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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Thanks @rostasi for those great tips for "Canterburied in Seattle 2002", "Progman 2003" and "High in the Morning - The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1973".
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And if you want to relive those heady days back 50 years ago, what better way than the album set of "Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal: An Island Anthology 1967-1972"!
in Favourite Rock Albums from the late 60s and early 70s Comment by peterfrederics November 2022 -
(Quote) And for samplers of British rock, it is difficult to go past those early Islands albums "You Can All Join In" and "Nice Enough To Eat" from 1969.
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Fascinating to listen to an album for the first time in over 40 years, having forgotten how good it was. Or actually, perhaps realising that it is really good, for the very first time!
The Nazz first album from 1968, "Nazz". This was the …(Quote) It is amazing how many top bands I first encountered through that album but particularly its 1968 predecessor "The Rock Machine Turns You On" and, to a lesser extent, "The Rock Machine: I Love You" - Spirit, BS&T, Taj Mahal, Elec…And what better to make me feel really good during a bout of Covid than to listen to my 33 Porcupine Tree albums!
As AMG rightly says, "A U.K. band widely credited with bringing progressive rock back into vogue during the 1990s, Porcup…Steamhammer were one of my favourite bands back in the day.
When "Smiling Phases" was included in that mighty sampler album "Fill Your Head With Rock", I thought that they had it made but it was not to be.
So today here I am, …"Go Bush!" 1987 album by Warumpi Band
AMG says "Since they first burst onto the Australian music scene in 1984 with their debut album, Big Name No Blankets, the Warumpi Band has been at the forefront of the Australian Aboriginal rock m…One of Joe Camilleri's best known songs is "Shape I'm In" from his days, way back in 1979, as part of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons.
in Rolling "How Was the Show" Thread Comment by peterfrederics October 2022Last night went to see Joe Camilleri and the Black Sorrows at Bird's Basement - one of Melbourne and Australia's best Jazz Clubs.
Joe is an accomplished saxophone player and is one of the legends of Australian rock.
in Rolling "How Was the Show" Thread Comment by peterfrederics October 2022Thanks @djh!Has anybody seen the new King Crimson documentary - "In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50"?
If so, is it any good?
The release of the doco seems to be a great example of typical, King Crimson bizarre! On for a d…(Quote) Another great Prog Metal band (though not Finnish or Dutch!) is O.S.I. (Office of Strategic Influence), particularly their first s/t album.
The band is made up of members from Dream Theater, Chroma Key and Fates Warning. It…@rostasi what a great selection of top Krautrock!Listening to my all-time favourite rock album, The Doors first album. Acquired it in 1967, the year it came out, and it has been a constant on the turntable ever since.
I reckon that AMG is spot on when it says "A tremendous debut album, …@djh thanks and sounds like a good project!(Quote) Better late than never!To save me going through all 71 issues, are there any particular ones that the group would recommend?Back to Argentina with thanks to @djh for introducing us to Audion.
"Anabelas" the 1978 album by Bubu. It is rated No. 2 album for 1978 and the No. 2 Argentinian album of …@djh no, I haven't followed Audion so thanks for your suggestion. I have dowloaded it and look forward to having a good read.
Really enjoyed listening to Agnus.@djh on the topic of early Argentinian rock, do try "Sudamérica o el Regreso a la Aurora" by Arco Iris and the song, "Color Humano", by Almendra.
in What are you listening to (B)right(er)now? (22 Weight Lifting Lulus) Comment by peterfrederics October 2022
