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« Reply #1960 on: June 02, 2025, 07:15:41 PM » |
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I have never been a huge fan of Angel Delight , always believed the loss of RT was a step too far
However , having listened to it last month in full , for the first time in 10 plus years ...I really enjoyed it
But still not enough to extend the run of classic Fairport albums , that still ends at Full House , for me
It still sounds diluted , RT having come to the fore on Full House especially if you include Poor Will
But Angel is better for listening to it again in full , with Swarb leading the line for the first time, no bad thing of course
I'm sometimes generous enough to stretch to "the first six" but in truth, you're right, it falls just a fraction short. But it's still probably better than everything which follows it... |
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« Reply #1961 on: June 02, 2025, 07:28:55 PM » |
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Yes the absence of Richard, and Sandy too, left me with reservations. I only had AD on CD until this release, which really brings it to life. They really play well together and Swarb sings well too.
By Gottle o Geer something does seem to have died.
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« Reply #1962 on: June 02, 2025, 07:56:04 PM » |
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I have never been a huge fan of Angel Delight , always believed the loss of RT was a step too far
However , having listened to it last month in full , for the first time in 10 plus years ...I really enjoyed it
But still not enough to extend the run of classic Fairport albums , that still ends at Full House , for me
It still sounds diluted , RT having come to the fore on Full House especially if you include Poor Will
But Angel is better for listening to it again in full , with Swarb leading the line for the first time, no bad thing of course
I'm sometimes generous enough to stretch to "the first six" but in truth, you're right, it falls just a fraction short. But it's still probably better than everything which follows it... I'd put Angel Delight, 'Babbacombe' Lee, and Fairport Nine all on the same level - very good indeed, if not essential. Jules |
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« Reply #1963 on: June 03, 2025, 06:19:41 PM » |
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The Offa Rex album, The Queen of Hearts - a collaboration between Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists. It's very good, in a proper 1970s folk rock way. Sample track... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlOj0CyfdoUJules |
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« Reply #1964 on: June 03, 2025, 07:01:34 PM » |
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Fairly sure there was quite a discussion about it on here when it came out in 2017? I think it's brilliant, and I'm amazed heaven and earth wasn't moved to make them a headliner at Cropredy instead of (insert name of inappropriate big name headliner at Cropredy). Her own solo career is a thing of grace and beauty if anyone doesn't know it well... |
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« Reply #1965 on: June 03, 2025, 07:23:27 PM » |
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Fairly sure there was quite a discussion about it on here when it came out in 2017
I had a vague memory of it being mentioned here, so did a search for it, and... nothing. Must have been in one of the corners long since culled. Jules |
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« Reply #1966 on: June 04, 2025, 10:54:37 AM » |
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Fairly sure there was quite a discussion about it on here when it came out in 2017? I think it's brilliant, and I'm amazed heaven and earth wasn't moved to make them a headliner at Cropredy instead of (insert name of inappropriate big name headliner at Cropredy). Her own solo career is a thing of grace and beauty if anyone doesn't know it well... I confess I was underwhelmed by it. It should have been right up my street but it just didn't resonate with me. I played it two or three times and never since. Maybe I should give it another go. |
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« Reply #1967 on: June 04, 2025, 04:37:59 PM » |
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I have never been a huge fan of Angel Delight , always believed the loss of RT was a step too far
However , having listened to it last month in full , for the first time in 10 plus years ...I really enjoyed it
But still not enough to extend the run of classic Fairport albums , that still ends at Full House , for me
It still sounds diluted , RT having come to the fore on Full House especially if you include Poor Will
But Angel is better for listening to it again in full , with Swarb leading the line for the first time, no bad thing of course
As I mentioned here once before: Angel Delight is like a brown ale - always better than you think its gonna be! |
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« Reply #1968 on: June 06, 2025, 01:30:12 PM » |
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New music from The Owl Service...and it's, I think, ****in' brilliant. They've returned to a good ol' fashioned meaty English folk-rock sound. Great new vocalist too... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6-jREFlOisThis is what Steven wrote: Happy birthday to us… June 6th 2006 was the day I formed THE OWL SERVICE, in a tiny office above Southern Studios in a sleepy corner of Wood Green, North London. I’ve told the story many times before but for the newcomers; two days previously, while watching Vashti Bunyan perform with a small ensemble at the Homefires festival in Conway Hall, in the middle of her set my friend leaned over to me and whispered ‘you could do that’, and a lightbulb in my brain flickered into action. I’d been immersing myself in more and more folk music since the mid nineties, but I never felt that I had the credentials to make any myself, however in the early noughties things began to change and a trail was well and truly blazed by THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY, THE MEMORY BAND, CIRCULUS and ESPERS - all of whom were hugely inspirational for me at that time, their music helping me mould my own vision for a 21st century folk band. And here we are, still doing what we do 19 years later - what a long strange trip it’s been. After all the ups and downs, lineup changes, and years of silence, it’s still something I truly love doing and every day I’m humbled that people all over the world are still listening. So huge thanks to anyone who’s ever bought a CD, come to see a show, bigged us up to their friends, streamed us on Spotify, or worn our t-shirts with pride - it means everything. |
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« Reply #1969 on: June 06, 2025, 05:57:23 PM » |
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« Reply #1970 on: June 07, 2025, 07:14:13 PM » |
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New music from The Owl Service...and it's, I think, ****in' brilliant. They've returned to a good ol' fashioned meaty English folk-rock sound. Great new vocalist too... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6-jREFlOisThis is what Steven wrote: Happy birthday to us… June 6th 2006 was the day I formed THE OWL SERVICE, in a tiny office above Southern Studios in a sleepy corner of Wood Green, North London. I’ve told the story many times before but for the newcomers; two days previously, while watching Vashti Bunyan perform with a small ensemble at the Homefires festival in Conway Hall, in the middle of her set my friend leaned over to me and whispered ‘you could do that’, and a lightbulb in my brain flickered into action. I’d been immersing myself in more and more folk music since the mid nineties, but I never felt that I had the credentials to make any myself, however in the early noughties things began to change and a trail was well and truly blazed by THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY, THE MEMORY BAND, CIRCULUS and ESPERS - all of whom were hugely inspirational for me at that time, their music helping me mould my own vision for a 21st century folk band. And here we are, still doing what we do 19 years later - what a long strange trip it’s been. After all the ups and downs, lineup changes, and years of silence, it’s still something I truly love doing and every day I’m humbled that people all over the world are still listening. So huge thanks to anyone who’s ever bought a CD, come to see a show, bigged us up to their friends, streamed us on Spotify, or worn our t-shirts with pride - it means everything. So is it worth shelling out for the 3CD version? |
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« Reply #1971 on: June 07, 2025, 09:49:31 PM » |
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So is it worth shelling out for the 3CD version?
Different album. Jules |
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« Reply #1972 on: June 08, 2025, 12:02:26 PM » |
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So is it worth shelling out for the 3CD version?
Different album. Jules  Good anyway. |
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« Reply #1974 on: June 13, 2025, 09:20:19 AM » |
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Just ordered the vinyl , October 3rd , if it's half as good as the first 2 .....
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« Reply #1975 on: June 13, 2025, 09:45:40 AM » |
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CDs by Jane Siberry.
She's still working but doesn't release her music in physical form any more. Fortunately i've bought quite a few of her albums, over the years.
I don't know if she has any followers on here. Her music is hard to describe. A singer songwriter, but not as we know it.
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« Reply #1976 on: June 13, 2025, 10:07:23 PM » |
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CDs by Jane Siberry.
I don't know if she has any followers on here. Her music is hard to describe. A singer songwriter, but not as we know it.
Not a follower of Jane herself, but know a fraction of her song writing from the kd lang album Hymns of the 49th Parallel...although I suspect that The Valley and Love is Everything are not truly representative. |
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« Reply #1977 on: June 14, 2025, 08:59:28 AM » |
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CDs by Jane Siberry.
I don't know if she has any followers on here. Her music is hard to describe. A singer songwriter, but not as we know it.
Not a follower of Jane herself, but know a fraction of her song writing from the kd lang album Hymns of the 49th Parallel...although I suspect that The Valley and Love is Everything are not truly representative. The thing is with Jane nothing is really truly representative, because she covers so many styles and mixtures of stlye. City is an interesting album as it is made up of collaborations with other artists ftom a vsriety of genres. 'Calling All Angels' which she covered with KD Lang is one of Jane's most well known songs. It featured in a film soundtrsck. |
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« Reply #1978 on: June 16, 2025, 10:45:07 AM » |
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CDs by Jane Siberry.
I don't know if she has any followers on here. Her music is hard to describe. A singer songwriter, but not as we know it.
Not a follower of Jane herself, but know a fraction of her song writing from the kd lang album Hymns of the 49th Parallel...although I suspect that The Valley and Love is Everything are not truly representative. The thing is with Jane nothing is really truly representative, because she covers so many styles and mixtures of stlye. City is an interesting album as it is made up of collaborations with other artists ftom a vsriety of genres. 'Calling All Angels' which she covered with KD Lang is one of Jane's most well known songs. It featured in a film soundtrsck. Jane Siberry : Maria (Reprise CD). This is a quite approachable album as JS goes. Jazz group backing. |
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