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    Posted: September 24 2010 at 14:54
Fish rising is a classic. I listen to this album about once a week. It is essential!
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WinkSmileGreen is a brilliant album so too is the Live Herald. I recently bought Open at our local
Saturday market, another super album.
 
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Originally posted by Pete A. Pete A. wrote:

Fish rising is fantastic. What a dream line up. I guess I'm just and old man, now, but they don't make records like that anymore. The summer of '75 was musically magical for me. Red Queen to Gryphon Three, Hawkwind's  Warrior on the Edge... Egg"Civil Surface" ....Gong's "You"....Strawbs "Ghosts"... Eloy "Floating"....Hatfield's "Rotter's Club"... Soft's "Bundles".....and "Fish Rising". My kids think I'm pathetic, but Lord, I miss those days terribly.
 
When one of your kids picks up a guitar ... put on some Hillage ... and make him feel small ... or if the kid is a drummer, put on Moerlin in You for him and tell him ... c'mon ... let me see how good you are ... before you say I'm pathetic again!
 
You need to play the music louder so it sinks in ... and tell the kid he's hearing too much pounding these days and not enough music! In fact, almost no music at all ... I used to think that Faust was weird ... but I have to tell you that weirdness is heaven to me now compared to half the rap crap out there! Or metal!
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Points: 16435 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2010 at 19:21
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Check out Green and L too!Thumbs Up
 
Agreed!
 
GREEN is fabulous and really well done and recorded by Mr. Hand of Death on the knobs ... Nick Mason!
 
Really well recorded and still one of my favorite plays.
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Points: 39 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2010 at 17:32
How about "Lamb Lies Down.." , Triumvirat's "Sparticus" , Terje Rypdall "Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away", Renaissance "Scheherazade" and more I'm sure. Not all of these came out in "75 (Maybe late '74 ). These were just the records that blew my mind that summer. Who needed drugs??? Did you know that Hillage is on the latest gong LP"2032"? Still great after all these years.
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A little kooky but I think it's practically his best. The guest list (Gong-based) is impressive.
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Points: 1601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2010 at 14:42
Originally posted by Pete A. Pete A. wrote:

Fish rising is fantastic. What a dream line up. I guess I'm just and old man, now, but they don't make records like that anymore. The summer of '75 was musically magical for me. Red Queen to Gryphon Three, Hawkwind's  Warrior on the Edge... Egg"Civil Surface" ....Gong's "You"....Strawbs "Ghosts"... Eloy "Floating"....Hatfield's "Rotter's Club"... Soft's "Bundles".....and "Fish Rising". My kids think I'm pathetic, but Lord, I miss those days terribly.

I never thought about how many albums came out in 1975 vs the years around it.....due to that list I may have to move from 1969 being the best year for music.....Gryphon, Hawkwind, Egg, Gong(and my favorite album of theirs). Hatfield, AND Fish Rising.....Oh man...probably even more great ones.


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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

 
You might like Live Herald too! 
 
Well you should.
 
 
this one is very enjoyable indeed. Congrats, you've unlocked the code.
 
...and cheers to "topographicbroadway" with your newly found discovery.
 
 
 
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Points: 39 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2010 at 22:52
Fish rising is fantastic. What a dream line up. I guess I'm just and old man, now, but they don't make records like that anymore. The summer of '75 was musically magical for me. Red Queen to Gryphon Three, Hawkwind's  Warrior on the Edge... Egg"Civil Surface" ....Gong's "You"....Strawbs "Ghosts"... Eloy "Floating"....Hatfield's "Rotter's Club"... Soft's "Bundles".....and "Fish Rising". My kids think I'm pathetic, but Lord, I miss those days terribly.
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I really like his playing.
 
1. Fish rising
2. Live Herald
 
I remember some great moment of music trip with him
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Points: 33095 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2010 at 17:31
I like Arzachel. 

EDIT: By the way, since people have been mentioning Canterbury favourites, a particular favourite of mine is John Greaves et al's Kew Rhone.


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It's not nearly as advanced, but it's still a good album in my opinion.  Much better than I'd expect for their age, and well worthy of checking out if you're looking for more Hillage. 
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Points: 5208 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2010 at 17:30
Arzachel is a pale comparison to Khan, despite the personel. The guys were barely out of high school when that was recorded.
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Points: 1601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2010 at 17:27
Sorry to get your hopes up.  But I assume you've heard Arzachel correct?  It's relatively the same band, containing Hillage and Stewart.

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Points: 33095 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2010 at 17:25
Damn, I was rather hoping that a formerly unreleased Khan album had been "unearthed" and released as a self-titled album, but I guess I would have known about that.  Anyone hear Khan's collaboration with Chaka? ;)
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Points: 1601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2010 at 17:16
No, that was me editing at various times and ending up sounding retarded.  I'm not fixing the post!

What I meant to list was Fish Rising and Space Shanty as my favorites, with Arzachel a little behind.  I wish there was a second Khan album.


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^ Maybe I read you wrong, but is there an album called Khan? I just have Khan's Space Shanty.
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I'd say Khan and Fish Rising are my favorite Canterbury albums (Space Shanty is up there).  It's ridiculous that they contain some of the same people seeing as Canterbury is easily my most listened to genre.  Oh how I wish Steve had done more work like this.

With Fish Rising being perhaps my all time favorite album I (today actually, which is why I was surprised this topic came up) looked into more of his solo albums... 

I didn't have L, but it's in the process of being acquired, along with Live Herald.  

I finished Fish Rising in the car, and wanted more Hillage so I put on For to Next-And Not Or.  The synth came in and I was worried it'd be too 80's sounding but was okay with the synth.  Then the drums and everything else came in and my ears were immediately assaulted by obnoxious 80's production and music.  I turned it off in easily less than thirty seconds, very unhappy.  
Then I put on Motivation Radio, I didn't finish due to time, but it seemed like it had some potential, though couldn't touch Fish Rising (it sounded way more generic).  
Then just now I tried out Open, and actually liked it a lot.  It had that New Wavey sound, but with good experimentation still.  I liked it quite a bit actually, and plan to listen to it again when I'm not also writing a five page paper so I can pay more attention to it.  

To any Hillage fans who are well acquainted with his work, should I even try For to Next-And Not Or again? I was kind of horrified, but I'll admit it didn't get much of a chance.  Is there anything worth it in there?


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Points: 5208 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2010 at 15:48
Khan is one of my favorite prog albums ever. Fish Rising has been called Khan II and RGI 4 but it's probably closer to the former. Really solid album and certainly Hillage had progressed due to his work in Gong.
 
Still, Space Shanty is my fave.
 
Actually my top 3 Canterbury albums are:
 
1. Space Shanty
2. Fish Rising
3. Live Herald
 
in that order
 
Green is good too, but I think you pretty much get the goods with those 3.
 
hmm.....Egg and National Health might have a shot at #3...might have to do some listening to decide.


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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2010 at 15:18
Luckily i heard Hillage solo first so thats maybe why i prefer his solo stuff.
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