From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #1008 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Thursday, December 3 2015 Volume 15 : Number 1008 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Christmas cheer? [Evans Richard ] RE: [AVALON] Christmas cheer? ["Thomas Wallace" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:37:07 +0000 From: Evans Richard Subject: Re: [AVALON] Christmas cheer? Thanks H xxxx On 1 Dec 2015, at 15:02, Heather Propes wrote: > Hi again, > > I agree with Richard here on many points. I think that Bryan needs a better, more curatorially-minded staff which will polish up the CDs and release them as nice box sets, similar to what Bowie is doing recently with the Five Years sets. Well-written liner notes and CD art are a wonderful opportunity to breathe new life into the old songs - like buying a handsome new art book on Manet or any painter. The commentary and theory makes it new again. > > And I also saw the ATGB tour and thought it was wonderful, beautifully crafted and the mood was just right. So Bryan still "has it" for sure! And he's looking good at this age! That interview with Noel Fielding really proved that. > > Heather > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 6:27 AM, Evans Richard wrote: > All good knockabout stuff - I couldn't resist joining in > > Firstly > > I think the one thing that concerns me about Roxy/Ferry, their catalogues and future plans is that whoever is managing/advising has no idea about what could be done to secure the band's (and solo) place in rock history. We would all agree I think that Roxy and Ferry were pushing creative boundaries between 1972 and 1975. Personally I would argue that Avalon fits into that as well. > > Anyone working for Roxy/Ferry and worth their salt would look at what artists like Bowie, Dylan and Bruce have done with re-issues and such and realised that not only is there money to be made but that projects like The Bootleg Series, The Station to Station boxed set and the new Ties That Bind set only enhance the band's reputation. > > The first album is now nearly 44 years old - great anniversary - 50, 45, 40, 35 always would work better - doesn't take a genius to work it out. The fact that a fan had to suggest it sums up the whole thing really. Management doesn't exist in this case. > > Secondly > > There has been a lot of talk about Ferry's recorded output and toring. I think its amazing he still gets round and puts on pretty good shows. I was a little disappointed in the Avonmore show - a little too polished for me but a great set list nonetheless. Although I didn't see the Jazz tour - i reckon it would have been pretty good. I love the ATGB shows and the Dylanesque tour too. > > In terms of recorded output, I think I am with everyone else on this.There have been brilliant nuggets since 1975 in both Roxy's and Ferry's work but a completely strong piece of work has been lacking, Avalon excepted IMHO. > > I am definitely in the Roxy camp rather than in the Ferry tent but I would still say that we should let them get on with it as best we can and debate as hard as we like. > > What someone needs to do is get a grip of their legacy. > > R > > > > > On 1 Dec 2015, at 02:33, Chris Turner wrote: > > > Wow. 50% of Queen in an aircraft hanger in Winnipeg. I bet that really evokes > > the spirit of Freddie Mercury. > > I'm afraid for me that's a bit like watching The Ernie Wise Show after Eric > > died.B > > I do like Queen, just for the record, even though Brian May nearly killed me > > once. > > Chris > > > > > > From: Terry > > To: 'Chris Turner' > > Cc: avalon@smoe.org > > Sent: Monday, 30 November 2015, 22:46 > > Subject: RE: [AVALON] Christmas cheer? > > > > Well if you call touring in a band doing this sort of tour being a failure. > > Plus there were a few sold out arena dates in the UK. > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 02:08:01 -0000 From: "Thomas Wallace" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Christmas cheer? - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Chris Turner Sent: 30 November 2015 19:36 To: Thomas Wallace; 'Avalon Avalon' Subject: Re: [AVALON] Christmas cheer? Thanks Tom, I guess that as you've been offering 'folk' B the dual option of agreeing with you or shutting up in here for 15 years now, I was probably a bit naive in expecting you to have mellowed or matured. Chris Oh my now you've really hurt my feeling, not. As for Ferry, it's his career, it's his legacy, and it's everybody else's decision whether to buy the product or not. Presumably as you and I seem to have similar views on his output you like myself won't have purchased these items. However as it's Ferry's decision as to what he puts out, when he puts it out, the format/packaging he puts it out, and not mine I for one am not going to get in a right old fizz about it, part of the mellowing and maturing process that most of us go through is to realise it's not about us. It's not as if Ferry sits in his office and plots ways to deliberately disappoint you or I. Perhaps there is something else that has left you so disappointed regarding Ferry and the people who he consults on these decisions, I can't think of what or why. At the end of the day like his new stuff or not I'm just happy he's still doing something even if it's not to my particular taste. - --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 18:00:45 +0000 From: adrian jackson Subject: [AVALON] Ferry hoody CgpUaGlzIGNhbWUgdXAgb24gbXkgRmFjZWJvb2sgcGFnZSB0b2RheS4gVGhpbmsgSSdsbCBnZXQg b25lLiAKU29ycnkgaWYgdGhpcyBoYXMgYWxyZWFkeSBiZWVuIGRvbmUgaW4gYSBwcmV2aW91cyBw b3N0LiAKCkFkcmlhbi4gClNlbnQgZnJvbSBteSBTb255IFhwZXJpYeKEoiBzbWFydHBob25l [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/png which had a name of Screenshot_2015-11-26-17-58-29_1.PNG] ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #1008 ****************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest