It's A Beautiful Day - Live At The Fillmore '68

[felser]

Got this off Amazon. Haven't watched the DVD yet, but blown away by the CD. The sound is amazing for what it is, an obviously very very fine soundboard recording. Musically, it's seven of the nine cuts from their classic 1969 debut (which to me was the best rock album of 1969, period), and three other, lesser cuts. The cuts from the first album are longer here for the most part, with the seven cuts running about 60 minutes. The full CD runs about 79 minutes. If you loved their debut album, or San Francisco 60's rock, or electic violin (a la, say Sugarcane Harris), don't miss this;

[Rooster_Ties]

So, what are the 2 or 3 best tracks from their debut? Can't remember if I've ever heard it, or if I have, it was a good 20-25 years ago (when I was in college). I've certainly been aware of the album that long, but I'm drawing a complete blank as to the sound.

[felser]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Znf2oa_rGo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-giw9ma68fU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Tc0-U1Ijc

[Teasing the Korean]

[Teasing the Korean]

[bertrand]

I remember a song called 'Bombay Calling' which Deep Purple ripped off for 'Child In Time'.

Bertrand.

[felser]

I remember a song called 'Bombay Calling' which Deep Purple ripped off for 'Child In Time'.

Bertrand.

Yep, that's also on the first album (and this live set).

[BFrank]

Thanks for the heads up.

I always liked the Carnegie Hall album, too.

[Teasing the Korean]

Don't the space hippies on "Star Trek" sound remarkably like It's a Beautiful Day?

[felser]

Don't the space hippies on "Star Trek" sound remarkably like It's a Beautiful Day?

I do hear what you mean, just needs some electric violin. It actually sounds really good.

[Swinger]

I bought my copy a while ago it sounds mighty fine. The documentary on DVD is fine as well.

[B. Clugston]

I remember a song called 'Bombay Calling' which Deep Purple ripped off for 'Child In Time'.

Bertrand.

And then It's a Beautiful Day took Deep Purple's "Wring That Neck" and turned it into "Don and Dewey."

[felser]

I remember a song called 'Bombay Calling' which Deep Purple ripped off for 'Child In Time'.

Bertrand.

And then It's a Beautiful Day took Deep Purple's "Wring That Neck" and turned it into "Don and Dewey."

Quite the interesting transatlantic cultural exchange there.

[danasgoodstuff]

I always thought their "White Bird" lyrically puerile, but the electric fiddle was nice! Given how stirring a sound that can make, it's surprising that no fiddler has really made it big in our times.

[A Lark Ascending]

...it's surprising that no fiddler has really made it big in our times.

Maybe he hasn't taken on the States yet.

[danasgoodstuff]

...it's surprising that no fiddler has really made it big in our times.

Maybe he hasn't taken on the States yet.

He's big enuff in his own pond, but I was thinking of a different pond, and it's not really his fiddle playing, it's the whole presentation, isn't it? Nonetheless. good point.

[A Lark Ascending]

I take your point - the fiddle has never really gained ground in the rock world.

In the folk (and folk-rock) world, however, fiddlers often have star status. Much smaller pond, admittedly.

They also seem to do well in the classical world. Maybe it's because they can stand up show off their frocks (and their lithe contours); classical guitarists end up hunched in an awkward position on a chair.

Alison Balsom has made the trumpet a star instrument - though she always looks to me like the most beautiful car mechanic you ever laid eyes on. The trumpet and the frocks just don't match.