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hi everyone,
at the weekend, whilst perusing cds at talking elephant, i noticed a cd by a band called 'The GPs', who consist of ralph mctell, dave pegg, dave mattacks and richard thompson.
now i'm no expert on folk music or fairport or indeed ralph related things, but i was amazed that i'd never heard of this before, especially on a site such as this.
does anyone know anything about it? was it any good?
abby.
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« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2008, 07:58:18 AM » |
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hi everyone,
at the weekend, whilst perusing cds at talking elephant, i noticed a cd by a band called 'The GPs', who consist of ralph mctell, dave pegg, dave mattacks and richard thompson.
now i'm no expert on folk music or fairport or indeed ralph related things, but i was amazed that i'd never heard of this before, especially on a site such as this.
does anyone know anything about it? was it any good?
abby.
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« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2008, 08:00:32 AM » |
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« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2008, 08:01:48 AM » |
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The name stands for Grazed Pontiffs... someone had tried to assassinate the Pope at the time!
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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2008, 08:02:13 AM » |
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i din't know if you two are being sarky or not.
how come no-one talks about it/them?
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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2008, 08:07:45 AM » |
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i din't know if you two are being sarky or not.
how come no-one talks about it/them?
They do, they do.... do a google search - they are normally mentioned as an appendix to Ralph/Thomo/Fairport biogs.... |
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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2008, 08:15:35 AM » |
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Buy it Groove.. it's fab!
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« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2008, 08:30:22 AM » |
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thanks everyone, i may just invest then!
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« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2008, 09:06:14 AM » |
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It is a class set of musicians just letting rip at some old Rock N' Roll and I may be mistaken, but they appear to be loving it, to me it is a bit like "The Bunch" with a bit more omph!
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« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2008, 09:34:06 AM » |
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It is a class set of musicians just letting rip at some old Rock N' Roll and I may be mistaken, but they appear to be loving it, to me it is a bit like "The Bunch" with a bit more omph!
Definitely! I saw them at Broughton Castle and they were having great fun. Several 50´s rock standards and more anonymous songs were played and enjoyed by everyone.RT & the others certainly have some weak spots for that music. A record well worth having. To my mind, apart from the Sandy vocals, "The Bunch" cannot compete! |
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« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2008, 12:28:56 PM » |
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I have definitely heard of it - in fact I had a vinyl copy once upon a time.
But I categorise it in the same pile as John Lennon's 'Rock and Roll' - glad you enjoyed it chaps, but I'd rather hear the originals thanks.
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« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2008, 01:12:51 PM » |
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I too was at Broughton Castle, and also saw them a short time after on their 'tour', such as it was.
Brilliant live, but the album's sound quality isn't up to much.
Still worth having though.
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« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2008, 02:47:40 PM » |
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It was promoted heavily at FC gigs during early 90's. I bought the cassette and T shirt!
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« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2008, 03:54:42 PM » |
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They appear on the Cropredy Box Set.
There's also a recording of a live concert I got from Dime I think. Supposedly their final gig ...
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« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2008, 02:31:39 PM » |
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I have the CD and it is one of my favorites...but fair warning: the recording quality is abysmal. Bootleg level at best, but still great fun.
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« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2008, 02:49:35 PM » |
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the bootleg is better quality than the official release
and its twice as long and has a better cover
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« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2008, 03:31:47 PM » |
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I saw them live but didn't buy the album.  It was old friends playing rock'n'roll and having fun. Watching Mr McTell thrashing away on a Telecaster was worth the price of admission in itself. But it was definitely all about the live experience. |
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« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2008, 04:14:59 PM » |
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Well worth having the cd though if you weren't around for the live performances  |
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« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2008, 04:18:35 PM » |
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Well worth having the cd though if you weren't around for the live performances Definitely. |
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« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2008, 09:28:08 PM » |
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The original CD is very strongly recommended actually. The sound quality's not that fab - it was recorded off the desk on a Revox (Peggy's I think) but the tape sat under the bed for some years and no doubt got some Scotch-mites in it!
Worth it for RT's sarky comments alone - Ralph does an erudite introduction to one of the songs & Richard remarks "Is it time for the bad acid announcement yet?" Collapse of McTell.
Pretty Boy Floyd is cosmic, with a couple of the best lines Woody Guthrie ever wrote:
Well it's through this world I've travelled, Met lots of funny men
Some rob you with a six-gun, Some with a fountain pen
Certain bank chief executives might like to take that one to heart eh?
PS Weird, we were at Broughton Castle on Sun - we were in the MSA Classic Car rally and arrived in a Jaguar MKII. I stopped looking for the Fairport reunion location in order to enjoy the sight of my mate jump starting a Ferrari from the MKII, ho ho.
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