The old version was so kickin' with Ric's slide.
Are there good versions out there?
Oh, and since I'm wont for nostalgia (not really), I looked my post up the night GDBD came out, and copied it below.
QUOTE
"CONCERT: IMPOSSIBLE" or "HAPPY TO BE SO... WET"
Welp, we just finished the three hour drive back home from the "Show that was
never intended".
What was played was very good; if I recall correctly, they made it through:
Latter Days / I've Been Slipping / All I Need / Etc Whatever /
Faithfully Dangerous / Seahorse
with only one rain delay, and not in that order.
During the first rain delay, we determined it would be fun to soak up the
rain and kind of "recreate" the Holland festival "as seen on TV"! Just
before they took the stage the second time, a dark cloud that looked like the
embodiment of all evil made its way from Clifton (which is highly possible),
above Mount Adams and set the stage for another soaking.
I don't recall ever being in that much rain! My shorts were nearly dry by
the time we reached Findlay, however.
What was the deal with the fence around the stage, and the bisector of the
crowd? I don't remember if that was standard for P&G Pavilion shows or not.
I hope it wasn't a result of the Jammin' fiasco, but something tells me...
The new T-shirts were very nice. I was beginning to think the band had some
terrible aversion to colour, but the new ones are quite nice. I encourage
you all to buy one!
"THE COFFEEHOUSE RECORDINGS" or "GOOD LINFORD BAD LINFORD"
(Hmm... Let me preface this section; please understand I'm writing this in
the wee hours.)
New OtR music! How I've been waiting for this day! Really alert fans should
be able to spot at least 10 of the 13 tracks on the CD, as they've played
some for as long as a year and a half.
Upon hearing the first track, "Latter Days", I was grouchy. Gone were the
shimmering chorus guitar and any semblance of anything percussive that has
helped to make this such a great song to hear for months! "Seahorse", whose
melody has stuck with me for quite a while as well, is stripped to the
"Linford and Karin" duo version on the CD.
I DO understand that the CD is aptly subtitled "The Home Recordings", but
what I desperately fear is that these two tracks will never be salvaged to
their near-perfect live forms. Were these tracks lost by the "courier
[going]up the hill to Ric's"? (If it was Sycamore hill, I fully understand,
btw!) At any rate, I nominate these two tracks to be included on this year's
Rhinelander CD in proper form!
This all brings up a question: Since the original purpose of this CD was to
showcase actual "songs" for the ex-record company (BAD IRS BAD IRS) and
would-be-producers, what would have been wrong with recording them from a
show, or even an in-the-studio session? Wouldn't it've been much more cost
effective, and the results more towards what was intended?
Apart from the aforementioned tracks in particular, I'm enjoying the new CD
immensely.
•"All I Need": The lyrics are amazing. I've loved this song's melody
since hearing it live some time ago, even though I've never been able
to make out much of the verse lyrics; as far as I knew, it was about
turning our mothers into milkshakes for a dinner party, yet something
in it drew me to it. Amazing verse after verse, like "W in/w out"
•"Dangerous": The wacky processed vocals near the end made me search
for a "stereophonic" logo from the 60's somewhere on the CD. Don't
try this with headphones! I favoured the play-out version of this
(with Brian's drum 'solo') to the fade-out on the CD. Very good, both
ways though!
•"Gospel Number": I want to hire a Baptist choir to sing backup on this
one for the "proper" version! Really fun, I'm sure it will provide
for hours of chat on this discussion group!
•"Poughkeepsie": I think the stripped down, sit at home "OtR Unplugged"
did good for this one.
•"Willoughby": Wonderful intro; wonderful song. It's amazing how
instrumentals can provide such vivid imagery.
•"Jack's Valentine": WOW! OtR does MC900FtJesus! LINFORD "raps"!
I vaguely recall a rap-like thing before on "Miles", but this is ON CD!
Very nice. Worth the price of admission, folks!
I'm in love with the font used on the CD. It seems to me it's probably
something really obvious, like Helvetica, but the "Small Caps" thing throws
me every time.
I think we now have a new ponderance, nearly as big as the 9:30 thing...
Why does a gorilla adorn the CD face? If you asked me to pick 100 animals to
associate with Over the Rhine, a gorilla would not be one of them.
ESPECIALLY after listening to the music on "GOOD DOG BAD DOG".
I hope Michael Wilson didn't use any toxic paint for that photo. Is that
REALLY face paint?!? It looks like TONS of it! Wow!
Finally, I've scanned the liner notes a half dozen times now looking for the
"No animals were harmed in any way during the recording of this CD or during
it's design phase". I think the "good dog" left with only one ear after the
Ric's backyard photo shoot, judging by the reverse of the CD!
Peace
Welp, we just finished the three hour drive back home from the "Show that was
never intended".
What was played was very good; if I recall correctly, they made it through:
Latter Days / I've Been Slipping / All I Need / Etc Whatever /
Faithfully Dangerous / Seahorse
with only one rain delay, and not in that order.
During the first rain delay, we determined it would be fun to soak up the
rain and kind of "recreate" the Holland festival "as seen on TV"! Just
before they took the stage the second time, a dark cloud that looked like the
embodiment of all evil made its way from Clifton (which is highly possible),
above Mount Adams and set the stage for another soaking.
I don't recall ever being in that much rain! My shorts were nearly dry by
the time we reached Findlay, however.
What was the deal with the fence around the stage, and the bisector of the
crowd? I don't remember if that was standard for P&G Pavilion shows or not.
I hope it wasn't a result of the Jammin' fiasco, but something tells me...
The new T-shirts were very nice. I was beginning to think the band had some
terrible aversion to colour, but the new ones are quite nice. I encourage
you all to buy one!
"THE COFFEEHOUSE RECORDINGS" or "GOOD LINFORD BAD LINFORD"
(Hmm... Let me preface this section; please understand I'm writing this in
the wee hours.)
New OtR music! How I've been waiting for this day! Really alert fans should
be able to spot at least 10 of the 13 tracks on the CD, as they've played
some for as long as a year and a half.
Upon hearing the first track, "Latter Days", I was grouchy. Gone were the
shimmering chorus guitar and any semblance of anything percussive that has
helped to make this such a great song to hear for months! "Seahorse", whose
melody has stuck with me for quite a while as well, is stripped to the
"Linford and Karin" duo version on the CD.
I DO understand that the CD is aptly subtitled "The Home Recordings", but
what I desperately fear is that these two tracks will never be salvaged to
their near-perfect live forms. Were these tracks lost by the "courier
[going]up the hill to Ric's"? (If it was Sycamore hill, I fully understand,
btw!) At any rate, I nominate these two tracks to be included on this year's
Rhinelander CD in proper form!
This all brings up a question: Since the original purpose of this CD was to
showcase actual "songs" for the ex-record company (BAD IRS BAD IRS) and
would-be-producers, what would have been wrong with recording them from a
show, or even an in-the-studio session? Wouldn't it've been much more cost
effective, and the results more towards what was intended?
Apart from the aforementioned tracks in particular, I'm enjoying the new CD
immensely.
•"All I Need": The lyrics are amazing. I've loved this song's melody
since hearing it live some time ago, even though I've never been able
to make out much of the verse lyrics; as far as I knew, it was about
turning our mothers into milkshakes for a dinner party, yet something
in it drew me to it. Amazing verse after verse, like "W in/w out"
•"Dangerous": The wacky processed vocals near the end made me search
for a "stereophonic" logo from the 60's somewhere on the CD. Don't
try this with headphones! I favoured the play-out version of this
(with Brian's drum 'solo') to the fade-out on the CD. Very good, both
ways though!
•"Gospel Number": I want to hire a Baptist choir to sing backup on this
one for the "proper" version! Really fun, I'm sure it will provide
for hours of chat on this discussion group!
•"Poughkeepsie": I think the stripped down, sit at home "OtR Unplugged"
did good for this one.
•"Willoughby": Wonderful intro; wonderful song. It's amazing how
instrumentals can provide such vivid imagery.
•"Jack's Valentine": WOW! OtR does MC900FtJesus! LINFORD "raps"!
I vaguely recall a rap-like thing before on "Miles", but this is ON CD!
Very nice. Worth the price of admission, folks!
I'm in love with the font used on the CD. It seems to me it's probably
something really obvious, like Helvetica, but the "Small Caps" thing throws
me every time.
I think we now have a new ponderance, nearly as big as the 9:30 thing...
Why does a gorilla adorn the CD face? If you asked me to pick 100 animals to
associate with Over the Rhine, a gorilla would not be one of them.
ESPECIALLY after listening to the music on "GOOD DOG BAD DOG".
I hope Michael Wilson didn't use any toxic paint for that photo. Is that
REALLY face paint?!? It looks like TONS of it! Wow!
Finally, I've scanned the liner notes a half dozen times now looking for the
"No animals were harmed in any way during the recording of this CD or during
it's design phase". I think the "good dog" left with only one ear after the
Ric's backyard photo shoot, judging by the reverse of the CD!
Peace