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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 28 August 2011 CE
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Edited Aug 28, 2011, 23:01
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 28 August 2011 CE
Aug 28, 2011, 23:00
Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
Incredible String Band - Wee Tam & The Big Huge

The Coral - Mysteries & Rarities

Yes - Going For The One
Yes - Tormato

The Kinks - Soap Opera
The Kinks - Schoolboys In Disgrace (The last two of Ray's 70s concept LPs, the usual mixture of brilliance, ho-humness, and cringeworthy theatricality).

The Doors - Waiting For The Sun

The Fiery Furnaces - EP
The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea

Matthew Friedberger - Old Regimes
Matthew Friedberger - Cut It Out (The latest 2 solo LPs by the male half of the Fiery Furnaces siblings, this time accompanying himself on harp and drums respectively. Compelling stuff, despite being low on melody. He finds interesting solutions to creating full arrangements with just the one instrument, especially when it's an instrument he can't actually play: funny promo clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIQOqpPpXao)

Elton John - Friends (An underrated soundtrack album. In 1971 Elton was on a real (Honey) roll and could really do no wrong, as proven by these deeply affecting songs recorded for a reportedly dreadful film. Paul Buckmaster's orchestral interludes are richly bucolic, making for a perfect soundtrack to a rare afternoon of hot sunshine).

Elvis Presley - Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Very useful compilation of Elvis's non-soundtrack work 1966-68, usually hidden away as bonus tracks and b-sides. Enough strong stuff on there to suggest he had the potential to make a killer LP during this period had the Colonel not had more mediocre plans for his charge. The sublime title track makes me wish the King had done a whole album of Dylan obscurities).

V/A - Willow's Songs (Superb Finders Keepers compilation of the folk songs that provided much of the source material for The Wicker Man OST. Went to the UK premiere of The Wicker Tree the following day. Sadly neither the film or the soundtrack are in the same league as that 1973 classic, but there are a few excellent touches here and there).

of Arrowe Hill - Suddenly, At Home (Very incongruous oAH gig last week, with main man Adam playing his ghostly vignettes solo and acoustic in warm sunshine to an audience of chatting diners. The quality of the songs still broke through, but rushing through a rain storm to The Wicker Tree screening with this in my headphones seemed like the more appropriate setting).

The Apples In Stereo - Fun Trick Noisemaker
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