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Padraic 
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 Posted: March 02 2008 at 08:48 |
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Padraic
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Posted: March 02 2008 at 08:47 |
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** messed up post, ignore **
Edited by NaturalScience - March 02 2008 at 08:49 |
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HailVibrania
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Posted: March 02 2008 at 07:31 |
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Only recently picked on Hatfield's "The Rotters Club" and "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" by Caravan but both great albums and I dont know why I missed out on them when they were originally released.
I have some birthday money to spend so any recommendations of others along those lines would be greatly appreciated. Re the road sign for The North/Hatfield I do remember seeing a sign that actually said "Hatfield And The North" many years ago when heading back to the Midlands from Brighton,no idea where it was though |
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Raff
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Posted: March 01 2008 at 01:40 |
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Yesterday I got Caravan and the New Symphonia... Listening to it now. The version of "For Richard" is very good, though of course R. Sinclair can't help being sorely missed.
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Leningrad
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Posted: March 01 2008 at 01:21 |
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Another great one by them is Forever Blowing Bubbles (it's the one in oliverstoned's avatar). A great album, not really Canterbury, but definitely worth checking out.
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Padraic
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 15:22 |
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Saw the entry for that album here in the archives - looks like it got great reviews. Thanks for mentioning it.
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scruffydragon
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 14:56 |
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Sorting out a few albums today and come across something that will interest the Gong,Hillage people here.I expect you may already know about it.The album is by clearlight (Cyrille Verdeaux),called Symphony.It has Steve Hillage,Didier Malherbe,and Tim Blake playing on it.Not canterbury style but it will make an interesting item for any Gong,Hillage fan.
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Raff
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 14:15 |
We do have some connection, Pat, because that is my favourite track from Third... I do agree with you about Ratledge's playing - in my review of the album I think I called him an unsung keyboard hero!  |
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Padraic
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 14:09 |
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Ratledge's playing on "Out-bloody-rageous" is so freakin' brilliant - I must have listened to that track three times yesterday.
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Raff
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 13:16 |
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Well, Micky will be lucky, because his wife will never yell at him because of his CD purchases... She'll be too busy to buy some of her own!
I've definitely got to get hold of some of the stuff you mentioned here. I've recently heard there is a new music store in Rome, where they have a large stock of prog (among other things).. I'll try it first before I resort to ordering anything online. |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 13:09 |
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Well those albums are often noted just as In Cahoots as well.
As a matter of interest, Wayside Music have a Phil Miller In Cahoots album available at the moment. I plan to get it eventually. Oh and don't forget Hugh Hopper's various projects and solo efforts either. |
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Padraic
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 12:38 |
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James, when my wife yells at me for the credit card bill, can I blame you?
 Thanks for Phil Miller rec....I've also heard good things about Equipe Out, have to look into that as well. |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 12:25 |
I have one of their albums and it's brilliant. I plan to get the one and only Soft Head album too. The second Soft Heap album has alluded me so far though. Think of Soft Machine's sax and bass lines, with National Health's added rhythms, it's excellent. If you love Hatfileld and the North, which I know you do, also check out Phil Miller's In Cahoots. I have one of their albums and it's great as well. I also plan to get Pip Pyle's Bash plus some L'Equipe Out at some point too. |
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Dean
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 09:41 |
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I guess you haven't heard Arjen Lucassen's cover of Donovan's The Intergalactic Laxative I generally skirt around the fringes of Canterbury, having discovered Soft Machine and Matching Mole through Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom, I moved onto Kevin Ayers, Gong and Steve Hillage. I never knew Quiet Sun as "Canterbury" until I came to the PA: in 1975 I bought Mainstream at the same time as Diamond Head because they were Phil Manzanera albums and not by any Canterburyesque connection through Bil MacCormick/Matching Mole. Still, it's a great album and also worth checking out the live version of 'Rongwrong' on 801 Live. One jaw dropping comment from Wikipedia - Mainstream is apparently Island Records 4th or 5th biggest selling album of all time (*Dean casts an eye over his Roxy Music, Cat Stevens, U2, Bad Company, King Crimson, Bob Marley, John Cale, Nick Drake, and Traffic albums and reaches for a hefty pinch of salt*) .
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Raff
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 05:28 |
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Thank heavens for this thread!
 I think the whole Canterbury movement should receive much more credit than it generally does. As things are, it is very much of a 'cult' phenomenon, which is a great pity. True, the albums are not always easy to find, but in my opinion they deserve every effort we make in order to trace them. As I see it, Canterbury offers all the musical complexity and proficiency of other prog subgenres, coupled with a rare quality - namely, humour, which is all too often lacking in prog (especially, I must say, in Prog-Metal).Edited by Ghost Rider - February 29 2008 at 05:29 |
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scruffydragon
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 05:21 |
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Hi all,this is getting to be a busy little thread.
 Thankyou for tip about Ultima Thule,WOW.There's a lot of good music on there,so its gonna be the case of buy food then eject the moths from my wallet.
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Padraic
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 00:25 |
Check out two things: the Canterbury genre page on ProgArchives, and Chameleon's Canterbury blog, the link to which is in my introductory post in this thread. |
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Drakk
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Posted: February 28 2008 at 23:34 |
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I'm pretty much in love with Caravan.
But where do I go from there?
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I'm disappointed - neither of these players are avant-garde! Al di Meola. [/QUOTE] haha i know. but the poll itself is avant-garde [/QUOTE] |
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Padraic
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Posted: February 28 2008 at 21:29 |
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This is interesting, anyone ever hear of this project called Soft Heap?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Heap_(band) |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 28 2008 at 20:13 |
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ScruffyDragon, I buy mostly online nowadays. I was lucky enough to find a copy of Caravan's ItLoGaP and that BBC 2-CD album in H.M.V. Swindon.
The National Health boxset I purchased either from Greg Walker or Wayside Music, I believe. It's indeed excellent and the liner notes are very amusing too, I love the English humour relating to touring around Europe. It's going to be impossible to find Kandahar. Their debut I believe was cassette only and their second release I believe was a vinyl release. Neither album has been re-released on CD. They are crying out for a re-mastering and re-release! Edited by James - February 28 2008 at 20:14 |
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