― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:35 (eighteen years ago) link
I've never heard any of the records after Fresh.
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link
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― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 16 December 2005 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link
The fact that Sony hasn't reissued them inside the US is a fucking joke.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 16 December 2005 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 16 December 2005 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link
this is not a mistake. There *is* no title track - the tracklisting is intentionally misleading.
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:05 (eighteen years ago) link
absurd
but if you're using these as paragons of funkiness, i think you've got more problems than i do.
enlighten us then funky messiah
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:14 (eighteen years ago) link
OK OK. That's a little absurd. I got a little carried away with my love for Fresh :-)
― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, for real. If Fresh isn't a paragon of funkiness, I don't know what is. Whether you like the album or not...you have to admit it's about as funky as it gets.
― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link
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― oops (Oops), Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:04 (eighteen years ago) link
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― howell huser (chaki), Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:13 (eighteen years ago) link
this sounds exactly like my copy which, i guess, is the UK pressing. i can't imagine it sounding any more stripped down, etc.
i can't take 'dance to the music' out of my CD player... this album is so great! i don't care about how 'cynical' it was in concept and education, 'dance to the medley' is so exhilarating. the absolute to Fresh, but to be honest, they're my two favourite Sly LPs (have 'stand' on LP, but 'sex machine' bores me silly, and i *hate 'stoned cowboy' so much that it ruins Riot for me if i don't skip in time)
― i am not a nugget (stevie), Saturday, 8 April 2006 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link
It's sad that he's just an old nut now. I don't understand the underwhelming response of many people to this record. It's not perfect, but most of it's great, starting from the first track; weak, quavering guitar that's almost confusing until you find how it ties with the rest— the crisp horns, the organ, all with his impeccably timed singing, and yes, procrati
natin'…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mld7eSaydI
― Tsuga, Monday, 14 March 2011 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Some people swear by it, but apart from "Que Sera Sera" I can't feel any affection or awe for Fresh at all.
Fromwhat I've heard the cover of Que Sera Sera was a riposte to a rumour that Sly had been having an affair with Doris Day. Assume the allegations were unfounded but it makes a good backstory. Much like Tim Buckley working as Sly's chauffeur in the downtime between Starsailor & Greetings From L.A.Or that Blue Afternoon by Buckley was largely written as material to offer to Marlene Deitrich, back when Burt bacharach was her musical director.
― Stevolende, Monday, 14 March 2011 11:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't understand the underwhelming response of many people to this record.
its generally accepted as the 2nd best 70s sly album after riot isnt it?
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 14 March 2011 11:48 (thirteen years ago) link
"Que Sera Sera" gives me chills!― mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 17:20 (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 March 2011 12:16 (thirteen years ago) link
this is my favourite sly album, i think. as mentioned above, i grew up on the UK CD, and I still prefer those versions - more ghostly, more stripped back.
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Monday, 14 March 2011 12:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Nobody updated the thread when the remasters appeared.So, you can now get all the catalogue up to Small talk remastered & expanded. Think it's pretty well done, I got the box when it appeared.Hadn't heard Small talk before & it was a lot better than I thought. Decent lp, which might have sounded better still if not relative to the preceding set of lps. Has violin all over it which is a new texture.
I can't remember which version of Fresh is on it.
You can now officially get the woodstock live set too. Think its currently the sole official live material released though.
There is live material circulating on the fileshare scene too. Think there are 5 or 6 sets dating back to '68 around. possibly more
There are 2 volumes of live video circulating on the filesharing/bootleg scene. I know I got it from tapecity, not sure where it would be now.
― Stevolende, Monday, 14 March 2011 12:58 (thirteen years ago) link
so I knew there was that weird "alternate mix" version of "Fresh" floating around. Did not know that there were demo/alternate mix versions from the "Back on the Right Track" sessions out there as well, which I inadvertently d/l'd today. Some interesting outtakes
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
link plz?
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
2nded.
i've said this multiple times on ilx, but the alt mixes of fresh (which were released on the official euro cd release) are the greatest.
― brokering (pimping) (stevie), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
'In Time' is the fucking greatest!
― Lil' Kim Philby (Call the Cops), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
when you realize that riot is the greatest record ever but that there should be more of it, thats when you buy fresh
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 12:20 (twelve years ago) link
riot's peaks are higher, fresh's more consistent as a whole album.
― brokering (pimping) (stevie), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
I'm referring to "Back on the Right Track," btw. Already have the alternate version of "Fresh," which is easy to find if you know how to google.
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
alt version of Back on the Right Track
there appears to have been a french reissue that contained even more demos than the two extra tracks tacked on here, but I haven't seen it. fwiw I don't think these alt mixes/versions are better (in at least one case the vocal is inarguably worse) but they are interesting
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
Some people swear by it, but apart from "Que Sera Sera" I can't feel any affection or awe for Fresh at all.feel the opposite way. i love all of this record, except que sera sera.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link