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« Reply #100 on: November 07, 2011, 01:56:18 PM » |
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I thought I'd refrain from posting on this thread until I've heard the album. In my humble opinion it is excellent and Thea's music suits the lyrics very well. Just thought I'd let you know....
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« Reply #101 on: November 07, 2011, 04:36:19 PM » |
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Have just given this a listen and it is really rather good, a lot better than I feared it might be. It is definitely Thea Gilmore singing the words of Sandy Denny and not trying to be Sandy Denny. I would like to hear Fairport doing London, and the last song, Georgia, is quite moving. One of those," I don't think I want to put anything else on for a while" songs.
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« Reply #102 on: November 07, 2011, 06:32:57 PM » |
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Should be delivered tomorrow, really looking forward to listening to this now.
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« Reply #103 on: November 08, 2011, 02:47:11 AM » |
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My copy arrived at work on Monday. I have listened to it once. It is lovely. Favourite track so far is Frozen Time.
Gracenote gives the artist as Sandy Denny & Thea Gilmore, which is nice.
Sleeve credits include:
Words by Sandy Denny
Music by Thea Gilmore
Additional music by Nigel Stonier
Produced by Nigel Stonier
Musicians: Thea Gilmore, Nigel Stonier, Paul Beavis, Benji Kirkpatrick, John Kirkpatrick, Liz Hanks, Maclaine Couston, Fluff, Donald Grant, Magnus Johnson, Rachel Jones, Tracey Browne, Steve Butler. Kellie While, Ewan Davies, Dan Logan.
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« Reply #104 on: November 08, 2011, 09:29:26 AM » |
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I bought a copy last night - like Adrian, I think it's lovely. Hats off to all involved! I'd like to think Sandy would have approved, but as Thea says in her notes "we will never know"...
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« Reply #105 on: November 08, 2011, 11:52:41 AM » |
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I've just read that Mojo review, I've never read such tosh in all my life. The reviewer says that Thea Gilmore always 'divides opinion'. Roughly translated this means 'I don't like Thea Gilmore so I now feel justified in slagging her off!'
As I said previously, I think it's an excellent album, but that of course, is an opinion.......
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« Reply #106 on: November 08, 2011, 06:35:33 PM » |
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« Reply #107 on: November 08, 2011, 08:57:13 PM » |
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Just finished listening, superb!
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« Reply #108 on: November 09, 2011, 10:20:29 PM » |
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Arrived yesterday, but have not had an opportunity to listen properly yet.
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« Reply #109 on: November 10, 2011, 08:30:16 AM » |
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I quite like it, but don't imagine that I'll be playing it very often. Parts of it are very good to my ears (with the Kate Bush-ish Frozen Time a real stand-out song), but others seem to me to lean a little towards the schmaltzy. What does really rather put me off is the ubiquity of that very contemporary "yodelling" style of singing--it really grates on me after a while. But that's just a matter of taste, innit? De gustibus nil disputandum (trans: Don't have an argument on an open-topped bus).
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« Reply #110 on: November 10, 2011, 03:23:06 PM » |
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mine turned up this morning bu i was on my way to see my auntie who's in a nursing home near Tadcaster i'' ll listen to it l8er and give you the definitive schizzle  |
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« Reply #111 on: November 10, 2011, 04:06:14 PM » |
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I quite like it, but don't imagine that I'll be playing it very often. Parts of it are very good to my ears (with the Kate Bush-ish Frozen Time a real stand-out song), but others seem to me to lean a little towards the schmaltzy. What does really rather put me off is the ubiquity of that very contemporary "yodelling" style of singing--it really grates on me after a while. But that's just a matter of taste, innit? De gustibus nil disputandum (trans: Don't have an argument on an open-topped bus).
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« Reply #112 on: November 10, 2011, 05:22:57 PM » |
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I'm only halfway through the first listen but I have already thought this would have been brilliant if Kate Bush and Dave Swarbrick had made this record!
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« Reply #113 on: November 10, 2011, 05:25:33 PM » |
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Which bit? Yodelling? What I mean by that (and I probably lack the musical vocabulary to express it adequately), is the frequent moving, often mid-phrase, from a low to a high register. It seems to be the thing to do at the moment, and it's quite a neat trick, but one which for me gets old quite quickly.
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« Reply #114 on: November 10, 2011, 08:51:41 PM » |
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Joni used to do that back in the 60s/70s...
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« Reply #115 on: November 10, 2011, 08:54:03 PM » |
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I find my favourite Kate Bush records are the ones where she doesnt do anything like sing or play anything on them so i was quite relieved that she had been barred access to the sessions for this record.
Thea and Nigel Stonier have done a right good job here, this is no quick cash in job.
The first track being the one which i would imagine sounds like it would had Sandy done the music as well, the piano playing has huge echoes of Sandy's style, and John Kirkpatrick's box playing is very familiar in a good way, the playing is top notch throughout and the tunes really sympathetic to the words.
worth 9 of your english pounds any day
and yes, the presence of Swarb would have been the icing on this particular cake
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« Reply #116 on: November 10, 2011, 08:58:20 PM » |
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The JK sound makes me think of a Richard & Linda "feel"... yep, I think Thea & co have done a good job here.
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« Reply #118 on: November 12, 2011, 01:07:06 AM » |
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For what it's worth, I think it's a very fine album. Some very moving stuff on it.
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