Alfie, Left... massive Kudos for remembering Greenslade. Music great, also great album covers (Roger Dean?) Love the bit where "Tide" goes into "Catalan". Really surprised me the first time I heard it. For those of you unfamiliar with their work, you may remember the excellent 1970s TV series "Gangsters". Greenslade did the theme (also on this album). please log in to view this image
We have poked the prog sleeping giant , I will have to dig out my Barkley James Harvest and soft machine albums tonight , always had a soft spot for Roger Dean's album covers Osibisa,Yes, Gentle Giant, Asia, Budgie, and Uriah Heep but it was the posters from the Yessongs triple album that decorated my bedroom walls I can still smell the Joss sticks and petulia oil
Well you were in good company as Robert Elms was there that night as well. In fact he was rather unsurprisingly raving about the whole night, although he did single Sarah out for special praise on his Radio London show the following day and played Orange and Blue! Oh and you're quite right about Jeff Picker, simply amazing bassist!
I first heard her on his show , sometimes he is up his arse but I really miss the week day shows they were a great source of music and information about London , I only listen to BBC radio London now when he is on . I enjoyed Sarah so much that I tried to book the show in Bath but it was sold out , she hinted that she will be back in the autumn
Time and Tide was a really good album...only spoilt by being very short! The album was 'forced' by the record company as I recall.
Dragging us out of 70's prog, you really ought to dive into Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilsons solo work. And as you're raised female vocalists... I'll raise you Sonja Kristina, Claire Hammill and Annie Haslam! I still can't get over you remembered Osibisa!!!
Osibisa, I saw them many time , your right I think it's about time they were appreciated more ,they were the only African band doing the mainstream circuit and festivals at the time Steve Wilson started porcupine tree in the town where I live now Hemel Hempstead and I'm sure I saw one of their very early gigs as my mate was into them and we went to a local civic centre to see a band . I've got " to the bone and the raven that refused to sing " I have a problem with his pissing about with classic albums though , some I cant tell the difference others it's like putting lipstick on a pig but he is very fashionable amongst the prog bands to remix them
What rock fan in the early 70s did not have a thing for Sonja , standing in the crowd watching her sing "Back Street Love " could make a teenager go weak at the knees Annie Haslem , Renaissance ,oh wow Northern lights , going home,carpet of the sun , last saw her at the Cambridge folk festival about 2014/15 she still had the looks and a cracking voice Not familiar with Claire Hammil other than seeing her with Gilbert O'Sullivan once , great voice
He's only employed to do those at the request of the bands, so it's hardly his fault! . Personally I think the results are a curates egg. A couple of the King Crimson ones are very good and Yes 'Tales..' is really quite good. Others less successful, for sure. I think his remix of Tears for Fears, Seeds of Love is excellent.
Sadly not from the gig that was reportedly so loud the crowd ended up watching from the other side of the road
To my shame I'd never even heard the name before so after listening to the track I did a quick Google to see what I could find on them and in a small write up on Afropunk.com I came across this quote and wondered what Alfie and Left on the shelf will make of it? And is this a new game, progrocker baiting? "Guitarist Steve Wellington’s chugging riffs come out of the SST school of hardcore. Minimal and heavy, his lean guitar work is free of any proggy excesses"
It's interesting, actually. Black metal has its place. Just the music itself has no particular identity beyond...metal. its not exactly a cultural statement and there's nothing otherwise unique about them - not even the noise level. The drummer and bassist are on it, but for me there's only just so much shredding I can take! But we're a broad church on this Forum, Chiv....
Progbaiting goes back to at least the Sex Pistols, given Johnny Rotten got the gig because he was wearing an "I hate Pink Floyd" tshirt
This is the song that's going to be sung before the Everton game, apparently: I've listened to about 3 seconds and it sounds nicked, but that's not unusual, I guess.
I saw Black Flag support The Damned at the Lyceum in December 1981. I was 16 and it was only my 2nd ever "proper" gig, (as opposed to local gigs around the Hertford area) my 1st had been The Damned at the Lyceum at the end of September, although that was more luck than planning as it was supposed to have been SLF but they'd pulled out literally at the last minute and The Damned stepped in bless 'em! Anyway I can honestly say that at that point in my life watching Black Flag up on that stage, that Henry Rollins was comfortably the angriest man on the planet. In fact I was half expecting his head to explode the way his temple was throbbing! Btw in case you're wondering what they were like, they were ****! The Damned were stunning though but I must say for me the best thing on the SST label were Husker Du although unfortunately I never got to see them live and so as an alternative to Henry Rollins I offer Bob Mould's slightly more restrained emotion on their blistering cover of The Byrds Eight Miles High!
But it was well known that jonny Rotten was a prog fan as were lots of the so called punks of that era , music is a personal thing I have many well loved bands that I cant stand , I just don't listen to them it's that simple , music of all types and ages has the good ,bad and ****ing awful but that's up to the listener
