The super deluxe Who Are You promises plenty of material from 1979 with the freshly installed Kenney Jones, including Shepperton rehearsals and live performances. At this point, they seemed to be attempting a kind […]

Ah… missed that bit!

See the effect it has on her — that’s why it’s the Devil’s music!

Can’t see any mention of Charlton in the blurb — it says the live recordings are from the Orpheum Theatre, Boston. Have pre-ordered on Amazon — hopefully the remaster will sound better than the version from the […]

Never understood why all The Who remasters required a remix as part of the deal.

Agreed on all points re Live at the Oval 1971 Colin — Chris Charlesworth points out on his blog how they played with a “reckless spirit of adventure”, willing to go where the music took them on the night. It c […]

Heard: the reissue of Stars of the Lid’s debut masterpiece, Music for Nitrous Oxide — a transportive montage of tape hiss, found sounds and guitar drone. Also been listening to The Who’s 1971 Oval concert, and, b […]

Now available for pre-order! Got mine in.

Still run 6 or 7 days a week — 5k on weekdays, 10k weekends. Everything’s still just about holding up (I’m 62). Bit of lightish weight training (26kg) 6 or 7 days a week. Wasn’t at all sporty at school but d […]

A CD version would’ve been nice.

Isn’t the conventional history that essentially British acts, post-60s invasion, essentially invented stadium rock in the USA in the early 70s — Stones, Zep, Who etc — and then American rock acts stepped up to fil […]

May Fly, off the self-titled second album, is a gorgeous piece of music.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom… apparently.

I’ll have what he’s having.

Common One His Band And the Street Choir Astral Weeks Moondance Into The Music Tupelo Honey – All ok and representative of the music at the time they were released I think.

Think “Everybody Is A Star” and “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” were also non-album singles. Amazing body of work in a short, concentrated time period.

Here’s another essential comp: Sly & The Family Stone’s Greatest Hits from 1970 — better than any subsequent anthology and easily the best way to hear the band pre-Riot.

The UK Decca Big Hits is/was excellent, the US version, less so. Is Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy forgotten? it’s been superseded by other Who anthologies and comps and never reissued in remastered form.

I’d argue Sly’s Riot is post-psychedelic, very much a comedown album. The earlier Stand!, however, definitely fits the bill.