blackhawkpat Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Pretty much the same songs and of course the same band but two records that sound very different but both of them are incredible. To this day, I still can’t tell which one I like better and listen to them both often. That’s all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Somewhere here there's a thread where a few people offered their opinions, and I kept flip-flopping. Both are listenable. One major difference—not music-related—is the far superior cover on Sunset Strip. The Pop Art cover seemed to befuddle people; the Sunset Strip featured a well-directed photograph that reflected what's "inside." (Bernie, who did that cover?) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, LC said: Somewhere here there's a thread where a few people offered their opinions, and I kept flip-flopping. Both are listenable. One major difference—not music-related—is the far superior cover on Sunset Strip. The Pop Art cover seemed to befuddle people; the Sunset Strip featured a well-directed photograph that reflected what's "inside." (Bernie, who did that cover?) I think Tommy Allen did an amazing job mixing Pop Art. I have talked to him several times about what he used and how he got the sound that he did, but man, I just love Sunset strip also. I feel they are the perfect complement to each other. My only regret is that Sunset strip never came out on vinyl or at least to my knowledge it has not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Bernie did indeed design the cover art for Sunset Strip. Here's the short version by Bernie: "Jim Bonfanti took that photo of Wally's Flying V after a rehearsal for me. I just instructed Jim to shoot 20 or so different angles. I matched one up precisely to the angle needed to have it rest against the wall in that Los Angles street scene—and it worked!" Pretty clever, that ad man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kirk Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I love both Sunset Strip and Pop Art Live. The production on Sunset Strip is a little more polished, which is what you would expect with Eric having a hand in the mixes. Mark Linett gave it a 'Beach Boys' sound. Pop Art's production is a little more raw. Tommy Allen gave us an edgier mix. You can't go wrong with either. I played the heck out of Sunset Strip for years. Now I'm spinning Pop Art Live more often. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to Starting Over from PAL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I like both. I ripped the individual songs from Pop Art and rearranged them to the same order that they were played that night. Since I was there that night, it makes that recording very special to me...a souvenir of that great evening. There's something neat about knowing that somewhere blended in with all the applause, are my own cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Craig, how different is the playing order on the CD vs. the live performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Pop Art Real Order I Wanna Be With You I Wanna Be With You Play On I Can’t Explain I Can't Explain Makin' It Easy Nobody Knows Play On Let's Pretend Baby's In Black Don't Wanna Say Goodbye Nobody Knows Party's Over Should I Wait Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) If You Change Your Mind Might As Well Come Around And See Me It Seemed So Easy No Reply Baby's In Black I Saw The Light If You Change Your Mind Might As Well Tonight It Seemed So Easy I Can Remember Last Dance Starting Over Let's Pretend Last Dance Ticket To Ride I Saw The Light When You Were With Me No Reply It's Cold Outside When You Were With Me I Can Remember It's Cold Outside Starting Over Should I Wait Don't Wanna Say Goodbye Come Around And See Me Party's Over Makin' It Easy Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) Ticket To Ride Tonight Hard To Get Over A Heartbreak Hard To Get Over A Heartbreak Ecstasy Ecstasy I'm A Rocker I'm A Rocker Go All The Way Go All The Way 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Hey, thanks Craig. Lots of juggling! The last four "stuck," but looks like there was an attempt to get a certain "flow"—maybe with the four sides of the LP version in mind? Very interesting. I would have been of the mind to have the live album replicate the live show, but... that would be making it easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 2:29 AM, Kirk said: Bernie did indeed design the cover art for Sunset Strip. Here's the short version by Bernie: Yep. Very proud to have designed that one. I also designed the back of the CD and inside cover of the booklet (with the Springsteen quote and the Lennon photo). The rest of the booklet was not mine and I thought it sort of sucked, but whatever. I did the important stuff! Bernie 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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