The Marillion Round Table

E-Dub wrote: It's been a bit, but a couple of weeks removed from my 4th Marillion weekend in Montreal. By far the best one since the 2009 convention. The band was on fire all weekend long and Marbles live on Saturday night was phenomenal. Had the pleasure of staying with Steve (Progfan1958) and his lovely wife Denise in their quaint Montreal cottage. Such a special time. E

Great to hear you had such a special weekend.  I was fortunate enough to see the Marbles performance at the UK weekend.  A seriously moving concert.  I just love the Marbles album and to witness the full thing live was something I'll never forget.

Catcher10 wrote: Just pre-ordered via pledge on PledgeMusic, Marillion album 18, supposedly due out early 2016. I ordered the band signed limited edition vinyl version, only 500 will be issued and about 137 are left as of right now. Looks like all other formats are fully available, many to choose from. Cheers

I will be pre-ordering myself later, Jose

Catcher10 wrote: Mid 2016 release I have also read.... I hope you are well Steve!

I'm good, my friend.

I have a good feeling about the next album. The band are on a great roll of creativity.

Album 18 preordered through the Pledge Music thingy.

I ordered the signed copy of the standard cd, which, at £20, struck me as being pretty good value.

^No sweat Doc. The admin didn't have the courtesy of contacting me before locking the threads. It's petty and probably demonstrates how the site will be run from now on. No surprise there, to be honest. 

Marillion have definitely been my band of the year in terms of album purchases. It's great discovering a band that has a vast back catalogue you can collect over a period of months and/or years. My first Marillion album was Marbles, purchased last June. This year so far I've added Brave, Anoraknophobia, Sounds That Can't Be Made and Holidays in Eden to my collection. All absolutely magnificent albums. And still plenty more left to collect. Thinking of going for either Seasons End, Radiation or Afraid of Sunlight next. But my Marillion journey is well underway.

dr wu23 wrote: SteveG wrote: ^No sweat Doc. The admin didn't have the courtesy of contacting me before locking the threads. It's petty and probably demonstrates how the site will be run from now on. No surprise there, to be honest.  Ok...but I simply don't get it. And they should have contacted you first....that speaks volumes about the people in charge here.

Well, I guess the new admin from Japan didn't realize that when you lock one thread, another will get hijacked, like this one is now!

Edited by SteveG - September 10 2015 at 14:53

SteveG wrote: dr wu23 wrote: SteveG wrote: ^No sweat Doc. The admin didn't have the courtesy of contacting me before locking the threads. It's petty and probably demonstrates how the site will be run from now on. No surprise there, to be honest.  Ok...but I simply don't get it. And they should have contacted you first....that speaks volumes about the people in charge here. Well, I guess the new admin from Japan didn't realize that when you lock one thread, another will get hijacked, like this one is now!

Steve. I don't want this thread "hijacked", as you put it. I have contributed to this thread since Eric started it, and feel rather protective towards it.

I can understand your frustration at your threads being locked.

However, the point of my comment after was to suggest you place your clear enthusiasm for the band into this thread. Let us make it the best thread on the site once again.

Let us feel the love

The promo video is pretty funny, I also really like the interview of the band by Tom Robinson. We have a long time before the release of this album, but I am hoping, rather I know, it will be an excellent release.

Catcher10 wrote: The promo video is pretty funny, I also really like the interview of the band by Tom Robinson. We have a long time before the release of this album, but I am hoping, rather I know, it will be an excellent release. STCBM is a masterful album, the music is so engaging and the lyrics are stellar. Lately I have really been enjoying TSE, for me Estonia is so hauntingly good. And I so agree about Radiation, I have the remixed 2013 blue vinyl limited edition with the  etching on side 4......The analog mix is outstanding, really pushes their sound so forward I love it. I am hoping with all my fingers crossed they make it to Seattle next year

Because of my earlier post, responding to Roe Dent, I put on the remaster of Radiation. It is amazing just how much of an improvement in sound it brings, and how much more alive the music sounds.

I think I have said before that I was lucky enough to get an advanced listen to the original recording, because it was mixed in my old home town, Oswestry, by Phil Beaumont. He was kind enough to let me into the studio. That notwithstanding, the decision by the band to remix was absolutely the correct one, and I am enjoying revisiting a very classy album.

Your description of Estonia, Jose, is spot on. Hauntingly good it most certainly is, and that TSE album was incredibly important, because it proved that the band could not only survive, but artistically prosper, without the backing of a big label. The title track remains one of the finest pieces of music I have ever heard.

I hope you get to see them in Seattle. The last four was simply incredible.