FogBlueInSanFran
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Excellent! As with "Car Wheels . . ." -- also your pick -- another massively critically acclaimed record that I have never heard, though I have heard "#1 Record". Looking forward to this!
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The Album Review Club - Week #145 - (page 1923) - Tellin' Stories - The Charlatans
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FogBlueInSanFran
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For those unfamiliar with Big Star, here's a song about the generally-aknowledged-genius-after-the-fact who led them, written by one of my favo(u)rite bands . . .
RobMCFC
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Interesting. I’d never heard of them, but their name came up as an influence when I was researching the write-up for my Matthew Sweet selection.
RobMCFC
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Also, congratulations to all posters - our combined ramblings have taken us past the 1000-page mark!
Mancitydoogle
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I‘ve no problem with that, provided it’s not Dance or Opera!While we wait for the changeover or any final reviews, a bit of a longer term question. How do people feel about a nomination of 2EPs (Vol1 and vol2) in place of one album. The total play time is 52 minutes, and they are kind of part of a set. Or would it have to be just the one or the other at circa 25 minutes each.
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Great choice BB, like Foggy I’ve only heard ‘No 1 record ‘but only heard the single ‘September Gurks ’ from this one, so really looking forward to this.
Your playlist for this week is a great listen too.
Your playlist for this week is a great listen too.
Big Star...Radio City.
1978/79 working in Carron Iron Works.Pressed Steel Enamel Baths.
Packing part.
3 of us working packing baths.A hard job but made a lot better by the old tape and radio system we had 70's style.
Great time for music.
One a Beatles,Wings,AC/DC,Glam Rock and New Wave.
The other Neil Young,Led Zep,Creedance,Skynyrd and Punk and New Wave.
Myself,The Stones,Glam Rock,Thin Lizzy, Faces and Rod,Punk and New Wave.
All three loved Free.
All on tapes for us to listen too.
One day we were handed a tape from a boy in the offices.
#1 Record on one side and Radio City the other.
All hooked straight away.Two records from the early 70's.
Still love them to this day but Radio City was my favourite.
There was a lot of noise in the foundry but you could hear the guitar rifts from a distance away.
Vocals nothing special but the harmonies fitted in perfectly.
The rest just perfect.
Played non stop at one point.
One of the critically acclaimed but never sold a lot of records band.
Think Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque and Thirteen.
Sadly I have not seen the guys for years,Foundry closed down 1998 but happy days indeed.
Alex Chilton (vocals/guitar), Chris Bell (vocals/guitar), Andy Hummell (bass/vocals) and Jody Stephens (drums/vocals
1978/79 working in Carron Iron Works.Pressed Steel Enamel Baths.
Packing part.
3 of us working packing baths.A hard job but made a lot better by the old tape and radio system we had 70's style.
Great time for music.
One a Beatles,Wings,AC/DC,Glam Rock and New Wave.
The other Neil Young,Led Zep,Creedance,Skynyrd and Punk and New Wave.
Myself,The Stones,Glam Rock,Thin Lizzy, Faces and Rod,Punk and New Wave.
All three loved Free.
All on tapes for us to listen too.
One day we were handed a tape from a boy in the offices.
#1 Record on one side and Radio City the other.
All hooked straight away.Two records from the early 70's.
Still love them to this day but Radio City was my favourite.
There was a lot of noise in the foundry but you could hear the guitar rifts from a distance away.
Vocals nothing special but the harmonies fitted in perfectly.
The rest just perfect.
Played non stop at one point.
One of the critically acclaimed but never sold a lot of records band.
Think Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque and Thirteen.
Sadly I have not seen the guys for years,Foundry closed down 1998 but happy days indeed.
Alex Chilton (vocals/guitar), Chris Bell (vocals/guitar), Andy Hummell (bass/vocals) and Jody Stephens (drums/vocals
RobMCFC
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Was going to say that it sounds like good subject matter for a song but Springsteen has already done it in “Youngstown”.Big Star...Radio City.
1978/79 working in Carron Iron Works.Pressed Steel Enamel Baths.
Packing part.
3 of us working packing baths.A hard job but made a lot better by the old tape and radio system we had 70's style.
Great time for music.
One a Beatles,Wings,AC/DC,Glam Rock and New Wave.
The other Neil Young,Led Zep,Creedance,Skynyrd and Punk and New Wave.
Myself,The Stones,Glam Rock,Thin Lizzy, Faces and Rod,Punk and New Wave.
All three loved Free.
All on tapes for us to listen too.
One day we were handed a tape from a boy in the offices.
#1 Record on one side and Radio City the other.
All hooked straight away.Two records from the early 70's.
Still love them to this day but Radio City was my favourite.
There was a lot of noise in the foundry but you could hear the guitar rifts from a distance away.
Vocals nothing special but the harmonies fitted in perfectly.
The rest just perfect.
Played non stop at one point.
One of the critically acclaimed but never sold a lot of records band.
Think Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque and Thirteen.
Sadly I have not seen the guys for years,Foundry closed down 1998 but happy days indeed.
Alex Chilton (vocals/guitar), Chris Bell (vocals/guitar), Andy Hummell (bass/vocals) and Jody Stephens (drums/vocals
Mancitydoogle
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The only surviving member Jodey Stephens was in Golden Smog a sort of Americana super group with members of Wilco and The Jayhawks.