{"id":15395,"date":"2018-11-08T05:30:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T10:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=15395"},"modified":"2018-11-08T07:56:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T12:56:33","slug":"notable-vinyl-releases-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/08\/notable-vinyl-releases-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable Vinyl Releases, Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

These quick reviews cover an assorted lot: two compilations, a reissue and a 45rpm single all in needle-hits-groove physical format.<\/p>\n

\"\"Warren Zevon \u2013 <\/b>My Ride\u2019s Here
\n<\/b><\/i>If you only know a few things about Zevon, it\u2019s that he did \u201cWerewolves of London,\u201d that he had a celebrated sardonic sense of humor (imagine a rock-oriented Randy Newman), and that he died. So when you learn of the reissue of a 21st<\/sup> century Warren Zevon album with a title My Ride\u2019s Here<\/i>, you could be forgiven for thinking it\u2019s a concept album about about his impending death.<\/p>\n

Themes of death do inform the record, but his last would be The Wind,<\/i> released in 2003, a week and a half before his death (it\u2019s not really a concept record either). My Ride\u2019s Here<\/i> is a fairly standard Zevon effort: not at all bad but not really remarkable in any way. The quality that makes it unusual \u2013 composition credit with writers outside the music world \u2013 doesn\u2019t automatically translate into memorable songs. Zevon\u2019s trademark humor enlivens the set, but the album just doesn\u2019t linger in the memory after it\u2019s done. Still, the first-ever vinyl pressing of My Ride\u2019s Here<\/i> is welcome.<\/p>\n

\"\"Joseph Bishara \u2013 More Music from the Further
\n<\/i><\/b>Halloween\u2019s just come and gone, but this collection of evocative, eerie and downright creepy instrumentals woulds be just right for a trick-or-treating soundtrack. Silences punctured by stabbing strings, icy electronic passages that seem to rise out of the mists … you get the idea. Very much horror film-style fare, perfectly in keeping with the composer\u2019s m\u00e9tier; he\u2019s scored some two dozen films. Often as not, this collection works more as sound effect than as music-proper, but one imagines that it\u2019s supremely effective in the context of film.<\/p>\n

\"\"Les Paul and His Trio \u2013 After You\u2019ve Gone
\n<\/i><\/b>Here\u2019s a compilation of some significant historical import, but sadly lacking necessary context. Les Paul is, of course, the man whose name would become synonymous with the solidbody electric guitar (Leo Fender being a close second in that regard). Though as a musician Paul is best known for his work with wife Mary Ford, he had already been a recording artist for some years prior to their marriage and musical collaboration. This 2LP set features 28 songs featuring Paul with His Trio, billed as themselves and\/or backing a variety of vocalists.<\/p>\n

Frustratingly, there are no liner notes or discographical information included in the sleeve (at least not in my copy), so it\u2019s difficult to put these tunes into context. They\u2019re not chronologically sequenced, either. But the sleeve does at least note the year of release for about half of the tracks. The sound fidelity \u2013 in mono, as the sleeve reminds us \u2013 is stunningly pristine, even on tracks like \u201cI Ain\u2019t Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me),\u201d a recording dating back to 1925. Hell, that\u2019s nearly 100 years ago!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s set our quibbles aside, however, and just enjoy the music: sorta jazzy, sorta western swing, sorta unclassifiable. The near relentless uptempo vibe may wear on casual listeners, but this is fun music through and through. Recommended to historical aficionados, with the caveats as noted above.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Drolls \u2013 \u201cFollow That Dinosaur\u201d b\/w \u201cAlternate Timeline\u201d
\n<\/b>Related to (and of interest to fans of) Date Night With Brian, this Seattle outfit self-describes as \u201cwhat pop-punk became when it grew up.\u201d I rarely quote press materials, but in this case it makes sense, as that description is apt. Pop-punk is generally one of those things that\u2019s better in the description than in the execution. Here, the band fires on all cylinders, wedding a simple yet winning melody to a buzzing instrumental assault. The punk of \u201cFollow That Dinosaur\u201d reminds me a bit of Material Issue, but the Drolls dispense with niceties like vocal harmonies. \u201cAlternate Timeline\u201d dials back the intensity and ups the melodic quotient. Solid stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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