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nigel w wrote:Jonathan wrote (although not sure that's the right word!) :ROTFLSJOOMVLAC!
I'm terrible at acronyms but actually I know this one (all right, only because Jonathan messaged me and told me...). V is for Valves ; C is for Clam. If you can work the rest out, I'll think of a suitable prize .
Nigel wrote:realistically life is too short for The Incredible String Band
wonderful, magical, mystical music. first saw them at the Festival Hall in '68 when I was 14
nigel w wrote:Cheat !
will vine wrote:Ian A. will be along any time now to tell you it's not the real thing because it features her doing stuff by contemporary writers.
Chris Potts wrote:nigel w wrote:Jonathan wrote (although not sure that's the right word!) :ROTFLSJOOMVLAC!
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Rolls On The Floor Laughing So Juice Oozes Out My Valves Like A Clam ?
I know the blessed Shirl once recorded a Robin Williamson song. Very nice it was too.)
nigel w wrote: nobody ever offered an answer to my question some way back about why so many English folk records just sound so bad as records, even when the song is great and the performer is an acknowledged class act...
Ian A. wrote:Among those which have found favour with audiences and critics alike in the past few years are both Chris Woods' albums The Lark Descending and the recent Trespasser; Eliza Carthy's Anglicana and Rough Music (though you may struggle with the slightly lower production values of the latter); Tim Van Eyken's Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves; Bellowhead's Burlesque; the matching pair Songs and Tunes by John Spiers & Jon Boden; Rachel Unthank & The Winterset's The Bairns; Alasdair Roberts' No Earthly Man* and the debuts by Bella Hardy (Night Visiting) and Lisa Knapp (Wild & Undaunted), the latter somewhat Irish inflected. There are plenty more, some by established names like June Tabor or Kate Rusby, others more esoteric and perhaps a taste you will acquire. And then there's the whole English dance music area. But that's probably enough of the centre & quality field to be going on with.
nigel w wrote:And if you want to return to the specific subject at the start of the thread (although there's no reason why we should), nobody ever offered an answer to my question some way back about why so many English folk records just sound so bad as records, even when the song is great and the performer is an acknowledged class act...
Could you give some examples of badly produced albums? Are you talking about recent or older ones?
will vine wrote:As someone who wouldn't normally have crossed the street to find english folk music, I don't know what sent me off to buy "Rogues Gallery" a 2cd set of pirate ballads, and sea songs, featuring a host of big name artists, but I'm glad I did.
It's stunning entertainment. Start here.
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