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:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: :: :: - WHAT'S RATTLIN' ? - :: :: The Weekly Digest for Canterbury Music Addicts :: :: Issue # 46 :: :: Tuesday, March 18th, 1997 :: :: :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: neato@pipeline.com Subject: best sellers Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:20:39 -0500 [In WR#45, Jim Grainger <Jim@regneag.demon.co.uk> wrote:]>Right! Here's a challenge - does anyone know the number of copies sold>of the various "classic" Canterbury records ? What was the biggest seller? Nothing like a challenge!!... If we include Mike Oldfield via his "WholeWorld" association, then the answer is easy - "Tubular Bells"... Things becomemore difficult after that... Perhaps Wyatt's "Rock Bottom" on the strengthof his "hit" remake of I'm a Believer...or perhaps one of the Camel recordings? - Wish i could say Lol Coxhill's "Toverbal Sweet" ! haha cheers all my mistakes were once acts of genius neato@pipeline com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RAYMBEN@aol.com Subject: Ivor Cutler Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 18:46:29 -0500 (EST) Hi there! Wouldn't you consider Ivor Cutler a part of the Canterbury scene, or at leastlinked to it? I was surprised that you didn't have a link to his website anda discography... He is Chris' father, isn't he? Would you consider Mike Oldfield part of the Canterbury family-- after all,he plays on many of the others' records and virtually started VirginRecords-- as well as was an original member of the Whole World-- a Canterbury band because of Kevin Ayers' involvement? Just curious, Raymond ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: E.Roos@BURO.KUN.NL Subject: John Martyn Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 09:40:30 +0000 Hi Rattlers! [In WR 45 ALEXCARY@aol.com wrote about John Martyn:]> If you've never heard this mans voice and musical creativity which>can equally match Richard Sinclair's and Robert Wyatt's (which I find>just as good), though in a different direction, then I suggest you>sample either some of his early works or recent live compilations>which date back to the early 70's. Superb writing and singing and >parallel to most of our Canterbury music. I have never heard any music made by John Martyn. I guess more Rattlers don't. Would you like to give us some titles from CD's? What's a good place to start to 'get into' his music? Greetings! <E> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gary Davis <artshop@artist-shop.com> Subject: New Events, New Artists [excerpt] Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 01:23:36 -0500 Hello Friends: Here's some really incredible news. As many of you may know, Gongzilla is descended from the group, Pierre Moerlen's Gong, which was responsible for such incredible albums as Exresso, Expresso II, Downwind, Time is the Key,Leave It Open and more. This summer Bon Lozaga, Hansford Rowe and Benoit Moerlen are reuniting with their old comrade, Pierre Moerlen, for a tour of the States. The band will be billed as Pierre Moerlen's Gong, but the material performed will be drawn from both PM Gong and Gongzilla! If things go well, a live album may result. I was lucky enough to see this outfit perform some years ago in Cleveland and it just blew me away! If you would be interested in bringing these incredible musicians to your town, please drop me a note. Even if you don't have all the resources to promote a show yourself, drop me a note to let me know of your interest and where precisely you are located. If others from the same area contact me, I'll put you together to pool your resources. Gary ************************************************************** Gary DavisThe Artist Shop The Other Roadhttp://www.artist-shop.com OtherRoad@aol.com SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT ARTIST!!!************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Aymeric Leroy <bigbang@alpes-net.fr> Subject: Pierre Moerlen Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 8:02:08 +0000 In addition to Gary's posting above : - Pierre Moerlen is touring Japan, then Europe, with Brand X, starting late March. The line-up is apparently a trio of Goodsall, Jones and Moerlen. - Mireille Bauer told me that there was talk of Pierre joining Gong (Daevid Allen etc.) this Summer, replacing Pip Pyle who is reportedly not too keen. - Then there's this info about a PMG tour, also this Summer. Confusing... But it's great news that Pierre is back in rock'n'roll land ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARTIN WAKELING <marwak@globalnet.co.uk> Subject: WAWS Web Page Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 16:57:40 GMT Hi Aymeric I've got a WAWS page on line now with selections from back issues - plan is to put more on and a load more pictures. I'd be grateful if you could mention the site in What's Rattlin' when you have time. URL is http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~marwak/index.html Love Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HuskerDeux@aol.com Subject: Patrick Forgas Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:29:55 -0500 (EST) Looking for Patrick Forgas- "Art D'Echo" CD if someone can direct me to a distributor or dealer (I've been to Wayside as I deal direct with them, but they don't know the title). I'm interested in hearing it to look forward to the new project that I expect will be a (Canterbury readers funded project). If anyone can help me, I'm interested in hearing the guy play. ["Art D'Echo" doesn't really sound like the next album, "Roue Libre". It is essentially a solo project with Patrick singing and playing synths/electronic percussion, with guest soloing. "Roue Libre" will be instrumental and very group-based. However, there is a track on "Art D'Echo", entitled "My Trip", which is actually the entire second side of Patrick's "Cocktail" album from 1977. Just mentally erase the vocals on this track and you'll get a pretty good picture of what the new album will sound like - AL] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Julian Christou <christoj@ug1.plk.af.mil> Subject: John Martyn & John Stevens Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 14:29:25 -0700 (MST) John Martyn also contributed to John Steven's Away adding vocals to thesingle version of Annie which was an instrumental on the album. Julian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Age Rotshuizen <Age.Rotshuizen@pjmi.knaw.nl> Subject: Gong's Missing pieces Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 12:47:19 +0100 Hello everyone, The last few months I've bought almost all Gong CDs feat. Daevid Allen. I'vestarted out with the Flying Teapot this summer, just checking the guy-who- once-was-a-member-of-the-Soft-Machine & it really blew my mind. The Canterbury Discography turned out to be very handy (thanx Aymeric), but I kept on asking myself the question, why two recordings, once released on LP, were never released on CD. I'm talking about the Glastonbury Fayre songs & the Greasy Truckers live set. I know that the Henry Cow part of Greasy Truckers is available as a bonus on their 1976 Concerts album, so why isn't Gongs part never rereleased? I'm getting very curious, especially since their not playing their 'greatest hits' like Flying Teapot & You Can't Kill Me. IMHO they - i.e. the record-companies - should have released the 1977 Live Etc. album on a double CD including the two missing pieces of Gong, instead of putting the 'Doomsday' track on Angels Egg (There are two versions of Angel Egg, I bought the wrong one, i.e. without the Live Etc.-track) & releasing Live Etc. as a single CD. But I guess that's wishful thinking. Is there anyone who've heard these missing pieces of Gong & could tell me if they're worth rereleasing? Is there anyone who've seen them on one of those festivals? Or maybe anyone knows about plans of rereleasing this music. Age Rotshuizen Amsterdam, the Netherlands P.S. Thanx Martin for answering my question about Joy of a Toy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mashu@musart.co.uk (Hewins/ Hopper/ Maïtra) Subject: MUSART SEARCH ENGINE Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:02:29 GMT Hi Aymeric! MUSART now have a search facility on the site. It searches all of the 'What's Rattlin'' back issues so you can find anyone's name at the touch of a button. The button on the 'Banner bar' of the frameset is the best location to use it from. < http://www.musart.co.uk/muso1.htm > Or the page itself is at.... < http://www.musart.co.uk/ssearch.htm > Happy Hunting!! P&L>M MASHU - Mark Hewins - Shyamal Maïtra - Hugh Hopper - http://musart.co.uk/mashhp.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** FORTHCOMING CANTERBURY-RELATED CONCERTS ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [for more info : check out the 'Concerts' page of CALYX - see URL below] PIERRE BENSUSAN/DIDIER MALHERBE DUO - FRENCH TOUR Mar 21 - Plouhinec, Café de la Barre [Tel. 02 97 36 73 73] Mar 22 - Trégastel, Tout-Couleur [Tel. 02 96 23 46 26]Mar 23 - Plouhinec, Master Class, Café de la Barre [Tel. 02 97 36 73 73] OZRIC TENTACLES - UK TOUR Mar 18 - Newcastle, Riverside Mar 20 - Cambridge, The Junction Mar 21 - Egham, Royal Holloway University Mar 22 - Reading, Alleycat Live Mar 25 - Colchester, Arts Centre Mar 26 - Brighton, East Wing Centre Mar 27 - London, Astoria Mar 28 - Gloucester, Guildhall Mar 29 - Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms HUGH HOPPER BAND - FRENCH DATE[Frank van der Kooy-Patrice Meyer-Hugh Hopper-Maarten Kruiswijk] Mar 22 - Bethune (62), Le Poche BRAND X - JAPANESE TOUR [John Goodsall-Percy Jones-Pierre Moerlen] Mar 30 - Nagoya, Club Quatro Mar 31 - Osaka, Club Quatro Apr 02 - Tokyo, On Air West Apr 03 - Tokyo, Club Quatro Apr 04 - Sendai, Macana Club [a UK tour should follow around mid-April] HADOUK - FRENCH & BELGIAN DATES [Didier Malherbe/Loy Ehrlich] Apr 04 - Thumesnil (59) (France) Aug 02 - Dranouter, Folk Festival (Ypres) (Belgium) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * END OF ISSUE #46 _________________________________________________________________________WHAT'S RATTLIN' ? - WHAT'S RATTLIN' ? - WHAT'S RATTLIN' ?_________________________________________________________________________ CALYX - The Canterbury Website http://www.alpes-net.fr/~bigbang/calyx.html THE ULTIMATE ONLINE CANTERBURY DISCOGRAPHY http://www.alpes-net.fr/~bigbang/cantdisco.html WHAT'S RATTLIN' ? 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