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Alucard
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Topic: Pip Pyle Posted: October 06 2005 at 07:16 |
Pip Pyle was the drummer for Hatfield & the North and National Health two Canterrbury bands you should check out if you don't know them yet. In the beginning of the 90's PP tried to record a solo record and had bad luck with a record contract. It took him finally 7 years (1991-1997) to finish and release this record. Some of the compositions go back to the 70's. (He performed 'Seven sisters' already on the last National Health tour in 1979). The musicians who played on the record are those Pip Pyle played with at one point or another of his carreer. (they are all mentionned on the bottom of the sleeve) The tracks on the record are quite different and range from Prog (Canterbury) to Jazz ,up to straightforward Rock. There is even a Beatles Cover (Strawberry fields). And on 2 tracks you have Pip perform with R.Sinclair, D.Stewart, and P. Milller...yes the complete!!!! original Hatfields. A very nice record with different moods. MP3: Pip Pyle : Seven Sisters: http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=34IOQS1I73A8E2AN4MX07V1MF 8
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Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear
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The Hemulen
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Posted: October 06 2005 at 12:50 |
Ooooooh... me wanty!
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Zac M
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Posted: October 06 2005 at 13:00 |
Definitely will have to check that one out
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"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."
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lucas
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:39 |
The cover of the Beatles' 'Strawberry fields forever' (sung by Barbara gaskin if my memory serves me well) is very good apart from the programmed drums at the end of the track. This last pint is the main problem on this album : why such a gifted drummer included programmed drums on an album he conceived for 7 years ?
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Alucard
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 05:52 |
http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=34IOQS1I73A8E2AN4MX07V1MF 8 Thanx to Tony the link to the song works now: Pip Pyle : Seven sisters (includind the complete original Hatfield) BTW: The link expires friday 14/10
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BaldFriede
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 06:08 |
Let's not forget Pip Pyle was drummer for Gong too (on "Continental Circus" and "Camembert Electrique"; he also plays on their "25th Birthday Party" live album from 1994; the late Pierre Moerlen couldn't make it because he was stuck in a contract for "Evita" ). He also played in the band "Soft Heap" (the band name is a play on words with Soft Machine and the first names of the band members - Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, Alan Gowen and Pip Pyle).
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Melos
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 06:21 |
Underrated drummer, and one of the best... his work in the late Hatfield is gorgeous...
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The Hemulen
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 07:52 |
LATE Hatfield? THEY'VE REFORMED, MATEY!! Pip intact. |
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Moogtron III
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 08:04 |
Wow, another mystery resolved. I knew Matching Mole came from "Machine Mole", the French translation of Soft Machine, but I didn't know the etymological origin of Soft Heap. Thanks once again, Friede. |
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