thanks Bill your words about the poem I found interesting
-one point crossed this poor aged mind is 'Records' a bit too direct for
the title ?
how about Vinyls cheers P freezing sneezing in London
On 21/02/2018 21:39, Bill Wootton wrote:
> 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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