From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V5 #203 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, May 26 2000 Volume 05 : Number 203 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] French Rockers ["Sebastian Fasthuber" ] Re: [AVALON] French Rockers...STEVE HILLAGE ["Simon Galloway" ] RE: [AVALON] brussels vid [Terry Lane ] Re: [AVALON] Brussels sprouts a gem ["Martin Stockman" ] [AVALON] The Drums Of Brussels ["Simon Galloway" ] Re: [AVALON] The Drums Of Brussels ["Ivor Canning" ] [AVALON] Cirque thoughts ["Reecey" ] Re: [AVALON] Cirque thoughts ["Han Snijders en Willy v/d Geest" ] [AVALON] Panic de Bruxelles ["Reecey" ] Re: [AVALON] French Rockers [David ] [AVALON] Re: Earlier discussion,Hendrix [MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfant] Re: [AVALON] It's in the paper so it MUST be true... ["Will Frechette" ] Re: [AVALON] Last call for Brussels ["Tracy Connell" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:04:25 +0200 From: "Sebastian Fasthuber" Subject: Re: [AVALON] French Rockers daft punk rock , too. sebastian ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:03:18 +0200 From: Frederic DECLERCQ Subject: RE: [AVALON] French Rockers Hi, NegreSSes vertes - -----Original Message----- From: Han Snijders en Willy v/d Geest [SMTP:snijders.geest@hetnet.nl] Sent: jeudi 25 mai 2000 9:43 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] French Rockers Les Negrettes Vertes, Mano Negra ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 09:34:26 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: [AVALON] French Rockers...STEVE HILLAGE What about Serge Gainsborough (post Je'Taime) he made some far out music. There's another man as well and I can't think who it is. >>> "Ivor Canning" 05/25 1:03 am >>> >Eh? Steve Hillage ? French ? He's not, you know - he's from London !...Maybe the >confusion is over Gong, who were based in France and had many French band >members (Pierre Moerlen, Didier Malherbe, Mireille Bauer etc etc ). BTW... >Steve Hillage's current (dance) project is 'System 7' not 'Level 7' (or >'Level 42' for that matter !). And he produced an album for Dubh Chapter called "Silence, Cunning And Exile" in 1989 (released 1990). They were an Irish band signed to EG, and the album is fantastic. The single from it was Happy Is The Bride, and why on earth they never made I'll never know. Things like that happen. Did anyone else ever hear this album? SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:00:16 +0100 From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: RE: [AVALON] brussels vid Huge thanks to Reecey, Andy Mol and Yer Man for the superb vids which arrived safely. Unfortunately I've only had a chance to get as far as Sunset while getting ready this morning - beats the Big Breakfast. Can't wait to settle down to a whole evening of BF (without the fireworks) Thanks again Top Team. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:19:51 +0100 From: Terry Lane Subject: RE: [AVALON] brussels vid Yes and a big thanks from me also,do I watch the champions league final or is it Bryan in Brussells,of course Bryan won...........good job Rangers were not playing Terry - -----Original Message----- From: Jocelyn Fiske [mailto:Jocelyn.Fiske@greyeu.com] Sent: 25 May 2000 10:00 To: 'avalon@smoe.org' Subject: RE: [AVALON] brussels vid Huge thanks to Reecey, Andy Mol and Yer Man for the superb vids which arrived safely. Unfortunately I've only had a chance to get as far as Sunset while getting ready this morning - beats the Big Breakfast. Can't wait to settle down to a whole evening of BF (without the fireworks) Thanks again Top Team. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. 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To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:25:19 +0100 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Brussels sprouts a gem Cirque Royale is a delightful addition to the video library and I urge all fellow Avalonians to score a copy. Some observations : * Bryan makes a series of grunting noises to count himself into the opening piano chords of The Only Face. * The camerawork is generally excellent but the Director makes the mistake of cross-cutting the action at the infamous finale of Out Of The Blue. We see Lucy effortlessly recreating Edwin's tour de force yet we switch to backshots of Bryan loping cross-stage, handclapping, when the remaining slinky sirens rise to lure us to their rockin' crescendo. * The Director got it right, however, with the delicious close-up of Julia's plucking at Carrickfergus' outro. * Dear old Nils still fails to convince ; his solo on Jealous Guy is particularly leaden to my ear. Oh to see Hubbard's Widdicombe cut revealed at these country home fiestas... * Where or When continues to exercise the lachrymal glands. I guess one day I'll tire of that questioning rising register but who knows where or when. * Isn't Enrico a charmer ? pip pip Mart ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 06:43:37 EDT From: JFROXY@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Brussels sprouts a gem In a message dated 25/05/00 10:34:58 GMT Daylight Time, martinstockman@btinternet.com writes: << * Dear old Nils still fails to convince ; his solo on Jealous Guy is particularly leaden to my ear. >> Yes, the drummer also fails to convince, it sounds as though he is whacking a couple of empty suitcases, dreadful. JF ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 06:55:23 -0400 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] French Rockers Great stuff, Ivor. How do you know all this (sometimes obscure) info? ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:55:25 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: [AVALON] The Drums Of Brussels >>> 05/25 11:43 am >>> >Yes, the drummer also fails to convince, it sounds as though he is whacking a >couple of empty suitcases, dreadful. I thought they did quite a good job of making his drums sound a bit more exciting and a bit more drive. They're compressed to buggery to give them more impact. I did notice Rhett Davis amongst the end credits, and heavy compression is not usually his thing. John Sutton may be legendary, but he's not a great rock drummer! (stating the obvious there). Maybe they should give Julia her own little drum kit to compliment his often feeble whackings. SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 12:28:54 +0100 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] The Drums Of Brussels Simon gets punchdrunk: > John Sutton may be legendary, but he's not a great rock drummer! (stating the obvious there). Maybe they should give Julia her own little drum kit to compliment his often feeble whackings. ...I thought you said wor Jocelyn was a dab hand at the batterie ? S;^) Seriously, though, I have said it from the start (though quietly, for fear of upsetting anyone !) - Sutton is fine as a 30s-style big band jazz drummer but he can't quite hack Thompo's surprisingly subtle and precise drumming. That canny lad may be a hard hitter but he knows exactly WHEN to hit (I can see why he idolises John Bonham, but for my money he's twice the drummer Bonham ever was !). Sutton's fills (especially on 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes') sometimes turn into an ungainly scramble to get back on the beat in time for the next line. And let's be honest, no-one really does 'Out Of The Blue' quite like Thompo (poor old Andy Newmark tried his best though, bless 'im). It'd be interesting to hear Simon Phillips have a go, though... Regards, Ivor. n.p. Giraffe 'The Power Of Suggestion' ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 12:38:27 +0100 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] French Rockers kbp (no relation to John Porter ?) says: > Great stuff, Ivor. How do you know all this (sometimes obscure) info? Oh, in exchange for having a real life...S8^) I keep hoping it'll come in useful some day...some hope ! Regards, Ivor. still playing: Giraffe 'The Power of Suggestion' ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 14:13:57 +0100 From: "Reecey" Subject: [AVALON] Cirque thoughts Oh well, I guess it's a 'hit', which is something of a relief. Glad most of you like the cover, as it took 2 rolls of film to get the Gig poster how I wanted it (just who the hell do I think I am, David Bailey ?). That's from when I ran like the wind at the closing note of Strand, to ensure I was first from the entire auditorium to arrive back in the foyer, to find that very poster, sellotaped to the front door of the Cirque Royal, mysteriously fall off the door into my arms. Bry's sig. is just about visible on it, if you look closely, acquired later at the stage door, as per usual. As previously mentioned, the 'label' is indeed a reduced-down copy of my Gig ticket for that very night. The demand for the Vid swelled a bit, as I thought (feared ?), and as of this morning, all 50 copies originally planned for have gone, with another 15 or so orders (so far) to fulfil, so i'm out and about tomorrow to get more Videocases, while my Printer at home will be called into action again for more Covers, and i'll buy a few more blank Vids too, obviously. I think Ida in the States may experience the same phenomenon, My one disappointment is that I couldn't get any black cases for the first batch - blue was all they had, and it would have looked better in black. Sorry - I tried ! Gig - well, I really like the way Smoke turned out, and Chance Meeting is simply amazing (not my first impression when it was done at G.Green - but since then it's become a major fave with this treatment). Shame that Bry and Enrico had the odd problem or two during The Only Face - still brill though. Really nice moment when he introduces the Quartet - Lucy's broad smile tells us all how much they were enjoying themselves. The camera work could have been better in the OOTB solo as previously mentioned, great to have it though. I still really like JOOTThings, it works so well 'live'. The gyrating quartet during Strand is another great moment, then again you were all expecting me to say that. Of course, the 'let's pretend we might not have time for another' moment is so cool, much pointing at the watch etc, a cliche yes, but great to see, always makes me smile. Glad you all like it anyway, much thanks to Andy M. - who supplied it in the first place, and for the artwork help from Yer Man too. Meanwhile, last night during my sleep, my 2 VCRs came to me and begged for mercy. I sent them back to the lounge and told them to get on with it. Reecey... ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 15:26:47 +0200 From: "Han Snijders en Willy v/d Geest" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Cirque thoughts Hi Johnny > Meanwhile, last night during my sleep, my 2 VCRs came to me and begged for > mercy. I sent them back to the lounge and told them to get on with it. > Reecey... Ask you vcr's if they can make a copy for Patricia as well....You can give it to her in Petworth and there I can pay you for the tape. Thanks Han ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:33:37 EDT From: JFROXY@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Cirque thoughts In a message dated 25/05/00 02:21:27 GMT Daylight Time, johnny.reece@virgin.net writes: << Shame that Bry and Enrico had the odd problem or two during The Only Face >> Yeah, it would seem the wee man seems to hit more duffers on this particular song than Mackay ever did on "Ladytron," I was going to mention duffers that Manzanera had hit.........but, I've only got a week off work, so my time is limited. JF ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:45:30 EDT From: AMeyersLD@aol.com Subject: Re: RE: [AVALON] French Rockers Oh, yes, the delightfully named "Stinky Toys"! Andrew in Evanston ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 16:16:32 +0100 From: "Reecey" Subject: [AVALON] Last call for Brussels Last call for Brussels Vids please, for UK/Europe, as i've just got my schedule through, and I'll be away working in France for about a third of June, so not too much time available for working on Vids. (Of course, I'll be back for Petworth). July and August will, apparently, be similarly chaotic in a gallic way. So, much juggling to do between work in France/going to Ferry stately homes gigs in a 'must avoid them clashing' type of way. So, if you want a Vid, - let me know please by Tuesday 30 May at the very latest, and I'll make an attempt to get them off before Fri Jun 2, as that's my first trip away, otherwise i'm afraid you may well be in for a bit of a wait for the Video. Ta. Salut ! Reecey... (n.p. Eno - Another Green World) ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 16:36:59 +0100 From: "Reecey" Subject: [AVALON] Panic de Bruxelles Oops ! a few are panicking about waiting, so Sebastian in Austria, Anne-Isabelle in France, Franck in France, Gary in West Bridgford, and Steve in Thames Ditton - don't panic - yours were the last posted this morning before they ran out. Phew ! ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:53:35 -0400 From: David Subject: Re: [AVALON] French Rockers We mustn't leave out Alain Baishung. At 04:37 PM 05/24/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, > >I was challenged at work to come up with ANY bands/artists that "rock" from >France. > >Is there any? I'm drawing a blank. Please help... > >Please email directly if you don't want to waste bandwidth... > >Thanks, > >Rod > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon Cheers, David CPL593H! (Bryan Ferry, 1972) Check out my website-- http://www.America.net/~davdmock (Shakatak, 80s pop, Atlanta bands, Raymond Chandler, Hamlet) ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:48:28 -0500 (CDT) From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty) Subject: [AVALON] Re: Earlier discussion,Hendrix This was touched on somewhat. This is what I found.------During the summer of1966, while touring with the animals, bassist Chas Chandler was intent on finding an artist to record a version of " Hey Joe". Acting on a tip from Linda Keith, who knew Hendrix---performing in Greenwich Village as " Jimmy James & the Blue Flames". Chandler went along with Linda to Cafe Wha? to see this guitarist she'd raved about.Hendrix began his set with his own interpretation of" Hey Joe" which left Chandler stunned. Less than 6 months later , a Chandler produced version , featuring the newly formed Jimi Hendrix Experience, broke into the British pop charts , beginning Hendrix on his seemingly inconceivable four-year reign of unprecedented success. There is a speaker manufacture in England. One of the big ones, the old guy is still manufacturing them out. The name eludes me now , it could be Morris or Morrison. Anyway Hendrix went to him for him to make him distortation sounding speakers. The rest is history. Has anyone heard of Whammy Bar & Fingergrease? Jimi Hendrix Reference Library- A player's Guide . A step-by-step breakdown of the guitar according to Hendrix. I have one of the disc. Marlana........................................ ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 12:21:25 -0500 From: "Will Frechette" Subject: Re: [AVALON] It's in the paper so it MUST be true... That's not a woman baby, that's a man, man! Will - ----- Original Message ----- From: "KB Porter" > I thought the photo "Ann With Pugwash" was very endearing. Isn't Ms. > Widdecombe's cut some type of pageboy style? > > http://www.annwiddecombemp.com/index.htm ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 19:04:40 +0100 From: "Laura Shadbolt" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Sun Tribute > Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 19:46:34 -0500 (CDT) > From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty) > Subject: [AVALON] Re: Sun Tribute > > This tribute must be--- the talked about-- next thing Ferry was going > to wk. on after his tour. I saw an article rating ATGB, when it first > came out & it stated that Ferry said his next studio wk. would be Rock & > Roll. I'd mentioned this in a previous post. Cool! I'll have to get out my mum's copy of the "American Graffitti" (sp?) soundtrack and do some research. Question, though: Does Bryan really have the energy?! - -- Laura ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 17:32:09 GMT From: "Tracy Connell" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Last call for Brussels Hi Reecey, I haven't had a lot of time recently and missed some post about the Brussels videos. How much are they. Tracy. >From: "Reecey" >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org >To: "Avalonia" >Subject: [AVALON] Last call for Brussels >Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 16:16:32 +0100 > >Last call for Brussels Vids please, for UK/Europe, as i've just got my >schedule through, and I'll be away working in France for about a third of >June, so not too much time available for working on Vids. (Of course, I'll >be back for Petworth). >July and August will, apparently, be similarly chaotic in a gallic way. >So, much juggling to do between work in France/going to Ferry stately homes >gigs in a 'must avoid them clashing' type of way. So, if you want a Vid, - >let me know please by Tuesday 30 May at the very latest, and I'll make an >attempt to get them off before Fri Jun 2, as that's my first trip away, >otherwise i'm afraid you may well be in for a bit of a wait for the Video. >Ta. Salut ! Reecey... >(n.p. Eno - Another Green World) > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:01:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Noam Bronstein Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Earlier discussion,Hendrix Mary Korfanty wrote: > -snip- > There is a speaker manufacture in England. One of the big ones, the old > guy is still manufacturing them out. The name eludes me now , it could > be Morris or Morrison. Anyway Hendrix went to him for him to make him > distortation sounding speakers. The rest is history. Most rock acts in the 60's used either Altec speakers (later known as Altec-Lansing) or JBL (John B. Lansing, who took over Altec), at least if you're talking about studio monitors. Concert stacks would be Marshall or Fender I would think. Maybe Peavey, but I think they came later. To my knowledge all these were American made - but I could be mistaken. The Brits made some great ones for the studio too - Tannoys especially. If you get the right info, I'd be interested in knowing. Noam ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 16:00:49 -0500 From: "Will Frechette" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Earlier discussion,Hendrix Celestian maybe? ...and JBL that would be James B. Lansing Will - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noam Bronstein" > Most rock acts in the 60's used either Altec speakers (later known as > Altec-Lansing) or JBL (John B. Lansing, who took over Altec), at least > if you're talking about studio monitors. Concert stacks would be > Marshall or Fender I would think. Maybe Peavey, but I think they came > later. To my knowledge all these were American made - but I could be > mistaken. The Brits made some great ones for the studio too - Tannoys > especially. > > If you get the right info, I'd be interested in knowing. > > Noam ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 22:18:17 +0100 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Earlier discussion,Hendrix Marlana plays Monterey: >Acting on a tip from Linda Keith, who knew Hendrix--- Linda was Keith Richards' then girlfriend. She had previously tried to get Andrew Loog Oldham interested (to no avail) and actually stole one of Keef's new white Strats for Hendrix to play at auditions. > There is a speaker manufacture in England. One of the big ones, the old > guy is still manufacturing them out. The name eludes me now , it could > be Morris or Morrison. These are the legendary Marshall amplifiers - British made by Jim Marshall. Professional amps up until that time were Vox, Fender or HiWatt and were very clean - no self-respecting electrical engineer would have made an amp that distorted ! Marshalls were dirtier and when turned up, distorted in a very pleasing fashion. The 'Marshall stack' was actually Pete Townshend's idea - he used to place his amp on a chair so that the speaker would be at pickup height, making it easier to get feedback and ended up stacking amplifiers on top of each other. By Monterey, Hendrix was using Marshall amplification while The Who (thanks to the penny-pinching Kit Lambert) left theirs behind and had to hire equipment locally (Vox or Fender, I don't recall which). The last straw for Townshend was when he heard Hendrix was going to set fire to his guitar during his set (a trick Townshend had been known to do also) and he accused Hendrix of ripping off The Who's whole stage act. Regards (goes to 11 !), Ivor. n.p. Gentle Giant 'Octopus' - bliss ! ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 22:54:13 +0100 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Earlier discussion,Hendrix Noam gets conical: > > Most rock acts in the 60's used either Altec speakers (later known as > > Altec-Lansing) or JBL (John B. Lansing, who took over Altec), at least > > if you're talking about studio monitors. Concert stacks would be > > Marshall or Fender I would think. Maybe Peavey, but I think they came > > later. To my knowledge all these were American made - but I could be > > mistaken. The Brits made some great ones for the studio too - Tannoys > > especially. ...while Will speaks his mind: > Celestian maybe? ...and JBL that would be James B. Lansing There's a distinction to be made here between amplifiers and speakers. Altec, Celestion and Tannoy are known for making speakers (Tannoy are probably better known for their public address systems) while Marshall (very much a UK manufacturer, BTW), Vox, Fender and Peavey are renowned for their guitar amplifiers. A friend of mine still has his solid-state Peavey (very popular in the early eighties) but seven or eight years ago I sold my ancient Marshall valve combo (with a pair of 10" Celestion speakers, BTW) and am now very happily acquainted with a much smaller, lighter (and oddly enough, louder !) solid-state Fender Champion 110. Hope this helps, Ivor. n.p. nothing - I'm typing, but as soon as I've finished I shall pick up my Ovation acoustic again (it's quieter). ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 23:13:19 +0100 From: "Andy via Hotmail" Subject: [AVALON] Smoke Gets In Bryan's Eyes Having just watched the terrific Bruxelles vid (thanks Reecey) it reminded me of my third or fourth gig this tour down at Bristol's Colston Hall. I was again (like RFH in December) right under the big man's nose (and mic stand) sitting with my brother who had come along to use up the ticket I bought for my missus, but she didn't fancy the new album music.....sorry, back to the plot......When Bry sang 'Smoke Gets...' he was crying, the tears were streaming down his cheeks - my brother noticed it first and pointed it out to me. By the end of the song there were streams down both cheeks and dripping off his jowls. Anyone have any idea why this song moved him so much?? Andy ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 17:19:16 -0500 (CDT) From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty) Subject: [AVALON] Re: Amplifiers Thanks, for jogging my memory,yes it is the Marshall amplifiers. I knew the name started with an M. There is also a Jim Marshall , Photographer of the Rock stars. Check his site out, None of Ferry on view . Marlana.................................................... ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 17:27:55 -0500 (CDT) From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty) Subject: [AVALON] Re: Smoke Gets in Eyes Andy , don't know why Bryan was crying, singing SGIYE. but I do know I cry over many songs that MOVE me. Marlana..................... ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 15:28:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Noam Bronstein Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Earlier discussion,Hendrix Ivor Canning wrote: - -snip-The last straw for Townshend was when he heard Hendrix was going to set fire to his guitar during his set (a trick Townshend had been known to do also) and he accused Hendrix of ripping off The Who's whole stage act. - --- Good stories, Ivor. I guess once Townshend got a bit of Eastern religion, he "forgave" Hendrix (it was after he died though), because he wrote a beautiful song for him - Pure'N'Easy. At least I always thought it was for Jimi. From one of my very favourite albums, Who Came First (Pete's first, and best solo record). Noam ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 15:48:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Noam Bronstein Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Earlier discussion,Hendrix >Ivor Canning wrote: > > Noam gets conical: Or horny, as the case may be. ;-) > ....while Will speaks his mind: > > > Celestian maybe? ...and JBL that would be James B. Lansing Hey Will, like Al Pacino's character said in Scent Of A Woman (about Jack Daniels) - when you know him as well as I do, you call him 'John'. ;-) >I sold my ancient Marshall valve combo (with a pair of 10" Celestion >speakers, BTW) and am now very happily acquainted with a much smaller, >lighter (and oddly enough, louder !) solid-state Fender Champion 110. To each his own. I just bought a pair of Altec commercial grade tube amps (vintage 1958 or so) to replace the solid-state Hafler in my hi-fi system... and I'm eagerly awaiting delivery of the beasts. Noam ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 20:14:33 -0400 From: "Gene" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Earlier discussion,Hendrix - -----Original Message----- From: Noam Bronstein To: avalon@smoe.org Date: Thursday, May 25, 2000 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Earlier discussion,Hendrix > Concert stacks would be >Marshall or Fender I would think. Maybe Peavey, but I think they came >later. To my knowledge all these were American made - but I could be >mistaken. The Brits made some great ones for the studio too - Tannoys >especially. I have three Hendrix bootlegs and all of them show him with Marshall amps. Some Hendrix trivia: In 1968, Hendrix became aquatinted with an American band called the Nazz who played with a heavy Pink Floyd influence. He so much liked the band that he arranged for his friend Shep Gordon to manage them. When the Nazz finaly got a record contract, Gordon talked the band into changing their name. The name they chose: Alice Cooper. Gordon manages Cooper to this day. Gene ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V5 #203 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest