peterfrederics
Thanks for your comments and totally understand what it’s like to be so busy! Really glad that emusers is here for the long term. I likewise listen to many of your tips and often for similar reasons. That is, to my mind, what makes this group so great to belong to.
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@confused thanks for the reminder of some excellent Ginger Baker albums.
In return, here are a couple from Jack Bruce.
"Why Dontcha" by West, Bruce & L… -
(Quote) @greg I couldn't have said it better! I too discovered that first Chicago (Transit Authority) album from "Fill Your Head with Rock" plus a whole lot of other bands fr…
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(Quote) And when on MoonJune don't forget to visit the Soft Machine page!
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(Quote) Whereas. I did go to Sussex with the band playing on my first weekend there being Cream. Unfortunately, my lady friend at the time was far more interested in Eric Clapton than she was in me!
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One of my all time favourite bands of any era is Affinity and their s/t album issued in 1970.
Funnily enough, they came from the University of Sussex at the time that I was studying there but unfortunately I never came across them in pers… -
Listening to “Tubular Bells” led me to explore Mike and his sister Sally’s other music.The 50th anniversary of the release of Mike Oldfield's “Tubular Bells” and the film, “The Exorcist”, on which it featured was big news in today’s The Australian newspaper, with a full page article.
Really enjoyed listening to it again tod…(Quote) Another two 65DaysofStatic albums well worth trying are "The Destruction Of Small Ideas" and "The Fall Of Math", plus the covers are more informative!in What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics July 2023
Thanks again @confused for another great intro with Gas.
Am spending a relaxing Saturday afternoon listening to “Pop”.
in What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics July 2023'RidingEasy Records Summertime Mixtape" is a surprisingly g…
@confused your post got me investigating Gamelan bands, so thanks to you and @Brighternow for the intr…(Quote) Oh no! What have I started!
Watched the first episode of the 1971 TV series last night and it was really good.
I had just moved from London to Perth, Western Australia for work the year before in 1970. The saying…@djh in The End, The West is always the Best!
Meanwhile, on the topic of 1971 as the best year in rock, I'm just off to watch the Apple TV documentary series "1971: The Ye…(Quote) Not to forget Love's "Forever Changes", Jimi's "Are You Experienced", Pink Floyd's "Piper At The Gate Of Dawn", "Moby Grape", "Procol Harum" and "Songs of Leonard Cohen".
1967 was indeed a great year for debut albums. In fa…Went to training yesterday morning and none of the trainers (in their 20s) had heard of The Doors! But every single one of us doing training (50s and up) of course had!
This just meant that I had to play The Doors first album all the way …"The Last Embrace", the 2003 compilation album by Spirit Caravan. A very listenable version of Stoner Rock.in What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics June 2023
My first ever east-west Jazz Fusion album and still my favourite is "Indo-Jazz Suite" by Joe Harriott and John Mayerin What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics June 2023
(Quote) Wow, what a great album!@rostasi thanks for letting us know. I can remember buying and enjoying “The Best Of Curved Air” when it first came out in the mid 1970s particularly the tracks “Melinda (More Or…The ChatGPT discussion elsewhere, encouraged me to relive the old days by asking ChatGPT’s opinion on what the best albums available on eMusic were in the 2000s and early 2010s, when it was in its pomp.This was the answer (see below…@Germanprof you make a good point. I tried ChatGPT on the obscure early 70s band Gnidrolog and it came up with a very similar result. The words “Cosmic” and “Odyssey” being pa…This is a Captain Beyond album cover made up by using an AI image generator
As compared with the original s/t album cover from 1972Thanks @burntwoodfactors for the great idea!
I couldn’t resist seeing what ChatGPT would do inventing a brand new album for that great early 70s Pr…Astrud Gilberto who got paid all of $120 for singing “The Girl From Ipanema” on the Getz/Gilberto album!
Following the recent passing of Astrud Gilberto, I have been revisiting my favourite Bossa Nova records from the 1960s and 1970s. Strange that I was really into this music back in the day, at the same time as I was over the moon about Progressive an…Took a taxi back home one night in Melbourne and the driver was playing Fela Kuti.
Turned out that he had emigrated from Nigeria where had played for many years in Femi Kuti’s band.On Friday night, went to see Australian 70s Progressive Rock bands Madder Lake and Spectrum playing live at Bird’s Basement in Melbourne.Bird’s, which is modelled on a New York Jazz Club, only seats approx 100 people and my ta…