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Does anyone out there in internet land own 'John the wolf king of LA"? From what i've read its a genius album, Country blues sound documenting his slide into serious drug addiction. Sounds quite heavy but the tunes are supposed to be amazing. Be interested if anyones heard it and what they think as Im currently a little short of the asking price on amazon....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 32-6916448
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Post by anorthernsoul »

check out bobby gillespie's review here ...
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Post by u_nderscore »

yes, i'm very intrigued!
cheers simon and ans.
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I'm getting this album in the next week or so. Anyone that wants a copy PM me. They can pass it on.

Jiggy I wiil put this with that DVD I still havent sent you mate. No excuses. Smell the glove.
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ORBITAL wrote:...PM me. They can pass it on...
i'm in! nice one orbital, yer a good 'un. will pass it on no sweat. pm'd.
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I got a vinyl copy of John The Wolfking of LA about a year ago and it instantly became one of my top ten favourite records. Blissed out, wasted country soul music. His backing band contains pretty much everybody who played with Elvis during his late 60s Memphis period. It's up there with No Other by Gene Clark and I'm totally mistified to why its never been released on CD. And yes, Bobby Gillespie is right about Dylan ripping of the front cover for Desire.
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Post by Alex English »

Actually, it was released on cd as I have a copy and I agree with you, I love this album. After seeing Air with an Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl in 2004, a friend and I whilst under sedation drove up Laurel Canyon and west down Mullholland while listing to this album. It is gorgeous. I like how in Dig when Anton goes to the Dandy Warhols CMJ show on rollerskates he sports a John Wolfking of LA furry hat.
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ORBITAL wrote:
...PM me. They can pass it on...


Nice one, check your PM. Cheers mate
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Post by jesus son »

These people are still listing it for sale at £10.99!

http://www.101cd.com

I've put an order in put don't hold much hope of ever seeing a copy.

If you go onto the product page they have a clip of all the tracks on the album, which I guess at least gives you a taste.

Pay, Pack & Follow sounds interesting too, has backing vocals by Mick Jagger plus Mick Taylor, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood playing on it, any one heard it?
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Thats mental! Its listed on the the right label too. Edsel.
If it turns up may be worth buying a few more and making a bit of cash?
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simonkeeping wrote:Thats mental! Its listed on the the right label too. Edsel.
If it turns up may be worth buying a few more and making a bit of cash?
I'll email you from my yacht after the 150 copies I've ordered have turned up!
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Post by Starfish »

this one's mighty cheap too - and autographed, apparently

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 4825420740
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Post by Starfish »

found it on rapidshare! just click on the blue Free button and you can download it as a .rar file.

Whatever that means.

But I managed to download a shareware .rar player (at rarlab.com) to extract the files and then save them as normal wma's.

Whatever that means, also. (Ever get the feeling you're dabbling in things you just weren't meant to get involved with?)

Anyway, it's here... http://rapidshare.de/files/11155040/jtwkola.rar.html
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get in you beauty. cheers starfish.
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that was me again.
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Bum I cant make it work!
If anyones downloaded successfully can they post some send it links up here?
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Anyone waiting on this from me it's getting posted tomorrow
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Post by Meo »

Orbital - i've managed to download this so cross me off your list (If I was on it!)

Cheers bro, hope you've not posted out yet!!
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Post by a beautiful noise »

but you can now add me to that list orbie.


you should even hand deliver it.

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Post by u_nderscore »

orbital - me too, i've got this to work so if it's not too late, i'm cool with the download, if it is too late, great and i owe yeh. cheers!
simonkeeping - i'll get this up in a little while.
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Post by ORBITAL »

Okay. So who is downloading this and who needs the CD. As it stands now I have 2 spare copies
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If Im on the list Id still like a copy.
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Post by a beautiful noise »

i forgot what we are even talking about, but sure, yeah, i'll take one.


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We were talking about anal bludgeoning
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Post by duppyconquerer »

Everything's good for you in moderation right? Tried to find this myself since you mentioned it (the cd, not the bludgeoning), but no luck! I really would love a copy of this!
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ORBITAL wrote:We were talking about anal bludgeoning

so like i said, you're gonna hand deliver that right?!?!?!??!?


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Post by Starfish »

I'll take care of you Jiggy. I'm sure I owe you one.
The download sounds like it's been taken from vinyl.

So who do you want as next Wolfking after Hoddle? I see Megson's available :lol:
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Yeah Jig I owe you a few things from back a bit so hold on. Its on its way this time.
Shonn....I dont do fisting
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Post by a beautiful noise »

can't or won't ???


fine the cd will have to do.


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Post by Starfish »

Well, Jig, I'm not going to fight with the Orb over getting a copy to you and he seems mighty keen...



... so I'll just send you a 35-minute recording of me tapping my guitar strings with a paperclip.
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