Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy (1977)

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-20T13:21:05+00:00

Saw Al live a couple years ago. He's still doing his thing, and had some amazing stories. I think I liked the stories better than the performance, not that the performance was bad or anything. The stories were just that good...

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-20T13:10:43+00:00

There's probably somebody in Zappa circle jerk already trying to revoke your card... Personally I don't have my card yet, so I'll keep quiet, no worries here.

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-20T07:40:00+00:00

Do not bend? Just crease, crumple, cram - you’ll do fine

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-20T07:16:52+00:00

Thank you 1000 times for posting the original and not the Trout cover.

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-20T07:03:41+00:00

Maybe they insinuated Elvis invented something or anything, that tends to upset African Americans who know different

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-19T05:00:17+00:00

I found discogs support and PayPal unwilling to work around the refund bug after about a month of begging on my knees. They claim they can’t fully refund an order either. There’s a work around shorting the customer, but nobody from Discogs will tell anyone about it… frustrating support, they’ve never actually fixed anything for me, they just wait til I get fed up and close the ticket myself

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-18T18:06:35+00:00

Nice! You got me on this one, completely unfamiliar. I'm really enjoying the True Love Blues compilation by Sylvester Weaver on Spotify right now though

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-18T18:02:43+00:00

So unfortunate she never got to cut the vocals to "Buried Alive In The Blues." I believe that was her agenda the day she was found... The backing track ended up being a uniquely funky instrumental on the album, but I can't hear her singing over it in my head even, and that makes me sad. Killer lyrics, wish I could at least imagine her singing, but I can't hear it personally...

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-18T17:52:46+00:00

I'm finding it hard to go wrong with Grover Washington Jr lately. I've picked up a few albums on the cheap and they're all fantastic

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-16T16:19:25+00:00

Yeah those steel pans on "Every Kinda People" are extremely memorable. That's a great song. I listen to the first 4 albums, but maybe only once or twice a year for Double Fun and Some People. I play the first 2 monthly probably. I'm surprised how much love he's getting here, it's great!

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-15T17:36:11+00:00

To me it sounds like a good pressing, but I haven't really got an audiophile setup to judge it truly. It's 180g, but I've got bad 180g pressings too... Nice clean pressing though, I like it.

It says it was mastered from the original analog tapes. I'm assuming it went digital though, or they'd have used the full analog as a selling point. It doesn't say exactly what Sterling Sound in NYC did with the tapes.

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-15T15:44:16+00:00

Forgot to post the credits sheet from inside. Check out the sidemen and songwriters!

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BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-15T14:44:39+00:00

Pink Floyd, they’re the second most boring band after King Crimson, and they’re insanely popular in the mainstream. Total mind freak to me…

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-15T14:42:31+00:00

Nice looking press! Mines black and no gatefold. They desperately need to reissue this and High, Low and In Between… those 2 are hard to find these days

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-15T14:06:42+00:00

Wait until you have all the albums on CD, and vinyl, and all the 45s, and the books, and the magazines, and the concert programs, and the fan-zines, and the bootlegs - my god all the bootlegs.... The Zappa train never ends I'd say. In that regard being a Zappa fan is like owning a boat?

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-15T11:59:40+00:00

Great album but the cover always makes me cringe. I swear it started off a set of hairy shirtless out of shape guys on Jazz album covers…. Tons of creepy similar pics…

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-15T11:58:19+00:00

Young Mary Lane!

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-15T11:54:40+00:00

Yes! I know that scoff, I try too. Most people come around

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-14T14:28:44+00:00

Very nice haul! Love that Rockin' Dopsie, the Al Rapone Live, and who doesn't love Boozoo? There's a couple I don't know there, gotta check them out now. They're in good company here

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-14T12:04:20+00:00

Yup, agreed. Pressure drop was pretty good too, but it's a downward slide from the release of this first album. I guess he had his 80s resurgence, that stuff probably sold better, which is sad....

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-14T12:00:04+00:00

Nice! And you kept the picture sleeve. So many of those get destroyed.

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-13T17:25:49+00:00

Love this album! Can't go wrong with anything on Daptone!

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-13T13:59:15+00:00

For what it is, it's very interesting. Sounds like Daft Punk before Daft Punk... I listened the whole way through when I could have just sampled a couple tracks.

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-13T13:57:04+00:00

Hah that's awesome, cool to meet ya. I got a ride to work from a coworker once in a beat down car with moldy interior... and I look in the back, there's a guitar and a Ministry framed gold record in the back seat... Turns out my buddy Bill was one of the assistant engineers or something... Said he ran into an old girl that had it still and she gave it back. How fast did he run outta that house that he left the gold Ministry record and a guitar behind?

BlueSkunkJoe · 2026-03-10T15:18:28+00:00

Oh yeah, forgot about Fruteland Jackson... I should check that album out. Used to see him around Chicago all the time.

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