OT - Music. Gigs. Sounds bought.

[MadAmster]

The Heathen Apostles. Punk rock meets Country and Western. Not my cup of tea and not a fan of the track I listened to (Death's Head).

No worries GP, at least you had a listen. I'm not into converting folk and realise that, apart from AF, I'm probably the only "soul man" on here. Good that you and others at least have a listen. May that continue.

[Andy_Faber]

Yep...tad too Country and Western for my tastes but I agree...they’re very good. I’m actually involved in the ‘Live and Local’ stuff and we put bands and plays on at our village church but I think some might object to The Heathen Apostles playing such a venue!
Not sure how big a venue you’re looking for or what sort of fee but there are some decent small venues available in Derbyshire...Crich Village Hall for instance or Holloway where I saw an excellent Cornish Bluegrass band last year. Might be too small though...probably only hold a couple of hundred.

Thanks for the suggestions, theyre looking at something a bit bigger (and edgier), 500 capacity stuff, whether they’ll sell such places out who knows

[ramAnag]

Thanks for the suggestions, theyre looking at something a bit bigger (and edgier), 500 capacity stuff, whether they’ll sell such places out who knows

You want ‘edgier’? Try Peak Cavern at Castleton. Unusual...brilliant setting. Saw The Christians there last summer, who were excellent, and a Fleetwood Mac tribute band who weren’t. Unusual and intimate with acoustics which might ‘challenge’ the sound crew.

[Andy_Faber]

You want ‘edgier’? Try Peak Cavern at Castleton. Unusual...brilliant setting. Saw The Christians there last summer, who were excellent, and a Fleetwood Mac tribute band who weren’t. Unusual and intimate with acoustics which might ‘challenge’ the sound crew.

I might suggest it

[ramAnag]

I might suggest it

At least they’d be able to say they’d played ‘The Cavern’.

[Andy_Faber]

At least they’d be able to say they’d played ‘The Cavern’.

Interesting venue!

[Andy_Faber]

I tried to listen to Floodline but all the videos appear to be on Facebook thus outwith my access. As for Garnett, soul music is so far out of my comfort zone that 30 seconds was too much. Sorry MA, I'm sure you love it but it's a "no" from me

I’m really interested in that, what would you say was your go-to choice musically?

[Andy_Faber]

A thread to post up your musical buys and info on gigs you've been to. You never know, you might encourage someone else to visit a gig or listen to a band they don't know.

My 2 most recent buys.

Garnet Mimms - Looking for you in VG condition vinyl (although the labels have been cannibalised). Without the cannibalisation of the label probably worth £200 and I could possibly get between 80 and 100 for it. Long time want and it plays excellently. Couple of crackles in the 1st 2 rotations and then just about perfect. Youtube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX1lYmU4dFo

Boddie box set. The long defunct USA Boddie label. The current owner of the back catalogue went through the old tapes and acetates and came up with 6 never released songs. To me 5 good ones and one less so. Released in a 3 x 45rpm box set. Interestingly, they are unaware of the artists. Hence each song being by "Unknown Artist". Limited edition of 1000 sets. Digital versions available to listen at https://boddierecordingcompany.bandc...ie-acetate-box

2 good deals IMO. My current singles collection has cost me about 8 grand to put together over the past 8 years. Probably worth around 20 grand. Not yet paid 3 figures for a single and most of the ones I still really, really want are all well into 3 figures. They will, very likely remain on the wants list.


Different genre. I went to see 2 local bands in Amstelveen last night. Both playing "melodious" but hard music. I enjoyed both sets. Look them up on the usual outlets if interested. Floodlines (Google Floodlines band - There's also a Dutch podcast of the the same name), we know the guitarist (left in the left hand picture), good friend of my son and he occasionally crashes in our spare room. Floodlines play their own material. Outlaw Queen (Google Outlaw Queen band) have a female singer who attends the Rock Academy and the girl can sing, do 50/50 their own work and covers. IMO both are well worth a listen.

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Loving the Boddie stuff, I can imagine some of them filling the floor at The Blue Orchid back in the day, I love the slower 3/4 stuff too

Similar (different) is happening to ‘The Joe Meek Tea Chest Tapes’, literally thousands of hours of recordings made by Joe Meek (Telstar etc) and being sifted through by a rock n roll acquaintance Alan Wilson of Western Star Records and issued by Cherry Red

[Geoff Parkstone]

I’m really interested in that, what would you say was your go-to choice musically?

Best definition - anything that you can't dance to. I enjoy listening to music rather than moving to it...perhaps having 3 left feet could be why.

My musical taste has moved from mid 60s to mid 70s rock music / progrock, via punk, reggae, southern US rock to Radiohead etc al, and then sort of back to square one as the various genres of rap largely turned me off music.

But my playlist top 10 acts would be Gong, Neil Young, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ten years After, Allman Brothers, Linkin Park, Mountain if it creates a profile!

[ramAnag]

Best definition - anything that you can't dance to. I enjoy listening to music rather than moving to it...perhaps having 3 left feet could be why.

My musical taste has moved from mid 60s to mid 70s rock music / progrock, via punk, reggae, southern US rock to Radiohead etc al, and then sort of back to square one as the various genres of rap largely turned me off music.

But my playlist top 10 acts would be Gong, Neil Young, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ten years After, Allman Brothers, Linkin Park, Mountain if it creates a profile!

Fairport Convention are still going strong. They were on in Buxton last month and I met Ashley Hutchings last year. Once described by Bob Dylan as the most important figure in English folk rock. Nice man...mid seventies but still got it.