tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291121252024-03-07T16:41:42.742+00:00Good job I kept my turntable...<p>Mainly rips from my old vinyl that - as far as I know - is not available on CD from legitimate sources. Also, the occasional rip from unavailable CDs.</p>
<p>(in case you didn't realise...) <b>The Witchseason name as used here is not connected with, but is partly a homage to, Joe Boyd's Witchseason Productions, which was responsible for some of the best music to come out of the late 60s and early 70s</b></p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-36495189842260704572011-11-13T17:40:00.001+00:002011-11-13T17:41:46.254+00:00Erk Alors - el finito already?Nothin mp3 related, just another blatant plug for my choir. We have several performances coming up over the next few weeks in North London - see <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com</a> for further details.<br />
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Maybe its time to retire this blog altogether. I have no more obscure vinyl albums to rip - or if I do, they are *so* obscure that even I have forgotten about them. So (unless I change my mind) TTFN.Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-71256094175015519062011-06-29T18:30:00.001+01:002011-06-29T18:30:10.301+01:00RTFM<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Somebody requested Janis Ian's Uncle Wonderful album - I don't know how many times I have to say that *I don't post albums that you can legitimately buy*. In this case you can get the mp3 album from Amazon for a fiver - though I don't know why you"d want to because 85% of it stinks.<br/>
<br/><p style='font-size: xx-small' align='right'>posted from Bloggeroid</p></div>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-57596616180344084352011-06-22T08:53:00.002+01:002011-06-23T08:49:13.603+01:00Rikki Don't Lose the Eye Of The Lens<br><br>
Well now, what have we here? Two newly acquired bootlegs, that's what.
<br>One is a bunch of tracks recorded for Dutch radio in 81/82 by the mighty Comsat Angels and converted to MP3 from the FLACs that a kindly person uploaded to DimeADozen - took me three days to download them and frankly mp3 is just as good for stuff that was recorded to cassette tape from FM radio. A mixed bag but some great stuff including Ju Ju Money, Total War and (of course) Indy Day.
<br>The second is a real discovery for me. Having never heard any Steely Dan apart from the original 7 albums (which, of course, I have on vinyl and love), I downloaded this on impulse from another blog and was absolutely shaggered to hear how mighty they sounded live.
<br>Link to the original Dan post and download for the Comsats are on my mp3 site <a href="http://www.witchseason.com/">http://www.witchseason.com</a>.
<br>PS: I can't believe I used that title for this post, it's probably my worst yet. I'll try to think of a better one.<br>
BTW The Steely Dan recording really kicks the proverbial but suffers from the same problems that many soundboard recordings do - it's a bit flat, has no reverb, and is lacking some bottom end (particularly on the kick and bass guitar) that would be provided physically by the bass bins and so is underemphasised on the desk. Also the bass is probably DI'd so is a bit too 'clean', could do with some warmth and depth - ideally like you'd get from a big analogue amp & a stack of 4x12s.
Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-56568952828629981012011-05-30T12:07:00.000+01:002011-05-30T12:07:05.507+01:00Tottenham Community Choir (s)Yes, there appear to be two. In fact, there are indeed two. One is called Tottenham Community Choir and one is called the New Tottenham Singers. And yes, they (we) do both rehearse at the same time - 7.30 till 9.30 on a Tuesday night - and within 200 yards of each other.<br />
<br />
Why are there two? What - if any - is the connection? Well, there used to be one (TCC). And some of the members of TCC split off, along with our ex-MD, and formed their own choir. Fair enough, I suppose.<br />
<br />
What's the difference? Well, I'd refer you to the respective web sites - <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com</a> and <a href="http://www.tottenhamsingers.com/">http://www.tottenhamsingers.com</a> - where you can read what each has to say about themselves and judge for yourselves. And for those of you who are a bit tech-savvy, you could also take a peek at the source code for the index pages, where one choir is less than complementary about the other. Oh - and you could also look at <a href="http://www.choirwars.blogspot.com/">http://www.choirwars.blogspot.com</a> where I will tell a bit more about it all.<br />
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Bye for now. Oh - and the Melanie Harrold/Joanna Carlin albums are up at <a href="http://www.witchseason.com/">http://www.witchseason.com</a>.Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-42039708385049200302011-04-18T09:13:00.000+01:002011-04-18T09:13:47.301+01:00Please request any re-uploadsI've been very lax and neglectful of this site recently, sorry about that. As I mention elsewhere I've almost run out of stuff to upload - but if you would like me to re-up anything that I've uploaded previously please let me know and I'll try to oblige. Any new uploads will be available for free from my new site <a href="http://www.witchseason.com/">http://www.witchseason.com</a> - no more of this Rapidshare nonsense - at least until I run out of space.<br />
Also, please forgive the plugs for the choir - and if you live in North London, "why not come along and sing along?"<br />
<a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com</a><br />Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-91939557888007248582011-04-17T08:54:00.001+01:002011-04-17T09:02:54.355+01:00Tottenham Community Choir site reorganisedNothing to do with MP3s today I'm afraid, instead a shameless plug for Tottenham Community Choir. Come along and have a sing, or chat to me and request an upload!<br />
<br />
<p>All about us <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/aboutus.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/aboutus.htm</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Our history <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/history.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/history.htm</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>All about our outstanding and fantastic new Musical Director <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/md.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/md.htm</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Our constitution - how and why we exist <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/constitution.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/constitution.htm</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>About our committee and how it works <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/committee.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/committee.htm</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>All the latest TCC news <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/news.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/news.htm</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Our repertoire (constantly expanding - any suggestions?) <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/repertoire.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/repertoire.htm</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>How to find us <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/howtofindus.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/howtofindus.htm</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Press reports about Tottenham Community Choir <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/inthepress.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/inthepress.htm</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>If you don't read music, don't panic - read <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/reading.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/reading.htm</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>How to contact us <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/contactus.htm">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/pages/contactus.htm</a></p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-36431249349289833862011-04-11T07:08:00.000+01:002011-04-11T07:08:06.925+01:00Anyone feel like singing?Perhaps OTT but nevertheless - if you live in North London and enjoy singing, why not join our choir? Tottenham Community Choir meets every Tuesday from 7.30 to 8.30 in Downhills School, West Green Road N15. For further info see <a href="http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com/">http://www.tottenhamcommunitychoir.com</a> - if you do come along, say hello to me!<br />
(PS not meeting this week, 11th April, back on the 18th)Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-15205211593191787082011-04-04T12:23:00.001+01:002011-04-04T12:23:11.039+01:00Rainy Day (without the Dream Away)The all star Paisley Underground album featuring assorted members of Rain Parade, Dream Syndicate, The Three O'Clock, Green On Red & The Bangles is up now at www.witchseason.com<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8</div>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-73518109462185826692011-03-27T12:19:00.002+01:002011-03-27T12:23:31.041+01:00Here Come The Re-upsI won't bother making any further comments on the albums that I re-upload, if you want to hear what I've got to say you can leaf through the archives here. <br />
All these reups will be directly available from <a href="http://witchseason.com/">witchseason.com</a>, so bookmark that site rather than this one if it's reups you're after. This blog will have any new uploads, plus rants on other stuff that are too long to be tweeted. <br />
First up are the two <strong>General Humbert</strong> albums, later today I'll put up the Dion session. <br />
As always, if you can legitimately buy an album you won't find it here. <br />
L7ers.Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-4406412086727188062011-03-25T10:24:00.001+00:002011-03-25T10:24:41.371+00:00Witchseason - The ReturnSome time ago I had an email conversation with Joe Boyd about my using the Witchseason name (he was generally OK about it btw), and in the course of that I suggested he might register the domain name(s) - if only to prevent anyone else doing so. Well, he didn't - and so I have. <br/> Http://www.witchseason.com will go live in the next few days and I'll be using it for general anonymous stuff that isn't right for the blog, including storing a whole bunch of re-up requests (I didn't renew my rapidshare account last time so the links are going to start to go dead if they haven't already). <br/> So if you would like me to reupload something I uploaded before but has gone dead, just ask. <br/> I'm coming back to blogland but it won't be exclusively musical any more. Watch out for a rant about my local choir(s)... <br/> L7ers<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8</div>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-47186946842650923282011-03-24T20:36:00.002+00:002011-03-24T20:41:15.902+00:00Say Hello to the Bear Faced LadyI am still here. I haven't given up, but I have almost run out of ripped vinyl.
My friend <a href="http://bearfacedlady.blogspot.com/">Bear Faced Lady</a> has just started a blog of her own - not music related but she has a cautionary tale of Internet nastiness to tell - pop by and say hello, say Witchseason sent you.
I'll be back soon, maybe with some re-ups, but I no longer have a Rapidshare account so my posts may die quicker than they used to.Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-60690449576707398692010-02-26T13:40:00.003+00:002010-02-26T14:04:25.494+00:00Y Viva Espana<p>I've been looking for this album for flamin' yonks and yonks.</p>
<p>Barbara Mauritz has - or had - one of the most unique voices in rock, and the three Lamb albums (see <a href="http://witchseason.blogspot.com/2007/05/big-thanks-to-mike-gilbert.html">a *big* thanks to Mike Gilbert...</a>) are extraordinary (especially 'Cross Between', which is the only one I have on vinyl). So when I learned that *the voice of Lamb* had made a solo album it went right up high on my list of albums to find.</p>
<p>Never found it. Until today. Casual browsing, searched for it, found it. A Spanish blog, full to the gunwales of albums that should never have been released on vinyl, let alone on CD. Grassy Arse, senor.</p>
<p>It's just a pity that the album isn't really much cop - the voice is great but the material is nearly all by other people and that's really not where she shines. The best track - by far - is her own 'Winter In The Valley', and that's the only one that really gets anywhere near the Lamb material (although 'I'm Bound To Be is co-written by her lamb partner). Nevertheless I'm glad I found it.</p>
<h2>Barbara Mauritz - Music Box (1972)</h2>
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<p>01 - Sit Yourself Down (Stephen Stills)<br>
02 - Drop Down Daddy (Sleepy John Estes)<br>
03 - He Knows What To Do For Me (Mac Rebbenack)<br>
04 - All The Love Of My Life (Link Wray)<br>
05 - I'm Bound To Be (Barbara Mauritz & Bob Swanson)<br>
06 - I Will Be There (Van Morrison)<br>
07 - Around And Around (Chuck Berry)<br>
08 - Winter In The Valley (Barbara Mauritz)<br>
09 - Say That You Love Me (Loudon Wainwright)<br>
10 - Whale (Barbara Mauritz)<br>
11 - Music Box (Barbara Mauritz)</p>
<p><b><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/356165359/BarbMo.zip">Download Barbara Mauritz - Music Box</a></b></p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-85464715620514325802009-12-17T13:34:00.005+00:002009-12-17T17:28:55.698+00:00Bloody hell, where have you been?<p>...a comment that could be levelled both at myself and at today's subject - Sally
Oldfield. And yes, I have previously posted about her - see see <a
href="http://witchseason.blogspot.com/2007/03/singing-and-dancing-in-perfect-
time.html">here</a>.</p>
<p>Older sister of the slightly-better-known Mike (and Terry), she made a number of excellent
albums dring the 70s/80s/90s but vanished a few years ago and I've no idea where she was or
what she was doing. There were a couple of rehashed compilation albums released 'as if' they
were new but nothing else.</p>
<p>And now, today, I've discovered a Sally Oldfield <a
href="http://www.myspace.com/sallyoldfieldofficial">MySpace page</a> with info about a 'New'
album - Cantadora - that claims to be "a new compilation of Sally's favourite tracks,
recorded in her home studio over the years without any record company involvement". I'll try
to find out a bit more about it before I buy it, though.</p>
<p>I've previously posted some of her albums - so here are those links again, plus a few
more. The only albums that you can buy new - as far as I know - are Water Bearer and the new
one, so here are the others. In my opinion the best ones (and they are *really* good) are
Secret Songs, Playing In The Flame, Easy and Natasha, and the worst are Instincts (by a
thousand miles) and Femme. In fact, these are so poor (at least in comparison to her other work) that I haven't even included all the tracks in the downloads. So sue me.</p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Easy (1979)</h2>
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<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322166148/Easy.zip">Download Easy</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Celebration (1980)</h2>
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OhR4CbbvSeW0vX8PkvTlqHO04m5XLJuVU1ZMoOmCHPVkj1T_71ttmzSFMXVqnsePmpnGd98rbINiuA78yq-lNhEdPkRDZYIEYC7bkB-ARPMypX4IP5yiOo5DABbZd4VKv5b7/
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<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322122296/Celebration.zip">Download Celebration</a>
</p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Playing In The Flame (1981)</h2>
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFJegCkjQQogEkFILMRNk9jl88M8B0xat3B5Bd56ZTat9Ud2D2u-pZJel60CCsK5YPM2-AKFletsfGbP2hatsuZES79kI5NpfCqywDH-D5HlAxoEaG9PUcuDsW7pEr-AaenS_/
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<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322172694/Playing.zip">Download Playing In The Flame</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - In Concert (1982)</h2>
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70JN9n4rqlxbdLFpnW3JiRyWxCvSbft-xNpERpg7nVQZjuofVgvWIU4k7umj0wpBiSVhdrR45dKBXd8rQwEKU_llcQ0SGhYgcrScRhGREKKydAWSAFNgJL9TFOGywbi9P9urY/
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<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322161169/Concert.zip">Download Sally Oldfield In
Concert</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Strange Day In Berlin (1983)</h2>
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBBkbdMWw2TMWKUcziGv4MR1zEyEgDUGgla5GXWrJCi7kALv84HIp9PzlcaVPxdmM2IchFuTF9CvkCmmzjXrDpq_Z2OqPDvIQftPP0enn4ihR7Wuh-Y_5TbwLeVy3UunvnR0S/
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pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JQoIyM6iTfA/Syo-
AGKicwI/AAAAAAAAAes/FMjU8RX5j0M/s320/berlin.jpg" alt=""
id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416209673242178306" border="0" /></a>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322110172/Berlin.zip">Download Strange Day In
Berlin</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Femme (1987)</h2>
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_q9vRCZWHWk75oLzinpRW-bK8kgdeeRFYpPU8HnYB3F3OCesRM9Mt6-2yFgnxCsgxvmjK0_DdRiERrXh_fmriLHYWY3WLV53sDyBwAqVvTPhHhEj-T1yuh2RJennRWx9I7xfR/
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cnI/AAAAAAAAAeE/gZmJZ5-1EPI/s320/femme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416209318481392242"
border="0" /></a>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322168899/Femme.zip">Download Femme</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Instincts (1988)</h2>
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5YKYHP9-S6eL2z_QxZw0Bxy9lnb71gZswy_Z0q12SE8w5vq3a9wH3MZiP5nsbmQ5iQSQ3pTmh22od2PyQ0srGi6nkv392v9cbiGL36XpO962cppfiwJwtIdKoz-DsDz2jASF/
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<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322177076/Instinks.zip">Download ItStinks</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Natasha (1990)</h2>
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<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322149009/Natasha.zip">Download Natasha</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - The Flame (1992)</h2>
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<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322145110/Flame.zip">Download The Flame</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Three Rings (1994)</h2>
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<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322136741/Rings.zip">Download Three Rings</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Secret Songs (1996)</h2>
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<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322132019/Secret.zip">Download Secret Songs</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Flaming Star (2001)</h2>
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<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322175375/Flaming.zip">Download Flaming Star</a> </p>
<h2>Sally Oldfield - Assorted other tracks</h2>
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<p>I Sing For You (single, 1980)<br>
Broken Mona Lisa (EXCELLENT single, 1982)<br>
Share (single as 'The Roar Sound', 1985)<br>
Fire And Ice (single as 'The Roar Sound', 1985)<br>
Break Through The Rock remix (single, 1990)<br>
The Man I Love (single, 1990)<br>
Flaming Star (original version, from 'uncut private collection' CD, 2002)<br>
Mystic Drum (original version, from 'uncut private collection' CD, 2002)</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/322152958/Etc.zip">Download assorted other tracks</a>
</p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-39983070351241452452009-10-08T12:11:00.001+01:002009-10-08T12:11:19.312+01:00Oops – forgot<p>I’m also listening to It’s Immaterial for the first time in years, can’t think why I’ve neglected them. File alongside Microdisnae.</p> Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-31462329381385192202009-10-08T07:14:00.001+01:002009-10-08T07:14:51.761+01:00No upload today (and no witty title either)<p>Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who bothers to send me comments. It’s nice to know that some people are willing to give something in return for the music (ie feedback).</p> <p>Out of interest, my current listening preferences are AFP (and you ought to know who that is), The Church, Abigail Washburn (with or without the Sparrow Quartet), Kathleen Edwards, Comsat Angels (prior to the gig next week – yay!) and Spirogyra.</p> <p>All available on CD – or as MP3 downloads from Amazon/iTunes. So no, I’m not going to post them here.</p> Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-5178289069192372382009-09-30T13:49:00.002+01:002009-09-30T14:17:50.947+01:00Answering a few requests & questions<p>No, sorry, I don't have any Wes McGhee. Though I saw him and the band live a few times, and have a vague notion I might have stood in for their bass player at a gig at the Weavers Arms.</p>
<p>No Chris Rainbow, Paul Brett or Mick Fleetwood either.</p>
<p>I don't have "Previous Convictions" (Speedy Keen's 1st solo)</p>
<p>I don't have the Arrival album, either</p>
<p>I re-uploaded the Dion session a while ago - check out <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/65816823/Dion.zip">http://rapidshare.com/files/65816823/Dion.zip</a></p>
<p>Finally, an update on my various Web presences:</p>
<p>Web: <a href="http://www.jeremyb.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.jeremyb.co.uk</a><br>
MySpace: <a href="http://myspace.com/witchseason" target="_blank">http://myspace.com/witchseason</a><br>
Facebook:<a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeremy-Browning/100000251004764" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeremy-Browning/100000251004764<br>
</a>Twitter:@W1tchseason</p>
<p>Now - How do I get rid of all the Japanese spam?</p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-3816046304230387722009-09-30T09:38:00.005+01:002009-09-30T12:48:12.684+01:00My hands are shaking, don't you love me any more?<p>@kristinhersh tweeted (tweeted? Twote? Twit? Twat) that it's been 25 years since 'The Letter'. What a heartbreaker *that* was.</p>
<p>As far as I know, all the Throwing Muses and Kristin Hersh stuff is available on CD apart from one track (the extended 'Soul Soldier') that was on the vinyl version of The Fat Skier but never made it to CD. I also have some live recordings from the radio of a 1993 show in Glasgow where KH did four songs solos and then the band did five.</p>
<p>So today is happy birthday Letter and here's some old songs from a long time back. And 'The Letter' for good measure, in case you don't know it.</p>
<p>By the way, if anyone wants to follow me on Twitter I'm @W1tchseason.</p>
<h2>Kristin Hersh & Throwing Muses tracks...</h2>
<p>...for the 25th Anniversary of 'The Letter'</p>
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<p>Throwing Muses - Soul Soldier (extended version from The Fat Skier)<br>
Kristin Hersh – The Letter (from Hips And Makers)<br>
Kristin Hersh live in Glasgow 1993 - 01 - Sundrops<br>
Kristin Hersh live in Glasgow 1993 - 02 - Houdini Blues<br>
Kristin Hersh live in Glasgow 1993 - 03 - Me And My Charms<br>
Kristin Hersh live in Glasgow 1993 - 04 - Your Ghost<br>
Throwing Muses live in Glasgow 1993 - 01 - Furious<br>
Throwing Muses live in Glasgow 1993 - 02 - Counting Backwards<br>
Throwing Muses live in Glasgow 1993 - 03 - Mania<br>
Throwing Muses live in Glasgow 1993 - 04 - Bea<br>
Throwing Muses live in Glasgow 1993 - 05 - Pearl</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/286866971/KH_TM.zip">Download from Rapidshare</a></p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-48328845371067507332009-09-15T16:10:00.001+01:002009-09-15T16:10:20.984+01:00Kerrumbs, ain’t nothing happening here<p>Innit?</p> <p>Please keep checking back – I *will* post something, sometime soon…</p> Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-58693727655627410272009-06-22T13:00:00.002+01:002009-06-22T13:06:32.729+01:00My Guitar Sometimes Plays Itself<p>I'm sure you've realised by now, as I've ranted and opinionated quite a lot on this hyar blog, that I tend to champion the unknown artists over the famous ones. If you've read my Pink Floyd rant you'll also know that I'm more than capable of dumping a previously much-loved band if they put out a real dog of an album - especially if everyone else raves over it. That's why I hate all post-DSOTM Floyd, why I hate all post-Document REM, and why I hate all post-'the-album-that-made-them-rich' anyone and everybody. And I have to say that, most of the time, I feel completely justified in my loathing. But occasionally - just occasionally - it appears that I may have been a bit rash and (dare I say it) wrong.</p>
<p>Take <strong>The Church</strong>.</p>
<p>I loved the first album (or the English version of it), really liked the second, didn't care for the third, liked the fourth (2xep) a lot, and loved the fifth. And then they made Starfish (and, more siginicantly, the 'Under The Milky Way' single) - and I thought the album stank. And so I dumped them. I considered buying Gold Afternoon Fix and Priest=Aura when they came out but decided against it and went elsewhere.</p>
<p>A couple of months ago I read somewhere (musta been on that internet thingy) that they had a new album coing out. I was surprised to hear they were still going but thought I'd have a listen anyway - and was really surprised.</p>
<p>Truth is, I have to admit that The Church have been consistently prodcing magnificent semi-psychedelic albums throughout the past twenty years, and 'Starfish' was a bit of a one-off. In fact, I almost like it - but not quite. It's still too mainstream and 'Green'-y (hi majors!). But... Priest=Aura! Sometime Anywhere! The new one! I haven't digested all the Church albums I've bought in the past few weeks but I can say with some certainty that I'm going to put them back up where they belong.</p>
<p>Although I don't normally share stuff that can be bought, I think it's worth taking the risk here because I truly believe that more people should hear this band - and from what I can figure out the readers of this blog might just be the kind of people who would do that, and then go buy the albums.</p>
<p>I haven't included the hit singles (Under The Milky Way or The Unguarded Moment) 'cos I figure you may know them anyway, but the rest of these tracks are just the ones that have grabbed me over the past few weeks while I've had The Church on nearly continuously shuffling on my ipod. There's no real difference between the two compilations, they both span the whole career of the band so download one and have a listen. If you like it, download the other. And then decide for yourself what period of their work you like, and buy the albums. Me? I like 'em all.</p>
<p>Apart from Starfish.</p>
<h3>JHB Church Anthology One</h3>
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<p>
01 - Bel-Air (from Of Skins And Heart, 1981)<br>
02 - In This Room (from Sing Songs e.p., 1982)<br>
03 - Shadow Cabinet (from Remote Luxury, 1984)<br>
04 - Tantalized (from Heyday, 1985)<br>
05 - Anna Miranda (from Starfish (bonus disc), 1988)<br>
06 - Transient (from Gold Afternoon Fix, 1990)<br>
07 - Swan Lake (from Priest = Aura, 1992)<br>
08 - Day Of The Dead (from Sometime Anywhere, 1994)<br>
09 - No Certainty Attached (from Hologram Of Baal, 1998)<br>
10 - Espionage (from Parallel Universe (disk two - Mixture), 2002)<br>
11 - Pantechnicon (from Back With Two Beasts (Jammed 2), 2005)<br>
12 - Pangaea (from Untitled #23, 2009)<br>
13 - So Love May Find Us (from Pangaea EP, 2009)</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/247316259/ChurchAnthologyJB1.zip">Download JHB Church Anthology one</a> </p>
<h3>JHB Church Anthology Two</h3>
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<p>
01 - She Never Said (from Of Skins And Heart, 1981)<br>
02 - Constant in Opal (from Remote Luxury, 1984)<br>
03 - Myrrh (from Heyday, 1985)<br>
04 - Reptile (from Starfish, 1988)<br>
05 - Metropolis (from Gold Afternoon Fix, 1990)<br>
06 - Ripple (from Priest = Aura, 1992)<br>
07 - Mistress (from Priest = Aura, 1992)<br>
08 - Two Places At Once (from Sometime Anywhere, 1994)<br>
09 - Another Earth (from Hologram Of Baal, 1998)<br>
10 - The Theatre And Its Double (from Forget Yourself, 2003)<br>
11 - Easy (from Uninvited, Like The Clouds, 2006)<br>
12 - On Angel Street (from Untitled #23, 2009)</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/247318517/ChurchAnthologyJB2.zip">Download JHB Church Anthology two</a> </p>
<p>LINKS:</p>
<p>For further information check out the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_(band)" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> article, <a href="http://www.thechurchband.com/" target="_blank">The Church Band home page </a>and <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/fipster/church/index.html" target="_blank">this fan site</a>, and to buy the albums go to <a href="http://merch.thechurchband.com/" target="_blank">the online store</a>. </p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-12609875838904100172009-06-22T12:02:00.002+01:002009-06-22T12:15:10.648+01:00Nothing Changes, Soldier Blue<p>Another long delay. What can I say? Sari.</p>
<p> Truth is, we moved house a few weeks ago and my turntable hasn't been out of its box since - and isn't likely to be any time soon. So I'm reduced to posting stuff that I've already ripped - or, in this case, ripped *off*.</p>
<p>I do have this album on vinyl, and when I finally get my deck up and running again I'll do my own rip (because this rip doesn't sound great to me), but for now you'll have to make do with this. I got it from http://baratomusical.blogspot.com/ - there's a lot of other good stuff there, although some of it is available for purchase so I can't be 100% in favour.</p>
<p>The early to mid 80s were an odd time, as I recall - loads of big hair, big guitars, guitars sounding like bagpipes, flanged basses - and most bands wanted to be U2 or Simple Minds. Or Springsteen. Pretty much sums up this lot - I bought this album from Steve Burgess in English Weather in Crouch End (might still have been Terrapin Trucking by then, can't remember). The fact that he recommended this to me shows how bleak the situation was - even Steve could be taken in by pomposity and bombast in place of real emotion or musical ability.</p>
<p>You might think that I'm not over fond of this album. You'd be right. I liked it at the time - but only in the gaps left when I wasn't listening to the Chameleons, Comsats, Cocteaus, Church, and other bands not beginning with C (Icicle Fukin Works - now *there* was a band who could do grandeur without grandiose - power without pomposity - and what a drummer... you ought to see me air-drumming to 'lovers day'... bloody hell...)</p>
<p>Where was I? Oh yeah, Silent Running. Someone asked for this, I have it but haven't ripped it yet, happened to find it at baratomusical. Updated the tags & uploaded. Enjoy it if you can. me - I'm off to 'lovers day' again before my current 80s trip subsides. But I *am* going to see the Comsats later this year for the first time since the mid-80s (Camden Palace with Way Of The West). Can't fukin wait.</p>
<h2>Silent Running - Shades Of Liberty (198x)</h2>
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<p>01 - Home Is Where The Heart Is<br>
02 - Emotional Warfare<br>
03 - One In A Million Day<br>
04 - Sticks And Stones<br>
05 - That's Life (In The Real World)<br>
06 - Young Hearts<br>
07 - Crimson Days<br>
08 - Shades Of Liberty<br>
09 - Go For The Heart</p>
<p> <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/240294865/Shades.zip">Download Shades Of Liberty</a> </p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-41198922643750185032009-03-25T07:31:00.001+00:002009-03-25T07:36:31.560+00:00He's Driving Her Stone Blind<p>First, I want to apologise for the lack of updates recently. I haven't gone away, and I'm still paying the subs to keep the rapidshare account open so all the old links stay live. Fact is, I like having this blog and I like sharing this music (great and not so great) and I like the feedback I get.</p>
But with two kids, a full-time job and all the other things I have to I don't have as much time as I'd like for things like blog maintenance - so don't be surprised if there's another huge gap before the next post.</p>
<p>The other thing is that I'm running out of vinyl to rip. Most of the rest of my albums are now available on CD (and so I won't post them) - but every so often I discover that an album that *was* available isn't any more. So I pounce. Oh, you may be able to buy it from ebay, or from Amazon in the 'used and new' section, but the *artist* doesn't get anything from that so I have no problems with giving it away instead. I'm not going to support second-hand dealers!</p>
<p>On a related note I recently found myself outsite an AFP (that's Amanda *Fucking* Palmer to you) gig in Camden with a spare ticket. Touts were walking up and down the queue buying and selling tickets, but I held on to mine and then, when I got to the front of the queue, I just *gave* it to a girl hoping for a return or affordable ticket. You should have seen the look I got from the touts! Made me feel good (even though the girl snatched the freebie and ran off without even thanking me... That's yoof for ya...)</p>
And now, back to the records.</p>
<p>Here's an all time classic that has recently become unavailable to buy.</p>
John Stewart, sadly, died last year and even though I hadn't bought a new album of his in thirty years I was saddened to hear about it. Back in the early seventies he was a great personal favourite of mine (along with other ZigZag & Dark Star US singer/songwriter greats like Papa Nes, Guy Clark, Gene Clark). This isn't his best album - the incomporable California Bloodlines romps away with that (hmm - must check whether Old No 1 and Wolfking of LA are available - there's a classic triad for you) - but it's a damn fine record of a great talent.</p>
<p>BTW I do have the original vinyl (double) album but this rip is from my CD copy. The last two tracks aren't on the vinyl. </p>
<p>Enjoy - and I'll be back before long.</p>
<p>L7ers</p>
<p>J.</p>
<h2>John Stewart - The Pheonix Concerts Live (1973)</h2>
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<p>
<ol>
<li>Wheatfield Lady</li>
<li>Kansas Rain</li>
<li>You Can't Look Back</li>
<li>The Pirates Of Stone County Road</li>
<li>The Runaway Fool of Love</li>
<li>Roll Away The Stone</li>
<li>July, You're A Woman</li>
<li>The Last Campaign Trilogy</li>
<li>Oldest Living Son</li>
<li>Little Road And A Stone To Roll</li>
<li>Kansas</li>
<li>Cody</li>
<li>California Bloodlines</li>
<li>Mother Country</li>
<li>Cops</li>
<li>Never Goin' Back</li>
<li>Freeway Pleasure</li>
<li>Let the Big Horse Run</li>
</ol>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/213024838/phoenix.zip">Download The Phoenix Concerts Live</a></p>
</p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-2117968729968077552008-12-11T14:16:00.006+00:002008-12-11T15:29:53.299+00:00Sorry, I wasn't listening...<p>Keith Tippett has been around the fringes - and centre - of the jazz/rock crossover for decades. He has played with King Crimson and Keith Christmas (vive les KC!), married Julie Driscoll, and done loads more that I don't know about.
Now I'm *not* a jazz fan, and what jazz I do like has often been approached via rock connections. So I arrived at keith Tippett from Blossom Toes, Crimso, Jools, Soft Machine, and others.</p>
<p>I've no idea what his more recent stuff sounds like but these are the first three solo albums that he made. I say 'solo', though the first two are credited to The Keith Tippett Group and the third to Centipede - a great lumbering behemoth of around a hundred members.</p>
<p>I have the vinyl of 'Septober Energy', one of only two or three that I have on the RCA Neon label (along with 'Tonton Macoute', another cracker), and I'm fairly certain that the gatefold photo has a key to all the people on the album and lists - and numbers - them. Elton Dean (sax), Mark Charig (trumpet & cornet), Nick Evans (trombone), Robert Wyatt (drums), Brians Godding and Belshaw (guitars), Roy Babbington (bass)...</p>
<p>Robert Fripp produced the Centipede album at about the same time that he was recording King Crimson's Lizard album, and there are crossovers and parallels musically and personnel-wise.</p>
<p>The first two albums are akin to Soft machine 5, and if you like that you'll probably like them.</p>
<p>Septober Energy is a magnificent sprawling mess.<br />
I love it - but I don't play it very often 'cos there are too many aimless bits. A bit like the Dead live - but whereas you can forgive Garcia & co for wandering off too far in a live performance it's a bit more difficult to love the whole 90-minute beast. A bit of judicious editing - and I'm talking to *you*, Mr. Robert Fripp producer - might have tightened it up and got rid of some of the worst excesses while leaving a side or two free for some other stuff. On the other hand it is (or was) a brave experiment and deserves to be heard warts'n'all. Part four is basically an extension of "Green And Orange Night Park' from the second album, and '###' is 'Let It Be' if I'm not mistaken. Which I may be.</p>
<p>I haven't checked whether the following companion albums are still available on CD, if not I may well post them soon. If they are available, I should buy Jools' ones if I were you. I have the B B Blunder on vinyl but never liked it much. Not sure that I do now, either.</p>
<p>B B Blunder - Worker's Playtime (essentially the 3rd Blossom Toes album)<br />
Julie Driscoll - 1969<br />
Julie Tippetts - Sunset Glow</p>
<h2>Keith Tippett Group – You Are Here, I Am There (1970)</h2>
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<p>01 - This Evening Was Like Last Year (to Sarah)<br>
02 - I Wish There Was A Nowhere<br>
03 - Thank You For The Smile (for Wendy and Roger)<br>
04 - Three Minutes From An Afternoon In July (to Nick)<br>
05 - View From Battery Point (to John and Pete)<br>
06 - Violence<br>
07 - Stately Dance For Miss Primm<br>
08 - This Evening Was Like Last Year (short version)</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/172401725/YouHere.zip">Download You Are Here, I Am There</a></p>
<h2>Keith Tippett Group – Dedicated To You (But You Weren’t Listening) (1971)</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9IjIDf05R6UHF36zNJO4w7-qm5A7J_vAyC0gngglGLtminKFmYC-YjTt6N2c0waYV-u9IZvWmRXzr2c2QUbKz6GLzyFLlcaQqLNdftZeq1920cLwCSZsmskZaSfuEioICnA6/s1600-h/ded.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9IjIDf05R6UHF36zNJO4w7-qm5A7J_vAyC0gngglGLtminKFmYC-YjTt6N2c0waYV-u9IZvWmRXzr2c2QUbKz6GLzyFLlcaQqLNdftZeq1920cLwCSZsmskZaSfuEioICnA6/s320/ded.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278537645311159922" /></a>
<p>01 - This Is What Happens<br>
02 - Thoughts To Geoff<br>
03 - Green And Orange Night Park<br>
04 - Gridal Suite<br>
05 - Five After Dawn<br>
06 - Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening<br>
07 - Black Horse</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/172398100/Dedicated.zip">Download Dedicated To You (But You Weren't Listening)</a></p>
<h2>Centipede – Septober Energy (1971)</h2>
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<p>01 - Septober Energy part 1<br>
02 - Septober Energy part 2<br>
03 - Septober Energy part 3<br>
04 - Septober Energy part 4</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/172407840/Septober.zip">Download Septober Energy</a></p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-4837586352389061402008-11-26T19:30:00.004+00:002008-11-27T10:26:48.798+00:00Hey For A Life On The Road<p>A request fluttered into my Inbox yesterday and, since I was feeling in a good mood and since it was a *good* request, I decided to grant it. Listen to me, granting favours and lording it over the blogosphere! BTW - if my prose reads stilted or unusual today it may well be because I've just finished reading Dandelion Wine for the first time in ten or more years. And I've no idea what the connection might be, so it equally may not be.</p>
<p><strong>IMPORTANT: </strong>Until recently a lot of the tracks on these albums were available on compilation CDs - but now it seems they're not any more. If I'm wrong, or of they are re-released, I'll be taking them down pronto so you can buy them. Check out <a href="http://www.andyrobertsmusic.com">Andy's Web site</a> for more info (and a fuller history of his career).</p>
<p>Andy 'Manley Footwear' Roberts made four-and-two-half really nice albums in the late 60s & early 70s, and only one of them (The Great Stampede) is available on CD (and even that filed under 'Folk' in Virgin!). Here are three-and-two-halves of them.</p>
<p>(Side tryp - sorry for the delay between posts these days. As I say, I'm working full time so don't have loads of time for blogging - also running out of albums that aren't available on CD.<br>Side side tryp, I see Lizardson has finally made the move - under threat from the blogmeister - to only unavailable stuffs. Good man). </p>
<p>So, anyway - Andy Roberts. Long-serving sideman of Roy Harper and Pink Floyd, member of the Hank Wangford Band, Grimms, and Plainsong, as well as being a founding member of the original Albion Country Band. I have often though that if I'd ever made an album it would sound like one of his. Good songs, some verging on the great and some just down-home pleasant, not always able to sort out the good from the not-so-good (all of his albums contain at least one song that, frankly, doesn't make the grade). Good, workmanlike professional playing that, though it uses the same core bunch of musos as Keith Christmas' Pygmy and Fable Of The Wings albums, never quite lifts off into that elusive 'groove'.</p>
<h2>Andy Roberts - Home Grown (1969/70)</h2>
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<p>After leaving The Liverpool Scene, Andy Roberts made a solo album for RCA - Home Grown. It's good, better than the vast majority of similar albums that were being made at the time, but not brilliant. Three or four songs from it are very good, and a couple are great (one-armed boatman, queen of the moonlight world).</p>
<p>For some reason, he then switched labels and released a different version of Home Grown on B&C/Pegasus - ten or so of the same tracks but remixed, a couple of different takes of the same songs, and a couple of switcheroos. So, by my reckoning, that's one-and-a-half solo albums so far. The version of Home Grown posted here contains (in my opinion) the best versions of each of the songs, with the alternatives tacked on as bonuses.</p>
<p>01 - Home Grown<br>
02 - Just For The Record<br>
03 - Applecross<br>
04 - The Praties Are Dug<br>
05 - John The Revelator<br>
06 - Autumn To May<br>
07 - Moths And Lizards In Detroit<br>
08 - Creepy John<br>
09 - Jello<br>
10 - Gig Song<br>
11 - Queen Of The Moonlight World<br>
12 - Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies<br>
13 - Lonely In The Crowd<br>
14 - The One-Armed Boatman And The Giant Squid<br>
15 - Boris At The Organ<br>
16 - Untitled Piece<br>
17 - Moths And Lizards In Detroit (original version)<br>
18 - Queen Of The Moonlight World (original version)<br>
19 - The One-Armed Boatman And The Giant Squid (remixed version)</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/167610218/HomeGrown.zip">Download Home Grown</a></p>
<h2>Andy Roberts - Nina And The Dream Tree (1971)</h2>
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<p>This, for me, is Andy's masterpiece. I love it. It would be on my list of top ten abums of all time if I ever had to make one - at least it would be on my shortlist (I think I have more than ten top abums ever). Only 'Good Time Charlie' and 'Breakdown' fail the magnificence test. This is the solo album *I* should have made.</p>
<p>01 - Keep My Children Warm<br>
02 - I've Seen The Movie<br>
03 - 25 Hours A Day & Breakdown & Welcome Home<br>
04 - Good Time Charlie<br>
05 - Dream Tree Sequence</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/167610221/Nina.zip">Download Nina And The Dream Tree </a> </p>
<h2>Everyone - Everyone (1971)</h2>
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<p>After Nina, Andy formed a band with a guy called Bob Sargeant, but unfortunately the two styles of songwriting and playing bear no resemblance to each other and Andy's nice British guitar-based songs are squashed uncomortably between Bob's transatlantic jazz/soul-tinged organ-led numbers. Not surprisingly, perhaps, Andy contributes what is probably the least interesting song in his entire catalogue - 'Radio Lady'.</p>
<p>This isn't a rotten album, but it is an album of two halves - or two half-solo albums - the Andy Roberts half and the Bob Sargeant half (so that makes a total of three solo albums so far for Andy). In the early 70s you couldn't move for remaindered copies of this album (with its weird fold-out-drop-down front cover picture) in the remainders & bargain bins.</p>
<p>01 - Trouble At The Mill<br>
02 - Sad<br>
03 - Midnight Shift<br>
04 - Don't Get Me Wrong<br>
05 - Sitting On A Rock<br>
06 - Too Much A Loser<br>
07 - Radio Lady<br>
08 - This Way Up</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/167845690/Everyone.zip">Download Everyone</a></p>
<h2>Andy Roberts - Urban Cowboy (1973)</h2>
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<p>After Everyone, Andy switched labels again and made his second-best (and almost certainly his best-produced) album. Urban Cowboy was on Warners (then recently metamorphosed into one-third of Kinney, if I recall correctly - anyone got copies of Zep III with the original Atlantic catalogue number covered by a Kxxxxxx sticker?), and featured 'Poison Apple Lady' and 'New Karenski' (the first two of four or five songs about 'Karen', who inspired some of the best songs of his career), 'All Around My Grandmother's floor (which I think was intended for Plainsong), and his recording of 'Richmond' (a song about being young and seeing Jeff Beck's band in Southend) which had previously been recorded by Shelagh MacDonald (a live version by Andy was also on the '49 Greek Street' album).</p>
<p>01 - Charlie<br>
02 - Big City Tension<br>
03 - New Karenski<br>
04 - Urban Cowboy<br>
05 - Elaine<br>
06 - Home At Last<br>
07 - All Around My Grandmother's Floor<br>
08 - Richmond<br>
09 - Baby Baby<br>
10 - Poison Apple Lady</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/167610222/UrbanCowboy.zip">Download Urban Cowboy</a></p>
<p>Andy's fifth (or fourth, officially, but depending on your point of view) solo album is available from Amazon, Virgin and HMV. Go buy it and contribute to the bank account of someone who's been a solid and significant figure in British music for forty years. </p>
<p>Apologies for any factual errors - I'm writing this on the train with no Internet access so have to rely on my memory. And it <i>was</i> nearly 35 years ago....</p>
<p>See you soon. </p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-91442361527633943742008-10-15T22:05:00.006+01:002008-10-19T13:38:25.836+01:00Humdrum Days Still Flying Out The Window<p>Two more for you today. The first is a live concert from 1984 by Modern English, recorded for an American radio station and first made available on Wolfgang's Vault. This isn't my recording or rip, all I've done is separated the songs into individual files. I can't take any credit for anything else, except the picture below which I created from a photo of the band and my scan of the back cover of the Ricochet Days 12".</p>
<p>As a live gig it's OK, not hugely different from the released versions of the tracks but interesting enough - the 3 original albums are, of course, magnificent. I think I've posted them here somewhere, along with assorted 12" extras. I'm sure some will let me know if I haven't. </p>
<h2>Modern English - Live In New York (1984)</h2>
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<p>00 - Intro<br>
01 - Rainbow's End<br>
02 - Spinning Me Round<br>
03 - Someone's Calling<br>
04 - After The Snow<br>
05 - Hands Across The Sea<br>
06 - Machines<br>
07 - Ricochet Days<br>
08 - Blue Waves<br>
09 - Life In The Gladhouse<br>
10 - I Melt With You<br>
11 - Tables Turning<br>
12 - Gathering Dust</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/155424164/ME_live.zip">http://rapidshare.com/files/155424164/ME_live.zip</a></p>
<p>The late Marian Montgomery had one of the most gorgeous voices in jazz, and it's a pity that her recorded output doesn't really do her justice. There are a couple of her early jazz albums available on CD, and some late live recordings, but this is from a rather middle-of-the-road and bland period in 1972. Her voice manages to transcend some of the material, while some of the other tracks are less great. Never mind. I used to like this album a lot. </p>
<p>The eagle-eared among you may notice that she apparently sings half of the same line twice - that's my fault. Despite my best efforts to clean up my vinyl there was one jump I couldn't get rid of - so I spliced a few words from another line in to the gap. Hope it doesn't spoil your enjoyment. </p>
<h2>Marian Montgomery - Marian In The Morning (1972) </h2>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJy9gyJ4OmCbVEOyUR0hlPAHtR7DxpocWRvqnICC3spDnCjy9Dl0HjOn29LX4bNwQMql6lYioR_nShWJJ48hyphenhyphenfee5hl1WPgbYzOpjqyOjksXif2SIa4mC3trbLyqHa7Jx-EdP/s1600-h/Marian+In+The+Morning.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257490068222026018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJy9gyJ4OmCbVEOyUR0hlPAHtR7DxpocWRvqnICC3spDnCjy9Dl0HjOn29LX4bNwQMql6lYioR_nShWJJ48hyphenhyphenfee5hl1WPgbYzOpjqyOjksXif2SIa4mC3trbLyqHa7Jx-EdP/s320/Marian+In+The+Morning.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>01 - Morning Of My Life<br>
02 - Sweet Gingerbread Man<br>
03 - Walk A Mile In My Shoes<br>
04 - You've Got A Friend<br>
05 - Love<br>
06 - Should There Be A Next Time<br>
07 - Maybe In The Morning<br>
08 - Crying, Loving, Laughing<br>
09 - Ask Yourself Why<br>
10 - If You Could Read My Mind<br>
11 - It Must Be Love<br>
12 - Birds</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/154383046/MITM.zip">http://rapidshare.com/files/154383046/MITM.zip</a></p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29112125.post-12075509673887756652008-10-09T09:29:00.003+01:002008-10-09T09:33:12.703+01:00Ben Goldacre killed Amanda Palmer<p>If you care about the world, buy <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-Ben-Goldacre/dp/0007240198/ref%3dsr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223541020&sr=8-1"
target=_blank>this book</a>. </p>
<p>If you care about music, buy <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Who-Killed-Amanda-Palmer/dp/B001C5ZR0A/ref%3dsr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1223541130&sr=8-1"
target=_blank>this CD</a>. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Really.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Do.</p>Witchseasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07960589324831135816noreply@blogger.com1