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Baggy Hi Fi 115. More Canterbury Scene Vinyl Finds.
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- čas přidán 2. 03. 2024
- Recent vinyl pick-ups by Canterbury connected artists - Soft Machine, National Health, Richard Sinclair, Hugh Hopper, Lol Coxhill, Kevin Ayers and more.
Big thanks for showing these....one rainy day sometime in the 90s i went to see the fantastic Caravan playing live somewhere in Brixton....none of my friends wanted to come along (not that they knew about them) so i went alone....even though it was half empty i loved it WoW.....best wishes.....
Well John, that was a pile of albums I had no idea about. Interesting scene that Canterbury scene, with its folk influences. Always enjoy the samples otherwise I would have no idea about this music. Well done John
I have a few Canterbury albums. I was unfamiliar with a few of these.
Are you sure that you never did any stage acting? London's West End or off Broadway in NYC maybe? Excellent intro John. Once again. You showed me some of the Canterbury Scene releases that I thought that I would be familiar with. But I was wrong. There was a few that I never heard of. Including Hugh Hopper and National Health. I thought that Kevin Ayers was a very talented musician. I really enjoyed this one John. This is one genre of music that I never thought that I would like when I was younger. I appreciate it very much now. Hats off to Pete for sending the Love Train your way~
Rob/Boston
Thanks Rob. I guess most Canterbury Scene music is terribly English but I’m glad you enjoyed this one.
I really enjoyed this John. I am particularly grateful for the needle drops. Hurray for Pete sending you some Canterbury Scene VCLT. 👏
Yes it was a nice surprise. Pete rightly thought I would enjoy Lol Coxhill's squawking! 😆
Excellent John! Canterbury music has increasingly become an escapist treat for me. Starting with Matching Mole 2-3 decades ago. Appreciate the reissue mentions. Have not seen that from my normal sources here, but need to check into that. I found a 1st pressing of the first Soft Machine album in town (a bit unusual find here), and learned the US cover was censored / dumbed down. I could not help but ordering a 4 LP Soft Machine live in Norway (1971) set recently that Cuneiform is releasing this spring. Agree with you that Richard Sinclair has a very English sound to his vocals. I also really enjoy him on vocals on one of the view vocal installments from Norwegian Panzerpappa on their 2005 album I believe it was. This past Friday, I pre-ordered a Canterbury Scene album on Bandcamp that got an endorsement from Zopp. His name is Thomas Penaguin and is on the Spanish aMarxe label. The single released sounds very promising... Have a great week, Richard
Cheers Richard. I meant also to show a live Soft Machine double from 1970 I bought recently. The four LP live in Norway set sounds very nice indeed.
What I’ve heard of Panzerpapa I liked a lot. Didn’t know Richard Sinclair guested with them. I also took a look at Thomas Penaguin on your recommendation.
Interesting selection, John! I’ve only heard The Soft Machine and Ayers’ solo debut, so plenty to explore further. The Richard Sinclair album sounded beautiful.
Thanks! Yeh, the Richard Sinclair album is brilliant, so pleased it’s had a vinyl issue.
Dads ' know best aye..!!??..Thanks for the heads' up on Soft Machines' debut, I wasn't aware it had been reissued, I've been after an OG for years.
Caravan of Dreams sounds lovely, really nice as I love Caravan.
Interesting you mention Matching Mole, I'm obsessed with the song O Caroline at the moment.
Really liked National Health, have been aware of them but never checked out .
I love Joy of a Toy..such wonderful childlike whimsy..just a gorgeous record.
You've really highlighted just how incestuous the Canterbury acts are.
Another excellent video John!.
O Caroline is such a touching song with a beautiful melody. Incestuous is the word with Canterbury. It was the one I was searching for throughout this video!
Excellent John! My copies of the first Softs and Joy of a Toy are both part of twofers, but I am tempted by the reissues. Having just shown my Softs studio album collection I'm planning to do one of the live albums, of which there are many.
Wow, a vinyl reissue of the Caravan of Dreams album - I did not know of that. You can bet your cotton socks I'll be ordering that ASAP. Wonder if they'll do his other albums too? Sinclair has actually lived in Italy for many a year now.
I think National Health had actually split up before DS al Coda but came back together to record the tribute to Gowan. Not up there with the first 2 albums but good anyway.
Never seen that H/D/T/G album but I do have their first Cruel But Fair from 1977.
Found Monster Band myself not so long ago - agree with your comments.
Don't have any solo Phil Miller, but I do have a few CDs by his band In Cahoots which also featured Dean and Pip Pyle if I remember rightly.
So glad the Coxhill has found an appreciative home - I just know that I was unlikely to play it again. Still would like to try the albums with Steve Miller though.
All the best... Pete
Thanks Pete.
The Coxhill albums with Steve Miller are lovely, much more easy on the ear than Ear of Beholder! Speaking of Soft Machine live albums (enjoyed your recent Softs overview) I forgot to include here a double I bought a couple of weeks ago, ‘Rome 1970’.
Would love to see more CD era Sinclair reissued on vinyl...
Very nice John - I must dig out some Soft Machine for a listen, it's been a while. Richard Sinclair's voice sounded nice there. Lol Coxhill might be a bit too much for me but Joy of a Toy is a delight.
Thanks Dale. The Richard Sinclair record is a treat for those who've missed his voice.
I went through a phase of enjoying Third by The Soft Machine, but the last couple of times I've tried to listen to it, I haven't managed to get past the first deeply unpleasant five minutes - I know it gets better after that though so I must persevere! I love Richard Sinclair's bass playing on the couple of Camel albums I've heard him on, but I've still not heard any Caravan. Still not heard any National Health either - I've got some homework to do!
I think those Camel albums with Richard Sinclair are very underrated. For me they have the edge over their ‘classic’ earlier records. Caravan manage to pull off the difficult trick of being proggy and jazzy but always deeply melodic. Thanks for watching, Richard.
I must look like a Richard, my next door neighbour wrote that in our Xmas card this year.😆
Sorry, must’ve been me talking about Richard Sinclair! All the best, Trevor.
I enjoyed both of your Canterbury scene videos but I don't think Lol Coxhill's current free-form atonal offerings (and some of the other similar releases by early 70's graduates) should be equated with Joy of Toy, Flying Tea Pot or Soft Machine III. My own favorites from the era/genre, besides Joy Toy, are Caravan's Land of Grey etc.,(also have a soft spot for the seldom mentioned Blind Dog at St. Dunstans), National Health's second self-titled from 1978 and the first self-titled Hatfield LP from 1974.
Sadly, despite being of the era myself - and coming from John Peel Dandelion country, as I have aged, (older than you John) my tastes have moved away from this exquisite, complex, softer, thinking man's music to harder, guitar driven 80's fare. I am still on-line in places as Progdoc, having contributed to several music fora, and am strangely nostalgic for the time I was a scruffy, hairy, hippie of yore who attended many early 70's festivals, the best of which was Hollywood, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire in1970. There I was introduced to the excellent Titus Groan who, (bringing it all back to the topic in hand, were certainly very Canterbury influenced..
Thanks for watching and commenting! Good to hear you like Blind Dog at St. Dunstans, I also like the underrated Cunning Stunts. I guess Lol Coxhill’s music is on the fringes of Canterbury in its absolute freeness but I’m glad to own a record on Dandelion. I think I have a CD by Titus Groan somewhere, so I must dig it out, thanks for the reminder.