From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V7 #25 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, January 25 2002 Volume 07 : Number 025 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] First Songs [OBrienFerry@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] First Songs [ASchulberg@aol.com] [AVALON] Re: For Nick Koff Only! [KB Porter ] [AVALON] Frantic cover [Chandla911@aol.com] [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V7 #24 ["Grant Goggans" ] Re: [AVALON] First Songs ["terrypaulrigz8c" ] Re: [AVALON] First Songs [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] First Songs [David Firmin ] RE: [AVALON] First Songs Last songs ["Fiske, Jocelyn" ] Re: [AVALON] BF Solo Efforts [David ] RE: SV: [AVALON] I Had a point with Neeeek ["Tracy Elliott" ] Re: [AVALON] Cover art ["Han Snijders" ] RE: [AVALON] Cover art [David ] RE: [AVALON] Cover art [David ] [AVALON] Le Morte d'Arthur [David ] RE: [AVALON] Cover art ["M. Taylor" ] Re: [AVALON] Cover art [David ] [AVALON] AMA2 latest [Johnny Reece ] [AVALON] Rock Follies on DVD [David Firmin ] Re: [AVALON] First Songs [Aleks Kocan ] [AVALON] Roxy cover art [Aleks Kocan ] [AVALON] =?iso-8859-1?Q?AMA=202=20=5F=20Ferry=20in=20Independent?= [phili] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 07:14:05 EST From: OBrienFerry@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] First Songs During some converstions at a night out with some Scottish list members in Glasgow at Christmas, we discussed what songs were the perfect opening for the Ferry Roxy albums. We also discussed what we felt should have opened some albums. Manifesto Taxi Sensation Limbo A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall are perfect openers for their respective albums for me. I would have liked to have seen Same Old Scene Mother Of Pearl Out Of The Blue Sentimental Fool Take A Chance With Me open their respective albums. Anyone else have thoughts on this thread. J.O'B. P.S. remember in days of old when we bought vinyl 'those big CD things' as my nephew calls them that the albums had 2 sides. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 07:32:51 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] First Songs In a message dated 01/24/2002 7:17:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, OBrienFerry@aol.com writes: > During some converstions at a night out with some Scottish list members in > Glasgow at Christmas, we discussed what songs were the perfect opening for > the Ferry Roxy albums. We also discussed what we felt should have opened > some albums. > > Manifesto > Taxi > Sensation > Limbo > A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall > > are perfect openers for their respective albums for me. > > I would have liked to have seen > > Same Old Scene > Mother Of Pearl > Out Of The Blue > Sentimental Fool > Take A Chance With Me > > open their respective albums. > > Anyone else have thoughts on this thread. > Sorry, John, but Do the Strand, Steet Life and The Thrill of It All are a trifecta in my book of Perfect album openers. Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 07:53:23 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: [AVALON] Re: For Nick Koff Only! Nick: Never Send Email To My Address Again. Sincerely, K.B.Porter ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:41:19 EST From: Chandla911@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Frantic cover Call me overly literal but isn't it quite likely that the cover may be a treated still from the movie Frantic. Was it film noir? Whatever, it sounds like the *original* version with some color tints would be a perfect BF play on words, multi-media cover to tie in with the song without necessarily being too obvious. Best wishes Richard Mills n/p Mahogany Soul - Angie Stone (Daniel, you'd love it - if you've not already got it). ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 09:28:10 -0500 From: "Grant Goggans" Subject: [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V7 #24 >Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:03:46 -0600 >From: Susan Stekel >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Cover art > >But seriously folks: someone commented yesterday on whether Bryan would >put a woman on the cover, or himself, or possibly yet another horse (o.k., >that last bit is mine.) And it got me thinking about the various covers. >The themes here are women (obviously), or Bryan, or more abstract concepts >(Avalon, Mamouna, Taxi). Anyone have any thoughts on which cover is most >"successful" (fully realizing that this is a VERY subjective issue)? I say >"successful" rather than "favorite" because I think the favorite cover >issue has been discussed. I'm more interested in which covers you think >capture a style, or make a statement, or really add something to the album. Yes, it is subjective, since I'm not absolutely sure how you're defining success, or what that success is measuring. Also, all three of the criteria in your last sentence could be applied differently. If you mean "which album cover most accurately captured the mood of the music in a visual sense," and you may not, then I'd have to say it's Avalon by a mile, though I think a case could be made for either Boys and Girls or Taxi. As for "which album cover could stand alone as an artistic statement," I'd go with either Country Life or Another Time Another Place. As for "which album cover features the best design (placement of objects, relevance, font, color)," I'd say For Your Pleasure. The only Ferry sleeve which truly does not work at all in a design sense is In Your Mind. I don't much care for Viva! or Mamouna, but at least it looks like some effort went into those, and the additional photos in the interior or gatefold offset the odd choices for front cover. IYM, however, is an absolute disaster from front to back. As for sleeve art for Frantic, I'm all in favor of more moody Anton Corbijn pictures of Ferry. - --Grant _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 09:26:22 -0600 From: Susan Stekel Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re:Cover Success Grant ventured into the void, with: >Yes, it is subjective, since I'm not absolutely sure how you're defining >success, or what that success is measuring. Also, all three of the criteria >in your last sentence could be applied differently. Well, the vagueness was intentional -- and you caught my meaning perfectly. I was simply trying to steer people away from a "it's my favorite cover 'cause it's my favorite album" sort of discussion, and into a consideration of the role the cover plays in grabbing your attention, capturing the style of the band, and reflecting the feel of that particular work. You've clarified those various aspects quite nicely, below. I apologize for not getting my thoughts out there yesterday -- but truth is, even two cups of coffee didn't do it. I'm slightly more alert today, so I'm adding my comments below. >If you mean "which album cover most accurately captured the mood of the >music in a visual sense," and you may not, then I'd have to say it's >Avalon by a mile, though I think a case could be made for either >Boys and Girls or Taxi. Interesting -- because as I was thinking about this issue, I came to my own conclusion that the Avalon cover is one of the least interesting, even though it's one of my favorite albums (oh, wait, now I'm doing it ;-) ). I can see what you mean about the atmosphere, but somehow the misty romanticism inherent in the Arthurian theme didn't grab me in the same way as the romantic/stylish/sophisticated music inside. It was a good match -- but not a perfect match. I find the first Roxy album cover (plush sexy glamour pushed well into the realm of gaudy) and FYP (sleek, plasticine, dark, dangerous allure) much better in that respect. Those are my nominations for most "successful" cover, along with "Taxi" for his solo work. >As for "which album cover could >stand alone as an artistic statement," I'd go with either Country >Life or Another Time Another Place. As for "which album cover >features the best design (placement of objects, relevance, font, color)," >I'd say For Your Pleasure. Fully agreed re: design. That's an excellent layout, and perfectly executed. >The only Ferry sleeve which truly does not work at all in a design sense is >In Your Mind. I don't much care for Viva! or >Mamouna, but at least it looks like some effort went into those, >and the additional photos in the interior or gatefold offset the odd choices >for front cover. I think the Carnival Girls are some of the most striking images he's ever used, bar none, and I wish they'd been brought front and center. To me, they were a flash of brilliance of the Ferry of old. I love the horse painting, in its own right -- but I'm baffled as to why it's on the cover of a Bryan Ferry album. >As for sleeve art for Frantic, I'm all in favor of more moody Anton >Corbijn pictures of Ferry. Mmmm, yes please. I remember there being a website once that featured Anton Corbijn's work, and it included a lot of images taken around the time of Taxi. There was a wonderful one of Bryan sitting in a (fountain? wall ledge?) with a swan detail overhead. I looked for it again, but it seems the site has been taken down now. Didn't he also do the nice shot of Bryan F and Brian E that appeared in Vanity Fair last Fall? At any rate, his work is wonderful, and he's a nice match for Bryan's style. Thanks for your responses, Grant. Susan ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:05:10 -0000 From: "terrypaulrigz8c" Subject: Re: [AVALON] First Songs - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:14 PM Subject: [AVALON] First Songs > During some converstions at a night out with some Scottish list members in Glasgow at Christmas, we discussed what songs were the perfect opening for the Ferry Roxy albums. We also discussed what we felt should have opened some albums. > > I would have liked to have seen > > Same Old Scene > Mother Of Pearl > Out Of The Blue > Sentimental Fool > Take A Chance With Me > > open their respective albums. > > Anyone else have thoughts on this thread. > > J.O'B. > > P.S. remember in days of old when we bought vinyl 'those big CD things' as my nephew calls them that the albums had 2 sides. I can't imagine anything opening any album as well as "The thrill of it all" does, I think Stranded works so much better as a CD rather than its original form, it is now seamless and I believe it is perfectly sequenced. Siren could be sequenced in a different order as previously discussed here. FYP still always sounds like a thing of 2 parts to me, unlike Stranded I very rarely listen to it from beginning to end. F&B always sounded like a hotch-potch of tracks to me, it never sounded coherent. Does anyone here permanently re-sequence any of their CDs because it makes better listening? Terry "O" NP: BT/Satellite. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 11:13:46 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] First Songs On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, terrypaulrigz8c wrote: > form, it is now seamless and I believe it is perfectly sequenced. Siren > could be sequenced in a different order as previously discussed here. _Siren_ has been resequenced in the transition from my old copy to the remastered CD (which I actually like, but it was rather odd). Colleen n/p Bob Dylan _Love and Theft_ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:57:15 -0800 From: David Firmin Subject: Re: [AVALON] First Songs Sometimes, rearranging the sequence can ruin things. My LP of "In Search of Eddie Riff" always started with "Ride Of The Valkyries" which was great. The later versions put it at the end. The bonus tracks are nice, but it just doesn't flow right :) David *** ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:21:41 -0000 From: "Fiske, Jocelyn" Subject: RE: [AVALON] First Songs Last songs >During some converstions at a night out with some Scottish list members in Glasgow at Christmas, we discussed what songs were the perfect opening for the Ferry Roxy albums. We also discussed what we felt should have opened some albums. For me, absolute perfection is opening with The Thrill of It All. Remake-Remodel, and Manifesto are up there too. I would have preferred Sentimental Fool, Same Old Scene and The Main Thing as openers (obviously I've been influenced by live performance). And I wouldn't have minded In Every Dreamhome as track one side one, but I probably would have fainted and never made it to Beauty Queen. All the BF openers seem to work really well, especially In crowd, Limbo, Sensation, This Is Tomorrow and I Put a Spell On You, if I were to nit pick, Sympathy for The Devil would have been my preference on TFT. But this exercise has prompted me to notice how perfect all the Roxy and BF outros work. Only Prairie Rose leaves me desperate to hear more, while all the others allow me to wistfully drift away. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:30:36 -0000 From: "terrypaulrigz8c" Subject: Re: [AVALON] First Songs - ----- Original Message ----- From: David Firmin To: Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] First Songs > Sometimes, rearranging the sequence can ruin things. My LP of "In Search of > Eddie Riff" always started with "Ride Of The Valkyries" which was great. The > later versions put it at the end. The bonus tracks are nice, but it just > doesn't flow right :) > > David > > *** I agree completely about bonus tracks, I never really liked the "Sound & Vision" Bowie remasters because of that, so today I picked up the 1999 re-masters of Hunky Dory, Diamond Dogs, Station To Station, Low, Heroes & Scary Monsters for just 5 pounds each, also there was ATGB for 7 pounds (I often think an artists last album appears at mid price just before a new album is released, so things are looking positive), also there were plenty of Roxy re-masters to be had. Terry "O" NP: Boy George/Il Adore. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 13:02:54 -0500 From: David Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF Solo Efforts From about two weeks ago- forgot to post. At 11:42 PM 1/8/2002 +0000, you wrote: >The intro on "Limbo", the soft understatement of "Zamba", the wistfulness >of "Day for Night", Ferry's reflection on the "Name of the Game" and the >classic title track "Bete Noire" with its Argentinian , what was it >now?....., accordian. Bandoneon. Cheers, David CPL593H! - Bryan Ferry, 1972 Check out my website- Shakatak, Fashion, Peter Godwin, Atlanta Bands, Chandler, Hamlet, lots of cool stuff! http://www.America.net/~davdmock ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:43:19 -0000 From: "Tracy Elliott" Subject: RE: SV: [AVALON] I Had a point with Neeeek Good luck trying! T - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bryan S. Richards Sent: 23 January 2002 19:07 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: SV: [AVALON] I Had a point with Neeeek I see from the address Bryan lives just around the corner from me. Do you think there's any chance he might invite the wife and I around for a few drinks some evening? Bryan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Firmin" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 3:54 PM Subject: Re: SV: [AVALON] I Had a point with Neeeek > Nick , > I can't let it die just yet. I missed this on the dog thread of last week. > See link below for some comic relief: > > http://members.tripod.co.uk/fosvek/bfp.html > > This line under "Photos of Dad" made me laugh: > "Nico" is the sire to the "Bryan Ferry" Litter. He is available to stud for > suitable bitches. > > *** > > on 1/22/02 8:34 PM, N. S. Koff at neeek@wgn.net wrote: > > > Hah! Great choice of tunes. No, I'm the gentle type, and I thought that the > > "whippet" thread was dominant long enough. > > *** > > > ________________________________________________________________________ ___ > 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: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:44:28 -0000 From: "Tracy Elliott" Subject: RE: [AVALON] It's My Party I'm glad I missed that one :) T - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Chandla911@aol.com Sent: 24 January 2002 03:43 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: [AVALON] It's My Party I have just realised that the SOTW hasn't yet prompted anyone (or not that I've read - I confess, I do scan read some mails) to mention the duet version with Cilla Black. Oops, I just did. Wasn't it excruciating? But didn't he look good? (Cries of 'Doesn't he always?' followed by e-mails attached to pix of underpants at Hammersmith)... Best wishes Richard Mills n/p Spiritualized - Do It All Over Again - BBC Radio 2 ________________________________________________________________________ ___ 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: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:44:29 -0000 From: "Tracy Elliott" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Cover art > The themes here are women (obviously), or Bryan, or more abstract concepts (Avalon, Mamouna, Taxi). Anyone have any thoughts on which cover is most "successful" (fully realizing that this is a VERY subjective issue)? I say "successful" rather than "favorite" because I think the favorite cover issue has been discussed. I'm more interested in which covers you think capture a style, or make a statement, or really add something to the album. Thoughts? I'll send mine, after I've thought about it a bit (i.e. had a cup of coffee)< I've always thought the Avalon cover was the best (apart from the Kestrel (or whatever bird of prey it is)). The women looking into the lake could be one of Arthur's hand maidens (I'm sure he must of had his following), watching the Lady of the Lake taking Exclibur back down to the bottom. However I could imagine Country Life being the most "financially" successful :) And if anyone would like to explain what Flesh & Blood's cover was about ..... never understand what 3 women throwing javelins had to do with any of the songs on it. T ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:55:28 +0100 From: "Han Snijders" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Cover art > And if anyone would like to explain what Flesh & Blood's cover was about > ..... never understand what 3 women throwing javelins had to do with any > of the songs on it. > > T The javelings represents the blood the girls the flesh. Stupid explanation? Don't blame me but BF. In an interview he said he wanted to do a kind of Leny Riefenstahl picture in colour. Han ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:01:09 -0500 From: David Subject: RE: [AVALON] Cover art >I've always thought the Avalon cover was the best (apart from the >Kestrel (or whatever bird of prey it is)). The women looking into the >lake could be one of Arthur's hand maidens (I'm sure he must of had his >following), watching the Lady of the Lake taking Exclibur back down to >the bottom. According to Malory they were his sisters, come to return him to the isle of Avalon. Cheers, David CPL593H! - Bryan Ferry, 1972 Check out my website- Shakatak, Fashion, Peter Godwin, Atlanta Bands, Chandler, Hamlet, lots of cool stuff! http://www.America.net/~davdmock ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:04:23 -0500 From: David Subject: RE: [AVALON] Cover art >And if anyone would like to explain what Flesh & Blood's cover was >about..... never understand what 3 women throwing javelins had to do with >any of the songs on it. Well, ignoring the adolescent boy's point of view (this being, "he he he... chicks holding sticks..."), and stretching things to the absolute limit, wasn't 1980 that unfortunate Olympic year? Cheers, David CPL593H! - Bryan Ferry, 1972 Check out my website- Shakatak, Fashion, Peter Godwin, Atlanta Bands, Chandler, Hamlet, lots of cool stuff! http://www.America.net/~davdmock ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:19:39 -0500 From: David Subject: [AVALON] Le Morte d'Arthur A little off-topic. Not meaning to be annoying, I just thought someone might be interested- this is from the last chapters of Sir Thomas Malory's book. It sort of explains the Avalon cover art: And when they were at the water side, even fast by the bank hoved a little barge with many fair ladies in it, and among them all was a queen, and all they had black hoods, and all they wept and shrieked when they saw King Arthur. Now put me into the barge, said the king. And so he did softly; and there received him three queens with great mourning; and so they set them down, and in one of their laps King Arthur laid his head. And then that queen said: Ah, dear brother, why have ye tarried so long from me? alas, this wound on your head hath caught over-much cold. And so then they rowed from the land, and Sir Bedivere beheld all those ladies go from him. ..... Thus of Arthur I find never more written in books that be authorised, nor more of the very certainty of his death heard I never read, but thus was he led away in a ship wherein were three queens; that one was King Arthur's sister, Queen Morgan le Fay; the other was the Queen of Northgalis; the third was the Queen of the Waste Lands. Also there was Nimue, the chief lady of the lake, that had wedded Pelleas the good knight; and this lady had done much for King Arthur, for she would never suffer Sir Pelleas to be in no place where he should be in danger of his life; and so he lived to the uttermost of his days with her in great rest. Cheers, David CPL593H! - Bryan Ferry, 1972 Check out my website- Shakatak, Fashion, Peter Godwin, Atlanta Bands, Chandler, Hamlet, lots of cool stuff! http://www.America.net/~davdmock ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:20:34 +0000 From: "M. Taylor" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Cover art >>And if anyone would like to explain what Flesh & Blood's cover was >>about..... never understand what 3 women throwing javelins had to do with >>any of the songs on it. > >Well, ignoring the adolescent boy's point of view (this being, "he he he... >chicks holding sticks..."), So they're like phallic symbols too? Enough from me.... M, who may never look at the F&B cover the same again NP - Birdie's Triple Echo _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:21:52 -0500 From: David Subject: Re: [AVALON] Cover art That raises a number of interesting questions. At 07:55 PM 1/24/2002 +0100, you wrote: > > And if anyone would like to explain what Flesh & Blood's cover was > about..... never understand >what 3 women throwing javelins had to do > with any of the songs on it. > > > > T > >The javelings represents the blood the girls the flesh. Stupid explanation? >Don't blame me but BF. >In an interview he said he wanted to do a kind of Leny Riefenstahl picture >in colour. > >Han > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The subliminable footer says: >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon Cheers, David CPL593H! - Bryan Ferry, 1972 Check out my website- Shakatak, Fashion, Peter Godwin, Atlanta Bands, Chandler, Hamlet, lots of cool stuff! http://www.America.net/~davdmock ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:19:08 -0800 (PST) From: Johnny Reece Subject: [AVALON] AMA2 latest Hi, all. I've received many offlist requests in the last few days, for more info regarding the 'Mad Affair 2' party, planned for Paris, April 20th 2002, from people asking if they should make their bookings now, re travel, hotels, etc. "Not yet !", is my answer, as we wish to tie down a few final details before making any announcement. As I'm sure you appreciate, we really want everything to be just right - everything from Venue size, stage size, facilities, location, equipment, pa, and lights for the Band, not to mention we wish to make the provision, if possible, to have a videoscreen at the chosen venue, to be able to show more rare Roxy and Ferry footage to everyone. And a late license, of course. With people travelling from locations far and wide, we want it to be just right, before committing. Therefore, we won't book anything 100% unless we can tie this all down at once - no mean feat. Please bear with us just a little longer, while we attempt to dot the 'i's, and cross the 't's. As soon as we're 100% happy, we'll announce it to the list, with full details for all. Meanwhile, apologies for the delay, and we hope to make an announcement soon. Thanx for your patience, Reecey... Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:08:25 -0800 (PST) From: David Firmin Subject: [AVALON] Rock Follies on DVD Some great news for Andy Mackay fans. See below. - ----- Original Message ----- "To all Rock Follies fans.....THE WAIT IS OVER!!! We at Fremantle Home Entertainment UK are releasing BOTH Rock Follies series on video and DVD later this year. Series One - May and Series Two - July. They will be available both from on-line e-tailers and high street stockists." *** Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 00:07:25 -0800 (PST) From: Aleks Kocan Subject: Re: [AVALON] First Songs - --- terrypaulrigz8c wrote: > Does anyone here permanently re-sequence any of > their CDs because it makes > better listening? I'd guess that with CD's a lot of people (myself included) will "sequence" a number of favourite tracks from each CD. I suppose the beauty of vinyl was that invariably, you'd play each side from start to finish which allowed you to possibly appreciate "less favourite" tracks that may have been missed if you "sequenced" the album on the CD player. Listening to the album from start to finish also allows you to hear the album in the order that the artist (record company?) originally intended it. Aleks Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 23:47:41 -0800 (PST) From: Aleks Kocan Subject: [AVALON] Roxy cover art Maybe the answer to which "cover art" was most "sucessful" would be to ask which one would look the most "pleasing" if it was framed and hung up on the living room wall. If I think of it that way I'd prob go for the first album (although I'm torn between "Siren" and "For Your Pleasure"). These three covers sum up to me what Roxy are all about. The "Avalon" cover, although being atmospheric seemed somewhat MOR to me. I would guess that Avalon was the most commercially sucessful album (?) "Manifesto" and "Country Life" are probably the poorest regarding cover art. Aleks Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:22:22 +0000 From: philipcadams@lineone.net Subject: [AVALON] =?iso-8859-1?Q?AMA=202=20=5F=20Ferry=20in=20Independent?= - -- MMMM. Now very . very tempted for Paris. Dylan's and Ferry's "Hard Rain a gonna fall " in Independent newspaper . today Friday. in Double Take, Pop's most intriguing cover versions slot in music section. Reviewer likes Ferry's version. Philip ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V7 #25 *************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest