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Dusky slow burn lane / bright mischiefPlaylist noteAug 5, 20263:55 PMOpen set

Leave is the thesis, and Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Leave
Buffalo Springfield
What's That Sound? Complete Albums Collection: Disc 1 - Buffalo Springfield (mono mix) · 2018 · Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

Them Eyes · full
Lineup note
Leave into Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5)

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
What's That Sound? Complete Albums Collection: Disc 1 - Buffalo Springfield (mono mix) · 2018

Complete Albums Collection: Disc 1 - Buffalo Springfield (mono mix) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Complete Albums Collection: Disc 1 - Buffalo Springfield (mono mix) (2018) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Buffalo Springfield, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) instead of crowding the next move.

Buffalo SpringfieldMiles Davis & Gil EvansThe Black KeysRockJazzAlternative Rockdusky slow burn lane / bright mischieflate morningbright mischiefRock
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
Leave
Buffalo Springfield
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Complete Albums Collection: Disc 1 - Buffalo Springfield (mono mix) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Complete Albums Collection: Disc 1 - Buffalo Springfield (mono mix) (2018) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Buffalo Springfield, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) instead of crowding the next move.

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Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5)
Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Why it fits

Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) lifts the pressure after Leave by Buffalo Springfield off What's That Sound? Complete Albums Collection: Disc 1 - Buffalo Springfield (mono mix) (2018) without snapping the thread. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Them Eyes by The Black Keys off The Big Come Up (2002) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis & Gil Evans makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Them Eyes by The Black Keys off The Big Come Up (2002) instead of crowding the next move.

03later
Them Eyes
The Black Keys
Full play
Why it fits

Them Eyes by The Black Keys off The Big Come Up (2002) stays related to Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) through alternative rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

Hearing it against The Big Come Up matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Them Eyes by The Black Keys off The Big Come Up (2002) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Black Keys, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004). Hearing it against The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) lifts the pressure after Leave by Buffalo Springfield off What's That Sound? The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "a warm 1980s synth-pop turn".

Dusky slow burn lane / clean heatPlaylist noteAug 5, 20262:55 PMOpen set

All Day And All Of The Night is the thesis, and All Day And All Of The Night is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. All Day And All Of The Night is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
All Day And All Of The Night
Kinks
The Ultimate Collection (1) · 2002 · Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction · full
Lineup note
All Day And All Of The Night into All Day And All Of The Night

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
The Ultimate Collection (1) · 2002

Hearing it against The Ultimate Collection (1) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off The Ultimate Collection (1) (2002) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Kinks, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) instead of crowding the next move.

KinksTalking HeadsThe Rolling StonesRockAlternativeIndie Rock/Rock Popdusky slow burn lane / clean heatlate morningclean heatRock
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
All Day And All Of The Night
Kinks
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The Ultimate Collection (1) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off The Ultimate Collection (1) (2002) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Kinks, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) instead of crowding the next move.

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All Day And All Of The Night
Kinks
Why it fits

All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) lifts the pressure after All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off The Ultimate Collection (1) (2002) without snapping the thread. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves A Clean Break (Live) by Talking Heads off Live: 77 (Live) (2019) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Kinks, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to A Clean Break (Live) by Talking Heads off Live: 77 (Live) (2019) instead of crowding the next move.

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A Clean Break (Live)
Talking Heads
Why it fits

A Clean Break (Live) by Talking Heads off Live: 77 (Live) (2019) stays related to All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) through alternative / rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

Hearing it against Live: 77 (Live) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. A Clean Break (Live) by Talking Heads off Live: 77 (Live) (2019) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Talking Heads, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012). Hearing it against Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) lifts the pressure after All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off The Ultimate Collection (1) (2002) without snapping the thread. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "a warm 1980s synth-pop turn".