So I have been a fan of the ABB for a long while now and I never get sick of listening to Mountain Jam from the early days to the DT/WH versions.
Two questions - If I could (and I may do this one day) I would dedicate a stereo in my house to only play various versions of Mountain Jam. A friend I discussed this with said I need a juke box but thinking the 45 lp version of MJ is not going to go well in 3 minute slices. This would be tough to do with vinyl (so few versions on vinyl) but a stereo with a ipad linked solely for the playing of Mjam is on my crazy idea bucket list.
Of course a sign would be required that states this stereo dedicated for the playing of Mountain Jam only.
So what what song would you dedicate a stereo to?
Question 2 - Back to Mountain Jam, after throwing my hornet car around the track last Wednesday I threw on Disc 1 Mjam from Atlanta International Festival. Its such a great version especially Part 2 after the rain delay and they bring the jam back, each player filing in after the guitar gets them going. Its a great funky start followed by the general organized ABB chaos that I love sadly it ends after 8 minutes but I assume there was only so much room on discs.
During this moment of post race jam tune happiness I reflected on the fact that this song may never be played to its fullest ever again by the folks that gave it and carried on its life for over 40 years. I know downer guy.
So my question is do you think Warren or Derek or anyone associated with the band will ever play this gem again? I know WH teases it once in a while but to never hear the full version live again is sad to think about.
thoughts?
None. I learned from corporate radio a LONG time ago...even the greatest tune can be played too many times! 😉
Organ2/ASLSP by John Cage.
Longest musical composition, over 600 years, one chord change a month!
from article:
The piece, which began on Sept. 5, 2001, is not scheduled to end until 2640. But there will probably be a break after the first movement, which lasts a mere 71 years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/06/arts/music/06chor.html?_r=0
Tough call. It would be a flip between Zep's Ten Years Gone or In The Light.
Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
Actually did this once. On a record player with the auto arm repeat, left "Dark Star" on that old Live Dead album playing for about a month, low volume, night and day, for a soundtrack. Eventually the needle cut all the way thru the record! Left for a few days, forgot the record was spinning, came back and the record had turned bone-white! there was a thick layer of off-white vinyl powder and the the needle was cutting a trail thru it! The vinyl powder was white, even tho the record was black, mystified me to this day. You could still hear the music even then. Considered snorting it but decided I wasn't that much of a Deadhead.
[Edited on 7/15/2015 by BrerRabbit]
Considered snorting it but decided I wasn't that much of a Deadhead.
But...dude...it had Jerry in it, man! 😛 😉
I know! Wouldn't be surprised if Owsley mixed some goodness in with the vinyl at the pressing plant.
Actually did this once. On a record player with the auto arm repeat, left "Dark Star" on that old Live Dead album playing for about a month, low volume, night and day, for a soundtrack. Eventually the needle cut all the way thru the record! Left for a few days, forgot the record was spinning, came back and the record had turned bone-white! there was a thick layer of off-white vinyl powder and the the needle was cutting a trail thru it! The vinyl powder was white, even tho the record was black, mystified me to this day. You could still hear the music even then. Considered snorting it but decided I wasn't that much of a Deadhead.
It occurs to me to ask, "why?", but I'd be more interested in knowing how and why your neighbors didn't kill you. 😉
"Why?" wasn't exactly a top priority question in 1974. Just sayin that I actually did dedicate a record player to one song for a while, I fully agree with OP that Mountain Jam would be a great choice too, similar neverending sprawling psychedelic saga... it was just kinda nice to have it playin when I left, and when I came back, and knowing it was going when I wasn't around...
As for the neighbors, it was probably a relief from Stones or Hendrix or Zep set to earbleed. The Dead saved a lot of folks from that. Actually once had a neighbor from half a block up come and physically threaten us on the 100th or so spin of "Sympathy for the Devil" at cone-rip. We were building a raft in the backyard cuz we didn't want to swim in the "pollution" in the river any more, at that time there was some amazing colored chemicals swirling in the water, bright orange, green, blue, spewing out of a big rusty pipe, and we had just learned about "pollution" in school so we figured we better avoid it. So, we told Mr. Molloy that and he realized we weren't having a yippie revolution, and he cooled out and asked us to turn it down, and we did.
And, I must say, it saved a lot of wear and tear on the old fingers, not having to change records all the time. Still wondering about that magic vinyl powder tho...
[Edited on 7/15/2015 by BrerRabbit]
I listened to "Crazy Train" by Ozzy for 24 hrs. straight does that count?
Morning Dew
I am suddenly reminded of a funny story.
Back in the 70's, a friend of mine lived in apartment. He had a neighbor who was ... just a bad neighbor. The neighbor made too much noise (loud music, television, spousal arguing, etc.), took up all the available parking and made a mess of the grounds and building with junk, junk cars and litter. My friend decided to move out.
On the weekend before my friend moved, he decided a little retribution might be in order.
He opted for a weekend trip out of town - a nice vacation from the neighbor. Before he left he took his turntable and set it to "repeat" (might've been a tape loop, but I'm pretty sure it was a turntable) and put a 45 rpm of Paul McCartney's, "I've Had Enough" on - set it to play on a never ending basis. This guy had one of the most monster stereo systems I've ever heard and he was all about dat bass! He moved the speakers right up to the joining wall and let Macca go for the entire weekend with the volume turned up to 11.
Hmmmm...well, I have an iPod playlist that plays every version of "Liz" I have, in chronological order (by every artist; so besides ABB, there's the live Dickey Betts & Great Southern versions, Dickey Betts Band, Herbie Mann's version, etc)...I think there are somewhere around 30 versions; which all of a sudden doesn't seem like very many.
I have another playlist with every version of "Oh Well" I've been able to acquire. Have about 20 versions of those, too....but, besides the original Fleetwood Mac studio version, only TWO also include "part 2" (Billy Sheehan's cover from the mid '90s and Bob Welch's 1998 cover)
