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The Boy Who Has Everything
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 The boy who has everything (me) has acquired a little more. Buying it is 1/3 the fun, using it is another 1/3, writing about it here and on Internet forums is the other 1/3.
Allman Brothers Beginnings (Remaster) and At Fillmore East (Deluxe): A guy on the Les Paul Forum said the remastered Beginnings by the Allmans brought out Duane Allman and Dickey Betts' guitars much better than the original Polydor issue, which I already had. Sounds like a few songs have been remixed, not just remastered, but the guitars sound a little too forward and tinny to me. I'm prefer the original Polydor issue. Also got the Deluxe version of At Fillmore East, which I haven't listened to yet but am thrilled to own.
Black Sabbath Vol. 4: grabbed this one at the used CD store Friday night. It's all right. Using mathematical symbols to represent greatness, Paranoid > Master of Reality > Vol. 4. Still a gimmick band, but for some reason I'm hung up on classic rock and have to buy the "classics".
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here and Animals: The used CD shop just let me know they were holding Animals for me Friday, and it's in absolute mint condition for $8.41. Got Wish You Were Here a week ago. Haven't listened to either, but again, I'm a classic rock fanatic, gotta have `em even if I'm slow to listen to them. Now I've got all the Pink Floyd I'll ever need...unless Meddle is a must-have?
Robert Plant Pictures at Eleven and Principle of Moments: As a Led Zeppelin nut I've gotten all of Jimmy Page's post-Zep output except for the second Firm CD, but I had zero Robert Plant or JPJ. Some guys on the Van Halen forum were saying Pictures at Eleven was Plant's best, so I got that and Principle of Moments ("Big Log"), the follow-up. Listened to Pictures at Eleven and so far much its as I expected: an attempt to be arty and alternative while saluting his past. Like David Lee Roth's post-Eat `em and Smile output, "How the mighty have fallen."
David Lee Roth Skyscraper and A Little Ain't Enough: How the mighty have fallen (did I just say that?). Dave's got style, Dave's got vision, Dave's a great interview, but Dave hasn't had any idea where he was going musically since 1984. This stuff sounds like pre-recorded karaoke music for an aerobics class. For some reason they're still interesting for their car crash qualities, and as a Dave afficionado I felt like I "had" to have them. I've got all his post-VH stuff now except the very last one, which was R&B covers.
Aerosmith Aerosmith, Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic and Live Bootleg: I already had the first three Aerosmith albums in non-remastered form, but the sound could have been better, particularly on the very first album. So I got the remasters to see how they were...there's maybe a 2% difference in quality. It's so slight I have to wonder if it isn't my mind playing tricks on me. They sound virtually identical.
I had burned a cassette of Live Bootleg to CD, but when I saw the real disc at the used store for a deal I decided to get that. Also got Rocks even though I had burned a copy from the library. For some reason I feel like I gotta have the real article as a "true fan." Record company marketing departments must love me.
 DigiTech Bad Monkey overdrive pedal: I got a Line 6 amp modelling setup a couple of years ago so I'm not supposed to need this, but the guys on the Telecaster forum were in fits over how great this pedal was and what a steal it was to boot. Indeed their clips were impressive. So I recalled seeing one on the clearance table at Ken Stanton and went down there to find it had lingered for me. Indeed...this is awesome. Put it into my Music Man HD-130 head and I'm at Fillmore East, or Alvin Lee at Woodstock. A Tele forum member said he would grab two at these prices as they're modern classics (they're based on `70's and `80's Ibanez Tubescreamers which sell for over 3x the price). I'm a sucker! I think I'm gonna get a second next Friday!
DigiTech Hot Head distortion pedal: In my quest to bankrupt myself I grabbed one of these orange boxes Friday. I thought it would be like the Bad Monkey only "hotter". However it sounds quite different. At first I thought it sounded like shit, but with tweaking I've polished the turd. Sounds pretty good after all, though the Monkey is still better. I'll keep this around, though. It's amazing there's a footpedal with this build quality around today for this price.
And there's the update on my shopping.
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Posted by Art | 7:29 PM EST |
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