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jadarin wrote:

Nice to see you back John. I remember Julie from Road telling me I should check out Paul as he was a dead ringer for Nick Drake....I never did because he wasn't on vinyl :(

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Holy sh#t, this is unbelievable! As leftfield as they come :) Recorded at Virgin's Manor Studio back in the early 70s. Makes Yes sound like The Archies ;)
Came across an hilarious review of album which me smile. See below. Enthusiasm is so infectious...Thanks Paul for pointing out it's brilliance. 'Unrest' on it's way.....



In Praise of Learning - Remastered vinyl....



Warning: This review is written by someone whose mind is most likely controlled by an alien who is secretly in love with Chris Cutler and Fred Frith simultaneously.
This possibly could be my favorite album of all time. I'm not entirely sure, but it doesn't really matter. This album is the definition of amazing.

1. War- Perfect song. Perfect vocals. Perfect instrumentation. I love this song to death and I could listen to it repeatedly for hours and hours. It may only be two and a half minutes, but it certainly is well-composed, features wonderful expressions, and covers quite a bit of ground despite its relatively basic structure (for Henry Cow's standards). Flawless. 10+/10

2. Living in the Heart of the Beast- How can you follow the succinct brilliance of War? Only with this song. Repeat everything I said for War except substitute it here. Dagmar's vocals are to die for, proving why she is my favorite vocalist, singing with intense amounts of emotion and clarity. All the instruments and structure on this song are perfect. It is easily as good as War except 15 minutes. You can constantly feel all of the emotions in the song, madness, intensity, persistence. Flawless. 10+/10

3. Beginning: The Long March- Brilliance once more. To have either of the first two songs ever recorded is stunning enough, but to have the third song in addition to BOTH of those be just as brilliant? Amazing. This track is more avant and atmospheric (in a Henry Cow sort of way) than the previous two, but it works very effectively. It certainly isn't your typical march. 10/10

4. Beautiful as the Moon--Terrible as an Army with Banners- Wow, this track is masterpiece status once again. The piano here is perfectly composed and all of the instruments are again in top performance. Dagmar's vocals shine as always. This is one hell of a piano track; I would love to see it performed. So beautiful and full of goosebump moments much like the three tracks before it. My favorite part is at about 5 minutes where you have what I like to call the falling piano portion. Simply must be heard. Flawless. 10+/10

5. Morning Star- More similar to the structure of the Long March here, except still entirely unique. This one is seemingly much more unstructured and avant-garde and may prove to be inaccessible to many ears, but persistence may be required for unlocking true beauty with this one. This song is no less brilliantly structured than any song before it. Cutler's performance, since I haven't mentioned him specifically yet, is of importance particularly in this song. All of the instrumentalists are perfect, once again. 10/10

6. Lovers of Gold- Wonderful closer. What more can I say about this song that I haven't already said about the ones before it? Amazing structure, instruments, vocals, content... all of these songs are, to say the least, crafted with perfection. The more distant, enigmatic atmosphere of this one is a great way to end this album. 10/10

Never have I heard such a radiant combination of instrumentation, song-writing, emotion, intellect, everything that makes each song unique and full of true magic. If you have not heard it, grant your ears the gift immediately. This album gets my highest recommendation of anything I could write.

11/10: Beyond masterpiece.

Gerry D wrote:.

Any good Gerry?

tweber wrote:

Gerry D wrote:.

Any good Gerry?

Paul Weller lp I mean, sorry pic didn't transfer

tweber wrote:

tweber wrote:

Gerry D wrote:.

Any good Gerry?

Paul Weller lp I mean, sorry pic didn't transfer

Brilliant. Well up there with his best. I feel.

Thanks Gerry, it's on this weeks list! Heard a few tracks on the radio and was impressed alright.

Yes, the sleeves are the worse for a lot of wear and tear back in the day but I was surprised at how reasonably good these 45s sounded considering the amount of play that they got originally. I expected much more hiss and pops.

cybot wrote:Holy sh#t, this is unbelievable! As leftfield as they come :) Recorded at Virgin's Manor Studio back in the early 70s. Makes Yes sound like The Archies ;)
Came across an hilarious review of album which me smile. See below. Enthusiasm is so infectious...Thanks Paul for pointing out it's brilliance. 'Unrest' on it's way.....

Henry Cow has a cult following here:

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=608

It's a forum I used to collaborate on... I hope you find the page useful... :-)

Jared wrote:

cybot wrote:Holy sh#t, this is unbelievable! As leftfield as they come :) Recorded at Virgin's Manor Studio back in the early 70s. Makes Yes sound like The Archies ;)
Came across an hilarious review of album which me smile. See below. Enthusiasm is so infectious...Thanks Paul for pointing out it's brilliance. 'Unrest' on it's way.....

Henry Cow has a cult following here:

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=608

It's a forum I used to collaborate on... I hope you find the page useful... :-)

Nice one Jared :) Was it yourself who did the review? I loved the review because it was exactly something I'd say myself! The only reason I found it hilarious was because of the extreme left field nature of the music. If anyone here, just to take an example, bought the album on the strength of the review, they would be aghast at the totally unmusical aspects of the album :)