Just noticed that this is actually the Fairport font...4 years before Fairport first used it...
Blimey!
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on: April 26, 2024, 08:09:37 AM
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| Started by davidmjs - Last post by Adam | ||
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Just noticed that this is actually the Fairport font...4 years before Fairport first used it... Blimey! |
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on: April 26, 2024, 08:08:26 AM
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| Started by bassline (Mike) - Last post by Adam | ||
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The nearest parallel to Cropredy that I can think of is Beautiful Days (no corporate sponsorship, the leveller’s festival, etc). From my recent attendances, I’d guess that their average audience age is c10 years or so younger than Cropredy. I think their numbers are capped at 10,000. In my opinion, their line-up is streets ahead of Cropredy this year, with something for everyone (as a side-note, we were amongst the oldest at a sold-out and heaving Longest Johns gig of c600; brilliant band!). Im pretty sure that their ticket sales are v healthy from what I’ve heard. I think my point is that once your unique selling point (for Cropredy it is/was the band, the fantastic location and a great chance to catch up with old friends) is no longer the main draw, lineup is everything. That's true, but BD is a multistage event on a bigger site, so they are able to cover a wider range of music, more choice and attract a wider demographic. The Levellers came to prominence a good 20-30 years after Fairport, and actually had enough top 40 hits to make a bona fide Greatest Hits album. Most of the acts tend to be 80's, 90's and 00's, give or take the odd Hawkwind or Van Der Graf, so they have that advantage too. The year Cropredy had Supergrass on did not go too well on the feral yoof front. Excellent point, Mike, re: multiple stages, which I hadn’t considered. Is Cropredy the only festival with one stage? |
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on: April 26, 2024, 07:54:22 AM
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| Started by Red Shoes (Caz+Mark) - Last post by Nick Reg | ||
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That is sad; In Search of the Lost Chord was the 2nd LP I bought with my own money, and I loved the Mellotron sound on that album... still do! The 1st LP I bought for myself was The Who Sell Out; until then, it was singles and the odd EP, while LPs (mainly Beatles) were birthday or Christmas gifts from my aunt. Incidentally, she and I later had a running joke whereby she'd ask me which LP I'd like, and I'd choose one with the most outrageous title so she (a single lady then in her 40s) would have to go into a record shop and ask for it. This reached its peak when I requested Pink Floyd's "Ummagumma"..... of course, I was unaware at that time that the LP title referred - apparently/allegedly - to a particular, er, "flavour" of oral sex!  Not my first, but close to it. Preceded by The Small Faces and Surrealistic Pillow. |
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on: April 26, 2024, 12:47:55 AM
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| Started by Will S - Last post by Shankly (Peter) | ||
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Just got back from seeing The Warning in Manchester tonight. Wow! What a gig. If these girls aren't huge stars very soon there's no justice in the world. Luckily, they're playing in Liverpool in July, so I'll get to see them again soon.
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on: April 26, 2024, 12:03:41 AM
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| Started by Red Shoes (Caz+Mark) - Last post by John From Austin | ||
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Loved Mike Pinder, the mellotron man.
I never got to see him perform with or without the Moodies. Mrs. J From A attended a 1971 classic lineup show in Dallas, which she found boring(!!!!!). We both got to meet the delightful Denny Laine in Dallas a few years back. I also got to see the '80s lineup (Hayward/Lodge/Thomas/Edge/Moraz) twice, and finally the Hayward/Lodge/Edge show on the last tour. Since you gotta go, oh you'd better go now. |
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on: April 26, 2024, 12:02:33 AM
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| Started by Will S - Last post by Andy | ||
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Wendy and I went to see Leveret at Pontardawe Arts Centre tonight. All three on top form, but the audience size was not great - around 55 paying punters. How bands can keep going in the face of certain losses every time they tour, I have no idea.
Here's an interesting Guardian article on this very subject, published today. |
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on: April 25, 2024, 11:57:01 PM
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| Started by davidmjs - Last post by Andy | ||
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I can't see Fripp stepping back into the beast fully though...can you? He was quoted last year as saying he made more money from touring with Toyah, together with their YouTube channel than with KC. So no, can't see that. (Wouldn't have thought he needs the money, but his back seems pretty shite so his future touring days are limited, it would seem) |
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on: April 25, 2024, 11:51:33 PM
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| Started by Red Shoes (Caz+Mark) - Last post by Andy | ||
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I was unaware at that time that the LP title referred - apparently/allegedly - to a particular, er, "flavour" of oral sex! Perhaps not quite that. The album's title supposedly comes from Cambridge slang for sex, commonly used by Pink Floyd friend and occasional roadie, Iain "Emo" Moore, who would say, "I'm going back to the house for some ummagumma". According to Moore, he made up the term himself. - Wikipedia |
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on: April 25, 2024, 11:21:15 PM
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| Started by bassline (Mike) - Last post by Andy | ||
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Maybe they should announce who the special guest is going to be. |
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on: April 25, 2024, 09:16:20 PM
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| Started by Red Shoes (Caz+Mark) - Last post by PaulT | ||
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That is sad; In Search of the Lost Chord was the 2nd LP I bought with my own money, and I loved the Mellotron sound on that album... still do!
The 1st LP I bought for myself was The Who Sell Out; until then, it was singles and the odd EP, while LPs (mainly Beatles) were birthday or Christmas gifts from my aunt. Incidentally, she and I later had a running joke whereby she'd ask me which LP I'd like, and I'd choose one with the most outrageous title so she (a single lady then in her 40s) would have to go into a record shop and ask for it. This reached its peak when I requested Pink Floyd's "Ummagumma"..... of course, I was unaware at that time that the LP title referred - apparently/allegedly - to a particular, er, "flavour" of oral sex! |
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