Jim Fidler, who is blind, has just released a rock
concept album, RPM, that is influenced by the rock
concept albums of the 1970s, including those of Pink
Floyd, Supertramp, and The Moody Blues. But while
you can spot the influences, RPM is highly original
and has both wonderful musicianship and strong production,
mixing, and mastering. Also the graphic design is
beautiful, including some public domain Hubble
Space Telescope images as backing for lyrics.

Here is a quote from jimfidler.com :

"Transporting himself back to the 70's, the decade in
which he cut his teeth as a musician, Jim offers up RPM;
an "album" made in the true spirit of the time. The
album traces the life of a fictitious character, Mickey
Finn, who has the boyhood dream of fame and fortune,
achieves his dream, and finally wakes from the nightmare
to realize that music is more important than the hits,
life is more important than the music biz and he is more
important than his commercial image. It's one of those
twist one up, turn it up and go on a journey recordings
that sadly aren't much made anymore."

If only for the graphic design I recommend that you
get the hardcopy CD instead of digitally downloading it.
It isn't available on vinyl yet and probably won't
be since that would require it to be remastered for
vinyl and would require omission of the last two songs
for it to fit on the vinyl. But it is a true album
that is meant to be listened to from beginning to
the end at a fairly high volume.

The CD is now available at Fred's Records and
O'Brien's Music in St. John's, Newfoundland and
for $14.99 from http://www.jimfidler.com .

Jim knows Sarah McLachlan from high school and
Christina Aguilera is his first cousin.

Jim did almost all of the instrumentation and vocals
and producing and mixing and mastering. Rory Hoffman,
who is also blind, provided some horns on some tracks.

--
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"So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late" (Bob Dylan)

In article <dalton-598CA0.02350620112013@mx05.eternal-september.org>,
David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

> If only for the graphic design I recommend that you
> get the hardcopy CD instead of digitally downloading it.

Of course if you are blind you won't be able to
appreciate the graphic design but your friends will,
and you will be able to appreciate the better
quality of CD audio as compared to MP3 files.

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/nf.html Newfoundland&Labrador Music & Travel
"So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late" (Bob Dylan)

In article <dalton-598CA0.02350620112013@mx05.eternal-september.org>,
David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

> Jim Fidler, who is blind, has just released a rock
> concept album, RPM, that is influenced by the rock
> concept albums of the 1970s, including those of Pink
> Floyd, Supertramp, and The Moody Blues. But while
> you can spot the influences, RPM is highly original
> and has both wonderful musicianship and strong production,
> mixing, and mastering. Also the graphic design is
> beautiful, including some public domain Hubble
> Space Telescope images as backing for lyrics.
>
> Here is a quote from jimfidler.com :
>
> "Transporting himself back to the 70's, the decade in
> which he cut his teeth as a musician, Jim offers up RPM;
> an "album" made in the true spirit of the time. The
> album traces the life of a fictitious character, Mickey
> Finn, who has the boyhood dream of fame and fortune,
> achieves his dream, and finally wakes from the nightmare
> to realize that music is more important than the hits,
> life is more important than the music biz and he is more
> important than his commercial image. It's one of those
> twist one up, turn it up and go on a journey recordings
> that sadly aren't much made anymore."
>
>
> If only for the graphic design I recommend that you
> get the hardcopy CD instead of digitally downloading it.
> It isn't available on vinyl yet and probably won't
> be since that would require it to be remastered for
> vinyl and would require omission of the last two songs
> for it to fit on the vinyl. But it is a true album
> that is meant to be listened to from beginning to
> the end at a fairly high volume.
>
> The CD is now available at Fred's Records and
> O'Brien's Music in St. John's, Newfoundland and
> for $14.99 from http://www.jimfidler.com .
>
> Jim knows Sarah McLachlan from high school and
> Christina Aguilera is his first cousin.
>
> Jim did almost all of the instrumentation and vocals
> and producing and mixing and mastering. Rory Hoffman,
> who is also blind, provided some horns on some tracks.

Jim Fidler RPM is now available on iTunes for
$9.99 for the album or $0.99 for each song.

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/nf.html Newfoundland&Labrador Music & Travel
"Now, mama, dance with me; I want my arms about you
The charms about you; Will carry me through" (Irving Berlin)

In article <dalton-6D039F.01195209122013@mx05.eternal-september.org>,
David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

> In article <dalton-598CA0.02350620112013@mx05.eternal-september.org>,
> David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:
>
> > Jim Fidler, who is blind, has just released a rock
> > concept album, RPM, that is influenced by the rock
> > concept albums of the 1970s, including those of Pink
> > Floyd, Supertramp, and The Moody Blues. But while
> > you can spot the influences, RPM is highly original
> > and has both wonderful musicianship and strong production,
> > mixing, and mastering. Also the graphic design is
> > beautiful, including some public domain Hubble
> > Space Telescope images as backing for lyrics.
> >
> > Here is a quote from jimfidler.com :
> >
> > "Transporting himself back to the 70's, the decade in
> > which he cut his teeth as a musician, Jim offers up RPM;
> > an "album" made in the true spirit of the time. The
> > album traces the life of a fictitious character, Mickey
> > Finn, who has the boyhood dream of fame and fortune,
> > achieves his dream, and finally wakes from the nightmare
> > to realize that music is more important than the hits,
> > life is more important than the music biz and he is more
> > important than his commercial image. It's one of those
> > twist one up, turn it up and go on a journey recordings
> > that sadly aren't much made anymore."
> >
> >
> > If only for the graphic design I recommend that you
> > get the hardcopy CD instead of digitally downloading it.
> > It isn't available on vinyl yet and probably won't
> > be since that would require it to be remastered for
> > vinyl and would require omission of the last two songs
> > for it to fit on the vinyl. But it is a true album
> > that is meant to be listened to from beginning to
> > the end at a fairly high volume.
> >
> > The CD is now available at Fred's Records and
> > O'Brien's Music in St. John's, Newfoundland and
> > for $14.99 from http://www.jimfidler.com .
> >
> > Jim knows Sarah McLachlan from high school and
> > Christina Aguilera is his first cousin.
> >
> > Jim did almost all of the instrumentation and vocals
> > and producing and mixing and mastering. Rory Hoffman,
> > who is also blind, provided some horns on some tracks.
>
> Jim Fidler RPM is now available on iTunes for
> $9.99 for the album or $0.99 for each song.

I think my favourite three tracks on the CD are

Dancing at the Rubber Ball
We Need a Revolution
and
Days and Knights

but all tracks are strong and the album is designed
to be listened to from start to finish, so I recommend
that you get the whole album and not just some tracks.

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/nf.html Newfoundland&Labrador Music & Travel
"Now, mama, dance with me; I want my arms about you
The charms about you; Will carry me through" (Irving Berlin)

In article <dalton-9B0098.23334017122013@mx05.eternal-september.org>,
David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

> In article <dalton-6D039F.01195209122013@mx05.eternal-september.org>,
> David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <dalton-598CA0.02350620112013@mx05.eternal-september.org>,
> > David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Jim Fidler, who is blind, has just released a rock
> > > concept album, RPM, that is influenced by the rock
> > > concept albums of the 1970s, including those of Pink
> > > Floyd, Supertramp, and The Moody Blues. But while
> > > you can spot the influences, RPM is highly original
> > > and has both wonderful musicianship and strong production,
> > > mixing, and mastering. Also the graphic design is
> > > beautiful, including some public domain Hubble
> > > Space Telescope images as backing for lyrics.
> > >
> > > Here is a quote from jimfidler.com :
> > >
> > > "Transporting himself back to the 70's, the decade in
> > > which he cut his teeth as a musician, Jim offers up RPM;
> > > an "album" made in the true spirit of the time. The
> > > album traces the life of a fictitious character, Mickey
> > > Finn, who has the boyhood dream of fame and fortune,
> > > achieves his dream, and finally wakes from the nightmare
> > > to realize that music is more important than the hits,
> > > life is more important than the music biz and he is more
> > > important than his commercial image. It's one of those
> > > twist one up, turn it up and go on a journey recordings
> > > that sadly aren't much made anymore."
> > >
> > >
> > > If only for the graphic design I recommend that you
> > > get the hardcopy CD instead of digitally downloading it.
> > > It isn't available on vinyl yet and probably won't
> > > be since that would require it to be remastered for
> > > vinyl and would require omission of the last two songs
> > > for it to fit on the vinyl. But it is a true album
> > > that is meant to be listened to from beginning to
> > > the end at a fairly high volume.
> > >
> > > The CD is now available at Fred's Records and
> > > O'Brien's Music in St. John's, Newfoundland and
> > > for $14.99 from http://www.jimfidler.com .
> > >
> > > Jim knows Sarah McLachlan from high school and
> > > Christina Aguilera is his first cousin.
> > >
> > > Jim did almost all of the instrumentation and vocals
> > > and producing and mixing and mastering. Rory Hoffman,
> > > who is also blind, provided some horns on some tracks.
> >
> > Jim Fidler RPM is now available on iTunes for
> > $9.99 for the album or $0.99 for each song.
>
> I think my favourite three tracks on the CD are
>
> Dancing at the Rubber Ball
> We Need a Revolution
> and
> Days and Knights
>
> but all tracks are strong and the album is designed
> to be listened to from start to finish, so I recommend
> that you get the whole album and not just some tracks.

There is an album tour at
https://soundcloud.com/rootscellar/rpm-album-tour .

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/nf.html Newfoundland&Labrador Music & Travel
"I want you to tell me why you walked out on me
I'm so lonesome every day... Walk right back" (Everly Brothers)