Dust -- is the second album, the one with the Frank Frazetta art, as good as their first?

yeah, you need it all, basically.

this thread is good for stuff like that in case you missed it:

Rolling Late-60's/Early-70's Thud-Rock Thread

Yes. Also both Sir Lord Baltimore albums. (Didn't they come out on one CD?)

oh shit, this just had me crackign up on that thread you linked Scott:

Scott, you know how you cannot possibly fathom how I can like the Postal Service? That's how I feel about you on threads like this. Still got love for you, obv.

-- Matos W.K. (michaelangelomato...), May 18th, 2004.

people in liking music that Simon Reynolds doesn't approve of shockah.

-- Broheems (electrifyingmoj...), May 18th, 2004.

also this Heavy Riffage - s/d

i've totally been digging this stuff again. Randy Holden's "Population 2" is so fucking blowing my mind lately.

that holden record is great! we played it constantly when teh girlfriend got it.

I like the new Bardo Pond, and a Psychic Paramount that fell off the Chuckwagon; need to check its date of birth.Living Things thud good; acclaimed punkestiential pomes fit around thudprints. Thee UK Import of Black Skies has a bunch of songs (several from last year's Dreamworks promo, and two that are Import-only)dropped from the forthcoming Ahead Of The Lions, which does have three good new ones (otherwise they're the same album, but enough happens in their short-but-packed tracks that "otherwise" adds up, and I admit the new setup is tight--good to have it awwll).But new Black Halos and Major Stars do not know.

Second album's OK, never hit the sweet spot as much as the first rec for me. Aaronson on bass wound up in Derringer pre-Pat Benatar swipe of Rick's backing band. The Derringer Live record is just as potent as first album Dust, same formula, with an extra guitarist and better singer.

First Hard Stuff album is in the same space as first Dust.

Aaronson also wound up on Aaronson-Schon-Hagar-and-Schrieve!!! Not exactly Blind Faith -- or even Cactus for that matter -- but hey, "Standing on Top! Top of the ROCK!"

Yeah, IAN, Get the second album! I think it's an overall better album than the first one. Although nothing on it reaches the heighths of "From a Dry Camel", from that 1st Dust lp. That is seriously one of THEEE great 70s thundermothers.

But the second one has some great stuff too. Like "Suicide", which has the most Hetfield-esque vocals. It's all good though, you'll want them both for sure.

yeh second one's worth as much as you'll pay for it (> $5 in many cases) for "suicide" alone.

well, if it comes into teh store, i'll pick it up then. the first one cost me very little, and the disc is in great shape; just the top of the sleeve is split. and it's a promo! it was like $5.50.

oops i meant

damn. i clearly do not know how to use brackets effectively, so less than $5.

Bill Graham said that apparently Aaronson-etc. was indeed supposed to be the Blind Faith of San Fran, at least according to Schon. Bill: "Which part are *you* gonna play?"

Bill Graham said that apparently Aaronson-etc. was indeed supposed to be the Blind Faith of San Fran, at least according to Schon. Bill: "Which part are *you* gonna play?"

HSAS was a big seller in America for a short time. The kind of thing Neal Schon always was good at getting himself into post Santana and excluding Journey. Bad English comes to mind, a band I saw, playing before the 2,000 screeching little girls phenom, updating HSAS with John Waite in the place of Sammy Hagar.

Aaronson was also in Stories, which for awhile, qualified him as superb hack bass player for bands that didn't really go anywhere but were highly regarded. I'd say his best run was backing Pat Benatar and it looked like he was onstage with her on the recent CMT Crossroads although I could be mistaken, hmmmm-hmmmm. He's also on an Adam Bomb solo record I have that purported to be one of the best glam recordings ever made. That's not quite true although the song "Doom Glorified" ought to be in everyone's hard rock collection.

Wow, I'll have to dig up my copy of the Stories album with "Brother Louie," if he's on that (would like to hear him with Brown's other bands,the Left Banke and the Beckies-- a stretch, but I'm sure he could handle it--but could they?). Aaronson-Aaronoff: I'd pay to see that (with Pat and guitar Hubby, why not). Neil Schon's made several Windham Hill-type acoustic guitar albums. (Hey Skot, a guy on Amazon said he was reminded of Phil Keaggy when listening to 25 Miles,solo album by Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek.)Marty Balin said he mentioned Miles Davis, and Schon asks, "Who's that?" Schon's defense:"I was a kid, I was at the Fillmore!" Guess he hadda go to the bathroom while Miles was recording his Fillmore sets, and before and after that. Didn't the Dust guitarist (where's his name!) become a producer? And/or play with other bands, I hope?

That's Richie Wise, and he produced the first two Kiss records w/Dust coproducer Kenny Kerner! I think they did Stories too - hafta dig up my old Stories rec to find out.

That 2nd Dust LP is a bit weaker, but I personally think "Suicide" was the high point of their career. ("Dry Camel" comes close, Stormy!) I dunno why ALL those bands (Dust, Baltimore, Nitzinger, Third World War apparently) decided to "go prog" on their inferior followups.