Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview

 Saint Dominic's Preview is the sixth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in July 1972 by Warner Bros. Records. Rolling Stone declared it "the best-produced, most ambitious Van Morrison record yet released."


 The title track, "Saint Dominic's Preview", was said by Morrison to have been composed after seeing an ad for a peace vigil to be held at St. Dominic's Church in San Francisco.^[28] The song is written in a "stream of consciousness" fashion as with the Astral Weeks songs. Lyrics in the song refer to different stages of Morrison's life: "chamois cleaning all the windows" (teenage years) and "The record company has paid out for the wine" (his contemporary status as a pop music star). Erik Hage calls it "expansive and groundbreaking, representing an enlarging scope and ambition in Morrison's music.

 Shammy [chamois] cleaning all the windows,
Singing songs about Edith Piaf's soul.
And I hear blue strains of "no regredior"
Across the street from Cathedral Notre Dame.

Meanwhile back in San Francisco
We're trying hard to make this whole thing blend,
As we sit upon this jagged
Storey block, with you my friend.

And it's a long way to Buffalo.
It's a long way to Belfast city too.
And I'm hoping the choice won't blow the hoist
'cos this town, they bit off more than they can chew.

As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on
Saint Dominic's Preview
Saint Dominic's Preview
Saint Dominic's Preview

PINK FLOYD with Syd Barrett - See Emily Play/Arnold Layne.

"See Emily Play" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, released as their second single in June 1967.[4][5] Written by original frontman Syd Barrett and recorded on 23 May 1967, it featured "The Scarecrow" as its B-side. It was released as a non-album single, but appeared as the opening track of the American edition of their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). "See Emily Play" is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list and reached No. 6 in the United Kingdom singles chart.[6] As of 2018, the song has never been mixed to stereo, so the US album version was rechannelled and all subsequent reissues have been in mono.

                                            
                                           See Emily Play 
 These two singles were written by Syd Barrett. Of the 11 songs on the debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, which appeared in August 1967, Barrett wrote eight of his own and collaborated on two others. As an innovative guitarist, he investigated the musical possibilities of dissonance, distortion, feedback, echo machines and various sound effects on tape. The typical Pink Floyd guitar sound was obtained, among other things, because Barrett slid over the strings of his Fender Esquire guitar with a Zippo lighter and connected to an echo box.

 "Arnold Layne" is the debut single released by the English rock band Pink Floyd on 10 March 1967, written by Syd Barrett.


 Arnold Layne

The song's title character is a transvestite whose strange hobby is stealing women's clothes and undergarments from washing lines. According to Roger Waters, "Arnold Layne" was actually based on a real person: "Both my mother and Syd's mother had students as lodgers because there was a girls' college up the road so there were constantly great lines of bras and knickers on our washing lines and 'Arnold' or whoever he was, had bits off our washing lines.

 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, and the only one made under founding member Syd Barrett's leadership. The album, named after the title of chapter seven of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows and featuring a kaleidoscopic cover photo of the band taken by Vic Singh, was recorded from February to May 1967 and released on 4 August 1967.^[3] It was produced by Beatles engineer Norman Smith and released in 1967 by EMI Columbia in the United Kingdom and Tower in the United States, in August and October respectively. Two of the album's songs, "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive", became long-term mainstays of the band's live set list, while other songs were performed live only a handful of times.

                                                ----------                                      -              
 Note from Arthur.
 I remember that I saw the single at the local music store, of course I listened to it, but what a strange music it was! It did not look like anything, but very different. In 1967  i saw them for the first live in Vlissingen (concert hall) then already with a beautiful lightshow and in my memory for that time hard! Syd Barret was in my opinion already replaced by David Gilmour (but I'm not sure) The in itself some lame movies give a nice time picture of the sixties.

                                             Vlissingen

Let It Be - The Beatles (The movie)

Let It Be is a 1970 British documentary film starring the Beatles and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The film documents the group rehearsing and recording songs for their twelfth and final studio album Let It Be, in January 1969. The film includes an unannounced rooftop concert by the group, their last public performance. Released just after the album in May 1970, Let It Be is the final original Beatles release.


The world premiere of the film was in New York City on 13 May 1970. One week later, UK premieres were held at the Liverpool Gaumont Cinema and the London Pavilion. None of the Beatles attended any of the premieres. The Beatles won an Oscar for Let It Be in the category "Original Song Score", which Quincy Jones accepted on their behalf. The soundtrack also won a Grammy for "Best Original Score".

Pot-Ent (Polydor Sampler 1970)

                                                         
Sunday afternoon old LP, running, fun activity. So I came across this compilation album again, a look back at the more or less progessive rock music from the 70,s

                                                   Stone The Crow -Blind Man

                                                                        Side One
                                                                                               
                                      
                                         1 The Who - Young Man Blues ,album "Live at Leeds"

                                                              

                                          2 Golden Earring - Wall Of Dolls ,album "Golden Earring"

                                        3 Sabicas with Joe Beck - Inca Song,album "Rock Encounter"

                                       4 Steeplechase - Lady Bright ,album "Lady Bright"

                                        5 Ten Wheel Drive - Stay With Me .album "Brief Replies"

                                             6 Eric Clapton - Let It Rain ,album "Eric Clapton""




                                                                             Side Two

                     1 Eric Burdon & War - Tobacco Road ,album "Eric Burdon declares "War"

                                    2 Sweet Thursday - The Dealer ,album "Sweet Thursday"

                                      3 Stone The Crows - Blind Man ,album "Stone The Crows"

                                              4 Armaggedon - People Talking, album "Armageddon"

                                5 Ginger Baker,s Airforce - Doin It, album "Ginger Baker,s Airforce"



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Tim Buckley - Song fom the Siren(update/repost)

 Timothy Charles (Tim) Buckley III (Washington D.C., 14 februari 1947 - Santa Monica, 29 juni 1975) was een Amerikaans singer-songwriter.
Hij combineerde tijdens zijn korte carrière in de late jaren '60 en '70 verschillende soorten muziek als jazz,funk, soul en avant-garde muziek in een geheel eigen stijl. Zijn song Song to the siren kreeg in 1984 bekendheid in Nederland in de uitvoering door het Britse project This Mortal CoilVader van Jeff en zoveel overeenkomsten Allebei een prachtige stem en allebei helaas veel te vroeg overleden.Zag Tim optreden op het popfestival in Hilversum.Een opvallende
verschijning tussen het gitaargeweld van o.a The Dooby Brothers, Allmann Brothers en het Mahavishnu Orchestra.(later meer over dit festival)


Song from the Siren

"Song to the Siren" is a song written by Tim Buckley and his writing partner Larry Beckett and was first released on Buckley's 1970 album Starsailor. It was also later released on Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology, the album featuring a performance of the song taken from the final episode of The Monkees TV show which aired on March 25, 1968.
Pat Boone was the first to release a version of the song when it was featured on his 1969 album Departure, predating Buckley's Starsailor release. However, the song has become perhaps Buckley's most famous due to a number of artists covering the song after his death in 1975, notably This Mortal Coil.(Wikipedia)

The Soft Machine - Jazz Bilzen (1969)

 

Onze eerste Jazz Bilzen ervaring in 1968 was zo goed bevallen dat we het jaar daarop natuurlijk ook van de partij waren.De groep was ondertussen uitgebreid tot een man of 8,ik dacht dat we een busje gehuurd hadden(weet ik niet meer zeker)De opzet van het festival was nog hetzelfde gebleven,ik herriner me nog de stoeljes voor het podium,het gezellige dorpscafe waar we volgens mij ook de tickets kochten,en de gemoedelijke sfeer.
De editie van Jazz Bilzen 69 had ook deze keer weer een geweldige programmering,veel Nederlandse topbands als Ekseption, Shocking Blue, Livin Blues, Group 1850,Blues Dimension en buitenlandse acts als Deep Purple(met een geweldige Ritchie Blackmore)
Humble Pie, een sfeervol optreden van The Moody Blues ,de cabareteske Bonzo Dog Doo Da Band en de zeer aparte muziek van The Soft Machine.Gek genoeg kan ik me,in tegenstelling met de andere optredens) van de laatste niet veel meer herrineren,gelukkig zijn er dan nog die mooie BRT opnames...


The Soft Machine - Moon in June
Mike Radledge,Hugh Hopper,Robert Wyatt

Toevallig stond er in de laatste editie van het mooie muziekblad ,,Heaven,,(zeer aanbevolen)een artikel over het nummer Moon In June .Het is geschreven door Robert Wyatt.De titel Moon In June is waarschijnlijk ontleend aan Both Sides Now van Joni Mitchell.Het nummer is niet vaak ,,life, gespeelt.Tijdens hun Europese toernee was het hun opener ,zie ook het optreden in Bilzen.Dit was echter een ingekorte versie en Robert Wyatt heeft wat moeite om zich te concentreren.De definitieve versie van Moon In June zou uiteindelijk op het Soft Machine album Third komen te staan in een versie van 19 minuten.



Het mooie verhaal van Moon In June en meer over Robert Wyatt is te lezen in HEAVEN (Het Popmagazine dat de oren opent)
http://www.popmagazineheaven.nl/

Robert Wyatt
http://www.strongcomet.com/wyatt/

Widdershins - De Spot Middelburg (21 Dec.2018)

                               Foto Nico van Rooyen

Tweede avond van Songs From the Heart met als thema  "Hebzucht Rechtvaardigheid"
 Zat niet echt mee deze avond mede door enkele afzeggingen,en lichte geluidsproblemen.Maar zoals JC al meermalen verkondigde,ieder nadeel heeft zijn voordeel,In dit geval betekende dat meer speeltijd voor de wel aanwezige muziekgroepen.Fijn dat b.v deze band enkele nummers meer mocht spelen,voor mij een zeer aangename verassing.Natuurlijk weer een mooie registratie van dit optreden door Jaap van Visvliet,de foto,s zijn van Nico van Rooyen.


"Cocaine" (Dick Justice/Luke Jordan)

Dick Justice (1906 – September 12, 1962) was een AmerikaanseBlues en Folk muzikant uit de buurt van West Virginia .

 Zijn geboortenaam was Richard Justice, hij nam tien songs op voor Brunswick Records in Chicago .In tegenstelling tot veel hedendaagse blanke muzikanten, werd hij sterk beïnvloed door zwarte muzikanten,speciaal door Luke Jordan die omstreeks1927 opnames maakte voor Victor Records
  Justice's "Cocaine" is weer een cover van de Jordan opname , die deze twee jaar eerder opnam. (Wikipedia)


How,s About You (Rawlings/Welsch)

 Heb het genoegen gehad zowel de Dave Rawlings Machine als Gillian Welsch een keer te zien optreden,Allebei erg mooi en onvergetelijk.Het optreden van deze groep muzikanten deed me daar weer aan terugdenken.,zeker met dit nummer. Erg mooi gedaan!!



 Bag Of Bones ( Pokey Lafarge)

Dit nummer komt van het album "Riverboat Soul" van Pokey Lafarge  Ook deze artiest was al eens te gast in Zeeland (De Piek) Zag hem ook al een keer in Tivoli Utrecht. Origineel mannetje met mooie vertolkingen van rag-time bleus,beetje jugbandmuziek of zullen we het maar gewoon Americana noemen.Het was een mooi optreden ,en heb zo maar het vermoeden dat er leden van deze band erbij waren.De interpertatie van dit Pokey Lafarge nummer was in ieder geval erg mooi.
                          


Hands Of Man (The Stray Birds)

   Mooi nummer van "The Stray Birds" trio uit Lancaster dat er dit jaar helaas de brui aan gaf.

The Widdershins bestaan uit Roos- Zang, mondharmonica,Aurora - Viool,Joop- Banjo, gitaar, mandoline , boxgitaar,Martijn- Contrabas,Fokke - Banjo, gitaar, zang,Joris-Zang,mondharmonica.

Geen idee of dit een vaste formatie is,hoop ze toch dit jaar nog eens op een van de Zeeuwse podia ,of op een SFTH avond nog een keer tegen te komen

                               Foto Nico Van Rooyen

Jaap van Visvliet Beeld & Geluid
 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfXxg68FEhVED0m5LHZnsKw

Pictures & Collages from Arthur,s Musical Journey

                         Music: The Butterfield BluesBand - Keep On Movin.

Jamey Johnson & Alison Krauss - Make the World Go Away

                                       Farm Aid 2016- Bristow, Virginia - September 17, 2016

 "Make the World Go Away'" is a country-popular music song composed by Hank Cochran. It has become a Top 40 popular success three times: for Timi Yuro (during 1963), for Eddy Arnold (1965), and for the brother-sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond (1975). The original version of the song was recorded by Ray Price during 1963. It has remained a country crooner standard ever since.

 Jamey Johnson (born July 14, 1975) is an American country music artist. Signed to BNA Records in 2005, Johnson made his debut with his single "The Dollar", the title track to his 2006 album The Dollar. Johnson was dropped from BNA in 2006 and signed to Mercury Nashville Records in March 2008, releasing his second album, the gold-certified That Lonesome Song. This album produced two singles, the Top 10 hit "In Color" and "High Cost of Living". Johnson has since released two more albums, The Guitar Song in 2010 and Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran in 2012. In 2014, he released a 5-song Christmas EP titled The Christmas Song. In addition to most of his own material, Johnson has co-written singles for Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, Trace Adkins, George Strait, James Otto, Joe Nichols and Jessie James Decker.

Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of 10 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station (AKUS), and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989.^[2]
She has released fourteen albums, appeared on numerous soundtracks, and helped renew interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, an album also credited with raising American interest in bluegrass, and the Cold Mountain soundtrack, which led to her performance at the 2004 Academy Awards.
As of 2018, she has won 27 Grammy Awards from 42 nominations, tying her for the second most awarded recipient alongside Quincy Jones, second only to classical conductor Georg Solti, who holds the record for most wins with 31.^[3] She is the most awarded singer and the most awarded female artist in Grammy history.^[4]


                                                

The music of Fred Neil

Fred Neil (Maart 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was een Amerikaanse blues en folk singer/ songwriter, zijn muziek carriere begon in de vroege jaren 60 en eindigt halverwege de jaren 70 ,waarna hij de muziekindustrie de rug toekeerd.De man heeft prachtige songs geschreven als "Candy Man" Roy Orbison en"Everybody's Talkin'" (Harry Nilsson), de ballad "A Little Bit Of Rain" en de rockklassieker "The Other Side of This Life", vooral bekend in de versie van Jefferson Airplane.

Hieronder een paar van zijn mooiste songs...


Roy Orbinson - Candy Man(Fred Neil)
Een superband onder leiding van producer T-Bone Burnett,met Jackson Browne, , Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, J.D. Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, en Jennifer Warnes, samen met de rhythm section van Elvis Presley's late '60s / '70s touring band



Harry Nillson- Everybody,s Talkin (Fred Neil)
Komt van het album Aerial Ballet,eerst een kleine hit in Amerika en Canada en komt voor in de prachtige film Midnight Cowboy,dat leverde Harry zijn eerste Grammy Award op en bereikte als nog US Top10 ,in Canada zelf no 1.


Peter Paul & Mary -The Other Side Of This Live(Fred Neil)
Het trio Peter, Paul and Mary is een Amerikaanse folkgroep uit de jaren zestig. Het trio bestond uit Peter Yarrow, Noel "Paul" Stookey en Mary Travers.
De groep werd in 1961 samengesteld door manager Albert Grossman, met de bedoeling een "supergroep" te vormen. Hun eerste album bevatte de hit If I had a Hammer, geschreven door Pete Seeger. Het album stond tien maanden in de Billboard Top 10. In 1963 coverden ze Blowin' in the Wind van Bob Dylan en scoorden daarmee een internationale hit. Puff, the Magic Dragon uit 1963 werd een song met een eigen legende.


Tim Buckley- Dolphins (Fred Neil)
Prachtige uitvoering van Tim(vader van Jeff)Dolphins in het BBCProgramma Old Grey Wishtle test
Ik zag hem zelf een keer ,,live.. tijdens een groot festival op de renbaan in Hilversum,samen met The Allman Brothers,The Dooby Brothers,Earth& Fire e.a..
leuk festival...


Stone Poneys -Little bit of rain(Fred Neil)
Trio bestaande Bob Kimmel (rhythm guitar and vocals), Kenny Edwards (lead guitar and vocals), en Linda Ronstadt (vocals)Linda ging al spoedig verder als soloartiest maar Kenny Edwards zou haar nog jarenlang begeleiden tijdens de plaatopnames en toernee,s


Karen Dalton - A little Bit of Rain (Fred Neil)
Een andere versie van hetzelfde nummer.
Karen J. Dalton ( Karen J. Cariker) (July 19, 1937 – March 19, 1993) was een Amerikaanse folk blues zangeres en and banjo speler ,was in de vroege jaren 60 een bekend figuur in deGreenwich Village folk music scene,ging veel om met mensen als o.aFred Neil ,the Holy Modal Rounders en Bob Dylan.



Fred Neil - Green Rocky Road

Fred Neil Site
http://www.fredneil.com/

The Other Side Of Greenwich Village 60's Folk Scene
http://www.furious.com/perfect/folkniks.html

Another Fred Neil Site
http://www.bobdylanroots.com/neil.html

Fred Neil Discographie
http://www.wirz.de/music/neilfrm.htm


                                        Fred Neil (16 Maart, 1936 – 7 July , 2001)



Everybody's Talkin'
by Fred Neil

Everybody's talkin' at me.
I don't hear a word they're sayin',
Only the echoes of my mind.

People stoppin' starin'
I can't see the faces,
Only the shadows of their eyes.

I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Thru the pourin' rain,
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes.

Bankin' off the northeast wind,
Sailin' on a summer breeze,
Skippin' over the ocean like a stone.

Everybody's talkin' at me.
I don't hear a word they're sayin',
Only the echoes of my mind.

And I won't let you leave my love behind.