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Topic: Gnidrolog albums
Posted: January 08 2007 at 12:15

I like'em both very much. No vote yet.

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Posted: January 08 2007 at 12:12

Both the 72 albums are very similar but Lady Lake shows the band playing with much more emotion IMO so I'll side with that release.

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Posted: January 08 2007 at 12:00

enjoy Lady Lake much more - especially the nice long track (Ship?) with its fantastic closing guitare break, and the title track.

An unusual mixture of Gentle Giant, VDGG and Jethro Tull if I had to compare

Assume folks realise their name is derived from the surname of two core members (Goldring)

I was there but not aware

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Posted: January 08 2007 at 06:33

eugene wrote:

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I also prefer [gnidrolOg]. [gnidrOlog] sounds like a profession...

like a professor of secret ancient science of gnidrology...

damn, you named it!!! you should have been doing it...now thousands of agents from Gnidrology Studies Inc. all over the world dying!!!

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Posted: January 08 2007 at 04:08

Lady Lake is definitely more accessible, but ISOHTN is ultimately more rewarding (and if you search for the right version, you get superb bonus tracks). Both are stupendous.

The Live 72 album is a great addition, if you do not mind poor sound.

If anyone is interested, I am getting rid of Gnosis (priced to sell).

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:42

Lady Lake

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:41

eugene wrote:

But some pronounce "mister" as [mista] and "wobbler" as [wobla],

-- ...most Slavs don't...

But we are hijacking this thread with our philological exercises... -- ...and linguistical ones as well...

Anyway, Gnidrolog is an incredible group, and, still, I would like at least to listen to their live 1972 album.

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:33

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The question is -- whether the Goldring brothers themselves know how their band's name sounds to Slavic ears?

As for Wobbler -- for me it's either eater or catcher of вобла...

Do not know for sure but they could well have known...

Why catcher or eater - just вобла - great name for a band as well. -- 'cause "Воблер" is either an eater or a catcher...

Yes, it's a great name... with connotations...

But some pronounce "mister" as [mista] and "wobbler" as [wobla],

But we are hijacking this thread with our philological exercises...

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:25

eugene wrote:

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The question is -- whether the Goldring brothers themselves know how their band's name sounds to Slavic ears?

As for Wobbler -- for me it's either eater or catcher of вобла...

Do not know for sure but they could well have known...

Why catcher or eater - just вобла - great name for a band as well. -- 'cause "Воблер" is either an eater or a catcher...

Yes, it's a great name... with connotations...

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:23

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I also prefer [gnidrolOg]. [gnidrOlog] sounds like a profession...

like a professor of secret ancient science of gnidrology...

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:20

Fassbinder wrote:

The question is -- whether the Goldring brothers themselves know how their band's name sounds to Slavic ears?

As for Wobbler -- for me it's either eater or catcher of вобла...

Do not know for sure but they could well have known...

Why catcher or eater - just вобла - great name for a band as well.

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:18

I also prefer [gnidrolOg]. [gnidrOlog] sounds like a profession...

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:16

The question is -- whether the Goldring brothers themselves know how their band's name sounds to Slavic ears?

As for Wobbler -- for me it's either eater or catcher of вобла...

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:13

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gnidrolOg - that's how I pronounce it

no-no, it sounds too much like catalogue, I prefer it the other way round.

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:10

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Гнидролог - sounds perfectly surrealistic to me

Where is the stress -- at the ultimate syllable or at the penultimate one? People are always in shock when I tell them about this band. It reminds them (and me too) of "nit"... Something like a "nit specialist"...

Emphasis on penultimate syllable - makes it sounds exactly like that - brilliant. When I told my Russian friend that I got aquainted with gnidrolog he fell laughing. By the way Wobbler also sounds quite funny to slavonic ears - Во бля ! - just perfect.

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:07

gnidrolOg - that's how I pronounce it

I like LADY LAKE more.Got it from NotAProghead, thanks a lot, Zhenya!!!

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:00

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Гнидролог - sounds perfectly surrealistic to me

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 16:52

Гнидролог - sounds perfectly surrealistic to me

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 16:43

eugene wrote:

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I know nothing about Gnosis, but I have both In Spite of Harry's Toe-nail and Lady Lake on one disc (2-in-1 edition). Both albums are superb, it is just impossible for me to choose any of them as a favourite. Both are favourites, or, if you want, the whole disc with two albums on it is a favourite. Can't vote.

I would like, however, to acquaint myself with those obscure bonus tracks of In Spite of Harry's Toe-nail (they don't appear on 2-in-1 edition disc) as well as with the live 1972 album...

Can tell you with all my love to their two albums, these bonus track are of so awful quality, that I have to skip them all the time to avoid spoiling pleasure of listening to the main material.

Well, that's sad.

BTW, how do you pronounce the name of the band?

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Posted: January 07 2007 at 16:38

I would like, however, to acquaint myself with those obscure bonus tracks of In Spite of Harry's Toe-nail (they don't appear on 2-in-1 edition disc) as well as with the live 1972 album...

Can tell you with all my love to their two albums, these bonus track are of so awful quality, that I have to skip them all the time to avoid spoiling pleasure of listening to the main material.

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Poll Question: Pick your favorite
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
In spite of Harry´s Toenail	5	[21.74%]
Lady Lake	18	[78.26%]
Gnosis	0	[0.00%]
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