tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27323159157825608352024-02-19T01:32:19.093+00:00A HiFi Cabinet Of CuriositiesDarcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-17269972820829777582015-12-22T22:51:00.000+00:002015-12-22T22:51:05.372+00:00The 2015 Advent-ure #22<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The shortest day, and the clouds have been massed. There hasn't been much light. It brought the post punk landscape to mind, and this band. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/rgd3h65qsnuouq2bgmo4rx82doxw4fmr" target="_blank">Cocteau Twins - Shallow Then Halo</a> 1982 </span></b>Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-51729738380265507292015-12-19T21:07:00.000+00:002015-12-19T21:07:01.447+00:00The 2015 Advent-ure #19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-20945364387231956702015-12-15T22:38:00.002+00:002015-12-15T22:38:52.337+00:00The 2015 Advent-ure #15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When albums can be picked up for pennies at car boot sales I tend to acquire rather a lot. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The cover is completely shot, I have never heard of the artist, this looks like it is from an era, and probably a genre, I am not too fussed about - how much? 25p - OK I'll have it. So it was with this one.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The album contains many standards as can be seen, just, from the cover shot<i>. </i>The back cover is filled with notes extolling the virtues of Eileen, it starts "<i>Eileen Farrell is a phenomenon. She is the first totally American great singer..." </i>What exactly does that mean? Well it goes on to say "<i>no one ... ,until Eileen Farrell, has so completely absorbed the essence of popular American style."</i> OK, I sort of understand. <i>etc etc. </i>Typical sleeve note hyperbole I expect, but I'm intrigued. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And now having played this album I have to say I am completely sold on Eileen Farrell. Her voice, her phrasing, her interpretation are all bang on. But mainly it's her voice that just leapt out of the speakers at me and demanded my attention, despite being somewhat indifferent to the musical style. I now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Farrell" target="_blank">know a little </a>about her. Her career was focussed mainly in the concert hall and opera, but she also recorded popular music, of which this album <i>I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues! </i>was her first. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Many of my cheap punts at the car boot sales end up being recycled into the charity shops fairly quickly. But this one is a keeper.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It would have been my Dad's birthday today, he would have liked this, and he may well have known of her.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/s39hqcu5jwu53c8r4x5v5v14b38necsz" target="_blank">Eileen Farrell - Glad To Be Unhappy</a> 1960</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(The title of this track continues the mood theme of this Chelsea fan in late 2015 following our latest defeat!). </span></b> Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-46276724873103171572015-12-11T19:28:00.000+00:002015-12-11T21:04:11.679+00:00The 2015 Advent-ure #10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The dodgy 80s. Well, at least anything after the "long 70s" that finally ended around 1982. That's my take on the decade (and of course it got worse in the 90s), and is quite possibly one that is shared by many who, like me, had their musical introduction in the early 70s, or before. It has to do with the production on so many records from the 80s I think - computer generated instruments, dominant drums, "bright" sound, that sort of thing. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So why do I keep buying 80s albums when I come across them in the charity shops and boot sales? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This is one of my latest charity shop "finds". From 1988 an obscure release, and in excellent condition, which are the main reasons I made a charitable donation for it. I suppose the cover art also hinted that there maybe something delicate and acoustic in the grooves which I might have quite liked. Deep down though I knew it was odds on going to be layered with that dodgy 80s production - especially the drums! And in most parts it is, but I do find it acceptable enough in places to have not automatically put it in the out pile. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Caroline Bonnett released three albums between 1988 and 1994, and that is just about all I know about her. She maybe still on the scene, there is some live footage from a September 2015 concert on YouTube which I think is the same lady. The concert took place in Greenland I think.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://app.box.com/s/pspclud3755ymmwlo4e00au9k40xygo3" target="_blank">Caroline Bonnett - Nothing Compares With You</a> 1988 </b></span>Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-35033412396871127252015-12-10T19:20:00.001+00:002015-12-10T19:20:18.120+00:00The 2015 Advent-ure #9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've had lots of fun listening to this one since I found it at boot sale recently. I love it, Mrs Darce thinks I'm mad.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Chin_(actress)" target="_blank">Tsai Chin</a> was RADA trained and was a Bond girl twice.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/n8qcq0c5ykxpe8ka56r0nftgqzpjn4rc" target="_blank">Tsai Chin - Chinese Charleston </a> 1962 </span></b>Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-40601222696956393172015-12-06T21:38:00.001+00:002015-12-06T21:38:10.664+00:00The 2015 Advent-ure #6 (What are the odds?)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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you will agree that a record with the title <i>The Mathematician's
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quite good at maths at school . My son has taken after me, and then
some, so I thought the title would tickle him too. He often shows
interest in my purchases so the evening after I bought this I was
describing them as I drove him back to Southampton where he is
studying at the moment. While we were on the road we were listening
to Stuart Maconie's <i>Freak Zone</i> on BBC6 music (this is not a
radio show I listen to often). I had just finished describing this
album by Pekka (an album that is fair to say is obscure) to my son
when what do we hear Stuart playing on his show? Yes, you guessed it,
a track from this album! What are the odds? Perhaps a mathematician
could tell us (or would that have to be a statistician?)</b></span></div>
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-71530562398879476592014-12-24T13:59:00.001+00:002014-12-24T14:00:23.077+00:00The 2014 Advent-ure : Chocolate #5 ~ Simply Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">From the 4LP set <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Copper-Family-The-A-Song-For-Every-Season/release/1978400" target="_blank"><i>A Song For Every Season</i> </a>released in 1971. I’m not a great fan of
folk style singing but this is a tremendous document of a way of life now lost.
Between the songs members of the Copper family describe life as the seasons turn
on the Coppers’ Sussex farm in the 19<sup>th</sup> and early 20<sup>th</sup>
century. A great find at a car boot sale
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-39809743340164811692014-12-21T22:39:00.000+00:002014-12-21T22:39:41.855+00:00The 2014 Advent-ure : Chocolate #4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I picked up this album - <i>Rumplestiltskin's Resolve</i> - a few weeks ago. The cover attracted me initially - not your average cover often = not your average music. I was not familiar with Shawn Phillips, but I did recognise a few of other names in the list of musicians on the album: Caleb Quaye amd Paul Buckmaster who had both appeared on some of the earlier Elton John albums, and the percussionist Bill Summers who had been Herbie Hancock in The Headhunters days. That was more evidence that the album was worth investigating.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Born in Texas, Shawn Phillips started out on his musical career in the Sixties playing with Donovan apparently. He then released a string of albums under his own name throughout the Seventies, so I am a bit suprised I had never heard of him before. Shawn's vocals grate a bit with me at times but the musicianship and arrangements on this album are top notch. How can I categorise it? It's probably best not to, and who needs to really, but I will anyway. It's -rock. That's folk-rock, jazz-rock, prog-rock, funk-rock.</b></span><br />
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<br />Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-79745242194514549172014-12-14T13:09:00.001+00:002014-12-24T14:00:11.216+00:00The 2014 Advent-ure : Chocolate #3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I have had this lying around for a few
years now (in fact it came from the same box of goodies as the Matthew &
Son cover I posted earlier). On this disc you can hear singing a relation
(aunt?) of the person who donated the box of records to me. I asked her what
she knew about it and if she would like it back. The relation was some sort of
black sheep of the family though, she did not want to expand on that and did not
want this artefact back. Which was a little sad I thought.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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sure I found a good write up on the history of these Calibre Auto-Recordings but
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were found in amusement arcades, piers, train stations and the like from the
Fifties on into the early Seventies. As a young lad on holiday I loved the amusement
arcades. I cannot clearly picture one of these booths though. I expect I was
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-77991995540160478202014-12-08T22:40:00.000+00:002014-12-08T22:40:33.959+00:00The 2014 Advent-ure : Chocolate #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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boot sales if I see a record in seemingly excellent condition I find it very
difficult not to buy it, even if I am not drawn to the music that I imagine awaits
me in the grooves. So it was the other week I came away with quite a stack of (predominantly)
run of the mill 70s and 80s rock albums. They worked out at about 70p each, how
could I leave them behind? This sort of behaviour is one reason why I have too
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have managed to play so far is <i>I Robot</i>
a 1977 album by The Alan Parsons Project. In 1977 I was simultaneously mad for
disco, punk and reggae and The Alan Parsons Project would have passed me by –
dare I say it, too uncool. Now, all
these years later, I’m glad this album found its way into my swag bag at the
car boot sale. It stands up very well after all these years as a cohesive album.
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is the first track on side two and on first play I immediately thought a) the
voice sounded familiar and b) this reminds me of The Temptations <i>Papa Was A Rolling Stone</i> . <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Steve Harley – I was very partial to Cockney Rebel earlier in the 70s. And I
was right to think of <i>Papa Was A Rolling
Stone</i> too as you can read <a href="http://www.theavenueonline.info/site1/support.htm" target="_blank">here</a> <i>(I am puzzled by the comment re Norman
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album looks in spanking condition, although, surprisingly, there are a few pops
here and there. A deep clean would sort that out I think. One to be filed, for
sure. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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loft…. and open up the The Hi-Fi Cabinet Of Curiosities! In tandem with </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">the Advent-ure currently
unfolding at Feel It you will find here a few more “chocolates on the tree” in
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in this case belonging to an erstwhile work colleague of my wife. This 45 was
in a whole box of albums and singles that she kindly donated to me a few years
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of Cat Stevens’ <i>Matthew & Son </i>I
knew I had heard his version before. It must have been on the radio back when
it was released in 1980. I’m sure this record was a non-hit though. A non-hit
on the internet at the time I first googled it about three years ago, which
certainly meant it was a non-hit sales wise when it was released. Searching for
it again now on the internet only yields one hit of any substance and that is
my entry for the record on 45cat. So, an obscurity.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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would seem to be now based in Austin, Texas where he performs as a ‘covers’ duo
on the local circuit. Back in 72/73 he was in a band called Rusty, another
member being one Declan McManus. You can read more about Allan <a href="http://allanandladonna.com/AllanMayessolo.html" target="_blank">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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also no doubt enjoy <a href="http://www.philsbook.com/amazon.htm" target="_blank">this</a>, a lovingly written history of Amazon Studios,
Liverpool, where this single was recorded.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-39237452066969057992013-12-24T15:53:00.000+00:002013-12-24T15:53:34.785+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #24<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Christmas songs are everywhere I know, but I thought I had to at least end this year's Advent-ure on a festive note. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before the bandwidth ran out I was intending on posting The Tonics version of White Christmas which I picked up in a batch of 45s that were free ("oh, just take all those sleeveless ones". OK then). As it turns out lack of bandwidth wasn't the only issue, as I have mislaid that 45.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Like most performers they miss out the first verse which gives a hint to where Irving Berlin may have written it. Darlene Love. though, included it in her version of White Christmas on Philles Records "A Christmas Gift For You" (just about the only Christmas album I own, and it's a cracker!). </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Keane wrote an alternative first verse which sets the tone for a pretty downbeat version of the song. Of course the Keane boys wouldn't actually have been any more likely to have seen snow where they grew up - East Sussex - as that is close to, and south, of London. By no stretch of the imagination my favourite version of White Christmas (I'll stick with Darlene Love in this little batch) but I include it hear as a curiosity.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To those of you who have managed to stumble upon this little corner of the internet - whether you are preparing for the beach barbie, or enjoying a Drambuie in front of the log fire - I raise a cup of cheer to you.</span></b><br />
<br />Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-21861470479063891292013-12-22T21:47:00.000+00:002013-12-22T21:47:05.405+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #22<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got seriously interested in music at the end of 1971. My meagre funds in those days meant my wants list remained long. Trawling the charity shops and car boot sales now finally allows me to, gradually, catch up with many those records that were on the wants list all those years ago, and some that probably weren't. Colosseum are a case in point. I knew of them but I came to the popular music party just as Bowie & Roxy were going overground so anything that could be labelled as Prog Rock was off my radar (yes, I know, Roxy's first album was on the outskirts of Prog). So Colosseum were, at best, at the bottom of my wants list. No reason not to try them for size now though,</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Verdict? Ambivalent. Judging by this collection their later album "The Grass Is Greener" could be on my latest wants list but I will be happy to give their earlier work a miss. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/daktvrllzhi5g2u5l1tj">Colosseum - Rope Ladder To The Moon</a> 1970</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From "The Collectors Colosseum".</span></b><br />
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-3892802723222577252013-12-20T17:25:00.000+00:002013-12-20T17:25:44.388+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #20<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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was one of my favourite songs. For some reason though I never bought the single,
and I don’t recall even being aware there was an album.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Unitl last year I had not come across the
single in my charity shop and car boot sale wanderings. Since then I think I
have found three copies, and finally, this year I picked up a copy of the album and realised what I had been missing all these years. I can h</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">ighly recommend it. </span></b></div>
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choices once again it seems “Pinball” the album is only currently available as
an<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005SREC90"> mp3 download</a>. A trend is starting here by the looks of things.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-66838041379736538462013-12-18T22:31:00.000+00:002013-12-18T22:31:48.731+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #18<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From another era....</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Picked up at a car boot sale back in the Spring I have only just got round to playing this, and it's a cracker. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gorgeously whimsical songs (some of which at the time were considered risque) written and performed by Paddy Roberts, with beautiful, understated, accompaniments directed by Dennis Wilson.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Very English, although Paddy was born in South Africa. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The sleeve notes of a late Sixties reissue of some of his songs are reproduced <a href="http://forgottenalbums.livejournal.com/5872.html">here</a> and give good pottted background on Paddy.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/e8b05fkfvz8oj1qwn0im">Paddy Roberts - Follow Me</a> 1959</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/3qric6fevs29twj7zs38">Paddy Roberts - Growing Old</a> 1959</span></b><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From the 10" LP "Strictly For Grown Ups". </span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Paddy would have been in his forties when he wrote "Growing Old", hence it hardly reaches middle age (certainly by today's standards anyway). In fact the self help book (and presumably from it, the phrase) "Life Begins At Forty" was written in 1932 in the USA but maybe the idea hadn't reached Britain by the Fifties. </span></b></i><br />
<br />Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-13508636638181082952013-12-16T23:03:00.000+00:002013-12-16T23:03:38.683+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Synth Wave, Electronic, Minimal, Art Rock even. Whatever you call it. It's music from the years immediately surrounding 1980. It is very much of its time but at the same time sounds contemporary. Is that because it was ahead of its time? Or because it is a sound that has come around again with current purveyors? Or is it a sound that is, or is becoming, truly timeless?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>It can flatter to deceive. It will draw you in with its simple structures and instantly - insanely - catchy hooks. But its interior is cold and can ultimately leave you at arms length. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Watch out! Tread that fine line between the hypnotic and the monotonous carefully. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><a href="https://app.box.com/s/52yn3gonjxnjea1i5ixd">Tirez Tirez - Story Of The Year (1982)</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>From the 1983 album "Story Of The Year" a collection of out-takes from earlier sessions and newer (82/83) material. Tirez Tirez opened for Talking Heads on two of their tours in the late Seventies and you can hear a Heads influence in their music. I am being drawn in and am now on the lookout for their other early albums, although they are not easy to come by and maybe my interest will wane. It's a mood thing. </b></span><br />
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-38832551625687423142013-12-14T23:42:00.001+00:002013-12-14T23:42:42.133+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #14<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Evidently our son was destined not to
meet his friends in Basingstoke this evening. He called me only about 20
minutes into his journey to tell he was stopped on the hard shoulder of the M4
because the driver’s side windscreen wiper had stopped working (it has been a
wet and wild night, and he couldn’t see a thing). I thought I knew how to fix
it but couldn’t really describe it and he had no torch to see what he was doing
anyway. I thought it would be quicker for me to go and sort it out rather than
call out breakdown so went to meet him. After a couple of failed attempts I got
the wiper working again but when we went to start the engine again it wouldn’t
fire – flat battery! Although I had jump leads there was no way to position the
cars so they could reach, so we had to call out breakdown after all. We had to
wait only about 30 minutes for the breakdown guy to arrive and sure enough his
portable battery starter did the trick and we were off and running again. By
this time our son was cold and soaking wet and had decided to call off his trip
to Basingstoke so the plan was to take the next exit off the motorway (only a
mile or so away), turn around at the roundabout and go back home. We went in
convoy, me following in my car. Half way around the roundabout son was
obviously in trouble again and had to pull in. I thought the wiper had stopped
working again, but no, this time there was a problem with the gear stick. It
was wobbling around and not doing anything, evidently a linkage had broken or
detached. So we had to call breakdown again! The same “knight of the road” attended and, as
we suspected, there was nothing he could do at the roadside so my son had to be
towed back home! Three completely unrelated problems in the space of an hour.
Bizarre.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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of albums to feature in this year’s Advent-ure. On the album is a track
entitled “Wheels”. It has nothing to do with cars, but nevertheless the title
(band and song) seems appropriate here.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">My copy of “A Song For Me” was a car boot
sale find this year. Not an original issue but a German repress on Teldec. Nice
condition anyway, and a solid album even though I have to agree with the
comments made<a href="http://starling.rinet.ru/music/family.htm"> here</a> re Roger Chapman’s voice – definitely an acquired taste when
he breaks into his “electric goat” impersonation, which he does at the
beginning of “Wheels”, but then settles down.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-59741710746425642712013-12-12T22:38:00.000+00:002013-12-12T22:38:06.476+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Might have had something to do with the phone call I had this morning at work. It was from Seniorlink, my mum had apparently hit her panic button and she was not answering her phone. Fortunately I work close by so phoned a neighbour of hers and then drove round. Mum was OK, she didn't realise she had hit the button and hadn't heard the phone as she was in the shower (and she is a bit deaf nowadays).</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Still, it gets you thinking.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Back to the music. I have been lucky enough to find two copies of Caravan's album "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" this year. An eighties reissue (I think) and a gatefold sleeved early copy. I completely missed Caravan first time around but I am loving this album now I have finally discovered it, especially the 22 minute+ track that takes up side 2. That is too much to put up here though. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><a href="https://app.box.com/s/s98p3glt77ij8ptczk2d">Caravan - Winter Wine</a> 1971</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Grey-Pink-Caravan/dp/B00005A0V0">Buy Caravan "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" </a></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b> </b></span>Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-6027598492963595102013-12-10T21:49:00.001+00:002013-12-10T21:49:37.950+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #10<div class="MsoNormal">
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trotter in their little bunk bed made my heart melt.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/d188c3kk7ftepy3l675r">Pinky And Perky – Speedy Gonzales </a> 1963<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Although I don’t remember being a great
fan of Pinky And Perky back when I were a nipper the pictures on the cover of
this album were more than enough to make me part with a £1 at a local charity
shop recently.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Inexplicably, if I put this album on to
play a track just for a laugh I find I can’t take it off an end up playing a
whole side. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-989401265798849482013-12-08T19:57:00.001+00:002013-12-08T19:57:50.835+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I knew nothing about these two guitarists.
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">How to categorise? A strong Flamenco feel,
with jazz and classical stylings I suppose. Discogs describes the album that this track
comes from – “Eurotour” – as “Andalusian Classical, Folk”. A bit grand and also
hedging their bets. All this is of no
consequence really, suffice to say they are both, simply, wonderfully gifted musicians.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Wikipedia is a good starting point if you
would like to learn more about them:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Forcione">Antonio Forcione</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">A lucky charity shop find earlier this
year.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I recommend turning the light out
and closing your eyes before listening.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-81713912243171681732013-12-06T20:38:00.000+00:002013-12-10T21:51:04.250+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">“<i>What
are you listening to now</i>?” A question my wife seems to ask more and more
nowadays, it seems.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">“Armenian Wedding” was my simple reply.
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">What does my wife know anyway? (Quite a
lot actually, she is always right). Anyway, from the moment I put this album on
the turntable I was hooked. This is certainly one charity shop purchase that
will not be recycled back to another charity shop (I’m sure there are plenty of
purchases that just keep giving in that way).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Believe it or not this album has already been
blogged. A very good <a href="http://record-fiend.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/blog-post_10.html">entry</a> it is too, it was great to get some background on my
purchase, and I certainly can’t add anything to it, except for a couple of
tracks.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/jds3xk24c5x69blbgo2i">Mark Sarkissian and his Café BaghdadOrchestra – Tamzara </a> 1958<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/xg1eoqr7o62myixgsl01">Mark Sarkissian and his Café BaghdadOrchestra – Shilvani</a> 1958<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">(You can also find “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbN0P5WbSP8">Dari Lo Lo</a>”, which is
possibly my favourite track, on YouTube).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-16484669572904352322013-12-04T22:22:00.000+00:002013-12-04T22:22:00.656+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #4<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Until I bought this Folk sampler album at
a car boot sale this year the only Andy Roberts I knew was the wickedly fast
West Indian bowler who used to regularly whip through test match batsmen in the
Seventies. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">This Andy Roberts is an altogether different
kettle of fish. A guitarist and singer who appeared with, and supported, a number
of English bands in the late Sixties and Seventies and also released a
number of solo albums which are highly sought after now. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">“Clogs” is just one of a handful of great
compilation albums from that era that I have found “in the wild” this year. English
Folk has never been one of my favourite genres, but “Clogs” has left me
thinking I need to pay the genre more attention. Exactly what a good sampler
album was designed to do!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/kqj8exnb235qlbp1wyws">Andy Roberts – Richmond</a> 1972/3<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">“Urban Cowboy”, which
contains “Richmond”, has recently had a CD reissue. You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Urban-Cowboy-Andy-Roberts/dp/B008PKV3V2/">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-40808229758150994292013-12-02T21:02:00.000+00:002013-12-02T21:02:06.771+00:00The 2013 Advent-ure #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">If you have arrived here because
you are a regular (no that wouldn’t be!) or out of the blue then I will explain
that this is part of my 2013 Advent-ure where I will be posting a track a day up
‘til Christmas, alternating the posts between the Cabinet and my other blog, <a href="http://darcysfeelit.blogspot.co.uk/">Feel It</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I was not familiar with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emitt_Rhodes">Emitt Rhodes</a> but
I happily paid a £1 at a local charity shop a few months ago to be introduced.
I’m glad I did. “Mirror” is a really solid album. Not as good as his debut
apparently, which took a year to record. “Mirror” took nine months and Emitt was
under pressure from his record label to produce one every six months as part of
a six album deal. That proved impossible and Emitt would only record three
albums. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; text-transform: uppercase;">All
instruments, vocals, songs and arrangements by Emitt Rhodes .<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; text-transform: uppercase;">Recorded
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; text-transform: uppercase;">Recording
Engineer Emitt Rhodes.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">You can begin to understand, in offering
him a deal, how his record label had simultaneously given him his chance and
scuppered any possibility of long term success.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Having listened to this album I can agree
that the documented similarity with Paul McCartney is clear. Better voice though,
and if his record label hadn’t brought on burnout then Emitt could easily have gone
on to eclipse anything Macca produced in the seventies and beyond. (Easy for me
to say maybe, as I am by no means a fan of McCartney post Beatles). <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/rzxd9fodsv4jvtzwku0y">Emitt Rhodes – Take You Far Away</a> 1971 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Emitt-Rhodes-Recordings-1969/dp/B002CPD5K8">Buy “The Emitt Rhodes Recordings(1969-1973)”</a><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-78774952091373453122013-09-08T20:35:00.000+01:002013-09-08T20:35:17.979+01:00Not backing a winner<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today at a somewhat impromptu visit to a car boot (that is off my normal patch, so will not likely be revisiting any time soon) I had a 78 record in my hand but in the end didn't buy it. I have nothing to play 78s on, so fair enough you might say. But that small detail wouldn't necessarily stop me.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With a name like Ras Prince Monolulu I wondered if it might be calypso or similar, but when I noticed the B side had a "mystery race game with 6 horses" on it I thought probably not. This, stupidly, put the blinkers on my thinking, and when the seller wouldn't budge below a pound (yes, I know, only a pound) that made my mind up to put it back in the box.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Getting home, I found the A-side on youtube.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the game on the B-side is, apparently, a "mystery" because it has been recorded with six different concentric grooves, each representing a horse, so the winner of the race will depend on where the needle is dropped. That's pretty cool for a 78.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So let's look at the bare facts as they presented themselves this morning:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the 78 was in fantastic condition;</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">it was by someone called Ras Prince Monolulu;</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">it had a "mystery game" on the B-side;</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">it was only a pound for chrissakes (a price I am regularly willing to pay for more run of the mill vinyl);</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and I didn't buy it.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have completely taken leave of my senses, and have been kicking myself ever since - and those six horses have too! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can read more about Ras Prince Monolulu <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Monolulu">here</a>.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Comments in the youtube entry indicate that Ras Prince may have had relatives in Somerset, and it was in Somerset today where I didn't buy this 78). </span></b><br />
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Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732315915782560835.post-69129949895900817282013-04-12T23:25:00.000+01:002013-04-12T23:25:08.401+01:00A nice pair<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Here are a couple more singles I picked
up in the haul described <a href="http://darcysfeelit.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/weighty-business.html">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">My home town became internationally
famous in the late 80s and into the 90s for the trip-hop sound of groups such
as Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, and Smith & Mighty. It became known
as the “Bristol Sound” – a laid back, dark, beat heavy concoction. Go back in
time around ten years from “trip-hop” and what could be said to be an antecedent
to that sound was emanating from Bristol in the post punk world of the late 70s
and early 80s. Again it was characterised by distinctive beats and rhythms, dub
and funk based. Then, The Pop Group were probably Bristol’s most high profile
purveyors of the sound, theres was an angry, angular mix of punk, jazz, dub and
funk. At least it was an approximation to funk, for funk didn’t come naturally
to West Country white boys and, <a href="http://www.uncarved.org/music/maffia/maffia.html">by their own admission</a>, although they tried they were some way from perfecting the funk in their early days.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> As a unit they
would last long enough to expel two albums and two and a half singles (The
Slits being on one side of their final single). I used the word expel
deliberately as they were definitely out there and I think it describes very
well how their music issued from the speakers.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">When The Pop Group split in 1981 their
various members formed the nucleus of a number of new groups including Maximum
Joy and Rip Rig + Panic. Maximum Joy also included members that had formerly
been with Bristol group Glaxo Babies (a great name I’ve always thought, and I
am sure I saw them live once or twice, although it’s all a bit hazy now). <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Rip Rig + Panic featured Neneh Cherry on
vocals. Neneh had come down from London to join the group. She never actually lived in Bristol, but was holed up for a time up the A420 a stretch in the sticks, near Chippenham; the thought of which for some reason a find somewhat bizarre. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">If ever you feel the need to be entertained by some unusual song titles
I suggest you explore Rip Rig & Panic’s short discography. The B side to
“..Climate” for example is “She Gets So Hungry At Night She Eats Her
Jewellery”. Wonderful.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The lineage from The Pop Group in both
these groups was clear, an angular funk drive and jazz overtones still pervaded,
but there was a brighter, lighter touch. I think you will agree there is a real
vibrancy and energy in these tracks, which are standing the test of time very
well.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="https://www.box.com/s/rh1uv3iq2ug0nmjvm8yg">Maximum Joy – Stretch</a> 1981<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="https://www.box.com/s/c4cem0tlfca0iolu198k">Rip Rig + Panic – You’re My Kind Of Climate</a>
1982<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The Bristol music scene from 1977 on</span></b></div>
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<b> is well documented <a href="http://www.bristolarchiverecords.com/">here</a> including an excellent piece on <a href="http://www.bristolarchiverecords.com/bands.html#glaxo_babies">Glaxo Babies</a> and more
information on Maximum Joy and Rip Rig + Panic.
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