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« Reply #1160 on: December 01, 2023, 09:15:45 AM » |
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(Julianne) Regan & (Tim) Bricheno - In the Bleak Midwinter/The Snows they Melt the Soonest The return of All About Eve's original dynamic duo. Most welcome (and very lovely) https://reganbricheno.bandcamp.com/album/winter-2023 |
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« Reply #1161 on: December 01, 2023, 11:43:08 AM » |
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John Lennon.
Some great songs, some not so great.
The 43rd anniversary of his passing is just a week away.
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« Reply #1162 on: December 01, 2023, 12:15:22 PM » |
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Pentangle: Reunions (4CD boxed set, Cherry Tree, 2023).
This was worth getting for the 2 discs of material i don't already have. The BBC disc sounds very good. I've got bits of these recordings somewhere in my cassette collection, but it's nice to have them pulled together here. The live stuff from Italy which comprises disc 2 sounds more like a decent bootleg, but is very enjoyable for all that. I don't know if it's something about Italians, bit they're a very enthusiastic audience here, to the point where I think John has to tell them to shush.
The booklet essay by Mick Houghton is very good too.
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« Reply #1163 on: December 01, 2023, 12:21:49 PM » |
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Very most welcome. Thanks for the tip. |
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« Reply #1164 on: December 01, 2023, 01:11:41 PM » |
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Pentangle: Reunions (4CD boxed set, Cherry Tree, 2023).
This was worth getting for the 2 discs of material i don't already have. The BBC disc sounds very good. I've got bits of these recordings somewhere in my cassette collection, but it's nice to have them pulled together here. The live stuff from Italy which comprises disc 2 sounds more like a decent bootleg, but is very enjoyable for all that. I don't know if it's something about Italians, bit they're a very enthusiastic audience here, to the point where I think John has to tell them to shush.
The booklet essay by Mick Houghton is very good too.
It's on my Xmas list. |
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« Reply #1165 on: December 01, 2023, 02:45:46 PM » |
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A very welcome return, shame the result is so dull (on first listen anyway, happy to give it another go and maybe change my mind). |
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« Reply #1166 on: December 01, 2023, 04:10:33 PM » |
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Pentangle: Reunions (4CD boxed set, Cherry Tree, 2023).
This was worth getting for the 2 discs of material i don't already have. The BBC disc sounds very good. I've got bits of these recordings somewhere in my cassette collection, but it's nice to have them pulled together here. The live stuff from Italy which comprises disc 2 sounds more like a decent bootleg, but is very enjoyable for all that. I don't know if it's something about Italians, bit they're a very enthusiastic audience here, to the point where I think John has to tell them to shush.
The booklet essay by Mick Houghton is very good too.
It's on my Xmas list. Hope you enjoy |
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« Reply #1167 on: December 01, 2023, 04:41:09 PM » |
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A very welcome return, shame the result is so dull (on first listen anyway, happy to give it another go and maybe change my mind).   You think? I absolutely love it... |
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« Reply #1168 on: December 01, 2023, 08:04:26 PM » |
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Today, various mixes of Peter Gabriel's i/o, a good but not great album to me after initial listens.
Bits and pieces of the Who's Next box which is an embarrassment of riches once it was sensibly priced.
The new Madness album, once again good but not great.
And some Richard Hawley.
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« Reply #1169 on: December 02, 2023, 09:30:33 AM » |
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Nic Jones : The Noah's Ark Trap ( Highway Records LP, year unknown).
The only thing wrong about this album is it hasn't been available for decades, like most of NJ's catalogue. We get plenty if reissues of Penguin Eggs and nowt else.
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« Reply #1170 on: December 02, 2023, 10:07:17 AM » |
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Simplicity by Matt Berry and Sooner After Solstice , the new album by A Winter Union. Bit early for the latter but I wanted to hear it. I will now put it away for a couple of weeks.
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« Reply #1171 on: December 02, 2023, 11:30:49 AM » |
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Nic Jones : The Noah's Ark Trap ( Highway Records LP, year unknown).
The only thing wrong about this album is it hasn't been available for decades, like most of NJ's catalogue. We get plenty if reissues of Penguin Eggs and nowt else.
I think we know who to blame about this, don't we? It's a tragedy...see also The Watersons et al. |
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« Reply #1172 on: December 02, 2023, 11:59:17 AM » |
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Nic Jones : The Noah's Ark Trap ( Highway Records LP, year unknown).
The only thing wrong about this album is it hasn't been available for decades, like most of NJ's catalogue. We get plenty if reissues of Penguin Eggs and nowt else.
I think we know who to blame about this, don't we? It's a tragedy...see also The Watersons et al. Absolutely. |
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« Reply #1173 on: December 02, 2023, 02:47:12 PM » |
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Glad Christmas Come by Jon Borden and Eliza Carthy. Wonderful. It is going to be played a lot. The brass band on Bleak Midwinter is absolutely lovely.
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« Reply #1174 on: December 03, 2023, 10:57:52 AM » |
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Trevor Beales : Fireside Stories (Basin Rock LP, 2022).
This a grower, for me. I love it more each time.. It's sad he went unrecognised and died at only 33.
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« Reply #1175 on: December 04, 2023, 02:45:05 PM » |
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Winter's Turning by Robin Williamson.
In many ways and compared with many of the others it's quite a 'slight' RW album, but it's a very enjoyable one nonetheless.
Just right for a damp and chilly rush home to the warming fire...
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« Reply #1176 on: December 04, 2023, 05:18:20 PM » |
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Winter's Turning by Robin Williamson.
In many ways and compared with many of the others it's quite a 'slight' RW album, but it's a very enjoyable one nonetheless.
Just right for a damp and chilly rush home to the warming fire...
Now there's one I seldom play , and I have it in 2 formats. Other seldom-play RW albums I own are : Music for the Newly Born, Mabinogion, Songs for Children of all Ages, the 2 Harp albums. |
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« Reply #1177 on: December 04, 2023, 05:34:23 PM » |
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Winter's Turning by Robin Williamson.
In many ways and compared with many of the others it's quite a 'slight' RW album, but it's a very enjoyable one nonetheless.
Just right for a damp and chilly rush home to the warming fire...
Now there's one I seldom play , and I have it in 2 formats. Other seldom-play RW albums I own are : Music for the Newly Born, Mabinogion, Songs for Children of all Ages, the 2 Harp albums. All decent albums. Is there a bad Robin album? I really don't think so. And there's half a dozen (at least) truly great ones.... Much as I adore his songs and enjoy his (fairly) recent live renditions, Mike's career fizzled out after ISB - Robin's just went up and up and up. Truly a musical titan. |
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« Reply #1178 on: December 05, 2023, 10:55:03 AM » |
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Winter's Turning by Robin Williamson.
In many ways and compared with many of the others it's quite a 'slight' RW album, but it's a very enjoyable one nonetheless.
Just right for a damp and chilly rush home to the warming fire...
Now there's one I seldom play , and I have it in 2 formats. Other seldom-play RW albums I own are : Music for the Newly Born, Mabinogion, Songs for Children of all Ages, the 2 Harp albums. All decent albums. Is there a bad Robin album? I really don't think so. And there's half a dozen (at least) truly great ones.... Much as I adore his songs and enjoy his (fairly) recent live renditions, Mike's career fizzled out after ISB - Robin's just went up and up and up. Truly a musical titan. Yes Robin was prolific. It would take me a month to get through all ISB and solo stuff, at say 2 albums a day. |
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« Reply #1179 on: December 05, 2023, 10:56:45 AM » |
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Mr Fox : Join us in our Game (Castle CCD, 2004).
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