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« Reply #120 on: May 30, 2026, 09:01:50 AM » |
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The new Macca. It's a really strong album with an absolutely great sound, although I am (hi-res) streaming, rather than putting this on to play  Is that an LP? It's a cassette!  |
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« Reply #121 on: May 30, 2026, 09:14:14 AM » |
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Agreed, a really lovely album. The duet with Ringo is a joyous thing, I couldn’t stop smiling.
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« Reply #122 on: May 30, 2026, 12:21:42 PM » |
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I'm on my 2nd listen to the new Macca album. Streaming, but considering buying a copy, it's that good.
It's as if he's channelling the sound of his "power-pop" successors e.g. Wondermints and Jellyfish.
Put it this way, he's released far worse, and it's heartening that he's making music that exceeds expectations.
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« Reply #123 on: May 31, 2026, 09:51:16 AM » |
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As I've said elsewhere, Macca's voice is obviously very different now, he's lost a lot of the bottom end and the production has been deliberately engineered to leave the problem areas on the record.
For me, the strongest vocal track is with Ringo, their singing is joyful.
It is a good album.
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« Reply #124 on: May 31, 2026, 01:54:10 PM » |
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the production has been deliberately engineered to leave the problem areas on the record
I don't understand this sentence. Jules |
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« Reply #125 on: May 31, 2026, 03:29:24 PM » |
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the production has been deliberately engineered to leave the problem areas on the record
I don't understand this sentence. Jules When Macca was at Glastonbury, a lot of work was done overnight so that the version on iPlayer had a much stronger voice than he had had live. On this album, voice tremors etc have been left in, presumably deliberately. I hope that clarifies my original sentence. |
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« Reply #126 on: May 31, 2026, 04:21:58 PM » |
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When Macca was at Glastonbury, a lot of work was done overnight so that the version on iPlayer had a much stronger voice than he had had live.
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« Reply #127 on: May 31, 2026, 04:44:58 PM » |
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I watched him live and downloaded the iPlayer version a couple of days later.
The vocals had been spruced up, to my eats. [edit: EARS, dammit]
Not evidence as such.
If you disagree, fine. I don't have the energy today for any arguments.
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« Reply #128 on: May 31, 2026, 08:36:59 PM » |
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On this album, voice tremors etc have been left in, presumably deliberately.
I hope that clarifies my original sentence.
Haha. Yessir. Interesting that he's not attempting to hide it. Or maybe it's now just not possible. Jules |
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« Reply #129 on: May 31, 2026, 08:38:31 PM » |
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I watched him live and downloaded the iPlayer version a couple of days later.
The vocals had been spruced up, to my eats.
I promise not to laugh at Andy's typo, but can confirm that the initial raw mix was far less kind than the remastered version used for posterity. Jules |
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« Reply #130 on: May 31, 2026, 11:46:11 PM » |
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Unlike my sister, I have only seen any of the Beatles on rare occasions.
Last time I saw Macca on tour was in the USA on October 7 2002 at the Entertainment and Sports Arena, Raleigh, NC,
The show was brilliant, he was in full voice and it was a treat to see and hear him. He was a mere 60 years old at the time.
He was a great artist then and still is.
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« Reply #131 on: June 02, 2026, 01:58:17 PM » |
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I've been getting videos of classical music guitarists on Instagram recently, all of them female for some reason. The latest is a Polish lass called Kasia Smolarek whose latest album Home Sessions I've downloaded from Bandcamp. It includes Erik Satie's Gnossienne No. 1.
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« Reply #132 on: June 02, 2026, 06:33:32 PM » |
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Miles : Decoy.
2 years before the great Tutu, and equally amazing. Why have i waited so long to get this.
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« Reply #133 on: June 04, 2026, 03:31:53 PM » |
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Van the Man - Avalon Sunset. It's been a while, but there's a lot there I love. And the end of Coney Island still has the power to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up: "Wouldn't it be great if it was like this all the time?"
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« Reply #134 on: June 05, 2026, 09:01:09 AM » |
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Van the Man - Avalon Sunset. It's been a while, but there's a lot there I love. And the end of Coney Island still has the power to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up: "Wouldn't it be great if it was like this all the time?"
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« Reply #135 on: June 08, 2026, 03:30:38 AM » |
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Neil Linden and Cabarfeidh: 'Gi'e it Laldy!'
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« Reply #136 on: June 12, 2026, 12:13:03 PM » |
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Making my way through the Mott the Hoople boxed set Mental Train which i purchased when it came out.
This takes us right up to the end of their early years, before All the Young Dudes. Bonus tracks include early versions of tracks from the album of that name.
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« Reply #137 on: Today at 08:23:43 AM » |
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Making my way through the Mott the Hoople boxed set Mental Train which i purchased when it came out.
This takes us right up to the end of their early years, before All the Young Dudes. Bonus tracks include early versions of tracks from the album of that name.
That's the best period Mott the Hoople - they were a proper rock band in those days. They were absolutely wild live. I still enjoyed the post dudes stuff, but they weren't the same. I could never understand why they weren't successful - they seemed to have everything. |
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« Reply #138 on: Today at 12:12:56 PM » |
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Making my way through the Mott the Hoople boxed set Mental Train which i purchased when it came out.
This takes us right up to the end of their early years, before All the Young Dudes. Bonus tracks include early versions of tracks from the album of that name.
That's the best period Mott the Hoople - they were a proper rock band in those days. They were absolutely wild live. I still enjoyed the post dudes stuff, but they weren't the same. I could never understand why they weren't successful - they seemed to have everything. We're on the same page Peter. I love the Island albums, and Mott the Hoople were about the first band i saw live. The later albums are good but it's a different band - |
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« Reply #139 on: Today at 03:31:02 PM » |
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Holst's Planets, arranged and played by Hugh Banton (VDGG) on his self-designed and built HB3 organ. Excellent!
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