MrCrane

Waiting For Columbus is a prime example of post production fixes. Still a great album though. The Rockpalast recordings from the same tour are well worth checking out.

Excellent. I was only listening to the soundtrack last week.

On the basis of that, I'm going to have to put off watching the video until I'm off the work computer. 😁

The Mikros are excellent value for money. We got my (then) 9 year old daughter one when she was starting out. Tuners are not the highest quality but functional. Otherwise I was really impressed. She's now 12 and still playing it.

The background to the recording of Werewolves http://www.waddywachtelinfo.com/Nina1.html Waddy: We were doing a lot of the record with Russ Kunkel and Bob Glaub, but when we got to “Werewolves,” we tried it with them, and it just didn't sound right. We got a decent track, but there was something lacking in it. It didn't sound stupid enough; it sounded cute. Jackson was saying, “It's really good!” and Warren and I were saying, “No, man, it's too cute. It's got to be...heavy.” So we proceeded to try five or six bands after that - Russ and Lee Sklar, Jeff Porcaro and Bob Glaub, Jeff Porcaro and Lee Sklar, Michael Botts on drums, Gary Mallaber on drums, both with different bass players - and it just wasn't working. It was getting depressing. Then, and I can't remember whose idea it was, someone mentioned Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, and I flashed, “That's it! That's who can play this flipin’ song!” So I called them, because I'd been working with Stevie and Lindsey. They came down, we set 'em up, and we did a take, and then we did a second take. After the second take, I looked at Jackson and said, “That was pretty good, wasn't it?” “Yeah, that was pretty good, but Mick doesn't quite have it yet.” Mick says, “Yeah, we don't have it yet; let's keep going.” Well, we kept going until 6 in the morning! I remember at about 5 in the morning saying to Mick, “I think we're done!” and Mick looks at me with that crazy look he gets in his eyes and sort of whispers, “We're never done, Waddy!” I thought, “stinky poo, we've got a wild one here!” So we put in another hour, and at about 7 in the morning, we were up to about take 59, and I looked at Jackson and said, “Hey Jackson, take two was pretty good, wasn't it?” He said, “Yeah, let's hear take two.” We listened to take two, and I said, “Gentlemen, thank you very much!” I sent everyone away, 'cause I really wanted to work up a great [guitar] solo. I got my sound set up, got a nice bottle of vodka. I said to Dennis Kirk [who helped engineer], “Okay, run the tape!” The solo came up; I played it. I looked at Dennis, I played it back and said, “That's it!” I didn't even get to open the vodka! Then I put a harmony on it, and it was finished. The solo took as long as it takes to hear it. Don't you just love the swear filter? 🙂

AER Amp One, Two or Three Not necessarily the lightest, but this is offset by the effect on your wallet's contents.

Jo Ann Kelly

I'll put in another shout for Janis Ian Also, Anne Briggs

I saw some chap called Tony Visconti playing the recorder at a concert a while back. He seems to have done alright for himself. 🙂 Just got an Eastman mandolin at a seriously reduced price a couple of weeks back and having great fun with it.

It's also available as a DVD. Great footage. The director had obviously never heard of the "keep the cameras off the bassist" rule. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000UB054U/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Fixed that for you.

Another vote here for Bless Its Pointed Little Head Also Dee Murray on Elton John's "17-11-70" Kenny Gradney on Little Feat's "Waiting For Columbus" Rod Clements on Lindisfarne's "Magic In The Air"

The Walker Brothers knowledge of solar life spans seems a bit limited.

Strictly speaking kilograms aren't a measure of weight, but of mass. (If your wife is anything like mine though, I wouldn't advise pointing that out to her)

Spanish meteorological records suggest that the major part of the country's rainfall occurs in the mountains.

I've loved the mandolin since seeing the lads back in the early 70s. Jacka and Rod (Clements, not Stewart 😉) are a couple of my musical heroes.

They probably also have a marketing department who understand nothing.

Jacka's mandolin solo at the end of Maggie May always does it for me.

My daughter got an Ibanez Mikro when she was 9 and it's still going strong a couple of years later. Amp Instrument Cable (may be included with the bass ) A decent strap (wide enough to spread the weight of the bass and not too long.). A tuner

If you're using it for session work, make sure you read the Chartwell

How about meeting them Medway?

Gotta love a Rye sense of humour.

Harry Shearer

To misquote Tom Lehrer, "Danny has been a particular idol of mine since chidbirth". I would happily pay to listen to him tuning up.

Daphne's Flight at Kings Place and The Bonzos at Shepherds Bush. Still hoping for Loudon Wainwright, Suzzie Roche and Lucy Wainwright-Roche in September.