Harry Styles is curating this year's Meltdown Festival at the Southbank... some interesting (and maybe unexpected) choices:


Concerts
THU 11 JUNE Warpaint
Royal Festival Hall

FRI 12 JUNE Shabaka & Friends
Queen Elizabeth Hall

FRI 12 JUNE Stephen Fretwell
Purcell Room

SAT 13 JUNE Erika de Casier
Royal Festival Hall

SAT 13 JUNE Fousheé
Queen Elizabeth Hall

SUN 14 JUNE New Young Pony Club
From 7:45pm Purcell Room

SUN 14 JUNE Kamasi Washington: Jazz Legends Reimagined
3pm Royal Festival Hall

SUN 14 JUNE Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement Live
8pm, Royal Festival Hall

SUN 14 JUNE Nilüfer Yanya
8pm, Queen Elizabeth Hall

TUE 16 JUNE Harry Styles
Royal Festival Hall

TUE 16 JUNE Getdown Services
Purcell Room

WED 17 JUNE The Guilty Feminist & Tracey Emin in Conversation
7.30pm at Royal Festival Hall

WED 17 JUNE Mulatu Astatke
Royal Festival Hall

THU 18 JUNE Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Royal Festival Hall

THU 18 JUNE bar italia
Queen Elizabeth Hall

FRI 19 JUNE Devonté Hynes Ensemble
Royal Festival Hall

FRI 19 JUNE Orlando Weeks
Queen Elizabeth Hall

SAT 20 JUNE Yussef Dayes
Royal Festival Hall

SAT 20 JUNE Jon Hopkins with Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams
4pm and 8pm, Queen Elizabeth Hall

SUN 21 JUNE Soulwax
From 7:30pm at Royal Festival Hall

When playing with more restraint (eg Sheltering Sky), Vai was very good.  I agree re Danny, to a point... but I thought he did a fine job on Monday, deffo not "just" a heavy rock drummer.

Tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm : Scattering The Roots with Dan Ogus...two hours of the finest folk, roots, blues, etc...plenty of etc...

I've rifled through my vaults to bring you some excellent music both new and vintage every Wednesday evening...

This week's show features the following artists :

The Decemberists, Amelia White, Gerry Spehar, Rick Shea, Amba Tremain, Ben Folds, Jarrod Dickenson, Mike Scott, Grandpa Banana, Liz Frencham, Colvin Quarmby, Dar Williams, Pleasantville, Riley Moore, Jeffrey Foucault, Cara Dillon, Edwina Hayes, Dennis Ellsworth, Jackson C Frank, Abi Moore, Cat Elliott, Beach Boys, Kinks...

Listen tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm on Portsmouth's Express FM, on DAB and online here :

https://www.expressfm.com/programmes/scattering-the-roots/

I suggest you get yourself to Discogs to work your way through all the different variants.  In general, I believe, the 'withdrawn sleeve' wasn't withdrawn at all, but just had a sticker placed over it, but obviously some got out without that.  And the honest truth/cliche is of course they're only worth what someone is prepared to pay for them....so condition etc. (and simply how well they are photographed and listed) will have a huge element to play here.  High tens would be my guess, but I'm no expect (I know more about the 8 track and cassette versions, mind)....

Good luck with that!  

Does anybody know roughly how rare the withdrawn sleeve for Full House with Poor Will & The Jolly Hangman listed  ?
Tens ,a hundred or so , or more?
Also Poor Will features on some labels , I've only seen 2 of those in the last year , so I suspect this is rarer still

Clips/Recordings I've seen/heard confirm my opinion about the two non-Crimsons in the lineup.  Vai in particular is so wrong for this music (I know Fripp disagrees)...imho.  Danny is a great drummer, but BB is such a subtle drummer (from extreme power to pure delicacy in the blink of an eye).  

BEAT at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith last night. Sound was pretty good, first half was mainly the more obscure material from the Discipline, Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair albums, 20 minute break, then the more accessible pieces. I can appreciate how technically proficient Steve Vai is, but some of his (extremely) fast playing didn't, to me, seem to fit. I guess I was hoping for much more of the twin guitar "hocketing" that gave those albums the gamelan feel. Glad I went, but not blown away.

We’re entering a new life phase now - I’m escorting my tween granddaughter to shows that she wants to see by artists I’ve barely or never heard of.

June - The Kevin Langue Show live taping at ACL Live. This is apparently a YouTube show of some sort.
September - Malcolm Todd at ACL Live. Never heard of him before. According to the Internet, he’s 22 and has released one album. I suspect he will promptly sell out the venue, which so many veteran performers fail to accomplish.
Also September - Bruno Mars at the Alamodome, San Antonio. That one I’m actually looking forward to.

I’m trying to keep an open mind here.