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Topic: 50 years on, time it was number one ! |
Andy M
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:07 pm Subject: 50 years on, time it was number one ! |
I decided against going in the end for a number of reasons - primarily inertia but also because I didn't fancy standing for the whole event. Bet it'll be a really good gig from the headliner though. I ... |
Topic: Tribute album Kimono My House |
Andy M
Replies: 10
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Forum: General Sparks Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:03 pm Subject: Tribute album Kimono My House |
Received my package of albums today. Congrats to Pale Wizard, who did everything they said they would on the tin - an excellent production. My favourite interpretations are those of Hasta & Equato ... |
Topic: The Last Dinner Party/This Town |
Andy M
Replies: 14
Views: 3373
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:20 am Subject: The Last Dinner Party/This Town |
This topic is a question in today's Thursday Quiz in the Guardian; Ron features as a possible answer in another question, so Martin Belam has spoilt us today. |
Topic: The Last Dinner Party/This Town |
Andy M
Replies: 14
Views: 3373
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:04 am Subject: The Last Dinner Party/This Town |
TLDP played live on the Jo Whiley show (BBC Radio 2) last night. The band's reviews often mention Sparks (TLDP's debut LP is very good, by the by); their session included an energetic and faithful cov ... |
Topic: re-release No.1 in Heaven/Is There More To Life Than Dancing |
Andy M
Replies: 18
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:03 am Subject: re-release No.1 in Heaven/Is There More To Life Than Dancing |
I sympathize, waterloosunset. It does seem barmy. I can't say I'm a fan of RSD. I get the intent behind it - get people to go into their local record shop - but I live miles from the nearest town with ... |
Topic: Sparks 1969 to 1979 On Track |
Andy M
Replies: 14
Views: 2663
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Forum: General Sparks Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:46 am Subject: Sparks 1969 to 1979 On Track |
In truth, Oscar, it went on the pile of two dozen or so books I've yet to read! Have just dug it out to have a skim through.
139 pages, covering 15 albums - so more than the Sparks book - with som ... |
Topic: Sparks 1969 to 1979 On Track |
Andy M
Replies: 14
Views: 2663
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Forum: General Sparks Discussion Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:31 am Subject: Sparks 1969 to 1979 On Track |
Just to add to the general confusion...
I've got it ordered at my local bookshop [in the UK] and their supplier still has the publication date as 29 March. Looking at a couple of online stores, Bla ... |
Topic: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Andy M
Replies: 78
Views: 13571
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:52 am Subject: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
I think my favourite (at the minute) cover/collaboration has to be Gemma Ray's version of Eaten By the Monster of Love, which gives the song a completely different vibe. Agree with Alex about the Melu ... |
Topic: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Andy M
Replies: 78
Views: 13571
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:09 am Subject: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
And so to our final consideration?
Yonks ago I bought a cdr with the Growing Pains tracks on. There’s seven of them, and it’s a somewhat different tracklist to Steve & highersynth’s list (the l ... |
Topic: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Andy M
Replies: 78
Views: 13571
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:37 am Subject: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Hi Oscar, I can't find where on the FanMael site I saw Ruud's reference to the article, but the newsletter's available for download on the Fan Club section of this site. |
Topic: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Andy M
Replies: 78
Views: 13571
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:16 am Subject: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Thanks again to highersynth - as Alex says, it's been interesting - and enjoyable.
I'll lead off on Mai, then. Four tracks, with a total running time of less than ten minutes, are all we have avail ... |
Topic: 50 years on, time it was number one ! |
Andy M
Replies: 7
Views: 3820
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:18 am Subject: 50 years on, time it was number one ! |
At least there's someone out there who recognises the importance of this anniversary - the excellent Rosalie Cunningham is doing a Kimono My House 50th tribute in Stockton on Tees on 4 May. Tempting . ... |
Topic: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Andy M
Replies: 78
Views: 13571
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 5:26 am Subject: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
“Those mysteries/I don't even know what I don't even know”
Not from the Nöel/Noel/Noël LP, to be sure, but it sums up something of the enigma that is this R&R project which has intrigued me for ... |
Topic: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Andy M
Replies: 78
Views: 13571
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:45 am Subject: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
“Hello, won’t you join our big show?”
A while back, Oscar said that he wished that R&R would release the demos properly. I suppose it might not only be up to them (who does own the rights – R&a ... |
Topic: Sparks 1969 to 1979 On Track |
Andy M
Replies: 14
Views: 2663
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Forum: General Sparks Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:14 am Subject: Sparks 1969 to 1979 On Track |
Thanks for the heads up, Bryan. I've had this on order from our local bookshop since early last year - the publication date keeps on being put back, goodness knows why. |
Topic: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Andy M
Replies: 78
Views: 13571
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:26 am Subject: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
“Two hands, one mouth/That’s all I need to satisfy you”
Alas, for me – no. I’m afraid that this is my least favourite Sparks album, and the concert I attended on the tour my least favourite concert ... |
Topic: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Andy M
Replies: 78
Views: 13571
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:35 am Subject: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
“Henry, Henry we’ve had enough”
I’m not at all sure where to start with Annette. With Seduction we had the radio musical in its entirety; with Annnette we have the soundtrack album (extended versio ... |
Topic: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
Andy M
Replies: 78
Views: 13571
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Forum: Music Only Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:59 am Subject: Album Club 2024 - Other Work - Week 6 Other material |
“And the seduction failed/As anyone can see/They mispronounced his name ...”
For those unfamiliar with Seduction, I’d strongly recommend the excellent Wikipedia article on the project. I learnt muc ... |
Topic: Joseph Wallace interview - Sparks content |
Andy M
Replies: 4
Views: 1137
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Forum: General Sparks Discussion Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:42 am Subject: Joseph Wallace interview - Sparks content |
For those who have access to BBC Sounds, Joseph Walllace (animator for Edith Piaf & TSB) was interviewed by Sparks fan Mark Kermode on Friday evening 's Screenshots (Radio 4). Some short clips fro ... |
Topic: Ron in Guardian's favourite photographic portraits of 2023 |
Andy M
Replies: 1
Views: 910
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Forum: General Sparks Discussion Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:47 am Subject: Ron in Guardian's favourite photographic portraits of 2023 |
Ron at Glasto makes the list:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/dec/28/2023-favourite-portraits-in-pictures |
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