A serious thread for a seriously great record. It's not a trick likely to be duplicated: take a very good band, a very good vocalist, a single microphone, and a DAT recorder into a unique acoustic space. Bring along a few traditional songs, a few standards, country and otherwise, a few originals, and one Lou Reed song. Stay up all night, play, sing, actually improve on the Lou Reed song, leave a noticeable stamp on Rodgers and Hart and Hank Williams, then go home and sleep. It all seems so... casual. But what a haunting night's work.
I can't think of many of my favorite records that age better than this, or that are harder to identify by the year or even decade they came out in.
― kenan, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 08:08 (seventeen years ago)
are there any connections between Jarmusch' 'Mystery Train' and the Junkies 'Blue Moon'?
― meisenfek, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 11:16 (seventeen years ago)
One-off masterpiece.
― M.V., Tuesday, 24 February 2009 16:21 (seventeen years ago)
Yep. Every other thing they did is instantly forgettable.
― kenan, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 16:27 (seventeen years ago)
It is a deeply fine record indeed, though a trifle somnolent in places.
Quibble: while the whole mix was famously captured by the one mic, Ms. T. was singing through a PA. And one track (I think it was "Mining for Gold") was done on a different day.
While some of their other work is samey, not all is forgettable. Not "This Street..." Nor most of Crescent Moon.
― Ye Mad Puffin, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 16:38 (seventeen years ago)
been listening to this a lot lately, it is so good
― marcos, Monday, 21 August 2017 19:12 (nine years ago)
there's some great stuff on their Vic Chesnutt record imo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 21 August 2017 19:14 (nine years ago)
If you like this and haven't heard "whites off earth now" carve out a late night, a pack of smokes, and a pint of jack for yourself
― calstars, Monday, 21 August 2017 19:35 (nine years ago)
I love The Trinity Session but I think WOEN! is a very weak record.
― heaven parker (anagram), Monday, 21 August 2017 21:31 (nine years ago)
thanks calstars i listened to it last night and i really enjoyed it
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 16:56 (nine years ago)
lol after the Mazzy Star revive I *knew* this was next cuz lol last night I was also thinking "hmm I should go back to this record"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 17:04 (nine years ago)
haha
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 17:06 (nine years ago)
is Whites Off Earth Now! the first instance of "that thing white people do when they complain about white people"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 17:08 (nine years ago)
I was about to post something then realized I'd already said it 8 years ago. I still love "Trinity" beyond measure.
― Tone-Locrian (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 17:13 (nine years ago)
Glad to hear it Marcos!
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 17:51 (nine years ago)
Those looking for more TS type music should check out Jesse Sykes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHAX3E3D4cg
― tactical piñata (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 19:21 (nine years ago)
Such a gorgeous record
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 15 February 2018 17:52 (eight years ago)
yea it is one of my favorites
― marcos, Thursday, 15 February 2018 17:59 (eight years ago)
i should listen to this later tonight, its been a long time
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Thursday, 15 February 2018 18:05 (eight years ago)
Currently forcing my acoustic 80s band to do "Misguided Angel."
― I'm walking on Sondheim (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 15 February 2018 18:08 (eight years ago)
This and Lou Reed's New York, released within two months of each other, were such a refreshing break from 80s recording styles: completely unified albums, mics and everything in the same place throughout.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 15 February 2018 20:23 (eight years ago)
I think there are still unreleased songs from Sharon, the Sharon Temple sessions album that was scrapped and then partly turned into The Caution Horses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBWEPdLpvKQ
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 15 February 2018 22:44 (eight years ago)
― calstars, Thursday, 15 February 2018 23:38 (eight years ago)
Windows open on a cool, rainy October morning and this album plus hot coffee is a magic combination.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 20 October 2018 13:33 (seven years ago)
I have all of those things right now! I'm going to try it.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 20 October 2018 16:37 (seven years ago)
might give it a play later. years since i listened to it.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 20 October 2018 16:47 (seven years ago)
it totally works
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 20 October 2018 16:51 (seven years ago)
More of a night album imo
― calstars, Saturday, 20 October 2018 18:32 (seven years ago)
https://open.spotify.com/track/7uZyxHfDsTdNxJyllCMzXi?si=Mf1PYCNrRoOAOrNz28k9JA
― calstars, Sunday, 21 October 2018 03:48 (seven years ago)
Whites Off Earth Now!! too.
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 21 October 2018 22:35 (seven years ago)
Salut to producer/engineer Peter J. Moore, who has sadly passed.
https://www.facebook.com/jargloto/posts/pfbid02B1hr9VD3xyM1t7phGWoQoV9omLvkgVNULgY4j49W67dv1NRjoDW5K1tAjR52qBtbl
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 November 2023 16:04 (two years ago)