Posts by foxfeeder

    Talking Pictures TV are airing "Stringray" on Saturday afternoons. Made in 1964, in colour, the picture quality is outstanding for the era, clearly Gerry Anderson's budget had few limits.


    This showing proves me wrong. Back in the day, it would be one around 4.30pm, and, like Fireball XL5 and Thunderbirds, I would be badgering my mum if we had stopped in shops on the way home from school, home taping was not even something anyone had even imagined at that time, so I'd be urging mum to get a move on, this would be my only chance to see this episode, it would never be repeated! Now, it seems, I was wrong! Sorry mum!


    Interestingly, these repeats are preceded by a warning that the show is rated "PG". Really? It's a kids show, no-one over the age of 12 was watching it back in the day. X/


    On the subject of ratings for shows, BBC have warnings of "Contains adult humour" - I wonder if they've ever seen it? :/

    Steve Harley/Cockney Rebel's first 2 hits were Mr Soft, and Judy Teen, both of which I felt had a little of "I know What I Like" about them at the time. RIP Steve, active until very recently.

    Best track on the album, but like the Rover SD1 was the best car in British Leyland range, it wouldn't persuade me that the Allegro was a head turner or that buying British Leyland would be a good idea. One would rather quietly enjoy the SD1 for the occasional guilty pleasure. If you get my drift.

    Drifting in an SD1? Certainly easier than drifting an Allegro! :)


    As for this, best track Genesis had done since Mama, not potentially much of a compliment, but it is, cos it's a great song. I quite like most of the album as it happens, the best since Duke IMO. 14.

    Along the same lines, I read articles decrying the steady "enshittification" of streaming services; content withdrawn or moving to another platform, introduction of ads on free tiers etc. This rings true to me.

    Exactly! Owning a physical copy gives you the security of having it whenever you want, including times when the internet is not available. :thumbup:

    If we want to talk about artwork plagiarism, Genesis related.....one of the drawings that Paul Whitehead did for Trrespass is a blatant copy of an existing work. I'll try to find the link.

    Nothing new about this, either, The Moody Blues cover artist Phil Travers based the cover of "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" on "Der Kristall" by Sulamith Wulfing, adding the back cover section to reflect the subject matter of the title. Another band has copied their cover, in a cartoonesque style. Can't remember who now. In an "about turn" manner, their "The Present" cover was based on a Maxfield Parrish artwork, later used in it's original form by a band called Dali's Car. No one was sued! ;)

    Genesis 1967-1977 was a specialist round in Mastermind last night. I scored 10, 1 less than the contestant, out of 12 questions, I got the 1st wrong, and the one about a Tony song on W&W (Not wishing to spoil it for iPlayerers!)

    Dave Cousins, Dave Lambert and Brian Willoughby of the Strawbs released an album in 2001 entitled Baroque & Roll, largely comprised of acoustic versions of previously released Strawbs songs. They called themselves Acoustic Strawbs and periodically toured under that name, with Willoughby sometimes being replaced by Chas Cronk (who like Willoughby was an on-again, off-again member of the Strawbs).


    Cousins and Willoughby also released a pair of albums as a duo. The first one was released before Willoughby had ever played on a Strawbs album, but the second one was released some years after.


    And then Cousins and Rick Wakeman released a studio album together in 2002 entitled Hummingbird, though Wakeman, a former band member, was obviously long-gone from the Strawbs when that album came out.

    And though they were no longer in Strawbs, Hudson-Ford were ex-members who became one of my favourite bands back in the 70's. Wakeman was on their first album too. I guess you know Chas Cronk was briefly Steve Hackett's bass player.

    There a Radiohead spinoff band on the go, with Thom Yorke and the guitarist. The band's name might be Smile or something? Getting very good reviews, checking them out is on my infinite to-do list.


    Edit: i just remembered Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlain of the Smashing Pumpkins formed a supergroup called Zwan, which released one very good album before imploding in the standard fashion.


    Edit 2: and Brett Anderson/Bernard Butler of Suede reunited for one album as a different band, The Tears.

    Smile? Interesting choice of name, Brian May/Roger Taylor's band before Queen! ;)

    I was listening to the Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie album the other day (and mighty fine it is too!) and it got me thinking. There aren't many albums where parts of bands have worked together. True, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are on the album I mention, but it's pretty much just as session men, like Phil and Mike on Voyage Of T'Acolyte (Yorkshire version ^^ ).


    I can only think of one other example, Blue Jays, Justin Hayward and John Lodge outside the Moody Blues. (And Buckingham/Nicks doesn't count, they hadn't joined Fleetwood Mac yet). I guess we'd all like to have seen something similar in Genesis, like Steve and Tony together in my case, I guess it's not too late..........

    The older footage was shot on film, not tape. Film has a lot of extra "resolution" when compared to digital formats, so even an 8K scan of something shot on 35mm film is still reducing the possible visual information.


    By the early 90s a lot of recording was done on standard def video tape because it was cheaper and even DVD-level hi def wasn't really being considered very much. Which sadly means things like Serious Hits, The Way We Walk (and Pink Floyd's Pulse) aren't capable of getting a true HD video release.


    One release that (sorta) sidestepped that problem is Secret World, which was shot on film, but 16mm, so that's also why the Bluray is grainy AF, because 16mm film really doesn't hold up well either when remastered into hi def...

    Correct. Anyone who ever had a 110 format camera will know how little resolution a small format like 16mm has. Producing HD releases of stuff available on DVD is pretty pointless, since most DVD/BluRay players upscale anyway, doing what you'd be paying someone to do remotely for you what your player does anyway.

    Yes, I had to look that up and I honestly did not know 'Sade' was a band.


    I have another one - Red Rose Speedway by Wings where only McCartney is on the front.


    There is also London Town - allthough Jimmy McCullough & Joe English played on this album only the McCartneys & Denny Laine are on the front.

    You've just reminded me, via your Sade Comment, Nena was exactly the same, band named after lead singer, and the 3rd album, "Feuer Und Flamme" in Germany, or "It's All In The Game" in English, has the singer on the front, the whole band on the back.