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Amanda Parsons is great, and really doesn't get enough credit. Singing Tenemos Roads is credit enough; I couldn't hit those notes with a loaded gun pointed to my head.
 
Gaskin's vocals are fantastic on BB&S, but she doesn't sound at all like her future work in the Northettes. She really takes the stage flawlessly on that one. Get it as soon as you can, it's one of my favorite albums ever. Take 'In The Western World', as I said. Without even looking at the title or lyrics, I knew what the song was about. Such powerful imagery.
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Originally posted by Chameleon Chameleon wrote:

If you're looking to get in to Spirogyra, definitely get their 3rd album, Bells Boots and Shambles. Any easy 5-star for me and an absolute masterpiece, and 'In The Western World' is one of the most perfect songs ever.


Another good recommendation - thanks.  I'm interested in checking it out for Barbara Gaskin's vocals.

Also check my post above, because you were right:  National Health absolutely blew me away.
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Was away on a business trip for the past couple days and listened to nothing but National Health and Khan in the car.  Dave Stewart has to be one of the greatest prog musicians ever - I think his body of work ranks with anyone I've heard, and I haven't even listened to the Egg CD which arrived yesterday.

Also, I LOVE Amanda Parsons.
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Thank's,put Bells Boots and Shambles at top of wants list.Should be an interesting listen.Thumbs%20Up

Looks like all three of the Northettes were with the Ottawa Music Company along with Dave Stewart,and many other canterbury musicians.Surprised there were no official recordings of this venture.Reading somewhere that there may of been as little as seven gigs during the time,so the chances of any tapes,or private recordings surfacing are pretty slim.

Found four volumes of early material called Canterburied Sounds.They are on PA,but very little in the ways of reviews about them.Have a feeling the recordings will be of poor quality,but will give a good idea what was going on before Caravan and Softmachine.One track in particular sounds very intriging called Carazobe,apparantly done by  Caravan and Zobe.Smile
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Good news about the Soft Machine DVD Live in Paris 1970 being released. Sample available indicates how cutting edge Machine were during their heyday
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

Originally posted by scruffydragon scruffydragon wrote:

 
Well I have been going back over some of my old notes,which are years old and I owe Dave Stewart a big appology for linking him with Spirogyra.He was never a part of it,however he did work later with Barbera Gaskin.How I ended up putting him there I will never know.Just shows the diffaculty in keeping track with everything.ConfusedReally must update those notes.
 
SORRY DAVE,IT WONT HAPPEN AGAIN.EmbarrassedCryConfused
 
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I believe Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin are married, so that's why they did a lot of work together in the 1980s, including a British Number Single. WinkLOL

"It's my party..." Embarrassed
 
Barbara Gaskin was one of the Northettes, Hatfield & the North's backing singers.
 
"...and I'll cry if I want to!" Cry
"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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If you're looking to get in to Spirogyra, definitely get their 3rd album, Bells Boots and Shambles. Any easy 5-star for me and an absolute masterpiece, and 'In The Western World' is one of the most perfect songs ever.
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Originally posted by scruffydragon scruffydragon wrote:

 
Well I have been going back over some of my old notes,which are years old and I owe Dave Stewart a big appology for linking him with Spirogyra.He was never a part of it,however he did work later with Barbera Gaskin.How I ended up putting him there I will never know.Just shows the diffaculty in keeping track with everything.ConfusedReally must update those notes.
 
SORRY DAVE,IT WONT HAPPEN AGAIN.EmbarrassedCryConfused
 
Oh well just goes to show if this this sruffydragon had anymore then one brain cell he'll be a danger to himself.Wacko
 
 
 


I believe Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin are married, so that's why they did a lot of work together in the 1980s, including a British Number Single. WinkLOL

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 I'm rather a novice to this sort of music, but I'm certainly interested. Gong, Khan, Steve Hillage, Picchio Da Pozzo, Caravan have really awaken my interest.
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Well I have been going back over some of my old notes,which are years old and I owe Dave Stewart a big appology for linking him with Spirogyra.He was never a part of it,however he did work later with Barbera Gaskin.How I ended up putting him there I will never know.Just shows the diffaculty in keeping track with everything.ConfusedReally must update those notes.
 
SORRY DAVE,IT WONT HAPPEN AGAIN.EmbarrassedCryConfused
 
Oh well just goes to show if this this sruffydragon had anymore then one brain cell he'll be a danger to himself.Wacko
 
 
 
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I can understand them being put into the folk genre.Have a small group of folk albums,and I admit to enjoying them.So a Canterbury based folk band with members,which ended up in some important canterbury style prog bands,will go down a treat.I did see a thread about them on this site,probably the one you mentioned.Hmmmm.......not sure about the 80's stuff either.ConfusedGulp.
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Originally posted by scruffydragon scruffydragon wrote:

Been looking for spirogyra after you mentioned them,not found them as yet.perhaps i'll look on the other tree mentioned.Still interesting band which included Dave Stewart ,and Barbera Gaskin who was a member of the Northette's on the Hatfield and the North albums.Smile

Have been meaning to check out Spirogyra's work,due to some articles mentioning their albums in some of the old music mags,but never really got around to it.I know they were more of a phych/folk band which sounds interesting,as folk formed an important part of the underground music scene in the late 60's early 70's.Now I have a real stupid question, which would be the best album to sample their work?.Embarrassed
 
 
 
I mentioned Spiragyra (sp!!) since I was reminded of them in another thread on the subject of that band, in the last month - a member of the band complaining that they had been put in 'folk' rather than 'Canterbury' at PA!!
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Been looking for spirogyra after you mentioned them,not found them as yet.perhaps i'll look on the other tree mentioned.Still interesting band which included Dave Stewart ,and Barbera Gaskin who was a member of the Northette's on the Hatfield and the North albums.Smile

Have been meaning to check out Spirogyra's work,due to some articles mentioning their albums in some of the old music mags,but never really got around to it.I know they were more of a phych/folk band which sounds interesting,as folk formed an important part of the underground music scene in the late 60's early 70's.Now I have a real stupid question, which would be the best album to sample their work?.Embarrassed
 
 
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Originally posted by darqDean darqDean wrote:

^ http://www.macgraphic.co.jp/ich/
(click on each band name to see a textual genealogy of each band member)
 
I like this purist approach to Canterbury, i.e. no bands who vaguely sound Canterbury but not English included whilst bands who derive directly from the core Canterbury bands, included - even though they don't fit PA's definition. However, it could do with a vigorous update, e.g. Softworks, Soft Machine Legacy.
 
And it does fall flat wrt Robert Wyatt, Hugh Hopper, etc. Shouldn't Spiro Gira be included??  A family tree to build on.
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These are really great links.Looking at these canterbury and music related trees makes you start to realise just how vast the canterbury scene really is.I can happily award five of these (Star )all round.Top marks everybody.

Wolf's Night music album is another good one.Theres something about the violin/viola that I really dig,its the same with some of the caravan albums.Just cannot get enough of it sometimes.Embarrassed
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Very nice and wide topic Smile...

I don't know which band is the best in general, but my appreciation goes to Caravan... And not only to first few albums, which are the most granted... The reason? Solos...


Edited by wolfvaga - March 09 2008 at 09:19
Lupus in fabula :)
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Scruffy Dragon, don't forget http://bandtoband.com/ as well, they cover Canterbury and other bands too, this tree will highlight even more than you could ever expect!

Dek Messecar is also on Darryl Way's Wolf's Night Music album as well.

Here's a John Etheridge link: http://bandtoband.com/index.php?Page=Search&BandId=11996


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Hey guys! You should know how the other Caravan albums and the other bands are in comparison with In The Land of Grey and Pink. My thoughts on the album:

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=163103
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WOW...Thats amazing.Thankyou.
That canterbury family tree is ideal,just look at all those connections.
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Thats worth a few of these,ClapClapClap.
 
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^ http://www.macgraphic.co.jp/ich/
(click on each band name to see a textual genealogy of each band member)


Edited by darqDean - March 09 2008 at 07:07
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