Cosa Troveremo Nell’Uovo Pasquale? Sicuramente Xtc – Skylarking (Corrected Polarity Edition) & Little Feat – Live In Holland 1976 (E Lista Record Store Day)

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Le settimane pre e post pasquali (15 e 22 aprile) ci riservano, tra le tante, due uscite che faranno la gioia degli appassionati della buona musica. Partiamo con la prima:

XTC – Skylarking Corrected Polarity Edition – Ape/Panegiryc 15-04-2014

Nel 1986 dalla burrascosa unione tra il musicista e produttore americano Todd Rundgren e gli inglesi Xtc (che non si erano particolarmente amati, per usare un eufemismo) nacque quello che è giustamente considerato uno dei più bei dischi di Pop in Excelcis Deo della storia della nostra musica, Skylarking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOQG0WtPhsc . Prima visto con sospetto dalla etichetta americana Geffen, che lo distribuiva sul mercato USA, e poi, sulla scia dell’inconsueto successo del brano Dear God http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk41Gbjljfo , aggiunto in tutta fretta (infatti la versione UK della Virgin, quella che ha anche il sottoscritto non lo riporta, in quanto la canzone era uscita solo su un 12″), arrivando a vendere oltre 250.000, il massimo successo commerciale della band di Andy Partridge e Colin Moulding.

Anche la copertina, forse per ovvi motivi, venne rifiutata e al posto del simpatico pube fiorito apparvero due fauni che se la zufolavano di gusto. Preceduta nel 2010 dalla edizione in vinile “corretta”, ora esce anche la nuova versione in CD, curata dal mastering engineer John Dent, con la polarità del suono riposizionata, qualsiasi cosa voglia dire, ma che da quello che ho inteso non è semplicemente l’inversione dei due canali dello stereo, bensì un più subdolo e difficile da rivelare difetto che faceva sì che il suono perdesse in presenza e brillantezza. Forse non se ne era mai accorto nessuno per decenni, musicisti inclusi e men che meno il vostro fidato estensore di Post, al quale il disco è sempre parso avere un suono della Madonna, ma non Dear God (ebbene sì, ho fatto la battuta). Nella nuova versione il controverso brano c’è e quindi penso che me lo ricomprerò:

1. Summer’s Cauldron
2. Grass
3. The Meeting Place
4. That’s Really Super, Supergirl
5. Ballet for a Rainy Day
6. 1000 Umbrellas
7. Season Cycle
8. Earn Enough for Us
9. Big Day
10. Another Satellite
11. Mermaid Smiled
12. The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
13. Dear God
14. Dying
15. Sacrificial Bonfire

Questa è la lista sul sito della Ape, l’etichetta del gruppo, ma altre liste riportano 17 brani con Dying e Sacrificial Bonfire riportate una seconda volta alla fine del CD (forse le versioni del singolo dell’epoca?). Il tutto dovrebbe essere a mid-price.

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Little Feat – Live In Holland 1976 CD+DVD Eagle Rock 22-04-2014

Altra bella sorpresa, dopo il recente cofanetto Rad Gumbo – The Complete Warner Bros Years 1971-1990, fra un mesetto esce questo bel doppio dedicato sempre ai Little Feat. La copertina potrebbe essere provvisoria ma l’uscita è certa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvelsr9vHhI . Si tratta della prima pubblicazione ufficiale del concerto europeo della grande band di Lowell George, tenutosi il 7 giugno del 1976 allo Sportpark di Geelen, nel corso del Pinkpop Festival avvenuto in quell’anno in terra olandese e debitamente mandato in onda ai tempi (non solo da quali radio e televisioni!). Il tutto era uscito già in edizione bootleg, sia audio

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che video

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Ma ora esce finalmente in edizione ufficiale, anche se per i soliti misteriosi motivi (problemi tecnici?), il DVD avrà due brani in meno del CD. Comunque è sempre grasso che cola o se preferite un commento più composto, gran bella musica. E non dovrebbe costare molto!

Ci sono altre uscite interessanti nel prossimo mese di aprile (ma non per il Record Store Day, a parte per gli appassionati di vinile, come potete vedere nella lunga lista pubblicata dopo la fine del Post, pochi CD e DVD, qualche cassetta!), restate sintonizzati sul Blog e le scoprirete.

Alla prossima.

Bruno Conti

???, Side by Side Series (7” Vinyl)

The Allman Brothers, Selections from: Play All Night: Live at the Beacon Theatre 1992 (12” Vinyl)

Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin, Songs from Common Ground (12” Vinyl)

American Authors/The Mowglis, “In a Big Country”/”You Make My Dreams Come True” (7” Vinyl)

Albert Ammons, Boogie Woogie Stomp/Boogie Woogie Blues (12” Vinyl)

Anamanaguchi, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Original Movie Soundtrack) (12” Vinyl)

The Animals, The Animals EP (10” Vinyl)

Atmosphere, The Lake Nokomis Maxi Single (12” Vinyl)

Autumn Defense/Josh Rouse, Sentimental Lady/Trouble (7” Vinyl)

Joan Baez, Blessed Are (12” Vinyl)

Bastille, Of the Night Picture Disc (10” Vinyl)

Beauregarde, Testify (7” Vinyl)

Between the Buried and Me, Colors_Live

Big Mama Thornton, Sassy Mama (12” Vinyl)

David Bowie, 1984 Picture Disc (7” Vinyl)

Charles Bradley, I Hope You Find the Good Life (12” Vinyl)

Brian Jonestown Massacre, (12” Vinyl)

Broken Bells, Holdin on for Life (12” Vinyl)

Jake Bugg, Live at Silver Platters (CD) (12” Vinyl)

Built to Spill, Ultimate Alternative Wavers (12” Vinyl)

Cage the Elephant, Take It or Leave It (7” Vinyl)

Cancerous Growth, Cancer Causing Agents; A Cancerous Growth Discography (12” Vinyl)

Eric Carmen, Brand New Year/Starting Over (7” Vinyl)

Chiodos, R2Me2/Let Me Get You A Towel (7” Vinyl)

Chocolate Milk, Actions Speak Louder Than Words (12” Vinyl)

Christian Death, The Edward Colver Edition (7” Vinyl)

Eric Church, The Outsiders (12” Vinyl)

Chvrches, Recover EP (12” Vinyl)

Circa Survive/Sunny Day Real Estate, Split (7” Vinyl)

The Civil Wars, Live at Eddie’s Attic (12” Vinyl)

Clutch/Lionize, Split (7” Vinyl)

Sam Cooke, Ain’t That Good News (12” Vinyl)

Creedence Clearwater Revivial, The 1969 Singles (10” Vinyl)

Cults, Upstairs at United (12” Vinyl)

The Cute/Dinosaur Jr., Side by Side Series (7” Vinyl)

Cut Copy, In the Arms of Love/Like Any Other Day (10” Vinyl)

Dave Matthews Band, Live Trax Vol. 4

Dawes/Conor Oberst, Split (7” Vinyl)

Death Cab for Cutie feat. Magik*Magik Orchestra, Live 2012

Deer Tick, Eel Bowel (7” Vinyl)

Deerhoof & Ceramic Dog, Split (7” Vinyl)

Devo, Butch Devo and the Sundance Gig (12” Picture Disc)

Devo, Live at Max’s Kansas City (12” Vinyl)

Devo/The Flaming Lips, Side by Side Series (7” Vinyl)

Die Kreuzen, Cows and Beers (7” Vinyl)

Disclosure, Apollo (12” Vinyl) (CD)

The Doors, Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine

Dream Theater, Illuminastion Theory (12” Vinyl)

The Dresden Dolls, The Dresden Dolls

Drive-By Truckers, The Dragon Pants (10” Vinyl)

Steve Earle, Townes: The Basics (12” Vinyl)

The Everly Brothers, Roots

The Everly Brothers, (12” Vinyl)

Fishbone, Fishbone (12” Vinyl)

The Flaming Lips, 7 Skies H3 (12” Vinyl)

Fleetwood Mac, Dragonfly/The Purple Dancer (7” Vinyl)

Foals, Live at Royal Albert Hall (12” Vinyl)

Darq E Freaker, Ironside (12” Vinyl)

Frightened Rabbit, Live from Criminal Records (12” Vinyl)

Jerry Garcia, Garcia

Genesis, From Genesis to Revelation (12” Vinyl)

The Glitch Mob, Drink the Sea/We Can Make The…

Gram Parsons, 180 Grams: Alternate Takes from GP and Grievous Angel

Grateful Dead, Live at Hampton Coliseum

Green Day, Demolicious (Cassette) (CD) (12” Vinyl)

Norman Greenbaum, Spirit in the Sky (12” Vinyl)

Haim, Forever (12” Vinyl)

Grant Hart, Every Everything/Something Something (12” Vinyl)

Oliver Hart, The Many Faces of Oliver Hart Or: How Eye One The Write Too Think

Donny Hathaway, Live at the Bitter End 1971

Mayer Hawthorne/Shintaro Sakamoto, Wine Glass Woman/In A Phantom (7” Vinyl)

Husker Du, Candy Apple Grey (12” Vinyl)

Ice T, Greatest Hits (12” Vinyl)

Chuck Inglish & Action Bronson, Gametime (7” Vinyl)

Chuck Inglish & Chance The Rapper, Glame (7” Vinyl)

Chuck Inglish & Chromeo, Legs (7” Vinyl)

Chuck Inglish, Mac Miller & Ab-Soul, Easily (7” Vinyl)

J Spaceman & Kid Millions, Live at La Poisson Lounge (12” Vinyl)

Jay Z/Linkin Park, Collision Course (12” Vinyl)

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth (12” Vinyl)

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, She’s On It/Jack the Ripper (12” Vinyl)

Joy Division, An Ideal for Living (12” Vinyl)

The Julie Ruin, Brightside/In the Picture (7” Vinyl)

Stephen John Kalinich, A World of Peace Must Come

Karma to Burn, Karma to Burn (12” Vinyl)

Katatonia, Kocytean (12” Vinyl)

Jorma Kaukonen, Quah (12” Vinyl)

Kings of Leon, Wait for Me (7” Vinyl)

Lake Street Dive, What I’m Doing Here/Wedding Band (7” Vinyl)

Ray LaMontagne, Supernova (7” Vinyl)

Langhorne Slim & The Law, Animal (7” Vinyl)

The Last Internationale, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Indian Blood (7” Vinyl)

Hamilton Leithauser, Alexandria B/W In the Shadows (7” Vinyl)

Meade “Lux” Lewis, (12” Vinyl)

The Litter, Action Woman/A Legal Matter (7” Vinyl)

Little Dragon, Klapp Klapp

Charles Lloyd, Lie at Slug’s in the Far East (12” Vinyl)

Machine Head, A New Machine (10” Vinyl)

Man Man, The Man in Turban with Blue Face (12” Vinyl)

Mastodon, Live at Brixton (12” Vinyl)

Jim McCarthy (of The Yardbirds), Frontman (12” Vinyl)

MKTO, Classic (7” Vinyl)

Wes Montgomery & The Montgomery-Johnson String Quintet, Wes Montgomery & The Montgomery-Johnson Quintet (10” Vinyl)

Wes Montgomery & The Montgomery-Johnson String Quintet, Live at the Turf Club (10” Vinyl)

Motorhead, Aftershock (12” Vinyl)

Mudhoney, On Top (12” Vinyl)

Mark Mulcahy, Fathering (12” Vinyl)

Randy Newman, Randy Newman (12” Vinyl)

Nirvana, (7” Vinyl)

The Notorious B.I.G, Life After Death

The Notwist, Run Run Run (10” Vinyl)

Oasis, Supersonic (12” Vinyl)

Conor Oberst, Hundreds of Waves/Fast Friends (7” Vinyl)

Of Montreal, Jigsaw Puzzle (7” Vinyl)

Of Montreal, Satanic Panic: 10th Anniversary

Off!, Learn to Obey (7” Vinyl)

William Onyeabor, What?! (12” Vinyl)

Opeth, Watershed

The Orwells, The Righteous One (12” Vinyl)

Ozric Tentacles, Sploosh! (12” Vinyl)

Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes, Live at the Greek

Paramore, Ain’t It Fun (12” Vinyl)

Dolly Parton, Blue Smoke (7” Vinyl)

Katy Perry, Prism Picture Disc

Pinback, Pinback (12” Vinyl)

Pissed Jeans, The Very Best of Sub Pop (10” Vinyl)

The Pogues, Live with Joe Strummer

Poison Idea/Pantera, Side by Side Series (7” Vinyl)

Pussy Galore, Pussy Gold 5000 (12” Vinyl)

Quantic, You Will Return (7” Vinyl)

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Jack Elliott (12” Vinyl)

The Ramones, Meltdown with The Ramones (10” Vinyl)

Otis Redding, Pain in My Heart (12” Vinyl)

Alexander Robotnick, Vintage Robotnick (12” Vinyl)

Rockabye Baby!, Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of David Bowie (12” Vinyl)

RPM Turntable Football, A Two Player Game Played at 33 1/3 RPM (12” Vinyl)

Bobby Rush, Upstairs at United (12” Vinyl)

Skrillex, Recess (Cassette)

Slipknot, Vol. 3 (12” Vinyl)

Soundgarden, Superunknown: The Singles

Spanish Gold, Out on the Street (7” Vinyl)

Ronnie Spector & The E Street Band, Say Goodbye To Hollywood/Baby Please Don’t Go (7” Vinyl)

Regina Spektor, You’ve Got Time (7” Vinyl)

Bruce Springsteen, American Beauty (12” Vinyl)

The Standells, Dirty Water/Twitchin’ (7” Vinyl)

The Sunrays, Our Leader/Won’t You Tell Me (7” Vinyl)

Tame Impala, Live Versions (Vinyl)

Tears for Fears, Ready Boys & Girls (10” Vinyl)

The The, Giant Double A-Side (12” Vinyl)

Type O Negative, Slow, Deep and Hard (12” Vinyl)

Chad Vangaalen, I Want You Back (7” Vinyl)

Various Artists, The Space Project (12” Vinyl) (CD)

Various Artists, The Folk Box 50th Anniversary

Various Artists, Electroconvulsive Therapy Vol. 2 (12” Vinyl)

Various Artists, Rough Guide to Psychedelic Bollywood (12” Vinyl)

Various Artists, Rough Guide to Voodoo (12” Vinyl)

Various Artists, Rough Guide to African Blues (12” Vinyl)

Various Artists, Rough Guide to Latin Rare Groove (Vol 1) (12” Vinyl)

Various Artists, Rough Guide to Mali (2nd Edition) (12” Vinyl)

Various Artists, Sun Records Curated by Record Store Day (Volume 1) (12” Vinyl)

Various Artists, The Muppet Movie (12” Vinyl)

Various Artists, Live from High Fidelity Podcast: The Best of the Podcast Performances (12” Vinyl)

Various Artists, The Newport Folk Festival 1963—The Best of the Evening Concerts, Vol. 1 (12” Vinyl)

The Velvet Underground, Loaded (12” Vinyl)

Veruca Salt, Veruca Salt (7” Vinyl)

Vitamin String Quartet, Vitamin String Quartet Performs Weezer’s Pinkerton (12” Vinyl)

Butch Walker, End of the World (One More Time)/Battle vs. The War (10” Vinyl)

Doc Watson, Southbound (12” Vinyl)

White Denim, A Place to Start (Jamie Lidell Remix) (7” Vinyl)

The Wild Feathers, Got it Wrong/Marie (7” Vinyl)

Hank Williams, The Garden Spot Programs, 1950—Extended Play (10” Vinyl)

James Williamson, Open Up and Bleed/Give Me Some Skin (7” Vinyl)

Link Wray, Slinky/Rendezvous (7” Vinyl)

The Yardbirds, Little Games (12” Vinyl)

Frank Zappa, (7” Vinyl)

Zedd, Find You: Turn Up Your Night Edition (12” Vinyl)

The Zombies, I Love You (12” Vinyl)

The Zombies, Odessey and Oracle (12” Vinyl)

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