... Well said Steven. Without MoonJune and the likes investing capital into such projects, the musical world would be in a much sadder state. One trip to a...
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rchafen@...
rchafen
Jan 1, 2011 8:37 am
Time to Rattle on again: For a few weeks after first seeing the reference to Dave Sinclair's new CDs, clicking where it said to click in order to buy...
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John Denley
johndenley...
Jan 1, 2011 8:43 am
I got into the good Captain's music in the early '70s. A friend who was into his music introduced me to the delights of 'Mirror Man', 'Trout Mask Replica',...
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Henry Potts
bondegezou
Jan 1, 2011 1:23 pm
... Ditto. And congratulations also to Leonardo as his 2 Plus company (with ex-Gentle Gianter Derek Shulman) has announced a new link-up with Frontiers Records...
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Harry Howell
howellharry21
Jan 1, 2011 3:52 pm
Great news Henry. Another true lover of music, Derek Shulman has joined forces with Leonardo. 2011 started off on the right foot and long may it continue. ...
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Roger Farbey
dlg_moderator
Jan 2, 2011 10:31 pm
... No this was for a BBC Radio London broadcast....
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gary shindler
bewlay68
Jan 2, 2011 10:32 pm
Saw some used Gentle Giants the other day at a record store and didn't know if they were good ones to choose. Any recommendations? [I believe the consensus is...
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jtweddell
JTweddell@...
Jan 2, 2011 10:33 pm
Probably a bit late to comment on the relationship between album sales and films but in December 09 I went to the total immersion event at the Barbican based...
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Julian Christou
julian_christou
Jan 4, 2011 4:44 am
Hi Gary, ... I agree with Aymeric here although my personal recommendations for multiple listenings are Three Friends, Octopus and In a Glass House. Julian...
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Julian Christou
julian_christou
Jan 4, 2011 8:05 am
I completely concur with you guys on Leonardo's contributions here. Thanks a lot. We should also remember Steve F.'s contributions as well - Cuneiform is a...
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Wyatt Moss-Wellington
wmmwyatt
Jan 4, 2011 8:07 am
Particular faves if you are still looking for info: Octopus is the most varied and finest musical statement imo, Power and the Glory the most complex and...
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Harry Howell
howellharry21
Jan 4, 2011 1:38 pm
Friends. Although again, GG are not really considered canterbury, Derek's brother Phil from original line-up, has a son who is negotiating the shark infested...
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John Kelman
jkelman_aaj
Jan 4, 2011 1:39 pm
A review of the new album by Robert Wyatt, Gilad Atzmon and Ros Stephen, '...for the ghosts within', published today at All About Jazz. The closest thing Wyatt...
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John Denley
johndenley...
Jan 4, 2011 6:36 pm
Although GG were not strictly speaking a Canterbury band (well done for establishing indirect connections, Aymeric!), I have often thought they shared the...
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Greg H
spacetunes
Jan 4, 2011 7:41 pm
Saw Gentle Giant at Jan 18, 1975 at the Academy Of Music in New York City, they did not do it for me, opening was David Sancious - just David on keys & guitar...
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John Denley
johndenley...
Jan 4, 2011 10:16 pm
I suppose one reason for not going deeper into GG's music than I have previously is that at times I have the sense of complexity in their music for...
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Gary Mollica
mrnervo
Jan 6, 2011 5:35 pm
Very intereting reading all these anti-Gentle Giant posts, complexity of music, not doing it, etc. Exactly why I can't listen to almost any jazz-rock fusion...
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terry@...
terryjak2001
Jan 6, 2011 5:35 pm
Greetings Rattlers. I wrote thus to Leonardo a few days ago: "I saw Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, possibly twice, in '65 or ''66 (before Kites and Without...
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John Kelman
jkelman_aaj
Jan 6, 2011 5:36 pm
A review of Picchio dal Pozzo's A_Live, published today at All About Jazz. An Italian group that existed originally, and relatively briefly, in the 1970s, they...
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Pierre Tassone
musbymail
Jan 6, 2011 5:37 pm
Related to Canterbury via the link to Jakko Jakszyk ... and another sad news... <http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/news_story/1126> Pierre...
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rchafen@...
rchafen
Jan 6, 2011 5:37 pm
Hi, Rattlers! Happy New Year. Tomorrow's Obscuropean Friday broadcast is welcoming the new year by featuring some of our favorites from 1971. Camembert...
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Gary Shindler
bewlay68
Jan 6, 2011 5:45 pm
Sounds great, Rick. Have to plant my head in front of the radio....
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Alan Terrill
alanterrill
Jan 8, 2011 11:41 pm
For those few who may know the Belgian band Cos, at long last their album Babel has been re-issued on CD on Musea. Its been remastered plus lots of bonus...
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terry@...
terryjak2001
Jan 8, 2011 11:41 pm
Another Canterbury connection is David Torn's ECM album 'Cloud About Mercury' with Mark Isham - and Bill Bruford. The Gaurdian obit is here:...
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saycanyoudo@...
saycanyoudo
Jan 8, 2011 11:42 pm
Hey, look at 'Shindig!' magazine out this month... Feelin' Reelin' Squealin'... Is it jazz? Is it psych? Is it pop?... <http://www.shindig-magazine.com>...
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Pierre Tassone
musbymail
Jan 9, 2011 1:23 pm
... Yep, the reissue includes more than 35 minutes of bonus music: a performance in Toulouse (France) in 1984, a rehearsal from 1981, and two tracks from the...
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David Ashcraft
davidrashcraft
Jan 9, 2011 2:23 pm
I just finished Bill Bruford's well-written, witty, and very interesting autobiography (no ghost writers here!). It's a bit light on juicy details and heavier...
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Alan Terrill
alanterrill
Jan 9, 2011 10:12 pm
Sorry Pierre, but you're referring to the re-issue of the bands album 'Pasiones'. 'Babel' contains 19 minutes from a soundtrack they played live for a Ballet...
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Phil Howitt / Facelift
philfacelift
Jan 9, 2011 11:10 pm
I bought Bruford's autobiog a couple of years back at pretty much the same time as Daevid Allen's "A Gong Dreaming II" - (the second part of his autobiog) and...
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Stuart Mott
stuartmottca...
Jan 11, 2011 9:57 am
I did exactly the same as Phil H and acquired the Bruford and Allen books about a year ago. Think I posted something about them on here at the time. These...
