Cheers ! I hope you find a nice one for not too daft of a price :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
Cheers ! I hope you find a nice one for not too daft of a price :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
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Thanks Tim for introducing me to this many moons ago! What an album.
Really pleased it’s still hitting the spot :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Some suggested homework then Alex, have a go at Estonia from This Strange Engine and Ocean Cloud and Neverland from Marbles. I think you might like those too, no money back though!
I just looked at my Marillion collection . . . I have 35 albums.
35! Wow. I shall get to the homework later, meanwhile still stuck in 1995... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
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F*** Everyone And Run (F E A R)
Marillion
2016
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I've got one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
Clutching at Straws?
Yes that it's it. I can't explain why it's the only one I like especially since I really like it. Mind you they have no doubt done 20 albums since then that I never heard. I lived in a shared house and one bloke was a mad Marillion fan and had everything they'd done to that point, but that was 1991 so that's where my exposure to them stops really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
I always meant to get 'Script' but never got round to it. I recall that being pretty good.
Yeah CaS is probably the one to have if you only have one Marillion album and you like the Fish era. They are a very different band now though, but still relatively under the radar.
Their studio album list is only about 20 albums, but once you join the Marillion clan and get into buying via Racket Records, it quickly grows. They have a loyalty points system too, which is actually very good for their fans, as well as the band. Their following is extremely loyal.
:eek: Was that a guess? What are the chances of guessing right, one in thirty-odd? Bet you can't guess the one I used to have... at the same time I'll guess at what your guess might be :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
Actually if you are a long term Marillion fan, it's really not that hard a guess, especially if they only have one. That's the one I'd have if I was a Fish era fan and could only pick one. My muso buddy in Suffolk used to have just one Marillion album, before I got him into them and that was CaSQuote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Barry Can't Swim – When Will We Land?
Label:*Ninja Tune – ZEN291
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Flamingo Pink
Country:*Europe
Released:*20 Oct 2023
Genre:*Electronic
Style:*House, Breakbeat
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Excellent!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
May Blitz
May Blitz
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I used to be obsessed with this album, especially the bass line in Squeet.
Got that one but not played it in years might give it another go tomorrow.
May Blitz are a new one on me, never heard of them, but their two albums including this are on Tidal, so, let's go!
They never came to much Alex, but for a small number of fans they hit the spot. I think it was the cover that got me going!
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVoQuote:
May Blitz was one of the first four bands signed by eminent progressive and heavy rock label, Vertigo, along with future legends Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, and the largely forgotten Juicy Lucy, whose less fortunate fate they would unfortunately share, in the end. Although usually attributed to former Jeff Beck Group drummer Tony Newman (who had played on the all-time classic Beck-Ola), May Blitz was in fact first envisioned in early 1969 by relative unknown James Black (lead vocals and guitar), who along with eventual bassist Reid Hudson was a Canadian, recently relocated to the U.K. in search of fame and fortune. Evidently moulded upon the then extremely popular power trio template (established a few years earlier by Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and soon adopted by countless upstarts like Rory Gallagher's Taste, New York's Sir Lord Baltimore, and an early Thin Lizzy, to name but a few), May Blitz worked up their repertoire by playing the U.K. pub and college circuit, before inking their Vertigo deal and getting to work on their eponymous first album.
Released in mid-1970, that self-produced platter showcased an interesting selection of proggy acid rock jams, infused with proto-metal guitar histrionics, but wasn't distinctive enough, overall, to separate May Blitz from the hordes of competitors mining similar terrain. (No thanks to its hideous cover art, depicting a poorly rendered caricature of what Mountain's Leslie West might look like in drag!) Sales were similarly disappointing, and so the trio soon returned to the studio -- this time with producer John Anthony helping out -- and began working on their cleverly titled sophomore opus, The 2nd of May, which emerged barely six months later, in early 1971. Yet, despite adding a few novel elements of folk and space rock, and reigning in some of its predecessor's long-winded flights of fancy, The 2nd of May was nowhere near as compositionally inspired; sporadic bright moments were lost amidst several improvised jams masquerading as proper songs, so that consumers, once again, seemed more interested in satisfying their power trio fix elsewhere.
Not ones to delude themselves, either, the members of May Blitz were able to read the tea leaves prophesying their dim future prospects, and mutually decided to go their separate ways later that year. Drum-stool lifer Newman didn't tarry long before trying his luck with another hard rock power trio called Three Man Army (with much the same underwhelming results, unfortunately), while Black and Hudson quietly vanished from historical record altogether, reputedly heading back home to Canada in due time.
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This is probably my favourite of the The Orb live Albums
Sounds like they are worth a listen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
I have an earlier Orb live album (Live '93), which included some Glastonbury where I first saw them. Covering material from 'Ultraworld' and 'UFOrb'. I expect this has a lot of their newer stuff on it. If you're familiar with the '93 album, how do they compare?
I have (the absolute classic) Live '93 Album on vinyl (it's seen better days now, tbh) and it would also vie for best live Album. They are pretty similar Steve, with some of the same songs, mixed in much the same way. The later stuff is more polished (more sophisticated sampling and effects etc) with, obviously, some later tracks, the same euphoric vibe and equally as well worth owning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Little Fluffy Clouds will always be Little Fluffy Clouds :D
In fact, I may put Live '93 up next.
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The sleeve is tired, but the records are in decent condition.
Having listened to both, back to back, the vibe is very similar, with constant themes, the later concert being slightly more sophisticated. I couldn't decide between them @pigmy Pony, if that helps at all :)
Just to complicate matters even further... :lol:
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After three days of procrastination I decided that I'd use the 30 quid Amazon voucher I'd got off the kids for my birthday to buy the SW remix "Made in Japan", but then with impeccable timing Anita announced that she'd used it to "treat me" to a Pixies t shirt I'd mentioned ages ago. Treat me? It was my bloody voucher! Still a t shirt will be nice, all my others have mysteriously shrunk recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idlewithnodrive
And it could have been worse, we get my coffee pods and the cat's food off Amazon :)
Not really. I have that also and while it is very good, it is not quite up to the two mentioned, imooc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
:thumbsup: I will have to do my own listening, I enjoyed the 2016 recording, so look forward to trying the others.
Playing The Orb made me realise (as I sort of see them in the same vein) that I haven't played any Underworld in a very long time - so finishing the night with Beaucoup Fish - an absolute classic from 1999.
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It's certainly worth listening to them all, to see what you think. That's all that matters, after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Re Underworld, I agree, a decent Album.
Good stuff :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
I used to have the original Vertigo LP, but sold it at Wimborne Market for 50p - another of my dumb arse stupid decisions :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
This is only the CD, I've never seen it on vinyl - but according to Discogs the median sold price for an original is £171.67.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
Top price is £585.12!
The market trader you sold it to is currently on his yacht in the Caribbean.
Thanks for that Martin . . . that hasn't improved my day one bit :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Greenslade
Greenslade
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What is it? I can't make out the title.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Tis this Barry :)
Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
1990
Chicago Transit Authority
After their debut album, the group dropped the "Transit Authority" from their name; and musically drifted towards AOR.
Probably fed up with people asking them for a lift home after gigs.
New York Tendaberry
Laura Nyro
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Laufey - A Matter of Time (2025) ("The Final Hour" extended version.)
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Icelandic, but you'd have no idea listening to her. One of my daughters favourites she has introduced me to.
Oh yes! Nice one. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
Should be called "A Matter of Time before you end up in A+E", that apparel is totally unsuitable for working at height. And as for that invisible hedge trimmer she's wielding, that doesn't look safe either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
What kind of music is it? I do like a good lady singer :)
Not conducting a full risk assessment before photoshopping your album cover is totally inexcusable in this day and age.