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    Posted: November 27 2020 at 10:42
About 2 weeks ago ,i finally recieved my copy of the famous danger money cd ,i all can say is wow it was always on my list to buy when it came out in the 70,s it was too pricey but when i went to the record store i always inspected it the songs all are good ,the drumming by terry bozzio is awesome ,although the debut record is considered heads and tails above this incarnation of the band personally it was a favorite ,you see my mum brought the album NIGHT AFTER NIGHT for my christmas the previous year she brought me A FAREWELL TO THE KINGS. anyhow it was worth the wait .Thanks for taking the time read prog fans.

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Hi there. You mean Danger Money by the band U.K., right ? Yes, I believe it was originally released in 1979 actually. Wetton also played with Wishbone Ash and Bozzio really plays some serious drums on DM.
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DM was a gateway record for me too, it allowed me to appreciate progressive rock that was not necessarily guitar-based and heavy.   'Carrying No Cross' still a spellbinder.
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Great record! Nothing like the debut, but almost nothing is. Must have IMHO.

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Very good album, and more accessible than the debut. Which could be both a good and bad thing.
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Top 10 for me. The standout album of the barren year 1979.
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Well, the release of Danger Money afforded me the chance to attend a largely ignored in-store appearance by the band in 1979 at a now-defunct Licorice Pizza record store in Pacific Beach, California. Jobson and Bozzio were highly cordial, and Wetton was such a gracious gentleman with all who approached him. As for the music itself, I visit it often, even though it's not a force to be reckoned with like the debut album. A little lightweight in places.

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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Well, the release of Danger Money afforded me the chance to attend a largely ignored in-store appearance by the band in 1979 at a now-defunct Licorice Pizza record store in Pacific Beach, California. Jobson and Bozzio were highly cordial, and Wetton was such a gracious gentleman with all who approached him. As for the music itself, I visit it often, even though it's not a force to be reckoned with like the debut album. A little lightweight in places.

Dude, this is an AMAZING story! I'd have gone to that same signing regardless of how few people were there! What a contrast to Asia's drawing power, huh? LOL Tongue

I'm ordering a copy of Danger Money for my shelf right now; never had a physical copy. This thread convinced me!

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Originally posted by grantman grantman wrote:

About 2 weeks ago ,i finally recieved my copy of the famous danger money cd ,i all can say is wow it was always on my list to buy when it came out in the 70,s it was too pricey but when i went to the record store i always inspected it the songs all are good ,the drumming by terry bozzio is awesome ,although the debut record is considered heads and tails above this incarnation of the band personally it was a favorite ,you see my mum brought the album NIGHT AFTER NIGHT for my christmas the previous year she brought me A FAREWELL TO THE KINGS. anyhow it was worth the wait .Thanks for taking the time read prog fans.

Glad you finally checked it out. Better late than never! Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Well, the release of Danger Money afforded me the chance to attend a largely ignored in-store appearance by the band in 1979 at a now-defunct Licorice Pizza record store in Pacific Beach, California. Jobson and Bozzio were highly cordial, and Wetton was such a gracious gentleman with all who approached him. As for the music itself, I visit it often, even though it's not a force to be reckoned with like the debut album. A little lightweight in places.

Pacific Beach? Holy cow. Unless I'm mistaken, the San Diego coast has always been a wasteland for (good) rock music. Awesome that you got to meet them. I'd have been there in a flash, 'cept I don't live there and I wasn't even nine years old at the time.
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I love both UK albums equally. If only they would have stayed together for another album or two maybe the 80's would have been a little more tolerable!!!
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I bought the Danger Money LP as soon as it came out and have always loved it. Awesome drumming by Terry Bozzio and Eddie Jobson is obviously giving full vent to his keyboard wizard urges with no guitarist around to rein him in. I read an interview in Melody Maker at the time and Jobson was talking about his fascination with what he termed "Doom Rock" groups like ELP and King Crimson.
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^Cool avatar.
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This is a new one to me. I have had (and loved) the debut for ages. I had put off getting DM for an age due to the lack of Holdsworth and Bruford. But I have to say although it is a completely different to the debut, it is such a fine album in it's own right. 
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Absolute drivel. A waste of my time every time I try it. Reminds me of my experiences with Asia, GTR, Steve Howe, Tony Banks, and Richard Wright solo albums, and 1980s Tangerine Dream, Jan Akkerman, and Rick Wakeman.
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Absolute drivel. A waste of my time every time I try it. Reminds me of my experiences with Asia, GTR, Steve Howe, Tony Banks, and Richard Wright solo albums, and 1980s Tangerine Dream, Jan Akkerman, and Rick Wakeman.

 

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TBH, Danger money sounds a bit like the prequel to Asia. 






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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Absolute drivel. A waste of my time every time I try it. Reminds me of my experiences with Asia, GTR, Steve Howe, Tony Banks, and Richard Wright solo albums, and 1980s Tangerine Dream, Jan Akkerman, and Rick Wakeman.

Hey, that's just your opinion, and you're entitled to it. Sorry you feel the need to speak so harshly of an excellent symph trio record because it doesn't sonically resemble its predecessor.

But then you go and knock '80s Tangerine Dream!? The line-up of Froese, Franke and Schmoelling is the gold standard for electronic progressive music. Fight me! Big smile
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

TBH, Danger money sounds a bit like the prequel to Asia.

So silly. The only thing the two have in common are electricity and John Wetton. I don't remember a violinist being a member of Asia, either.
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I generally was not a fan of 80s Tangerine Dream before, but came to appreciate it over time. At one time I was only really a fan of the pre-Phaedra albums.

As for Danger Money, it is an album that I have actively disliked. I rather preferred the debut but still was not too enamoured with it. Trying Danger Money again, but it's still not my style. I think that it shares an AOR pop-rock, and hook based, approach with Asia. I think there are lots of similarities to be drawn between Asia and UK, and would well expect to find both projects in the same section of a record store and to have a good deal of overlap in the fanbase.

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