No Other

[Grim Lounge Cowboy]

Gene Clark

Gadding about today I saw a copy of this. I gave it no further thought - perhaps recalling a Mojo piece from way back suggesting that it is a bit too 'way out'? I just looked on Discogs and it doesn't look cheap. Did I err in not picking it up?

[pencilface]

Big err! Very excellent and deep slightly-cosmic country. Go back and get it!

[bongolia]

second that, fantastic record.

(and Pencilface - please can you clear space in your inbox - thanks!)

[Sie-Fly]

second that, fantastic record.

(and Pencilface - please can you clear space in your inbox - thanks!)

Thirded

[pencilface]

Inbox cleared, Bongolia!

[Grim Lounge Cowboy]

It might be a while before I get back there. However, it was in with some right chaff. Perhaps the sleeve had something to do with that.

Is there a PC word or term here for 'chaff'?

[babycart]

Is there a PC word or term here for 'chaff'?

Yes, it's "chaff" - it means the husks of wheat and corn that aren´t used.

Nothing to do with "chav", which is Romany-derived.

[bongolia]

Matthew 3:12 "he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

you know what you have to do now when you next see a Richard Clayderman or Singalongamax (or Aussie equivalent)

[babycart]

Matthew 3:12 "he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

Chant down Babylon, Bongolia.

[Grim Lounge Cowboy]

I now own a copy. Vg+/Vg+ I suppose.

The modern classical I have been buying is quite austere, when it isn't cobblers. Early days, but No Other seems quite lush. Country-rock coming of age in the 70’s? Title track slightly funky! But for all that, I am still hearing country-rock.

Given its rep and the response here I’ll stick with it for a while. But quite possibly for the out. Feel free to PM me if you want to pre-empt the issue with an offer.

[The Divine One]

Is there a PC word or term here for 'chaff'?

I think you might be confusing chaff and chuff. But then, it's easy enough to confuse "chuff" with the very similarly spelled "chuff".

I'm not sure if it's just a Glasgow thing, or even just a small circle of my friends but I always refer to piles of "shand" in reference to the great Jimmy Shand, whose vinyl output is quite prolific up here. But my Edinburgh colleagues might refer to "shan" which I have no idea the meaning of.

I love the Byrds, I love early solo Gene Clark but I've always found something a bit too over-blown and pompous about "No Other" to properly get into it. So it falls into my "you can't get rid of that, it's a classic. Which one day I might get into..." section.

[dukowski83]

Is 'Shan' not just an abbreviation of 'shanner' as a means of describing something awful? Although in this can clearly Shan or Shand would work equally well for the piles of tartan themed dross we wade through

[Grim Lounge Cowboy]

I used "chaff" deliberately, being familiar with the wheat connection. Also as a WWII radar counter-measure.

Not sure about "chuff". I am familiar with the expression "well-chuffed", but I couldn't say exactly what it means.

I am happy enough with "chaff" as that seems to be house style. I am just wary of causing offence by calling someones's favourite combo "chaff". I thought there might be a VG+ favoured euphemism. Something like 'neglected classic'?

[Tom B]

I used "chaff" deliberately, being familiar with the wheat connection. Also as a WWII radar counter-measure.

Not clear why you thought the word chaff was "non-PC" in that case. Prejudice against discarded wheat husks?

[Grim Lounge Cowboy]

Just an excess of caution on my part.

I've nothing against wheat husks.