From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V13 #42 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Sunday, March 22 2009 Volume 13 : Number 042 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album [kwil632057@aol.com] [AVALON] 'U Can Dance' track -Ferry Vocals [adrian jackson ] [AVALON] A somewhat lighter note - "Songs of Roxy Music Revisited" Cover Model Search winners all announced [Alan] Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album ["Thomas Wallace" To: Avalon Sent: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:53 Subject: [AVALON] New Ferry Album Hi folks, Just a bit surprised nobody seems to have picked up on the following quote on Ferry's site about the death of David Williams. Quote,"David had played extensively on his forthcoming album, and was expected to be a key part of his future touring plans." As far I can see this project must be pretty near completion with a supporting tour being set up to go with the release. So what should we expect from the new Ferry album, a host of new songs? Probably not, if the last two albums are anything to go by we'll be served up material dating back to the nineties with some old originals and some more covers. It's a sad day when news of a new Ferry album leaves me pretty cold. As for the Roxy album, I really doubt if it will ever actually appear. It would be nice to be proved wrong. Tom ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:11:06 +0000 From: adrian jackson Subject: [AVALON] 'U Can Dance' track -Ferry Vocals Got to; http://fairtilizer.com/track/24097 Found this online, don't know hold it is. Nice to hear something different. Adrian _________________________________________________________________ All your Twitter and other social updates in one place http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/ ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:14:10 +0000 From: adrian jackson Subject: [AVALON] U Can Dance - Ferry Vocals It's new!! From CD by Teufelswerk. Out on April 27th. http://fairtilizer.com/track/24097 Adrian _________________________________________________________________ 25GB of FREE Online Storage  Find out more http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665320/direct/01/ ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:34:10 -0000 From: "Thomas Wallace" Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album You may or may not have an argument there, but then again if I stick a coat of paint on a 1990's car it's a bit much to pop it out as a new product. "If Ferry released an album of songs that hadn't leaked, you'd be none the wiser as to when they were recorded!", well it's nothing to do with having heard material before. It's actually about the quality of the product being put on sale, something that has been lacking in both Frantic and Dylanesque. To be honnest, if I hadn't heard the material that was on Frantic in it's original form I would probably not have bought the album or went to any of the supporting shows, neither of which I did for Dylanesque. Btw, it's fairly easy to date when the material was originally created, just look at the musician credits on the tracks. My main point over the last four or so years is that Ferry doesn't seem to be able to create anything new. Let's be honest he's not getting any younger and his voice is certainly not what it once was. When Ferry re-emerged in 1999 with ATGB we all felt that it was the launching pad to re-establishing himself as a top line artist, sadly ten years and two albums later it just never happened. Sure I'll listen to this album when it appears and I hope that I'm proved wrong, but if I'm to part with my hard earned cash it will have to be better than what has been on offer over the last couple of offerings. In the end that's the decission we must all make about any product, I won't be buying it just to put in the collection for old times sake. I'm sure there are alot of people on the list who will agree with you,just as I'm sure there are also a lot who would agree with myself, and no doubt there are others who would agree with neithre of us, that's what makes the list interesting from time to time. Tom. - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album > Well, John has mentioned on vivaroxymusic that something is iminent so I'm > guessing a solo album rather than the Roxy album. > I'm not too worried about it containing material from the 1990s. It'll be > reworked if it is and to be honest Thom, it was never supposed to have > been heard outiside of the studio until it's official release anyhow. You > can't really complain that you know how the magic works?when you've peaked > behind the curtain. > If Ferry released an album of songs that hadn't leaked, you'd be none the > wiser as to when they were recorded! ?Not everything has to have been > written and recorded last week! > > Sad to hear of the death of David Williams. If I recall correctly, he > grooved the same way Ferry does. > > J > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Wallace > To: Avalon > Sent: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:53 > Subject: [AVALON] New Ferry Album > > > > Hi folks, > > Just a bit surprised nobody seems to have picked up on the following quote > on > Ferry's site about the death of David Williams. Quote,"David had played > extensively on his forthcoming album, and was expected to be a key part of > his > future touring plans." As far I can see this project must be pretty near > completion with a supporting tour being set up to go with the release. > > So what should we expect from the new Ferry album, a host of new songs? > Probably not, if the last two albums are anything to go by we'll be served > up > material dating back to the nineties with some old originals and some more > covers. It's a sad day when news of a new Ferry album leaves me pretty > cold. > As for the Roxy album, I really doubt if it will ever actually appear. It > would be nice to be proved wrong. > > Tom > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the > move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today. > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:19:16 EDT From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album Sorry Tom, but the point with the Ferry material is that we weren't supposed to have heard it and therefore to all intents and purposes it is new product!!! Ferry's music generally has a timeless quality anyway (lyrically there's nothing to anchor his music to a particular time as far as I can hear). Your car analogy doesn't work because the car would have to have been hidden away since the 90s with only a handful of people seeing the 'prototype'. It'd still be new when it was unveiled. More importantly, the record buying public won't have heard the material - it'll be new to them! Incidentally, it's possible that all the new music for the Roxy album has been recorded and they are waiting for Ferry to write his lyrics and add his vocals - if thats the case and the music was laid down a couple of years back, surely you can't be saying that they should re-record because it's not new anymore? It all begs the question: Why does the material have to be recent for it to be of interest? Perhaps because recently recorded material won't be in the hands of bootleggers...so essentially you are saying Ferry should record new material because we have, quite illegally, heard earlier versions of what he now wishes to release? I think when the album is released, you need to listen to it on musical merit rather than whether you have heard it before in a different form and know when it was recorded. I hope it's dedicated to David Williams. That would be a nice touch. As to the merits of Ferry's recent output, I must disagree. Ferry's voice on the Dylanesque tour sounded older, but fine to me and while Frantic and Dylanesque are not exactly classics, they do contain their share of 'winners.' (The recent cover of 'She' is still complete crap though). Which makes me wonder - KB Porter? Are you there? Did you ever get to listen to Dylanesque? J In a message dated 21/03/2009 13:34:29 GMT Standard Time, thom.wallace@ntlworld.com writes: You may or may not have an argument there, but then again if I stick a coat of paint on a 1990's car it's a bit much to pop it out as a new product. "If Ferry released an album of songs that hadn't leaked, you'd be none the wiser as to when they were recorded!", well it's nothing to do with having heard material before. It's actually about the quality of the product being put on sale, something that has been lacking in both Frantic and Dylanesque. To be honnest, if I hadn't heard the material that was on Frantic in it's original form I would probably not have bought the album or went to any of the supporting shows, neither of which I did for Dylanesque. Btw, it's fairly easy to date when the material was originally created, just look at the musician credits on the tracks. My main point over the last four or so years is that Ferry doesn't seem to be able to create anything new. Let's be honest he's not getting any younger and his voice is certainly not what it once was. When Ferry re-emerged in 1999 with ATGB we all felt that it was the launching pad to re-establishing himself as a top line artist, sadly ten years and two albums later it just never happened. Sure I'll listen to this album when it appears and I hope that I'm proved wrong, but if I'm to part with my hard earned cash it will have to be better than what has been on offer over the last couple of offerings. In the end that's the decission we must all make about any product, I won't be buying it just to put in the collection for old times sake. I'm sure there are alot of people on the list who will agree with you,just as I'm sure there are also a lot who would agree with myself, and no doubt there are others who would agree with neithre of us, that's what makes the list interesting from time to time. Tom. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:16:03 -0000 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: RE: [AVALON] New Ferry Album I really wonder why some people bother to be on this list. The last Roxy studio album was 25 years ago. Since then Bryan has put out 7 albums - not many - but all either great, or peppered with gems. The tours have been full of surprises - he's really delved into the entire canon - and I thought the Frantic and Dylanesque London shows were better than most if not all of the Roxy shows through the years. Jon is utterly correct. A few of us here have heard (and loved) illegal , unfinished and unreleased albums by Bry from the 90s. When some of these songs turn up on official albums (some better - NYC - some worse - San Simeon) its insanity to blame Ferry. I look forward to hear, for instance, Love War on a properly produced album. With fiends like the Avalon group I wonder what Bryan does for enemies. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Wallace Sent: 21 March 2009 13:34 To: avalon@smoe.org; kwil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album You may or may not have an argument there, but then again if I stick a coat of paint on a 1990's car it's a bit much to pop it out as a new product. "If Ferry released an album of songs that hadn't leaked, you'd be none the wiser as to when they were recorded!", well it's nothing to do with having heard material before. It's actually about the quality of the product being put on sale, something that has been lacking in both Frantic and Dylanesque. To be honnest, if I hadn't heard the material that was on Frantic in it's original form I would probably not have bought the album or went to any of the supporting shows, neither of which I did for Dylanesque. Btw, it's fairly easy to date when the material was originally created, just look at the musician credits on the tracks. My main point over the last four or so years is that Ferry doesn't seem to be able to create anything new. Let's be honest he's not getting any younger and his voice is certainly not what it once was. When Ferry re-emerged in 1999 with ATGB we all felt that it was the launching pad to re-establishing himself as a top line artist, sadly ten years and two albums later it just never happened. Sure I'll listen to this album when it appears and I hope that I'm proved wrong, but if I'm to part with my hard earned cash it will have to be better than what has been on offer over the last couple of offerings. In the end that's the decission we must all make about any product, I won't be buying it just to put in the collection for old times sake. I'm sure there are alot of people on the list who will agree with you,just as I'm sure there are also a lot who would agree with myself, and no doubt there are others who would agree with neithre of us, that's what makes the list interesting from time to time. Tom. - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album > Well, John has mentioned on vivaroxymusic that something is iminent so I'm > guessing a solo album rather than the Roxy album. > I'm not too worried about it containing material from the 1990s. It'll be > reworked if it is and to be honest Thom, it was never supposed to have > been heard outiside of the studio until it's official release anyhow. You > can't really complain that you know how the magic works?when you've peaked > behind the curtain. > If Ferry released an album of songs that hadn't leaked, you'd be none the > wiser as to when they were recorded! ?Not everything has to have been > written and recorded last week! > > Sad to hear of the death of David Williams. If I recall correctly, he > grooved the same way Ferry does. > > J > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Wallace > To: Avalon > Sent: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:53 > Subject: [AVALON] New Ferry Album > > > > Hi folks, > > Just a bit surprised nobody seems to have picked up on the following quote > on > Ferry's site about the death of David Williams. Quote,"David had played > extensively on his forthcoming album, and was expected to be a key part of > his > future touring plans." As far I can see this project must be pretty near > completion with a supporting tour being set up to go with the release. > > So what should we expect from the new Ferry album, a host of new songs? > Probably not, if the last two albums are anything to go by we'll be served > up > material dating back to the nineties with some old originals and some more > covers. It's a sad day when news of a new Ferry album leaves me pretty > cold. > As for the Roxy album, I really doubt if it will ever actually appear. It > would be nice to be proved wrong. > > Tom > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the > move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today. > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:50:47 +0100 From: "Michiel van Sleen" Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album "Fiends"? Come now. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Stockman" To: "'Thomas Wallace'" ; ; Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 3:16 PM Subject: RE: [AVALON] New Ferry Album >I really wonder why some people bother to be on this list. The last Roxy > studio album was 25 years ago. Since then Bryan has put out 7 albums - not > many - but all either great, or peppered with gems. The tours have been > full > of surprises - he's really delved into the entire canon - and I thought > the > Frantic and Dylanesque London shows were better than most if not all of > the > Roxy shows through the years. > > Jon is utterly correct. A few of us here have heard (and loved) illegal , > unfinished and unreleased albums by Bry from the 90s. When some of these > songs turn up on official albums (some better - NYC - some worse - San > Simeon) its insanity to blame Ferry. I look forward to hear, for instance, > Love War on a properly produced album. > > With fiends like the Avalon group I wonder what Bryan does for enemies. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of > Thomas Wallace > Sent: 21 March 2009 13:34 > To: avalon@smoe.org; kwil632057@aol.com > Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album > > You may or may not have an argument there, but then again if I stick a > coat > of paint on a 1990's car it's a bit much to pop it out as a new product. > "If > > Ferry released an album of songs that hadn't leaked, you'd be none the > wiser > > as to when they were recorded!", well it's nothing to do with having heard > material before. It's actually about the quality of the product being put > on > > sale, something that has been lacking in both Frantic and Dylanesque. To > be > honnest, if I hadn't heard the material that was on Frantic in it's > original > > form I would probably not have bought the album or went to any of the > supporting shows, neither of which I did for Dylanesque. Btw, it's fairly > easy to date when the material was originally created, just look at the > musician credits on the tracks. > > My main point over the last four or so years is that Ferry doesn't seem to > be able to create anything new. Let's be honest he's not getting any > younger > > and his voice is certainly not what it once was. When Ferry re-emerged in > 1999 with ATGB we all felt that it was the launching pad to > re-establishing > himself as a top line artist, sadly ten years and two albums later it just > never happened. Sure I'll listen to this album when it appears and I hope > that I'm proved wrong, but if I'm to part with my hard earned cash it will > have to be better than what has been on offer over the last couple of > offerings. In the end that's the decission we must all make about any > product, I won't be buying it just to put in the collection for old times > sake. I'm sure there are alot of people on the list who will agree with > you,just as I'm sure there are also a lot who would agree with myself, and > no doubt there are others who would agree with neithre of us, that's what > makes the list interesting from time to time. > > Tom. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:50 AM > Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album > > >> Well, John has mentioned on vivaroxymusic that something is iminent so >> I'm > >> guessing a solo album rather than the Roxy album. >> I'm not too worried about it containing material from the 1990s. It'll be >> reworked if it is and to be honest Thom, it was never supposed to have >> been heard outiside of the studio until it's official release anyhow. You >> can't really complain that you know how the magic works?when you've >> peaked > >> behind the curtain. >> If Ferry released an album of songs that hadn't leaked, you'd be none the >> wiser as to when they were recorded! ?Not everything has to have been >> written and recorded last week! >> >> Sad to hear of the death of David Williams. If I recall correctly, he >> grooved the same way Ferry does. >> >> J >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Thomas Wallace >> To: Avalon >> Sent: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:53 >> Subject: [AVALON] New Ferry Album >> >> >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Just a bit surprised nobody seems to have picked up on the following >> quote > >> on >> Ferry's site about the death of David Williams. Quote,"David had played >> extensively on his forthcoming album, and was expected to be a key part >> of > >> his >> future touring plans." As far I can see this project must be pretty near >> completion with a supporting tour being set up to go with the release. >> >> So what should we expect from the new Ferry album, a host of new songs? >> Probably not, if the last two albums are anything to go by we'll be >> served > >> up >> material dating back to the nineties with some old originals and some >> more >> covers. It's a sad day when news of a new Ferry album leaves me pretty >> cold. >> As for the Roxy album, I really doubt if it will ever actually appear. It >> would be nice to be proved wrong. >> >> Tom >> >> >> > ___________________________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the >> move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today. >> >> >> > ___________________________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:27:48 -0400 From: Alan Heaton Subject: [AVALON] A somewhat lighter note - "Songs of Roxy Music Revisited" Cover Model Search winners all announced Hi, Avalon friends. I wanted to let you know that we have finally named the four Cover Models who will be appearing on our upcoming release, "Take Refuge In Pleasure: The Songs of Roxy Music Revisited." If you like, you can see the winning models and the photos that will be used as the basis of the cover art on our MySpace page at: www.myspace.com/songsofroxymusicrevisited We are really happy with the way that the contest turned out. For a tiny label with essentially no budget for this kind of thing, I think that we received submissions from some fantastic models from all over the world, and I am confident that our final cover art will have that elusive "Roxy Look" that in my mind has been missing since "Siren." We also have a cool cover of Eno's "Cindy Tells Me" on our Profile Music Player by US band Ex Norwegian. Perhaps it's hubris to try to cover 28 different Roxy Music songs (as well as 13 Eno/Ferry/Mackay/Manzanera tracks), but it has been a great deal of fun so far, and I've been really pleased with how things are turning out. To paraphrase a quote I read from Christopher O'Riley today (he's the classical pianist well-known for his rearrangements of Radiohead songs), I'm primarily looking for the same kind of excitement that I felt when listening to the original songs for the first time - it's nice to be able to get some of that here. Cheers, Alan ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:18:41 -0000 From: "Thomas Wallace" Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album "lyrically there's nothing to anchor his music to a particular time as far as I can hear" Just as well as he doesn't seem to have written any in a long time. "Your car analogy doesn't work because the car would have to have been hidden away since the 90s with only a handful of people seeing the 'prototype'. It'd still be new when it was unveiled." A fair point, but you would still be wondering what the heck the design studio had been doing for the last years if they have to keep reworking designs that were that old to start with. "Incidentally, it's possible that all the new music for the Roxy album has been recorded and they are waiting for Ferry to write his lyrics and add his vocals" It's possible, but it's a lot more likely that the project has ground to a halt, hence the Ferry album. Who knows perhaps they've decided to scrap it and start again as the material that was waiting for Ferry to write and record lyrics for has started to sound dated to those involved. There are very few albums that don't contain material that dates back to previous writing or studio sessions, you only have to look at the work of The Beatles to see that. Indeed New Town dated back to the Manifesto sessions and Dance Away to a period around the time of The Bride Stripped Bare, though to my knowledge neither were completed songs unlike the material that was reworked and issued over the last seven years or so. It all goes down to how you view what is considered to be new material. Is it new because it was written, recorded and released within a certain time frame or is it new because you haven't heard it before. I'd just like to think that a new album will have some sort of new material on it, rather than it being a patch work of stuff from albums that were never released when they were recorded for what ever reason. Ideally I'd have liked to have seen Horoscope, Alphaville and what I believe may have been another unreleased project to have been put out as a box set, clearing the decks for some new creations and letting us hear the material as it was originally intended. Sadly over the last couple of years I've been led to believe that there is no viable market for a Ferry box set. We will probably never agree on this one, but again that's what makes a list like this interesting, different views. "What ever happened to KB Porter?" Now you could suggest that to Ferry as a possible album title, but you might have to wait 10 years for it to be used. Tom - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Ferry Album > Sorry Tom, but the point with the Ferry material is that we weren't > supposed > to have heard it and therefore to all intents and purposes it is new > product!!! Ferry's music generally has a timeless quality anyway > (lyrically there's > nothing to anchor his music to a particular time as far as I can hear). > Your > car analogy doesn't work because the car would have to have been hidden > away > since the 90s with only a handful of people seeing the 'prototype'. It'd > still be new when it was unveiled. > More importantly, the record buying public won't have heard the > material - > it'll be new to them! Incidentally, it's possible that all the new music > for > the Roxy album has been recorded and they are waiting for Ferry to write > his > lyrics and add his vocals - if thats the case and the music was laid down > a > couple of years back, surely you can't be saying that they should > re-record > because it's not new anymore? > > It all begs the question: Why does the material have to be recent for it > to > be of interest? Perhaps because recently recorded material > won't be in the hands of bootleggers...so essentially you are saying > Ferry > should record new material because we have, quite illegally, heard > earlier > versions of what he now wishes to release? > > I think when the album is released, you need to listen to it on musical > merit rather than whether you have heard it before in a different form and > know > when it was recorded. I hope it's dedicated to David Williams. That would > be a > nice touch. > > As to the merits of Ferry's recent output, I must disagree. Ferry's voice > on > the Dylanesque tour sounded older, but fine to me and while Frantic and > Dylanesque are not exactly classics, they do contain their share of > 'winners.' > (The recent cover of 'She' is still complete crap though). Which makes me > wonder - KB Porter? Are you there? Did you ever get to listen to > Dylanesque? > > J > > > In a message dated 21/03/2009 13:34:29 GMT Standard Time, > thom.wallace@ntlworld.com writes: > > You may or may not have an argument there, but then again if I stick a > coat > of paint on a 1990's car it's a bit much to pop it out as a new product. > "If > > Ferry released an album of songs that hadn't leaked, you'd be none the > wiser > as to when they were recorded!", well it's nothing to do with having > heard > material before. It's actually about the quality of the product being put > on > sale, something that has been lacking in both Frantic and Dylanesque. To > be > honnest, if I hadn't heard the material that was on Frantic in it's > original > form I would probably not have bought the album or went to any of the > supporting shows, neither of which I did for Dylanesque. Btw, it's fairly > easy to date when the material was originally created, just look at the > musician credits on the tracks. > > My main point over the last four or so years is that Ferry doesn't seem > to > be able to create anything new. Let's be honest he's not getting any > younger > and his voice is certainly not what it once was. When Ferry re-emerged in > 1999 with ATGB we all felt that it was the launching pad to > re-establishing > himself as a top line artist, sadly ten years and two albums later it just > never happened. Sure I'll listen to this album when it appears and I hope > that I'm proved wrong, but if I'm to part with my hard earned cash it will > have to be better than what has been on offer over the last couple of > offerings. In the end that's the decission we must all make about any > product, I won't be buying it just to put in the collection for old times > sake. I'm sure there are alot of people on the list who will agree with > you,just as I'm sure there are also a lot who would agree with myself, and > no doubt there are others who would agree with neithre of us, that's what > makes the list interesting from time to time. > > Tom. > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V13 #42 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest