KLSX Interview With Jim Ladd - Street Angel

David · #1 06-12-2006, 07:56 PM

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

GODDESS6 · #2 06-12-2006, 08:14 PM

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

Janis_no1 · #3 06-12-2006, 08:29 PM

Thank you as always David for sharing so much!!

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??

danax6 · #4 06-12-2006, 08:59 PM

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.

Macfanforever · #5 06-12-2006, 10:18 PM

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.

amber · #6 06-12-2006, 10:42 PM

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

ragandbone · #7 06-12-2006, 11:00 PM

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.

Johnny Stew · #8 06-12-2006, 11:22 PM

Thanks so much for sharing these, David.

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

Johnny Stew · #9 06-12-2006, 11:45 PM

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!

Janis_no1 · #10 06-13-2006, 01:18 AM

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.

Johnny Stew · #11 06-13-2006, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janis_no1

what is this song: take time... listen to the rain... etc..

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

Janis_no1 · #12 06-13-2006, 02:19 AM

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

danax6 · #13 06-13-2006, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Thanks so much for sharing these, David.

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

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.

Tango · #14 06-13-2006, 12:27 PM

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.

vermicious knid · #15 06-13-2006, 02:30 PM

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.