once again the pressures of different things to do and the limitations of time to do them in strikes, look you see. but yes, on the day today, which is the date this was published i was, with the support and help of a good friend, able to go right ahead and do one of those "day of release" things that i for some reason love. and why not.
this would be one of them "prelude" things, then, as i have yet to hear the album. unlike the Serge out of Kasabian prelude, there is no debate here - i shall very much be listening soon. it is so that this day of release concerns the 2nd solo album by Liam Gallagher, Why Me? Why Not!. for those who count, this would also be the fourth post-Oasis album by the chap. in this day and age, four albums in ten years is rather good going.
of course it was HMV for this day of release. and it was a delight, i have to say, to see that HMV had elected not to f*** around with a "multi sale" poster. no, this is a Liam Gallagher album, for which the ego and the event require just him, no more, no less.
the previous solo album, As You Were, in many respects vindicated me. in the first week there was something like 100,000 actual sales, as is people went and bought the record (or CD) and didn't just "stream" it to give quasi mock frankly fake "sales" figures. if you interest, inspire, excite and motivate the people, then yes, they will return to the joy, the pleasure, the aesthetic beauty of actually owning music in a physical format.
it does sometimes feel that Liam is all alone at the moment in flying this particular flag. oh, undoubtedly there are "as" or "more" talented, even more exciting (or at least equal) rock or other form of music acts out there. we have stripped all filters, however, so whilst they roam out there in all likelihood no record label is going to take the chance to full tilt promote them as they would the guaranteed gold that is this record.
yes, a few formats there. well, two that are four. a standard CD, a deluxe CD, the vinyl of the album and a picture disc vinyl of the album. which one, or let us be honest here ones, did i buy? let me save that for an actual proper post when i play the record.
it was a superb experience. the chap behind the counter was quite astonished at the day so far, for they had sold many, many copies of the record. something of a sense of how it used to be, then, when music really mattered, when you felt so passionate that nothing short of holding the disc or tape was enough. a bloke there at the same time as me was buying the exact versions i was. only he was clearly more of a proper fan, for he was at a shop getting a different version of it at 6am, had played it for 5 or so (maybe 6) (or 8) hours, then decided no, i must go and get more versions of this album. nice one, sounds like something splendid awaits my ears.
right, a "proper" (or as close as i get) post on the record soon-ish, after i have actually played it and found a gap to compose. for now, then, long live music how it was meant to be heard, apparently.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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