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Re: a few records i got: HoL extended mix, Y Kant Tori Read, Nico

From: katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:30:51 -0700
Subject: Re: a few records i got: HoL extended mix, Y Kant Tori Read, Nico
To: rec-music-gaffa@chinet.chi.il.us
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
References: <1992Jul27.211749.28506@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>

In article <1992Jul27.211749.28506@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> aruss@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Andrew Russ) writes:

Great post Andrew!

>    Happy Rhodes:  Ecto CD.  Most people here probably have already 
>formed their opinions of Happy, so i'll make this brief and technical.  
>I got Ecto on CD, after already having it on tape.  The sound on the CD 
>is crystalline and flawless, which makes the songs sound even better.  
>There's a kind of classicism in the songs that comes through even more 
>here.   There are two bonus tracks:  "Look for the Child", which is 
>absolutely abominably treacly (Happy obviously hasn't read Lord of the 
>Flies), and "When the Rain Came Down", which is a lovely song.  

Well, hmmm, actually I really like "Look For the Child" once it gets 
past the (IMHO) awful beginning. Once she starts singing the song
goes into a wonderful groove and besides that, I love the lyrics.

Thanks for the other suggestions. I have a 12" by the Raincoats and it's
nice to know that someone else has heard of them.

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