Re: Marky Dread Remasters
Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 7:55pm
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I still have the issue of Creem magazine when they did a cover story highlighting this gig. I forget who the interviewer was but he stayed up all night drinking with Joe and they talked comics, film, everything. The dude said he'd take Joe to the Motown studio for a tour; Joe was psyched but didn't make it. Fun story - back when rock journalists really knew their shit and could connect with the musicians.Marky Dread wrote: ↑28 Nov 2017, 8:43pmI think the first 17 tracks or so are excellent. Then it gets let down a little by the secondary source material. But it is a great listen.
It fucked my Christmas, just over it now.Marky Dread wrote: ↑22 Jan 2018, 6:42pmOnce I shift this bloody flu virus I'll be up and running with some more.coffeepotman wrote: ↑28 Dec 2017, 4:37amMarky, I've been enjoying these remasters so much for the past month or so, just wonderful!
I keep reading how this is one of the worst flu seasons in recent memory. They say it is killing about 100 people a week in the US. One of my mom's more distant cousins (I didn't know her) died from it a couple weeks back at 61. Glad everyone here seems to have gotten through it alright and definitely glad I have not picked it up (knock on wood)!!Marky Dread wrote: ↑23 Jan 2018, 4:00pmIt's bloody horrible mate. I don't suffer that badly with flu but this bout is nasty.Heston wrote: ↑23 Jan 2018, 12:43pmIt fucked my Christmas, just over it now.Marky Dread wrote: ↑22 Jan 2018, 6:42pmOnce I shift this bloody flu virus I'll be up and running with some more.coffeepotman wrote: ↑28 Dec 2017, 4:37amMarky, I've been enjoying these remasters so much for the past month or so, just wonderful!
Looking forward to more goodies.
Can you link the EW link? I seemed to miss it when Marky first completed it.Silent Majority wrote: ↑26 Mar 2018, 8:15amEarthquake Weather is as good as it will ever be now. The issues are in the songwriting and performance, which are both timid and shrinking back from the spotlight when they should be crowdsurfing. However, this mix is a brilliant salvage job. It's a shame that nobody's giving Mark the original tracks so he can bring the vocals even further higher in the mix, but with the tools at his disposal, I can't even describe the improvement. Wiping the instrumental murk away reveals some really tight rhythms that Strummer lacked the confidence to show off. The best moments of the original LP - Island Hopping, Shouting Street, Ride Your Donkey, and now, for the first time, Sleepwalk can sit comfortably in a playlist wth the Mescaleros without embarrassment. That last one is vital, because in this remix, I think I've been gifted a new Joe Strummer song. And the additions which were always great (Cholo Vest, 15th Brigade) are clearer and more present. Cholo Vest is fucking incredible. It's the sound of bitter, self-scalding, weaponised insecurity. A human emotion, powerful and consuming that art tends to leave be.
I think Marky's done Joe a huge favour here.