What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning

[Oxford]

 

[Oxford]

 

[Oxford]

 

[Futtocks]

Messer Chups live. Horror-movie-influenced surf guitar rock. Good fun.

 

[unapologetic pedant]

11 hours ago, Johnoco said:

Yes. Soley Soley or something. I remember the lead singer being a bit tasty (Sally something) but I was only a fledgling playboy at the time. 

"Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum" was the big follow-up, got to number 2. Then the one you mention. The singer was famous for wearing hot pants.

They were Scottish. I remember them appearing on those "I Love the 70s" programmes about 20 years ago. 1971 was their year.

[unapologetic pedant]

10 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

the amazing doug dillard

I`ve got "The Banjo Album" by Doug Dillard, which has "Runaway Country" as a bonus track. According to the sleeve notes, the album was recorded after he got back from touring Europe with the Byrds in the "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" period. And just before he made the two albums with Gene Clark.

[Oxford]

 

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

Could make you feel old - I'll be digging some of them out to ease the pain of realisation

[unapologetic pedant]

David Hepworth`s book "Never a dull moment" is entirely about the music of 1971, and his thesis that it was a pivotal year.

Personally, wasn`t convinced. Looking at that list above, I reckon under a third of them are really worth digging out for anything more than reasons of nostalgia.

[Robin Evans]

Not my usual Sunday morning vibe... but... until the memsahib commands that I turn it off, I've got 'give em enough rope' on.....

Not sure the neighbours will appreciate it either...

[Robin Evans]

5 minutes ago, Johnoco said:

Stay Free is probably my favourite track on there. 

As a young un at 17, it was always Tommy Gun. Nowadays my appreciation spreads all across the album ....  last gang in town.... I had the air guitar out in the kitchen whilst prepping the veg.

[M j M]

Played at Gerry Marsden's funeral yesterday.

 

[Oxford]

 

 

[Oxford]

 

 

[Oxford]

 

[John Drake]

I heard this on the radio the other day, what a great tune. Never heard of the singer before, but downloaded the album this is on, and have been playing it all day since. 

[Oxford]

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

I heard this on the radio the other day, what a great tune. Never heard of the singer before, but downloaded the album this is on, and have been playing it all day since. 

Top Notch choice that one John ... I also like Darker Days.

Edited January 21, 2021 by Oxford

[Oxford]

2 minutes ago, Oxford said:

Top Notch choice that one John ... I also like Dark Days.

 

[Oxford]

 

[unapologetic pedant]

57 minutes ago, Oxford said:

 

Was this inspired by the weather?

I much prefer "The North Star Grassman and the Ravens".

[unapologetic pedant]

On 17/01/2021 at 09:34, Robin Evans said:

'give em enough rope' 

One of those albums I`ve never bothered rebuying on cd. Mainly because it`s decidedly underwhelming.

[Robin Evans]

9 minutes ago, unapologetic pedant said:

One of those albums I`ve never bothered rebuying on cd. Mainly because it`s decidedly underwhelming.

Each to their own cocker.

I love the album. C'est la vie

[unapologetic pedant]

1 hour ago, Robin Evans said:

Each to their own cocker.

I love the album. C'est la vie

You`ve teed up a Jarvis or Joe gag there, but my head isn`t up to the challenge at the moment.

Easily their least impressive album, apart from the dismal postscript "Cut the ####" whose title would have been more apposite without its first two words. Opinions all my own, as you say.

Edited January 24, 2021 by unapologetic pedant

[Oxford]

57 minutes ago, unapologetic pedant said:

Was this inspired by the weather?

I much prefer "The North Star Grassman and the Ravens".

 

[voteronniegibbs]

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Edited August 6, 2023 by voteronniegibbs