I just bought Chris Squire's first solo album in the deluxe set from Cherry Red/Esoteric (5.1 mix and all the singles). Waiting for April 27th for it to ship!
Listening to Geoff Downes' New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program from 1987.
I just bought Chris Squire's first solo album in the deluxe set from Cherry Red/Esoteric (5.1 mix and all the singles). Waiting for April 27th for it to ship!
Listening to Geoff Downes' New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program from 1987.
Now it's the turn of Ray Wilson (he has such a good voice)
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ESP - Band from UK - 22 Layers of Sunlight - 2018
8/10
Gotta say, Noni, just started listening and I'm really enjoying this! Thanks!
Finishing off the Genesis related theme a Steve Hackett album I very rarely play
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For quite a while, Phil didn't rate this album that highly. I think his feelings were coloured by the fact that the only single from the album to achieve success was a cover version. The first single, Thru These Walls, was not a big hit (hardly surprising, given the subject matter and the rather lazy use of "that" drum fill which he admitted to biographer Johnny Waller in the eighties was a "mistake"). Also the cynicism of lyrics such as I Cannot Believe It's True (a scathing attack on his wife who was increasingly asking for more money in the divorce settlement) and It Don't Matter To Me as well as the unbridled anger of I Don't Care Anymore and Do You Know, Do You Care might be a tad embarrassing to him now.
Revisiting the album for the remix he recognised he'd been "a bit harsh" in his assessment. There's some beautiful work here. Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away could be a Paul McCartney song and then there's the tribute to the Buddy Rich big band sound with The Westside. The uptempo numbers may be treading the same ground as some of the tunes on Face Value but there's a brightness to them that's hard to ignore. Overall, I think the album is a perfect companion piece to Face Value.
His best album, IMO.
His best album, IMO.
Agreed.
Agreed.
me as well
Pendragon - The Window Of Life
Lined up next is Peter Gabriel
I have the English and the German version of this one.
Does Peter sing in German then?
Does Peter sing in German then?
Indeed. The albums Melt and Security were also released as „Ein deutsches Album“ with German lyrics and Peter singing in German. I once saw an interview with him on German television years ago, where he spoke quite a decent German.
Beacon?
Beacon?
Oops Beggars!....
Just one.
Pendragon - The World
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Playing some familiar stuff.. Album includes Steve Hackett, John Hackett & David Jackson. Not sure who Giorgio Gabriel is?
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1 Jerusalem
Arranged By – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Bass [Rickenbacker Bass], Transcription By – Carlo Matteucci
Composed By – Charles Parry
Electric Guitar – Giorgio Gabriel
Flute – John Hackett
Organ [Pipe Organ], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
3:06
2 Catherine Of Aragon
Composed By – Rick Wakeman
Organ [Pipe Organ], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
4:42
3 Overnight Show
Flute, Composed By – John Hackett
Organ [Pipe Organ], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
Transcription By – Carlo Matteucci
2:27
4 Hairless Heart
Classical Guitar – Steve Hackett
Composed By – Rutherford*, Gabriel*, Collins*, Hackett*, Banks*
Flute – John Hackett
Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
3:37
5 After The Ordeal
Bass [Rickenbacker Bass], Transcription By – Carlo Matteucci
Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar – Steve Hackett
Composed By – Rutherford*, Gabriel*, Collins*, Hackett*, Banks*
Flute – John Hackett
Organ [Pipe Organ], Grand Piano [Steinway & Sons B211], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
4:56
6 Horizons
Composed By – Rutherford*, Gabriel*, Collins*, Hackett*, Banks*
Flute – John Hackett
Grand Piano [Steinway & Sons B211], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
1:56
7 Fanfare And Lute's Song
Bass [Rickenbacker Bass], Transcription By – Carlo Matteucci
Composed By – Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford
Flute – John Hackett
Organ [Pipe Organ], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
3:05
8 Hammer In The Sand
Composed By – Steve Hackett
Grand Piano [Steinway & Sons B211], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
3:05
9 Theme One
Bass [Rickenbacker Bass], Transcription By – Carlo Matteucci
Composed By – George Martin
Organ [Pipe Organ], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
Saxophone, Whistle, Transcription By – David Jackson
3:27
10 I Talk To The Wind
Bass [Fender Bass], Transcription By – Carlo Matteucci
Composed By – Lake*, McDonald*, Giles*, Fripp*
Electric Guitar – Giorgio Gabriel
Flute – John Hackett
Organ [Pipe Organ], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
5:53
11 Shadow Of The Hierophant
Bass [Rickenbacker Bass], Transcription By – Carlo Matteucci
Composed By – Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Giorgio Gabriel
Flute – John Hackett
Mellotron [M400], Organ [Pipe Organ], Grand Piano [Steinway & Sons B211], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
Soprano Vocals – Bona Kim
7:34
12 Hands Of The Priestess
Classical Guitar, Composed By – Steve Hackett
Flute – John Hackett
Organ [Pipe Organ], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
4:00
13 Galadriel
Classical Guitar, Composed By – Steve Hackett
Grand Piano [Steinway & Sons B211], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
3:19
14 Galadriel's Memories
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Transcription By – Giorgio Gabriel
Bass [Fender Bass], Transcription By – Carlo Matteucci
Flute, Composed By – John Hackett
Organ [Pipe Organ], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
3:11
15 Bilbo's Dream
Composed By – Marco Lo Muscio
Concert Flute – John Hackett
3:31
Visions From Minas Tirith - The White Tree
Bass [Rickenbacker Bass] – Carlo Matteucci
Flute – John Hackett
Organ [Pipe Organ], Composed By – Marco Lo Muscio
(12:13)
16a Appearances Of The White Town
16b The White Tree
16c The Words Of Gandalf
16d The Steward Of Gondor
16e Dance Of The Victory
16f Fanfare And Finale
17 The Great Gig In The Sky
Bass [Rickenbacker Bass] – Carlo Matteucci
Composed By – Clare Torry, Richard Wright
Electric Guitar – Giorgio Gabriel
Flute – John Hackett
Organ [Pipe Organ], Grand Piano [Steinway & Sons B211], Transcription By – Marco Lo Muscio
Saxophone, Voice, Transcription By – David Jackson
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https://ricklambe.bandcamp.com/album/still-life/
Still Life
by Fabric Of Reality Project (Rick Lambe)
Agreed.
My favorite PC album is Both Sides.
For quite a while, Phil didn't rate this album that highly. I think his feelings were coloured by the fact that the only single from the album to achieve success was a cover version. The first single, Thru These Walls, was not a big hit (hardly surprising, given the subject matter and the rather lazy use of "that" drum fill which he admitted to biographer Johnny Waller in the eighties was a "mistake"). Also the cynicism of lyrics such as I Cannot Believe It's True (a scathing attack on his wife who was increasingly asking for more money in the divorce settlement) and It Don't Matter To Me as well as the unbridled anger of I Don't Care Anymore and Do You Know, Do You Care might be a tad embarrassing to him now.
Revisiting the album for the remix he recognised he'd been "a bit harsh" in his assessment. There's some beautiful work here. Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away could be a Paul McCartney song and then there's the tribute to the Buddy Rich big band sound with The Westside. The uptempo numbers may be treading the same ground as some of the tunes on Face Value but there's a brightness to them that's hard to ignore. Overall, I think the album is a perfect companion piece to Face Value.
This album, perhaps even more than Face Value, is the album to play for people who associate Phil only with lovelorn ballads. I know he was hurting, but the hurt in I Don't Care Anymore & Do You Know, Do You Care is real & far more interesting to listen to than some of the later stuff which is full of clichés. Regarding Thru These Walls, while I understand the criticism of it', I find it a brilliant track, his most Gabriel like song. Like China is funny & Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning is beautiful. The only weak spot is You Can't Hurry Love which is completely unrepresentative of the album, hit or not.
Pete Bardens Live - Mirage
1 CD version