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cHARLIE 2607 posts |
Nov 02, 2009, 13:16
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Embryonic by The Flaming Lips ... got it for my birthday and I think it is rather cool. Rubycon [Original recording remastered] by Tangerine Dream also got this for my birthday ... also very cool. The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd ... call me a hippy, but this album hits every spot for me, always has! Looking forwards to the flaming lips take on it. Obscured by Clouds by Pink Floyd Animals by Pink Floyd ...I KNOW i AM A hIppy. Free Roky Erickson by Julian Cope / Droolian Class album! Fried by Julian Cope ... laughing boy ...the most tripped out of songs, gets me everytime. The Faust Tapes by Faust
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bubblehead2 2167 posts |
Edited Nov 02, 2009, 16:02
Nov 02, 2009, 15:53
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Have been humming and hawing about getting it myself but can't justify spending £20 plus just to hear the rehearsal CD but would love to get my lugs around it at some point in the future though. As for the precociously talented Simon Phillips, think he was only 18 when he was playing with 801 and despite his youth he certainly wasn't afraid of showing off his technical talents. Er, can't help but wonder if he'd got a 2nd bass drum as a coming of age present though 'cos he can't leave the bloody thing alone on that live disc ( don't think he was a stranger to the odd Billy Cobham record either ) ! Think i'll crank the stereo up and give it a bit of a blast, now that it's in mind.
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IanB 6761 posts |
Edited Nov 02, 2009, 16:04
Nov 02, 2009, 15:58
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bubblehead2 wrote: As for the precociously talented Simon Phillips, think he was only 18 when he was playing with 801 and despite his youth he certainly wasn't afraid of showing his technical talents. Er, can't help but wonder if he'd got a 2nd bass drum as a coming of age present though 'cos he can't leave the bloody thing alone on that live disc ( don't think he was a stranger to the odd Billy Cobham record either ) ! I saw him with Jack Bruce at the New Victoria in what was 76 or early 77 and they had that full-on Lifetime approach as a rhythm section. He could swing and play rock too but he had definitely been listening to the early jazz rock chaps and could overplay with the best (and worst) of them. I think there is a BBC In Concert knocking around from that tour that was broadcast in quad (!). I have a bootleg of that but not an official release. Good version of Out Into The Fields.
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bubblehead2 2167 posts |
Edited Nov 02, 2009, 16:46
Nov 02, 2009, 16:41
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IanB wrote: I saw him with Jack Bruce at the New Victoria in what was 76 or early 77 and they had that full-on Lifetime approach as a rhythm section. He could swing and play rock too but he had definitely been listening to the early jazz rock chaps and could overplay with the best (and worst) of them. I think there is a BBC In Concert knocking around from that tour that was broadcast in quad (!). I have a bootleg of that but not an official release. Good version of Out Into The Fields. He certainly had quite a rep back then for someone so young. I had a mate ( we must have been 15 at the time ) who was a seriously good drummer himself and he got the 801 LP purely to hear him play which is when i first became aware of him. Saw him live myself in 79? when he played with Jeff Beck in full fusion mode, gotta say i was seriously impressed by his skills to the extent where i even enjoyed the drum solo. Er, although i should say i was in a bit of an impressionable state that night so he could've probably just banged on a can and i'd still have thought it was one of the best things i'd ever heard. Sorry i'm digressing, what i really meant to say was, couldn't agree more about fusion drummers being a big influence on his style, one thing's for sure he certainly didn't seem to be from the 'less is more' school of thought !
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bubblehead2 2167 posts |
Edited Nov 02, 2009, 19:02
Nov 02, 2009, 18:43
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BEAK - s/t - The more i've played it the more it's getting under my skin, some of the obvious references help but it's very much its own record as opposed to some kinda reverential tribute. JOHN SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - Plastic Fang - A bit inconsistent but the many highs outweigh the occasional low. Almost forgot quite how much i enjoy Spencer's snake-hipped sleazy Elvis schtick too. Oh, and Russell Simmins is one helluva tub thumper. BRIGITTE FONTAINE - Est... - New to me and very good it is too, i could get into this psychedelic chanteuse stuff. SOULSAVERS - Broken - Worth hearing for Mark Lanegan's considerable and consistently excellent contributions alone. One minor quibble, after playing the BEAK record a lot this week it does seem a bit over produced in comparison though. EARTHLING TEMPEL - Pilgrimage To Thunderbolt Pagoda - Great stuff, then again i'm a bit of a sucker for HMT and their monks on acid vibe and ES in cosmic motorik hoedown mode ! Edit - GONG - 2032 - Still enjoying this but as the concept becomes clearer in my head i find myself imagining this as some kinda weird West End musical production as its story's so coherent. Er, and yes, in my minds eye the lead rolls of Zero and Yoni are played by a be-wigged Michael Ball and Elaine Page. Don't think i'll be petitioning Cameron Macintosh to bring said production to reality just yet, mind. A quiet week but a good 'un, happy listening everyone, Mark x
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Five 960 posts |
Nov 02, 2009, 19:08
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IanB wrote: Hendrix - Isle of Wight Hendrix may have been thirty three sheets to the wind by the time they made it on to the stage and his own performance seriously patchy but I love Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell on this. Stoner rock that is still cogent and funk filled. Far prefer the Polydor vinyl to the reissue with the full set. Jimi Plays Berkeley (2 sets) More of the same but with JH on top of his game. Another one of those deceptively great Billy Cox performances. You can learn almost all there is to know about bass playing from his playing with Hendrix. The Glenn McGrath of line and length bassists. Burning Spear - Social Living, Living Dub Vol 1 Up there with "Brand", "Umoja", "Dub Factor" and "Super Ape for a continuous, album length dub experience. It's good to hear someone else is diggin on the Billy Cox action - one of my biggest bass influences to be sure! Likewise the bottom end on any Burning Spear disc... And come to think of it, you're no slouch yourself!!
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2447 posts |
Nov 02, 2009, 19:09
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really impressed with the soulsavers album too. One of my albums of the year. Mark Lanegan can do little wrong it would seem
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Five 960 posts |
Nov 02, 2009, 19:20
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Lunar Dunes - From Above Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio - The Creation Of The Universe Tommy Santee Klaws - (green 7") John Coltrane - Ole! Phish - Farmhouse, Round Room, Rift Greg Franco And The Wandering Bear - Southpawest Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust And The Open Halls Of The Soul Royal Trux - Thank You Grateful Dead - Wake Of The Flood, Workingman's Dead Hamza El Din - (some random cassette on Ryko) Robert Johnson - (box set ... finally got on CD and can skip around!! tapes prior)
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IanB 6761 posts |
Edited Nov 02, 2009, 19:36
Nov 02, 2009, 19:36
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Five wrote: IanB wrote: Hendrix - Isle of Wight Hendrix may have been thirty three sheets to the wind by the time they made it on to the stage and his own performance seriously patchy but I love Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell on this. Stoner rock that is still cogent and funk filled. Far prefer the Polydor vinyl to the reissue with the full set. Jimi Plays Berkeley (2 sets) More of the same but with JH on top of his game. Another one of those deceptively great Billy Cox performances. You can learn almost all there is to know about bass playing from his playing with Hendrix. The Glenn McGrath of line and length bassists. Burning Spear - Social Living, Living Dub Vol 1 Up there with "Brand", "Umoja", "Dub Factor" and "Super Ape for a continuous, album length dub experience. It's good to hear someone else is diggin on the Billy Cox action - one of my biggest bass influences to be sure! Likewise the bottom end on any Burning Spear disc... And come to think of it, you're no slouch yourself!! You are too kind. Billy Cox's playing on Isle of Wight is economy in action. I don't know how much it is true that Jimi coached him note-for-note but he has a restraint that very few rock bass players in that era had. He would have made a great reggae bassist come to think of it. And it is hard to think of too many Americans who can play that music well. One of a kind Mr Cox for sure.
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dodge one 1242 posts |
Nov 02, 2009, 19:39
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IanB wrote: Five wrote: IanB wrote: Hendrix - Isle of Wight Hendrix may have been thirty three sheets to the wind by the time they made it on to the stage and his own performance seriously patchy but I love Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell on this. Stoner rock that is still cogent and funk filled. Far prefer the Polydor vinyl to the reissue with the full set. Jimi Plays Berkeley (2 sets) More of the same but with JH on top of his game. Another one of those deceptively great Billy Cox performances. You can learn almost all there is to know about bass playing from his playing with Hendrix. The Glenn McGrath of line and length bassists. Burning Spear - Social Living, Living Dub Vol 1 Up there with "Brand", "Umoja", "Dub Factor" and "Super Ape for a continuous, album length dub experience. It's good to hear someone else is diggin on the Billy Cox action - one of my biggest bass influences to be sure! Likewise the bottom end on any Burning Spear disc... And come to think of it, you're no slouch yourself!! You are too kind. Billy Cox's playing on Isle of Wight is economy in action. I don't know how much it is true that Jimi coached him note-for-note but he has a restraint that very few rock bass players in that era had. He would have made a great reggae bassist come to think of it. And it is hard to think of too many Americans who can play that music well. One of a kind Mr Cox for sure. If i'm not mistaken they both played together in the Army during there Formative years. That's probably the connection between those two. Plus Hendrix new how to ISLEY it up with the best of em. Regards D1
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