REWOICC@ERENJ.BITNET (the pragmatic romantic) (04/25/91)
first, upon more careful and closer listening and comparison to the original tracks, i must retract my earlier statement that the songs that appeared on the promotional cassette for _tki_ i recently transcribed are alternative mixes. they are not. rather, the recordings of the songs are not particularly good - the treble is much too high and the bass much too low. this gives them a certain quality that one does not hear on the official releases that fooled my ears. i also plead that i was not quite awake the first time i hear the tape - it was about 2 am in the morning. and you all know how first impres- sions are... second, as i mentioned on monday, i took a look at that new bootleg cd that appeared in the shop yesterday. it is called _practice makes perfect: piano demos no.1_ and duplicates the contents of _cathy's album_ and _cathy's album too_. unlike the chapter one cds (_if you could see me fly_ and _passing through air_), this cd does not contain the two "babooshka" demos or "another day" (the duet with peter gabriel from the bbc special). there are only two advantages to this cd as i can see: 1) it has all of the cathy demos to date (excepting "organic acid") on one cd and 2) the packaging. the cover is a **beautiful** (and i mean **beautiful**!) drawing of KaTe done with pastels. i think that the drawing alone is almost worth the sticker price (and may eventually be the reason why i will purchase this item). the back cover has another pastel drawing: a small "KaTe-in-a-dunce-cap-holding-the-world" pic- ture that is also quite cute. final recommendation: definitely a colleKTor's item. if you already have the demos on cd, don't bother. if you don't and want to get them, this is the item you want to buy as it has all of them (with said exceptions) in one place. and if nothing else, the packaging is **magni- ficent*. still searching for the elusive _london 1979_ cd...will report when i know more...right now though, it seems the only people who know about it is the cd connection folks in hiedelberg and i don't have a phone number for them yet... and just for amusement's sake, suzanne vega appears on the forthcoming grate- ful dead tribute album called _deadicated_. i listened to her track on mon- day as well and it sounded pretty good. finally, one other thing. while auf deutschland, i picked up copies of the two albums by a band called rainbirds. if you are at all a fan of catchy and excellent pop music, i highly recommend them. katharina frank has a way with lyrics that many native-english speakers lack (she sings in english though they are from berlin) and her voice is quite nice as well. they have two re- leases so far on polydor called _rainbirds_ and _call me easy say i'm strong love me my way it ain't wrong_. i do not know if they have been released in america on polygram, but they should be: the song "blueprint", which was a very large hit in germany back in 1987, would increase the listenability of american top 40 radio by at least tenfold. :) -- woj zengineer/dj for hire/goofball "one of the band told me last work: rewoicc@erenj.bitnet night that music was all that play: woiccare@pebbles.sct.clarkson.edu he's got in his life" -KT - society of dark birds: fegmaniax-request@pebbles.sct.clarkson.edu -
ed@das.llnl.GOV (Edward J. Suranyi) (04/26/91)
>and just for amusement's sake, suzanne vega appears on the forthcoming grate- >ful dead tribute album called _deadicated_. i listened to her track on mon- >day as well and it sounded pretty good. >woj zengineer/dj for hire/goofball "one of the band told me last This album was being played at a record store today. I thought, "Gee, I didn't know Suzanne Vega had a new album out!" Ed ed@das.llnl.gov