Hello all. Thought people would find it amusing that my three year old son has just decided that Gong's "Flying Teapot" is his favorite CD. He insists that I...
Hi, This is a message from Phil Howitt, ex-Facelift editor. We were in touch recently and Phil told me he still had lots of back issues lying around. I said to...
Hi Folks! I was wondering last night about Mike Ratledge's fuzzy organ playingon the early Softs, and what he was like as a musician and person. I also wanted...
Brian Kamp
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Oct 2, 2005 1:38 am
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My 9-year-old son decided to be Birthday Party fan when he was six - ok that's not sooo bad. But after I told him that he reacted to a Monkees song when he was...
... playingon the early Softs, and what he was like as a musician and person. I also wanted to know how he compared as an organist to Dave Stewart, so I...
Hi Steve, I definitely owe you a big thank you on that! Yes, I e-mailed him this past January, and then just within a few weeks ago. Both responses, both...
Brian Kamp
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Oct 2, 2005 9:42 am
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Hi Wyatt, "Supersisterious" is a live concert and just revisits all the classics from the group. They don't play new material, only old, but they do it with an...
Here the interview with David Allen on Impetus 7 Ciao Riccardo bergerone Turin - Italy [Note: I have put the article, in pdf format, on Calyx for a limited...
Riccardo Bergerone
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Oct 2, 2005 3:18 pm
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I notice that Hux Records are re-issuing the two Band of Joy Kevin Ayers radio sessions discs as a doubler, with 5 extra tracks: "Clarence in Wonderland",...
... [...] ... I agree though I will be interested to hear the previously unreleased Whole World tracks. Does anyone know if the BBC still holds the recording...
Seems like a good time to try asking again about the short-lived band featuring Alan Gowen, Jamie Muir, Allan Holdsworth and Laurie Baker - Sunship - circa...
Using Yahoo 360, I've posted a modest Canterbury blog and LAUNCHcast Internet radio station at http://360.yahoo.com/vxppl . LAUNCHcast's holdings aren't very...
The BBC definitely does not have the John Peel Sunday Show from 1970, which is a shame. I'd be interested in hearing your recording if it's more complete than...
Hi, I took the liberty of forwarding this post from Ralph Cross (of the official Caravan website) which appeared yesterday on the site's forum. Aymeric * * * *...
Hi Aymeric First of all, hi once again to yourself and familiar names - it's good to see a Rattlin' platform asking not only 'Why Are We Sleeping' but 'Why Are...
Blimey Brian, this is a bit like asking who was your fave alto player, Parker or Coleman? Horses for courses I guess. I do take your point about the different...
Hi, ... Blimey Brian, this is a bit like asking who was your fave alto player, Parker or Coleman? Horses for courses I guess. I do take your point about the...
I forgot to mention Gilgamesh, which Jeff Clyne played in for a while. I seem to recall that the sleevenotes on one of the albums quote Jeff as saying he found...
I think that even excellent jazz musicians sometimes have problems coming to terms with very structured and written material. To have great technique in...
I was lucky enough to study double-bass briefly with Jeff Clyne, who is a fantastic teacher and player. (He advised me to study bass with a classical player,...
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Oct 4, 2005 4:33 pm
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This is the late, great Neil Ardley's site. Turn up the volume a little bit to hear the computer playback of "Rainbow Two", from "Kaleidoscope of Rainbows". It...
Brian Kamp
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Oct 4, 2005 10:23 pm
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... This reminds me, though I'm not sure he was drunk - has the Ayers & Eno BBC appearance where they do an improv on piano together ever made it to an...
Someone else I had a couple of lessons with is Jim Richardson. Like Jeff Clyne he played bass guitar in the late 60s/early 70s (with Dick Morrissey's jazz-rock...
Neil Saunders
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Oct 4, 2005 11:28 pm
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Please people, let those kids develop their own taste! Remember why you took a liking to Canterbury music? Not because your parents tried to stick it down your...
Hi, The Ayers/Eno radio appearance actually came from Capital Radio, the Independent London station. I don't know the name of the show, but it had a female...
... Wasn't (some of) that material released on _Camembert Eclectique_? Or am I getting confused? Henry [I thought so too but then I thought maybe it was first...
... Sad to hear that - aside from taping it off the radio I was also present at the recording with some of my friends from school. (Years later one of them -...
... Would that have been Sarah Ward ? She did various shows on Capital when it first started including an all night live programme on Saturdays with musicians...
With regards to our recent discussion about Association P.C. I just found out their album "Erna Morena" is available for download in mp3 format at the PRC...
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