Been dealing with quite a bit on the personal front so only just received and played through Hippies, Thugs and Heroes. I agree with what everyone else has said. A couple of things I note is that though I recall the thread earlier this year regarding Zara Phillips singing, here it reminds me of Christine Collister on those 80's RT albums. Might be the mix, or just the parts that she sang, but for example on Pauper's Grave it has the same type of cadence. Great to have John Kirkpatrick on record again, and on Siren, the acoustic guitar sort of faintly reminds me of the guitars from Fotheringay.

Interesting note, the album was recorded at Hobosound Studio in Weehawken, New Jersey, 2 miles south from where we live (in the confusingly named West New York, New Jersey!), and about half an hour from where Richard and Zara live in Montclair.  It is also the same studio where Teddy made his country duets album Once More with Jenni Muldaur, and the instrumental wheelhouse for that album came from David Mansfield. I saw Teddy, Jenni with David at a small festival 2 years ago in Jersey City, and he is a wonderful player, so great to see him playing with Richard as well.

It took me a long time to give that one a fair hearing. Last time I heard it, I was finally starting to appreciate it.

Jules

The main reason that I play it less these days is that I have a  heck of a lot more music to get through these days. 😀

Television ('92) is even more unfairly overlooked, of course.  I first heard it being played live and it holds its place in the body of work very well indeed (I think)

I play it a lot till this day. And it's unfairly overlooked sibling, Adventure.

Jules

RIP.  Marquee Moon is fabulous . Played a lot at the time.

Richard Lloyd of Television, 75.

And Art Garfunkel has bailed on the upcoming Austin show. Illness? Poor ticket sales? Who knows?

His replacement is Seal. It will be a different kind of show entirely, but I'm actually looking forward to it. I predict the hundreds of remaining unsold tickets are going to be snapped up posthaste.

Jasmine Myra  yesterday evening.

Very melodic,  atmospheric jazz / fusion.  

A relatively new artist but worth checking out if  contemporary jazz is your thing.

I have that one. I saw him with Fairport, very good. Show of Hands version of 'Next Best Western' is superb. Fairport covered 'Reunion Hill, and made a good job of it.