mjmooney Posted December 13, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 7 minutes ago, mjmooney said: My first ever introduction to the mighty Tull many years ago. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Fleetwood Mac, Love That Burns, The Blues Years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Quote Frank Sinatra. His name alone still carries more weight than a freight train & I've yet to meet another soul like him. In all the years we worked together, we never once had a contract...just a straight up handshake. And unlike many others during the 50's & 60's, race wasn't a chasm he had to cross...If he asked you to be onstage with him, you were out front with him. He wasn't about trying to put the "colored people" in the back. There was no gray to the man. He was hip, straight up, & straight ahead...& above all, a monster musician. I'll never forget the day in '64 when Francis called me to ask if I'd be willing to arrange & conduct the Basie band for his album. I said "Man...is pig booty pork??!?? Puhhleeeze!" So, he flew me out to Kauai where he was directing "None but the Brave," & he sat me down in his office to explain what we needed to do. In the middle of the convo, he got on the phone & called a military friend at the Pentagon. He said "I'm shooting a picture & it'd be great if you could arrange to have the Pacific fleet ease by here tomorrow so we could film them in the background." The next day, the Pacific fleet eased on by...That's simply the type of guy he was & he had the type of influence that only he could possess. Francis & I had a connection that was out of this world...Literally. Buzz Aldrin played the recording of my arrangement of Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon" with the Count Basie Band, in outer space, making it the first song ever to be played on the moon...It's a very special bond. But beyond our musical connection, we were family. Plain & simple. Tina gave me his ring that bears his family crest, & I haven't taken it off since. Francis, I miss U more every day, but I'll never forget the beautiful times we shared...Happy Birthday!! I know you're probably still throwin' cherry bombs in the toilet! ((:0)) Quincy Jones's Facebook - Today 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Manics, Catatonia, 60ft Dolls, Sterephonics, Gorkys, Dub War it's a bit of a 90's theme here. Twenty years ago this lot. Jeeeeesh, fruit flies like bananas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seat68 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 On 12/16/2017 at 17:20, chrisp65 said: Manics, Catatonia, 60ft Dolls, Sterephonics, Gorkys, Dub War it's a bit of a 90's theme here. Twenty years ago this lot. Jeeeeesh, fruit flies like bananas. I have that dial m for merthyr, I had a long run of buying fierce panda releases. 60 ft dolls and indeed gorkys are one of the few acts in the house we can say we own everything by. Dub war, not so much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rugeley Villa Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I've liked it because I've just ordered it off amazon.Not expecting much, apart from a bit of festiveness, which jethro tull seem to do ok. It's not a great album though, I think I've heard you mention in the past? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 19, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, Rugeley Villa said: I've liked it because I've just ordered it off amazon.Not expecting much, apart from a bit of festiveness, which jethro tull seem to do ok. It's not a great album though, I think I've heard you mention in the past? It's my favourite Christmas album (and indeed my favourite Tull album) by absolutely miles. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: It's my favourite Christmas album (and indeed my favourite Tull album) by absolutely miles. I love it. Oh right, I thought you mentioned this album not being great, but it must of been another tull album or some other xmas album. Ian Anderson normally does a Christmas concert in a cathedral around about now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Jefferson Airplane, After Bathing At Baxter's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xann Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Martha Velez - 'Fiends & Angels' Guitar - Eric Clapton, Bass - Jack Bruce, Organ - Brian Auger, Keyboards - Christine McVie, Drums - Jim Capaldi, Drums - Mitch Mitchell, Guitar - Stan Webb, Saxophone - Chris Wood, Saxophone - Johnny Almond, Harmonica - Duster Bennett, Guitar - Paul Kossoff, Saxophone - Chris Mercer, Guitar - Spit James, Bass - Andy Silvester, Drums - Dave Bidwell, Horns - Jeff Condon, Guitar - Rick Hayward, Keyboards - Blue Weaver, Horns - Terry Noonan, Horns - Bud Parkes, Horns - Derek Wadsworth There's a head scratcher, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Xann said: Martha Velez - 'Fiends & Angels' Guitar - Eric Clapton, Bass - Jack Bruce, Organ - Brian Auger, Keyboards - Christine McVie, Drums - Jim Capaldi, Drums - Mitch Mitchell, Guitar - Stan Webb, Saxophone - Chris Wood, Saxophone - Johnny Almond, Harmonica - Duster Bennett, Guitar - Paul Kossoff, Saxophone - Chris Mercer, Guitar - Spit James, Bass - Andy Silvester, Drums - Dave Bidwell, Horns - Jeff Condon, Guitar - Rick Hayward, Keyboards - Blue Weaver, Horns - Terry Noonan, Horns - Bud Parkes, Horns - Derek Wadsworth There's a head scratcher, huh? I've been meaning to get that for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2017 On 16/12/2017 at 17:20, chrisp65 said: Manics, Catatonia, 60ft Dolls, Sterephonics, Gorkys, Dub War it's a bit of a 90's theme here. Twenty years ago this lot. Jeeeeesh, fruit flies like bananas. Poor old Johnny Owens on the cover of Dial M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: I've been meaning to get that for years. The cast and cover were enough for me to buy it. Vastly disappointing on first listens. It really could/should be stellar. Listening now, it's an ok Blues Rock album. Most of interest to completists of the individuals. It's a tempting morsel on the Rock Family Tree, for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 23, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 23, 2017 11 hours ago, Xann said: Martha Velez - 'Fiends & Angels' Guitar - Eric Clapton, Bass - Jack Bruce, Organ - Brian Auger, Keyboards - Christine McVie, Drums - Jim Capaldi, Drums - Mitch Mitchell, Guitar - Stan Webb, Saxophone - Chris Wood, Saxophone - Johnny Almond, Harmonica - Duster Bennett, Guitar - Paul Kossoff, Saxophone - Chris Mercer, Guitar - Spit James, Bass - Andy Silvester, Drums - Dave Bidwell, Horns - Jeff Condon, Guitar - Rick Hayward, Keyboards - Blue Weaver, Horns - Terry Noonan, Horns - Bud Parkes, Horns - Derek Wadsworth There's a head scratcher, huh? All those names. It’s bound to be shit. Because if it wasn’t, then every man and his dog would know about it. Presumably it’s egomungous, Dave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 3 hours ago, blandy said: All those names. It’s bound to be shit. Because if it wasn’t, then every man and his dog would know about it. Presumably it’s egomungous, Dave? If you listened to it blind? It's not offensive or overtly self indulgent, but it's not as good as albums made by Spit James ('Halfbreed'), who's way down the pecking order on that list. Neither is it so shite that it's infamous. That's its problem, it's not really much of anything. The most fun I get out of it is handing it to people to read who's on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Just discovered these...frontman sounds like a young Robert Plant so as you might expect it's good stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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