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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2017, 12:10:48 PM » |
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Jules Gray
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2017, 01:53:39 PM » |
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Thanks, Skirk, I may just avail myself. Jules |
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2017, 04:13:45 PM » |
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I'm definitely in too! I have that Elektra compilation of the first Plainsong and these two albums but it will be good to hear them in full.
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I'm just a little shy of Surf's Up and I'm deeper than Twist and Shout....Iain Matthews
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2017, 05:05:18 PM » |
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I love both these albums, Valley Hi in particular. Iain seems unhappy with that album, having complained about Mike Nesmith's hand-picked Nashville-flavored musicians in particular. I happen to love it. He likes "Some Days" better, because it's loaded with L.A. session aces like David Lindley and Skunk Baxter (former Doobie Brother  ). A good way to compare the two is to listen to both versions of "Keep On Sailing." Sorry, Iain, but I prefer the Valley Hi version. |
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2017, 06:38:06 PM » |
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I've found a few tracks from these albums on You Tube - some interesting stuff, some not to my taste (Nashville "Shady LieS" - urgh!) - not sure I'll shell out for it.
Interesting snippet from one Amazon review, a propos IM's version of "Dirty Work", the reviewer claims that IM was touted as a replacement for David Palmer. Sounds a bit far fetched to me.
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2017, 06:49:50 PM » |
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Great stuff. Me too |
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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2017, 02:32:11 PM » |
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I remember playing 7 bridges road for a friend who was a huge eagles fan. He just snorted and said that Iain copied the Eagles not for note. He was pretty torqued to find out that it was actually the other way around.  |
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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2017, 03:03:51 PM » |
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I don't want to rain on the Ian Matthews parade, but every BGO release carries the word 'remastered'. There, as elsewhere, it means not a lot these days. Just saying.  |
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I remember playing 7 bridges road for a friend who was a huge eagles fan. He just snorted and said that Iain copied the Eagles not for note. He was pretty torqued to find out that it was actually the other way around. A reporter asked Tom Waits what he thought of the Eagles cover of Old 55.His response: "the nicest thing you can say about an Eagles album is it keeps the dust off the turntable." I'll second hand that opinion. |
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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2017, 05:24:38 PM » |
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Well that was an expensive little excursion you sent me on to that website. Not so much for Iain Matthews but for albums by The Hooters, Tom Verlaine, Little Steven, Jennifer Warnes and Glen Campbell. What a treasure trove that label is. I already have several of their wares by Poco, Joan Baez, Marvin Welch & Farrar & Katrina & The Waves amongst others. |
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« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2017, 09:41:06 PM » |
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I remember playing 7 bridges road for a friend who was a huge eagles fan. He just snorted and said that Iain copied the Eagles not for note. He was pretty torqued to find out that it was actually the other way around. A reporter asked Tom Waits what he thought of the Eagles cover of Old 55.His response: "the nicest thing you can say about an Eagles album is it keeps the dust off the turntable." I'll second hand that opinion. My favourite quote about Eagles is David Crosby's - "Those songs are a mile wide, but an inch deep". |
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folkfreak (Alexander)
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« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2017, 09:58:11 AM » |
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I don't want to rain on the Ian Matthews parade, but every BGO release carries the word 'remastered'. There, as elsewhere, it means not a lot these days. Just saying. Yep, I stopped buying them after the Five hand reel one. It just gets brighter, trebely and loud. The old Steeleye, Thompson and Albion BGO CDs were so fantastic... |
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« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2017, 03:22:35 PM » |
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I don't want to rain on the Ian Matthews parade, but every BGO release carries the word 'remastered'. There, as elsewhere, it means not a lot these days. Just saying. Yep, I stopped buying them after the Five hand reel one. It just gets brighter, trebely and loud. The old Steeleye, Thompson and Albion BGO CDs were so fantastic... Too true.You have to pick carefully with BGO. |
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« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2017, 07:38:56 PM » |
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I don't want to rain on the Ian Matthews parade, but every BGO release carries the word 'remastered'. There, as elsewhere, it means not a lot these days. Just saying. Dead right, with batch processing in Adobe Audition, it takes 5 minutes to add a bit of sparkle and bottom end to 12 tracks and save them to a new "remaster"!!! Less on a modern fast computer - I bought mine in 2011 and I abuse it regularly with 1gb 48k 24 bit recordings!! |
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« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2017, 03:53:06 PM » |
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I don't want to rain on the Ian Matthews parade, but every BGO release carries the word 'remastered'. There, as elsewhere, it means not a lot these days. Just saying. Dead right, with batch processing in Adobe Audition, it takes 5 minutes to add a bit of sparkle and bottom end to 12 tracks and save them to a new "remaster"!!! Less on a modern fast computer - I bought mine in 2011 and I abuse it regularly with 1gb 48k 24 bit recordings!! Now there's interesting. You can 'remaster' to your own taste, then? |
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