man this song. so good.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTvhF4pxDEc
― andrew m., Sunday, 26 February 2012 06:45 (twelve years ago) link
some good songs but sal valentino's voice weirds me out
tbh I've only ever heard "Triangle" (band meant nothing in the UK) and his vocals really are a problem for me
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Monday, 27 February 2012 10:23 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, in the earlier stuff such as the post above you and this his style is more subdued, he kinda really indulged the odd aspects of his voice in triangle/bradley's barn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_FarOaN0XE
― "funny" oscars tweet (buzza), Monday, 27 February 2012 10:39 (twelve years ago) link
Sal Valentino is like Lee Hazlewood mixed with Gene Clark. What a voice.
― nostormo, Saturday, 28 December 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link
geir et al OTM. beau brummels are so underrated.
― the late great, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 07:03 (eight years ago) link
over the last few months I've been getting into Gene Clark's solo stuff so maybe that will be my way in
this happened fwiw
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
beau brummels are great, and in some ways "bradley's barn" is more coherent of an album as the byrds ever released... but c'mon. the brummels never hit the heights of "8 miles high" or "turn turn turn."
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link
I’ve been obsessed w Bradley’s Barn for a solid month now. Just outstanding playing all around. Really kicks a strong set of songs up a notch. Dude has a really interesting voice and he’s really leaning into it’s peculiarities on this record. But I can see how he might not be everyone’s cup of tea.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 02:23 (four years ago) link
Not feelin Triangle much at all though
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 02:27 (four years ago) link
Was Bradley’s Barn recorded at, um, Bradley’s Barn?
― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 October 2019 02:30 (four years ago) link
it was indeed
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 02:34 (four years ago) link
Kenney Buttrey and Jerry Reed playing on it too
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 02:37 (four years ago) link
Okay, I’m there, thanks
― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 October 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
yeah sal's voice was a plus on early singles but it became VERY mannered later on and it makes it hard to get into the last couple albums although i do sometimes get over it (i say this every revive it seems)
― buzza, Monday, 21 October 2019 03:27 (four years ago) link
Now Sounds did a complete recordings box on The Beau Brummels that's now sold out.
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-beau-brummels-turn-around-the-complete-recordings-1964-1970-8-disc-remastered-box-set/
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 01:08 (two years ago) link
Still f with BB
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 01:11 (two years ago) link
Triangle has been oversold as a "Summer of Love masterpiece", but Bradley's Barn has a bunch of great songs and performances and isn't too "country-rock", if that scares off any potential listeners.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
okay, sold, gotta check it all out, going by this:I don't think Bradley's Barn is country-rock the way the Byrds and Clarence White and the Gosdins are country-rock. Although the album does utilize Nashville musicians (but zero pedal steel), it's more of a merger of country-inspired folk-pop and Tin Pan Alley/Broadway (that's the key). Elliott was more like a psychedelic Jerome Kern in the vein of Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and Randy Newman. In this sense Bradley Barn, along with Triangle (which I think is better), have more in common with Pet Sounds, 12 Songs and Song Cycle than Sweetheart of the Rodeo or Fantastic Expedition of...I only mention this because I often see the Brummels later LPs compared to late-60s Byrds, Gosdins, and so on. And I just think the Brummels can be easily lumped into that scene.
― QuantumNoise, Friday, February 29, 2008
― dow, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 03:41 (two years ago) link
Also this has got me wanting to hear it all:Sal Valentino is like Lee Hazlewood mixed with Gene Clark. What a voice.
― nostormo, Saturday, December 28, 2013
Even if, as some of yall say, he got too or more mannered later, goes with the territory, and I wouldn't want Hazlewood to try to be unpretentious, doesn't suit him.
― dow, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Ron_Elliott_-_The_Candlestickmaker.jpg
― .xlsm (P. Flick), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 11:19 (two years ago) link
treat yourself to that one if you've never listened to it
― .xlsm (P. Flick), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 11:20 (two years ago) link
I find the guy's voice unlistenable tbh.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 11:31 (two years ago) link