[Heeplist] Some Great New Music

Fri Jun 21 16:13:06 EDT 2013

I like only the first album with John a lot, but the others have some great tracks, and his voice is always great, the live 79  is really good, but I would love to hear one from a year or two before that. Heep were always so good live I would buy pretty much any quality live archive release. DS

Shawn Mctopy <shawn.mctopy at selu.edu> wrote:

>What if *URIAH HEEP* would release an archival *'Live Album'* from the *John
>Lawton* 70's era?
>
>I would be interested in purchasing one, if such a recording were to be
>officially released.
>
>I really like the three *Albums* *John Lawton* recorded with the band. My
>favorite of the three is *'Innocent Victim*'.
>
>However, I like all three of the albums - *Good Music!*
>
>*John Lawton* has an amazingly *Powerful* singing voice. He, *Lawton*, can
>really belt out a tune*!*
>
>*Oh well* ... just an idea is all.
>
>Take Care, Everyone.
>
>Shawn -
>
>*(Louisiana)*
>
>
>On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:17 AM, Alan Keegan
><alan.keegan147 at btinternet.com>wrote:
>
>> Dave , posting the show would be great. I was lucky enough to see Spocks
>> Beard at high voltage two years ago....excellent show.
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: DAVID M SHERROD <porcupineheep at cox.net>
>> Sender: "Heeplist" <heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com>
>> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:53:37
>> To: Jay Pearson<deepheep at yahoo.com>; Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers
>>  in Time)<heeplist at travellersintime.com>
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>> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Some Great New Music
>>
>> I really like the Spocks Beard album, I think bringing Ted in really
>> helped 're energize the band. As for John Wetton I had heard that, have you
>> heard the live set Wetton did with District 97 that was on dime a while
>> back, they do 5 Wetton era King Crimson tracks and Schizoid Man, played and
>> recorded very well. If not I could post the full show or just that part of
>> it, but they are a really good prog band with Leslie Hunt who was on
>> American idol of all things. DS
>>
>> Jay Pearson <deepheep at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey Dave, I concur quite strongly on both these albums. Elefante's album
>> is my #1 album of the year so far. I'll add two more, and those are the new
>> Renaissance album (which was recorded before Michael Dunford died) and the
>> new Spocks Beard album (with Ted Leonard of Enchant singing). Both are very
>> strong and compare favorably with their best albums. Renaissance's
>> keyboardist sounds nothing like John Tout, their amazing pianist of the
>> 70s, but still sounds great.
>> >
>> > Interestingly to me, Elefante, Renaissance and Spocks Beard were all
>> fan-sponsored through Kickstarter or similar. I did both Elefante and
>> Spocks Beard (as well as a couple of others) and I think this method really
>> encourages the bands who do it to write what their hard core fan base
>> really wants to hear.
>> >
>> > PS - Did anyone know that John Wetton was once the bass player in
>> Renaissance (around 71 or 72)?! I just learned that a few weeks ago.
>> >
>> > Jay
>> > sp - Black Sabbath - 13
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: Dave Crookham <crookham at peoplepc.com>
>> >
>> > Now in the last week or 2 I've gotten 2 great CD's that will stay in my
>> > collection.
>> >
>> > The first is The Black Star Riders _All Hell Breaks Loose_ CD. I got into
>> > Thin Lizzy late. For some reason when their material came out in my
>> teens I
>> > just didn't get it. Some time in my 40's, I finally gave it another shot
>> > (mostly because of the Gary Moore connection) and fell in love with it.
>> When
>> > Scott Gorham announced they were doing new material I kept an open mind
>> but
>> > wondered what they could come up with. Now with my 50th birthday looming
>> in
>> > a couple of weeks (hard to believe I met a lot of you guys in my early
>> > 30's!), Gorham's Black Star Riders deliver an absolute gem. This CD
>> shows if
>> > nothing at all that Gorham was a huge part of the Lizzy sound. This
>> actually
>> > sounds like one of the best Thin Lizzy records period. Ricky Warwick's
>> > vocals are perfect for the group, and there is no filler here at all.
>> Next
>> > to Jailbreak, it's as good as any Lizzy record first track to last.
>> >
>> > The second is John Elefante's _On My Way To The Sun_.  The former Kansas
>> > singer works under his own name this time rather than Mastodon which he
>> > released the excellent 3 CD under 2 or 3 years ago.  If you didn't know
>> > better, at times you would think this was an Elefante fronted Kansas CD.
>> > Much of it sounds tempo wise like his Kansas work, but some of the
>> musical
>> > interludes would fit right in with Leftoverture or earlier era Kansas. In
>> > fact Rich Williams and David Ragsdale of Kansas do make appearances. As a
>> > long time Kansas fan, this is like manna from heaven. It is far superior
>> to
>> > Kansas offshoots like Native Window or Steve Walsh's solo stuff. Highly
>> > recommended for any Kansas fan. One warning: Elefante is primarily a
>> > Christian artist, and his lyrics are a bit more overtly Christian than
>> Kerry
>> > Livgren's typical Kansas lyrics. Still a must buy.
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