I always enjoy seeing the new graduates from your backlog. Thanks for another well done video, highlighted by a cool Nils Lofgren story!
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. Always great finding something special out in the wild, like a Nils Lofgren since you initially saw in the UK, but couldn't pick up at the time, and now buying it 40 years later.
@davidkunzli6804 ай бұрын
I like that Nils Lofgren cover. Glad you got the pictures. Hopefully, I will get some nice ones Thursday. I usually don't take too many. I try to focus on the show.
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
Focus and enjoy the show. When I see the Stones, there won't be many pictures - of course I'm almost in the sky, so that doesn't help....lol. Enjoy my friend - looking forward to your review.
@douglasweston1263 ай бұрын
Hi Alan - nice selection there. Love those box sets - I have a lot of them, at least they were affordable lol. Love Nils - have a lot of his stuff, great guitarist / songwriter. Cya Doug
@TheAlanRosenbergShow3 ай бұрын
Thanks Doug as always.
@mikemclintock38934 ай бұрын
It is always fun to see what makes it into your catalog. Your Status Quo video inspired me to pick up one of those 5 Classic Album sets by them. Got 5 CDs for under $20. I had heard of the band but didn't know any of their songs. The albums included were Piledriver, Hello!, Quo, On The Level and Blue For You. Have really been digging Piledriver, nice solid rock album. I also picked up the 10cc box so that has been getting a lot of listens, really great sound and I have really fallen in love with the band. You make a great point with the Dylan set, I picked up the 2 disc version of Who's Next/Lifehouse for that same reason. Sometimes it is nice to have a bite size portion of the set for on the go. Looking forward to the 8 Track video!
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. Wow - that Status Quo box you picked up is a deal. Definitely amongst their five best albums - all in one box and great price. I know that box series - great price and bare bones, but hey it's really about the music. That's the perfect intro to the Quo - heads down, head banging boogie. Gotta say, that their sound is similar - boogie, so I can only take them in album size bites typically, but really great stuff, when you're in the mood. I have to dig deeper into 10CC, I have a live album and a best of. Never been a big fan - perhaps about time to dig deeper - thanks so much again.
@thomaswery30874 ай бұрын
Skynyrd and Quo boxes are great.Nice pickups for April Alan
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
Thanks as always Tom
@tarrtruck28694 ай бұрын
Nice Haul once again Alan!
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
Thanks Tarr
@MortenAastad3 ай бұрын
Lots of good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll there Alan. Laaargely unknown or lacking from my collection, but I enjoy some new old impulses 😊
@TheAlanRosenbergShow3 ай бұрын
Thanks Morten as as always
@keitholiver12994 ай бұрын
I remember that Tull EP coming out around the time of the Stormwatch box set, I never so the need to buy at the time, but a must at that price well done. I completely agree Alan, Stormwatch for me has grown in stature on each passing year.
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
Thanks Keith - Yea when Stormwatch first came out, I liked it but was a bit underwhelmed after the masterpieces of SFTH and HH - my two favorite Tull albums. But now, especially after the boxset, Stormwatch proudly sits with them as one of the greatest trio of album releases ever.
@keitholiver12994 ай бұрын
Stormwatch is such a melancholic reflective album, beautiful melodies and brooding. Who knows why it is a fan favourite and not one of the bands, maybe so many tainted memories. Heavy Horses was where I hooked up with Tull, it's always been up there for me in their back catalogue. I always enjoy your catch up sessions Alan.
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
@@keitholiver1299 Thanks so much Keith. Yea melancholic reflective, a little cold maybe but yea beautiful melodies and a haunting quality. Took me a while to really warm up to the album - probably the boxset, because I listened to the album so much at that time. Thanks again Keith.
@andee72553 ай бұрын
Glad to see that you enjoyed the Bardens disc Alan. If you liked "Seascape" and think you'd enjoy something even more ambient then you must check out David Arkenstone's 'Valley in the Clouds". That album was one of if not the first New Age album I ever purchased and was blown away! Very relaxing and other worldly to say the least. ✨
@TheAlanRosenbergShow3 ай бұрын
Thanks. Never heard of that but I’m now on the lookout for it in the wild. I really enjoyed the Bardens.
@andee72553 ай бұрын
@@TheAlanRosenbergShowHello Alan! It's hard to believe but David has put out some 80+ Studio albums!!! He's been nominated for 5 grammies but never was awarded ONE !?! "Valley in the Clouds" was his premier album and though not my favorite, it definitely exemplifies his musical style. I guess he has also done some rock soundtracks for a number of video games. Talk about someone who should have a box set!!! Anyway, as a sidebar, they are coming out with the box treatment for Al Stewart's "Past, Present and Future" album which includes a concert performance featuring a guest appearance by Andy Powell. Have a great day! ✨💫✨
@TheAlanRosenbergShow3 ай бұрын
@@andee7255 Thanks - I'll be on the lookout for David - I've never heard of him. Hitting a record / CD show in a couple of weeks - maybe I'll have some luck there. I heard about the upcoming Past, Present and Future boxset but didn't know Andy was on it. Thanks for the information - very cool.
@STEVEHEROLD4 ай бұрын
some interesting stuff there. nice to see ya continuing to make a dent in that backlog. 8-track ep should be cool but what i really wanna know about from watching this is…. your smart TV recognizes laser disc player and has an actual icon for it?!?! That’s crazy. I wouldn’t think it would.
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
I didn't notice it was in my video...lol. Yes - my whole system is through the receiver - so when I watch laserdiscs (which I was today) - it also goes through my stereo. I can't fit a really big tv there, but I don't mind, because I'm more audio driven anyway - and laserdiscs, blu-ray, dvd, shit even the 8-tracks sound might fine.
@STEVEHEROLD4 ай бұрын
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow i just cant believe it has an icon for LD. i would think it would just have generic like A/V icon or something.
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
@@STEVEHEROLD Oh, now I get it...lol. I thought you were impressed that it's all hooked up. No I simply changed the name of the input - I typed in LaserDisc lol. Yea , no the TV is not that old.
@markspooner12244 ай бұрын
That's a nice big chunk to get sorted, I've been looking for that Tull 10",. I'm not keen on those over priced RSD releases either.
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
Yea. Sometimes I find record store day releases years later for cheap. There’s very few of them that I have to have at those initial crazy prices to me
@SpenceCurry3 ай бұрын
❤monthly haul for april. Boc boston 1976. Better than detractors claim. All three nancy sinatra leehazelwood lps on one cd. Mike bloomfield waldorf 1976. Trex light of love. American version of zinc alloy which prince claimed as early influence. No boogie here. Slick kanter sunfighter. Way better than ja releases of tha fort period. Tommy bolin. Whirlwind. Deep purple long beach 1976. Incredible playing by bolin. A must have purple. Dep purple gaumont state theatre 1974. Msg. One night at budokan. Stone classic. King crimson hreat deceiver part one . Even better than nightwatch. Part two on the way. Wishbone ash live at bbc. The live 1971 stuff here gold. Wisefield stiff sucks. Wisefield like clem clemson. Not good enuff for signature style. Only in american south are men named laurie. So glad yer into di meola. All his solo stuff is above average and i have most. Splendido hotel my favorite
@TheAlanRosenbergShow3 ай бұрын
Wow. Quite the hauls. Some amazing stuff. Gotta respectfully disagree about Wisefield. I think he’s a great player. New England my favorite Wishbone Ash album. I think Live Dates 2 is incredible. Wishbone Ash BBC boxset coming though I think I pretty much have it all already. We will see.
@anthonyaswe41744 ай бұрын
See you later, Allen Ginsberg....well I certainly understand what you mean by the Complete Basement Tapes being a little too much. Actually, I ended up selling mine a long while back when I was in high gear to generate more revenue by any means--and I was kinda sorry to see it go--if only because the Basement Tapes was always my favorite Dylan album, and the official release, as great as it was, seemed to be a little too much of Robbie Robertson and the Band. That being said, the two disc version is indeed a great listen. In the years I had the complete set, I just didn't listen to it at all--and it seemed to be too much of a library piece, or encyclopedia thing. I mean, I can deal with 6 CDs worth of music, but all the other scholarly essays and think pieces seem to be a little too much--yet I've bitched to no end about the Stones having these big box sets that contain nothing, so go figure. I remember too when box sets went to that goofy oblong rectangle--I had Sonny Rollins' Complete Prestige Recordings in a box like that--7 CD, in those triple disc jewel cases. I sold it. I also remember when the box sets first came out--and they were basically LP sized boxes, but much deeper. Biograph was the first, and I remember being so excited when I bought that on vinyl. Haven't listened to it in 30+ years. I remember getting the Bill Evans Complete Fantasy recordings in the same LP sized box--I think that was 9 CDs--I still have that one. However, I sold virtually every other Bill Evans box I owned (and I had just about every one of them), including that weird set up for the Complete Verve Recordings. Do you remember that Alan? That came in the oxidizing metal box? 18 CDs in a flywheel, packed in those mini rice paper sleeves, and a very thick book of liner notes--that was the same size as a CD jewel case--just a thick hard cover book, with tiny print, impossible to read with print that small. What surprised me about it so much was that I expected the 'rusting metal box' to be some big thing--it was actually very small--basically the same dimensions as a CD jewel case, but very deep. The top was a metal hinged cover that flipped back to open. Inside was a plastic shelve was held the hardcover booklet in the top compartment, and the metal flywheel with the CDs underneath. So, it was this little rusting metal box. I never finished listening to all 18 CDs...I had to sell it when I was broke. It retailed in the late 90s for $217. It now goes for thousands on eBay...I don't think I got $100 for it.
@TheAlanRosenbergShow4 ай бұрын
You are so cracking me up - no, I've no idea what you're talking about - Massive Bill Evans boxset - have never seen it, but man you made me laugh out loud. One day (maybe soon) I'll do a video on my fairly unimpressive jazz collection - I think I have around 100 Jazz albums, but it's growing. I actually have two Bill Evans albums - Undercurrent with that amazing cover and Soul Bop Live with Randy Brecker (haven't heard that one yet). oooh - impressive uh...lol. Thanks for making me laugh.
@anthonyaswe41743 ай бұрын
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Was Undercurrent the album he did with guitarist Jim Hall? Or was it a late career release? I have not heard it, but I think I recall the cover pic. Well, Alan, 100 jazz albums isn't so bad....In fact, given my thinning of herd in recent years, I may not even have 100 titles any more. I just didn't have time to listen to those massive box sets--and I acquired a lot of them: Sonny Rollins, Trane, Miles, Monk--but none as much as Bill Evans. I think I overbought his catalog--the box sets in particular--his music had such a pull on me. I think my jump the shark moment came when I finally acquired the aforementioned 'rusting steel box' that was his "Complete Verve Recordings". It retailed for about $217 when it was released in the late 90s--but it was 18 CDs, so that's about $12 per disc. But the first pressing was in this steel box, that operated as I described above. Do look it up--I've never seen anything packaged like that, before or since. I think they only made 5000 or 10,000 of them. Or I could be way off on that--but either way, it's long out of print. When I was desperate for money (and flat out not listening to it, as I never came close to playing all 18 discs), I tried selling it to a local collector, certain I would get at least $100 for it, as you will see it on eBay for FAR more, in fact, copies still in the shrink wrap are asking over four figures. He insisted what I had was not nearly as valuable as I thought it was--he was seeing copies online for less than $50. But what he was looking at were reissues--that was just a red cardboard box with the CDs housed in those individual cardboard sleeves, NOT the rusting metal box. And even those are three figures on eBay. I think he ultimately gave me $60 for it. Either way, do look it up--what surprised me was how small it was--it's really compacted--just sort of a fat, metal square. The whole thing really pissed me off!!
@TheAlanRosenbergShow3 ай бұрын
@@anthonyaswe4174 that is the album with Jim Hall. Supposedly a jazz classic. I like it. Very mellow. Don’t listen to it much. But one of the greatest album covers ever. Those boxes with 18 plus discs. It’s so much. I understand why you never got through it. I certainly wouldn’t either. Cool to buy I guess but too much listening for me
@anthonyaswe41743 ай бұрын
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I have not heard that set--and suddenly want to very much, especially if it's just duets with him and Hall. I loved Jim Hall's playing in the Sonny Rollins quartet of the early 60s. If I may put in a plug for a great stand alone Evans album, and if you want to hear him at his most lovely and emotive playing, check The Paris Concert Edition One and Two. Recorded in 1979 with his last trio of Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera, the playing features the 'telepathic' interplay they became known for during the last two years of Evans' life. They were originally released on ECM in the early 80s--with their typically spare cover art. I really found it hypnotic and entrancing.
@anthonyaswe41743 ай бұрын
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Correction, that Paris concert was on Elektra, not ECM--it just looked and FELT like an ECM record!