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12."I HAD TO MUCH TO DREAM [LAST NIGHT]"-THE ELECTRIC PRUNES

THE QUINTISENTIAL PSYCHADELIC GARAGE BAND SONG OF THE 1960'S.
SUBSTITUTING "DREAM" FOR DRINK PLACED THE SONG IN A NEW REALM OF
INTERPRETATION THAT DID NOT EXIST PRIOR TO THE 1960'S AND HAS
SELDOM BEEN SEEN OR HEARD OF SINCE.
FOR A BRIEF MOMENT THE MINDS OF AMERICANS OPENED IN A WAY
THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY ONLY BEEN KNOWN THRU RELIGOUS EXPIERIENCE
OR BY THE SUPERNATURAL, WHICH AS ALDOUS HUXELY NOTED WAS
"JUST THE NATURAL WORLD WITHOUT ALL IT'S NAME AND LABELS.
THE SONG HAS POWER RARELY ACHIEVED IN ANY OF
TODAY'S MUSICAL ENVIRONMENT'S-IF AT ALL.A TRUE CLASSIC.

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11."THE MESSAGE"-GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE
"THE MESSAGE" IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SONG OF THE 1980'S.
IT HERALDED THE BEGINING OF THE RAP-HIP-HOP REVOLUTION.
AT THE TIME{1982} I WAS WALKING THE STREETS OF NEW YORK
CITY AND EVERYWHERE I WENT I'D HEAR THIS SOUND-THIS MUSIC.
I THOUGHT IT WAS IT WAS JUST A NEW YORK THING.I STARTED TO
LIKE IT.IT WAS SO FRESH.WHEN I READ THE LYRICS IN THE NEW
YORK ROCKER I WAS AMAZED.NOBODY IN ROCK WAS SAYING
ANYTHING IMPORTANT IN THIER MUSIC BUT GRANDMASTER
FLASH'S LYRICS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN N.Y.C. IN 1982 WERE
SPOT ON.I HAD ONLY BEEN THERE A FEW MONTHS BUT EVERYTHING
HE RAPPED ABOUT REFLECTED EXACTLY WHAT I'D SEEN AND
HEARD.NEW YORK CITY WAS STILL AN AMAZING PLACE-BUT IT
WAS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO NOTICE THE CRIME,VIOLENCE,GIANT RAT'S,
BIGOTRY,PREJUDECE,AND CORRUPTION-WITH LITTLE ORDER AND
ALOT OF CHAOS.BLACK ARTISTS HAD TO BECOME GANGSTERS
IN ORDER TO BREAK INTO THE MUSIC BUSINESS AND THEY HAD
TO WARN PEOPLE-"DON'T PUSH ME,CAUSE I'M CLOSE TO THE EDGE".
WE ALL WERE.

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#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"

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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.

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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।

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