Re: Harvester thoughts

["gordon" <dwilhelmi@ti...co.uk>]

  Yes the merits ,or demerits, of production values throughout the BA canon
is a bit of an old chestnut witin this List, isn't it.
  Arguably the peak of quality engineering was reached with 'Beatsongs', or
certainly within the 'Swagger' to 'Life Model' era, but both the latter are
roundly trashed by some connosieurs as being too commercial, departing too
far from the art and sponteneity of earlier offerings.
  Perhaps Gerard is pleasing himself more these days; I thought the 
feedback
for the forthcoming New new album was that he wanted to include the warts
and boils of the recording process, which doesn't bode well for those who
prefer the wall of sound app.roach.
  'Twenty Five Kinds of Love', for one, certainly deserves some TLC in
production.

  G

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Stuart Winfield" <stuart@li...co.uk>
  To: "A Discussion list for The Blue Aeroplanes"
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  Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 8:50 AM
  Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Harvester thoughts


  > Yes I agree not bad at all.
  >
  > We should be really optimistic for the next BA 'proper' release,
  > because Harvester has better production, sound quality and a
  > consistent line up. I can only imagine if someone at EMI had insisted
  > that Altitude was re-recorded in a similar manner, it would rank
  > right up there with their best output!
  >
  > Stuart W
  >
  >
  > On 21 Jun 2007, at 20:34, Mitchell Dickerman wrote:
  >
  > > Some random thoughts on _Harvester_...
  > >
  > > I'm just not a fan of much of the 60s psychedelic scene so some of 
the
  > > guitar wankery bugs me a bit. However, there are at least two
  > > unqualified successes: "Stagger Lee" and "It Didn't Work Out". The
  > > former harkens back to an earlier BA folky style and Gerard's 
delivery
  > > is perfect. The latter is an inspired cover - I've never heard the
  > > original and if I hadn't known I would've thought it was written by
  > > Gerard.
  > >
  > > It's hard to be objective about the two punk covers, "Outdoor Miner"
  > > and "(I'm) Stranded", because they've been a staple for me for years.
  > > These versions are fun, though the Wire cover isn't a patch on Lush's
  > > version.
  > >
  > > "Maisie" is pretty good as well, though it goes on a bit.
  > >
  > > So half of it I quite like, and the other half has it's moments. Not 
a
  > > major work in the canon but still enjoyable.
  > >
  > > Oh, and I managed to get a promo CDR for the single and I highly
  > > recommend folks downloading the unique tracks. The new version of
  > > "Beautiful Is (As Beautiful Does)" is decidedly better than the
  > > original and "Stars In Your Crown" is fantastic and deserves better
  > > than being a digital-only obscurity.
  > >
  > > Next week brings the reissue of the Art Objects album, yay!
  > >
  > > Mitch
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