From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #360 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Tuesday, August 7 2001 Volume 06 : Number 360 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] SO EMOTIONAL....... [Ida M Miller ] Re: [AVALON] Vancouver Daily News Show Review plus commentary by...ME! :) [Daniel Atterbom ] Re: [AVALON] Setlist for Glasgow [ASchulberg@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] And When the Band's in Full Swing [ASchulberg@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] And When the Band's in Full Swing [ASchulberg@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Vancouver Daily News Show Review plus commentaryby...ME! :) ["Janice O'Shea" ] [AVALON] Chris Spedding [Aleks Kocan ] [AVALON] Back from the USSA [Jocelyn Fiske ] Re: [AVALON] Chris Spedding ["SIMON GALLOWAY" ] Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton ["Duncan Watkins" ] Re: [AVALON] And When the Band's in Full Swing ["Gary Sanders" ] [AVALON] avalon ["anotherphotographer" ] Re: [AVALON] SO EMOTIONAL....... [Etherealana@cs.com] Re: [AVALON] SO EMOTIONAL....... [Daniel Atterbom ] [AVALON] ex post facto tour idea [Miles Goosens ] [AVALON] Sf Chronicle RAVE REVIEW of SF/Concord gig ["Eman 97" Subject: Re: [AVALON] SO EMOTIONAL....... Ana ... why don't you tell us where your seat is, so the rest of us can find you? Ida Etherealana@cs.com wrote: > > Just got back from the concert, and yes they played Mother of Pearl, I had > tears!!! I could not believe I was there, seems so surreal!!! I can't wait to > see Roxy again tomorrow, maybe by then it will sink in!! > > Ana > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > The subliminable footer says: > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:40:00 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] Vancouver Daily News Show Review plus commentary by...ME! :) At 00.13 -0700 1-08-07, Prince Of Happiness wrote: >Oh yeah...didn't Bryan find that guy during "The Bride Stripped Bare" >sessions or something? Was is not Let's Stick Together? NP Love is the Drug, Stockholm 1976 Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 10:40:07 +0100 From: "SIMON GALLOWAY" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Toronto Guitarist??? - ---------- >From: "Denis Smith" >To: >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Vancouver Daily News Show Review plus commentary by...ME! :) >Date: Tue, Aug 7, 2001, 2:05 am > > Toronto Guitarist??? I know he spends alot of time here having met him once > or twice, but I thoug his current abode was LA? > >> Toronto guitarist Chris Spedding and singer Sarah Brown, Manzanera' It's all very misleading though cos he's from Sheffield (like me!). SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:47:12 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] Question about 1st Roxy LP... At 00.32 -0700 1-08-07, Prince Of Happiness wrote: >On the first American pressing, does it have Graham Simpson or Rik Kenton on >it? Also, would $30-$35 be too much for an American version of the first LP >with Rik Kenton on it? Graham Simpson is playing on all tracks but Virginia Plain which has Rik Kenton who is also pictured, if I remember it correctly. NP Mother of Pearl, Stockholm 1976 Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:47:06 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] And When the Band's in Full Swing At 21.53 -0400 1-08-06, InterEireann@aol.com wrote: >Daniel, pray tell the name of the Stockholm boot. I have my search parties >out for the 2001 crop ( er.. actually my sister who lives in Glasgow, I >live in NY a Roxy boot free zone I discovered while trawling Greenwich >Village and the Lower East Side yesterday ) It has various names. Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick? is the name I know it by. http://www.geocities.com/gmslegion/ferryboot.html, an execellent page, writes ROXY MUSIC: Stockholm Jan. 27 1976 Cruel Fate aka For Europeans, Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick?, Live Dates, Silk Circles A two-disc set of remarkable quality, spotlighting 21 songs from the Siren tour. The highlight seems to be a stunning "For Your Pleasure," but it's incredibly neat how they arrange a new medley of "Do the Strand" into and out of "Editions of You." Funky Chick is the original and best known version. It was originally one of six high-quality vinyl LPs (others included Lou Reed and Patti Smith) released by the Swedish boot label Stoned before they were busted in the mid-70s. Under many other names and sleeves, this has become a bootleg staple. Allegedly, the first CD issue was as Cruel Fate on the Australian Flat Records; this was later pirated -- with the same sleeve -- by the North Carolina-based Firefly. track listing: sentimental fool/the thrill of it all/love is the drug/mother of pearl/bittersweet/nightingale/she sells/street life/out of the blue/ whirlwind/sea breezes/both ends burning/for your pleasure/diamond head/wild weekend/the "in" crowd/virginia plain/re-make/re-model/do the strand/editions of you/a hard rain's a-gonna fall To my knowledge it is the whole concert. One of my favorite live albums of all time actually. NP Mother of Pearl, see above Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 10:54:43 +0100 From: Leonard_Thomson@firstbs.com Subject: [AVALON] Setlist for Glasgow By my reckoning, all that we missed in Glasgow first time around were In Every Dreamhome A Heartache and Dance Away from the subsequent setlists. Is it a certainty we'll hear these ones in September ? Len PS - what odds against Bryan wearing a kilt in Glasgow this time ? ******************************************************************************** The information contained in this message is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems please notify the originator immediately. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. 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Thanks - -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Atterbom [SMTP:daniel.atterbom@odata.se] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:47 AM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] And When the Band's in Full Swing At 21.53 -0400 1-08-06, InterEireann@aol.com wrote: >Daniel, pray tell the name of the Stockholm boot. I have my search parties >out for the 2001 crop ( er.. actually my sister who lives in Glasgow, I >live in NY a Roxy boot free zone I discovered while trawling Greenwich >Village and the Lower East Side yesterday ) It has various names. Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick? is the name I know it by. http://www.geocities.com/gmslegion/ferryboot.html, an execellent page, writes ROXY MUSIC: Stockholm Jan. 27 1976 Cruel Fate aka For Europeans, Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick?, Live Dates, Silk Circles A two-disc set of remarkable quality, spotlighting 21 songs from the Siren tour. The highlight seems to be a stunning "For Your Pleasure," but it's incredibly neat how they arrange a new medley of "Do the Strand" into and out of "Editions of You." Funky Chick is the original and best known version. It was originally one of six high-quality vinyl LPs (others included Lou Reed and Patti Smith) released by the Swedish boot label Stoned before they were busted in the mid-70s. Under many other names and sleeves, this has become a bootleg staple. Allegedly, the first CD issue was as Cruel Fate on the Australian Flat Records; this was later pirated -- with the same sleeve -- by the North Carolina-based Firefly. track listing: sentimental fool/the thrill of it all/love is the drug/mother of pearl/bittersweet/nightingale/she sells/street life/out of the blue/ whirlwind/sea breezes/both ends burning/for your pleasure/diamond head/wild weekend/the "in" crowd/virginia plain/re-make/re-model/do the strand/editions of you/a hard rain's a-gonna fall To my knowledge it is the whole concert. One of my favorite live albums of all time actually. NP Mother of Pearl, see above Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef] ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 07:14:28 EDT From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Setlist for Glasgow In a message dated 08/07/2001 6:04:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Leonard_Thomson@firstbs.com writes: > what odds against Bryan wearing a kilt in Glasgow this time ? > And what number did the bagpipers play with? Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 08:30:18 EDT From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] And When the Band's in Full Swing In a message dated 08/06/2001 9:55:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, InterEireann@aol.com writes: > Please let us know what you turn up. Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 08:30:22 EDT From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] And When the Band's in Full Swing In a message dated 08/06/2001 11:44:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, outdoorminer@mindspring.com writes: > Speaking of that, I listened to my copy of Glasgow 2001 in the car late > last week (thanks, Grant!), and must concur with Gene and others that the > band is playing way, way too fast -- like Paul Thompson has a hot party to > get to and is trying to herd the band offstage as quickly as he can. The > slow songs are fast, the fast songs are even faster. Another > less-than-inspired show to add to Colleen's litany of woe? > > I have listened to Glasgow. Hadn't noticed how fast it is but will listen for that now. What strikes me about it and TOTP was how thin Bryan's voice was. As I've said, I think it gets stronger as he tours. Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 08:44:43 -0400 From: "Janice O'Shea" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Vancouver Daily News Show Review plus commentaryby...ME! :) I thought that was odd too. He has done a lot of work in Toronto, but I believe he's from Sheffield. He lives in the LA area. Janice Denis Smith wrote: > > Toronto Guitarist??? I know he spends alot of time here having met him once > or twice, but I thoug his current abode was LA? > > > Toronto guitarist Chris Spedding and singer Sarah Brown, Manzanera' > > http://princeofhappines.tripod.com/thepageofhappines.html > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > The subliminable footer says: > > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > > unsubscribe avalon > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > The subliminable footer says: > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 22:09:13 +0930 From: "Glen Lehman" Subject: [AVALON] two hemispheres-----five nations and a big continent tour Trying to think of what to wear / Who knows who we might meet ?.....Is that rock chick still calling ? ------Perhaps Martin S could be so kind as to whiz around in his big-green and very shiny jag. May I, Martin, borrow the velvet-brown-skin suit ? [Wear] is Ivor when you need him for that apposite comment ? Is all this some infralapsarianistic dream ? ----Just hope competition for front row is not to be so intense this time round (step up, or forward Chris, Ivor, Jocelyn and Prof. Reece: and btw Mr Reece I still think the duet with Cilla is grand). See ya at the Rocks before the shows ? Glen. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:39:56 +0100 From: "terrypaulrigz8c" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton I once went to see Simple Minds in Birmingham (uk), it was about the time of "Empires & Dance", I loved the 2nd album "Real 2 Real Cacophony" (especially Changeling). When I got to the club the bouncer said that they had cancelled and there was a local unsigned band on in their place, so I went in and that was the first time I saw Duran Duran. Quite good they were too. Terry "O" - ----- Original Message ----- From: jimbo To: Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > great fan of early Simple Minds ? > Me too. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: terrypaulrigz8c > To: > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 9:10 PM > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > > > > Talking old singles, played "Yesterday Boulevard" today, noticed it was > > engineered by the great John Leckie. > > Terry "O" > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: jimbo > > To: > > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 7:50 PM > > Subject: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > > > > > > > Going through my old vinyl single records,I found Bungalow Love by Rik > > > Kenton. > > > Nice to hear it again. > > > Anyone else knows this song ? > > > > > > jim. > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > The subliminable footer says: > > > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > > > unsubscribe avalon > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > The subliminable footer says: > > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > > unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > The subliminable footer says: > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 07:58:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Aleks Kocan Subject: [AVALON] Chris Spedding - --- Janice O'Shea wrote: > I thought that was odd too. He has done a lot of > work in Toronto, but I > believe he's from Sheffield. He lives in the LA > area. > I'm sure that Ferry introduced Spedding as being from Sheffield. Interesting, never knew that he was from the "Steel City" (being from Sheffield myself) Aleks Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:57:36 +0100 From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: [AVALON] Back from the USSA A week's passed. Or was it a month. What year is it anyway? This time travel tour is having a bizarre effect on my where or when. Flash-backs constantly haunt me, sparked by e-mails from Vancouver, San Fran, and Minneapolis - even though I've never been to these places, let alone seen Roxy there. It's all become a mish mash of madness, a muddled memory of mayhem. Things that make you go mmmmm. Needless to say all the minutiae that made the whole jaunt such a mad affair has melded into one over all picture of pure pleasure. And not undue to an awful lot of people on the other side of The Pond. Sheriff John Dillon was single handily responsible for stepping out of the shadows and plucking us from the Assault on Precinct 13 landscape of a Camden parking lot to whisk us back to Manhattan. Mind you, all did not bode too well when we couldn't even find our way out of the car park let alone to the New Jersey Turnpike! And thanks also to Victor as back up motorcade. A pleasure also to meet David and Susan, and Ida. An hilariously camp attendee (and his delightful sidekick David "who will also be your waiter for the evening") in the 17th century City Tavern who informed us that, not only was he "Scots", but that he had been listening to Roxy since he was a "wee lassie". Boston too a reminder of where the Brits got their collective asses kicked, brings back memories of a balmy night on the water, a day spent idly amidst the company of ex-college pals and fresh seafood. A less than perfect concert producing a static sad head shaking performance from Messers Reece and O'Brien donning their Roxied-out Statler and Waldorf personas. My night was livened by my other half (a Roxy Virgin I'll have you know) who had a whale of a time (well what would he know?) and amazed me by immaculately going through all the Ferry poses. As he so delicately put it "you've forced me to watch the bloody videos enough times". An all too brief encounter with a Cape Cod bound William and Colleen. And then there was New York. Ah, New York, mon amour. I've been attending RM and BF concerts in New York for over eighteen years now, and each time I think is the best time. New York, Newcastle, what's a syllable between friends. Roxy Music is a state of mind, an empire state of being. How often do we read each others reviews and think "was I at the same concert? I thought it was great/crap" There are so many intangibles. The audience, your immediate neighbours, the energy between stage and auditorium, the sound, the set list, the going through the motions, the expectation, but much more important than this. You. It's all down to you. If you're not in the mood, nothing works, but if you are.....boy, fireworks. And I was in the mood for New York. And evidently the band were too. And if Ferry is as blind on stage as they say I think he just heads for a grinning magnetic north. Monday in NY was the best concert for me by far. And Tuesday wasn't far behind. Fond memories too of the Andy's Cake Saga, which was prolonged by an impromptu overstay in Mustang Harry's, where we all proved that if Ferry's voice finally goes we can all do passable off stage miking as stand-ins. Again thanks to John Dillon for nipping back to the car for the whole RM catalogue. Great to meet and have fun with Eileen, Emma, David M and the travelling Brit/Scot lot. Nice too to meet lurking David T and Maggie in the round (and Bowie and Lou - do look-alikes count?) A catch up with Lucy W and Sarah and a couple of jars served by an Otto Dixesque vache miserable and I was put on the spot. "Where have you been, we've been expecting to see you by now." Oops. Party time wasting. Too much fun. Thank you USA, I have left the building. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 18:34:04 +0100 From: "SIMON GALLOWAY" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chris Spedding >From: Aleks Kocan > I'm sure that Ferry introduced Spedding as being from > Sheffield. HE DID!!!! and he is. SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 18:56:18 +0100 From: "Duncan Watkins" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton terry, did you ever get to the 'rum runner club'in brum? of note 'planet earth' duran duran hit the charts the same date as 'jealous guy' by roxy 21/2/81, not a lot of people know that! regards, duncan >From: "terrypaulrigz8c" >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org >To: >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton >Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:39:56 +0100 > >I once went to see Simple Minds in Birmingham (uk), it was about the time >of >"Empires & Dance", I loved the 2nd album "Real 2 Real Cacophony" >(especially >Changeling). When I got to the club the bouncer said that they had >cancelled >and there was a local unsigned band on in their place, so I went in and >that >was the first time I saw Duran Duran. Quite good they were too. > >Terry "O" >----- Original Message ----- >From: jimbo >To: >Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 8:28 PM >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > > > > great fan of early Simple Minds ? > > Me too. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: terrypaulrigz8c > > To: > > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 9:10 PM > > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > > > > > > > Talking old singles, played "Yesterday Boulevard" today, noticed it >was > > > engineered by the great John Leckie. > > > Terry "O" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: jimbo > > > To: > > > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 7:50 PM > > > Subject: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > > > > > > > > > > Going through my old vinyl single records,I found Bungalow Love by >Rik > > > > Kenton. > > > > Nice to hear it again. > > > > Anyone else knows this song ? > > > > > > > > jim. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > The subliminable footer says: > > > > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > > > > unsubscribe avalon > > > > > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > > > The subliminable footer says: > > > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > > > unsubscribe avalon > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > > The subliminable footer says: > > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > > unsubscribe avalon > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The subliminable footer says: >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:57:19 +0100 From: "Gary Sanders" Subject: Re: [AVALON] And When the Band's in Full Swing me too!! gary sanders. - -----Original Message----- From: Rick To: 'avalon@smoe.org' Date: 07 August 2001 13:40 Subject: RE: [AVALON] And When the Band's in Full Swing >How can I obtain a copy of this? >Thanks > >-----Original Message----- >From: Daniel Atterbom [SMTP:daniel.atterbom@odata.se] >Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:47 AM >To: avalon@smoe.org >Subject: Re: [AVALON] And When the Band's in Full Swing > >At 21.53 -0400 1-08-06, InterEireann@aol.com wrote: >>Daniel, pray tell the name of the Stockholm boot. I have my search parties >>out for the 2001 crop ( er.. actually my sister who lives in Glasgow, I >>live in NY a Roxy boot free zone I discovered while trawling Greenwich >>Village and the Lower East Side yesterday ) > >It has various names. Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick? is the name I >know it by. > >http://www.geocities.com/gmslegion/ferryboot.html, an execellent page, writes > >ROXY MUSIC: Stockholm Jan. 27 1976 >Cruel Fate aka For Europeans, Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick?, Live >Dates, Silk Circles > >A two-disc set of remarkable quality, spotlighting 21 songs from the Siren >tour. The highlight seems to be a stunning "For Your Pleasure," but it's >incredibly neat how they arrange a new medley of "Do the Strand" into and >out of "Editions of You." Funky Chick is the original and best known >version. It was originally one of six high-quality vinyl LPs (others >included Lou Reed and Patti Smith) released by the Swedish boot label >Stoned before they were busted in the mid-70s. Under many other names and >sleeves, this has become a bootleg staple. Allegedly, the first CD issue >was as Cruel Fate on the Australian Flat Records; this was later pirated -- >with the same sleeve -- by the North Carolina-based Firefly. > >track listing: sentimental fool/the thrill of it all/love is the >drug/mother of pearl/bittersweet/nightingale/she sells/street life/out of >the blue/ whirlwind/sea breezes/both ends burning/for your pleasure/diamond >head/wild weekend/the "in" crowd/virginia plain/re-make/re-model/do the >strand/editions of you/a hard rain's a-gonna fall > >To my knowledge it is the whole concert. One of my favorite live albums of >all time actually. > >NP Mother of Pearl, see above > > >Daniel > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The subliminable footer says: >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon > >[demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef] > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The subliminable footer says: >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:20:40 -0700 (PDT) From: David Firmin Subject: [AVALON] LA show #1 - A Really Good Time I'm still speechless! The Best Concert Ever! Every musician was outstanding. Even though I was in the back row of an outdoor venue, Paul's seismic stomping had us all on our feet! Ferry was very energetic, interacting with the crowd. Phil went nuts with some great guitar work. Spedding's bluesy solo was fantastic. Andy was amazing in his plum suit. Lucy's a cutie. Did you see her dancing and running in place at the other shows? Colin was very GOOD! etc., etc... When we first arrived, Phil was standing out front talking on a cell phone! After the show, Paul was very fun and approachable, Andy was quiet, but very appreciative of my admiration of him. Chris was the cool loner. Bryan and Phil kept their distance, but were still willing to pose for a picture or sign an autograph. I was able to get the big four to sign an old Siren poster. I didn't know Zev was American until he spoke. Unfortunately I left early, only to find out that Andy reappeared in a Panama style hat, scarfing down meatballs! Some other notables backstage were: Robert Downey Jr. (shouldn't he be in rehab?), Blondie drummer Clem Burke (who really hit it off with Paul), No Doubt's bass player and some other familiar faces. I can't wait to see them again tonight! I hope they'll end their US tour with a bang! Please tell me this isn't the last time I'll ever see Roxy again :( Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 19:22:59 +0100 From: Richard Evans Subject: [AVALON] Street Life Live 2001 question On one of the reviews I saw on the vivaroxymusic site (i think) somebody talked about Lucy's solo on SL. At B'ham it wasn't there nor on the Glasgow b'cast.. Has it been added for the US shows - can anyone help - please Cheers Richard ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 19:24:45 +0100 From: Richard Evans Subject: [AVALON] First album The remastered CD doesn't fit on one side of a C90 cassette now that its got VP on it. Still you don't get Bitters End as a result This equals roxy's best album Cheers richard ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 19:42:17 +0100 From: "anotherphotographer" Subject: [AVALON] avalon ROLL ON MANCHESTER !!!! young ernie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:09:48 EDT From: Etherealana@cs.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] SO EMOTIONAL....... Section A right row c seats 18&20. I can't wait to meet you all tonight!!!! See ya there!!! ANA P.S. with any luck we will be able to stalk I mean meet the boys:-) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 21:29:12 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] SO EMOTIONAL....... At 15.09 -0400 1-08-07, Etherealana@cs.com wrote: >P.S. with any luck we will be able to stalk I mean meet the boys:-) You will be in with in crowd. You'll make every minute count. NP The In Crowd, live Stockholm 1976 (I have it on my stereo all the time it seems) Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 12:29:26 -0700 From: "R. Jackson" Subject: [AVALON] San Francisco Chronicle review of Concord http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/08/07/DD106837.DTL&type=music http://www.mediasieve.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 14:45:10 -0500 From: Bill Gillam Subject: [AVALON] Review Contra Costa Times http://www.contracostatimes.com/timeout/leads/stories_two/x7roxy_20010807.htm Published Tuesday, August 7, 2001 Roxy Music's old favorites still pack powerful punch Band mixes danceable tunes, soothing sounds to put on a stunning show concert review By Tony Hicks CONTRA COSTA TIMES - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRYAN FERRY paused between songs early in Roxy Music's set at the Chronicle Pavilion at Concord Sunday night and made his only gaffe of the night. He said it was "great to be in San Francisco." Ferry's from Britain, so he can be forgiven just this once. Maybe he didn't take a gander out the bus window on the way in. Geographical confusion aside, Roxy Music was stunningly good. It can't be easy to translate floating and sophisticated art-rock to a live show when you haven't toured in years, but everything came across gracefully, and at times, with uncharacteristic power. Longtime fans will point out that the band had some pre-punk power in the early 1970s, carving a name for itself with records like "For Your Pleasure" and "Stranded." But the punch was overshadowed by a glamorous, patient and gorgeous sound with some danceability thrown in, especially in the late '70s. The 11-member band came out blazing with "Re-Make/Re-Model" as guitarist Phil Manzanera began convincing anyone who didn't know better that he deserves mention as one of the great sonic experimental guitarists. Ferry strode out dressed in leather and worked up the crowd while Manzanera and saxophonist Andy MacKay traded screeching high notes. Usually when you see guys in their 50s dressed that well onstage, they're playing stale Chicago songs. As strange as it sounds, with the ensemble rock opening heavily laced with saxophone, Roxy Music sounded similar to an artsy, synthed-up E Street Band -- an E Street Band from an alternative universe, but with some of the same rock 'n' roll intentions. That's not to say the band abandoned the quasi-disco and slow, dramatic stuff. Quite the contrary; since Roxy Music has no new songs, it relied on the old material and the proven danceable formula. But the show didn't come off like a greatest-hits tour. There was a certain amount of nostalgia, yes, but with a high degree of musicianship and players who feed off each other live. The delivery had a fresh feeling. Despite Ferry's crooning and a well-orchestrated light and video show, Manzanera kept stealing the spotlight. Dressed in all-white and looking like he was about to embark on a Jamaican vacation, Manzanera straddled the line between Adrian Belew and David Gilmour, with alternating frantic and spacey, gorgeous solos on "Ladyton" and "A Song for Europe." For a band that put so much production into its records, it did a great job of building on-stage dynamics, whether it was a violin solo building from slide guitar or Ferry playing some well-placed electric piano or harmonica on "Both Ends Burning." There are so many faces of Roxy Music. The band could do a sci-fi soundtrack, play an art-school opening and hit a Studio 54 reunion all in the same week. Every song has a definitive beginning, peak and end. It was clear Sunday that this is how so many of the English pop-art rock bands of the '80s should have turned out. The difference is mostly Ferry, who, in his multiple dinner jackets and slick hair, looked as cool and stylish as ever. His crooning was never geared for screaming teens, so it doesn't suffer from a lack of context three decades after the band's first record. But Roxy Music did have hits and delivered them aptly Sunday. The band did its only British No. 1 single, the remake of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy," along with "More than This" and a patient and rich version of "Avalon." "Love is the Drug" featured dancers in red feathered Las Vegas showgirl outfits -- a nod to the gloss with which the band painted its later singles. "Do the Strand" bookended the show with a big number, much the way it started. There was little talk and no mention of any new records, which was OK. The show seemed to be enough for everyone, band included, for now. Tony Hicks is the Times pop music critic. He can be reached at 925-952-2678 or at thicks@cctimes.com. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 16:38:32 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: [AVALON] ex post facto tour idea Well, not too late for the Far East and second European legs... Melissa and I floated this idea at the Atlanta pre-show: if Roxy isn't interested in playing the parts of their catalog that they've ignored thus far -- and the great songs like "Mother of Pearl" that they sometimes cruelly withhold, at least from us North Americans -- they ought to hire an opening band to do those songs! Wire did this on their 1987 U.S. tour. Having reformed in 1985, they had no interest in playing their 1977-1980 catalog, so they hired Wire cover band the Ex-Lion Tamers to open. The Ex-Lion Tamers reproduced PINK FLAG, Wire's 1977 debut, live, even down to the pauses (or lack thereof) between songs. So here's a gig for Re-Make/Re-Model, eh? later, Miles ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:35:48 -0400 From: "Theresa Fagan" Subject: [AVALON] Politics of donating As a charter member (heh) -- when will the present or past members donate their old clothes to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum? Having just been there last week, for the umpteenth time, I saw that they remade and remodeled the fashion area -- CRIES OUT for some feathers -- or a gaucho outfit! At least Northeast Ohioans know who Roxy Music is. - --TriTri - ----- Original Message ----- From: | And, to raise a constant sore subject, when the hell will Roxy Music be | accorded its rightful place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? | | Arnie | ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 15:17:48 -0700 From: "Eman 97" Subject: [AVALON] Sf Chronicle RAVE REVIEW of SF/Concord gig Roxy Music re-creates golden age Band returns to stage with '70s-style fervor http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/08/07/DD106837.DTL&type=music Neva Chonin, Chronicle Pop Music Critic Tuesday, August 7, 2001 )2001 San Francisco Chronicle Those reciting the lexicon of cool often say a work of art must be timeless, or rather transcend its own time, to qualify for the adjective "great." Every axiom has its loopholes, though: There is, for instance, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby," a novel whose greatness rests on its time- stamped reproduction of the jazz age. And then there is Roxy Music, a group whose greatness comes from having so perfectly captured 1970s nouveau- nostalgia. Singer Bryan Ferry and his band mates realized that the '70s were as much about revisiting a past filled with starry glamour as they were about flights of esoteric space-age fancy. Roxy Music was the only band to draw both these currents into a unique aesthetic that laid the groundwork for punk visuals, '80s electro-pop and every suave male singer-songwriter who has since sashayed to fame in Ferry's shadow (including "Young Americans"- and "Station to Station"-era David Bowie). NOSTALGIA TWICE-REMOVED It was no coincidence, then, that when Roxy Music played the Chronicle Pavilion on Sunday as part of its first tour in 18 years, it chose to reproduce the same glittery, golden-age stage kitsch it used in the '70s and turn it into nostalgia twice removed. Nor was it coincidence that the group chose the closest thing we've got to a postmodern Cole Porter, Rufus Wainwright, as opening act. True, the concert, which drew an enthusiastic crowd of 5,000 to a venue with twice that capacity, would have been better suited to Oakland's art deco Paramount Theatre, a place tailor-made for halcyon memories and swanky, fading charms. But the pavilion's half-empty house didn't stop the band -- Ferry and original members Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone) and Paul Thompson (drums) with seven backup performers -- or fans from partying like flappers on the eve of Prohibition. Roxy's 105-minute set took a linear route from the band's earliest material to its latest, from glam rock ("Out of the Blue") to chic experimentation ("In Every Dream Home a Heartache"), from white-soul lounge ("Love Is the Drug") to chilly refinement ("Avalon"). GO-GO DANCERS AND SHOWGIRLS Even the progressively more playful cheesecake of Roxy Music's album covers was resurrected by the appearance of go-go dancers during "Both Ends Burning" and feathered showgirls during "Love Is the Drug." The show began tentatively, with understated versions of "Re-Make/Re-Model" and the jazzy "Streetlife," but quickly took off with Manzanera's jaw-dropping guitar solo at the end of "Ladytron." From there the night was a three-ring circus starring Manzanera, Ferry and Mackay, with the ever-dashing singer taking pains to step back and remind the crowd that it's the music, not just Ferry's sleek baronial looks, that have made the group an enduring cult icon. The band's original members excelled in driving that point home: Mackay's saxophone and other reeds on songs such as the worldly "Song for Europe" alternated between a cool ache and sheer sizzle; Manzanera's extraordinary solos transformed songs into crescendoing arcs, particularly when played in conjunction with guest guitarist Chris Spedding (another underground '70s touchstone who has played on Ferry's solo tours). Had original keyboardist Brian Eno been in the house -- he no longer tours - - - Ferry might have been given an even harder run for his charismatic money. But while Eno's innovative synthesizers, which so defined Roxy's early sound, were missed, multi-instrumentalists Julia Thornton and Lucy Wilkins labored ably to fill the gap. Wilkins even had her own moment of glory, with a mesmerizing violin solo on "Out of the Blue" that earned her a standing ovation. Ferry, the group's debonair linchpin, was in excellent voice, switching between vibrato and baritone as lithely as he swapped suits (a total of three, from black leather to white jacket to blinding silver lame). His delivery ranged from cool and arch phrasing on songs like "Mother of Pearl" to sweeping, Evitaesque gestures on "Editions of You" and "Do the Strand." Backing his artful croon were singer Sarah Brown and guest vocalist Yannick Etienne (a veteran of several later Roxy recordings). Performing the song "Oh Yeah," Ferry sang, in a wonder-tinged voice, "There's a band playing on the radio/ With a rhythm of grinding guitars." That's the real greatness of Roxy Music's complex nostalgia: It invokes a time when rock 'n' roll still signified excitement, much the way jazz sounded a clarion call to the hipsters of Fitzgerald's era. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #360 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest