2 years ago for Xmas, my eldest daughter thought it would be pretty cool to give me a special turntable with a digital USB output, so that I could digitize my modest vinyl music collection from the 60's and 70's. Once CD's came out in the late 1980's I was quick to abandon the old analog recording media, but I still took care of my few old disks and they remained in the "archive."
Well, due to the ****** weather and a need to entertain, I broke out her generous gift and started taking out the old records to get them digitized and re-recorded on CDs. It is an enjoyable pass-time, especially when accompanied by a nice fire in the fireplace and a glass of (not too) cheap wine.
So last night I got to the "C" section (no baby delivery jokes please) and spun up my old "Best of Canned Heat" diskj. It was all quite good and enjoyable until I came to the first song on side 2 and the song "On the Road Again." I literally got the chills up my spine at both the haunting music and lyrics, both of which I obviously knew quite well, but had forgotten somehow. I know that you've all probably heard this song and paid it no particular attention. But for some reason it struck me hard last night.
And I wondered about these artists, and what has become of them. They produced some damn good sounds, IMO, for such a short time. .
Naturally, I thought that a group with as many old fookkers as this one has would have the inside line on Wilson and Canned Heat. I think they were pretty short lived, but as Neil said, it's better to burn out than to fade away.
So what you got?
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Well, due to the ****** weather and a need to entertain, I broke out her generous gift and started taking out the old records to get them digitized and re-recorded on CDs. It is an enjoyable pass-time, especially when accompanied by a nice fire in the fireplace and a glass of (not too) cheap wine.
So last night I got to the "C" section (no baby delivery jokes please) and spun up my old "Best of Canned Heat" diskj. It was all quite good and enjoyable until I came to the first song on side 2 and the song "On the Road Again." I literally got the chills up my spine at both the haunting music and lyrics, both of which I obviously knew quite well, but had forgotten somehow. I know that you've all probably heard this song and paid it no particular attention. But for some reason it struck me hard last night.
And I wondered about these artists, and what has become of them. They produced some damn good sounds, IMO, for such a short time. .
Naturally, I thought that a group with as many old fookkers as this one has would have the inside line on Wilson and Canned Heat. I think they were pretty short lived, but as Neil said, it's better to burn out than to fade away.
So what you got?
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