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DaveF wrote:

cybot wrote:Leave Pink Moon until last Dave even though the NME Book of Rock (sic) says it contains his finest guitar (acoustic) work.
Start with his first one Five Leaves Left,followed by Bryter Later and ending up with Pink Moon; he only made three albums in his lifetime! The real treasure trove is outlined in my previous piece on the home recordings,outtakes etc.... If it was me and I wasn't sure I'd buy the first one on CD (only a fiver!) and if I was impressed I'd then search out the vinyl or CD box set... The best box set to buy for sound quality is the Hannibal set (Fruit Tree 1986) which also includes the important 4th album of outtakes including the fabled last four songs (they actually found the 5th song for the last compilation Made to Love Magic!);the last version of Fruit Tree (2008) is a sumptiously thick (for the vinyl set) box set which replicates the original Lp covers exactly (the Hannibal set only used single sleeves),includes an even thicker booklet with more contributions from various people and also includes a 1986 DVD film about Nick himself (A Skin Too Few);But....it doesn't contain the important 4th album outlined above!Still I'm sure you can get that seperately. Enjoy the journey :-)

Thanks for all that! I'll keep it in mind.

mcq wrote:Tonight I'm listening to Chris Bell's I Am The Cosmos. In a similar way to Nick Drake, something about his voice just breaks my heart (although the music is very different). Big Star was about so much more than Alex Chilton.

Thank God for Youtube. These recordings are special and the real thing is so much better than my attempts to articulate how I feel about this music.



I remember fondly buying these albums in the early Nineties and listening long into the night to this great music (in tandem with the first two Big Star albums). Were there ever more glorious pop songs written than September Gurls and Life is White (to take just two examples)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J3 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ddynyb_JA

Time will not wither the great music.

fergus wrote:

DaveF wrote:

The afro hairdo was really ghastly when you look back at it!!!

cybot wrote:

mcq wrote:Tonight I'm listening to Chris Bell's I Am The Cosmos. In a similar way to Nick Drake, something about his voice just breaks my heart (although the music is very different). Big Star was about so much more than Alex Chilton.

Thank God for Youtube. These recordings are special and the real thing is so much better than my attempts to articulate how I feel about this music.



I remember fondly buying these albums in the early Nineties and listening long into the night to this great music (in tandem with the first two Big Star albums). Were there ever more glorious pop songs written than September Gurls and Life is White (to take just two examples)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J3 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ddynyb_JA

Time will not wither the great music.

Thanks for all that mcq! Looking forward to watching them later :-)) What about The Ballad of El Goodo ?

DaveF wrote:

I've listened to this twice this afternoon and quite enjoyed it. 'River Man' and 'Man in a Shed' are the stand out tracks for me so far but I'm sure that might change later as I get to know it better. Thanks lads for the tips. This forum always comes up trumps on how to spend my money! :-)