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That has always been a particular favourite of mine and it still makes an impression when I hear it even after all the years of listening.

"Wish you were here" is usually the only album I listen to from Pink Floyd, which I've always much prefered over DSOTM. Anyway, this sounded fantastic on vinyl.

picked this one up on Lp recently...

DaveF wrote:

"Wish you were here" is usually the only album I listen to from Pink Floyd, which I've always much prefered over DSOTM. Anyway, this sounded fantastic on vinyl.

Great choice

Inspired by Fergus I put this one on the TT....

Not nearly as 'difficult' as some reviews indicated but still I'd only recommend it to the more open minded listeners. Side 2 of the record had the most accessible material as the songs there had more 'structure' than the more free form style of side 1. The man could certainly sing. What a voice! Reckon I'll listen to this one a few more times before I go back to Starsailor.

I've been listening this morning to one of my very favourite albums, Richard and Linda Thompson's I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight. Wonderfully direct, sincere, deeply heartfelt music. Beautiful singing from Linda which goes right to your heart. Just listen to songs such as Withered and Died, Down Where The Drunkards Roll and Has He Got A Friend For Me - wistful and exhausted but never sentimental and such subtle guitar playing from Richard. And some of Richard's finest singing as well - The Calvary Cross and The End Of The Rainbow are two of his greatest achievements. But every song stands out and the album, as a whole, is seamless in its perfection. Perhaps a common theme throughout the album is a kind of world-weariness that the protagonists of these songs feel as they contemplate dreams that have come to naught but also a self-disgust for the life that has been lived and their heartfelt pleas for some kind of redemption. And the closing track, The Great Valerio, perfectly encompasses all that has come before in its portrayal of the dreams and aspirations of the many which come to nothing as opposed to the few who attain greatness and command our respect (as encapsulated in the eponymous tightrope walker, the great Valerio himself).

DaveF wrote:

Not nearly as 'difficult' as some reviews indicated but still I'd only recommend it to the more open minded listeners. Side 2 of the record had the most accessible material as the songs there had more 'structure' than the more free form style of side 1. The man could certainly sing. What a voice! Reckon I'll listen to this one a few more times before I go back to Starsailor.

Thanks for your thoughts on Lorca, Dave. It really is a fabulous record but it does take time to fully absorb. And you're right about the change in styles from Side One - with the more adventurous title track and Anonymous Proposition - to the loose-limbed grooves of Side Two - I've always loved Driftin' in particular. And, as you say, what a voice. A true original whose music just gets better and better as the years drift by.

cybot wrote:

This one is high up on my wanted list! :-)