KLSX Interview With Jim Ladd - Street Angel
 

I put up another Street Angel interview, using SaveFile.com, which Romy recommended. I hope the files are more available this way than with YouSend.

This interview is with Jim Ladd on KLSX in Los Angeles, while Stevie was on tour for Street Angel -- August 23, 1994. I know it's fashionable these days to minimize Jim Ladd's importance to Stevie & usefulness to fans, but for my money there's just no comparison between him & anyone else in radio in terms of getting the best Stevie possible at the microphone. For example, that 1987 Tampa thing from the other day. The DJ was a typically annoying, yapping motor-mouth, the way they all are. Those guys are there to hear themselves yap--they get off on it--not to let their guests be heard. They have absolutely nothing to add to our understanding of Stevie--or even of music in general. But Jim is vastly different. He lets Stevie talk & she talks. He pulls out of her, virtually every time he talks to her, a rounded, complete conversation, a meaningful exchange of deep ideas, passing thoughts & surprising emotions, & she delivers, too. Every one of her interviews with him is a dramatic, emotional experience that is comparable to any one of her albums. You feel as if you had spent serious time with Stevie, when Jim is at the helm, & she lives it all with you. Jim interviewing Stevie is like a radical Stevie movie.

Part 01
http://www.savefile.com/files/1946069

Part 02
http://www.savefile.com/files/2422462

Part 03
http://www.savefile.com/files/8348698

Part 04
http://www.savefile.com/files/9081971

Part 05
http://www.savefile.com/files/3743245

Part 06
http://www.savefile.com/files/5006496

i truly love, love when you do this, thanx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~

Thank you as always David for sharing so much!! :xoxo:

Its taken my computer ages to download part one... its now doing part two. Probably takinga ges as im downloading the charlotte torrent.... hehe

p.s - i dont know about the 1987 interview you speak of... tell me more??

Thanks, David. Savefile works much better than yousendit for me. Jim Ladd interviews are a true gem, and I didn't have this one yet. :)

Hi thanks for the Jim Ladd interview. by the way does any of you have the 1985
Stevie Jim Ladd 2 part interview available to post here. thanks an advavce.

Thanks David. These are cool. Except it was frustrating when Stevie didn't get "synapse grid".

Thanks David!
I miss Jim Ladd, and even though I am glad he is on terrestrial radio in LA, I wish he had a show on Satellite, so I could listen. Last month, when I visited my mom in LA, I caught his show just as I was leaving town, and I held the signal all the way into Santa Barbara. It was a perfect playlist, and I had a magical night drive.

Thanks so much for sharing these, David.

Quick question -- is there something missing between part 1 and part 2?

I just finished part 5 and Jim suggested that Stevie should someday cover "Love Minus Zero/No Limit."
Lindsey must've been listening that night! ;)

Im listening to part 3 now...
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what is this song: take time... listen to the rain... etc..

I know im going to get in trouble.. i take it that its from street angel... as i haven't listened to this album, i gave it to my stepmother so i dont have that one.

It's called "Listen To The Rain," and you're right -- it is from 'Street Angel.' :nod:

Guess im in lots of trouble then huh!

Yes i shall admit that i do not have that album!! I had it, i remember not liking it, this is years ago when i wasn't into her as much as i am now, and i gave it to my stepmother.... nobody ever talks about it and hardly acknowledges it. It seems to be the forgotten/ignored album

I thought so too at first, but then I noticed it had only downloaded half the files. Try downloading them again, that worked for me.

David, thank you for taking the time to get these out. I could never get YOUSENDIT to save on my pc. This stuff is great! Thank you again.

Was I wrong to skip through that one woman blathering on and on? Radio callers can be the worst, and once I felt she wasn't going to ask any worthwhile question, I just skipped over it.