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Rongomania said:
You know, honestly my favorite Paul are those pretty rare 'Get Back' tapes. He does about a trillion takes with tons of different awesome and hilarious lyrics. If you ever get a chance to listen to all nine hours of 'Get Back' get made. It was pretty cool. And George's playing on there is brilliant.

@eco's bones re: The Fall 45's -

That's freakin' neat man. I'm a big LP/45 guy, thank you for giving me a new sickness (hunting down all of those The Fall 45's).
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If Wikipedia hasn't missed a few there's at least 48 45's--and over 30 albums of original material--a shitload of EP's plus all kinds of compilations. And there is obscure shit everywhere--for instance I have a couple live bootleg cassettes that I picked up at Bleecker Bob's in the 80's. If you wanted absolutely everything--you'd have to hire somebody and give them a full time job and maybe a budget of a couple hundred thousand and maybe that wouldn't be enough. After my totally wired/puttablock 45' went missing I went hunting around for a replacement and the best I could find was something like $80--which I didn't do but that's what can happen when you're going back about 40 years.
 
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eco's bones said:
If Wikipedia hasn't missed a few there's at least 48 45's--and over 30 albums of original material--a ****load of EP's plus all kinds of compilations. And there is obscure **** everywhere--for instance I have a couple live bootleg cassettes that I picked up at Bleecker Bob's in the 80's. If you wanted absolutely everything--you'd have to hire somebody and give them a full time job and maybe a budget of a couple hundred thousand and maybe that wouldn't be enough. After my totally wired/puttablock 45' went missing I went hunting around for a replacement and the best I could find was something like $80--which I didn't do but that's what can happen when you're going back about 40 years.
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Bleecker Bobs was my first introduction to records as 15yr old in 2001. I was late to the party there. Their bootleg selection was INSANE.

Oh, I am on a mission for these 45's for sure!
 
Rongomania said:
Bleecker Bobs was my first introduction to records as 15yr old in 2001. I was late to the party there. Their bootleg selection was INSANE.

Oh, I am on a mission for these 45's for sure!
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I was in the Coast Guard--stationed on Governor's Island--82, 83, 84 and got out in Jan. 85. I used to go to Bleecker Bob's every week--sometimes twice. The owner back then when he was around would bag me as soon as I came through the door. I think he thought I was good for business. There was another shop around the corner on McDougal--99 records but it wasn't quite as good. Another place I would go to all the time was Sky rinks. It was a hockey rink a couple blocks from MSG that was on I think the 13th floor of an apartment building. I think it moved and became Chelsea Piers.

Off topic a little and on to books---I got sent over to this Barnes and Noble once and I'm thinking it was around W. 11th or 12th or somewhere around there---anyway it was about 8 or 9 stories and there was this guy on the ground floor with a line of people giving everyone directions where to go. So you tell him the title you're looking for and he's like 7th floor, row 14 to the left, 8 shelves down and 3 up and 4 books in and I'm like WTF!--but he was right.
 
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Can I just say that The Hollies might just be one of my favorite bands that the average person doesn’t necessarily talk about?

I remember listening to them on international flights earlier in my career, and there’s a such a strong connection I have with those memories. More than 20 years later, I can close my eyes and swear I am there.
 
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Always funny how there are some bands you play for others and you get that reaction.

I do that to my wife all the time and she’ll say, “I didn’t know [artist] did all these songs. I know them!”
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I meant more like, Toto has a handful of well known songs but I was surprised at how many additional great tracks they had that I never knew about.
 
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KirkAlbuquerque said:
I meant more like, Toto has a handful of well known songs but I was surprised at how many additional great tracks they had that I never knew about.
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That as well.

It’s a fun experience to do a “deeper dive” with some artists and explore albums and songs that weren’t necessarily “hits.”

I’ve been doing that over the past year or so and have discovered a number of songs that I never knew existed.
 
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Toto brings back memories of visiting Cousins in Ronkonkama circa 1981/82. They had a big plot of land, slurpees at 7-11, and an inground pool, was heaven for us South Brooklyn kids.

Africa and Hold the Line are excellent, but they have excellent songs few of heard in their catalogue. Rosanna Arquette was the inspiration for 'Rosanna'.
 
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Toto brings back memories of visiting Cousins in Ronkonkama circa 1981/82. They had a big plot of land, slurpees at 7-11, and an inground pool, was heaven for us South Brooklyn kids.

Africa and Hold the Line are excellent, but they have excellent songs few of heard in their catalogue. Rosanna Arquette was the inspiration for 'Rosanna'.
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Rosanna is one of the best songs ever made
 
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I think there’s a very strong argument that can be made in favor of Magical Mystery Tour being THE best Beatles album.

If you remove Flying, it is utter perfection
 
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Not real music per se, but found this on You Tube. From 35 years ago when everyone made fun of the Devils.
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It was such a rarity for years before the internet, I used to sing it to my Devil fan friends and they had no idea what I was talking about.

Pretty sure it premiered on Z100 the day of the royal wedding between Prince Charles and Diana, my grandparents moved to Florida that day, and after seeing them off I first heard that song on the car radio, me and my brother were laughing hysterically.
 
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But yeah Sabbath is great. I haven't listened to them in a while. Paranoid is a great song. As someone who had dealt with depression it does a great job describing what it's like.

Edit: "Can you help me occupy my brain" is one of the most powerful lines to me because that's exactly how I felt.
 
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KirkAlbuquerque said:
I meant more like, Toto has a handful of well known songs but I was surprised at how many additional great tracks they had that I never knew about.
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You want to hear some REALLY deep Toto cuts? Check out the album "Outside Inside" by The Tubes. The record company lost patience with The Tubes not having a hit and basically hired Toto to write and record the record. The only members of The Tubes playing on that record are the drummer and lead singer. The rest of it is Toto.
 
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