Thanks again, Sheila. Also, Patrick, Barry, Doug.
Barry, I suppose I do celebrate the material, not perhaps as visually as it
seems to come across. The visual becomes an awareness. So you don’t
literally stare at the rotating disc each time you play the record. But you
know what is going on. You do look when you first buy, intently, and then
it becomes a recognition thing as much as a celebration. Remember playing a
pile of records, one suggesting the next until your lounge room or bedroom
is strewn with plastic and cardboard. In the washout later, maybe even
next day, you do the colour match-ups, the sliver slides and the re-storing
till next time. It certainly was an active process, playing records,
setting up for the aural plunge.
Doug, I respect your Blue Notes, although I don’t have any. Atlantics I
just think of a swirling red, white and green label, Ahmet Ertegun’s wasn’t
it? But when I check my early Zeppelin and a Ray Charles, I am reminded
that before that the label was green with a silver band and a circular
silver swirl.
Bill
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 at 12:18 am, Barry Alpert <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Your new version brings to mind the term "material culture".
>
> Watching the spinning label intrigued me largely if it were designed by an
> artist, though right now I'm only remembering collectible album jackets by
> Warhol and Dali. Detail printed on the label might determine whether it was
> truly the first issue or a reprint. If I could find my collection of
> "artists' records" I might be able to cite an "artists' label" I admire,
> but right now I'll mention ESP Records as a likely possibility (they
> definitely worked with colored vinyl in the mid-sixties & their operation
> has recently been revived).
>
> Barry
>
>
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 06:21:45 +0000, Bill Wootton <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Thanks, Andrew. Sheila, I have toyed a little.
> >
> >Records 2
> >
> >
> >Who and Hendrix rode the transition
> >
> >from black to blazing red Polydor.
> >
> >
> >Kinks got you going on the brash
> >
> >bright yellow and black Astor label,
> >
> >
> >also home to fire-lighting Jim’s Doors
> >
> >and Matchstick Status Quo men.
> >
> >
> >Billy Thorpe‘s Aztecs, most people know,
> >
> >went crazy on orange Havoc records
> >
> >
> >and Sabbath sucked you into their Paranoid
> >
> >maelstrom on black and white Vertigo Swirl.
> >
> >
> >The Bobster and Simon and Garfunkel,
> >
> >The Man in Cash and Carlos Santana
> >
> >
> >all shared the apricot glow of dignified CBS.
> >
> >Stones Blue Decca’d before Sticky Fingering.
> >
> >
> >Beatles grey/black Parlophoned almost
> >
> >matching their suits before Appling out.
> >
> >
> >Shocking Blue Venused on Penny Farthing
> >
> >Tamla Motowns all glowed deep black.
> >
> >
> >Select from Spotify, tunes descend
> >
> >from the ether with no such associations.
> >
> >
> >Select The Selecter on 2 Tone Records
> >
> >with the ska trilby and zoot suit image.
> >
> >
> >Labels. Covers. Trashy notes. Records.
> >
> >Get a grip on their substance.
> >
> >
> >bw
> >
> >21.2.18
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 at 1:12 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the walk down memory lane, Bill!
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >> <
> >>
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> >> On 21 February 2018 at 06:12, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Thanks Sheila. You may be on to something with this suggestion. I’m
> not
> >> > happy with the ending yet either.
> >> >
> >> > Bill
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 at 7:52 am, Sheila Murphy <
> [log in to unmask]>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Bill, I wonder what would happen if you started the whole piece with
> >> > >
> >> > > "Who and Hendrix rode the transition
> >> > >
> >> > > from black to blazing red Polydor..."
> >> > >
> >> > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 1:42 PM, Bill Wootton <
> >> [log in to unmask]>
> >> > > wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Take your music groove-inscribed
> >> > > >
> >> > > > for a multi-sensual all round experience.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Hear the opening Claptonic bars of White Room,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > picture that black Polydor label spinning.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Know Who and Hendrix rode the transition
> >> > > >
> >> > > > from black to blazing red Polydor.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Kinks get you going partly because you see
> >> > > >
> >> > > > the brash bright yellow and black Astor label,
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > also home to fire-lighting Jim’s Doors
> >> > > >
> >> > > > and Matchstick Status Quo men.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Billy Thorpe‘s Aztecs, most people know,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > went crazy on orange Havoc records
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > and Sabbath sucked you into their Paranoid
> >> > > >
> >> > > > maelstrom on black and white Vertigo Swirl.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The Bobster and Simon and Garfunkel,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The Man in Cash and Carlos Santana
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > all shared the apricot glow of dignified CBS.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Stones Blue Decca’d before Sticky Fingering.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Beatles grey/black Parlophoned almost
> >> > > >
> >> > > > matching their suits before Appling up.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Shocking Blue Venused on Penny Farthing
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Tamla Motowns all glowed deep black.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Select from Spotify, tunes descend
> >> > > >
> >> > > > from the ether with no such associations.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Select The Selecter on 2 Tone Records
> >> > > >
> >> > > > with the ska trilby and zoot suit image.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Grab hold of record covers. Sniff.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The years of spin still available.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > bw
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andrew
> >> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >> Books available through Walleah Press
> >> http://walleahpress.com.au
> >>
>
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