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Mr Larrington · « **Reply #5650 on:** 09 January, 2022, 10:53:55 am »

Quote from: nicknack on 09 January, 2022, 10:41:19 am

Quote from: Steph on 08 January, 2022, 05:19:52 pm
Someone linked me to this. I am... I have no words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=CbI79e5iZKs&feature=emb_logo

This ^^^^ Wikinaccurate suggests they've been at it for more than thirty years and have released twenty-mumble* albums

* I lost count

rafletcher · « **Reply #5651 on:** 09 January, 2022, 01:06:08 pm »

Vodafone hold music

fd3 · « **Reply #5652 on:** 09 January, 2022, 10:52:28 pm »

Bowie's official release of "Toy". Once I've listened to it I can listen to the "mostly unplugged version" then the "alternative mix" version and then see if I notice the difference from the bootleg I have from ~10 years ago.

rafletcher · « **Reply #5653 on:** 13 January, 2022, 07:39:20 pm »

Donovan’s Cosmic Wheels.

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #5654 on:** 13 January, 2022, 10:05:46 pm »

Yo Yo Ma - Bach Cello Suites.

Music that could have been lost if Pablo Casals hadn't found them in a second hand music store and then spent 13 years learning them and getting them to sufficient perfection to perform them live.

slope · « **Reply #5655 on:** 13 January, 2022, 10:14:49 pm »

Quote from: rafletcher on 13 January, 2022, 07:39:20 pm

Donovan’s Cosmic Wheels.

Now that's a crazy album

fd3 · « **Reply #5656 on:** 13 January, 2022, 11:01:33 pm »

S&tB: Peepshow and The Rapture. I remember thinking that Peepshow was a bit commercial back in 88ish, but it's frickn' awesome.

rafletcher · « **Reply #5657 on:** 14 January, 2022, 11:14:51 am »

Quote from: slope on 13 January, 2022, 10:14:49 pm

Quote from: rafletcher on 13 January, 2022, 07:39:20 pm
Donovan’s Cosmic Wheels.

Now that's a crazy album

Certainly is, particularly the somewhat sudden change in tone of "Intergalactic Laxative", then back again. But the original album had a fantastic gatefold sleeve (sadly long gone, along with all my other LP's when my soon-to-be-ex first wife dumped them all in a charity shop!)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #5658 on:** 20 January, 2022, 09:49:43 pm »

Quote from: Steph on 08 January, 2022, 05:19:52 pm

Someone linked me to this. I am... I have no words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=CbI79e5iZKs&feature=emb_logo

Their track "Hari No Yama" aka "針の山" aka "Hell's Mountain Of Needles" sounds suspiciously like Budgie's theme tune "Breadfan".

jsabine · « **Reply #5659 on:** 22 January, 2022, 09:06:52 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 20 January, 2022, 09:49:43 pm

Quote from: Steph on 08 January, 2022, 05:19:52 pm
Someone linked me to this. I am... I have no words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=CbI79e5iZKs&feature=emb_logo

Their track "Hari No Yama" aka "針の山" aka "Hell's Mountain Of Needles" sounds suspiciously like Budgie's theme tune "Breadfan".

Monk rock

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #5660 on:** 22 January, 2022, 12:52:58 pm »

Quote from: jsabine on 22 January, 2022, 09:06:52 am

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 20 January, 2022, 09:49:43 pm
Quote from: Steph on 08 January, 2022, 05:19:52 pm
Someone linked me to this. I am... I have no words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=CbI79e5iZKs&feature=emb_logo

Their track "Hari No Yama" aka "針の山" aka "Hell's Mountain Of Needles" sounds suspiciously like Budgie's theme tune "Breadfan".

Monk rock

Nah, that was this lot:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monks refers.

spesh · « **Reply #5661 on:** 22 January, 2022, 01:33:21 pm »

I thought the implication was that the Budgie sound-a-likes are more Saffron* Sabbath, as it were.

* ref the colour of Buddhist monks' robes.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #5662 on:** 22 January, 2022, 01:50:12 pm »

Wikinaccurate maintains that it's only bassist Ken-ichi Suzuki who dresses like a Buddhist monk; guitarist Shinji Wajima's “costume has motifs of literary master of Meiji era” and drummer Nobu Nakajima “looks like a Japanese gangster”. You can sleep easy in your collective beds knowing this

Further investigation has revealed that someone called “B Shelley” gets a writing credit for “Hari No Yama”.

rafletcher · « **Reply #5663 on:** 22 January, 2022, 09:30:36 pm »

Suzanne Vega’s eponymous first album. Some great tracks, especially Small Blue Thing and The Soldier and the Queen.

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #5664 on:** 27 January, 2022, 02:36:27 pm »

The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's castle at Weisseria - which featured about 20 musicians, none of whom were actually in Blue Oyster Cult at the time.

rafletcher · « **Reply #5665 on:** 27 January, 2022, 07:45:11 pm »

Molly Hatchet, “live”. Quite good for turbo work.

slope · « **Reply #5666 on:** 27 January, 2022, 08:17:02 pm »

Hello Mabel are you able . . .

https://youtu.be/P0yzs4ySajc

lovely harmonies

nicknack · « **Reply #5667 on:** 05 February, 2022, 05:54:12 pm »

Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity. On loud. 60s goodness.
Every so often you need a bit of Hammond.

slope · « **Reply #5668 on:** 05 February, 2022, 06:46:44 pm »

Quote from: nicknack on 05 February, 2022, 05:54:12 pm

Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity. On loud. 60s goodness.
Every so often you need a bit of Hammond.

Pingu · « **Reply #5669 on:** 05 February, 2022, 09:47:22 pm »

Quote from: nicknack on 05 February, 2022, 05:54:12 pm

...Every so often you need a bit of Hammond.

Indeed, I had A Passion Play on this arvo

Wowbagger · « **Reply #5670 on:** 11 February, 2022, 07:34:47 pm »

https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/simon-rattle-conducts-carmina-burana/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20170710_carl%20orff&fbclid=IwAR1G005Qp6GAW4AR-ncTgCN2MDZK-_acEjKJqz9vERdr_PbbiSZkmKr4s00

This. Pretty impressive by Rattle & Friends!

fd3 · « **Reply #5671 on:** 19 February, 2022, 11:57:37 pm »

Bowie: Reality
I've never been that fussed, what with it being Heathen's droky kid brother (a bit like Earthling to Outside) - but it's really rather good.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #5672 on:** 26 February, 2022, 08:33:46 pm »

Led Zepplin - Ten Years Gone

My favourite Zepplin track I think.

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #5673 on:** 26 February, 2022, 09:00:49 pm »

I was listening to Beth Hart's album of Zeppelin covers but gave that up for the new album by Bourbon House.

Slave To The Viking · « **Reply #5674 on:** 05 March, 2022, 12:58:06 am »

Constance Amiot - Fairytale.

I'd heard "Clash dans le Tempo" years ago on a work playlist and loved it ever since, so - as I've listened to that one track so often - I wasn't sure if I'd now maybe ruined my chances of enjoying the whole album. Nope. Instant favourite. It was like falling in love. I got goosebumps and shivery tingles, and smiled uncontrollably.

Been a while since a first play through an album has done that to me!