Re: thanks for the CD (Maximum BBC)

[Arthur Lizie Jr <lizie@astro.ocis.temple.edu>]

ou enjoy it.  sorry i took so long to reply - i'm in rome this month.

arthur


On Wed, 7 Jun 1995, Jeff Williams wrote:

> Got it in the mail yesterday, and played it today.  Lid was cracked, but
> that's what happens when a psycho postal worker pistol whips it before stepping
> into the Postal building.........
> 
> All the stuff from '70 had that funky reverb to make it sound like live.
> Some of the stuff sounded like it was from very early demos.
> 
> Summertime Blues musta' been on some obscure B side in the 60s because I
> have a tape (reel to reel) my parents made of that very selfsame version..
> And, hey, one is 59 and the other is dead.  Re:  Little Billy.
> Any ideas out there?
> 
> Our Love Was, Is was a GREAT version.  So was Pictures of Lily. The flanger
> and slide treatment on Our Love Was and the organ on Pictures really added
> to those songs.
> 
> I have the vinyl Who's Live on the BBC.  I noticed on my vinyl there are 
> 12string guitar overdubs on Just you and Me, and the vocals are a different
> take.... Hmmmm.... 
> 
>  On the majority of the early stuff, the guitar is VERY subdued until the
> appropriate fuzz solos... Pay attentch, Pete....
> 
> Leaving Here the solo was totally botched.
> 
> Moon was great throughout.... Classic yells during drum breaks... Subdued 
> when he needed to be, balls to the wall when appropriate....
> 
> I'm Free the guitar is running directly into the sound board... Then there
> is the acoustics overdub.   Nice variation on the chords here....
> 
> The over accentuated undistorted electric guitar on Seeker allows for better
> appreciation of the solo; it's not all lost in the mix....
> 
> I can see for Miles was the record with bass plugged into the board playing 
> on top.
> 
> That's all I remember - surprising recall from an aluminum can tainted, beer-
> soaked brain....
> 
> Many thanks, Arthur.....
> 
> 
> JW
>