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« Reply #580 on: November 04, 2022, 09:20:22 AM »



3 episodes in and I'm very much enjoying SAS Rogue Heroes.
I understand there's quite a lot of Bon Scott-era AC/DC? I've also been told that it's the best thing about it!


There's loads of AC/DC and other rock music.  You know it's made by the Peaker Blinders guy for sure, so it's very stylised, but it's great fun whilst not being world beating drama.
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« Reply #581 on: November 04, 2022, 11:35:07 AM »




3 episodes in and I'm very much enjoying SAS Rogue Heroes.
I understand there's quite a lot of Bon Scott-era AC/DC? I've also been told that it's the best thing about it!


There's loads of AC/DC and other rock music.  You know it's made by the Peaker Blinders guy for sure, so it's very stylised, but it's great fun whilst not being world beating drama.
I might give it a whirl tonight...
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« Reply #582 on: November 04, 2022, 12:19:39 PM »

Robin Williamson:  Trusting in the Rising Light  (ECM CD, 2014).

His last ecm release,  and for me the most approachable.
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« Reply #583 on: November 04, 2022, 12:49:39 PM »


CSNY - Deja Vu
Waterboys - Room To Roam
Lesley Duncan - Sing Children Sing
Rosie Thomas - When We Were Small

and in the car
Jason Isbell - Reunions

Some fine albums there. The only one I'm not familiar with is Jason Isbell
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« Reply #584 on: November 04, 2022, 01:12:37 PM »


Robin Williamson:  Trusting in the Rising Light  (ECM CD, 2014).

His last ecm release,  and for me the most approachable.


I adore all the Robin ECM albums.  If this (as looks likely?) is his final release it's a hell of a way to go out...

Incidentally if anyone wants a Robin Williamson discography I put together from Discogs (it's on Excel) message me with your email address.
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« Reply #585 on: November 04, 2022, 01:50:21 PM »



CSNY - Deja Vu
Waterboys - Room To Roam
Lesley Duncan - Sing Children Sing
Rosie Thomas - When We Were Small

and in the car
Jason Isbell - Reunions

Some fine albums there. The only one I'm not familiar with is Jason Isbell
My favourite album of the last couple of years, imagine Dave Gilmour playing country rock. Try watching the band version of Overseas on YouTube.
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« Reply #586 on: November 04, 2022, 06:47:57 PM »



Robin Williamson:  Trusting in the Rising Light  (ECM CD, 2014).

His last ecm release,  and for me the most approachable.


I adore all the Robin ECM albums.  If this (as looks likely?) is his final release it's a hell of a way to go out...

Incidentally if anyone wants a Robin Williamson discography I put together from Discogs (it's on Excel) message me with your email address.


Yes, a fine record to bow out on. Who knows if we'll see another?
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« Reply #587 on: November 04, 2022, 07:05:55 PM »




Robin Williamson:  Trusting in the Rising Light  (ECM CD, 2014).

His last ecm release,  and for me the most approachable.


I adore all the Robin ECM albums.  If this (as looks likely?) is his final release it's a hell of a way to go out...

Incidentally if anyone wants a Robin Williamson discography I put together from Discogs (it's on Excel) message me with your email address.


Yes, a fine record to bow out on. Who knows if we'll see another?
 

Robin seems to be fairly content as a part-time painter these days...
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« Reply #588 on: November 07, 2022, 09:52:04 AM »

Dave Brons Return To Arda - a slice of symphonic Celtic prog, inspired by Tolkein's writings.  Rather wonderful.
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« Reply #589 on: November 07, 2022, 12:54:17 PM »

The new Blackbeard's Tea Party album, Kick The Curb, is good fun. They've added a little more rock into the mix & it works well.
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« Reply #590 on: November 09, 2022, 05:32:51 PM »

"With a Heartbeat" - Pharoah Sanders & Bill Laswell (& others); the musicians take a heartbeat as the rhythmic base, and play (improvise?) over it. Very restful.

Next up - Dennis Bovell "The Dubmaster" - 38-track 2CD overview of his work from 1976 onwards (just £7.99 in HMV at the moment!)
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« Reply #591 on: November 10, 2022, 10:32:58 AM »

Various bits of Eliza Shaddad, courtesy of her Bandcamp page which popped up in my feed recently : https://elizashaddad.bandcamp.com/

We saw her somewhat unplanned at Beautiful Days this summer - we'd wandered over to the Big Top area to get lunch and got sucked into her set. A strong solo show, with just her voice and a very competently played fuzzy electric guitar. She sounds a bit softer and more polished on record, which I guess is to be expected, but still a strong presentation. I think I could grow to like her music.

One last thing, she reminds me of Bryde, who I've been following for a while and have mentioned here a couple of times. I'd recommend giving both a listen.

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« Reply #592 on: November 12, 2022, 11:14:20 PM »

Not familiar with Eliza Shaddad, but I'm a recent convert to the music of Bryde. Very impressed with the two CDs I have of hers.
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« Reply #593 on: November 13, 2022, 11:07:06 AM »

Bert Jansch  :   At the BBC   (Earth Records  4LP, 2022).

Happy with my choice. If I want the whole lot, I'll get the CD version at a later date, but quite honestly this us enough to be going on with.
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« Reply #594 on: November 13, 2022, 04:19:00 PM »


Bert Jansch  :   At the BBC   (Earth Records  4LP, 2022).

Happy with my choice. If I want the whole lot, I'll get the CD version at a later date, but quite honestly this us enough to be going on with.


Amazon have reduced the price of the CD version again, now £59.91. Very glad I cancelled my original order with Bandcamp/Earth now which would have cost me another £40 with postage.
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« Reply #595 on: November 14, 2022, 09:19:32 AM »

Sandy Denny  :  Rendezvous  (Island/UMC LP reissue, 2022).

This is the best I've heard this. I've been playing a Hannibal edition for some years, but this sounds better by a good margin, though I had some work done on my Tt not long ago.

The problem with this album in any edition is the way it was produced.  Sandy's voice is swamped in the production.  It's entirely different from the LP entitled Sandy, where the vocal is up front and central. Even so, I can now hear all or most of the words,  and there's a lyric insert for when you can't.

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« Reply #596 on: November 17, 2022, 03:07:03 PM »

Pearls Befoe Swine “Wizard Of Is”

Originally issued in 2004, this edition is a new release by Earth. Remastered and with a slightly different track listing from the original.
It’s made up of alternative versions, demos and live tracks.
Wonderful stuff!
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« Reply #597 on: November 19, 2022, 03:55:43 PM »

Like a lot of 'later' Albion Band material I've long thought By Gloucester Docks was a bit, well, 'naff'.  But I got a very cheap copy of the 2020 remaster and listened to it earlier and really enjoyed it. There's still a slight hint of 'songs from Play School' in one or two places but as a whole I was pleased to be engaging positively with material I know a lot of other people value very highly.

To balance things up a bit I've been very much enjoying the new Richard Dawson album, The Ruby Cord.  I still don't really understand what he does, but I do like it a lot.
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« Reply #598 on: November 20, 2022, 04:48:59 PM »

Family at the BBC 7CD & 1DVD box set. I've been meaning to get this since it came out a few years ago so thought I'd finally take the plunge now Burning Shed have it for under £50.

Jesse Malin - Sad and Beautiful World.
 
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« Reply #599 on: November 21, 2022, 02:39:49 PM »

Sam Sweeney's latest Escape That - it's rather splendid

I recommend it to the house  Cheesy
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