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We’re first going to have to explain this:īefore we begin this, I just want to say something. This is going to be an absurdly long episode, because in order to get to LA in 1966 again, we’re going to have to start off in the 1940s in New York, and take a brief detour to India. We’re going to be spending a *lot* of time around LA and Hollywood for the next few months - seven of the next thirteen episodes are based there, and there’ll be more after that.īut it’s going to take a while to get there. This episode is the second part of a loose trilogy of episodes set in LA in 1966. This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. This collection has the Shankar material released in the West up to 1962.Īnd this three-CD set is a reasonable way of getting most of the Byrds’ important recordings. This dissertation looks at the influence of Slonimsky on Coltrane.Īll Coltrane’s music is worth getting, but this 5-CD set containing Impressions is the most relevant cheap selection of his material for these purposes.

Information on John Coltrane came from Coltrane by Ben Ratliffe, while information on Ravi Shankar came from Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar by Oliver Craske.įor information on the Byrds, I relied mostly on Timeless Flight Revisited by Johnny Rogan, with some information from Chris Hillman’s autobiography. No Mixcloud this time, as there were multiple artists with too many songs. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at and

Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on “Winchester Cathedral” by the New Vaudeville Band.

#Roger mcguinn eight miles high full

This is a long one… Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.

#Roger mcguinn eight miles high download

Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on December 22, 2021Įpisode one hundred and thirty-nine of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Eight Miles High” by the Byrds, and the influence of jazz and Indian music on psychedelic rock.