Thursday, May 6, 2010

GUITAR WORLD WON'T NOT LET IT BE & THANKING MR. CHURCHILL FOR SPANKIN' NAZIS



40 years ago today, approx.




Roight; another trip down fading memory lane, with an anniversary
look at the Beatles' swan song-ger, Let it Be.
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Well, actually inspired by the June ish of Guitar World mag, which is
also upon this an um celebrating 30 years in the six string biz.
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And while some Beatle freaks will find the GW-LIB piece to be old-
hat, there is still enough rather obscure renderings to hold attention.
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Especially a side-bar interview with LIB (Apple Studios) sound engineer, Alan Parsons who says that engineer Glyn Johns and de facto producer of the original Get Back concept, instructed him just
before the infamous Jan. 30, 1969 rooftop concert to hurry to the
store and purchase several pairs of women's hosery, with which to
affix the microphones to dampen wind noise.
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Parsons recalls that he got weird looks from the sales girls, and
notions that they either believed him to be a cross-dresser, or a
bank robber.
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The work of Phil Spector on LIB takes quite a pranging, and the reader is reminded that the producer is currently incarcerated for murder, something he is also accused of in the production of LIB
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Finally, and in other Limey larkings, check out the link below to the BMR review of Peter Frampton's new release, Thank You Mr. Churchill.
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Besides having a rather interesting cover, the CD is quite listenable,with many of the tasty, melodic guitar licks PF has come to be known for.
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And for those looking for more on Mr. Frampton, the above mentioned Guitar World June issue has a fine feature on him.
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http://www.boomermediareview.com/PeterFramptonThankYouMrChurchillCD.html

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