Re: Fairport Convention/Airplane (was Re: Vital Rock of the 60's - you had to be there man!!)

1999-02-05 Thread lance davis
i was never a big fairport fan but i will say richard thompson deserves a listenhis work with his ex linda is good stuff and his solo work after that is excellantgreat guitar player and songwriter mark Well, I guess I should've amended my earlier statement about Thompson, but I was

Re: Fairport Convention/Airplane (was Re: Vital Rock of the 60's

1999-02-05 Thread Ph. Barnard
Lance, Thompson's work can be uneven, especially if you're not an already-informed fan, but he's definitely worth keeping up with. Have you tried that 3-disc "best of" compilation?? Over the years I've bought and resold a number of his albums, but that compilation has stayed in my

Re: Fairport Convention/Airplane (was Re: Vital Rock of the 60's - you had to be there man!!)

1999-02-05 Thread Brad Bechtel
"White Rabbit" 45. And, lest we forget, there was Homer's brilliant reference to the Airplane, Starship, and Alan Parsons Project, which I would love to see get quoted here by another Simpsons obsessive. "Now Grand Funk Railroad paved the way for Jefferson Airplane, which cleared the way for

Re: Fairport Convention/Airplane (was Re: Vital Rock of the 60's

1999-02-05 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 5-Feb-99 Re: Fairport Convention/Air.. by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, I don't think I've ever experinced a bleaker record than Across a Crowded Room. There's a whole anti-valenties show right there. But its great music. "When the Spell is Broken"