Pysch/Prog/Folk Thread for Anybody Interested
Posted by: Guido Fawkes on 06 August 2006
JWM - asked if I'd considered a compendium of Prog rock. Well I'm probably not up to the task and as I'll probably drift in to Pysch and Folk and Euro and Space Rock without even noticing, I've titled the thread accordingly. So I'm afraid it's a case of Irk The Purists and lets give it a go. See also the Prog thread.
So where do we start - lets go back to 1926. Janáček’s Sinfonietta was written in the spring of 1926. And yes you know it - it was borrowed by ELP on their first album and called Knife Edge and it was also used to introduce the 60s classic court room drama - Crown Court. So if you haven't got this in your collection then you should have and if you are one of those who posts that he (or she) doesn't like classical music then give it a try.
Of course, when we arrive in the 1960s things start to happen. Perhaps most significant are these albums
Shirley Collins - should be Dame Shirley as she has done more for English music than anybody - Shirley Collins is without doubt one of England's greatest cultural treasures - Billy Bragg
Folk Roots, New Roots - Shirley Collins and Davey Graham: it is simple really: collect some of the best songs from our heritage and bring together a superb singer and a very good guitarist. You have a masterpiece.
1. Nottamun Town
2. Proud Maisrie
3. The Cherry Tree Carol
4. Blue Monk
5. Hares On The Mountain
6. Reynardine
7. Pretty Saro
8. Rif Mountain
9. Jane, Jane
10. Love Is Pleasin'
11. Boll Weevil, Holler
12. Hori Horo
13. Bad Girl
14. Lord Greggory
15. Grooveyard
16. Dearest Dear
Growing up listening in a house where jazz, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley dominated, Folk Roots, New Roots was a breath of fresh air - it made me want to listen to music. I've been an addict ever since.
Of course, we have got to mention the Beatles and the Kinks - it is easy: simply buy all their albums: there are no duff ones. But that is obvious and I think my compendium should focus on the less obvious
So lets kick of with the Incredible String Band - it was they that influenced the Beatles. The two albums that you simply must listen to are
The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion contains alternating Heron and Williamson songs. Every track is sensational and it combines eastern and western music in a unique way.
"Chinese White" (Mike Heron) – 3:40
"No Sleep Blues" (Robin Williamson) – 3:53
"Painting Box" (Heron) – 4:04
"The Mad Hatter's Song" (Williamson) – 5:40
"Little Cloud" (Heron) – 4:05
"The Eyes of Fate" (Williamson) – 4:02
"Blues for the Muse" (Williamson) – 2:49
"The Hedgehog's Song" (Heron) – 3:30
"First Girl I Loved" (Williamson) – 4:55
"You Know What You Could Be" (Heron) – 2:46
"My Name Is Death" (Williamson) – 2:46
"Gently Tender" (Heron) – 4:49
"Way Back in the 1960s" (Williamson) – 3:11
I'm tempted to say The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter is more of the same and in many ways it is, but it contains an epic song: 'A Very Cellular Song' which drifts from one musical style to another and yet maintains its coherence.
"Koeeaddi There" (Robin Williamson) - 4:49
"The Minotaur's Song" (Williamson) - 3:22
"Witches Hat" (Williamson) - 2:33
"A Very Cellular Song" (Mike Heron) - 13:09
"Mercy I Cry City" (Heron) - 2:46
"Waltz of the New Moon" (Williamson) - 5:10
"The Water Song" (Williamson) - 2:50
"Three Is a Green Crown" (Williamson) - 7:46
"Swift as the Wind" (Heron) - 4:53
"Nightfall" (Williamson) - 2:33
So these are my first two recommendations for anybody vaguely interested. I don't think these albums would have surfaced had it not been for Shirley Collins and I doubt if we would have had Sgt Pepper had it not been for the Beatles love of ISB (though it was the ISB's first album from '66 that John Lennon and Paul McCartney both acknowledged).
So where do we start - lets go back to 1926. Janáček’s Sinfonietta was written in the spring of 1926. And yes you know it - it was borrowed by ELP on their first album and called Knife Edge and it was also used to introduce the 60s classic court room drama - Crown Court. So if you haven't got this in your collection then you should have and if you are one of those who posts that he (or she) doesn't like classical music then give it a try.
Of course, when we arrive in the 1960s things start to happen. Perhaps most significant are these albums
Shirley Collins - should be Dame Shirley as she has done more for English music than anybody - Shirley Collins is without doubt one of England's greatest cultural treasures - Billy Bragg
Folk Roots, New Roots - Shirley Collins and Davey Graham: it is simple really: collect some of the best songs from our heritage and bring together a superb singer and a very good guitarist. You have a masterpiece.
1. Nottamun Town
2. Proud Maisrie
3. The Cherry Tree Carol
4. Blue Monk
5. Hares On The Mountain
6. Reynardine
7. Pretty Saro
8. Rif Mountain
9. Jane, Jane
10. Love Is Pleasin'
11. Boll Weevil, Holler
12. Hori Horo
13. Bad Girl
14. Lord Greggory
15. Grooveyard
16. Dearest Dear
Growing up listening in a house where jazz, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley dominated, Folk Roots, New Roots was a breath of fresh air - it made me want to listen to music. I've been an addict ever since.
Of course, we have got to mention the Beatles and the Kinks - it is easy: simply buy all their albums: there are no duff ones. But that is obvious and I think my compendium should focus on the less obvious
So lets kick of with the Incredible String Band - it was they that influenced the Beatles. The two albums that you simply must listen to are
The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion contains alternating Heron and Williamson songs. Every track is sensational and it combines eastern and western music in a unique way.
"Chinese White" (Mike Heron) – 3:40
"No Sleep Blues" (Robin Williamson) – 3:53
"Painting Box" (Heron) – 4:04
"The Mad Hatter's Song" (Williamson) – 5:40
"Little Cloud" (Heron) – 4:05
"The Eyes of Fate" (Williamson) – 4:02
"Blues for the Muse" (Williamson) – 2:49
"The Hedgehog's Song" (Heron) – 3:30
"First Girl I Loved" (Williamson) – 4:55
"You Know What You Could Be" (Heron) – 2:46
"My Name Is Death" (Williamson) – 2:46
"Gently Tender" (Heron) – 4:49
"Way Back in the 1960s" (Williamson) – 3:11
I'm tempted to say The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter is more of the same and in many ways it is, but it contains an epic song: 'A Very Cellular Song' which drifts from one musical style to another and yet maintains its coherence.
"Koeeaddi There" (Robin Williamson) - 4:49
"The Minotaur's Song" (Williamson) - 3:22
"Witches Hat" (Williamson) - 2:33
"A Very Cellular Song" (Mike Heron) - 13:09
"Mercy I Cry City" (Heron) - 2:46
"Waltz of the New Moon" (Williamson) - 5:10
"The Water Song" (Williamson) - 2:50
"Three Is a Green Crown" (Williamson) - 7:46
"Swift as the Wind" (Heron) - 4:53
"Nightfall" (Williamson) - 2:33
So these are my first two recommendations for anybody vaguely interested. I don't think these albums would have surfaced had it not been for Shirley Collins and I doubt if we would have had Sgt Pepper had it not been for the Beatles love of ISB (though it was the ISB's first album from '66 that John Lennon and Paul McCartney both acknowledged).
Trees:
Celia Humphries - Lead Vocals
Bias Boshell - Song writer and Bass
Barry Clarke - Lead Guitar
David Costa - Acoustic Guitars
Unwin Brown - Drums
made two super folk rock albums and then vanished - they are both worth a listen. They are almost gothic in quality. Celia's vocals are enchanting.
I prefer the version of Polly On The Shore that is on the CBS sampler album Rockbuster, but anything by Tress is worth exploring.
The Garden of Jane Delawney
"Nothing Special"
"The Great Silkie"*
"The Garden of Jane Delawney"
"Lady Margaret"*
"Glasgerion"*
"She Moved Through the Fair"*
"Road"
"Epitath"
"Snail's Lament"
Apparently All About Eve and Dark Sanctuary have covered songs from The Garden of Jane Delawney
1. Soldiers Three
2. Murdoch
3. Polly On The Shore
4. Adam's Toon
5. Sally Free & Easy
6. Fool
7. Geordie
8. While The Iron Is Hot
9. Little Sadie
10. Streets Of Derry
Does anybody know what became of them?
Celia Humphries - Lead Vocals
Bias Boshell - Song writer and Bass
Barry Clarke - Lead Guitar
David Costa - Acoustic Guitars
Unwin Brown - Drums
made two super folk rock albums and then vanished - they are both worth a listen. They are almost gothic in quality. Celia's vocals are enchanting.
I prefer the version of Polly On The Shore that is on the CBS sampler album Rockbuster, but anything by Tress is worth exploring.
The Garden of Jane Delawney
"Nothing Special"
"The Great Silkie"*
"The Garden of Jane Delawney"
"Lady Margaret"*
"Glasgerion"*
"She Moved Through the Fair"*
"Road"
"Epitath"
"Snail's Lament"
Apparently All About Eve and Dark Sanctuary have covered songs from The Garden of Jane Delawney
1. Soldiers Three
2. Murdoch
3. Polly On The Shore
4. Adam's Toon
5. Sally Free & Easy
6. Fool
7. Geordie
8. While The Iron Is Hot
9. Little Sadie
10. Streets Of Derry
Does anybody know what became of them?
Of course when you've come to terms with Trees, you may want progress to Forest
The first Forest elpee and the follow up Full Circle are available as a CD set. They are good albums in an ISB/Dr Strangely Strange mold.
Even better try Clive Palmer who was a founder member of ISB and released the superbly titled and very good to listen to Moyshe Mcstiff and Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart
This a great album: a subtle blend of Eastern, Folk and Traditional images.
Of course, you can try First Utterance
by Comus - I hope you like it more than I do. It has a great reputation, but I found it far to dense and lacking in humour. It has 5-star ratings from all the reviwers on Amazon, so it must be me that doesn't quite get it.
The first Forest elpee and the follow up Full Circle are available as a CD set. They are good albums in an ISB/Dr Strangely Strange mold.
Even better try Clive Palmer who was a founder member of ISB and released the superbly titled and very good to listen to Moyshe Mcstiff and Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart
This a great album: a subtle blend of Eastern, Folk and Traditional images.
Of course, you can try First Utterance
by Comus - I hope you like it more than I do. It has a great reputation, but I found it far to dense and lacking in humour. It has 5-star ratings from all the reviwers on Amazon, so it must be me that doesn't quite get it.
Better than Comus IMO
For Fox Sake by The Fox
Their manager thought the 1970 demo tapes were so good he persauded a record company to release it. It is not bad, but I wish he'd let them polish it up a bit, for fox sake. The group didn't like the title that was chosen, BTW.
It is progressive folk - if that means anything.
Lots of Hammond organ BTW
For Fox Sake by The Fox
Their manager thought the 1970 demo tapes were so good he persauded a record company to release it. It is not bad, but I wish he'd let them polish it up a bit, for fox sake. The group didn't like the title that was chosen, BTW.
It is progressive folk - if that means anything.
Lots of Hammond organ BTW
This is very bad news - Pip was a very important figure in music and contributed a great deal to my life through his music. He'll be sadly missed.
THE drummer of the Canterbury scene. As Hatfield and the North's drummer, Pip Pyle deserves mention as one of the greatest drummers on the progressive rock scene.
A worthwhile tribute to Pip.
Pip Pyle (1950-2006) - R.I.P.
Born : April 4th, 1950 - Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire (England)
Died : August 28th, 2006 - Paris (France)
Pip was a member of various bands including:
Delivery (1966-70)
Chicken Shack (1970-71)
Gong (1971)
Paul Jones Group (1972)
All Wet And Dripping (1972)
Hatfield and the North (1972-75, 2005-06)
Weightwatchers (1975-76)
National Health (1977-83)
Soft Heap (1978-88)
Rapid Eye Movement (1980-81)
In Cahoots (1982-2001)
Pip Pyle's Equip'Out (1984-95)
Patrice Meyer Trio/Quartet (1985-87)
Mimi Lorenzini Trio (1987)
Faton Cahen Trio (1987-88)
John Greaves Band (1990-91)
Short Wave (1991-96)
Gong Shapeshifter (1992-93)
Hugh Hopper Band (1994)
Richard Sinclair's RSVP (1994)
Gong (1994-96)
Bash (2002-04)
Absolute Zero (1999-2006)
THE drummer of the Canterbury scene. As Hatfield and the North's drummer, Pip Pyle deserves mention as one of the greatest drummers on the progressive rock scene.
A worthwhile tribute to Pip.
Pip Pyle (1950-2006) - R.I.P.
Born : April 4th, 1950 - Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire (England)
Died : August 28th, 2006 - Paris (France)
Pip was a member of various bands including:
Delivery (1966-70)
Chicken Shack (1970-71)
Gong (1971)
Paul Jones Group (1972)
All Wet And Dripping (1972)
Hatfield and the North (1972-75, 2005-06)
Weightwatchers (1975-76)
National Health (1977-83)
Soft Heap (1978-88)
Rapid Eye Movement (1980-81)
In Cahoots (1982-2001)
Pip Pyle's Equip'Out (1984-95)
Patrice Meyer Trio/Quartet (1985-87)
Mimi Lorenzini Trio (1987)
Faton Cahen Trio (1987-88)
John Greaves Band (1990-91)
Short Wave (1991-96)
Gong Shapeshifter (1992-93)
Hugh Hopper Band (1994)
Richard Sinclair's RSVP (1994)
Gong (1994-96)
Bash (2002-04)
Absolute Zero (1999-2006)
Just dug out and listened to some early albums by The Amboy Dukes. These were made when Steve Farmer rather than Ted Nugent was the dominant member of the bad - although Ted's guitar is an obvious ingredient.
However, don't be put off if you think Ted's more well known efforts are OTT - these albums are more of a psych nature and much better for it IMHO.
Recommended listening
The Amboy Dukes
Journey To The Centre of The Mind
Migrations
If you only have a chance to hear one then Journey To The Centre of The Mind would the one I'd go for.
Think Pink Floyd and Arnold Layne or Tomorrow and My White Bicycle and this is what you can expect from the early Amboys.
However, don't be put off if you think Ted's more well known efforts are OTT - these albums are more of a psych nature and much better for it IMHO.
Recommended listening
The Amboy Dukes
Journey To The Centre of The Mind
Migrations
If you only have a chance to hear one then Journey To The Centre of The Mind would the one I'd go for.
Think Pink Floyd and Arnold Layne or Tomorrow and My White Bicycle and this is what you can expect from the early Amboys.
Rupert's People, formed in 1967 were Rod Lynton and Steve Brendell; they recorded All So Long Ago with Charles Brown on the b-side. Rod was asked to change [/i]Charles Brown[/i] and put it to the tune of [/i]Air on a G String[/i]. It was retitled Reflections of Charles Brown. Les Fleurs de Lys were recruited to play on the track as well as the excellent Hold On. Peter Solley also joined for the sessions on organ. He was later in Procol Harum. Les Fleurs de Lys pulled out leaving the manager with a record deal, single but no band. However, the virtual band was christened Rupert's People. This was not the end of the Procol Harum connection though as Whiter Share of Pale was released around the same time and, like the Rupert's People track, was based around a classical piece. Reflections of Charles Brown was a moderate success while Whiter Shade of Pale was a blockbuster.
Les Fleur De Lys started out as a beat combo with Frank Smith (guitar/vocals), Alex Chamberlain (Organ), Gary Churchill (Bass) and Keith Guster (Drums). The band were signed to Immediate in 1965 and recorded Buddy Holly's Moondreams backed with Wait For Me with a young Jimmy Page. The single flopped and this lineup disbanded leaving only drummer Keith Guster to continue on. Teaming up with some musicians from London, Les Fleur De Lys went back into the studio to record their best track, Pete Townshend's Circles with Jimmy Page again, this was better than the original by The Who. New members were Gordon Haskell (bass), Pete Sears (keyboards) and Phil Sawyer (guitar). The band recruited Chris Andrews on vocals, and signed to Polydor. Pete Sears (later in Jefferson Starship) was fired and guitarist Phil Sawyer left and Fleur De Lys was a three-piece. They did Mud In Your Eye with Bryan Haworth. This led to working with a young girl singer Sharon Tandy; the band backed Aretha Franklin and Issac Hayes and recorded an album with Barney Kessel. It was then that Fleur De Lys backed Rod Lynton under the name Rupert's People. Fleur De Lys became backed Sharon Tandy with a remake of Rupert's Peoples' Hold On and a new track: Daughter Of The Sun. Later Fleur De Lys gained Bryn Haworth on vocals for I Can See The Light/Prodigal Son. They did a Top Gear show with Sharon Tandy followed this with Gordon Haskell's Gong With A Luminous Nose.
If you're interested in any of this then Rubble which I detailed early in this thread is a good place to explore. Worth seeking out are two compilations.
Magic World of Ruperts People
Les Fleurs De Lys Reflection
Les Fleur De Lys started out as a beat combo with Frank Smith (guitar/vocals), Alex Chamberlain (Organ), Gary Churchill (Bass) and Keith Guster (Drums). The band were signed to Immediate in 1965 and recorded Buddy Holly's Moondreams backed with Wait For Me with a young Jimmy Page. The single flopped and this lineup disbanded leaving only drummer Keith Guster to continue on. Teaming up with some musicians from London, Les Fleur De Lys went back into the studio to record their best track, Pete Townshend's Circles with Jimmy Page again, this was better than the original by The Who. New members were Gordon Haskell (bass), Pete Sears (keyboards) and Phil Sawyer (guitar). The band recruited Chris Andrews on vocals, and signed to Polydor. Pete Sears (later in Jefferson Starship) was fired and guitarist Phil Sawyer left and Fleur De Lys was a three-piece. They did Mud In Your Eye with Bryan Haworth. This led to working with a young girl singer Sharon Tandy; the band backed Aretha Franklin and Issac Hayes and recorded an album with Barney Kessel. It was then that Fleur De Lys backed Rod Lynton under the name Rupert's People. Fleur De Lys became backed Sharon Tandy with a remake of Rupert's Peoples' Hold On and a new track: Daughter Of The Sun. Later Fleur De Lys gained Bryn Haworth on vocals for I Can See The Light/Prodigal Son. They did a Top Gear show with Sharon Tandy followed this with Gordon Haskell's Gong With A Luminous Nose.
If you're interested in any of this then Rubble which I detailed early in this thread is a good place to explore. Worth seeking out are two compilations.
Magic World of Ruperts People
Les Fleurs De Lys Reflection
Wakeman's on the first, but gone by the time the Strawbs released their two best (IMO) albums: Grave New World and Bursting at the Seams.
Dave Cousins + Hudson/Ford - superb.
Tim - I hope I mentioned DSS, Ireland's answer to ISB.
Heavy Petting is different from Kip of the Serenes, much heavier. It's more Strangely Strange than Oddly Normal. What starts as a cute folk song suddenly transforms in to a Clapton like guitar solo. It's weird, but wonderful.
You can obtain it on CD from the Freak Emporium - here, sorry no vinyl reissues as far as I know.
I think you're right about Island's selection for Nice Enough To Eat, as Strangely Strange, but Oddly Normal is the best track by far - there you go.
My favourite bit of DSS is Spirit Beautiful on Mike Heron's Smilin' Men With Bad Reputations = excellent album. The Who track on it is great too - with Mike replacing Roger Daltry on vocals, the improvement is very obvious (little bit of controversy creeping in there).
Heavy Petting is different from Kip of the Serenes, much heavier. It's more Strangely Strange than Oddly Normal. What starts as a cute folk song suddenly transforms in to a Clapton like guitar solo. It's weird, but wonderful.
You can obtain it on CD from the Freak Emporium - here, sorry no vinyl reissues as far as I know.
I think you're right about Island's selection for Nice Enough To Eat, as Strangely Strange, but Oddly Normal is the best track by far - there you go.
My favourite bit of DSS is Spirit Beautiful on Mike Heron's Smilin' Men With Bad Reputations = excellent album. The Who track on it is great too - with Mike replacing Roger Daltry on vocals, the improvement is very obvious (little bit of controversy creeping in there).
I'll leave early Renaissance to someone better informed than I. I know Keith Relf formed Renaissance with Jim McCarty as a progressive folk band when he left the Yardbirds. I know both Keith and Jim had left by the time, they made the two classic albums Ashes are Burning and Turn of the Cards.
What so great about these alums is it Jon Camp's bass, John Tout ex-Rupert's People or Terry Sullivan on drums, or even Mike Dunford on acoustic guitar. Not really, I would underestimate their contibution, especially Tout's piano, but the real gem is the singer: Annie Haslam.
The songs showcase Annie and when you've got a singer who is that good then showcasing her is a very good idea.
The songs are collaborations by guitarist, Dunford and Betty Thatcher. There are orchestral bits on many tracks courtesy of Richard Hewson (ashes) and Jimmy Horowitz (Card).
It works and it is well woth a listen - "Black Flame" and "Mother Russia" are superb on Card. The title track on Ashes is my favourite Rennaisance track and one of the very best prog rock songs ever.
Very highly recommended.
Remember She's Not There - great track sung by Colin Blunstone and played by the Zombies. The Zombies went on to record the magnificent Odessey and Oracle. If you haven't got this album then I think your missing out on one of the greatest albums of the 1960s.
If you like the Beatles in Penny Lane or Eleanor Eigby mode then you'll love Odessey and Oracle. If you like the Beach Boys at their best then this is better and more consistent. It really is that good.
Care of Cell (Argent)
A Rose for Emily (Argent)
Maybe After He's Gone (White)
Beechwood Park (White)
Brief Candles (White)
Hung up on a Dream (Argent)
Changes (White)
I Want Her She Wants Me (Argent)
This Will Be Our Year (White)
Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) (White)
Friends of Mine (White)
Time of The Season (Argent)
I can't pick a best track because they are all great songs from keyboard player, Tod Argent, and Chris White.
When the Zombies folded, Argent and White went on to form Argent with Russ Ballard (the man who wrote Since You've Been Gone and I Surrender for Rainbow). Argent released two excellent elpees and even after that some pretty good stuff like Hold Your Head Up and God Gave Rock and Roll To Us - although I still like the first two records best.
Favourite dracks: Liar and Dance In The Smoke from Argent and Celebration and Where Are We Going Wrong from Ring of Hands.
If you only buy one then I'd go for Odessey and Oracle, but all three are gems.
If you like the Beatles in Penny Lane or Eleanor Eigby mode then you'll love Odessey and Oracle. If you like the Beach Boys at their best then this is better and more consistent. It really is that good.
Care of Cell (Argent)
A Rose for Emily (Argent)
Maybe After He's Gone (White)
Beechwood Park (White)
Brief Candles (White)
Hung up on a Dream (Argent)
Changes (White)
I Want Her She Wants Me (Argent)
This Will Be Our Year (White)
Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) (White)
Friends of Mine (White)
Time of The Season (Argent)
I can't pick a best track because they are all great songs from keyboard player, Tod Argent, and Chris White.
When the Zombies folded, Argent and White went on to form Argent with Russ Ballard (the man who wrote Since You've Been Gone and I Surrender for Rainbow). Argent released two excellent elpees and even after that some pretty good stuff like Hold Your Head Up and God Gave Rock and Roll To Us - although I still like the first two records best.
Favourite dracks: Liar and Dance In The Smoke from Argent and Celebration and Where Are We Going Wrong from Ring of Hands.
If you only buy one then I'd go for Odessey and Oracle, but all three are gems.
OK so - what about Mr B and Mr B and Mr Roy?
Bowie for me is a decent enough artist and I like all his stuff up to Space Oddity. Adter that I felt it got a bit patchy, There are some great tracks on his later albums, but none as consistently good as his first album
World of.. would be my favourite Bowie album had it not been for the CD release called the Deram Anthology. There's not a bad track on it and for me The London Boys is the best thing Davy Jones ever wrote.
Rubber Band
The London Boys
The Laughing Gnome
The Gospel According to Tony Day
Uncle Arthur
Sell Me a Coat
Rubber Band
Love You Till Tuesday
There Is a Happy Land
We Are Hungry Men
When I Live My Dream
Little Bombardier
Silly Boy Blue
Come and Buy My Toys
Join the Gang
She's Got Medals
Maid of Bond Street
Please Mr. Gravedigger
Did You Ever Have a Dream
Karma Man
Let Me Sleep Beside You
In the Heat of the Morning
Ching-A-Ling Bowie
When I Live My Dream
Space Oddity
I also like his early work like I Pity The Fool with the Lower Third and some stuff he recorded with The Manish Boys. There are later Bowie tracks that I really like, but I find the glam-rock bit hard to take and none of his later albums seem consistent to me in their quality. I'm sure many will diagree.
As for Mr Bolan well these are my three selections
My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair, But Now They're Content to Wear Stars On Their Brows brought Bolan to my attention and a very unique talent he was. This is a record totally unlike any other and still holds up well. Prophets Seers And Sages he Angel Of The Afes is my favourite Tyrannosaurus Rex album - Deborah, Stacey Grove and Salamanda Palaganda. This was far better than his work with Jon's Children, which OK, but overrated and even better than Hippy Gumbo and The Wizard though I like both.
However my favourite work by Marc is The Children Ran Suite - I have it on ablum called Words and Music - if you get a chance to hear it do so it. It was in his T Rex years, but it is very good nonetheless. It lasts 20 minutes and is enchanting.
Talking of Tyrannosaurus Rex reminds of a man who could Really Do The Brontosaurus" Roy Wood - a great talent.
The first album by The Move and the follow up Shazam are superb albums. The first album contains Night of Fear, Here We Go Round The Lemmon Tree, Flowers In The Rain, I Can Hear The Grass Grow and Fire Brigade and the second contains Cherry Blossom Clinc Revisited and Hello Susie.
Looking On sees the Move morphing in to ELO - and it does have some great tracks: Brontosaurus, Curly and the outstanding Blackberry Way. Roy had a sense of humour and wrote some great psych/prog music - just a shame he had to write that wretched song about the Snowman - oh well (as Peter Green said)
Bowie for me is a decent enough artist and I like all his stuff up to Space Oddity. Adter that I felt it got a bit patchy, There are some great tracks on his later albums, but none as consistently good as his first album
World of.. would be my favourite Bowie album had it not been for the CD release called the Deram Anthology. There's not a bad track on it and for me The London Boys is the best thing Davy Jones ever wrote.
Rubber Band
The London Boys
The Laughing Gnome
The Gospel According to Tony Day
Uncle Arthur
Sell Me a Coat
Rubber Band
Love You Till Tuesday
There Is a Happy Land
We Are Hungry Men
When I Live My Dream
Little Bombardier
Silly Boy Blue
Come and Buy My Toys
Join the Gang
She's Got Medals
Maid of Bond Street
Please Mr. Gravedigger
Did You Ever Have a Dream
Karma Man
Let Me Sleep Beside You
In the Heat of the Morning
Ching-A-Ling Bowie
When I Live My Dream
Space Oddity
I also like his early work like I Pity The Fool with the Lower Third and some stuff he recorded with The Manish Boys. There are later Bowie tracks that I really like, but I find the glam-rock bit hard to take and none of his later albums seem consistent to me in their quality. I'm sure many will diagree.
As for Mr Bolan well these are my three selections
My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair, But Now They're Content to Wear Stars On Their Brows brought Bolan to my attention and a very unique talent he was. This is a record totally unlike any other and still holds up well. Prophets Seers And Sages he Angel Of The Afes is my favourite Tyrannosaurus Rex album - Deborah, Stacey Grove and Salamanda Palaganda. This was far better than his work with Jon's Children, which OK, but overrated and even better than Hippy Gumbo and The Wizard though I like both.
However my favourite work by Marc is The Children Ran Suite - I have it on ablum called Words and Music - if you get a chance to hear it do so it. It was in his T Rex years, but it is very good nonetheless. It lasts 20 minutes and is enchanting.
Talking of Tyrannosaurus Rex reminds of a man who could Really Do The Brontosaurus" Roy Wood - a great talent.
The first album by The Move and the follow up Shazam are superb albums. The first album contains Night of Fear, Here We Go Round The Lemmon Tree, Flowers In The Rain, I Can Hear The Grass Grow and Fire Brigade and the second contains Cherry Blossom Clinc Revisited and Hello Susie.
Looking On sees the Move morphing in to ELO - and it does have some great tracks: Brontosaurus, Curly and the outstanding Blackberry Way. Roy had a sense of humour and wrote some great psych/prog music - just a shame he had to write that wretched song about the Snowman - oh well (as Peter Green said)
Am I allowed this one - it's opinion. Fleetwood Mac transformed from a fairly pedestrian blues group into a group that made a couple of great records and then descended in to some of the blandest AOR ever recorded (or so it's rumoured). Of course, Fleetwood Mac without Peter Green or Danny Kirwan weren't really for me.
My favourite tracks by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac were Man of the World, Oh Well Parts 1 and 2, Dragonfly, Green Manalishi With The Two Pronged Crown and Black Magic Woman.
I'm not sure if PG played on Dragonfly. I think the guitar is mainly Danny Kirwan, I know Danny wrote the song.
My favourite tracks by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac were Man of the World, Oh Well Parts 1 and 2, Dragonfly, Green Manalishi With The Two Pronged Crown and Black Magic Woman.
I'm not sure if PG played on Dragonfly. I think the guitar is mainly Danny Kirwan, I know Danny wrote the song.