New Music ‘acquired’ September 2019

This month I decided to try an experiment, I would not buy any new music for a month. A real challenge for me as I usually buy about 200 albums a year. My Twitter friends didn’t think I could do it, well, I almost did…

It’s nearly the end of the month and so far I’ve only bought one CD; the excellent Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads. My Twitter fried @dancing_monk told me that my music collection was pointless without it so I caved in.

On the other hand I have picked up a few new titles to explore this month via bandcamp subscriptions and free downloads, so I’ve got some stuff to explore, here’s a breakdown of new additions. If you want to know what I think of them come and follow me on Twitter (@andylong), but please do take the time to listen to some of them if you can

Steve Lawson: The Arctic Is Burning 

Steve Lawson: How/Why? – Live @ Belfast Guitar Festival

DXIII: When The Mind Slips

Calamateur: Sergeant Howie’s Holy Stamina Test

Andy Edwards: October Moon

Bernhard Wöstheinrich & Ombient: Live At The Gatherings 2019

Oddsfiche: Kops Records Ottawa

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

TC Electronic PolyTune Clip on tuner

I recently bought a new clip on tuner from TC Electronic. I needed a new clip on as I’ve got the PolyTune 2 pedal in my pedal board, but as I’m only really playing in a church band these days I don’t need to take the board with me, so this is a convenient space saver.

It’s a bit more expensive than most clip ons but it comes with the same functions and versatility as the pedal so it’s a good buy on the whole.

Guitar players can take advantage of the polyphonic tuning, strumming all six strings at once and tuning accurately with clear indications.

It responds quickly and the strobe tuning feature is brightly lit and user friendly.

A great bit of gig bag kit. Here’s my board with the PolyTune 2 pedal

All these albums will be fifty years old in 2020

Like most of us, (OK, all of us), I’m getting older. The music I grew up with is ageing with me. This week I wrote a list of albums that were released in 1970 and hence will celebrate their fiftieth birthday in 2020. A couple of friends on Twitter asked me to share the list, so here it is.

I’ve got about half of these and I’ll probably end up buying, or re-buying, most of the rest of them next year. The intention is to listen to them on their birthday whilst tweeting furiously about the whole thing.

Feel free to recommend some add-ins or correct my mistakes.

Classic album 50th birthdays 2020
January 3	Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs
January 9th	Badfinger: Magic Christian Music
January 15th	MC5: back In The USA
January 23rd	Family: A Song For Me
January 26th	Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water
January 27th	Van Morrison: Moondance
February	Atomic Rooster: Atomic Roooster
	Van Der Graaf Generator: The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
	The Move: Shazam
February 1st	James Taylor: Sweet Baby James
February 9th	The Mothers Of Invention: Burnt Weeny Sandwich
February 9th	The Doors: Morrison Hotel
February 9th	Soundtrack: Zabriskie Point
February 13th	Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath
February 26th	The Beatles: Hey Jude (compilation)
March	Alice Cooper: Easy Action
	The Faces: First Step
	Joni Mitchell: Ladies Of The Canyon
March 7th	Mountain: Climbing
March 11th	Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Deja vu
March 13th	Tyrannosaurus Rex: A Beard Of Stars
March 13th	Egg: Egg
March 25th	Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsies
March 30th	Ginger Baker’s Air Force: Ginger Baker’s Air Force
March 30th	Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
April	Blodwyn Pig: Getting To This
	Colosseum: The Grass Is Greener
	Incredible String Band: I Looked Up
	Cream: Live Cream
	Al Stewart: Zero She Flies
April 17th	Brinsley Schwarz: Brinsley Shcwarz
April 17th	Ten Years After: Cricklewood Green
April 17th	McCartney: Paul McCartney
April 20th	Jethro Tull: Benefit
April 22nd	Iron Butterfly: Live
May	Quatermass: Quatermass
	The Groundhogs: Thank Christ For The Bomb
May 6th	Poco: Poco
May 8th	The Beatles: Let It Be
May 11th	Soundtrack: Woodstock
May 15th	King Crimson: In the Wake Of Poseidon
May 16th	The Who: Live At Leeds
June	Dave Mason: Alone Together
	Rare Earth: Ecology
	Tangerine Dream: Electronic Meditation
	Fotheringay: Fotheringay
	Steeleye Span: Hark! The Village Wait
	The Pretty Things: Parachute
June 3rd	Deep Purple: In Rock
June 5th	Barclay James Harvest: Barclay James Harvest
June 5th	Procol Harum: Home
June 6th	Soft Machine: Third
June 8th	Bob Dylan: Self Portrait
June 13th	Uriah heep: Very ‘Eavy Very ‘Umble
June 14th	Grateful Dead: Workingman’s Dead
June 26th	Free: Fire And Water
July	Fairport Convention: Full House
	Humble Pie: Humble Pie
	James Gang: James Gang Rides Again
	Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die
	Spooky Tooth: The Last Puff
	Bread: On The Waters
July 7th	The Stooges: Fun House
July 14th	Supertramp: Supertramp
July 20th	The Doors: Absolutely Live
July 24th	Yes: Time And A Word
July 25th	Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo’s Factory
August	Quicksilver Messenger Service: Just For Love
	Status Quo: Ma Kelly’s Greasy Spoon
August 3rd	Canned Heat: Future Blues
August 7th	Moody Blues: A Question Of Balance
August 10th	The Mothers Of Invention: Weasels Ripped My Flesh
August 13th	Iron Butterfly: Metamorphosis
August 14th	Hawkwind: Hawkwind
August 16th	Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton
August 17th	The Band: Stage Fright
September	Atomic Rooster: Death Walks Behind You
	If: If
	Mott The Hoople: Mad Shadows
	Blue Cheer: The Original Human Being
September 4th	The Rolling Stones: Get Your Ya-Yas Out
September 4th	Caravan: If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You
September 14th	The Byrds: Untitled
September 18th	Fleetwood Mac: Kiln House
September 18th	Black Sabbath: Paranoid
September 19th	Neil Young: After The Gold Rush
September 22nd	Santana: Abraxas
September 23rd	The Allman Brothers Band: Idlewild South
October	Savoy Brown: Looking In
	Incredible String Band: U
	UFO: UFO 1
	Grateful Dead: Vintage Dead
	Warhorse: Warhorse
October 2nd	Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother
October 5th	Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin III
October 19th	Bob Dylan: New Morning
October 22nd	Miles Davis: At Fillmore
October 23rd	Frank Zappa: Chunga’s Revenge
October 23rd	Genesis: Trespass
November	Curved Air: Air Conditioning
	Family: Anyway
	Kraftwerk: Kraftwerk
	Derek And The Dominos: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
	The Velvet Underground: Loaded
	Trapeze: Medusa
	Tim Buckley: Starsailor
November 1st	Grateful Dead: American Beauty
November 4th	David Bowie: The Man Who Sold The World
November 9th	Badfinger: No Dice
November 14th	Syd Barrett: Barrett
November 20th	Brinsley Schwarz: Despite It All
November 20th	Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Emerson, Lake and Palmer
November 23rd	Cat Stevens: Tea For The Tillerman
November 27th	George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
November 27th	Gentle Giant: Gentle Giant
November 27th	Spirit: Twelve Dreams Of Dr Sardonicus
November 30th	The Doors: 13
December	T Rex: T Rex
	Colosseum: Daughter of Time
	Love: False Start
	Van Der Graaf Generator: H to He Who Am The Only One
	Free: Highway
	If: If 2
	Captain Beefheart: Lick My Decals Off Baby
	The Move: Looking On
	Scott Walker: ‘Til The Band Comes In
	Quicksilver Messenger Service: What About Me
December 4th	Robert Wyatt: The End Of An Ear
December 4th	Wishbone Ash: Wishbone Ash
December 7th	Creedence Clearwater Revival: Pendulum
December 10th	Ginger Baker’s Air Force: 2
December 11th	John Lennon: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
December 11th	King Crimson: Lizard
Unknown dates	Chicken Shack: Accept
	Edgar Winter: Entrance
	Focus: Focus Plays Focus
	Lucifer’s Friend: Lucifer’s Friend
	Amon Duul II: Yeti
	Bill Evans: Alone