tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post165690835368651568..comments2024-03-27T21:46:11.188+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Gil Mellé – "Tome VI" (Verve Records – V6-8744) 1968Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-35211592817608172172022-03-17T03:27:33.779+01:002022-03-17T03:27:33.779+01:00Hello izzy, Is a year and a half long enough a wai...Hello izzy, Is a year and a half long enough a wait? Something prompted me to revisit this post and I only now saw you request. I'll reference this in Johny's next post since I doubt you'll see this otherwise. Just goes to show, even after you give up, don't give up. Hope it was worth the wait.<br /><br />Gil Melle - Waterbirds<br />https://krakenfiles.com/view/NlMFvrl2zt/file.html<br />rev.bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01571106308365761934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-56952124768457998572020-11-22T23:05:42.525+01:002020-11-22T23:05:42.525+01:00Hi Rev.b (first comment here),
I'd very much l...Hi Rev.b (first comment here),<br />I'd very much like a vinyl copy of Gil Melle's Waterbirds if you are offering, that is. It's a great album and I've been searching for it for a long time now. Anyway, this was worth a try.<br />Aljaž from Sloveniaizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641834865243728124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-83663239408401167732020-07-14T08:47:56.021+02:002020-07-14T08:47:56.021+02:00this is the record I won at a Fair in 1980. I didn...this is the record I won at a Fair in 1980. I didn't know what to think of it but recognised the verve label from my velvets album... so gladly accepted it. Thought it was horrible at the time... older ears have greater admiration these days! Nice!<br />AndySalem Tuneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09119886919913616050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-21655990665689028462020-07-13T16:05:56.828+02:002020-07-13T16:05:56.828+02:00Morton Subotnick tells a story about a gig he got ...Morton Subotnick tells a story about a gig he got making soundtrack music for a public television show with futuristic leanings. He accepted the commission before he had any of the gear, except for a reel to reel tape recorder and microphone. So what he did was get an old auto gas tank, fill it halfway with water, and hang it from the rafters of the barn he was using for studio space. By striking the tank and manipulating the chains he was able to get the water to slosh around inside and continuously alter the vibratory modes, so he got these cool warped enharmonic tones on tape. He spliced together the best bits and sent it in, and they loved it and sent him the check. He bought his first oscillators with that check, and for the next episode, he started making the music he'd always intended to make.<br /><br />They hated it, and said they wanted "real electronic music," like the previous tape.mandolinnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170194575398601790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-77312178167194616372020-07-13T02:12:27.033+02:002020-07-13T02:12:27.033+02:00I imagine I would be expected to like this one, an...I imagine I would be expected to like this one, and I do enjoy it to some extent, but there's always been something fuzzy and directionless about this album. I still pull it out every now and then, thinking 'aw, I was probably just stoned or something', but it continues to be like trying to grab smoke. Gil did another, more DIYish album in the 70s called Waterbirds. that made more of an impression, on me anyway. By chance, is that up next? If not, would you or anyone reading this like a copy? rev.bnoreply@blogger.com