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“Look At The Moon!” Saw Bowie Curating His Live Set With A Crack Team [pt. 2]
[…continued from last post] Disc one ended with a lovely take on “Under Pressure” with sparkling piano from Mike Garson in addition to Gail Ann Dorsey’s duet vocals with David Bowie being a particular calling card in this period of … Continue reading
Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, Live Music, Record Review
Tagged 1997, 2021, David Bowie, limited edition, live album
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“Look At The Moon!” Saw Bowie Curating His Live Set With A Crack Team [pt. 1]
“Look At The Moon! [Live Phoenix Festival ’97]” was a snapshot of the very next tour David Bowie undertook for the “Earthling” album of 1997. The same band as the 1995 “Outside” tour were here, though Carlos Alomar, George Simms, … Continue reading
Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, Live Music, Record Review
Tagged 1997, 2021, David Bowie, limited edition, live album
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The Night Of The Proms: Middlebrow Eurokitsch?…Or The Final Frontier Of Your Obsessive Collection?
It was during the medium-high internet record collecting years around the turn of the century, that I became aware of a European phenomenon called “The Night Of The Proms.” This was begun in 1985 in Belgium by two students and … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, Your Prog Roots Are Showing
Tagged 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Alphaville, Bryan Ferry, Grace Jones, Heaven 17, Joe Jackson, Kid Creole + The Coconuts, Martin Fry, Midge Ure, OMD, Simple Minds, Tears For Fears
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Billy MacKenzie Fandom In The Aftermath: It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst of Times [part 5]
Part 5: Death As A Career Move… The next seven or eight years following Billy’s death saw all manner of his recordings get a release from various labels and concerns. While MacKenzie was gone and would no longer create music … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s
Tagged 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, Alan Rankine, Associates, BillyMacKenzie
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Billy MacKenzie: The Posthumous Era [part 4]
Part 4: The Aftermath… Billy’s mother Lily had died the previous summer and the already mercurial singer was capable of wild mood swings as his attitude to his singing career had already showed. On January 22nd, 1997, he went into … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, obituary, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s
Tagged 1997, Associates, Billy Mackenzie
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Billy MacKenzie Has Been Gone For 25 Years Now… [part 1]
Part 1: My STUPID YEARS… Where does the time go? It feels like he just died last month. I can remember the awful pit in my stomach when I discovered, somehow, on the internet [which in 1997, I only had … Continue reading
Posted in Assorted Images, Bowie, Core Collection, obituary, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1997, BillyMacKenzie, obituary
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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 20]
[…continued from last post] The first Dr. Robert solo album was produced by the artist and licensed to a number of labels for worldwide release in 1994. “Realms Of Gold” was a portrait of an artist coming to grips with … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, Dr. Robert, P.P. Arnold, Solo Album
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