Chas Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Murphy's is the face of someone who might have broken bread with Eden Ahbez on occasion... Quote
Chas Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 And closer-up , showing the band inside the pupil : Do you have this one? I have always been curious about it - I have the other Mainieri Solid State LP. Like you , I've only got Journey Thru an Electric Tube , which IMO , is a record that in its best moments approaches Burton-Coryell territory , but one that , given the psych-rock vocalizing and fuzz guitar , I find that I'm not in the mood for all that often . Insight , being a quartet date , might cleave more closely to a Burton-Coryell dynamic and as such might be of greater interest to me , though I must admit to never really having been knocked out by Joe Beck's playing . I had both records back in the day. Liked "Insight" better. The Burton/Coryell comparison is apt, it's a quartet date, while "Journey" is a mixed bag that works only partly. After finally getting ahold of Insight I agree with you that it's the better album . While Journey Through An Electric Tube has its Duster-like moments , Insight is a lot closer in style to that great album , free as it is of the hippie lyrics and more rockish elements of Journey Through An Electric Tube . Thankfully , Joe Beck is not in his I-wanna-be-a-rock-guitar-hero mode , and plays concordantly throughout . The Australian bassist has a couple of Slam Stewart-like moments , but is otherwise fully integrated into the group sound . In sum , I'd recommend that fans of Gary Burton's late Sixties doings check out both Mainieri Solid States , with priority given to Insight . Quote
BruceH Posted November 16, 2008 Report Posted November 16, 2008 A remarkably ugly cover---hey, but at least it's in stereo! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 16, 2008 Report Posted November 16, 2008 A remarkably ugly cover---hey, but at least it's in stereo! I think I used to have it. Isn't it one of the Ella Gershwin volumes? MG Quote
Cyril Posted November 16, 2008 Report Posted November 16, 2008 A remarkably ugly cover---hey, but at least it's in stereo! I think I used to have it. Isn't it one of the Ella Gershwin volumes? MG Yes, it is... Quote
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