Discovering The Enid

Recently I posted a thread trying to track down a specifc Enid song I heard years ago. With the help of you guys, the track was identified as 'Summer' from the album 'The Spell' Thanks for your help!

On the whole I thought the album was ok, the big hi-lights for me being 'Summer' and the live version of 'Song of Fand' I prefer The Enid when they are being more 'rocky', making use of their guitarists and being less classically influenced. I get the impression much of their stuff is fairly symphonic, but is anyone able to reccomend an Enid album that is a little more 'rock'??

On the album "the Stand", limited release, never in the shops, and free to all Stand members, of which I was one, is a live version of "Wild Thing", their famous encore performance.

On the Album "the Stand, 2", likewise distributed, the great spoof prog metal track "665", which contains the immortal lines

 "The Discos in Heaven

All shut at eleven

And they only serve pop in the bars, sir,

But I'll put you at ease

with some good Lebanese,

A blue film and

two or three jars, sir."

They also used to play "Pretty Vacant" by the Sex Pistols, as an encore, but I've never heard of a recording of it.

"In The Region" has some great guitar work on it, check it out if you haven't heard it. There are in fact two versions of many of their early albums as they rerecorded a lot of stuff after a row in which EMI wouldn't give them the masters to albums which they had since deleated. Get the original if its guitar you're after. I own all versions of every album up to "The Seed and the Sower" and there's lots of good rock guitar hidden amongst the symphonics, believe me.

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That's The Enid (Robert John Godfrey and Steven Stewart) and my good self, aged 17, Stonehenge festival, June 20th 1984. They played a blinding set that night sandwiched between two Hawkwind sets.  

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Can anyone see my picture, other than me? If not, What am I doing wrong?

I can't see your picture - and every time I open up a thread that contains a picture you've posted, I get asked to sign into MSN Netherlands.

Sorry if that reads like a bug report - but that's what I do for a living

Thanks for the tips folks! I'll check out 'Region..'

emdiar wrote:

There is a "resize" button in photobucket. Click it and enlarge. I'm surious as to what yer holding, ormaybe I don't wanna know.