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« Reply #1720 on: November 27, 2024, 09:29:37 AM » |
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My first Glastonbury!
Got there late on the Friday also in a mini!
I did have a little ridge tent which I pitched whilst listening to the Furs.
Remember there being a thunderstorm whilst the Cure played the lighting seemed to suit the music very well.
Also recall watching Madness,there was an important England football match being played and Suggs kept the audience informed of the score. No mobile phones then!
I was 20, happy days.
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« Reply #1721 on: November 27, 2024, 11:32:51 AM » |
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My first Glastonbury!
My first also. Went again the following year and it couldn't hope to live up to the glorious time I had in '86. Never went again. Jules |
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« Reply #1722 on: November 27, 2024, 11:56:59 AM » |
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Liv Greene's new release Deep Feeler. I had never heard of her until I caught one of the tracks on XM's North Americana. Upon listening to the entire record, I was struck by how similar she sounds like Sandy Denny (......had Sandy grown up in the southeastern US!). It wasn't sudden, but a 3rd of the way through, it clicked and it was like..."Dang!" Worth a listen. Here's a sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxYWp5XRKs |
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« Reply #1723 on: November 27, 2024, 04:26:36 PM » |
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My first Glastonbury!
My first also. Went again the following year and it couldn't hope to live up to the glorious time I had in '86. Never went again. Jules '86 was my second after the year before. Both were fairly comedically disastrous for me ('85, I bunked in, slept in a hedge, and then failed to meet up with my mates. Then bumped into my girlfriend who'd chucked me a few weeks earlier and slept in the bottom of their tent on the Sat night which didn't make me feel that good about myself  As I recall, on the way home (hitching) I stayed in a pub in Wiltshire (possibly, Marlborough?) that turned out to be run/owned by Peggy's brother. Does that match up with anything anybody knows to be true?! I went once more for a day in '00 (I lived in Midsomer Norton, you could get day tickets and a bus) but it was sh1te. |
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« Reply #1724 on: November 27, 2024, 04:48:24 PM » |
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you've made me think... 1981 was my first and indeed only Glastonbury.. I was 18. My best friend and I hitched down there from mid wales...Her auntie is Beverley martin and she was playing and selling LP's out of an old van i seem to remember. First CND Glastonbury with the corrugated iron pyramid cow shed stage.. ah those were the days. I paid £8 for my ticket
To keep the thread on theme ....I'm listening to some Taj mahal now in memory of that year when i saw him for the first time.
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« Reply #1725 on: November 28, 2024, 02:21:07 PM » |
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Arlo Guthrie-Alice’s Restaurant because, well you know!
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« Reply #1726 on: November 29, 2024, 05:48:38 PM » |
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Mary Chapin Carpenter : Stones in the Road- 30th anniversary edition. (Real Gone Music 2LP, yellow vinyl, 2024).
I didn’t get this when it came out, mainly because i was avoiding buying a lot of CDs at the time and it didnt get a simultaneous vinyl release. So I'm pleased to have it now. Excellent pressing and mastering, though it's obviously digital.
Ive long been familiar with the title song, from Joan Baez's rocked out version. It sounds softer here, but is a good song whatever. The rest of the record is strong too, and takes up 3 sides. Side 4 is contemporaneous live material, including the wonderful 'This Shirt'.
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« Reply #1728 on: November 29, 2024, 06:57:43 PM » |
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you've made me think... 1981 was my first and indeed only Glastonbury.. I was 18. My best friend and I hitched down there from mid wales...Her auntie is Beverley martin and she was playing and selling LP's out of an old van i seem to remember. First CND Glastonbury with the corrugated iron pyramid cow shed stage.. ah those were the days. I paid £8 for my ticket
To keep the thread on theme ....I'm listening to some Taj mahal now in memory of that year when i saw him for the first time.
Lovely Beverley Martyn...what a life she had (not all of it good, poor thing). I once had a long chat with her in a tiny venue in Canterbury. Great gig. Early to mid 90s... |
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« Reply #1729 on: November 29, 2024, 07:12:52 PM » |
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I met her husband 4 times after gigs late 80s early 90's
And their son once after a JM gig ,Spenser who was really nice to me, especially considering how wrecked his Dad was that night.Which no doubt he would have to deal with after I'd left, rock and roll - not all fun and games, not when your Dad's a mess...
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« Reply #1730 on: November 29, 2024, 07:17:56 PM » |
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I met her husband 4 times after gigs late 80s early 90's
And their son once after a JM gig ,Spenser who was really nice to me, especially considering how wrecked his Dad was that night.Which no doubt he would have to deal with after I'd left, rock and roll - not all fun and games, not when your Dad's a mess...
John Martyn is very much a "love the art, not the artist" for me. And I do very much love his art. But I've (with my own eyes) seen him behaving abusively to a female partner (outside a gig in Folkestone), and I've read enough from others (inc. Beverley) to know he was a complete and utter sh1t. And yes, he was an addict, but that's no excuse... |
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« Reply #1731 on: November 30, 2024, 08:57:11 AM » |
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I met her husband 4 times after gigs late 80s early 90's
And their son once after a JM gig ,Spenser who was really nice to me, especially considering how wrecked his Dad was that night.Which no doubt he would have to deal with after I'd left, rock and roll - not all fun and games, not when your Dad's a mess...
John Martyn is very much a "love the art, not the artist" for me. And I do very much love his art. But I've (with my own eyes) seen him behaving abusively to a female partner (outside a gig in Folkestone), and I've read enough from others (inc. Beverley) to know he was a complete and utter sh1t. And yes, he was an addict, but that's no excuse... My position too. For years i wasn't aware of it, buy eventually it seemed common knowledge that he was an alcoholic and a wife beater. I still listen to his records however. |
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« Reply #1732 on: December 01, 2024, 12:06:48 PM » |
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Incredible String Band : U (Warners 2CD, 2000).
This was the first CD release for U and I'm not totally certain of the date. It's had 2 other releases.
The best thing about having this in the CD format is it's easy to skip the tracks one doesn't like. Fans will understand this .
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« Reply #1733 on: December 01, 2024, 12:50:52 PM » |
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Incredible String Band : U (Warners 2CD, 2000).
This was the first CD release for U and I'm not totally certain of the date. It's had 2 other releases.
The best thing about having this in the CD format is it's easy to skip the tracks one doesn't like. Fans will understand this .
Having just this debate online (as I'm sure you're aware) with Raymond and Andy. The duff tracks, and there are perhaps a couple, are all part of the fun. Put some effort in, man  My favourite ISB album. Perhaps not their best, but definitely my favourite... Yes they were disappearing into Scientological madness and leaving the LSD behind, but there's still enough of the influence of the acid in their folk to keep it all magical... |
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« Reply #1734 on: December 01, 2024, 02:01:51 PM » |
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I do like U. The tracks I'm inclined to skip are the usual suspects 'Bad Sadie Lee', 'Hirem Pawnitoff', 'Robot Blues'. The rest is solid ISB material.
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« Reply #1735 on: December 01, 2024, 10:11:41 PM » |
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I do like U. The tracks I'm inclined to skip are the usual suspects 'Bad Sadie Lee', 'Hirem Pawnitoff', 'Robot Blues'. The rest is solid ISB material.
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« Reply #1736 on: December 07, 2024, 05:59:11 PM » |
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Stornoway -"best of unplucked"
I was alerted to this release by an old friend who was/is seeing them around now in Liverpool - her ticket includes a copy of this album - so I ordered a CD - and very fine it is too!
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« Reply #1737 on: December 08, 2024, 11:30:45 AM » |
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Gryphon : Gryphon/ Midnight Mushrumps (Castle CD,
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« Reply #1738 on: December 08, 2024, 04:44:03 PM » |
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Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and other assorted love songs.
Still one of the favourite Clapton records.
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« Reply #1739 on: December 15, 2024, 11:55:34 AM » |
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Amazing Blondel : Evensong / Fantasia Lindum (BGO CD, 2004).
Another CD which has languished in my collection unplayed for some time, years in fact. It's really rather good.
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