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Filling in some holes in my Camel collection...

Sinoia Caves: Beyond the Black Rainbow OST



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Guldbamsen wrote: HolyMoly wrote: KLAUS SCHULZE - "La Vie Electronique Vol 13" Am I gonna get all of these, or what? It's starting to look that way, zoiks. ULVER - "Wars of the Roses" Are you purposely seeking out the LVE compilations over his studio albums Steve?

The LVE albums are more readily available right now (and very attractively priced).  Most of the studio albums I want seem to be out of print, and used copies run pretty expensive.  I'm hoping for a reissue in the near future.  But most of them are on Youtube anyway so that'll hold me for now.  If you know where I can get the studio albums at a reasonable price, I'd love to know.

Guldbamsen wrote: HolyMoly wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: HolyMoly wrote: KLAUS SCHULZE - "La Vie Electronique Vol 13" Am I gonna get all of these, or what? It's starting to look that way, zoiks. ULVER - "Wars of the Roses" Are you purposely seeking out the LVE compilations over his studio albums Steve?  The LVE albums are more readily available right now (and very attractively priced).  Most of the studio albums I want seem to be out of print, and used copies run pretty expensive.  I'm hoping for a reissue in the near future.  But most of them are on Youtube anyway so that'll hold me for now.  If you know where I can get the studio albums at a reasonable price, I'd love to know. Well erm... I own most of my Schulze albums on vinyl - used vinyl no less, so that's probably the easiest way of finding them (in Denmark). I've actually been a little hesitant buying any more on vinyl, because I miss out on all of the extra stuff he puts on the cd versions. So yeah I'm basically of no help whatsoever

Finding a stash of Klaus vinyl around here is about as likely an event as finding Klaus himself walking the streets of Atlanta.  Not that he wouldn't fit in just fine.

MillsLayne wrote: ^Ice is worth the price alone on that second album (really the only worthy part of the album ).

Mirror Image wrote: MillsLayne wrote: ^Ice is worth the price alone on that second album (really the only worthy part of the album ). Yeah, Ice is a great song. Loads of awesome guitar work from Latimer who I feel is still an extremely underrated player.

While Ice is definitely the highlight of the album, I think the album is actually pretty good. I especially love Who We Are. But even the poppy songs are great. I think there is one dud on the album. I think Remote Romance if memory serves.

The Doctor wrote: Mirror Image wrote: MillsLayne wrote: ^Ice is worth the price alone on that second album (really the only worthy part of the album ). Yeah, Ice is a great song. Loads of awesome guitar work from Latimer who I feel is still an extremely underrated player. While Ice is definitely the highlight of the album, I think the album is actually pretty good. I especially love Who We Are. But even the poppy songs are great. I think there is one dud on the album. I think Remote Romance if memory serves.

agree, but I'd go one further and say that Remote Romance kinda rules too.

The Bearded Bard wrote: progbethyname wrote: Also Audun. Fill me in on the SWANS whenever you like. Are they very different from THE SMITHS? Just curious. Like to hear your take. I'm still quite new to Swans (only have their last two studio albums and one live album), so I'm not exactly an expert on the matter. I like what I've heard from them so far though. I find their mix of post rock with other musical genres in their own dark way very interesting. I especially like their Can-influenced tracks (one from The Seer in particular, but the name of the track escapes me). Never heard The Smiths, so wouldn't know how they compare.

The Swans work primarily in two modes -- either a) ecstatic beauty, a ritualistic celebration of life, or b) intense catharsis, a purging of deep pain and loss.  Either way it's pretty intense.  It uses a lot of repetition and long-form writing.  It's "Big" music.

The Smiths were a unique and hugely successful British pop band in the 80s.  They had a jangly yet hard-hitting instrumental attack, topped with a singer (Morrissey) who had a really amusing conversational style that touched on melodrama, humor, and witty sarcasm, delivered in a crooning voice that keeps the tongue ever so slightly inside the cheek.

The Shaggs were a proto-prog band from Sardinia that featured Todd Rundgren and Furio Chirico (future drummer for Arti & Mestieri).  Their groundbreaking use of the Tuna Fish Guitar created quite a ruckus in the Berlin School community when Edgar Froese suddenly dropped his pants in a

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