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  1. Thread: Birders

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    Saw my first, probably last, of the American...

    Saw my first, probably last, of the American Avocets of the season. They don't stay long in the Bay Area.
  2. The guitar on Look Deeply in the Mirror is by one...

    The guitar on Look Deeply in the Mirror is by one of Mike's other sisters, Patti. She was the lead guitarist in the Pleasure Seekers and Cradle alongside Suzi, and later replaced June Millington in...
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    Then again, you get albums like the Chick Corea...

    Then again, you get albums like the Chick Corea Elektric Band, where Chick employed a professional programmer, and the synth sounds are still terrible! Which merely underlines Point #14.
  4. Thread: Steve Harley

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    When I first heard The Human Menagerie and The...

    When I first heard The Human Menagerie and The Psychomodo, I thought Harley was ridiculously pretentious, with deliberately obtuse lyrics, overblown arrangements and an absurdly affected vocal style....
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    I'd recommend V if you must. The white-bread...

    I'd recommend V if you must. The white-bread vocals (which have that pre-rock & roll harmony group sound) are still a drag, but the songwriting and arranging are more consistent. The Light always...
  6. I'd also add "Warriors," "Free Hooker" and a few...

    I'd also add "Warriors," "Free Hooker" and a few other tracks from Mind Exploding as well as most of the Where Groupies Killed the Blues album. The latter introduces some really sophisticated musical...
  7. Specifically it's the overture from Die...

    Specifically it's the overture from Die Entführung aus dem Serail used at the beginning and end of the piece:


    https://youtu.be/PHa6pYhlMA8?si=kaAX54L-ZepBMTLy
  8. This is the main reason for the "punk killed...

    This is the main reason for the "punk killed prog" narrative. There's quite a lot of historical revisionism regarding punk's commercial importance by the music critics who fell in love with the genre...
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    I really love Aja. The songcraft is still there....

    I really love Aja. The songcraft is still there. They kind of got obsessed with "production/musicianship over good tunes" on the overcooked Gaucho. Agree that "Hey Nineteen" and "Babylon Sisters" are...
  10. It seems like you have most of the really...

    It seems like you have most of the really necessary stuff. Maybe Journeys Out of the Body by Steve Jolliffe, Michael Hoenig's Xcept One or Steve Schroyder's Klänge Bilder Welten, though I'd hesitate...
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    The Yes influence really only surfaces properly...

    The Yes influence really only surfaces properly on Mass-Media Stars. The first album is a question of common influences, mainly CSNY ("Science Fiction Suite" is a complete clone of "Suite: Judy Blue...
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    I'm surprised OMD circa Architecture and...

    I'm surprised OMD circa Architecture and Morality/Dazzle Ships hasn't come up yet:


    https://youtu.be/vmwMhjbThKg?si=Mlb82NRCQtC3FDg6

    Also have to bring up Strange Advance, the CanCon answer to...
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    The Keith Christmas album with Mellotron on it is...

    The Keith Christmas album with Mellotron on it is 1970's Fable of the Wings. Keyboardist Ian Whiteman plays it on the track "Hamlin."

    Most people know Christmas for being a session guitarist on...
  14. Todd's solo career kind of eclipses all of his...

    Todd's solo career kind of eclipses all of his other work as a musician. Not that I dislike Nazz or Utopia, but they really can't hold a candle to his solo work, not even their best stuff.
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    "Fureai" by Masatoshi Nakamura. Mellotron flutes...

    "Fureai" by Masatoshi Nakamura. Mellotron flutes and vibes by Mickie Yoshino of Godiego. #1 on the Oricon charts in late summer/early fall 1974:


    https://youtu.be/oWOaVLn-vB4?si=JqgSHbHK-aFRsVIR
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    The RMI's were a lot more totable than the...

    The RMI's were a lot more totable than the electric (or acoustic) pianos. Cheaper too. And if you heard the alternatives (e.g.: Crumar) you could understand why the RMI, while not exactly...
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    ↑I think you mean Univox, which was the American...

    ↑I think you mean Univox, which was the American distribution company that rebadged Crumar (and Korg) instruments for the American market.



    According to someone on another messageboard, the...
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    I finally got around to watching Deep End, which...

    I finally got around to watching Deep End, which features a long scene with "Mother Sky" in the background. It had been on my watch list for a very long time. Glad to finally see it, alas under...
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    Electronic, as opposed to electric, pianos were a...

    Electronic, as opposed to electric, pianos were a completely different animal. Tony used an RMI, which was electronic (i.e.: it used audio oscillators rather than hammers striking some sort of...
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    If you're referring to the Yamaha CP70 that...

    If you're referring to the Yamaha CP70 that supplanted his RMI electronic piano, it was an actual piano with real strings and all, but with guitar-like transducers amplifying it. The result was a...
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    I can't hear that song without thinking of Graham...

    I can't hear that song without thinking of Graham Chapman with a bag on his head and Eric Idle standing in a tea chest.
  22. There's a lady by the name of Janell Duxbury who...

    There's a lady by the name of Janell Duxbury who attempted to chronicle every rock-classical adaptation in a book called Rockin' the Classics, Classicizin' the Rock. I think she would be the one to...
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    This was such a revelation when it came out. It...

    This was such a revelation when it came out. It sounded like absolutely nothing else on the radio at the time, and unlike most radio stuff back then, has a timeless sound that still holds up. It...
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    I've only heard the first, but I've heard nice...

    I've only heard the first, but I've heard nice things about both their albums, as well as Kurt Rongey's solo album Book in Hand.



    I never got into this band until Captives of the Wine Dark Sea....
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    I have the old 2-on-1 CD of both their albums,...

    I have the old 2-on-1 CD of both their albums, and I'm satisfied with that. I'm not in love with either album but, to damn them with faint praise, they're better than the last two Triumvirat albums,...
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    He was also with Tasavallan Presidentti for a...

    He was also with Tasavallan Presidentti for a time.
  27. I don't think anything could be better than the...

    I don't think anything could be better than the two 5uu's albums on which he participated. Hunger's Teeth and Crisis in Clay are classics.
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    Hiroko Taniyama: "Kawa no hotori ni" ...

    Hiroko Taniyama: "Kawa no hotori ni"


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_lEsNXVm98&pp=ygUhaGlyb2tvIHRhbml5YW1hIGthd2Egbm8gaG90b3JpIG5 p
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    Randy Pie: "Winter Song" ...

    Randy Pie: "Winter Song"


    https://youtu.be/TgbY2QgHVkI?si=YsKdJ90QhreinhEY
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    Thought of another one out shopping this week:...

    Thought of another one out shopping this week: "The Joker" by Steve Miller. I definitely don't need to hear it ever again!
  31. Thread: John Miles

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    Miles is probably one of the last artists signed...

    Miles is probably one of the last artists signed via the old A&R system (Kate Bush being the other). His versatility was both his greatest asset and kind of a millstone around his neck, the main...
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    2⅔ albums. They were recording a third album with...

    2⅔ albums. They were recording a third album with Ham, Unspoken Words, when Capitol pulled the plug. What was completed wound up being released on the One Way compilation double CD, Triptych (along...
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    Edition Spéciale Jukka Tolonen/JTB Jupu Group...

    Edition Spéciale
    Jukka Tolonen/JTB
    Jupu Group
    Kornet
    Gilgamesh
    Release Music Orchestra
    Nova
    Dedalus
    Arti + Mestieri
    Bakmak
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    Today, so many people associate the sound of the...

    Today, so many people associate the sound of the bass harmonica with Paul Henning's TV productions, it kind of colors their perceptions. (spoofed on MST3K as "the porkerina".)
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    Technically, Errobi don't belong. Yes, they are...

    Technically, Errobi don't belong. Yes, they are from the Basque country, but on the French side of the border.
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    I don't know if they're in Spotify's database,...

    I don't know if they're in Spotify's database, but Ce-Ce Cutaia from Argentina has an album of interest, Rota tierra rota from 1979 (collaboration between keyboardist Carlos Cutaia, of Pescado...
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    I think the two things that catapulted him to...

    I think the two things that catapulted him to European fame were:

    a) his playing being used on the soundtrack to Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock
    b) his version of the old Romanian folk song...
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    Chapman Stick (just play a bass!)

    Chapman Stick (just play a bass!)
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    Another one-off track, "Wintertime" by Kayak: ...

    Another one-off track, "Wintertime" by Kayak:


    https://youtu.be/Ds-zsgKijSs?si=hwY27n0av8FD9TBC



    "Snowbound" obviously contributes to that, but I think Tony transitioning to mostly synths...
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    Speaking of female electronic music pioneers,...

    Speaking of female electronic music pioneers, here's a contemporary lady carrying on in their footsteps by the name of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VYth59dVEs
    ...
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    Bootleg Soundtracks...

    Bootleg Soundtracks.

    The film I was thinking of that featured Bernhard Jobski's Einstein in Eden was called Dragon Against Vampire. And it's actually a Korean production. Some Tangerine Dream...
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    That was one of two unreleased Earthstar albums,...

    That was one of two unreleased Earthstar albums, there was another called Axiom.
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    Didn't I hear that Anthony Phillips' Slow Dance...

    Didn't I hear that Anthony Phillips' Slow Dance was done all on one synth?
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    There's also this from the one and only Rick...

    There's also this from the one and only Rick Wakeman. The whole album isn't like this, alas, but this opening track is just Mini-Moog and drums!


    https://youtu.be/sRQdSmKMaIk?si=lvXhme7OAItbBhUY
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    Well, when it comes to the real rarities nobody...

    Well, when it comes to the real rarities nobody has heard, there is the case of Norwegian band Octopus. I am not referring to their released album, Thærie Wiighen, but rather their 1982 "rock opera,"...
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    I think Patrick Moraz had an 8-voice Oberheim as...

    I think Patrick Moraz had an 8-voice Oberheim as well.
  47. Thread: Fuzz Bass?

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    John Greaves

    John Greaves
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    The Oberheim Expander module is not a complete...

    The Oberheim Expander module is not a complete synth, so it doesn't count. Larry did use an ARP 2600 on the album but only for control functions, not as a sound source.

    Guess What by Vienna (Peter...
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    Speaking of HTM, did that new Leah Waybright...

    Speaking of HTM, did that new Leah Waybright album ever come out?
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    I don't know that I've ever heard it.

    I don't know that I've ever heard it.
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    Well, if you're looking for something...

    Well, if you're looking for something ridiculously obscure, "Tarkus" sur notre planète by Malesherbes, a school project that's one of the rarest things on the F.L.V.M. label.

    Also, Al mismo jardín...
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    Apart from the Mellotron sweetening, Electronic...

    Apart from the Mellotron sweetening, Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra by Synergy. It's all done with one Minimoog!
  53. Änglagård at Royce Hall in 1993, and I don't even...

    Änglagård at Royce Hall in 1993, and I don't even need to think twice about it. Life-changing, legendary.
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    Very sad. Chris was the backbone of the band till...

    Very sad. Chris was the backbone of the band till the bitter end. ADII were one of my earliest Krautrock loves and they remain a favorite to this day.
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    I actually really like Van Morrison, but that...

    I actually really like Van Morrison, but that song is the worst! UGH!

    Can I add "Sweet Home Alabama," "Bad Moon Rising" and "Looking Out My Back Door" to the list?
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    "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi.

    "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi.
  57. Negative criticism can have positive...

    Negative criticism can have positive consequences. It nurtured my discovery of prog via the Rolling Stone Record Guide. If Dave Marsh hated it, it warranted at least a peek (if he used the word...
  58. I like Wigwam fine, but none of their albums...

    I like Wigwam fine, but none of their albums equals the heights of Pekka Pohjola's solo career.
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    Turns out this is the same Al Bondar who went on...

    Turns out this is the same Al Bondar who went on to record a wild pomp rock album with fellow multi-instrumentalist Debbie Bondar (his wife? Sister?). Debbie went on to make another Bondarz album on...
  60. There's way worse falsettos out there. Remember...

    There's way worse falsettos out there. Remember the Newbeats?
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