Mickeyboro

No answers, just waffle. As someone who more or less made a living from sleevenoting reissue CDs in the 80s, I have to approve of ‘creative repackaging’ on principle. Kept my mortgage paid, anyway. It does seem as we are in the death throes of physical media that everything possible is bring wheeled out to make a last buck, just as superannuated rock stars are writing their autobiographies while they still draw breath/have an audience. To address the question … I don’t think bands like Lizzy had time to think, and all unreleased recordings tend to stay in record company vaults until rediscovered. Often forgotten about, sometimes even misfiled/labelled. The 70s rock audience now has disposable (pension?) income to revisit their carefree youth. So my answer would be (if I have one) the music biz are looking harder for ways to make money now streaming has taken away much of their sales base. Whether we buy what they come up with and the prices they charge are another matter! Finally, I got the Lizzy Live and Dangerous multi-disc set, but sold it as I am too used to the definitive version and anything else just sounds wrong!

Make him wear a Swans shirt…

And then there was Mandolin Wind… Mind you, there’s tablets you can get for that these days😂

Have a feeling that was Ronnie Wood noodling away!

Does seem optimistically priced at £3.5k! No original case either…

It is, @Thor, but struggling to make ends meet with town centre costs. We played a Tuesday night blues club which is an attempt to add to the weekend offering. Not as lucrative as a Sunday afternoon but we are now a minor ‘name’ and drew a good midweek crowd. So a win on all counts.

Always take a gig! Our new singer was on holiday so a friend from a band I depped in stepped up, as did a harmonica player. We just jammed it, great fun! Otis Jay Blues Band, Flea Jazz into an Elf/Barefaced One10 combination.

Get prancing, pal - but mind your back! 👍

Thanks for all the replies! I think I have decided to try and be cool and not make it an issue… always good to have the benefit of your opinions! 🙏

A Bass Collection?😂

Love my candy apple red VM4 - a bass for all occasions. Sold to me by @Skinnyman

Funnily enough I don’t use pedals and have an Xvive wireless system. So for once I can say not guilty!😈

But if the singer’s out front, so is the stand… Re the use of iPads/tablets, I didn’t use mine last week but had to squint at a written setlist. Would have made more sense to have had this on the clamped iPad, but I didn’t want to look as if I needed the words. What an idiot! (And yes, I know glasses would help)

Excellent stuff, keep it coming! One reason I hate music stands is they seem to make it to the foreground of every stage photo. If I see that in another band my eyebrows go up… Mind you, I dont like seeing people play bass with clip-on tuners still attached. Small minded, me?😁

Our singer used to use a music stand despite having sung the same repertoire all his performing life. He cleverly got round my dislike by building one that housed his harmonicas. Then we sacked him 😂 We now have a new singer who, while an upgrade vocally, insists on a music stand and… gulp … a reading light! Am I wrong in having this prejudice - and how can you wean a singer off this mental crutch? Advice, please!

With Twinkle on backing vox? Oh no, she’s dead too😂

What a c0ck, eh?

Thanks. I used a single One10 with my Elf on Friday as playing a very acoustically efficient venue (see gigs thread) but have just acquired a Two10… as yet untested. Have to admit I turn the Elf off at half time! Possibly scared by this thread 😂 But with an active Sandberg I know I can cope in many places with the small one.

What speaker cab(s) were you using?

Played our first gig with a new singer at Ringwood Meeting House, an old Methodist chapel. Last photo from upstairs, ‘the Gods’. Pulled about 50 on a rainy night. £10 admission (gulp!) shared with venue. Glad to have it under our belt really - not quite rehearsed enough, flying by the seat of our pants! Band - Otis Jay Blues Band Gear - Sandberg VM4, Barefaced One10, Elf. Great acoustics so minimal rig.

Perfect transaction with Rod - many thanks my friend!

Maybe if we are ‘just’ bass players then image (which is what you are talking about) matters less… It certainly doesn’t bother me as much as singers losing the ability to hold a tune or come in at the right place with the right words. Double standards on my part or cold hard fact?