the_bulldog
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Posted: June 05 2006, 22:21 |
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When Earth Moving was released in the US, I picked it up, just as I always do with anything from MO. I stuck it into the player and gave it a quick listen. I was not impressed and wondered what Mike was thinking. It languished for almost a year, when one day I was on the computer for about 12 hours and wanted to just listen to MO, while I worked. Earth Moving ended up popping up between Omadawn and Platinum. For whatever reason, it struck a chord (no pun intended) with me. I hit repeat, and actually listened to it. About three cuts really made an impression. Don't know what I didn't like on first listen, but all of that was far behind me. About the same thing happened back in the '70's, when I heard TB, part 2 (on vinyl). Part 1 was well known to me, by the time that I found the album (for the youngsters, songs were cut/pressed onto plastic for play, and the ones with a compilation of songs, were called "albums"). It was some months later (part 1 side had been played hundreds of times), and I listened to part 2. Again, something clicked. Can't explain why this has happened twice with MO's releases, but it has. Now, I wouldn't be without either TB (now called I) and EM. Matter of fact, I've probably got 10 different versions of TBI on CD/SACD/vinyl/MP3, and EM on CD/vinyl/MP3, plus different compilations on CD & DVD.
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