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[quote name='hen barn' timestamp='1374700778' post='2152238'] My old drummer was a Phil Collins fan and used to play in a band called Jenny's house!!!! Brilliant!!! [/quote] Should have been Jenny's Sis.

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1374530792' post='2149890'] I don't think coloured vinyl is cool anymore, is it? [/quote] Being the proud owner of a 33rpm 7in EP of "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny" in BRIGHT RED (vintage c.1963), I beg to differ.

Soft Machine were guitarless in several of their line-ups in the early seventies - as for example on Soft Machine 6.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1374491239' post='2149221'] But ultimately, my all time coolest of the cool is my Camberwick Green / Trumpton LP ([url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAMBERWICK-GREEN-TRUMPTON-2-x-1960s-LPs-Freddie-Phillips-Brian-Cant-/380573602628"]this one[/url]). Had it since I was knee high; still in mint condition and chock full of nostalgia. Well, I think it's cool anyway [/quote] You win. It doesn't get any cooler than Freddie Phillips / Brian Cant. I have the complete Camberwick/Trumpton/Chigley on DVD.

I still have tons of vinyl. Not sure what's "cool" though. Could it be something from my stack of 70's dub - [i]The Best Dressed Chicken in Town[/i], perhaps? Or perhaps some Professor Longhair? I've got a Sun Ra disk somewhere - no idea of the title. Or maybe the classic Gerry Anderson story LP "A Trip to Marineville" / "Thunderbirds Are Go". There's an EP of nursery rhymes in there somewhere featuring the voice of Boris Karloff, among others. But perhaps pride of place in "cool" terms is the album of Russian Folk songs performed by the Red Army Choir: "[i]Kalinka![/i]"

Aaaaw, I was expecting a "For Sale" thread...

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1373358701' post='2136526'] [b]My publishers, [/b]Equinox, have a release by Georgina Gregory called 'Send in the Clones: a cultural study of the tribute band. [/quote] Yeah, we see what you did there .

Not exactly a tribute, but there used to be a "heavy-metal" klezmer band called Guns 'n' Moses.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1372360186' post='2124897'] 'What's the matter with him, why doesn't he play? Play Sparky, Play!!!' 'My time is up I will no longer play. For. You' Oh the drama of it! How I loved it and how I regret giving away that little 8inch record. You had to turn it over in the middle just as it was getting exciting. Kids today don't know they're born etc etc , mumble mumble. [/quote] Still have that on one side of an LP somewhere - the other side is Sparky and the Talking Train.

I agree. Recording comp is a good thing, and kudos to those who take part, but trying to guilt-trip members into paying attention to it is silly and counter-productive, as is the title of this thread imo. (I have voted on this month's BTW).

Voted last night. Well done to everybody for producing a track against the clock.

Following on from the "I think I've fallen for another instrument" thread, I just discovered the Finnish Kantele. I should warn you that you should skip to 5.00 minutes into the video, as the first section contains footage of a slightly sinister-looking man doing unspeakable things to a harmonium, and is not for the squeamish. The video concludes with two men playing mandolins, which is very jolly in its way, but the section beginning at 5.00 is, i think, something a bit special. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuuDQOyUqDU

Just discovered this thread.... as a keen Mari Boine fan, I'm going to suggest you check out some Saami (aka Lapp) music . Culturally, this is first or perhaps second cousin to the music of native North Americans, who, after all, originally migrated into America from Siberia before the Bering Strait separated Siberia from Alaska. The Saami language and culture is related to that of the tribes of northern Siberia. I posted a [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/23966-what-are-you-listening-to-right-now/page__st__2759"]track[/url] on the "What are you listening to right now" thread yesterday. Here's another http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKNxNvded2g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcAVPGpeQck

What I find is that I need to consciously pay attention to where I am in the tune (if I get distracted or start thinking about something else, I will sometimes lose my place), but that doing the same with regard to the actual notes I'm playing is fatal - if I start thinking about what note comes next I'm very likely to balls it up. It seems there's two quite separate processes going on, requiring different bits of the brain.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1371481333' post='2114367'] Debate is always good, trouble is someone's got to pay for the platform. In the real world, we'd also be getting stiffed for the tea and biscuits. [/quote] I don't appear to be receiving the tea and biscuits (though I do recall getting a message about cookies - haven't seen them yet though either). Should I upgrade my browser?

The Warwick 'Polo' ??

John Wetton (King Crimson era) Gjermund Silset (ex Mari Boine band) Lemmy (Hawkwind era) Mike Howlett (Gong) Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine) Colin Hodgkinson (Back Door) Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) Roger Glover (Deep Purple) John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) Chris Squire (Yes)

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1371035528' post='2108838'] When you start worrying about the overlap between GG and OT, it's time to switch off your computer and go outside for a while. [/quote] "outside"??? Is that still there?

As I've posted many times before in similar threads, my only bass is a s/h Peavey Milestone III that cost me £50. It's light, well balanced, has a great neck and sounds pretty much the same as a Jazz (I had a (Japanese) Fender and got rid, as it was no better).

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1371039589' post='2108938'] I've never tried it [/quote] Never tried it??!! That was always part of the ritual when I was a kid - any new single me or my brother acquired would go on the Dansette and after a few plays at 45 it would be auditioned at 33, 78 and 16 (yes 16) rpm. I seem to remember the Stones' Little By Little (B-side to Not Fade Away) was particularly good at 33. We had to make our own fun back in those days.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370988002' post='2108450'] From what I just read , it's kind of like The Shadows with clinical depression . [/quote] So you could get the same effect by playing the 45s at 33?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWlfQRkfY

No mention of the New York Dolls or Iggy and the Stooges, either. Despite my earlier posts, I do recall having a brief period of liking the Dolls - think I've got Too Much Too Soon on vinyl somewhere.

Talking of making young girls scream...our morris side often has a big impact on small children (we look a bit scary in black masks and black tatters) - either they love us or we scare the c**p out of them. Back in April we were dancing in Oxford and a woman with two small children in tow stopped to watch. One of the kids was absolutely petrified, screaming and crying, but the woman kept a tight grip of her hand, and made her stand there and watch - I felt quite sorry for her. We had fun afterwards imagining the conversation......"but MUM!!!!, you don't understand....I've seen this on Dr Who - they [b]WILL[/b] eat us !!!".