Listening to.......

[Alan2]

Pentangle  :  Live in Oslow   ( Cantare  CD).

In their heyday before a very appreciative audience. Good sound quality.

If you need it,  get it while you can.  Mine only  cost about a fiver, new.

[davidmjs]

Pentangle  :  Live in Oslow   ( Cantare  CD).

In their heyday before a very appreciative audience. Good sound quality.

If you need it,  get it while you can.  Mine only  cost about a fiver, new.

Can't see it cheaper than a tenner anywhere (£9.71 actually).  Is it worth it?  I assume this is a boot?

[Ian_]

 Sam Grassie - Where two hawks fly

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1GWgrobyqM

 I think if you like Bert Jansch....well, you can judge for yourself  

[Alan2]

Pentangle  :  Live in Oslow   ( Cantare  CD).

In their heyday before a very appreciative audience. Good sound quality.

If you need it,  get it while you can.  Mine only  cost about a fiver, new.

Can't see it cheaper than a tenner anywhere (£9.71 actually).  Is it worth it?  I assume this is a boot?

Very likely to be, yes  .

It came out  just a  few  years ago and i held back on getting it till  now..
I'd have paid a tenner, but i jumped at it when i saw  it for less.

[Will S]

Lots of Clannad and of Maire Brennan's solo albums the last couple of days, for obvious reasons.

[Alan2]

Lots of Clannad and of Maire Brennan's solo albums the last couple of days, for obvious reasons.

I only have Macalla which i bought in the 80s. Considering more -  Magical Ring?

[Will S]

Lots of Clannad and of Maire Brennan's solo albums the last couple of days, for obvious reasons.

I only have Macalla which i bought in the 80s. Considering more -  Magical Ring?

If you don't have a thing against compilation albums, there's a very good 2CD one called In A Lifetime which covers everything from the very beginning up to the most recent albums. I'd highly recommend that.

[Will S]

Dave Whetstone has just released a new album called Winding To You https://talkingelephantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/winding-to-you. Recorded with a number of ex-Albions following the Ashley H 80th birthday celebration last year. I had a listen yesterday and have ordered a copy. Those who enjoyed mid-period Albion Band will probably enjoy it.

[Alan2]

Lots of Clannad and of Maire Brennan's solo albums the last couple of days, for obvious reasons.

I only have Macalla which i bought in the 80s. Considering more -  Magical Ring?

If you don't have a thing against compilation albums, there's a very good 2CD one called In A Lifetime which covers everything from the very beginning up to the most recent albums. I'd highly recommend that.

Thanks Will - I'll check that out.  

[davidmjs]

Dave Whetstone has just released a new album called Winding To You https://talkingelephantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/winding-to-you. Recorded with a number of ex-Albions following the Ashley H 80th birthday celebration last year. I had a listen yesterday and have ordered a copy. Those who enjoyed mid-period Albion Band will probably enjoy it.

I've just got that too.  It's top drawer material.

[davidmjs]

Two albums just purchased off eBay that I never knew existed.

Firstly, that Pentangle/Steeleye mash up you've (probably) never heard of: https://www.discogs.com/release/14386907-Peter-Knight-Danny-Thompson-Peter-Knight-Danny-Thompson (it's 'just' two tracks of improv, but is very 'nice' nonetheless)

Second an album from a tour that I attended (in Kendal).  Little Feat's Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett Live in the UK https://www.discogs.com/release/12133176-Paul-Barrere-Fred-Tackett-Live-In-The-UK-2008  Some bloke called Phil Beer on the violin....Got to say I've got no recollection of that, so maybe it was just some dates, or maybe I've just forgotten.

[ColinB]

I've always enjoyed listening to a bit of Supertramp, mainly the Breakfast and Quietest Moments albums so I downloaded a copy of Crime of the Century and what a great record it is.

There's an excellent live version of 'Bloody Well Right' filmed in London in '77 on YouTube which is worth a look if you're a fan.

[Andy]

Supertramp's albums of the mid-to-late 70s are superb.

1974's Crime Of The Century, 75's Crisis? What Crisis?, 77's Even In The Quietest Moments and 79's Breakfast In America were all groundbreaking and immensely enjoyable. 1980's Live In Paris '79 is great, the 2025 remaster being the one to listen to. 1982's Famous Last Words is reasonably good. After that, Hodgson left and... things changed, although others may like post-Hodgson more than I do.

Remastered versions of Crime Of The Century & Crisis? What Crisis? were released in 2025 (although the original master tapes for both were destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire so I'm not sure what, exactly, provides the sources for these), together with a remastered Live In Paris '79. and 2026 has brought us Even In The Quiestest Moments, Breakfast In America and Famous Last Words.

Roger Hodgson's solo albums post-Supertramp are mixed, but 84's In The Eye Of The Storm is well worth a listen.

2005's Retrospectacle is a reasonable intro to the band for neophytes.