What albums did you listen to today?...continued

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 Mortte wrote:

 HolyMoly wrote:

 Mortte wrote:

Sonic Youth: Walls Have Ears
 Not sure I know that one. I have most of their albums (fan since ‘85!). What’s this one like?
 It´s a kind of semibootleg-live, released by Blast First in 1986, which was their record company that time without bands permission. It´s bootleg-like for it´s has different song names for classic sy songs (for example Spanh Ranch Dance for Death Valley `69), also there are some songs twice, but taken from different gig. The sound quality is really great (only one quite weak sound piece). Really great covers! If you love Sy 1st album - Evol period, you will love this too! This is some of the few great SY releases I haven´t got as vinyl, also liked to have Hold That Tiger and Live at Battery Park. I have read SY-members are still angry about Walls have Ears to Blast first. At least they haven´t re-released it, although I think it´s better than their own archive release "Smart Bar Chicago". Lot´s of same stuff in those two albums, but Walls is taken from the different gigs, first album later than Smart and second earlier (there was still Bob Bert on drums).
I have been sy-fan since `90. One thing I am really sad I never saw them. They were three times in Finland and all the times there were just things that prevented me to go their gig. I have seen Kim alone, Thurston alone and Lee twice, but it´s not the same thing...btw have you listened Lee´s last, really great Electric Trim-album? I think it was the greatest album of last year!

 interesting. I remember Daydream Nation originally came out on Blast First. Wasn’t aware of the conflict they had with the label. I do like that Smart Bar set but the sound quality could be a lot better. 

I have a couple of Lee’s solo albums but haven’t heard that one yet! I’ll check it out.

I really like Chelsea Light Moving, one of Thurston’s post-SY bands. Too bad that didn’t last.

I was lucky to see SY four times! Goo tour, then Washing Machine, the 1000 Leaves (where they played that whole album), and finally NY Ghosts and Flowers tour. The Goo show was amazing. It was at the old Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill (possibly the inspiration behind the song Chapel Hill on thenext album).