" in the title because it was his best known hit. If it doesn't have Goodtime Joe,Backwood Preacher Man,or Rocket 88 on it,it's not the right one.
Of course it was Pink Floyd. Why did you think it wasn't?
Sorry, my mistake, I did think it was Pink Floyd, then when I saw this part of your previous post:
...I don't know who they are, but my hat is off to them...
I figured it was an imitator. I was looking around on the 'Net while I was listening to that one. Now I understand what you mean. Yes, I agree, a good sign of an extraordinary band is when they can sound on stage like they do on a studio recording. I saw Johnny Cash live and he could do that. April Wine is another band I saw live and they did it extremely well.
Now, Pink Floyd is a whole different story... incredible musical genius indeed.
... seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you...
"The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken
I finally wore out my second copy,and the only new one I could find was in Germany,and I had to pay 130 bucks for the damn thing!
Hi, pete. ever heard of GEMM before? found this nice little 1/1/74 Polydor pressing, release no. PD 6025 on there for $22, and the dealer is in the U.S. there was another one for $18 in France. they have almost anything you can think of listed on there, and lots of classic vinyl. I picked up a complete cd collection of "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band", along with 'Framed' and a few others with no problems. was able to get them all through their approved dealers and the shipping wasn't much on ones that came from europe.
I've never been able to find it either,but a friend of mine did find just that one song one time at one of those download sites. He just couldn't remember which one when I asked him.
What is the oddest is that "Link Wray Rumble" was his best album and his best selling album. Yet it is the one that has never been re-released.
"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs
I have that record. It's the one with the sorta strobe photo of him on the front. I've sold off a lot of my vinyl but I have kept that one. Mine's in nearly mint shape, because back then I just bought my first tape deck and taped my albums and listened to them on cassette, since I had this mondo amplifier with about 1000 watts a channel, and the input didn't matter too much. Plus, the volume made records skip.
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"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs
No,but I have it bookmarked now. They have two Polydor LP's listed by Wray with the right title,but don't list the song titles. Rumble was the title of Wray's biggest single,so there are a couple of different albums with that in the title. That makes it confusing if the song titles aren't listed. One LP for sale is new and less than 30 bucks,and the other one is used and 217 bucks. That leads me to believe they are different LP's.
It's really something special,ain't it? My new one is still unopened. I'm waiting to find somebody I can trust to record it on a CD for me before I open it. None o that,"my sisters brothers 2nd cousin two times removed can probably do it" crap. It has to be somebody I know,and they have to live close enough I can get my hands around their throats if it disappears.
BTW,IF I remember correctly,Blues Duke was a kid visiting the recording studio the day that album was recorded. Get him to tell you the story if he posts here. I am too eaten up with jealousy to talk to him about it.