planet rock

Diane · Post by **Diane** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:10 pm

Phil, nice to see you back here, I only have No Quarter on cd, must check out the video some time. Dare I wonder if bits of it are on You tube, everything else seems to be! Plant is putting out a new boxed set cd late November, Nine Lives, which includes his recent excellent album Mighty Rearranger, plus lot of other stuff from his solo career.

Rock on, baby!

Diane

philo · Post by **philo** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:53 pm

diane, phil here, otherwise known as rockchick51 - dont ask what the 51 is for! have you heard of blue nile? i bought their album 'hats' today, the lead singer reminds me of john martin but far more sultry. (can you have a sultry male singer?

) his lyrics are slightly angst ridden - lots of stuff about being alone on saturday nights etc

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:04 pm

I think I'll do a list

in no particular order
of groups/ artistes that shaped my formative years and are part of my upbringing.
Some of these are by virtue of 'one album' only....others are there through osmosis.

Caravan
Moody Blues
Edgar Broughton Band
Canned Heat
Gentle Giant
Tir na Nog
Vangelis
Mike Oldfield
Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Incredible String Band
Strawbs
Barclay James Harvest
Groundhogs
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre
The Nice
The Enid
Taste/ Rory Gallagher
Pink Floyd
Amazing Blondel
Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come
Yes
Family
Tonton Macoute
Shape of the Rain
Simon and Garfunkel
Fairport Convention
Steeleye Span
Decameron
Leonard Cohen
Gordon Lightfoot

Pete

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:11 pm

philo wrote:diane, phil here, otherwise known as rockchick51 - dont ask what the 51 is for! have you heard of blue nile? i bought their album 'hats' today, the lead singer reminds me of john martin but far more sultry. (can you have a sultry male singer? ) his lyrics are slightly angst ridden - lots of stuff about being alone on saturday nights etc

I love Blue Nile!!!!!!
(not in my list above because they were after my formative era

)

A Walk across the Rooftops is excellent...even more sparse than Hats
which I also think is excellent
but don't like 'Peace at Last'
but their recent one, 'High', is very good

Pete (Classic53)

Davido · Post by **Davido** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:55 am

Sorry to jump in here, but I like your list, Pete. I can relate to that!
Another Tir Na Nog fan? Excellent sound! I remember seeing them live in '71 (they were Leonard Cohen fans too).

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:11 am

Davido wrote:Sorry to jump in here, but I like your list, Pete. I can relate to that!
Another Tir Na Nog fan? Excellent sound! I remember seeing them live in '71 (they were Leonard Cohen fans too).

You don't have to apologise, Davido!!! That's what the list was for..to prompt 'jumpers in'

Tir na Nog..... Sonny Condell and Leo O'Kelly!!!
Their first album is a masterpiece of dexterity. This is the one I continue to listen to on a regular basis.
Their next 2 albums are also masterpieces

. The third one being a slight shift from their roots (side one anyway) but still very entrancing. I love ' The Wind was High' on that album.

I also saw them live..in 1973ish. I was in charge of the folk club at college and had a free choice on who to book..... so I booked them!!!!

I believe they've done some individual solo stuff since which I need to explore.

Glad you like my list....and glad to hear there is another Tir na Nog fan out there.

Pete

Davido · Post by **Davido** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:44 am

I have recently been listening to their albums again and trying to work out some of their songs on guitar. I can play a handful of songs but they use unconventional tunings,so not an easy task. (I emailed Leo last week but have had no reply yet - he has a website and message board).
In addition to the 3 main albums there is 'Spotlight'(BBC recordings) and 'Hibernian' (Live from Birmingham 1995). I have also managed to get hold of a demo they made just before coming to England & signing with Chrysalis, which has a Cohen cover.
They have made albums separately but still get together every so often, but performances seem to be confined to Ireland.

philo · Post by **philo** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:21 pm

i would concur with that list of yours pete, apart from three or four i havent heard of, including tir na nog - i will also check out the grid, tonton macoute, shape of the rain and decameron.

others that i would add to your list would be

nick drake
tim buckley
joni mitchell
barclay james harvest
tyrannosaurus rex
blind faith
cream
the byrds
crosby stills nash and young
genesis
the doors
love
santana
van the man
the band
hawkwind
the troggs
pink floyd
traffic
jefferson airplane
pentangle
jimi hendrix

i am sure i have left some out...

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:21 pm

Davido wrote:I have recently been listening to their albums again and trying to work out some of their songs on guitar. I can play a handful of songs but they use unconventional tunings,so not an easy task. (I emailed Leo last week but have had no reply yet - he has a website and message board).
In addition to the 3 main albums there is 'Spotlight'(BBC recordings) and 'Hibernian' (Live from Birmingham 1995). I have also managed to get hold of a demo they made just before coming to England & signing with Chrysalis, which has a Cohen cover.
They have made albums separately but still get together every so often, but performances seem to be confined to Ireland.

I can just play the 'Boat Song'......... only just

I've been pondering over whether to buy one of their live albums. I've always hesitated as I'm never sure of the production sometimes with live albums. But I think I'll add one to my amazon list... but which one?

I searched the internet the other week to see what they are doing at the moment but it seems all is quiet. I would love to see them perform again.
What are their solo albums like?
.. and which Cohen cover did they do?
So many questions

Pete

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:56 pm

Hi rockchick51, Classic53 here

I think you meant the Enid (not grid)
I bought an LP of theirs many years ago..'In the region of the summer stars' It caught my imagination. I've not heard anything else of theirs but it was this 'classic' album that has stayed with me.
http://www.theenid.com/

Tonton Macoute made one LP (jazz/rock) and then disappeared just before becoming famous. I sold the LP for £25 and bought the cd for £15. I wished I hadn't sold the LP as it's now worth a lot more..it's a collectors item.
Shape of the Rain were a group from Sheffield and again disappeared becoming famous. They made the one album which I sold for £15 and bought the cd for £10. Again, I wish I had kept the vinyl...how I miss those gatefolds!!!
Both Tonton Macoute and Shape of the Rain were not well known but I put them in my list because they qualified

I haven't sold my Alex Harvey LP.... 'Framed' (Spiral label).. it's worth nearly £100 and I'm not selling

...even if I do have the cd version.

Tyrannosaurus Rex...Unicorn. My brother had that one but I eventually bought the cd. I think I've mentioned this one before.
This brother also is a great fan of Crosby Stills Nash and Young and all permutations (and an even greater fan of Grateful Dead)
My other brother is also a Cream fan and a Jimi Hendrix fan
and my other other brother is a massive Hawkwind fan.
I guess having 3 brothers, each having their own musical tastes ensured that we kept to our own ..it wasn't the done think to share the same groups

Talking about my other other brother...Martyn..the Hawkwind fan.
He lived and breathed Hawkwind from when he first had his own record player and then eventually formed his own group, Space Bandits. He wrote his own stuff and also did Hawkwind covers and then metamorphosed into Dr Hasbeen. During this time he has come to the attention of Hawkwind for which he has guested at some of their shows/concerts/gigs either by appearing on the same show with his own group or sometimes appearing individually as part of Hawkwind's line up.
A great achievement for a fan to eventually appear on stage with them...until one night he got drunk and missed his cue and they sacked him....such irony.
http://www.drhasbeen.com/index.htm
Dr Hasbeen have a cd coming out soon produced by an Italian record company. All his other cds have been home produced.

I'd better go..have a marillion and one things to do.
Pete

philo · Post by **philo** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:54 pm

pete i am going out now but when i return will check some of those links.
i thought i might begin a new thread 'what are you listening to now?' ......... i love music so much, i really cannot imagine life without it. i am listening to maddy prior right this moment. i dont know about you, but i enjoy music from a wide spectrum of genre. however, maddy prior, sandy denny and joni mitchell are amongst the few female singers that i listen to. all of them have the most beautiful, etherial voices.

Davido · Post by **Davido** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:22 am

Pete:of the live albums, 'Spotlight' has the best sound quality (BBC Recordings 1972-73), and has a few songs that do not appear on their studio albums, including Dylan's 'It takes a lot to laugh,It takes a train to cry.'
On their demo recording they covered 'Story of Isaac'.
Also, I have just discovered that they are appearing together in a 'surprise, unadvertised gig on Halloween Night at Scott's in Dun Laoghaire'!

Davido · Post by **Davido** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:26 am

Philo: I have been listening to the 'Silly Sisters' recently, and also Sandy Denny- a longtime favourite.

philo · Post by **philo** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:29 am

are the silly sisters related to the scissor sisters?

lol
did you hear the scissor sisters version of comfortably numb? twas an absolute travesty.........

Davido · Post by **Davido** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:15 am

I did...and it was!
'Silly Sisters' is Maddy Prior & June Tabor album.