Comments on: The best recording you can’t buy http://www.practicalhacks.com/2008/03/15/the-best-recording-you-cant-buy/ Gadgets, gear, and greatness for people on the go Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:48:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kevin http://www.practicalhacks.com/2008/03/15/the-best-recording-you-cant-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Kevin Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:25:17 +0000 http://lifeapps.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-718 Adam - Thanks for a terrific comment... it's a gem, for sure. Kevin Adam -

Thanks for a terrific comment… it’s a gem, for sure.

Kevin

]]> By: Adam http://www.practicalhacks.com/2008/03/15/the-best-recording-you-cant-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Adam Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:16:07 +0000 http://lifeapps.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-716 I have to agree completely. This record is a work of magic. Any Steely Dan fan will be right at home here (Becker & Fagen back her in places here, and Gary Katz produces - enough said!). Vela can write a strong tune in a jazzed style, but she is no slavish imitator. She's more like a West Coast Kate Bush. Magic. I hope she releases her postponed second and third albums some day. I found a perfect vinyl copy in a thrift store about four years ago and cherish it - I only play my digital copy now. Beg, buy, borrow or steal this one, Dan fans. I have to agree completely. This record is a work of magic. Any Steely Dan fan will be right at home here (Becker & Fagen back her in places here, and Gary Katz produces – enough said!).

Vela can write a strong tune in a jazzed style, but she is no slavish imitator. She’s more like a West Coast Kate Bush. Magic. I hope she releases her postponed second and third albums some day.

I found a perfect vinyl copy in a thrift store about four years ago and cherish it – I only play my digital copy now. Beg, buy, borrow or steal this one, Dan fans.

]]> By: Ig http://www.practicalhacks.com/2008/03/15/the-best-recording-you-cant-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Ig Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:38:30 +0000 http://lifeapps.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-404 I have the Zazu cd .. it is fantastic!! I have the Zazu cd .. it is fantastic!!

]]> By: Kevin http://www.practicalhacks.com/2008/03/15/the-best-recording-you-cant-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Kevin Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:25:00 +0000 http://lifeapps.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-396 Michael, Thanks for commenting. I can only assume that the Zoom tour was canceled due to poor ticket sales. The video clips from that one preview concert are all very good - shame. Kevin Michael,

Thanks for commenting. I can only assume that the Zoom tour was canceled due to poor ticket sales. The video clips from that one preview concert are all very good – shame.

Kevin

]]> By: Michael Del Camp http://www.practicalhacks.com/2008/03/15/the-best-recording-you-cant-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Michael Del Camp Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:26:08 +0000 http://lifeapps.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-395 I just discovered Rosie Vela singing next to Jeff Lynne for multiple great songs at the same concert on YouTube - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Ncxw1xfck&NR=1 and discovered her name with a Google search on Rosie + ELO. Now, reading about her own album/CD Zazu, I wish I had known about it when it first came out. I might have heard about it back then. She sings quite well with Jeff Lynne. I wonder why that reconstituted ELO Tour is termed abortive? I found Rosie Vela's Biography here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892220/bio and I guess she had a career as a model, then a singer, and maybe she is happily married and living her life in obscurity now, just the way she likes it. I certainly hope so. I just discovered Rosie Vela singing next to Jeff Lynne for multiple great songs at the same concert on YouTube – http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=.....&NR=1 and discovered her name with a Google search on Rosie + ELO. Now, reading about her own album/CD Zazu, I wish I had known about it when it first came out. I might have heard about it back then. She sings quite well with Jeff Lynne. I wonder why that reconstituted ELO Tour is termed abortive? I found Rosie Vela’s Biography here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892220/bio and I guess she had a career as a model, then a singer, and maybe she is happily married and living her life in obscurity now, just the way she likes it. I certainly hope so.

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