THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL-TIME

#10-"TIMER"-LAURA NYRO

THERE IS LITTLE THAT CAN BE SAIDOF LAURA NYRO THAT CAN COME
CLOSE TO EXPRESSING THE AMAZING TALENT THAT WAS HER MUSICAL
SOUL.THOUGH LAURA WROTE HITS FOR MANY ARTISTS{ELI'S COMING-THREE DOG NIGHT-STONED SOUL PICNIC-5TH DIMENSION-STONY END-BARBARA STRIESAND}IT IS HER OWN VERSIONS OF THESE TIMELESS CLASSICS THAT YOU'LL
FIND THE REAL MAGIC OF LAURA NYRO.HER RANGE IS LARGE,AND HER ARRANGMENTS,AS COMPLEX AS THEY ARE,SOUND AS CATCHY AND SWEET AS
ANY GREAT POP SONG YOU'VE EVER HEARD.LAURA WAS ONE OF THE GREATS.
HER MUSIC TRANSENDENT.SHE BELONGS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF AMERICA'S
GREATIST POP SONGWRITERS AND PERFORMERS.DIG THAT "TIMER"

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-2008-COPYWRITE-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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TELEVISION STILL BROADCASTING

IMAGINE IF TELEVISION'S FIRST ALBUM "MARQUEE MOON" WAS THE FIRST
RECORD YOU HEARD AFTER HEARING ABOUT THIS NEW THING CALLED "PUNK
ROCK" HAPPENING IN NEW YORK CITY AT A PLACE CALLED CBGB'S.I'LL NEVER
FORGET HEARING THAT ALBUM FOR THE FIRST TIME.MY BASS PLAYER HAD IT
AND AS SOON AS I SAW IT I IMMEDIATLY SAID "PUT IT ON,I'VE READ SOME AMAZING THINGS ABOUT THIS BAND".SO HE DID AND IT WASN'T WHAT I EXPECTED BUT IT
WAS GREAT.THE SONGS WERE SMART AND THE GUITARS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE.I HAD NEVER HEARD ANYONE PLAY GUITAR LIKE TOM VERLAINE AND I
STILL HAVEN'T TO THIS VERY DAY.
GOOD NEWS FOR TELEVISION FANS.THE BAND IS IN THE STUDIO MAKING A
NEW RECORD.

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL-TIME

6. "AUTOBAHN"-KRAFTWORK



37 YEARS AFTER IT'S RELEASE KRAFTWORK'S "AUTOBAHN" STILL SOUNDS

LIKE SOMETHING BEING BEAMED DOWN TO US FROM SOME FUTURISTIC ALIEN ASTRAL PLANE.AS FAR AS WE KNOW-KRAFTWORK WERE THE FIRST ALL ELECTRONIC ROCK BAND.THAT'S ONE THING BUT CREATING A SONG AS CATCHY AND FUN AS "AUTOBAHN" MAKES THIS RECORDING TOTALLY UNIQUE BY COMBINING THE TWO ELEMENTS.THE SONG WAS INSPIRED BY THE BEACH BOYS
"FUN,FUN,FUN" AND IF THAT WAS THE GOAL THEN KRAFTWORK DEFINATLY ACHIEVED IT.THEY SEEMED TO BE THE FIRST BAND TO TOTALLY MASTER
THE SYNTHETIC SOUNDS THIER ELECTRONIC INSTUMENTS MADE.

THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF RECORDING ACOUSTIC GUITAR

MOST ACOUSTIC GUITAR RECORDINGS ARE DONE WITH A SEPARETE MIC FOR THE

ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLACED ABOUT 5-10 INCHES FROM THE CENTER OF THE GUITAR

BODY.THOUGH SOME BASS TONE IS LEFT IN,THE TREBLE TONES ARE THE MOST

FOCUSED ON AND CRANKED-UP HIGH WITH THE MIDRANGE TURNED DOWN SO FAR

IT'S NEARLY ELIMINATED.I THINK THIS IS A BIG MISTAKE.BIG ACOUSTIC DREADNAUGHT GUITARS LIKE MY 1980 GUILD DON'T PRODUCE A THIN TREBELY SOUND LIKE YOU HEAR ON MOST MODERN RECORDS AND CD'S.THEY PRODUCE A HUGE SOUND !-IN FACT ONE MIGHT CALL IT A RUMBLE-ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE

STRUMMING HARD WITH A FAIRLY THICK LATEX PICK।THAT RUMBLE GOES BACK AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE EVERLY BROTHERS AND I'M SURE ALOT FURTHER BUT SOMETIME IN THE 1970'S PRODUCERS STARTED REMOVING ALLMOST ALL OF THE

MID-RANGE;DEEMING IT AN UNDESIRABLE SOUND.FOR SOME RECORDINGS IT IS
APPROPRIATE TO TONE DOWN THE MID-RANGE ON AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR-IF
THERE ARE ALOT OF TRACKS IT CAN MUDDY UP THE MIX।BUT IF YOUR RECORDING
A SMALL ENSEMBLE OR A GUITAR AND VOCAL ONLY RECORDING THERE'S NO
REASON NOT TO LET THE MIDRANGE FREE SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR IT IN ALL IT'S
GLORY.AT SEVERAL SESSIONS IN NASHVILLE AND AUSTIN I INSTRUCTED THE
ENGINEER TO LEAVE THE MID-RANGE IN ! I KNOW THEY WERE BOTH SURPRISED
AND DELIGHTED AT THE SOUND WE GOT।

PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008

CONCEPT FOR A DAY

SONICALLY AND CREATIVILY THE BEATLES "SARGENT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" IS A MILESTONE IN ROCK।IT'S WHEN ROCK PROVED THAT IT COULD BE JUST AS INVENTIVE,COMPLEX,AND MYSTERIOUSLY BEATIFUL AS THAT OF ANY CLASSICAL MUSIC।ALLTHOUGH IT WAS CALLED A CONCEPT ALBUM;IT WASN'T.
THERE WAS NO CONCEPT OTHER THAN PAULS LEAD-OFF SONG WHERE THE BEATLES BECOME THE SARGENT PEPPER BAND।ANOTHER NEW FEATURE WAS THE CONECTING MUSICAL SEGWAY BETWEEN "PEPPER" AND "A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS"।LATER ON "ABBEY ROAD" THE BEATLES WOULD RECORD A WHOLE SIDE
WHERE THE SONGS WERE CONNECTED-BUT IT WASN'T A CONCEPT ALBUM EITHER।BUT IT WAS AMAZING.
THE PERSON WHO TOOK PAULS IDEA OF BECOMING ANOTHER BAND FOR THE
WHOLE ALBUM WAS DAVID BOWIE ON HIS BREATHTAKING ALBUM "ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS".ON BOWIES ALBUM ALL THE SONGS ARE COMPLETELY CONNECTED AROUND THE BAND LEADER ZIGGY STARDUST AND HIS
CO-HORTS IN MAYHEM "THE SPIDERS FROM MARS"।BOWIE INGENOUSLY INTERWOAVE THE TRAGIC STORY OF THE DOOMED ROCK STAR WHO,IF ANTTHING,
HIS FANS LOVED TOO MUCH।
EVERY SONG IS A TOUR DE FORCE IN COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION।ONE OF THE GREATIST ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
AN EARLIER ALBUM BY THE MOODY BLUES,"DAYS OF FUTURE PAST" MAY BE THE THE FIRST ROCK CONCEPT ALBUM।IT FOLLOWS THE COARSE OF A DAY-DAWN,
THE MOURNING,{TUESDAY}AFTERNOON,PEAK HOUR AND EVENING.IT'S A STUNNING ACHIEVMENT THAT FOLLOWS A CONCEPT FROM START TO FINISH।
IT WAS RECORDED WITH "THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA" IN 1967,THE SAME
YEAR "PEPPER" CAME OUT।IT'S MOST LIKELY THAT THE MOODY BLUES MADE THE
FIRST ROCK CONCEPT ALBUM BUT ALL THESE ALBUMS HAVE SEVERAL THINGS IN COMMON।THEY ARE GROUNDBREAKING AND THEY ARE ALL AMONG THE GREATIST ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME।
PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2007-12/18/07

DISCOGRAPHY
1.SARGENT PEPPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-THE BEATLES-1967
2.DAYS OF FUTURE PAST-THE MOODY BLUES-1967
3.ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS-DAVID BOWIE-1972

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE BIRD IS A WORD

12/11/07

CHRIS MATHERS OF MSNBC'S "HARDBALL" USED AN INTERESTING WORD TODAY:ASSIDOUSLY.HE WAS REFERING A GUEST COLUMNISTS WRITINGS PROCLAIMING THAT HE WAS THE BEST COLUMNIST IN AMERICA AND THAT HE READ HIS WRITINGS "ASSIDOUSLY".SO I LOOKED IT UP IN WEBSTERS DICTIONARY
ONLINE।
ASSIDOUSLY-from Latin-assiduus-1622।
Marked by careful unremitting attention or persistant application.