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yorkio commented on the post, Pink Floyd when they were good 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Southampton show appears to be the restored version from Dime. Can’t find the Birmingham one on there although that may well be due to the useless search function on the site.
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yorkio commented on the post, Tidal again and a sorta giveaway. 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The thing that kept me with Spotify for ages was its recommendations and automagically compiled playlists but they’ve been feeling very stale for some time now so it’s time for a change. It’s cheaper and the sound […]
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yorkio commented on the post, Tidal again and a sorta giveaway. 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I’m thinking this may be the last of Spotify for me. Hard to think of anything it has going for it over the competition these days apart from its ubiquity.
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yorkio commented on the post, Instantly identifiable by first name 1 month, 2 weeks ago
186 comments and not one mention of Smokey!
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yorkio commented on the post, Sniffin' Glue: And Other Rock 'n' Roll Habits 1 month, 3 weeks ago
In addition to those, he played one track from Eddie and The Hot Rods! The rest was mainly American post-punkers like Pere Ubu and Television, plus a couple of 60s garage tracks from The Seeds and The Shadows of […]
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yorkio commented on the post, Stan Bowles 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Franny Lee, Frank Worthington and now Stan Bowles, all gone in the past few years.
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yorkio commented on the post, Mike Procter RIP 1 month, 4 weeks ago
I remember seeing that fantastic Somerset team with Richards, Botham and Garner at Ilford. While Keith Fletcher’s Essex would have had Gooch, JK Lever, Neil Foster, Derek Pringle etc. (Did Essex have any overseas […]
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yorkio commented on the post, The Afterword Detective Agency 2 months ago
Every now and then, I forget just how expensive a subscription to Rock’s Backpages is and absent-mindedly wonder whether it’s worth signing up. And then recoil in horror when I check the prices!
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yorkio commented on the post, The Afterword Detective Agency 2 months ago
If you were really keen, @Twang, you could head over to eBay.de, where a copy of a 1977 Polish magazine – https://www.ebay.de/itm/165888207221 – has a feature about a night out in Eastbourne watching The Mad […]
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yorkio commented on the post, The Afterword Detective Agency 2 months ago
I’m liking their rocked up version of The Humphrey Song (written by Mike Batt), which was used to flog milk in the 70s. I even had a pair of red and white Humphreys plimsouls myself. “With slippers with pom […]
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yorkio commented on the post, The Afterword Detective Agency 2 months ago
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yorkio commented on the post, The Afterword Detective Agency 2 months ago
Wendy wife of Womble king Mike Batt has gone into competition with her husband Wendy wife of Womble king Mike Batt has gone into competition with her husband. Wendy now is manager of top group Mad Hatters, a […]
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yorkio commented on the post, Terrible band names 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Didn’t 10,000 Maniacs get their name from a shlocky 60s George Romero/Russ Meyer slasher film?
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yorkio commented on the post, Hello by Status Quo 2 months, 3 weeks ago
the “Cabaret days” which started around late 83 with Marguerita Time and Alan Lancaster “taking up a teaching post in Australia”. The Rhino years. No headstock, no Quo.
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yorkio commented on the post, The AW time share? 3 months ago
That place was built in 1926. I think I’m more interested in who might have lived there back then and over the years than its current owner.
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yorkio commented on the post, Did I really see that ? 3 months, 3 weeks ago
When I first moved to the North East, every charity shop I ever went to seemed to contain a copy of The Little Waster.
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yorkio commented on the post, The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion Deluxe Reissue 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Same here. Mind you, I’ve not played the Pearl Jam album I bought at about the same time for more than 30 years.
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yorkio commented on the post, Genesis 1973 remastered HD footage 5 months, 1 week ago
Particularly after they included the quad mix of Atom Heart Mother on that big expensive archive box set a few years back. I was hoping to see that on this set at the very least.
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yorkio commented on the post, Has there been a more successful band with less charisma than the Bee Gees? 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Steven Wilson. Prodigiously talented but has all the charisma of a swotty sixth former.
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yorkio commented on the post, Has there been a more successful band with less charisma than the Bee Gees? 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Barry Barry Something?
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