tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post3747092864094027629..comments2024-03-18T13:04:51.798+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Bill Plummer And The Cosmic Brotherhood – "Bill Plummer And The Cosmic Brotherhood" (Impulse! – AS-9164) 1968Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-19035527943739840342020-06-21T23:37:35.498+02:002020-06-21T23:37:35.498+02:00Thanks very much for the bonus singles here and th...Thanks very much for the bonus singles here and thanks to rev b. for the Emil Richards LP.Psychfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-46585062230223551432019-08-04T11:11:36.859+02:002019-08-04T11:11:36.859+02:00Agreed, not a fan of Banco at all,so that won'...Agreed, not a fan of Banco at all,so that won't feature.<br />Anything that went against the accepted norm always attrats me. I even like British Prog,especially to wind up 'Punx'. I draw a line at Yes and ELP,although their debut LPs are rather fine.As for Krautrock I feel i should stear clear of those over hyped rocky shores....except for the odd Amon Duul as they fit into my Kult section with connections to the Baader Meinhoff gang.<br />A load of prog was as DIY as it comes too.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-68504196872189172452019-08-03T19:42:13.335+02:002019-08-03T19:42:13.335+02:00Italian Prog too? I'm not complainting - I lov...Italian Prog too? I'm not complainting - I love tons of that stuff but I was certain you couldn't stand it. But I shouldn't be so surprised. Most or all people I've met that are truly into music - usually cover a lot of musical ground too. <br /><br />I must have been obsessing with the italians around the same time you were. Coming out of the 90's one of the attractions was the feeling of an undistanced, unironic heart on the sleeve kind of unbiased "honesty" - for lack of a better word. Well sometimes. Of course Franco Battiato, Franco Leprino and Area would be less of a "shock" to see here than Banco and Le Orme. But there's quite a few raw, weird and out there bands as well. Moahahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132250697482244732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-76965506516442551872019-08-03T13:24:33.560+02:002019-08-03T13:24:33.560+02:00Well I like to spread my wings every so often.Got ...Well I like to spread my wings every so often.Got a bit bored of lo-fi post punk and industrial....especially Industrial tapes....now they are BORING!<br />During the whole of the nineties i exclusively bought this kinda stuff, and incredibly strange music stuff.Genuinely weird things.<br />Yeah dig Eden Ahbez,the beatniks beatnik....like that Edens Island lp he did.<br />I never listen to the lyrics either, unless they're funny.....i can sing my way through 'Journey to the East' however.<br />This thread is nearing an end in amonth or so,then i'll try to find a conection to some Italian Prog...one of my early 21st century obsessions.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-49499154483699644982019-08-03T11:41:36.315+02:002019-08-03T11:41:36.315+02:00An(other) album of the sort I never thought I'...An(other) album of the sort I never thought I'd see posted here. After getting passed my initial disappointment that it wasn't all "Journey to the East X 7" - I ended up loving the whole thing. Yet I had never heard that bonus #7 and Yentra II is/was exactly my kind of sitarexploitation-tune.<br /><br />Maybe even that Eden Ahbez/Herb Jeffries mid-fifties album "The Singing Prophet" has a place here (no sitars, but sort of protohippie/disneypsych)? Not exactly sure what its all about 'cause I rarely pay enough attention to lyrics, but its surely some kind of pioneering new age mumbo jumbo in between the songs and a lot of thou, thee, thy, thine and ye.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoe7BFsFZxQ <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Moahahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132250697482244732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-51984538751636116492019-08-03T10:11:33.937+02:002019-08-03T10:11:33.937+02:00I know what you mean,when i first played this albu...I know what you mean,when i first played this album I laughed. Always a good sign for me. It had that unique clued up cluelessness I like in a record. I bought all of Bill's Sitar exploits in one go.....The best/worst has to be Bob Thieles New Happy Times Orchestra!.....up next...like elevator music with inappropriate sitar twanging atop.....awful, but funny.<br />Theres a couple of Emil Richards, and a few Gabor Szabo ones to come. I hate Jazz guitar, but i love BAD jazz guitar, and Gabor was terrible.<br />Its all good fun, but I do love these albums.....and they have nothing to do with Charles Manson.<br /><br />ps...hey did you see the comment on the David Koresh post where one of his surviving kids called me an 'Idiot'....i'll wear that honour like a medal.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-55318241737040463172019-08-03T07:34:58.817+02:002019-08-03T07:34:58.817+02:00Gawd I love/hate this record. I picked it up as a ...Gawd I love/hate this record. I picked it up as a cut out for two bucks, because it fit my budget at the time and that it was on impulse, a highly regarded jazz label, right? Another reason was that I’d been so impressed by the first side of a similar album, bought the week before at the same price:<br /><br />Emil Richards & The Microtonal Blues Band – Journey To Bliss<br />http://www.mediafire.com/file/42lodu01ip7s8mg/EmlRchrds%2526Th_McrtnlBlsBand_%25E2%2580%258E%25E2%2580%2593_Jrny2Blss.zip/file<br /><br />Same hippy-dippy vibe, so I’ve always seen them as a pair. The first side of this one is all peppy and loaded with the odd time signatures that were a big thing for me back in the day. If you think the first track or the pop covers on Bill’s album are a hoot, check out the side long track on side two of this one; ta voyage to enlightenment or the sound of someone disappearing up their own arse. <br /><br />Actually Emil’s had a pretty impressive career, playing with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Frank Zappa to Harry Partch. He’s still around if anyone wants to let him know how bitchin’ he really is….<br />https://www.facebook.com/Emil-Richards-131904240196237/<br /><br />I make fun of these albums but in all honesty I do revisit parts of them on a regular basis. Go’head, make fun of my cult, yer only right to. As far as I know neither has murdered or bilked anyone out of their savings.rev.bnoreply@blogger.com