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New Wave / Punk forebears...

#361
Jah Wobble Fan said:
Thanks for taking the time to pick up the thread of this conversation, Mudd -- I read your musings with interest.

Springsteen's Nebraska was recorded on a cassette porta-studio; Dylan's early 90's albums "Good As I Been To You" and "World Gone Wrong"
were allegedly recorded on a boom box, because Dylan thought the tape saturation and naturally occurring distortion made the collection of covers
sound more vintage.
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It's funny...my aforementioned friend and I recently recorded a couple dozen tracks (long distance) of sort of garage/surf stuff. We strictly used 30 year old cassette 4 tracks. My buddy laid down drums (in his garage with two cheap realistic mics into his tape 4 track) and guitar(s), then sent me the tape, I added bass (one take!)

I'm dumping one of the tracks below, but we took a lot of our tunes and shoved them into playlists that included a lot of original old 50s/60s rock/surf instros, and they fit in seamlessly, as far as the actual "sound" of the recording itself, at least to our ears...

 
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#362
Muddslide said:
It's funny...my aforementioned friend and I recently recorded a couple dozen tracks (long distance) of sort of garage/surf stuff. We strictly used 30 year old cassette 4 tracks. My buddy laid down drums (in his garage with two cheap realistic mics into his tape 4 track) and guitar(s), then sent me the tape, I added bass (one take!)

I'm dumping one of the tracks below, but we took a lot of our tunes and shoved them into playlists that included a lot of original old 50s/60s rock/surf instros, and they fit in seamlessly, as far as the actual "sound" of the recording itself, at least to our ears...

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Sounds great and proves your point - a twofer.

My girl just walked past my computer and cooed, "Oh, is that someone on Talk Bass?! That's gorgeous."
So there ya have it.
 
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#363
Jah Wobble Fan said:
Sounds great and proves your point - a twofer.

My girl just walked past my computer and cooed, "Oh, is that someone on Talk Bass?! That's gorgeous."
So there ya have it.
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Dawwwww! Seriously, that means a lot.

PS-- I SWEAR I will watch your Gun Club doco...dying to do it, in fact! That is exciting as hell to me. I just don't have internet at home currently, my phone sucks for streaming and I haven't found time to do it at work (just started a new job less than two months ago...frying pan, fryer, etc.)
 
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#364
Muddslide said:
Dawwwww! Seriously, that means a lot.

PS-- I SWEAR I will watch your Gun Club doco...dying to do it, in fact! That is exciting as hell to me. I just don't have internet at home currently, my phone sucks for streaming and I haven't found time to do it at work (just started a new job less than two months ago...frying pan, fryer, etc.)
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LOL -- no worries... and no rush! The documentary isn't going anywhere and now lives at:

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#366
Muddslide said:
back in the day we'd try our hands at different things and just see what would stick. You might be aiming for one thing but get a completely different, unforeseen result that was better. Chance.
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chance operations are still and always will be an essential aspect of the arts. Making something when nothing was there is chance. Just because one phase is "digital" doesn't mean that there isn't allot of analog preceding it. In digital photography it's still a glass lens and the sun's rays bouncing off a color reflector, all analog. Not to mention how much effort has been made to reproduce analog distortion in digital formats...my new Digitech delay has fake tape flutter.
Playback with full sonic reproduction will probably be found to cause cancer at high volumes, at least the high frequencies will.
 
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#367
10cc said:
Anybody ever heard of these guys. I have not until last night. New Zealand wave/punk 78-80
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Been listening to their album since grabbing it after this post - excellent stuff! I can hear Paul Kean's distinctive style in there, which is cool. Highly recommend this to anyone that hasn't checked it out yet.

EDIT - They remind me of Wire. Anyone else get that vibe from them?
 
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blindrabbit said:
Been listening to their album since grabbing it after this post - excellent stuff! I can hear Paul Kean's distinctive style in there, which is cool. Highly recommend this to anyone that hasn't checked it out yet.

EDIT - They remind me of Wire. Anyone else get that vibe from them?
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Yeah. I also caught a glimpse of NY Dolls in some licks too.
 
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Muddslide said:
It's funny...my aforementioned friend and I recently recorded a couple dozen tracks (long distance) of sort of garage/surf stuff. We strictly used 30 year old cassette 4 tracks. My buddy laid down drums (in his garage with two cheap realistic mics into his tape 4 track) and guitar(s), then sent me the tape, I added bass (one take!)

I'm dumping one of the tracks below, but we took a lot of our tunes and shoved them into playlists that included a lot of original old 50s/60s rock/surf instros, and they fit in seamlessly, as far as the actual "sound" of the recording itself, at least to our ears...

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Cool track! I think you are right about quality. I like it, it gives it another element.
 
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#378
northbynorth said:


I always liked this bass line. Little off on this performance but some great shots of WH.
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Yeah, I've been on an early Twins jag lately. Like a lot of their later work also, but my fave stuff is their earlier, more jagged and raw material. Always thought Heggie was good.

Thanks for the kind words about the track I posted too. Very kind of you.
 
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#379
avocado said:
Lots of great players listed here, but a thread search didn't turn up Dee Dee Ramone. It would be an understatement to say that he's not technical, but he's definitely influential. Listening to Blitzkreig Bop for the first time, my friends and I thought "we could probably do this". And we did.
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Likewise, Arthur Kane and the New York Dolls.

Simple yet effective.
 
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I have to mention on of my fave bands from the very early 80s..CLASSIX NOUVEAUX. Strange band with interesting music and a vocalist that is an acquired taste. Their bass player, Mik Sweeney is an amazing fretless player. He even built his own basses. A man of many talents.
 
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