Whats on your turntable tonight?

@spiritofradio,

That's an interesting take James.

 @slaw

I’ll listen to it again today with an open mind as much as possible - I’ll try imagining I don’t know who it is.  

High Pulp
Mutual Attraction

Spaced out large Jazz group from Seattle.  Like Charles Lloyd’s grandchildren all got together to play their favorite Sun Ra charts.   

@noromance  I verified my original copy on Discogs.  They state that the first UK pressings are verified by the inside of the gatefold, right side, showing "Produced by David Gilmour".  Other pressings show "Written by Roger Waters".  My copy shows "Produced by David Gilmour".  That makes me feel I have a special copy.  No wonder it sounds so awesome.  And yes, the gear is "on fire".  Never sounded so good.

Re: Speed of Sound

Ronnie Montrose was a fantastic guitar player who couldn’t get out of his own way. He insisted on writing his own songs and the songs are almost all simply awful.  He insisted on producing and arranging his own records and the production and arrangements are terrible.  Especially the drums.  Keyboards are pure 80s cheese.  To me speed of sound is genius guitar licks over 80s pablum.  It’s essentially unlistenable as music.  Sort of a curiosity as an exercise in guitar technique.  My feelings of disappointment return.  This is a crying shame.  Mental illness is a true bummer.