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Post by waffle on Feb 22, 2012 13:36:20 GMT
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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 22, 2012 13:41:58 GMT
Would I release an album with that title and put a Dobro on the front?
I believe it is not illegitimate, but I had no knowledge of its release until a journalist approached me for an interview a week or so ago.
Shine On
Michael.
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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 22, 2012 13:50:11 GMT
Rhythm Oil is definitely no longer available. The only way to get a copy is to search for a second hand one, or make a copy from someone who has one. I only have one copy, so if anyone does spot some for sale, I'll have one!
Shine On
Michael.
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Post by slide496 on Feb 22, 2012 14:15:06 GMT
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Post by waffle on Feb 22, 2012 14:29:50 GMT
Ok Michael,
I agree and would not expect you to release a cover like that either !
I will keep searching as i have been for Rhythm Oil.. but for an original copy and will let you know if i spot some for sale.
Thanks,
Waffle.
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Post by waffle on Feb 22, 2012 14:46:09 GMT
Hi Slide496,
I see it is still sealed,but maybe a bit too pricey for what i am willing to pay.(no offence intended Michael)
Thanks for that link though, slide496
Waffle.
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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 22, 2012 14:50:45 GMT
£99.00 !!!!!!!!!! That is ridiculous! I'll burn you a copy for £98.00  Shine On Michael |
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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 22, 2012 14:58:58 GMT
Thank you Slide496. It is often the case that the artists don't have more than one or two copies of their own work. Especially as the years go by they get given away. Rhythm Oil was originally released in 1993 on the Minidoka label and was re-released in 1999 by Koch UK, but sadly due to mis-management both releases disappeared from the shelves very quickly. Here are the Johnny Cash sleeve notes that he wrote for the Rhythm Oil CD.....first handwritten by JC and then a printed version...   Original front cover....  Nice photo too....from the Sunday Express - July 1993  Shine On Michael |
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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 22, 2012 15:01:11 GMT
Just for the record....(no pun intended) Original cover....  No Dobros....just a 1929 wood bodied National Triolian Shine On Michael |
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Post by waffle on Feb 22, 2012 15:19:02 GMT
That's more like it !!
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Post by slide496 on Feb 22, 2012 16:52:02 GMT
mm Thanks for posting the info - if I run into any at reasonable cost in the U.S- which I doubt -will grab it, so easy to make forgeries these days.Would be great if it was reissued as mp3s.Tribotone in Texas carries the instructional DVDs and the Newtone Strings. I was introduced to your work recently through a slide player who mentioned you on another forum.
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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 22, 2012 18:02:39 GMT
Thanks Slide496, much appreciated.
It would be great to see Rhythm Oil re-released, maybe someday Terry Clarke and I will do something to make it happen. Sadly Jesse Taylor is no longer with us, so it would be down to Terry & me. It was a great project, and with Johnny Cash writing the sleeve notes it has all the right credentials. It won an award in Austin, I think it was 'Import Album of the Year'.
Shine On
Michael.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 18:37:19 GMT
That 'dobro' photo does the rounds a bit!
Its that gretsch I posted about a few weeks ago thats on the cover / april of my 'great guitars' calendar, labelled as a 'national tricone'!
I suspect the album 'designer' put 2+2 together and came up with something other than 4.
Is that you all greased up MM, or a stuntman?
TT
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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 22, 2012 21:44:34 GMT
That is probably right TT.
The Rhythm Oil CD package and photos were done by by brother, Alan, sometime in early 1993. The guitarist is not me, it is Pete Cummings, guitarist & film editor, from Nashville. The guitar (Pete's prized Fender Strat) was taken to a supermarket where it was shrink wrapped. Then, both the guitar and Pete were smothered in a few gallons of black molasses for the photo shoot. Then......the Strat was placed in a bath where is was hosed down to remove all the molasses!!!! And then it was unwrapped.......and very luckily for Alan and me, it was okay!!! The things we are prepared to ruin in the name of art!
Shine On
Michael.
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Post by slide496 on Feb 22, 2012 22:30:27 GMT
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