Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues

Neil Innes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 15, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vinyl Japan
• ASIN: B000058AM5
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,098 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues

2. Angelina

3. Come Out into the Open

4. Prologue

5. Momma Bee

6. Lie Down and Be Counted

7. Immortal Invisible

8. Age of Desperation

9. Topless-A-Go-Go

10. Feel No Shame

11. How Sweet to Be an Idiot

12. Dream On

13. L' Amour Perdu

14. Song for Yvonne

15. This Love of Ours

16. Fluff on the Needle

17. Singing a Song Is Easy

18. Bandwagon [Live]

Editorial Reviews

UK reissue of 1995 album from the founding member of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and The Rutles. 18 tracks including a live version of 'Bandwagon'. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Is Sometimes Less, March 2, 2002

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Patrick O. Moore "Patrick O. Moore" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues (Audio CD)

Neil Innes evidently had a hand in the selection of cuts, so I hate like heck to say this. It's not his fault. Blame the Beatles (for "Sergeant Pepper") and blame Brian Wilson (for "Pet Sounds") and blame Ray Davies (for "Arthur"). Fact is, by the 1970s we had come to expect musical geniuses to produce The Album As Art Object. Most of this "Recycled Vinyl" CD comes from the 1973 masterpiece, "How Sweet to Be an Idiot." "How Sweet" was an art object, a sparkling, francophilic, Faberge egg of sentimentality, full of sadness and joy and longing and optimism. After 27 years, I still love it.

There are several considerations that make The Album As Art Object. One is a familiar sequence of tunes. Another is the purely musical transition in chords from one song to the next. Another is thematic unity or thematic sequence or both. And there are other considerations. Young CD hounds may be surprised to learn that, in the days of vinyl, music lovers would argue about which SIDE of an LP was better.

Apparently, like the Ramones when they released "All the Stuff," Innes imagined that "Recycled Vinyl" is the only CD of his work that will be released for the mass market, so he added some other songs (excellent in their own right) and stirred the pot. I hope that more CDs will follow and that "How Sweet" will be issued as itself, with its original cover art (fine photo of Innes as a duck-hatted harlequin).

So I hate like heck to take away one star for a compromise of artistic integrity. Innes forever! Four stars.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Innes Own Write!, February 1, 2002

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Harvey J.Satan "Harvey J.Satan" (Among The Garden Gnome,Friar Park) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues (Audio CD)

More than likely,the ONLY Neil Innes CD you'll currently find on Amazon! ( The Rutles and The Bonzos don't count. ). This CD is much more than the CD version of the VERY hard to find vinyl album,"How Sweet To Be An Idiot" ( or "A Go-Go",as it was originally re-issued. ),it contains the original album,plus the even harder to find only single released by The World ( "Angelina"/"Come Out Into The Open" ),plus five hard to find songs,released as singles in the U.K. only! ("Recycled Vinyl Blues","Lie Down & Be Counted","Fluff On The Needle","Age of Desperation",and "Bandwagon (Live) "). Buy it while it lasts!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Undiscovered classic, October 10, 2001

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Brad Wareham (Libertyville, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues (Audio CD)

This is a re-release of "How Sweet to be an Idiot". The original was great with wonderfully melodic songs, nice boogie rock, Lennonesque ballad -- and even a sense of humor. Worth the price -- and more!