From: owner-basia-digest To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V1 #93 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Friday, 19 April 1996 Volume 01 : Number 093 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Top Ten Re: Matt Bianco Virgin Re: Top Ten DID Peter & Basia Re: Peter & Basia Re: The Nightfly Re: Peter & Basia Re: Peter & Basia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sew_n_quilt@usa.pipeline.com (Sew_N_Quilt) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 23:46:39 GMT Subject: Top Ten Here's my "stuck in the desert" list...don't laugh (no particular order): Basia - Time and Tide Celine Dion - Unison (Incognito is a close second) Kim Wilde - Another Step Matt Bianco - Gran Via Swing Out Sister - The Living Return America - View from the Ground Chicago 17 (16 is good too) Lisa Stansfield - Affection Breathe - All that Jazz Boy Krazy - Boy Krazy - -- Sew_N_Quilt ------------------------------ From: combee@techwood.org (Ben Combee) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 09:08:39 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: Matt Bianco Virgin > By the way, what's the story on the Basia vocals on Whose Side Are > You On? I thought I read someone here mention that the French > version didn't have Basia's vocals, but that an original US version > did. Is that right? I ask because it certainly sounds like Basia > on the version on this CD. Or is there another version out there > with Basia? OK, something for the FAQ! Basia's vocals are missing on the CD versions of _Whose Side Are You On?_ and _MB Greatest Hits_ from the song "More Than I Can Bear". That song, with Basia's vocal track, is on both the US cassette for _WSAYO?_ and the US cassette for _Matt Bianco_. The song "WSAYO?" has her vocals in every version of which I know. Cool beans, - -- Benjamin L. Combee (combee@techwood.org) that public-access-TV-making, video-game-collecting, cryptography-pushing, World-Wide-Web-explaining, fem-music-loving, bad-pun-creating guy in Austin ------------------------------ From: John Cleveland Howell Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:04:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Top Ten hey...anyone know WHERE or HOW i can get a copy of MB's "Gran Via"? i've been unable to find it ANYWHERE, regardless of a store's import reliability. john ------------------------------ From: ExcusezMoi@aol.com Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:33:40 -0400 Subject: DID I'm going to have to cogitate about a DID list... I tend to shy away from these because I probably have nearly 500 CD's. (I used to manage a record store and got them at a discount or freebie). One disk per artist, hm... That makes it tough. Okay, I'll wing it (in no particular order): Peter White - Collection (it's a Singapore GH compilation) Aerosmith - Big Ones Neil Diamond - (with about 25 albums, a very tough decision) Hot August Night Rick Braun - Beat Street Dave Camp - Torrid Rain Basia - urrrrgh... Ummmmm, BOB Johnny Clegg & Savuka - Cruel Crazy Beautiful World Enya - Shepherd Moons Annie Lennox - Diva Chieftains - Boil The Breakfast Early Darnit, you guys, I had to go take a look at my CD's for a title, and came up with several more that should *not* be excluded from this list... Heck, I've already culled my sax player collection to one... Hmmm... How about being stranded on this island with all these performers & their bands??? (agony, agony!!!) (heh!) Honorable mention: Boney James, David Sanborn, Stan Rogers, Oingo Boingo, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Aretha Franklin, Al Stewart, numerous soundtracks, James Brown, Candy Dulfer, Jimmy Buffett, John Hartford, Tchaikovsky, numerous compilations, Quincy Jones (anybody heard "Q's Juke Joint"? It's EXCELLENT!) George Gershwin, Elton John, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Craig Chaquico, Cracker, Green Day, Rolling Stones, Santana... Enough of that... Suffice it to say I have a very weird album collection! ;-) TTFN! --Di. ------------------------------ From: ExcusezMoi@aol.com Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:33:40 -0400 Subject: Peter & Basia Well, I've been helping Peter White with his album liner notes (I am one of the few who can decipher his scribbling!), and can tell you this much: Tentative title is "Caravan of Dreams". Basia *is* on one cut, but the jury is still out as to the politics and legalities of having this included on the album (record labels, even tho Columbia and Epic are both under Sony, there are still conflicts to iron out!)... Hope it ends up being okay, since I was in the studio yesterday with PW and his producer Paul Brown (who also did PW's "Reflections") as they were putting finishing touches on the mix &tc, and the cut with Basia is absolutely beautiful! I was in the midst of telling Peter something and the sound wafted through the (closed) door of the studio and I just stopped *DEAD* and had to listen... Peter encouraged me to go into the booth and listen, so I did... It left me breathless... I wish I could tell you more, but I probably should keep the rest under wraps... That was the most important thing to *this* list, anyhow... :) Peter is headed to England tomorrow, for a two week "working" holiday. He's visiting family & friends, and also doing (ostensibly) some work for Basia & Danny on their new album... Since he says nothing seems to be written at this point, it's debatable whether he'll actually do this work... But things could change. I'm unclear on something... Matt Bianco, WSAYO. I have the American tape. Which CD version is the best for Basia's vocals? I have been meaning to get the CD, and have hesitated because I'm just not sure which version I'd get (and I have a bit of trouble plunking down $20. for an unknown import). Any info would be appreciated! TTFN! --Di. ------------------------------ From: kenneth.drew.3@nd.edu (Ken Drew) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:36:10 -0500 Subject: Re: Peter & Basia >Peter is headed to England tomorrow, for a two week "working" holiday. He's >visiting family & friends, and also doing (ostensibly) some work for Basia & >Danny on their new album... Since he says nothing seems to be written at >this point, it's debatable whether he'll actually do this work... But things >could change. So much for my info on the above..... Oh well... >I'm unclear on something... Matt Bianco, WSAYO. I have the American tape. > Which CD version is the best for Basia's vocals? I have been meaning to get >the CD, and have hesitated because I'm just not sure which version I'd get >(and I have a bit of trouble plunking down $20. for an unknown import). NONE!!! All the CDs out there do NOT have Basia's vocals on "More Than I Can Bear". Sad but true... >Any info would be appreciated! You bet. Thanks for the news! KEN (kdrew@nd.edu) - ----------------------------------------------------------- *The Beat Farmers : WWW page at: * *http://www.ucsd.edu/sdam/artists/bf/ * *Webb Wilder : check these guys out! * - ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: Philip B Hall Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 19:41:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: The Nightfly On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Robert Burns wrote: > On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, J.S. Lohr wrote: > > > OFF TOPIC DISCLAIMER: If you don't like Donald Fagan, don't bother > > reading this post. > > Hmm...yet another "Nightfly" fan. That makes three; and on a list this > > small, I'd consider that a trend. :D > > Since we have a small inkling of Donald Fagan crossovers, I have a > > question for those who have his solo stuff: what was your opinion of > > "Kamakiriad?" I had huge expectations for this album when I heard > > Agreed - I'm a major Donald Fagan fan too - I was told recently about the > recording technique used on the Kamakiriad album called "Groovemastering". > Apparently, DF recorded literally hours of each song's rhythm track, > selected the best loop (4 measures, for example) and used it to drive the > entire song (fills added separately). Additionally, the tracks are > mastered together to provide a continuous sumbliminal rhythm experience. > This must be Fagan's attempt to copyright what I would consider standard studio procedure - re-recording and mixing, finding the precise sound, remixing, etc, etc, etc. At any rate, when I first listened to Kamakiriad, I looked for Steve Cropper's name in the credits as producer. I was convinced Don was attempting to put a new slant on the Booker T sound. It was (and still is) a collection of catchy tunes, but lacking the watershed feeling I gained from Nightfly (which to me is the Sgt. Pepper's of Fagan's output). Both are autobiographical (somehow his Florida connection runs deep) and introspective but uptempo, which aspect sets him well apart from the crowd. But to link this thread with our present list, I wonder if there is a term for the musical device Basia/White used in 'Drunk On Love', and Don uses in 'Tommorrow's Girls': in both the song builds on its stanzas and utilizes a refrain, but after a while there is this departure into an elevated new groove that REALLY knocks me out. Not much of that kind of writing/arranging these days to suit me. Phil ------------------------------ From: "J.S. Lohr" Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 22:22:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Peter & Basia On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Ken Drew wrote: > NONE!!! All the CDs out there do NOT have Basia's vocals on "More Than I > Can Bear". > Sad but true... Are you sure? For some reason, all I ever see is the French version. I have always had hopes that the Japanese version (which is probably as easy to find as, say, the Holy Grail) still has the intact version. Atlantic needs to get on the ball and reissue the damn thing. Toodles! ********************************* R O A C H ********************************* * The Roach Motel @ http://zeus.towson.edu/~jlohr1 -- Bugs are people, too * * He loves Yugoslavians, Boba Fett, Chunky Chicken, and Yummy British Cows * ***************************************************************************** ************* "Live every day as if it were your last `cause ************* ************* sooner or later, you'll be right." - Hal Roach ************* ********************************* R U L E S ********************************* ------------------------------ From: "J.S. Lohr" Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 22:25:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Peter & Basia On Thu, 18 Apr 1996 ExcusezMoi@aol.com wrote: > Basia *is* on one cut, but the jury is still out as to the politics and > legalities of having this included on the album (record labels, even tho > Columbia and Epic are both under Sony, there are still conflicts to iron > out!)... Hope it ends up being okay, since I was in the studio yesterday > with PW and his producer Paul Brown (who also did PW's "Reflections") as they > were putting finishing touches on the mix &tc, and the cut with Basia is > absolutely beautiful! I was in the midst of telling Peter something and the > sound wafted through the (closed) door of the studio and I just stopped > *DEAD* and had to listen... Peter encouraged me to go into the booth and > listen, so I did... It left me breathless... Di, Perhaps you shouldn't have told us that - if the deal does fizzle through and the track goes unreleased, we'll just end up hating you that much more. :D Raving about it doesn't help matters much, either. Looks like "Water of March" died a pretty quick death... Toodles! ********************************* R O A C H ********************************* * The Roach Motel @ http://zeus.towson.edu/~jlohr1 -- Bugs are people, too * * He loves Yugoslavians, Boba Fett, Chunky Chicken, and Yummy British Cows * ***************************************************************************** ************* "Live every day as if it were your last `cause ************* ************* sooner or later, you'll be right." - Hal Roach ************* ********************************* R U L E S ********************************* ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V1 #93 **************************