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It's more the flavour of him though...

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

You prefer the chicken so to speak?

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

Canterbury thread dwellers, I'm on nightshift at the moment, and I've been going for an hour walk every morning to get a bit fitter, and this has been my Ipod soundtrack of choice:

Egg - The Civil Service:

Opinions on this one?

UMUR wrote:

Guldbamsen wrote:

I love just about every act mentioned in this thread, and I would like to add another two acts that I absolutely adore:

Even if none of the above are from England, let alone Canterbury, they still have that distinct quirkiness, whimsical yet melodic nature about them, which I have come to cherish so.

I love this one too. Great album...

Hi Jonas!

Nice to see you round this place.

Back to the music: the only thing about that album though, is that I would've liked to hear more of what they were trying to do with the opening cut. That psychedelic opening is my fave off of it.

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

Guldbamsen wrote:

I love just about every act mentioned in this thread, and I would like to add another two acts that I absolutely adore:

Even if none of the above are from England, let alone Canterbury, they still have that distinct quirkiness, whimsical yet melodic nature about them, which I have come to cherish so.

I love this one too. Great album...

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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Richard Sinclair must certainly have one of the most recogizable and distinctive voices in prog rock!

Yes, in fact I remember waaaay back in time, I was in a small used record store and heard Richard Sinclair's unmistakable voice. I was familiar with him through his 2 albums with Camel, but that's it. Turns out the guy was spinning "In the Land of Grey and Pink" on the store's turntable. That was the first I ever heard of Caravan, and long before I even was aware of a "Canterbury scene" or any of the other bands. But it probably provided that seed crystal that eventually got me into that kind of music.

The more immediate catalyst came several years later, when perusing the liner notes of Camel's "Snow Goose" CD, where it mentioned Caravan and Soft Machine and some others. It's easy to forget now that back then, it was hard to find a lot of this stuff. No mail order, no internet, just some vague references to interesting sounding bands in liner notes. The only way I got the Camel CD was through a trip to Tower Records while in NYC. I don't even think Caravan had been released on CD yet at that point. But I found a used vinyl copy (probably paid a lot for it, too) of "In the Land of Grey and Pink" and "Soft Machine Fourth", and that started me off on a strong foot.

What was I talking about. Canterbury. Right. I appreciate it.

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It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.

-Kehlog Albran

What a good idea, Robert, to produce this !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv3BJLkN7Ic

So you basically just feed yourself then eh Pierre? I gather bird restaurants can get pretty crowded...

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

I love just about every act mentioned in this thread, and I would like to add another two acts that I absolutely adore:

Even if none of the above are from England, let alone Canterbury, they still have that distinct quirkiness, whimsical yet melodic nature about them, which I have come to cherish so.

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

Moogtron III wrote:

I'm a NH fan, I really like the three studio albums, but I haven't heard Playtime.

Is it the compositions or the playing that makes it so good?

The playing is off the charts. The tracks are NH compositions not written by Stewart* and some Gowen compositions (I think "Flanagan's People" and the title track, for example, were composed by Gowen).

* Story is that people at the shows were shouting for "Tenemos Roads" and I think the guys in the band were getting a little annoyed by it. LOL