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Re: (TV) Rainy Day / Soul Food Chitlins



Leo,

The link I posted should go to a page from which you can download the entire
Rainy Day record in a zip file or somethin'... if it's broken, let me know
and I'll set you up.

-Rex


On 3/20/07, Leo Casey <LeoCasey@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Robin wrtote:
> >what's weird is that leo's orchestrated the whole damn
> >thing
>
> No.
>
> But I have destroyed by back trolling over the through used
> cd bins looking for The Rain Parade's "Ain't That Nothin; ",
> to no avail.
>
> Given high response the album 'Rainy Day' has gotten has there been a way
> created yet to get a copy of this to those interested?  (I don't want to
> re-read all the previous posts, so pardon  me if the actual (and illegal)
> :>) details have already been discussed on this List).
>
> "This 1984 release was a tribute to Alex Chilton, the Velvet Underground,
> Neil Young, and other songwriters who influenced many of the so-called
> "Paisley Revival" bands from the West Coast in the early '80s. Rainy Day
> is
> a one-time collaboration of members of the Bangles, Dream Syndicate, Rain
> Parade, the Three O'Clock, and Opal. The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs turns in
> her
> most stunning vocal performances ever on Bob Dylan's "I'll Keep It with
> Mine" and The Velvets' "I'll Be Your Mirror," while Opal's Kendra Smith is
> haunting on Chilton's "Holocaust" and Young's "Flying on the Ground Is
> Wrong." Throughout this project, the mood is often somber, well-suited to
> a
> rainy day. Most of the selections are sparsely arranged acoustic settings,
> making this an album of sublime beauty. "
>
> CD Rough Trade ROUGH-US-41CD
> LP Rough Trade ROUGH-US-41
> CS Rough Trade ROUGH-US-41C
>
> Just to see if anyone read this far:  I am probably the only person left
> in
> the universe, who thinks Alex Chilton and Big Star are over-rated.
> When I was an undergraduate, Boston DJ, Bud Ballou once played Chilton's
> arrangement of 'The Letter' 22 times in a row (and we're not talking the
> graveyard shift here).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of robin
> dunn
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 9:33 PM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: RE: (TV) Rainy Day
>
> what's weird is that leo's orchestrated the whole damn
> thing.
>
> r
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