my favorite concerts this year
The Small Glories
Hawksley Workman
Crowded House
Crown Lands
Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Guilty Ones
Piqsiq
Allison Russell
Great Lake Swimmers...
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my favorite concerts this year
The Small Glories
Hawksley Workman
Crowded House
Crown Lands
Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Guilty Ones
Piqsiq
Allison Russell
Great Lake Swimmers...
Used buys this week
cd - Be Bop Deluxe - Raiding The Divine Archive ( The Best Of )
- Ian Hunter - Strings Attached
- The Pogues - Waiting For Herb
lp - Focus - 11 ( sky blue vinyl )
...
cds
Strawbs - Dancing To The Devil's Beast
Lee Harvey Osmond - A Quiet Evil
Hawksley Workman - Los Manlicious
XTC - Apple Venus
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
Pogues - Waiting For Herb
Two additional shows added to the Canadian Acoustic Tour,
OCT 8, 2023 SUN
LIVERPOOL, NS // Moulettes Acoustic Canada Tour @ 7:00 PM
Liverpool, NS, Canada
OCT 13, 2023 FRI
WATERLOO, ON //...
if an act I was into was touring in the area and my schedule allowed, I'd try to get there
1975 - Gentle Giant 3x one tour, 6x in 75
1976 - Genesis 2x , Gentle Giant 3x , Roger McGuinn 2x
1977 -...
For the longevity of the memory, performance, beyond expectations, vibe of the night, anticipation, friends, travel, etc.
1. Gentle Giant;1973; Waterloo Ontario ( between Vinegar Joe and Wishbone...
Free show Canada Day July 1, Surrey (Cloverdale) BC. Also on the bill, Broken Social Scene and Neon Dreams. I'm barely familiar with any of them, but I'll go and check them out.
Cd new - Black Midi - Hell Fire
Cd new - Crowded House - Time On Earth - will be seeing them in concert in two weeks
Cd used - Van Der Graaf Generator - Present
Lp new - John Mellencamp featuring...
KERRY MINNEAR
Gotta rock out at times, as well as get folksy, bluesy, nostalgic, and off kilter. For example, just pulling one compartment of my cd shelf includes, The Clash, Chick Corea, Bruce Cockburn, Commander...
Neil Young and Gentle Giant. Neil Young I have the most titles as singles of lp or cd, many of which I have one of both. Gentle Giant I have multiple copies of each lp, cd's of each, some cd's of...
4cds by Hawksley Workman bought at concert
Procol Harum 0- A Salty Dog used cd
Uncle Tupelo - 89/93: An Anthology used cd
lp plays, one side only, headphones,*
Jeff Beck - There and Back
The Stranglers - Black and White
Peter Hammill - Nadir's Big Chance
Genesis - Spot the Pigeon (both sides)
Neil Young and Crazy...
Not a very proggy batch of cds:
From the artist website,
Mike Keneally - The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat
From the used shop,
Whitehorse - I'm Not Crying, You're Crying (new)
Cat Stevens -...
I was at this concert, as well as the 2nd show of the tour in Waterloo, sitting on the floor of a university gym, Mar 27
LPs, one side, headphones :
The Mothers Of Invention - Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Robert Plant - Now and Zen
Wilco Johnson - Blow Your Mind
Doug Bennett - Animato
Strawbs - Hero Heroine
Cafe Jacques...
cds, headphones
Yusuf - Tea For The Tillerman
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - World Record
Failure - Wild Type Droid
The Claypool Lennon Delerium - Monolith Of Phobus
Jeff Martin - Exile And The...
Our local paper reported that the band travelled with generators as some venues did not have enough of a power supply for all of the sound and lights. Just checked to see when I saw this Genesis tour...
Lp, one side, headphones
Bruce Cockburn - Stealing Fire
Wilco Johnson - Blow Your Mind
Free - Heartbreaker
The Move - 'Shazam'
Donovan - Slow Down World
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Traffic - On...
last night, lp one side, headphones
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire (both sides)
The Korgis - Dumb Waiters
The Beach Boys - 15 Big Ones
The Beatles - Revolver
Stephane Grappelli David...
Neil Young's Trans album is laced with vocoder.
In the early days they did a cover Shakin' All Over. Man, that sounded great on the radio and it was so different from all the other AM hits. I remember being in the car with my dad and I dared to...
lp - Gentle Giant - Front Row Center box set
cd - Neil Young - World Record
lp - The Sadies - Colder Streams
lp - Wilko Johnson - Blow Your Mind
lps - Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire and Glorified Magnified
cd - Phil Manzanera and...
Kim Mitchell (ex of Max Webster) does at least an equal job of Spirit's I Got A Line On You.
a few days ago, lp, one side, headphones
Neil Young - Harvest
Roger McGuinn - Roger McGuinn
ELP - Trilogy
Gentle Giant - Interview
Split Enz - Time and Tide
Crowded House - Crowded House...
Unrelated to Octopus, I played Civilian this week and wished that I could hear the full album performed live by GG; fully knowing the impossibility. But, if I put that in my Christmas letter to Santa...
Advent - Cantus Firmus
Zubot and Dawson - Chicken Scratch
lp, one side, headphones
Hatfield And The North - same title
Streetwalkers - Vicious But Fair
Badfinger - No Dice
Spirit - Clear
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Speedy Keen - Previous Convictions
last night, lp one side, headphones
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
Focus - In and Out of Focus
Dennis Lepage - Larger Than Life (bluegrass)
Niz Wiz (5440's Neil Osborne) - four sides played
Howard...
headphones , lp one side only, cd fullplay
The Clash - London Calling lp
Lee Harvey Osmond - Beautiful Scars cd
Townsend Lane - Rough Mix lp
The Pretty Things - BBC Sessions cd
Greenslade -...
Paul Simon - The Rhythm Of The Saints
Silly Wizard - Kiss The Tears Away
Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick 2
The New Basement Tapes - Lost On The River - 4 sides lp
New Model Army - No Rest For The Wicked - one side lp
Ian Hunter - Overnight Angels - one side lp
Gentle Giant - The Last Steps (final...
I showed up at the venue with tickets in hand but they wouldn't let me in because I had brought tickets for a different concert.
George Underwood did four sleeves for The Fixx
A few days ago, lp one side only, headphones
Lp – Joan Armatrading – Sleight of Hand
Lp – Steve Winwood – Steve Winwood
Lp – Starry Eyed And Laughing
Lp – Poco – Legend
Lp – Bruce Cockburn –...
It's not unusual in Canada that at arena and theatre shows that the venue takes a 20% cut on the gross of merch sold, ie on a $30 shirt the venue gets $6. And if you pay by credit card, that's...
found in used bins, not prog but glad I found these
Dave Bainbridge - To The Far Away
Smithereens - Blow Up
Smithereens - 11
Danny Michel -Tales From The Invisible Man
Kevin Drew - Darlings
...
I could have done without the drunk guy ten feet away from me shouting "STAND OR FALL! WE LOVE YOU FIXX!!!" at random times, including the quieter ones. (There's always one, isn't there?)
I...
yesterday's list and mood was
CD in car - Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Return to Greendale
CD headphones - Gord Downie - Away Is Mine
LPs headphones, one side only
Frankie Miller Band - The Rock ...
So, this is stuff pre his Elton moniker, yet they still got his actual name , Reg, in the title; cool.
from 2019, Mounties, Heavy Meta. A bombast of playing and studio wizardry, imo. It didn't hit me the first half dozen listens, I set it aside a few months, and when I got back to it the pieces then...
My guesstimate is 125 > 150 attended for the first Sidney show, As far as the band looking 'into it', Genesis instrumentalists were never really animated, they were mostly sitting when playing and...
I saw them at this venue on May 5, and will see the show again tonight in Vancouver. I did see Genesis perform it at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, in 1974. In Toronto, I thought the show was underlit...
Paul McCartney - Egypt Station
The Who - Endless Wire ( didn't bother to finish this one )
Beduinos a Gasoleo - s/t - sung in Portuguese
PFM - Emotional Tattoos - sung in Italian
Tom Waits - Mule...
last night, headphones, vinyl, mostly one side only
The New Basement Tapes – Lost On The River – played all four sides - still getting familiar with this one
R.E.M. - Dead Letter Office
Graham...
headphones, lp one side only, cd full play
lp - Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
lp - Emmylou Harris - Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town
cd - King Crimson - Live In Toronto ( one cd only, initial...
Sinnead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince )
Vanilla Fudge - You Just Keep Me Hangin' On (The Supremes)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Big Sugar - Let It Ride - (BTO)
k d lang -...
Cd – Beck – Hyperspace
Lp – Ultravox – Lament
Lp – The New Basement Tapes - Lost On The River
Cd – Blondie – Pollinator
Cd – Gord Downie – Away Is Mine
Lp - McDonald and Giles – McDonald and...
AM radio tracks like Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man, The Who - I Can See For Miles, Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 , Cream - White Room was the music that was catching my ears. Then I made a new friend and he...
cd - Feist - Let It Die
cd - Gentle Giant - Under Construction disc 2
cd - Gord Downie - Away Is Mine
cd - Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Barn
cd - Rush - A Farewell To Kings
cd - Primus -...
I probably have 50 or more fave concerts. They're remembered as a combination of the music, performance, presentation/show, who I was there with, venue, anticipation, ambience, travel, and other...
Gentle Giant - played all 16 unofficial live cd's from the Unburied Treasure box set this week; Betcha thought I couldn't do it.
Most shows I do have a sense of the act and thus expectations, these are ones that surpassed, riveted, and thrilled
1974 - Rory Gallagher - better than expected by far, edge of my seat
1975 -...
from the Gentle Giant box set
1971 - Winchester : King Alfred's College
1972 - Essen : Grugahalle
1972 - New Orleans : Municipal Auditorium + 1972 BBC Session
1972 - West Hollywood : Hollywood...
We Are Scientists- With Love And Squalor
Massive Attack - Collected
Joe Jackson - Blaze Of Glory
Whitehorse - Modern Love
CSNY (70s) + Young many times
The Who (75 and later)
Johnny Winter (2000s)
Santana (just last decade)
Grateful Dead (70s)
John Fogarty of CCR (2000s)
Nils Lofgren 1976 - I just never found the spark at that concert
Jethro Tull 1977 - only one song off the current Minstrel In The Gallery album and the rest were repeats from other Tull shows I'd...
yesterday
Prince – Emancipation (just one disc)
Elvis Costello – Trust
Primus – Tales From The Punchbowl
Sarah McLauchlan – Wintersong
Niz Wiz – Niz Wiz – aka 5440’s Neil Osborne
Marillion –...
Wishbone Ash - Live In Germany
Tom Wilson - Planet Love
David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock
The Smithereens - A Date With The Smithereens
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II