Hey all - Hope everyone is gearing up for a great New Year's (or has already had one, depending on your location). Based on the chatter I read about John...
Happy New Year to y'all, The newly published "Rough Guide Book of Playlists" (£6) has some Canterbury Content. To Whit: Hugh Hopper selects his top ten...
I recently listened again to Soft Machine "Turns On Vol. 1" (on Voiceprint) and I had scribbled some notes which I'd like to share, although it may only...
Try the Dutton-Vocalion re-releases of the late 60's and early 70's stuff, especially Westy's "Love Songs" and Skid's "Once Upon a Time". Then there's the...
... For Osborne, not too much is available. (He hasn't recorded since the end of the 70s.) I think the best bet is probably the recent Ogun reissue (two LPs on...
John Surman plays soprano sax on Bill Fay's first (self-titled) solo album (originally released in 1970 on Deram and fairly recently re-released on CD by...
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I'm almost sure that the track "Bong" that Didier Malherbe has been playing live to this day, was earlier released on the Faton Bloom album, with a different...
A wonderful christmas present : Mike Oldfield's 1979 Wembley concert is available on DVD. Sound and pictures are far from perfect (vibes are sometimes...
... I was referring to some annoying traces on some cameras. At first, I though my TV screen was dirty, but in fact it must have been the camera itself. ... I...
I would like to add the two newest releases on CAM (all CAM available at Music By Mail). One is "Songs and Variations" (CAMJ 77722), a solo piano album...
Hi folks, Second call for musicians to join the band I am putting together. Contact me off-list if you are interested. - Nick [I personally know a decent...
Sorry if this has been already covered but didn't Mike perform "Tubular Bells" on television featuring Mick Taylor from the Stones. I remember seeing it when I...
The DVD lists the performance as "T.B. part one", but i have seen bootlegs (the ones i've heard have been abyssimal sound quality) that have both parts......
The "Elements" DVD also contains the song "Flying Start" performed by Kevin Ayers - Oldfield and Ayers are filmed messing around in an open top car and...
Happy New Year one and all... Seeing the new Wayside mailing, I see that there's a new Ray Russell release. Having a number of his earlier albums (on vinyl)...
Thank you. As I live in the states, at least Amazon/Canada carries it. Which DVD has the Kevin Ayers promo? Thanks again, Bruce np Kevin Ayers "Champange and...
Concerning the Soft Machine CD "Spaced"... Has anyone noticed that the 3rd track "Spaced 3" is actually "Eamonn Andrews" in disguise ? Frederic Janosy...
... Speaking of this song "Flying Start", have anyone noticed that the lyrics are a reference to the life of Kevin Ayers ? for example : "We took a place in...
... Although he definitely does play bass I could have sworn that he swapped guitars more than once during the performance. [Me too, but I'm too lazy to check...
... No, I never noticed that, but I here it now too. It has the same descending keyboard riff. "Eamonn Andrews" is my favorite SM tune. The first few minutes...
Hello, happy rattlers! Happy 2006 to all of you! I didn't see this post because I was away on holidays, but I just tried and it's not working... However, I...
A great British jazz album is "Innovation" from Amalgam which features Trevor Watts, Keith Tippett, Lindsay Cooper and John Stevens (a.o.) from 1974. Released...
Lindsay Cooper - the bass player - has by the way passed away and I remember his orbituary was wildly misunderstood and spread on internet as if it was Lindsay...
... Oh. Wow, I wasn't aware of that, strangely. I thought I knew most of the players back then, but don't remember hearing of another LC. I'd always assumed it...
... Owwwww!!! Now my brain *really* hurts! All we need now is for something to happen to one of the Tony Levins (though I'm sure, of course, we all hope that...
Hi, folks: The latest Artist Shop Newsletter is out and you'll find it in its entirety at <http://www.artist-shop.com/news.htm>. Here are some excerpts for...