30-03-2018, 09:58 AM
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Re: Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums
Originally Posted by solo
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Floydy you could stop right here whilst I wax lyrical on the God of music Mike Oldfield. His collaboration with artist was/is unique especially with Irish singer Maggie Reilly.
Just heed that distinctive guitar echo her voice.........pure magic
30-03-2018, 10:05 AM
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Re: Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums
No.388: "Azure d'Or" by Renaissance (1979)
Renaissance underwent a transformation after the moderate success of their late 60's-early 70's period when lead vocalist Keith Relf (ex-Yardbirds) was accidentally electrocuted on stage. He was replaced by a female vocalist called Annie Haslam who had such a towering range and kept the band active for some years to come, with even a notable top ten hit in the shape of 'Northern Lights', which we shall see later on.
Azure d'Or was the 1979 follow up to A Song For All Seasons and contained twn more straightforward tracks instead of the usual progressive-length songs. A favourite of mine is thisbeautiful song about a magical place: 'Kalynda':
30-03-2018, 10:19 AM
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Short interlude to make a black coffee for my ongoing convalescence but carrying on then...No.387: "Still Crazy After All These Years" by Paul Simon (1975)
And more 70's. Seems to be a lot of that today for some reason, wasn't planned...
New Yorker Paul Simon with another great release showcasing his extraordinary craft with his studies of ordinary living in his home town. This record contains at least two stone cold classics in these singles (apologies for not being able to show the original 70's clips. Can't find any):
30-03-2018, 10:22 AM
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Re: Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums
Originally Posted by Nom
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Another of my 50P gigs, Renaissance, Stackridge. and if memory serves Atomic Rooster.
I've got a mate who is 10 years older than me whom I see regularly and he comes out with stories of seeing these sort of bands too for those ridiculous ticket prices. Emerson, Lake & Palmer or David Bowie at these tiny little venues before they made it big. Wished I seen all that.
30-03-2018, 10:27 AM
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Re: Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums
Originally Posted by solo
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Floydy you could stop right here whilst I wax lyrical on the God of music Mike Oldfield. His collaboration with artist was/is unique especially with Irish singer Maggie Reilly.
Just heed that distinctive guitar echo her voice.........pure magic
great song. Great voice.
30-03-2018, 10:30 AM
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Re: Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums
No.386: "City To City" by Gerry Rafferty (1978)
Night Owl was featured earlier in this chart, but the even bigger record of course was its predecessor, City To City. The reason being that it contained Rafferty's absolute monster hit 'Baker Street', which needs no further info from me.
30-03-2018, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Floydy
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Golly mate, when was that? Must have been very early seventies.I've got a mate who is 10 years older than me whom I see regularly and he comes out with stories of seeing these sort of bands too for those ridiculous ticket prices. Emerson, Lake & Palmer or David Bowie at these tiny little venues before they made it big. Wished I seen all that.
BTW good to se early Rod big fan of his early work.
30-03-2018, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Floydy
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No.388: "Azure d'Or" by Renaissance (1979)Renaissance underwent a transformation after the moderate success of their late 60's-early 70's period when lead vocalist Keith Relf (ex-Yardbirds) was accidentally electrocuted on stage. He was replaced by a female vocalist called Annie Haslam who had such a towering range and kept the band active for some years to come, with even a notable top ten hit in the shape of 'Northern Lights', which we shall see later on.
Azure d'Or was the 1979 follow up to A Song For All Seasons and contained twn more straightforward tracks instead of the usual progressive-length songs. A favourite of mine is thisbeautiful song about a magical place: 'Kalynda':
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