An Affinity for Jazz-Rock
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Topic: An Affinity for Jazz-Rock
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: An Affinity for Jazz-Rock
Date Posted: August 05 2020 at 10:22
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If You Live for the sound of great music and you have an Affinity for Jazz-Rock, then the sweet sound of Affinity could be just the band for you. They only recorded one eponymously-titled album during their brief lunchtime in the spotlight, but Affinity are now almost as legendary as the Hound of The Baskervilles. As well as the aforementioned 1970 studio album, Affinity also recorded an album of Live Instrumentals in 1969 when singer Linda Hoyle was recuperating from a throat operation. There's also an album going back to Affinity's early Origins in the British Jazz clubs during the years 1965-67, as well as a later album of recordings from the years 1971-1972. All of these various compilations wouldn't see release until over 30 years later in the early 21st century, and interestingly, they all featured the same identical album cover tinted in various colours, with the exception of If You Live, recorded in 1968-1970. AFFINITY ALBUMS DISCOGRAPHY 1970: Affinity 2002: If You Live (Recorded 1968-1970) 2003: Live Instrumentals (Recorded 1969) 2003: Affinity 1971-1972 2004: Origins 1965-1967 2005: Origins - The Baskervilles 1965 2012: The Baskervilles Reunion 2011 Track Listing 1. I Am and So Are You 2. Night Flight 3. I Wonder If I Care as Much 4. Mr. Joy 5. Three Sisters 6. Coconut Grove 7. All Along the Watchtower 8. Eli's Coming 9. United States of Mind
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 05 2020 at 10:24
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AFFINITY - If You Live (1968-1970) |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 05 2020 at 14:42
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Affinity - very solid album. Never knew what happened to keyboardist Lynton Naiff. Great olayer. Drummer Grant Serpell ended up in Sailor (Girls, Girls, Girls) !! Mo Foster became a session bassist for many artists, including Tony Banks. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 05 2020 at 16:32
I remember Sailor's jolly sea shanties.  |
Tom Ozric wrote:Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 05 2020 at 21:15
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I just today saw that Esoteric is releasing a 2-album compilation of Linda Hoyle (singer for Affinity) in September with the music for the first album written primarily by Karl Jenkins. Might give that a shot, although I was always more of a Ratledge, Hopper, Dean fan than a Jenkins fan. Still, I plan to look up some youtube music of Pieces of Me before it comes out to see if I want to invest. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 05 2020 at 23:25
The 2-CD Linda Hoyle compilation should be well-worth a listen if Karl Jenkins is involved with it.
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: August 06 2020 at 00:06
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I'm a lover of all things jazz rock, and this is excellent stuff! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 06 2020 at 00:13
I like the music of Affinity and Audience even more than some of the better-known Jazz-Rock bands, such as Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago and Steely Dan. Before I went online back in 2010, I never even knew there was such a music genre as Jazz-Rock.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 06 2020 at 08:00
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Solid album...sadly I sold the vinyl at a record show a few years ago to buy something else......I can't even recall what it was and now I wish I had the original vinyl back. I need to stop selling things to get other things....I've done that over the years with several collectable pieces.  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 06 2020 at 08:07
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AFFINITY - 1971-1972 1. Moira's Hand 2. Grey Skies 3. Cream on Your Face 4. Sunshower 5. All Along the Watchtower 6. Rio 7. Poor Man's Son 8. Sarah's Wardrobe 9. Highgate |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 06 2020 at 08:11
I used to give CD albums away too, and then wished I hadn't. I bought ELP's debut album from a charity shop for £1 again yesterday after giving it away years ago to another charity shop.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 06 2020 at 08:23
I had the US Paramount vinyl version.....if I had the Brit Vertigo one I wouldn't have sold it. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 06 2020 at 08:28
It may turn out that I grow to like Emerson, Lake & Palmer's debut album the second time around, now I'm a member of a Prog-Rock website. Correction: THE Prog-Rock website.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 06 2020 at 09:01
The first lp by them is my favorite...and always will be. IMHO it's the best thing they ever did. That's not taking anything away from tracks like Tarkus and Karnevil9...but overall I like the whole lp better. There are no 'silly' songs on it as they did on the later lp's and it flows well imho. And this was right after Lake left KC....his voice sounds great here and the newness of the band comes through and I like that. Again there might be one or two better tracks on the later ones, but the debut as a whole is flawless imho. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 06 2020 at 09:55
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^ ELP's Black Moon album was recommended to me recently, although I'll probably give their Love Beach album a miss, where ELP are dressed as the "Beach Gees" on their unintentionally funny album cover.
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Posted By: Droxford
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 12:38
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I get the impression from Greg Lake's autobiography 'Lucky Man' that ELP really knew that it was time to stop after the release of 'The Works' albums and the related North American tour, but that contractual obligations and a hefty amount of record company pressure made them release one more album. Hence 'Love Beach.'....And Greg Lake insisted that Love Beach really exists as a place. In respect of Affinity, thank you for highlighting this band. Played a couple of tracks already and enjoyed them. When it comes to Jazz-Rock , I am more used to the Mahavisnu Orchestra so at first listen, Affinity lean more to the mellower side of Jazz Rock. But want to check out more of their work.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 12:48
^ I think Love Beach has now become a TV series. 
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 15:07
| Love Beach does exist as a place - whilst on hols in The Bahamas, going to some place just out from Nassau I saw a sign that said Love Beach and chuckled to myself. Must be near Compass Point studio. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 15:14
Maybe that's where they filmed Love Island.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 18 2020 at 07:53
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The Baskervilles Reunion (2011) - Part One 1. Maybe Baby 2. I Feel Fine 3. C'mon Everybody |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: August 18 2020 at 08:56
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Love Jazz-Rock ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 18 2020 at 09:37
Me too! Who's your favourite Jazz-Rock band? Mine is Santana by a long way, with 32 Santana CD's in my collection. Maybe I'll do a Jazz-Rock poll sometime soon.
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: August 18 2020 at 09:51
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Some nice footage of Affinity from 1970, introduced by Annie Nightingale: ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 18 2020 at 10:16
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^ Thanks^ That's the first time I've seen that clip, and Annie Nightingale looks sooooo young there.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 23 2020 at 08:20
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The Baskervilles Reunion (2011) - Part Two 4. Mr Tambourine Man 5. Satisfaction 6. Sleep Walk |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 23 2020 at 08:22
What happened to Spock's Beard?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 03:01
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The Baskervilles Reunion (2011) - Part Three 7. Peggy Sue Got Married 8. Sound Of Silence 9. Hallelujah I Love Her So |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:19
Please do! I'm a guitarist and lean towards guitar-centric jazz-rock, my favs included Mahavishnu, Brand X, and RTF! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 13:28
I have an electric guitar too, although I may be stretching credibility to call myself a guitarist. Undoubtedly, Santana will be at the top of my Jazz-Rock list. Now I just need to figure out the order of the other artists in my list before posting a poll. If I wasn't into Jazz-Rock, then it may have taken me awhile (and a little help from Google) to figure out that "RTF" stands for Return To Forever.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 15:47
| For me, Night Flight is the best song they ever did. But that’s just judging by their first album, the only one I own (Akarma, orange vinyl). |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 16:05
You just reminded me to include the track listing for Affinity's first album.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 06:27
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The Baskervilles Reunion (2011) - Part Four 10. We Can Work It Out 11. I Saw Her Standing There 12. Fever |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 03:33
What do these songs have to do with jazz-rock? ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 06:52
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^ I know what you mean. Affinity appear to have left their Jazz-Rock roots behind in 2011, but I still enjoy the songs in the Basketville Sessions, and as far as I'm aware, original singer Linda Hoyle is still there in the line-up.
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