At Rosfest: Violet District - Terminal Breath (from Inside Out) Collage - Moonshine Collage - Safe (both from THE MAN... Greg Walker) IZZ - Ampersand (autographed, of course)
Recent purchases: When The Wind Blows - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports Everything I didn't have from Alan Parsons Project David Gilmour Live in Concert DVD (AWESOME) Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii DVD (gives me flashbacks!!!) Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon DVD (haven't watched it yet) Marillion - Marbles (so far a MAJOR disappointment to this 20+ year fan) Marillion - Your Gone (all 3 singles formats, just cuz I support them anyway) John Wesley - Wesfest 99 John Wesley - The Bachelor Party Tour Sylvan - X-Rayed Erik Norlander - Music Machine Rocket Scientists - Oblivion Days Lana Lane - Winter Sessions Lana Lane - Ballad Collection Lana Lane - Covers Collection Blackfield - Blackfield Iluvatar - A Song Two Days Wide... Jadis - Medium Rare Jadis - As Daylight Fades (can't believe I waited so long for those 2!) Mostly Autumn - Catch The Spirit Renaissance - Live At Carnegie Hall Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill (Joel likes the Dan) Zabriskie Point Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Marbles, as far as Marbles goes, I wouldn't call myself a Marillion fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I do enjoy their music and thought Anoraknophobia was fantastic. But so far I’m not all that impressed with Marbles either! It has some OK tracks, but as an album it seems very slow paced without much to offer. They do slow tracks well, but after awhile the whole album starts to sound the same. I think it needs to be more diverse in order to keep the interest through the whole album. I think I’ll be enjoying the album for single tracks rather than a whole. Genie in particular is a beautiful song. It’s a shame this album turned out the way it did as I was really looking forward to it. I hope it does well for the band, you gotta commend their efforts to keep this type of music going especially when they have no label and are doing it all themselves. I have a huge amount of respect for the passion and dedication of these musicians. I’ll just have to enjoy their previous albums I suppose.
Purchased: The Tubes - What Do You Want From Live yes, I finally replaced my 1978 vinyl copy
Most recent CD: Lac Placide - Away sent to the station by the band, from Paris France. There is some really good musicianship and cool progressive passages, but I can't get past the vocals. They have a female vocalist who sounds like she'd be more suited to opera. She sings in English, while a male vocalist sings in French. It sounds like she sings a line in English, then he sings a line in French. I'd need a translator to determine if they are the same lines. I don't know if I'll play this on my show or not. But there is one very interesting 18-minute track that has a little classical acoustic guitar, but it's mostly the sound of running water, like a creek, with percussion and effects...really moody stuff. It's not really a "song" but I am tempted to play it just so you can hear it. Interesting.
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I really like this band, still taking it all in, but great first impressions (unlike another 2 CD set recently acquired ) , especially the songs that Heather sings (why Bryan sings when she has such a great voice... I don't know) . This is their Best Of collection, some really tasty stuff.
I really like this band, still taking it all in, but great first impressions (unlike another 2 CD set recently acquired ) , especially the songs that Heather sings (why Bryan sings when she has such a great voice... I don't know) . This is their Best Of collection, some really tasty stuff.
Oh, I didn't realize it was a "best of." For some reason I was thinking it was a live album. Just shows you how much more there is for me to learn about Mostly Autumn. And I intend to!
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Not only was ROSFest great live music and great company (thanks to Gary, Joel, Chris, Lara and fs), but it put a bit of a dent in my wallet too...
Ray Wilson - Live and Acoustic Violet District - Terminal Breath (RPWL predecessor) Collage - Safe Collage - Basnie Little Atlas - Surface Serene Prog4You.com - Compilation Volume I Clepsydra - Fears England - Garden Shed Izz - Ampersand Paul Bremmer - Wombsong
and...I picked up another four or so cds free! Will the musical madness ever stop?
What a co-ink-a-dink, I picked up the first Starcastle as well today, as well as a live Starcastle from 78, and a couple more Floyd covers, all from my local CD shop, Moondog knows where :-)
As far as Starcastle goes, I got a mention on their website, as well as a thank you message from Gary, and from Eric their Webmaster. Let's hope Gary gets well enough to attend Rosfest next year, so he can receive that guitar.
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) , especially the songs that Heather sings (why Bryan sings when she has such a great voice... I don't know) . This is their Best Of collection, some really tasty stuff.
