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To be honest, Paul, I'm suprised by your fondness of the Canterbury Scene, or, it could again be an example of that your tastes 
are more diverse than just being "conservative".
I have to admit that Canterbury in general is too quirky for my tastes, and too little rocky. I like very much though the four albums 
I've listed here, which are

     The Soft Machine  - The Soft Machine  (1968)

     Caravan  -  In the Land of Grey and Pink  (1971)

     Khan  -  Space Shanty  (1972) 

     Gong  -  Shamal  (1975)   
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DAEVID ALLEN    Gong but not forgotten! The magic and the madness of Daevid Allen (1938-2015). Broken Heart Aussie musician Daevid Allen is as firmly rooted in the Canterbury Scene as the Archbishop of Canterbury himself, having co-founded firstly Soft Machine and then Gong, with almost as many offshoots and branches of Gong as Barclays bank.

 3 stars 1976: Daevid Allen & Euterpe - Good Morning! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGPRENFJQmJyErt1Uzukp1oh1kiyynGv5
 4 stars 1977: Daevid Allen - Now is the Happiest Time of Your Life - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mfzHH9Ab83_eJFHQc_jqWNiIOj33nJZuQ
 1 stars 1982: Daevid Allen - Divided Alien Playbax 80 - http:///www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ly9kvfq-dUILzIE3_tn8ncp7FR6wbzFs4
 2 stars 1990: Daevid Allen - Ja-Am: Seven Drones - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQZ0SruqsqU
 2 stars 1990: Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth & Harry Williamson - Stroking the Tail of the Bird - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYjWO-XY5eg
 3 stars 1992: Daevid Allen & Kramer - Who's Afraid? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kxwjEvtPUM
 3 stars 1995: Daevid Allen - Dreamin' a Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqEJOj3Curg



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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


To be honest, Paul, I'm suprised by your fondness of the Canterbury Scene, or, it could again be an example of that your tastes 
are more diverse than just being "conservative".
I have to admit that Canterbury in general is too quirky for my tastes, and too little rocky. I like very much though the four albums 
I've listed here, which are

     The Soft Machine  - The Soft Machine  (1968)

     Caravan  -  In the Land of Grey and Pink  (1971)

     Khan  -  Space Shanty  (1972) 

     Gong  -  Shamal  (1975)   


I was pleasantly surprised too. I like all four of those albums you mentioned. I wasn't expecting to like the quirky music of Daevid Allen though, but Now is the Happiest Time of Your Life is a surprisingly good album. Thumbs Up
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But regarding the outer artwork of In the Land of Grey and Pink, I would prefer it was more grey and less pink, while I like much 
the artwork of Space Shanty - I have both as LPs.


 
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AMOEBA SPLIT       Buenos Dias! Amoeba Split are a jazzy outfit from across the water in sunny Spain. Their two albums are split between "Dance of the Goodbyes", featuring a charming senorita on vocals, and "Second Split", which is entirely instrumental, so for me, there's really no split decision over which album is best. Hasta la vista, baby, as they say in Austria. Tongue




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ANTIQUE SEEKING NUNS     A strangely-named band with even stranger album and song titles and for whom making quirky, off-kilter music is just a force of habit. Antique Seeking Nuns later morphed into Sangune Hum - a cryptic reference to one of the four Greek humours (or temperaments) in Greek proto-psychological theory, first hypothesized by Hippocrates, so there you go. In the meantime, I'm having a serving of Double Egg with Chips and Beans tonight, both in musical terms and gastronomic terms. What are you having? Smile

 3 stars 2003: Antique Seeking Nuns - Mild Profundities - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l3OfKs7rWgV-A6MEhT5mNBwNagt4N9gW8
 3 stars 2006: Antique Seeking Nuns - Double Egg with Chips and Beans - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kxCfH2SHoylf76-r6pUWu8-9gGpc3jc9E
 3 stars 2009: Antique Seeking Nuns - Careful It's Tepid


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I personally prefer Antique Seeking Nuns over Sanguine Hum. Great band.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I personally prefer Antique Seeking Nuns over Sanguine Hum. Great band.
I don't hear much difference in either band and prefer Sanguine Hum.
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I find Sanguine Hum straight ahead prog and ASN's more Canterbury, I like that vibe more.
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KEVIN AYERS (1944-2013)  Broken Heart       An English singer/songwriter and co-founder of Soft Machine, with more Canterbury Scene connections than the Archbishop. There are many heirs to the Canterbury Scene throne, but Kevin Ayers is up there with the best of them. It's time to give his long list of solo albums another Ayering. Smile

 2 stars 1970: Kevin Ayers and the Whole World - Shooting at the Moon - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n9qnG8Kc2xZNuFnd7vb7OXzB05IQh2ljU
 3 stars 1972: Kevin Ayers - Whatever She Brings We Sing - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lI1C8TC3_q4tdBovWYyph6LVdcWNmg1gs
 3 stars 1974: Kevin Ayers - The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDTq8MvTkJasJqx-v8AeaHhKwBiajPu3Q
 3 stars 1974: Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Eno & Nico - June 1st, 1974 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lUOfzV14SiysO4L1YXi52o3t-G2N_gKJg
 2 stars 1974: Kevin Ayers, Lady June & Brian Eno - Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k6aSpLAxKwUxAfK5FACCudm4cql4niozk
 2 stars 1980: Kevin Ayers - That's What You Get Baby - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lG_GidedTSBMYDbzqfxgI592gYv5PG37c
 2 stars 1983: Kevin Ayers - Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain 
 3 stars 1988: Kevin Ayers - Falling Up 
 2 stars 1992: Kevin Ayers - Still Life with Guitar - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cFJtUcmjZkhMW_QdSzqCuGaRCGvnXym
 3 stars 2017: Kevin Ayers, Lady June & Ollie Halsall - The Happening Combo - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8soagIuEPtqXG8a5G3ePHu-VRwYG9vxw     


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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I personally prefer Antique Seeking Nuns over Sanguine Hum. Great band.

Me too.....more quirky and more Canterbury.
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Joy of a Toy by Ayers is a wonderful gem......easily 4  stars for me......with Soft Machine and Caravan members playing on some of it.
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Joy of a Toy by Ayers is a wonderful gem......easily 4  stars for me......with Soft Machine and Caravan members playing on some of it.

I'm looking forward to listening to all of Caravan's albums again, including "The Album", and when it comes to the best Canterbury Scene music, Caravan trail behind no one. Smile
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I personally prefer Antique Seeking Nuns over Sanguine Hum. Great band.

Me too.....more quirky and more Canterbury.
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On the subject of Antique Seeking Nuns, it's just Chips & Beans without the Double Eggs for dinner tonight. Tongue
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I personally prefer Antique Seeking Nuns over Sanguine Hum. Great band.

Me too.....more quirky and more Canterbury.
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On the subject of Antique Seeking Nuns, it's just Chips & Beans without the Double Eggs for dinner tonight. Tongue

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BIG HOGG      A Scottish sextet who are a long way from Canterbury, but close to Hatfield, if you catch my drift. Why not go the whole Hogg and check out their entire discography, which shouldn't take long as there's only one of three albums currently available on You Tube. In the rich pageantry of Canterbury Scene music, this virtually unknown, smoking hot band should be up there with the big beasts. Smile



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THE BOOT LAGOON      A Canterbury Scene band who actually live within sight of the dreaming spires of Canterbury Cathedral, which makes a nice change. The Boot Lagoon are close to Hatfield in musical terms, if not geographically, so you wouldn't want to boot their eponymously-titled EP into the River Stour, although the plain beige EP cover doesn't exactly inspire interest.  I'm sure they've made a big splash in Canterbury though, but the prospects for The Blue Lagoon are looking a bit murky in the rest of the country where they're virtually unknown outside of the progosphere. Confused




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BRAINVILLE      There are some bands who come along sounding like no band you've ever heard before and that's certainly the case with the wonky music of Brainville. They're listed here as Canterbury Scene, but this is more like Avant Prog and not to my tastes at all, although I know there are some progheads here who will love this kind of offbeat, experimental music - and if the off-kilter, slightly mad singer reminds you of Daevid Allen of Gong, that's because it is him. Smile




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 4 stars 1970: Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtsoUorBySZ8GsEIMLVrI2R
 5 stars 1971: Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mFz0nR_h7FWnmMQ90QMaMVh7Gadk3hA8k
 4 stars 1973: Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nRDGZ_xGZ-OPCjQTlT_IVG7XdzoldlbGY
 4 stars 1974: Caravan - Caravan and the New Symphonia - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m26tm8YZpGT_hj6yMBGiaqMnouS5z80ww
 4 stars 1974: Caravan - Live at Fairfield Halls 
 3 stars 1976: Caravan - Blind Dog at St. Dunstans - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt6DhC2Iqme_yI0pKUmdzHM
 3 stars 1980: Caravan - The Album 
 3 stars 1982: Caravan - Back to Front 
 4 stars 1990: Caravan - Access All Areas: Live in Nottingham - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLky8Mxrvk-58EbyG4_LdQ4fE9OwX7lgv5
 4 stars 2003: Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtSTGHVqGWiGO9ge-Ofd68c
 4 stars 2013: Caravan - Paradise Filter 

 4 stars 1971: Catapilla - Catapilla - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tAWCAuqa-Q
 5 stars 1972: Catapilla - Changes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woesy-QYiEg

 2 stars 2008: Clear Frame - Clear Frame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdQsC03x_1o



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