Volunteers

[Robin Landseadel]

On Apr 10, 2009, at 9:55 AM, Joe Allonby wrote:

> "Volunteers" itself pushed the activist as militant soldier metaphor.

	Yeah, it sure did.

Talking about "Inherent Vice" I just got my turntable back together.  
It's made of good stuff, and there's tons of LPs around the house. A  
lot of them are worn. The process of playing an LP destroys an LP. No  
one has successfully worked all the way around that, yet. Of course,  
time wounds all heels . . .

I was playing my copy of "Volunteers" this morning. It's a later copy,  
made during the "Dynaflex " [read: Dynawarp] era, so it's not the  
original goods, but halfway decent and all analogue to boot so there  
you are.

I believe the Analog vs. Digital subject came up during Zoyd and  
Mucho's "sermon on the mount", remembering their collective Acid Flash  
as something very close to Christianity—how they didn't have to worry  
about "death" as so on, capping off their reminiscence with the gospel- 
laden "A Change is Gonna Come."

	"Gotta Revolution! ! !"

The first "Greatest Hits" Lp came out when Sam Cooke was still alive.  
The early Lps came from RCA back when RCA was pushing the envelope of  
sound quality, late 50's, early 60's while RCA was producing  
masterpieces like the Reiner/Chicago & Munch/Boston orchestral series,  
exemplars of the art.

	"Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers! ! !"

As I recall, the original CD issue had a full-color photo of  Sam  
against a red background and sound as hard as nails. If our beloved  
author had heard that early CD back when it came out in the 80's, he  
would no doubt notice just how much was lost over the decades since  
Sam was shot down in his prime.

	"We Can Be Together, My Friends! ! !"

On the other hand, it really boiled down to a really crappy  
remastering job. For what it's worth, the SCAD "Sam Cooke Portrait Of  
A Legend: 1951-64" successfully reproduces a unique sound quality and  
atmosphere in "A Change is Gonna Come." The redbook layer is as good  
as CDs get these days, which is considerable. It's worth hunting down  
if you have the wherewithal.
	
	Yeah, 1969 Jefferson Airplane belongs in a fundraiser for
	 24fps, they both have that same seduction towards fascist
	impulse. Without that seduction of power, Weed would still be 	
	alive.