jeffwhitfield
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Built a Pharmacist myself. Nice pedal with some good tones. I’ll find a sing for it at some point. Probably a Beatles cover. 
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DAJE
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I have a Pharmacist ready to go, but a few others in the queue before it.
Rubber Soul and Revolver are both masterpieces. I'm going to go out on a limb here, though, and say that side one of Help! - which preceded Rubber Soul - is clearly showing the way toward the genius of the following albums.
1 Help!
2 The Night Before
3 You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
4 I Need You (George Harrison)
5 Another Girl
6 You're Going to Lose That Girl
7 Ticket to Ride
Not every track is outstanding, but it's a great collection of songs.
Side two is a bit weaker, but it does feature Yesterday. And I love Ringo's version of Act Naturally. Paul's I've Just Seen a Face is less successful than John's Dylanesque tune on side one, but it's a cool Beatles deep track in its own right.
Rubber Soul and Revolver are both masterpieces. I'm going to go out on a limb here, though, and say that side one of Help! - which preceded Rubber Soul - is clearly showing the way toward the genius of the following albums.
1 Help!
2 The Night Before
3 You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
4 I Need You (George Harrison)
5 Another Girl
6 You're Going to Lose That Girl
7 Ticket to Ride
Not every track is outstanding, but it's a great collection of songs.
Side two is a bit weaker, but it does feature Yesterday. And I love Ringo's version of Act Naturally. Paul's I've Just Seen a Face is less successful than John's Dylanesque tune on side one, but it's a cool Beatles deep track in its own right.
Coda
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“I’ve Just Seen a Face” was the opening track on the US release of Rubber Soul…which was edited to be more folk rock than anything. Revolver was also edited for the US market. It’s interesting when you talk to someone who’s experience with Rubber Soul was the original US release. It’s like they never really heard it. I was lucky to have inherited a great-uncle’s UK import version as a kid. Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatles album…
fig
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They weren't happy at all with US releases particularly around that time from what I recall reading. Artistry and business are strange bedfellows.
DAJE
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I thought they'd stopped doing US versions by that time. Interesting. Here in Australia we got the UK versions - in some cases direct imports from the UK. Before my time, but I do have some Beatles LPs that are local pressings and some that are UK pressings. Not that I've played any of my vinyl LPs for a very long time. At least I know not to call them "vinyls" though.
EDIT: Sgt Pepper was indeed the first Beatles LP to have the same track listing on both sides of the Atlantic. Not that I doubted you, @Coda.
Coda
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There are twice as many US albums than UK: Capitol Records would take a UK album (14 tracks, with no singles or b-sides), and split it into two 12 track albums, including singles and b-sides. Sgt. Pepper was indeed the first album with one track listing, as well as the first album that had a decent stereo mix. Some of the previous stereo mixes are horrible: Please Please Me (mixed as three tracks) has all of the instruments to the left, all the vocals to the right, and the reverb in the middle. Listen with headphones and it can be pretty rough. Starting with With the Beatles, they made 4 track mixes, but the stereo mix was still all over the place: mono drums panned way left or right, bass opposite, guitars opposite vocals. Sometimes it’s a little disorienting. Stereo, despite being invented, more or less, by EMI, was a novelty in the UK, so they didn’t really focus on that mix. In the US stereo was far more popular. Sometimes they would take a mono mix and use it to make a “Duophonic” stereo mix; fake stereo, basically. They would split the mono mix into two tracks panned left and right. One would have bass up and treble cut, and the other could have treble up and bass cut. Then they would slightly delay one of the tracks, and then apply copious amounts of reverb from the Capital Records reverb chamber (designed by Les Paul). The result was a track that had stereo depth, but no actual stereo. Pet Sounds is a famous example of this, since Brian Wilson never did stereo mixes, since he only can hear out of one ear…
fig
Village Idiot
I've always called them "records" so count me clueless....oh wait..we've already painted that pony eh?
fig
Village Idiot
You know it. The last line of that song encapsulates the median response of audiences throughout my musical career.
That wasn't very good. [laughter follows]
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mybud
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D'you mean: 'Someone's waiting just for youYou know it. The last line of that song encapsulates the median response of audiences throughout my musical career.
That wasn't very good. [laughter follows]
Spinning wheel spinning through
Drop all your troubles by the riverside (this part)
Ride a painted pony, let the spinning wheel fly.(?)'
The confusion is about what exactly is the last line, since different sources quote this differently.
FWIW I always loved Jim Fielder's bass-playing on that album, esp. on 'Blues: Part ii,' with a simple but compelling groove in the fast section. And if you can't drop all your troubles by the riverside, where else is there?
fig
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Hey, this Pharmacist pcb has some SOT-23 pads for 5457s so I get to use the EZ-Bake again. Those will go on first. I've got to flow a Raincoat module along with it. You know what that means.......more crappy phone pics! yay!
By the way, if you or anyone you know or bump into on the subway ever want to see something built, attempted, explained, etc., just let me know and I'll do my best to A) remember to do it, and B)....well I've forgotten what B was, but I'm sure it's just legalities and disclaimers in the finest of prints.
By the way, if you or anyone you know or bump into on the subway ever want to see something built, attempted, explained, etc., just let me know and I'll do my best to A) remember to do it, and B)....well I've forgotten what B was, but I'm sure it's just legalities and disclaimers in the finest of prints.
Phil hodson
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Great thread.
How about Byzantium Flanger, Duophase, Electrovibe (full or mini) not that I have those sitting waiting on my desk or anything
How about Byzantium Flanger, Duophase, Electrovibe (full or mini) not that I have those sitting waiting on my desk or anything
Phil hodson
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Perfect! Sounds like a plan to me. I will get the popcorn ready
jeffwhitfield
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Let's see....nope....got it....nope....got it. Strangely enough, the Byzantium and VIIB are the only two that I just don't feel like taking on. Maybe one day...but for now, I kinda have what I need. Already got decent vibrato and flangers. I mean, what good is one more of each? (famous last words)I think we can do those, and maybe a VIIB for good measure ....
fig
Village Idiot
I've no idea if I have the parts for those or not. I know I have some of the correct lamps and a pile of LDRs I can measure. I just got some 5088s so I can sort through those. A brief look at the pcb says I will need some stubby caps and some additional trimmers, but Mouser can fix that. How about we follow the Pharmacist with the Mini?
fig
Village Idiot
Yup, I needed the stubby ECs. Mouser was out of the ones prescribed in the parts list but I think I found some nice subs. I'll verify when they get here and give a link if they meet specs (I'm pretty certain they will). I had a matched set of LDRs and the correct bulb already put aside for this.
jeffwhitfield
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fig
Village Idiot
Here at Fig's Bench, we strive to answer all questions Jeff.What does a non-stubby IC look like?
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