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    was ALAE and YFLM too long?

    I was just wondering if this slowed down the 2 albums.

    I mean I love ALAE but could easily live without Last Call and Dogtown Shuffle, as I feel they add little.

    YFLM...I guess I just would love an excuse to wipe cheating heart cafe off the face of this earth.

    its just, a streamlined ALAE, shorter,leaner, and with just the killer tracks. Well, then it would have been a true masterpiece.

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    Dave picked out the wrong single... and a terrible video ... "She's my machine".

    I would have went with the first single as "You're Breathin It".

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    Re: was ALAE and YFLM too long?

    Originally posted by bigc
    I was just wondering if this slowed down the 2 albums.

    I mean I love ALAE but could easily live without Last Call and Dogtown Shuffle, as I feel they add little.

    YFLM...I guess I just would love an excuse to wipe cheating heart cafe off the face of this earth.

    its just, a streamlined ALAE, shorter,leaner, and with just the killer tracks. Well, then it would have been a true masterpiece.
    you are kidding, aren't you? :confused:
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    YFLM is a great album btw

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    Originally posted by WARF
    YFLM is a great album btw
    A M E N !!! shall I bump the YFLM appreciation thread ?

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    ALAE is a great album and if anything should have been longer, YFLM is give or take really.the quality of songs is too inconsistant.its a good album but maybe could have missed a few of the weaker ones out

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    How can a Dave album be to long?

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    Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra
    A M E N !!! shall I bump the YFLM appreciation thread ?
    Do it Do it Do it!

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    Originally posted by WARF
    ... and a terrible video ... "She's my machine".

    I think it's better than at least Stand Up...
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    Originally posted by Cato
    I think it's better than at least Stand Up...
    almost EVERYTHING is better than stand up...

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    Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra
    almost EVERYTHING is better than stand up...

    Everything but Cheatin Heart Cafe!



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    Originally posted by Big Fat Sammy
    Do it Do it Do it!
    done...and agree on cheatin heart cafe...

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    Hindsight is 20/20...

    but I like both albums as is...that's just me...most don't...
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    Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra
    almost EVERYTHING is better than stand up...
    Exactly exactly. but it's very popular among the gay people like WARF....

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    Hard to say.

    I mean, I can't imagine ALAE and YFLM with any of the tracks on them not there...

    ...think if anything, far as Roth goes, A Little Ain't Enough!!

    Fuck, I used to think that many of the CVH albums were too SHORT!
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    Originally posted by jero
    How can a Dave album be to long?
    Amen, to that. I believe that is an oxymoron, like deafening silence or jumbo shrimp, Dave too-long, I can't relate.

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    Originally posted by bigc
    I mean I love ALAE but could easily live without Last Call and Dogtown Shuffle, as I feel they add little.
    ALAE is a great album, and i love dogtown shuffle. if you want a shorter cd, buy the singles.

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    nah I love the 53 or so mins of ALAE fun!

    and I agree, I think CVH albums were a lil on the short side, as was EEAS.

    I was merely posing a hypothetical question.

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    dave said in his book that they had to keep the records that short because they didn't want to lose the low frequencies (???) of the bass lines...don't know if there really is such a technical explanation for that...but that's what's written in CFTH....

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    yes I read that in dave interview too.

    a friend of mine who knows a fair bit about recording techniques/vinyls also backed up this, saying how quality goes down the longer the running time,over a certain point.

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    Re: was ALAE and YFLM too long?

    Originally posted by bigc
    I was just wondering if this slowed down the 2 albums.

    I mean I love ALAE but could easily live without Last Call and Dogtown Shuffle, as I feel they add little.

    YFLM...I guess I just would love an excuse to wipe cheating heart cafe off the face of this earth.

    its just, a streamlined ALAE, shorter,leaner, and with just the killer tracks. Well, then it would have been a true masterpiece.
    ALAE! The title speaks for itself. There can never be too many tunes on a Roth record.

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    [QUOTE]Originally posted by bigc
    yes I read that in dave interview too.

    a friend of mine who knows a fair bit about recording techniques/vinyls also backed up this, saying how quality goes down the longer the running time,over a certain point.
    [/QUOT

    There are ways around this. If anolog you can use multiple 2" tape. But Im sure it was digital and that wouldnt fuck up the quality at all.

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    Re: was ALAE and YFLM too long?

    Originally posted by bigc

    I mean I love ALAE but could easily live without Last Call and Dogtown Shuffle, as I feel they add little.

    YFLM...I guess I just would love an excuse to wipe cheating heart cafe off the face of this earth.

    Cant agree with last call, great song.

    AGREE STONGLY with cheating heart cafe. tooooooo country for me
    Last edited by doctor roth; 02-02-2006 at 01:18 AM.

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    Originally posted by doctor roth

    AGREE STONGLY with cheating heart cafe. tooooooo country for me
    Is this a swipe at the old man?

    Next time I see ya, I'm gunna pump this puppy up real loud. Oh yeah, Travis Tritt!! What a mullet!
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