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Post by merseygull on Oct 8, 2010 18:34:15 GMT
Never had the pleasure of seeing the Floyd live...best that I could manage was a tribute band "off the wall" in southport a couple of years ago..although I understand the Australian Pink Floyd band are the best...
As for Roxy music, saw them at the Paignton festival hall shortly after Virginia plain had charted... what a gig! = the stage was all in darkness whilst "pride and the pain" played, then straight into "do the strand" with ferry spotlighted on top of one of the speaker stacks in a gold lame catsuit!!
Happy daze!!
ATB,J.
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Post by chelstongull on Oct 8, 2010 19:16:15 GMT
As for Roxy music, saw them at the Paignton festival hall shortly after Virginia plain had charted... what a gig! = the stage was all in darkness whilst "pride and the pain" played, then straight into "do the strand" with ferry spotlighted on top of one of the speaker stacks in a gold lame catsuit!! Too young to have seen them in 72!! I believe that Supertramp also played there? Managed to see Queen in 74 I think and had tickets for Mott the Hoople but it got cancelled cuz Ian H had a sore throat  |
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Post by chelstongull on Oct 8, 2010 19:23:32 GMT
One of my top 10 albums and such great memories of school days. Top ten albums, not sure what I'd include but it would have to be (I think): David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Roger Waters - Amused to Death Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back My Friends (Triple Live) Yes - Tales from the Tobographic Oceans (or Relayer, Close to the Edge) Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (or Joes Garage Acts I, II & III) The first Clash album Beatles - Help Anything by the Doors Kursaal Flyers - Golden Mile Supertramp - Breakfast in America Roxy Music - First album (or For Your Pleasure) |
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Post by merseygull on Oct 8, 2010 20:00:05 GMT
OK Since you started it:
Space Ritual Hawkwind
Whos next
Surfs up Beach Boys
Bat out of hell Meatloaf
Seconds out Genesis
Band on the run Wings
Sheer heart attack Queen
Magic in the air Lindisfarne
PULSE Pink floyd
Machine head Deep purple
Difficult!!
ATB,J.
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Post by stuartB on Oct 8, 2010 20:20:07 GMT
Night at the opera - Queen
Never mind the bollocks - Sex Pistols
Red album - The Beatles
Dark side of the moon - Pink floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd
News of the world - Queen
The works - Queen
The jazz singer - Neil Diamond
Led Zep iv - Led Zep
Sgt Pepper's - The Beatles
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Post by loyalgull on Oct 8, 2010 20:25:29 GMT
i was at that roxy gig in 1972,i think the ticket cost me 60 new pence if my memory serves me right,now you cant get a gig ticket for 60 quid
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Post by stuartB on Oct 8, 2010 20:33:31 GMT
i was at that roxy gig in 1972,i think the ticket cost me 60 new pence if my memory serves me right,now you cant get a gig ticket for 60 quid new pence!! that made me laugh ;D |
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Post by ricardo on Oct 8, 2010 21:00:42 GMT
Sadly missed out on Roxy at the Festival Theatre and also Bowie at Torquay Town Hall on the Ziggy tour but, like Phil, I did get to Queen in 74.
Mersey - the Australian Pink Floyd are now 'huge' putting on a show that nearly matches the real thing in their prime and they charge prices similar to some of today's top bands. However, I first saw them in the mid nineties when tribute bands were virtually unheard of. They played in a bar off Fleet Street in Torquay (its name escapes me). My mate invited me along and I thought with a name like The Australian Pink Floyd it was going to be a piss-take. The show was free and they set up in the corner of the bar with a few coloured lights but they blew me away with fantastic sound and immaculate versions of the Floyd classics.
Have seen them 5 or 6 times since and they never disappoint. Have seen other Floyd tribute bands too but TAPF are the best, second only to the real thing.
Now, will have to think about those Top 10 albums.....some great choices from you, Phil & Stuart but may take me a while to come up with mine. Dark Side of the Moon and Meddle will both be in there!
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Post by merseygull on Oct 8, 2010 21:01:34 GMT
Stuart, heavily influenced by Queen, Floyd and the Beatles... interesting that I would rank the first three Queen albums over your three, agree with Sgt. Pepper, Led zep iv was a one side album and IMHO, The Wall could have been condensed to two sides..Red album, yeah, like that (and the blue one) , but that's a bit of a cop-out Jazz siger, great..love the film too!
60 pence? - possibly right, but don't seem to remember many gigs costing less than a quid, even back then....
ATB,J.
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Post by longeatongull on Oct 8, 2010 21:04:39 GMT
One of my top 10 albums and such great memories of school days. Top ten albums, not sure what I'd include but it would have to be (I think): David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Roger Waters - Amused to Death Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back My Friends (Triple Live) Yes - Tales from the Tobographic Oceans (or Relayer, Close to the Edge) Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (or Joes Garage Acts I, II & III) The first Clash album Beatles - Help Anything by the Doors Kursaal Flyers - Golden Mile Supertramp - Breakfast in America Roxy Music - First album (or For Your Pleasure) thought you were more of a "Dooleys" man Chelston??? ;D |
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Post by merseygull on Oct 8, 2010 21:06:35 GMT
BTW, what was your first gig? - mine was Lindisfarne at the PAVILION (yes, they used to put bands on there!!)
ATB,J.
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Post by merseygull on Oct 8, 2010 21:07:40 GMT
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Post by stuartB on Oct 8, 2010 21:11:15 GMT
Stuart, heavily influenced by Queen, Floyd and the Beatles... interesting that I would rank the first three Queen albums over your three, agree with Sgt. Pepper, Led zep iv was a one side album and IMHO, The Wall could have been condensed to two sides..Red album, yeah, like that (and the blue one) , but that's a bit of a cop-out Jazz siger, great..love the film too! 60 pence? - possibly right, but don't seem to remember many gigs costing less than a quid, even back then.... ATB,J. yep, Queen my favourite group, followed by Beatles, Pink Floyd etc. Didn't buy alot of albums as I could not afford them. I have tons of singles from my DJ days. |
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Post by stuartB on Oct 8, 2010 21:13:14 GMT
BTW, what was your first gig? - mine was Lindisfarne at the PAVILION (yes, they used to put bands on there!!) ATB,J. white Snake - Wembley 1985. i was the driver for my mate and had a free ticket. Great White supported were crap but white snake with Cozy Powell were great |
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Post by merseygull on Oct 8, 2010 21:22:25 GMT
Stuart, DJ? - me too! - spent more nights on the road around Liverpool than I should have... nearly failed my degree as a result!! - Feb 1980 brought the whole rig and crew down from L'pool to do my brother's 18th at the Grand (without him knowing beforehand!!) Sadly had most of my records stolen, but still have about 700 singles , 200 LPs and three decks (one a Vinyl/CD combo) to play them on, together with a 200w PA system to annoy the neihbours and a light show for parties!!  ATB,J. |
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