wtf
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
Heard about it, but hadn't heard it. Rules.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
yeah, i like it, definitely a good choice!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
Did they know each other through Iggy?
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link
gotta say Seger's pretty energetic onstage! (as opposed to the rest of his band)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
...and that's how he f'd his back up and had to postpone the rest of Hus tour.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
On a certain Bob Seger hit and disco
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 25 March 2018 03:33 (six years ago) link
Forgot George Jackson wrote that thing
― Leslie “POLLS” Hartley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 March 2018 03:45 (six years ago) link
Getting reacquainted w/my early Seger vinyl, and wandered over to discogs to see about Back In '72...man, that's an expensive record! Cheapest one up right now is $60 (shipping included) from the UK.
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
that's what happens when you obstinately refuse to repress your records
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
Yup. IIRC, it--along with Noah & Brand New Morning--have been purposely suppressed by the man himself.
Currently spinning a nice clean original press of Seven.
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
The Seger reissue news we've all been waiting for:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FLG9Z25?tag=mfconvert-20
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
I thought that was a joke post, but WOW
― sleeve, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
Long damn overdue; here's hoping the rest follows.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
Amazing, thanks---just now pre-ordered, suspecting that it might sell out pretty quick.
― dow, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
Although it's true that Tyler's re-up of the justly renowned Myonga comp still works:https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/86612418452/never-mind-the-bullets-bob-seger-1966-1974 Still---I want this fuckin' finally and justly legit CD (even though it's shorter)(also mp3s can go wonky, CDs not not nearly as often, in my longform experience) with its CD booklet of rockscholarly notes, and photos, hopefully incl. thee immortal one 'ccompanying Tyler's post.
― dow, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
best new reissue!
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bob-seger-and-the-last-heard-heavy-music-the-complete-cameo-recordings-1966-1967
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
kills me that "Looking Back" isn't on this set
― sleeve, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
"Looking Back" was later, like '72 or '73.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 September 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
ah OK, still kind of a bummer
― sleeve, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Zhb6GCL.jpg
I think this is from when Bob Seger was on SST.
― earlnash, Friday, 21 December 2018 05:55 (five years ago) link
The South Korean reissue label Big Pink has put out Back In '72, Mongrel, Brand New Morning and Noah. If they're anything like the version of Luis Gasca's For Those Who Chant (early '70s Latin jazz-rock fusion) I bought, they'll be coming in really nice mini-LP sleeves and have excellent sound. Dusty Groove has them.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 1 July 2023 17:03 (eleven months ago) link
The other day one of the he SiriusXM Deep Tracks guys spun what was clearly a vinyl rip of "The Stealer" from Back In '72, and I thought of this thread.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 July 2023 21:28 (eleven months ago) link
Wow, didn’t know until now that Seger had covered that. Free’s version is a little stiff, and listening to Seger’s, it’s a little clunky (he should’ve sung it in a slightly higher register), but the Faces’ version is all-time, one of the best things they ever did. Bettye LaVette’s version is equally stunning.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:00 (eleven months ago) link
Tyme to ask tylerw to re-re-up the xpost Myonga comp (which placed in Pazz & Jop): for one thing, it goes further than the finally authorized collection, with "Heavy Music" etc.
and yes tyler, best photo ever on coverhttps://64.media.tumblr.com/a7b49a6fcf535ee442e2234eb0d2c771/tumblr_n61gv5f3mB1qzy30io1_1280.jpg
― dow, Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:02 (eleven months ago) link
i still listen to that comp all the timewas super-gratified years ago when I was spinning the comp:Mr Veg heard one of the early tracks & perked up like “who’s this?” and when I told him “Bob Seger” he said “I didn’t know Seger was cool & garagey like this” and I was like PRAISE BE MYONGA VON BONTEE FOR PREACHING THE GOSPEL
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 2 July 2023 00:00 (eleven months ago) link
Not a bad title either!
― Mark G, Sunday, 2 July 2023 22:12 (eleven months ago) link
A rare case of an artist who was less willing to release his own records than ABKCO/Allen Klein, and that's the one good thing about ABKCO owning the Cameo/Parkway catalog - at least they released a few of those singles 17 years ago (from the original masters to boot).
― birdistheword, Sunday, 2 July 2023 23:44 (eleven months ago) link
...and they've subsequently issued several single-artist comps, genre collections, and licensed out stuff out to Ace and other boutique labels.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 3 July 2023 00:28 (eleven months ago) link
Tyme to ask tylerw to re-re-up the xpost Myonga comp
this is not the original comp -- i've replaced the tracks with better rips as they've become available over the years -- but here you go
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 July 2023 01:53 (eleven months ago) link
well alright! Thanks!!
― dow, Monday, 3 July 2023 03:44 (eleven months ago) link
(charlie's good tonight)
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 July 2023 04:16 (eleven months ago) link
thx mookie, yeah some of these trax are also on the Michigan Nuggets boot that I have, but I appreciate the better rips
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, 3 July 2023 04:42 (eleven months ago) link
*Raises a can of respectably inexpensive beer to mookie*
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 3 July 2023 04:44 (eleven months ago) link
https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.919576157.1072/flat,128x128,075,t.u1.jpg
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 July 2023 04:49 (eleven months ago) link
yes!!!!!!!!!!
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 3 July 2023 22:52 (eleven months ago) link
Haha it's funny...Rob O'Connor is a Facebook friend, and a few months ago an online talk came around the topic of early Seger, and Rob happened to mention the "Bullets" comp, asking if anyone had heard it or had any info where it came from. I was happy to tell him. :D
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 5 July 2023 02:43 (eleven months ago) link
\m/
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 July 2023 02:49 (eleven months ago) link
One note about "Rambling' Gamblin' Man" - it was never mixed to stereo, only to mono, and unfortunately early on somebody decided to make a shitty fake-stereo copy that more or less replaced the mono version for many years. If you have the CD of the album of the same name, you'll notice that it's in fake stereo there too. The original mono mix wasn't issued until the double-CD Ultimate Hits compilation in 2011. Unfortunately, they compressed the shit out of it and spiked the treble.
You can find transfers from the original mono 45 on YouTube. Here's one below:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmB7MvL2slA
― birdistheword, Thursday, 6 July 2023 01:31 (ten months ago) link
Thanks!! Was wondering about that, should have looked around.
― dow, Thursday, 6 July 2023 01:41 (ten months ago) link
so which version is on the new upload mookie, do u know?
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 6 July 2023 02:02 (ten months ago) link
i . . . don't. although i doubt a mono version would be 271 kbps, so it's probably the bad stereoed-up version
also there are both mono and stereo versions of the 'heavy music' comp out there -- which comprise tracks 1-6 of the 'never mind the bullets' comp i uploaded -- from which i took the stereo versions, which may or may not have been for the best?
joke's on me for assuming that one wouldn't use the best available recording i guess. although tbf everything on the comp i uploaded is ripped to -V0 from a reasonable flac source, and arguing over the fidelity of lossy audio files is a game for suckas
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 July 2023 03:02 (ten months ago) link
Also true, and thanks again for doing this!
― dow, Thursday, 6 July 2023 03:31 (ten months ago) link
lol I ask b/c I bought the 45, I also have the Heavy Music 45, happy to send over rips to compare
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 6 July 2023 04:38 (ten months ago) link
in that case, you have the real deal
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 July 2023 04:44 (ten months ago) link
btw I listened to this thing today and yr version totally rules, I think there are extra tracks? love it
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 6 July 2023 04:46 (ten months ago) link
was just listening to the original version a few days ago, so seeing this revival with an upgraded version is a very welcome treat.ta muchly for this mookieproof.
― mark e, Thursday, 6 July 2023 15:21 (ten months ago) link
It truly is amazing that this thread is arguably the center of the best actual 'reissuing' of this period of his work, given his stature. Though per unperson's post seems like it's being partially redressed, but what are the sources they're using?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 July 2023 15:37 (ten months ago) link
I've only bought one of their releases, but their reputation is pretty solid, I think. They do a lot of obscure late 60s/early 70s titles from major labels' catalogs, kinda like what Wounded Bird used to do but with much nicer packaging.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 6 July 2023 15:40 (ten months ago) link
Seems like whenever Seger is asked in interviews why his early stuff isn't more widely available, he says something like "Punch doesn't think it's that important, and whatever Punch says, goes."
― henry s, Thursday, 6 July 2023 15:53 (ten months ago) link