Miniscule moments of extreme musical brilliance!

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:07 pm

Oooh, you little tinker !
Nice one. The whole album is really great, there is a great variety of styles & tempo . 'course you also need to look out for the reissue album which has a cover like that CD .

Dave the bass · Post by **Dave the bass** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:20 pm

IslandPink wrote:Oooh, you little tinker !
Nice one. The whole album is really great, there is a great variety of styles & tempo . 'course you also need to look out for the reissue album which has a cover like that CD .

I'm pretty sure this CD version I've got is originated from a vinyl copy TBH Mark. Studious listening using headphones reveals vinyl roar and rumble in places! ...

But yeah, I'll cop a vinyl version at some time too though.

...as I will this below too.... Back on topic. I'm revisiting this album after having not heard it for at least 20 years, its awethumne in everyway songs/playing/recording/sound, you name it.

0.32- 0.47 Percy Jones+ Simon Phillips + A Godzilla sized groove!

and then later on in the track at about 2.38 after the vocal phrase "Peeeeace annnnnnn quiiiiiiet" listen to Big Jim's solo... and the way Percy and Simon support and build the solo with him....bludddddddddddy blummmen blimey... thats awwwwesomness + more awesomness with an added sprinkling of awethumness on top(IMO).

I'm off fer a cold shower.

DTB

Post by **Nick** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:04 pm

Cool, its like a cross between Ian Drury and Zappa

Dave the bass · Post by **Dave the bass** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:18 pm

Nick wrote:Cool, its like a cross between Ian Drury and Zappa

Ta! Sadly Big Jim now shares another thing in common with Ian and Frank

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... livan.html#

Our-Shane just sent me this link.

DTB

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:42 pm

Ooof !

I was wrestled to the floor by that Dave . Top Notch !
Must write that down for the Wants List !

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:35 pm

Not sure if anybody will be able to hear this properly on a computer, but here goes . Maybe the turned-on multimedia digital types can plumb it through to their main systems or something .

Here is the first half of 'Calypso Frelimo' from Miles Davis' 1974 album 'Get up with it' . This is a 32 min track, by the way, almost reaches to the label on the LP !
Please note the ambient improv section from 10:08 to the end of this clip ( and beyond actually ) where Miles's trumpet and the keyboard and guitar are sparsley laid on top of some subterranean bass sounds like dinosaur footsteps. The room reverb ( recorded live ) on the LP is a joy to behold . I'm not sure if the bass is supplied by really low bass guitar, or by synth , or a combo of the two . Maybe Mr.TheBass can comment ?

Dave the bass · Post by **Dave the bass** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:17 pm

wooaaarrr, fonky Miles in his "I wanna be badder than Sly Stone" phase!

I don't own that album by Miles so I've listened with 'phones on to that youtoob clip and I think the low low parts are made a bass guitar with the lowest 'E' detuned at around the 0.55 marker, you can hear the 'E' dropping in pitch (I think). From then on I think the bass is being played on the other 3 regular tuned strings but occasionally the now ultra low string used for effect, The intonation sounds a bit iffy to me so I reckon its been done on the fly. Miles later period bassist (Marcus Miller) did the same trick on this track...

FWIW, there's a clever device you can fit to a bass guitar to lower the pitch on one string down to a preset note called a 'Hipshot D tuner', they're fun, like a secret weapon a 4 string bass. Little known fact if you fit one on a 5 string bass and tune it down a 4th adult Whales cry and submarines crash!!! </fib mode>

DTB

The Stratmangler · Post by **The Stratmangler** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:26 pm

I always thought that this was a neat and practical way of deal with extended low range notes...

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:26 pm

"These go to eleven"

Dave the bass · Post by **Dave the bass** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:42 pm

Is that from a Kubicki (sp?) Bass Chris? I think I saw one at trade show in the 80's.

Extended range bass guitars, there's a thread in itself.

This is a Hipshot D Tuner for a Musicman Stingray. Bit tired but mine + well used

DTB

Dave the bass · Post by **Dave the bass** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:43 pm

IslandPink wrote:"These go to eleven"

Yeah, there is a bit of that innits! Guitarists go louder....bassists go lower...!

Derek Smalls.

The Stratmangler · Post by **The Stratmangler** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:49 am

Dave the bass wrote:Is that from a Kubicki (sp?) Bass Chris? I think I saw one at trade show in the 80's. DTB

Got it in one - I saw Stu Hamm playing one on one of the early Joe Satch tours.

shane · Post by **shane** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:43 pm

OK. Time to face facts. Going round the Co-op yesterday they played what must be the greatest spine-tingling moment ever commited to vinyl. There is no other. 2' 40" onwards.

andrew Ivimey · Post by **andrew Ivimey** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:29 pm

Ah! well anyway ahem ... I don't know how to tie in the Utube thing with this so I'll just say 'Nigel Kennedy with Jeff Beck' makes interesting listening.

shane · Post by **shane** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:35 pm

This one, Andrew?

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