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2014Slayer
I just got GHS on cd, have loved the original for years. Interesting listening to it in a car as opposed to a record player where the sound is so much richer, I think it has a shallow feel on a cd. Am I crazy, or has anyone else noticed that?
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LuxuryStones
They only played it once that tour.. Strange & Thank you.
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latebloomer
Great review Kammpherg, thanks for taking the time to write it. I agree with 24FPS, the album has a melancholy tint to it...but, perhaps that is because it does seem like an echo of EOMS. At any rate, I love it, and for a time, I listened to it all the time...my constant companion on long walks. I can't imagine a better one.
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GasLightStreet
Their time in Jamaica must've had an imprint on them to name the album after a Jamaican cuisine. Mannish Water, as it is called in some places in Jamaica and is aka Jamaican Goat Soup, from what I could find, is a recent thing, being first called that and perhaps made in 1968.
Of course the other one probably wouldn't've gone over as well, if they had called it JERK CHICKEN. Although MANNISH WATER may have worked.
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2014Slayer
I just got GHS on cd, have loved the original for years. Interesting listening to it in a car as opposed to a record player where the sound is so much richer, I think it has a shallow feel on a cd. Am I crazy, or has anyone else noticed that?
In your car? I think everything sounds goofy in automobiles. Then again... what version of CD do you have? If it's UMe then it's truly garbage. If it's Virgin then that tells you your car is no place for listening, it's just for hearing. If it's CBS then perhaps the car stereo can't get loud enough.
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GasLightStreet
Their time in Jamaica must've had an imprint on them to name the album after a Jamaican cuisine. Mannish Water, as it is called in some places in Jamaica and is aka Jamaican Goat Soup, from what I could find, is a recent thing, being first called that and perhaps made in 1968.
Of course the other one probably wouldn't've gone over as well, if they had called it JERK CHICKEN. Although MANNISH WATER may have worked.
Seems very similar to southern style Brunswick Stew (made in the old days with a hog head, now usually Boston Butt and chicken).
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latebloomer
Great review Kammpherg, thanks for taking the time to write it. I agree with 24FPS, the album has a melancholy tint to it...but, perhaps that is because it does seem like an echo of EOMS. At any rate, I love it, and for a time, I listened to it all the time...my constant companion on long walks. I can't imagine a better one.
Bloomer, now you are talking!
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2014Slayer
I just got GHS on cd, have loved the original for years. Interesting listening to it in a car as opposed to a record player where the sound is so much richer, I think it has a shallow feel on a cd. Am I crazy, or has anyone else noticed that?
In your car? I think everything sounds goofy in automobiles. Then again... what version of CD do you have? If it's UMe then it's truly garbage. If it's Virgin then that tells you your car is no place for listening, it's just for hearing. If it's CBS then perhaps the car stereo can't get loud enough.
Truly? There is something special, imo, in listening to music while cruising in a car down the highway. It's almost a sacred thing and some of my most memorable listening experiences are in vehicles. In America it's a tradition of sorts actually.
When we go on vacations we always pick up 3 or 4 CD's we want to hear and play them incessantly over the course of the trip and that creates an association so that whenever we hear that music again it brings up fond memories of the trip.
As far as the sound of GHS, The Universal remasters are definitely brickwalled to death but the earlier CD releases are as good as the vinyl. The overall sound is a bit different than their earlier record but if you consider the equipment and studio they were using it's surprisingly good.
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Naturalust
Sorry to be a pain Naturelust but is there any chance that you can tell us the story about your boat trip with Keith and Patti. I would love to hear it along with many others i would imagine..
Oh and sorry for being off topic..
No worries, I will probably get around to telling the story in greater detail someday, I was actually waiting to find a couple pictures to accompany the story to embellish it and show how absolutely beautiful Patti was at that time. This is not the thread to tell it though and fyi it was 2 boats rides, not just one!....and one party which went on all night and half the next morning.
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Olly
Naturalust, have you procured your photographs yet?
I agree that this is not the thread: if I present you with a legitimate opportunity to divulge your tales, will you oblige us?
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Naturalust
No you'll have to be patient Olly, they are in a box in a barn quite buried under the trappings of the materialistic life I once lived. I remember the experience quite well, down to the swimsuits Patti wore and drinks (and drugs) we shared. I'll get around to it someday soon.
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Olly
Yes, please. It would be illuminating if you could just provide the context of how you came to be in the Richards' company.
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Dbs1972
I actually like this record. A different perspective ... I once read a review that argued GHS could have easily been sides 5 & 6 of "Exile On Main Street." While that sounds absurd on the face, I believe it to be true. The riffs, the horns, the tunes are all there. I think the reason we tend to write this LP off is 100% "packaging." TERRIBLE cover art. I remember rushing to Record Bar to buy this album the day it came out and immediately saw the cover and said, "Wow the Stones have totally gone glitter." Unfortunately this influenced everything we heard coming off the grooves from then on, and we all tended to view it as some new direction/era for the band. I always thought they should have used the goat head in the boiling pot as the actual cover art, with something grittier on the back. Imagine if you had taped this LP off the radio and became very familiar with it before you ever saw the cover. Do not discount the power of packaging ... another great example of bad cover art in my opinion was "Quadrophenia" from that same year. The dark, depressing images forever framed the music inside as such in my mind. Just some food (soup) for thought.