Pink Floyd. Wish you were here.
Think I’m safe with this one.
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Not quite the pinnacle for me, but still a damn fine album. The Carpet Crawlers is one of their great songs for sure.
Such a shame it was Gabriel’s last, and they didn’t do more as that ensemble.
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Paul McCartney - Tug Of War, playing the original mix.
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Not seen that cover, but it is a good album.
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I hadn’t seen it either, quick check with Qobuz it’s just released today.
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Greg Foat Group Dancers at the Edge of Time - any connection to the michael moorcock books??
Absolute Rubbish…
Only Joking - Number 4 in my list of Floyd albums!
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Hi Wren - it’s definitely intentional - presumably inspired by - altho I’m not familiar with the books. Clues may lie in the tracklist:
Dancers at the End of Time
The Door into Summer
The Hunt
Hygeia
The Eye of Horus
Riff for Raff
Love Theme
Rocken End
Nilotika Cutural Ensemble - Nyabingi Resurrection (Tidal)
Just discovered and I’m so loving this…
Streaming on Tidal with vinyl soon come from Bandcamp.
Check this out!
Nyabingi is one of the Mansions of Rastafari, which worships and achieves enlightenment through drumming and righteous living. The Mansion takes its name from the 18th century warrior queen Nyabingi, ruler of an east African kingdom. After being murdered in a royal dispute, a religion formed around her spirit that inspired anti-colonial revolts all over the region. Nyabingi’s followers used intense drumming to terrify the colonial authorities and their collaborators. Her spirit was said to have possessed Queen Muhumusa in the late 19th century, so feared that she was imprisoned for life and a ban on drumming was imposed by the authorities.
A century and a half later, the descendants of Nyabingi are still drumming in the same region of East Africa. One of the most notable groups are Nilotika Tugifa, aka Nilotika Cultural Ensemble, led by Jajja Kalanda. The patterns and instruments they use are the same as their Nyabingi ancestors, but they have evolved and developed their technique, notably including Caribbean sounds and styles influenced by the Mansion of Rasta that adopted their name. Like the Rastas, Nilotika’s culture embraces artistic creativity, community values and clean living as an alternative to the corruption and capitalism prevalent in mainstream Ugandan society.
Working with Switchstance Recordings, Nilotika have for the first time ever recorded an African Nyabingi drumming session at East African Records studio in Kampala, Uganda. The session was captured over two weeks, using local instruments and the full ensemble of around 15 people, including friends and family. The results are extraordinary, combining ancient rhythms, new technology, chanting, drumming, rapping and virtuoso instrumentalists.
This is a unique chapter in the history of African music. The drumming of the followers of warrior Queens Nyabingi and Muhumusa travelled with the trade winds across continents to inspire Rastas in Jamaica to revolt against slavery and neo-imperialism. Now, the musical spirit has been resurrected in its birthplace by Jajja Kalanda and the Nilotika Cultural Ensemble, newly-emboldened by the music of Rastafari to fight Babylon once again. A musical circle has been completed.
Nyabingi Resurrection was recorded in Kampala in 2019. The full album will be released digitally on 19th November 2021 and on vinyl in early 2022.
A Switchstance Recordings and East African Records co-production. see less
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Santana lll.
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It’s easier to get to the end of the Lamb than Pink Floyd’s Wall!
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Charlie Musselwhite - One Night In America.
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite - 100 Years of Blues.
Nothing very revolutionary going on here … … … two albums from Charlie and friends just breezing through some laid back, relaxed blooze … … … and very good they are too!
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It’s the US cover, I was given the CD many years ago by Nick then with The Drivers and Cutting Crew, at the time he had a close association with the The Cartoon in Croydon where I used to work. Happy Days some great bands played there.
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Vinyl… ‘Broken English’ released 1979 on Island Records.
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