scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
FormerLurker wrote:I have never heard this record. This is the one with the "new" guitar player, right?
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
Neal wrote:i have fond memories of this album and time period, even though the sound is a bit shitty. it seems like a lot of caroline stuff or similar music suffered in sound at the time, so it wasn't a HUGE difference, but you could definitely hear the absence of haggerty's distinct crunch. and even as a skater, "the grind" seemed a bit pandering or cheesy.
but i got into nr right before understand, which is my fave album of theirs. i saw them for the second time on the raygun...naked raygun tour, i remember "home" premiering on 120 minutes, and i remember going to great america/six flags in illinois for a high school trip and counting at least 5 naked raygun shirts, which seemed incredible at the time.
i've actually been listening to this and all of the raygun albums a lot lately since i've been trying to "remaster" them myself. curious how well this version can improve on the muddy sound. weird that they only include 1 of the 2 buzzcocks covers. and still not sure why the quarterstick reissue included a clicky vinyl version of "last drink" when a cd version existed on a caroline compilation.
gregpolard wrote:I love NR, I really do. But this album, it just doesn't grab me like the others. "HOME" is a classic NR tune but otherwise, I almost never listen to this album compared to the others.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
Jaygun wrote:I was supposed to do a full remix of this record. I always thought the tunes were great, but the recording is awful. Pezzati thought he had the 2" tape, but didn't. me and Spicer tried to track down Fluffy, but to no avail. So , obviously, it never happened. I did , however, mix an entire live set from 1987 at the Riviera, that Jeff did have the reels for. That turned out awesome! But, the reels are still sitting on my shelf, and I have yet to be paid, so this will probably never be released, and still be sitting here for the next 20 years.
Jaygun wrote:I was supposed to do a full remix of this record. I always thought the tunes were great, but the recording is awful. Pezzati thought he had the 2" tape, but didn't. me and Spicer tried to track down Fluffy, but to no avail. So , obviously, it never happened. I did , however, mix an entire live set from 1987 at the Riviera, that Jeff did have the reels for. That turned out awesome! But, the reels are still sitting on my shelf, and I have yet to be paid, so this will probably never be released, and still be sitting here for the next 20 years.
Jaygun wrote:Any thoughts on how this was remastered then if they didn't have the tapes? I know Jeff mentioned to me that he thought he had them somewhere in his house several years ago after he returned from FL.
earthdog70 wrote:NR should do a pledge music campaign for the 1987 live set if they don''t have the $ to complete.
Jaygun-while we have you here, when is The Bomb EP coming out
MXV wrote:Didn't Fluffy die some number of years ago or am I confusing him with someone else?
xxxMidgexxx wrote:Its a good album. Nothing wrong with it.
Stormy wrote:xxxMidgexxx wrote:Its a good album. Nothing wrong with it.
It's good. But not by Raygun standards.
Stormy wrote:sure, i guess. bottom line is i've maybe spun the LP maybe a dozen times since it came out, and the others i've played hundreds,
Welly wrote:Stormy wrote:sure, i guess. bottom line is i've maybe spun the LP maybe a dozen times since it came out, and the others i've played hundreds,
You're right. In fact, I didn't even buy it when it came out. I was into them and saw them live numerous times, but for some reason I didn't pick it up until later.
The question is: Which is the best NR record?
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
gregpolard wrote:Throb, All rise, Jettison, Understand
whichever one I'm listening to at the time is my favorite.
Welly wrote:The question is: Which is the best NR record?
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
Welly wrote:gregpolard wrote:Throb, All rise, Jettison, Understand
whichever one I'm listening to at the time is my favorite.
Yup. Also Basement Screams and Vanilla Blue need mentioning.
Loved NR so much we booked the 2007 tour to see them in FL. Then met Jeff when I put the Bomb on here. Talked about the times seeing Raygun in the 80's in a crypt under a church in Bristol and other times. He was telling me he always tells people he's 'Big In Wales' and they never know what he's on about and laughed. Loads of the old guard came out that night as it was his first appearance here since NR. He was very ill at the time, or so it seemed, and grown men were crying when he took to the stage and looked so frail. Great guy Pezzati.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
Welly wrote:Stormy wrote:sure, i guess. bottom line is i've maybe spun the LP maybe a dozen times since it came out, and the others i've played hundreds,
You're right. In fact, I didn't even buy it when it came out. I was into them and saw them live numerous times, but for some reason I didn't pick it up until later.
The question is: Which is the best NR record?
MXV wrote:It is a scientific fact that Throb Throb was their best album.
obik wrote:MXV wrote:It is a scientific fact that Throb Throb was their best album.
That is correct only insofar as Naked Raygun never released an album that was even a tenth as good as the Basement Screams EP (and Oz stuff, and the early demos).
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:obik wrote:MXV wrote:It is a scientific fact that Throb Throb was their best album.
That is correct only insofar as Naked Raygun never released an album that was even a tenth as good as the Basement Screams EP (and Oz stuff, and the early demos).
I have figured it out. You really are Steve Albini.
obik wrote:JGJR wrote:obik wrote:MXV wrote:It is a scientific fact that Throb Throb was their best album.
That is correct only insofar as Naked Raygun never released an album that was even a tenth as good as the Basement Screams EP (and Oz stuff, and the early demos).
I have figured it out. You really are Steve Albini.
I can't help it if two handsome, friendly, devastatingly intelligent guys with impeccable taste in music both come to the same conclusion, now can I?
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
Welly wrote:Spinning Jettison now. What a slab.
lewdd wrote:Welly wrote:Spinning Jettison now. What a slab.
The pink version doesn't skip like my gunsmoke color version does.
Welly wrote:lewdd wrote:Welly wrote:Spinning Jettison now. What a slab.
The pink version doesn't skip like my gunsmoke color version does.
I'll stick with my old black copy.
Welly wrote:Spinning Jettison now. What a slab.
lewdd wrote:Fuck, why can't they get this shit right.
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