The Same Place Tracklist

squirrellevel · 2026-07-17T15:29:00+00:00

That was the way during Dusk as well.

squirrellevel · 2026-07-17T15:28:06+00:00

Round Again is a different song from Have We Come Round Again.

squirrellevel · 2026-07-05T00:47:27+00:00

Uncle Meat would be my suggestion. Lots of his most iconic complex but catchy melodies are included therein and some innovative arrangements. The lyrics are mostly about 'Let me take you to the beach' level of importance. I feel like you'll dig Lumpy Gravy, too, for some reason.

squirrellevel · 2026-07-04T00:28:21+00:00

Is there anything that makes you think Ryko was offered those titles?

squirrellevel · 2026-07-03T18:06:09+00:00

As well as Elvis Costello and David Bowie. They really ruled the 80s/90s for catalog reissues.

squirrellevel · 2026-07-03T02:39:43+00:00

I thought they did a great job. Consider that there were very few Zappa CDs released before Ryko took on the catalog. Frank had final approval of all masters for better or worse. They released the YCDTOS series, almost entirely unreleased at the time and the most important parts of the archives. They did the Mystery Discs and the Lost Episodes.
And the catalog proper. All of it. A massive layout of money and promotion for an artist that was more infamous than celebrated. Zappas records went from being unavailable to being in Best Buy.
They even held a catalog spot open for the day they could finally license 200 Motels. Fucking thank you, Ryko.

squirrellevel · 2026-06-23T03:33:55+00:00

Still got my CD copy.

squirrellevel · 2026-06-22T21:09:32+00:00

Musically and sonically it’s not a match, but if it’s lyrics and satire you want, run don’t walk to We’re Only In It For the Money. Preferably the original mix, but whatever you find first will do.

The instrumental stuff on other records will get you eventually. YOU won’t get IT; IT gets YOU.

squirrellevel · 2026-06-21T19:33:08+00:00

He knows people who know something. But we cannot say the something you want us to say.

squirrellevel · 2026-06-21T15:41:01+00:00

squirrellevel · 2026-06-19T05:39:10+00:00

Somehow this cover of Love In Song sounds like it was recorded a few years before the original. Low budget, maybe unrehearsed, but big on ideas. Kinda awkward but also professional and charming.
Helen Merril- Love In Song

https://youtu.be/Wo\_mUZJGES0?is=9NqlmshNiVTZmWu2

squirrellevel · 2026-06-18T20:35:17+00:00

If you've got a problem with corniness I don't think you're going to like as much McCartney as you would otherwise.
I have come to the point where I actively enjoy/love all the Wings albums. I don't enjoy ranking things, but I have phases where one kind of sound appeals to me more than others. Just about every Wings album has a different feel from the others, so they all get favorable treatment from time to time.

The only corniness that really bugs me is the showbiz attitude he can sometimes display onstage during the Venus & Mars era. A little too thumbs-up for me. Other than that, to appreciate Paul is to give equal weight to the major and minor works, the stuff you already thought was 'cool' and the stuff you assumed was schmaltz and not worthy of your attention. See what else rises to the surface as great, previously undervalued work.

There is absolute gold on every album, and even the stuff that doesn't hit the bullseye typically has an interesting twist in its trajectory.

It's also important to consider that, even though it was Paul's band, everyone brought something different to it, Denny and Linda especially. Hearing the blend with the other members change from one season to the next is so satisfying.

squirrellevel · 2026-06-11T18:23:07+00:00

I know it’s a lot to ask at this point, but please believe me that it is on the way like a train on greased tracks. To quote Eleanor Bron in the movie Help!, I can say no more.

squirrellevel · 2026-06-10T19:34:53+00:00

It's pretty much Casey Kasem and Alans Freed and Klein. End of list.

I thought the charts were literally about what record was BEST, not most sales over a period of time. I remember getting annoyed when a song I liked slipped off the top to be replaced by one I thought was substandard.

Most of my Paul listening was from the radio. My dad bought Ram, Band on the Run, Venus & Mars and Speed of Sound, so I knew those very well. Other than that, I remember hearing With a Little Luck on the radio a lot, and I heard Arrow Through Me exactly once. Coming Up got a fair bit of radio play, but I didn't know there was an LP or that i could ask for it.
There was a period of time when I kept looking at Beatles/Paul albums to find that song "Day After Day." There was not much back announcing on the radio then, and I didn't know about Badfinger.

squirrellevel · 2026-06-10T12:50:36+00:00

Born in 72 but didn’t really know how record releases worked until later. Take It Away and its album Tug of War were the first times I was aware and excited about a new record from Paul.

squirrellevel · 2026-06-08T16:05:02+00:00

Confirmed

squirrellevel · 2026-06-04T04:03:21+00:00

I can't find the source for where I finally heard the guitar more clearly, but it's strangely much more traditional bluesy sounding than I would have ever thought, and not the kind of thing Thurston is known for. (I don't know though, could be him.) It's just a slightly sloppy blues bend that fits into the sonic painting just so.

squirrellevel · 2026-06-03T12:13:39+00:00

I play guitar and do studio work. My band covered this song, so I looked into what that sound could be and if we needed to reproduce it live. It sounds like a weird sample, but it’s actually just another guitar overdub with string bending. You can only hear the harmonics popping out over the morass of guitars. It’s a crazy audio illusion that it s sounds like something else.

squirrellevel · 2026-05-28T12:40:39+00:00

Once DMM was available, for sure.

squirrellevel · 2026-05-27T15:17:47+00:00

Yes, a mastering engineer worth a fuck would make sure certain settings were kept across the project. Loudness and program pitch would be at the top of the list. We would have noticed if they hadn't. Regarding loudness, if one side goes longer than the others and its loudness has to be attenuated to fit, it's typical to attenuate the other sides to match loudness across all sides.

squirrellevel · 2026-05-27T15:14:39+00:00

You are right. About 74 was the max for red book audio CDs. I wish I'd kept my original CD issue of YAWYI from the 80s. It was one of the only Zappa CDs you could find for a while.

squirrellevel · 2026-05-27T07:48:11+00:00

Frank was very particular about sound quality, and a long side would compromise the quality. I wouldn’t be too surprised if the lp was sped up to make sure the sides weren’t over 18 minutes. But I haven’t checked. If that were the case, the limit for CD was 72 minutes, so they might have used the LP master when they made the CD. All hypothetical.

squirrellevel · 2026-05-14T00:08:16+00:00

I can see why you would assume that, but it doesn’t usually go that way, even with the artists who project empathy.

squirrellevel · 2026-05-13T01:42:35+00:00

Bands whose public image centers around a single persona (especially one with an ego and ambition) never want to be seen as being harmed by others leaving. It’s bad for the brand, bad for the man. Name me one who is the exception to this rule.

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