Re-Whipped Advance Copy
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Rudy said:If the outside of the CD package is "RE-whipped", will the inside be "UN-whipped"??
Only if there were three bonus tracks: "Milk Duds," "Raw Oysters" and "Pink Tacos"
--Mr Bill
dirty mind at play again, reminiscent of when he first found dad's WC&OD LP...
Captaindave
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Captain Bacardi said:
How were you able to listen? I'd like to hear this new horn work myself.
Captain Bacardi
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Captaindave said:
Let's just say I have connections...
Capt. Bacardi
Capt. Bacardi, I'm fascinated by this re-mix project ... a bold move by Herb, for sure. I appreciate your mini-review (and the gem that there's no muted work -- hurray!) Might I respectfuly request that you share a bit more of your impressions of "Re-whipped?" For example, is Herb's new horn work distorted by heavy production techniques, or is the tone fairly natural sounding? It's a long time 'til the release date for us regular folks, so any other tidbits or insights would be most welcome.
Captain Bacardi
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Herb's horn is pretty much natural, for the most part. There are occasions where there will be reverb, maybe an effect or two. After listening to this a few times I find this is not Herb revisiting the past, but bringing the past to this century. This is really a new solo album by Herb using the old Whipped Cream sounds as a beginning point. Herb's horn playing is similar to what he did on Gato Barbieri's Shadow Of The Cat CD, with a variety of backgrounds. "Green Peppers", for example, is almost verbatim from the original version, until it eventually gets into a moody Herbie-Hancock-Headhunters thing, and lasts 4:45, as opposed to the usual 1:31 we're used to. "Ladyfingers" has a hip-hop/shuffle going on, and Herb's playing reminds me of his Abstract Heart period. "Love Potion #9" has vocals to it, similar to a Santana Supernatural track. "El Garbanzo" is a quasi-mambo with a bit of a Vince Guaraldi piano break in the middle. You won't polka to "Peanuts" here, either. It's too frenetic for that. "Lemon Tree" has a mood much like "African Flame". "Butterball" clocks in at 6:17 and sounds nothing like the original. It does have some neat sound effects that gets into a Sgt. Pepper or Dark Side Of The Moon mode. This is some funky TJB!
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Captaindave
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I can't relate to a great deal of what has been said because I'm unfamiliar with most of the examples cited, but I do look forward to hearing the sound clips that should surely be eventually posted on Amazon.
I sincerely hope it isn't TOO funky for me, for I do have some kind of "threshold" of tolerance for that kind of thing...it does sound interesting, but I must hear some examples to come to a conclusion for myself.
I sincerely hope it isn't TOO funky for me, for I do have some kind of "threshold" of tolerance for that kind of thing...it does sound interesting, but I must hear some examples to come to a conclusion for myself.
Numero Cinco
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Captain Bacardi said:
Your description is fascinating. Among other things, it reminds me that I could never, ever be a professional musician, because my ears always fall into the first or most impressionable groove of a song as I first heard it. But am I ever curious about the moody Hancock-Headhunters of the rewhipped "Green Peppers." I may be buying this CD for reasons beyond Bree.
Which reminds me: Did anyone else notice that the wrap-around image of her appears to be a flip-flop of the photographer's original negative?
My thanks go to Capt. Bacardi for providing his detailed preview of the forthcoming album; it may well prove not be my cup of tea, but I'll definitely purchase it when released. Will Herb do it again? -- meaning pull off a hugely popular album or single, after years of relative obscurity? I would never bet against him -- I recall being pleasantly amazed when RISE shot to #1 in (I believe) 1979. Here's hoping.
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