Fool in the Rain is my favorite song of theirs. Bonzo’s bounce man.
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@boxer12, Hey Tim, How’zit goin’? Have you heard this band, Black Midi? Had a lengthy chat with my regular letter carrier, who sometimes asks about what’s in all the vinyl in brown cardboard he has to schlep to my door. Comparing our respective favorites, we came to agreement on King Crimson, which led him to light up with a recommendation about a newer band Black Midi. Put me in mind of cross between King Crimson and that band you and Brian were playing the other day, Pere Ubu (sp?). Just wondering if you know their stuff? |
Re: Michael Hedges My musician brother who shares a love of finger style guitar with me reminded me about the cool story of how Alex Degrassi took william Ackerman to see Michael hedges in Seattle. Ackerman was totally awestruck and so blown away that hedges could be so technical and musical at the same time… Ackerman wrote out a contract on a napkin and that’s how hedges was signed to Windham Hill. |
@Mammothguy54, great! These guys mostly came up in the digital era unfortunately but I know you can get some don ross and billy McLaughlin on vinyl. I suppose for me with this genre I’ll admit that it’s been more about the combination of exceptional technique and appealing musicality (musicianship and composition) than strictly audiophile considerations. As I revisit these records I’ll make better notes about SQ and pass them back as appropriate. Good listening! |
@mammothguy54 Michael Hedges "Watching My Life Go By" Promo copy, all analog recording and mixing, excellent SQ. Outstanding, eclectic acoustic guitar style. He can make a guitar sound like 3 instruments, at the same time. How sad, he died in a solo car crash in 1997. Rain soaked road and skidded off, down a cliff. I guess his album title says a lot. Joel, a long time ago in the 1970’s I used to really be into Windham Hill artists including Hedges, Ackerman, De Grassi, et. al. There were also some other similar players I was digging on different labels: Scott Cosu (sp?) and Eric Tingstadt (sp?) come to mind. I think I had my own “post rock” mindset going on at the time. Anyway, later I got more into what are probably a generation of guitar players in a similar tradition (who were likely influenced by those early windham hill dudes but took guitar playing to new un-dreamt of places), Billy McLaughlin (try “The Archery of Guitar”), Don Ross (try “Three Hands” or anything really), Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour (protege of Ross), et. al. Do you know them? |
https://www.plaidroomrecords.com/collections/rsd2021 A good source for late-same-day RSD online sales. I can attest to their good service, packing and shipping. Also, indecently, I believe this is @reubent ’s favorite LRS. @tomic601 hey Jim, as of a few minutes ago they still had copies of the Charles Lloyd album. |
I was also wondering which came first: Hillage’s Lunar Musik Suite or Camel’s Lunar Sea on the Moonmadness album. (Both issued 1976 I think). Obvious similarities and not just in general concept. Hillage’s different keyboard players and Peter Bardens of Camel (and Thijs van Leer of Focus) seem to me to trade tones, licks, fills, drones, and riffs all over the place. |
@noromance Nice! I was also thinking how his tone on that cut on the live record is a lot like Lifeson’s - on Hemispheres particularly. https://youtu.be/aH5jYLRcl08 |
@puffball08, no you missed my point entirely. You’re right - its an eponymous album of course but the bands name is the same as the name of the 1974 album by the Progressive Rock Band, King Crimson. (Which incidentally is my favorite by them) Turns out though (to answer my own question…) I was reminded from articles about the band on Pitchfork that the phrase is from “Under Milkwood” a well know poetic radio play by Dylan Thomas. Something I really should have remembered. So, I guess I should have posed my question as “after the King Crimson Album”. Either way, it’s a great little (well named) English group that I’m glad to have learned about from my friend here. |
Joel, that DMM Vinyl “Moving Pictures” goes for big bucks online. Word is that MP is not going to get the Anniversary treatment like all their other albums beginning with 2112. I hope this word is wrong and we do get something for Christmas this year, but like you, at least for now, I prefer my original which sounds pretty good. By the way, I think 2112 is the best sounding Rush album. The Digital “Test for Echo” is different but also sounds very good to me, especially the guitars. YMMV of course. |
I got in the Stable 33.33 lp center hole reamer. Works like a charm! R I have one of those first world problems that needs this as a solution. Thanks for posting Steve. I had only guessed that there might be a product like this around. |