... From: ISB@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ISB@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tollyd2005 Sent: 30 April 2006 21:13 To: ISB@yahoogroups.com Subject: [ISB] something...
... life ... Nope, that's largely my reason for picking it as the best, the fact that it's as good as Hangman's but there's more of it! The critics tend to...
... I am now. Again, can anyone enrich my life with a copy? constantly on the scrounge, R....
Raymond Greenoaken
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May 1, 2006 9:29 am
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... amo ... Brings back memories, Hic haec hoc hunc hanc hoc Or as we used to say, Hic haec hoc Tony Hancock God, we were witty when we were eleven... Phil...
... tend ... them ... I think I would concur with that; 90 minutes of brilliant music! I also think it's less patchy than HBD, perhaps nothing on WT&tBH...
... Good point. I also think that HBD being the earlier plays some role there. WT&BH probably wasn't as revolutionary after its predecessor. For me it's the...
Here's my take: WT&BH shades it for me, as for Noz and Shane, purely because there's so much of it; and because I heard it before Hangman's, and first loves...
Raymond Greenoaken
greenr@...
May 1, 2006 9:48 am
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... there's so much ... hard to ... spirits & HBD back in 68/69. First time I had really listened to ISB.It was a year or so before I caught up with WT & BH....
Same for me - the first ISB album I heard was HBD and it was that one which made me fall in love with them. Also WT&BH doesn't have Waltz of the New Moon and...
... I could have said exactly the same as Douglas. But also - the density of sound and sheer unexpectedness of aural experience from moment to moment, created...
From : Martifingers Im a bit perplexed by this debate - Im not sure if we are discussing how powerful the albums were / are for us or how they rank in some...
... you take ... twice the ... Nope, I'd take HBD. It's the first I heard, and is perfect in every way - I agree with Douglas about Waltz of the New Moon and...
... As several people have noted, a simplistic but very significant answer is that there is twice as much of it. A more considered answer is that HBD is...
Very interesting quote from Mr.Boyd ! Steve Winwood is supposed to play organ on "Flowers Of The Forest". I have listened to that track very closely, but try...
and it gives me great pleasure missus to declare Boaties PBWiki Poll page officially open. (and if Ms McCabes ears have been burning I for one will not call...
I've been tempted to say something for a few weeks now. I created a poll to see if others agreed with me. I wondered if I was wrong so I created the WT vs. BH...
The Joe Boyd take on this is, astonishingly, that WTBH was "the beginning of the decline ... lacked the wall-to-wall richness of earlier LPs". Having now...
More Trowser spotting - it seems that Shuggie and the boys were on Fred MacAulay's show on BBC Radio Scotland this morning promoting the new single. As usual...
Listening to the Trowserman on Fred as I'm writing this - awfy, awfy impressed!!They must be MAGIC live. If only they'd recorded The Hearts Song instead of a...
Hi there I know it's off topic but what the hell.I've just had an e mail reply from a certain Vincent 'mad dog' Lopez (original member of Steel Mill and the E...
... One place it's coming from is the reprehensible desire which seizes some people to make extreme hipper-than-possible statements along the lines of "The...
My friend Nick writes a review as follows " These 2 men took the stage at Stamford last Friday and look every inch their 60+ years. Renbourn looks like Lord...
IMHO, the Hangmans's Beautiful Daughter is ISB's finest record for a single LP release Wee Tam & Big Huge is ISB's finest record for a double LP release I'm...
For me Waltz Of The New Moon is probably 1 of THE BEST SONGS EVER. So Hangman's has it for me. However it was the first ISB album I heard (and am ashamed to...
did a little boyd tell you that? ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
An old girlfriend of my brother's used to work for Bill Graham's company (or something). He asked but she has lost her connection. Over to you all......
What decline? It might be obvious to people who first heard their albums chronologically, but I heard them in the fairly random order in which I was able to...
