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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: August 30 2015 at 10:46 |
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The Hatchet album not merely beating the Squire album.... but massacring it. |
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dr wu23
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Posted: August 30 2015 at 15:18 |
Birds of Fire is one of the best fusion albums ever made.....period. Saw these guys a few years after it came out. But.....I am a pretty big fan of Hatfield so I gotta go with Rotters Club....perhaps my favorite Canterbury album.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin
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digdug
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Posted: August 31 2015 at 10:30 |
the Hatfields in a close one for me
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Prog On!
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Moogtron III
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Posted: August 31 2015 at 12:27 |
Please do not take it seriously, but I voted for The Lobster's Club.
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aglasshouse
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Posted: August 31 2015 at 19:10 |
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http://fryingpanmedia.com
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Man With Hat
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Posted: August 31 2015 at 21:59 |
Hattie-pants.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Prog Sothoth
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Posted: September 01 2015 at 11:28 |
Birds of Fire.
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Padraic
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Posted: September 01 2015 at 12:14 |
Rotters Club
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AEProgman
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 08:43 |
Tough choice for me, but it went to the Birds...
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rushfan4
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 08:58 |
MO
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t d wombat
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 20:36 |
Rotters Club has been a bit of an eye opener for me. This is my third listen thus far and it impresses more each time. It has sufficient moments of oddness to keep things interesting but also enough melody in the hooks to satisfy my need for a bit of mellow. Its more free formish moments are still musically pleasant and nothing feels like a visit to the dentist. That may well make it too middle of the road for some but boring old farts like me appreciate it.
As talented as he undoubtedly is and accepting that he keeps impeccable company its hard to dismiss MO but it simply leaves me unmoved.
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Andrew B
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Julius Henry Marx
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micky
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Posted: September 03 2015 at 14:57 |
^ you wouldn't be the first to consider Rotters Club a grower.. I immediately took to the first Hatfield and the North album and was sort of ehhh about this one but over the last few years it has shot way up my list of favorite albums and has definitely become my favorite of the two.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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SaltyJon
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Posted: September 03 2015 at 18:43 |
The North and Hatfield.
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t d wombat
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Posted: September 04 2015 at 18:07 |
micky wrote:
^ you wouldn't be the first to consider Rotters Club a grower.. I immediately took to the first Hatfield and the North album and was sort of ehhh about this one but over the last few years it has shot way up my list of favorite albums and has definitely become my favorite of the two.
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Yep. While albums that take ten listens to even vaguely get the drift do test my patience, this one was hmmm from first listen and just keeps on digging in. Well worth the effort.
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Andrew B
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Julius Henry Marx
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Tuzvihar
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 11:41 |
micky wrote:
^ you wouldn't be the first to consider Rotters Club a grower.. I immediately took to the first Hatfield and the North album and was sort of ehhh about this one but over the last few years it has shot way up my list of favorite albums and has definitely become my favorite of the two.
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I have similar feelings. I struggled with it for a long time and recently it clicked finally. So, I voted for it though that Mahavishnu album is also very good.
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
Charles Bukowski
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Imperial Zeppelin
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 16:23 |
^ That reminds me, I have to give Hatfield another go..
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"Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl."
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symphonicman
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Posted: September 07 2015 at 17:27 |
Mahavishnu Orchestra, Birds of Fire.
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Master James of St. George. Of the fields and the sky. He used to build castles of stone, steel, and blood. But lines get broken down.
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micky
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Posted: September 10 2015 at 14:13 |
talk about too close for comfort.. Did M.O. have anything that approached the god-like Richard Sinclair. Hell NO!! Listen to that voice and don't tell me you wouldn't give that ass to him if he had asked if he promised to sing to you afterward....
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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micky
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Posted: September 10 2015 at 14:13 |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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t d wombat
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Posted: September 10 2015 at 17:06 |
Because I didn't ever get into Soft Machine and Hillage doesn't do much for me I've tended to ignore the Canterbury stuff but I have to say that Rotters Club inspired me to go looking and I'm very happy I did. Egg and Quiet Sun are already on my like list, not to mention Caravan of course.
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Andrew B
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Julius Henry Marx
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