Pumpkinman’s "Rock and Roll" thread.

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #5160 on:** 30 May 2015, 05:13 pm »

Jackson Browne: I'm Alive

ACHiPo · « **Reply #5161 on:** 30 May 2015, 05:21 pm »

Paul Rodgers
The Royal Sessions

pumpkinman · « **Reply #5162 on:** 30 May 2015, 05:23 pm »

All this British folk and no posted Steve Ashley's

Stroll On......One of my absolute favorite Brit folk LP's

From AllMusic Guide:

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Upon release, Steve Ashley's debut album was rated The Sunday Telegraph's folk album of the year, and even landed its maker a U.S. deal with Motown, which released it to wild acclaim in America in 1975. Across the board, Ashley seemed set for a powerful career. Instead, he all but vanished, releasing new albums with infuriating irregularity and condemning Stroll On to a "lost treasure" status that wholly undervalues its importance. Stroll On was originally recorded in 1971 (Ashley suffered some 30 rejections before Gull finally picked it up), but the timelessness of its contents barely registered the delay. The sparse accompaniment of a band built around drummer Dave Mattacks, but diversifying to encompass tablas, concertina, pedal steel (the redoubtable B.J. Cole), fretless bass, and, on one occasion, the Albion Band, offers an exquisite backdrop to Ashley's thoughtful, almost foreboding voice, yet is happy to remain subservient to it. The monastic chant that opens "Fire and Wine," for example, remains in the ears long after the musicians kick in with chiming electric riffery, while "Candlemas Carol" echoes with the midwinter chill that this ancient festival once guarded against, no matter how warm Robert Kirby's recorders grow. Much of the album seems to concern the seasons -- the grip of deep winter, the fleeting joys of summer -- and this, too, contributes to the album's mood, not because talking about the weather is such a popular occupation, but because the moods induced by the changing seasons truly are eternal. And it does listeners good to be reminded of that sometimes.

Is there no one else here with this LP ??

etcarroll · « **Reply #5163 on:** 30 May 2015, 07:24 pm »

Jethro Tull ‎– Aqualung

Finally had a chance to sit down and listen - superb!

Kenneth Patchen · « **Reply #5164 on:** 30 May 2015, 09:39 pm »

I have both the 4 lp Denny vinyl box set and 2 lp FC set as below, and both are smartly packaged and provide a nice historical overview of the careers, but I prefer the Denny ... does some kiler Patsy Clne, she does.

http://www.discogs.com/Sandy-Denny-Who-Knows-Where-The-Time-Goes/release/2078726

http://www.discogs.com/Fairport-Convention-The-History-Of-Fairport-Convention/release/1682768

Cheers,
KP

Kenneth Patchen · « **Reply #5165 on:** 30 May 2015, 09:58 pm »

Quote from: pumpkinman on 30 May 2015, 05:23 pm

All this British folk and no posted Steve Ashley's
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Stroll On......One of my absolute favorite Brit folk LP's

From AllMusic Guide:

Is there no one else here with this LP ??

I no longer have it but I remember it well. Very nice indeed. I think he later did a follow up or a revisit.

Of all of the Brit folkers, Pentangle remains my favorite, I have all their recordings on vinyl and Basket of Light is my favorite of the bunch. I also have most of Renbourn's and Jansch's solo work and a few later Danny Thompson's too. For reasons I can't explain, I only play them in the Fall and Winter.

Cheers,
KP

pumpkinman · « **Reply #5166 on:** 30 May 2015, 10:56 pm »

David Blue ~ Nice Baby And The Angel

pumpkinman · « **Reply #5167 on:** 30 May 2015, 11:22 pm »

The Pentangle ~ Basket Of Light

ArthurDent · « **Reply #5168 on:** 30 May 2015, 11:31 pm »

Quote from: pumpkinman on 30 May 2015, 11:22 pm

The Pentangle ~ Basket Of Light

Amazingly nice stuff eh P-man. Hope you are in the recliner, head back, eyes closed, and just letting it surround you. You must have A Moveable Feast in the Black Hole somewhere. Dig it out, & crank it up to 11. Without a doubt one of the best live recordings I've heard.