IanB
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 03 October 2015 CE
Oct 05, 2015, 12:52
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I only really know the Bolin era James Gang. Are the Walsh line up any better than Zephyr?
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Robot Emperor
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 03 October 2015 CE
Oct 05, 2015, 13:56
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My subconscious has decided its winter despite the weather disagreeing. Inner struggle to get out the door without the 3/4 length woollen overcoat despite a temperature of close to 20 degrees. The unintentional winter listening has kicked in as well. Sunny days sound tracked by glacial beauty and introspective brooding menace. Enough with the pretence of being cheerful. Yay!
Although Machinery Elf did set me off on a trawl of NWOBHM last night. Praying Mantis (Time Tells No Lies)sounded bloody awful. Was well into Demon (The Plague)and Diamond Head (Canterbury). Wintery Metal perhaps? At 10 o'clock last night this sounded like the best record ever made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdXPa6QVHU0
(Vardis - If I Were King). Albums called 100mph. You probably had to be there. It was kicking. Thanks also to the brewer Bass for manufacturing their Pale Ale. Anyway, back to the misery.
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way, Kind Of Blue. Not often I can listen to these due to over familiarity, unless I concentrate I can barely hear them. Were back to awesome this week.
Skip James - Blues From The Delta. All his sixties recordings on a single cd. This is almost essential. So eerie. Not sure its blues music though.
Jeremy Summerley - Lamentations White; Tallis; Palestrina. Worth £4 of anyones money. Recommended. Has anyone ever reduced these choral works to the drones they are constructed from? Dik-Mik and Del Dettmar should get back together and do it on the kit they used with Hawkwind. I may be hung-over.
Oxford Camerata - Byrd Mass for Four Voices, Five Voices and Infelix ego.
Portishead - 3rd.
Stars In Battledress - In Droplet Form. This really is fantastic. Piano, Guitar and a haunting voice.
Slowdive - Pygmalion.
John Tavener - Darkness Into Light.
Richard Youngs - Sapphie, May, Airs Of The Ear.
Classical bits include Gorecki (3rd), Mahler (2nd), Hovhaness (who I know nothing about but his Mysterious Mountain and Star Dawn sounded like their titles, would like to know more), Rautavaara (Incantations) and William Alwyn (The Magic Island).
Have a solemn and brooding week y'awl.
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jb lamptoast-morsley
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 03 October 2015 CE
Oct 05, 2015, 15:31
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Yeah definitely. I think we have 'exchanged' previously, although memory is a bit hazy. I think you sent me something from one of Jerry Dammers' singers. Drop us an email, and we can exchange addresses again. In the mean time I will see if typing out ian in a new email box will summon you up once more as I don't think you are favourited!
Best wishes
Sam
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machineryelf
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 03 October 2015 CE
Oct 05, 2015, 16:25
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The first two James Gang LPs are the business, Rides Again especially. You can see why he went solo as they are your basic rock power trio but Walsh came straight out of the traps all singing all dancing. Zephyr always struck me as trying to find the way whereas Walsh just heads straight for the highway, ably assisted by Bill Szymczyk who obviously was in the same headspace as the band. The third lp suffers from trying to let the rest of the band write a tune and the live LP should be longer but you can't have everything.
The Bomber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byemtlXKTYU
Ashes The Rain & I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-s738XHV6Q
Stop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCQ9d3WqDwo
Bluebird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMIaI6DSG6w
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IanB
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 03 October 2015 CE
Oct 05, 2015, 16:37
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Look out for an e mail from HighTail - Cheers, Ian
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Squid Tempest
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 03 October 2015 CE
Oct 05, 2015, 19:00
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Thanks Ian B and Mr Elf - lots to investigate, brilliant! This is why I love this forum.
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IanB
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Edited Oct 05, 2015, 19:48
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 03 October 2015 CE
Oct 05, 2015, 19:08
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It is the lyrics that normally do my head in with American "boogie" bands of that era. They make Coverdale seem like Cole Porter for wit and wisdom but Joe W is not a bad song writer by any means. I will give them a go. Bang and Miami are ok though I prefer the Moxy record.
EDIT - loving these tracks so far. The stereo panning is wild. Need a pair of old school headphones and no distractions for this stuff. Cheers again.
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Robot Emperor
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Edited Oct 05, 2015, 19:44
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 03 October 2015 CE
Oct 05, 2015, 19:43
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IanB wrote: It is the lyrics that normally do my head in with American "boogie" bands of that era. They make Coverdale seem like Cole Porter for wit and wisdom but Joe W is not a bad song writer by any means. I will give them a go. Bang and Miami are ok though I prefer the Moxy record.
Have you come across Legs Diamond? My favourite pre-Van Halen American rock band. 1st two albums are killer. Hard party - prog (to repeat a phrase I used here years ago - still hoping the band and the phrase catch on). I'll eat any hats you care to offer if you don't love them.
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IanB
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Edited Oct 05, 2015, 19:56
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 03 October 2015 CE
Oct 05, 2015, 19:47
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Robot Emperor wrote: IanB wrote: It is the lyrics that normally do my head in with American "boogie" bands of that era. They make Coverdale seem like Cole Porter for wit and wisdom but Joe W is not a bad song writer by any means. I will give them a go. Bang and Miami are ok though I prefer the Moxy record.
Have you come across Legs Diamond? My favourite pre-Van Halen American rock band. 1st two albums are killer. Hard party - prog (to repeat a phrase I used here years ago - still hoping the band and the phrase catch on). I'll eat any hats you care to offer if you don't love them.
No! What a brilliant name. Sounds like a character from a Mott song. I will seek 'em out. I need more of this kind of the thing at the moment though I will be back to being all about the art wank next week no doubt.
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IanB
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Edited Oct 05, 2015, 20:02
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 03 October 2015 CE
Oct 05, 2015, 20:02
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machineryelf wrote:
Just stumbled across this gem. NWOBHM-on-45 (100 tunes in half an hour).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAxLvaoMWtk
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