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SUSTham
post Jun 24 2019, 08:00 PM, updated 5y ago

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The private FM stations these days play total junk - that's
why I don't listen to any of them.

From 1979 to 1980, RTM ran a superb channel on FM
called " Club 95 Mhz " .

Every night, around 9 to 11 pm - I hardly missed a single
broadcast - they featured live concerts by classy groups
like Budgie, Iron Butterfly, Firefall, Supertramp, Journey
and Wishbone Ash.

That's when I was introduced to John Miles.

When they played the live version of "Overture" one night,
I quickly ran out, looked high and low, then bought his
"Zaragon" album.

I'd really like to hear one of you play the solo here. You don't
come across such classic rock solos from the crappy artistes
like Justin Beiber, etc these days.

Note that he used the classic Moog synthesizer just before
the solo. I was told that you can't get this type of sound on
the other analog synthesizers like Roland's Jupiter 8, let alone
the digital ones these days.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b9XuEQU0Ok


When I uploaded this and the other numbers from "Zaragon",
I didn't even know that Miles has a large following in Argentina.


This was the live version played on Club 95.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9031O2U-jRA


Another live one sent by an English friend, John Webster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez-LDrz2QGE



This post has been edited by Tham: Jun 25 2019, 04:16 PM
Ramin
post Jun 24 2019, 08:30 PM

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The good ol' days, eh?

I was listening to the lyrics, and its narrative style... I could imagine Tenacious D singing it.

The guitar solo was alright, albeit a little too noodly for my liking to be honest.
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post Jun 25 2019, 06:02 PM

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I guess WOWfm was the "Club 95" of my times.

Never heard of John Miles but from the track it's an interesting piece of music. I dig the solos. The early days adventurous stuff is always thumbup.gif

actually its kinda sad that, there are still plenty of good music out there, but overshadowed by the mainstream crap and probably not getting any helpful support.
SUSTham
post Jul 31 2019, 08:07 PM

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QUOTE(quarantined @ Jun 25 2019, 10:02 AM)
I guess WOWfm was the "Club 95" of my times.

Never heard of John Miles but from the track it's an interesting piece of music. I dig the solos. The early days adventurous stuff is always thumbup.gif

actually its kinda sad that, there are still plenty of good music out there, but overshadowed by the mainstream crap and probably not getting any helpful support.
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John Miles worked with Alan Parsons and sang
on two of his albums, his first, "Tales of Mystery and
Imagination" and third, "Pyramid" .

Alan Parsons was the sound engineer on Pink Floyd's
"Dark Side of the Moon".



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft3my-LVc-Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-soi5LSdg


If you are familiar with The Alan Parsons Project, they
are actually a duo - Alan Parsons himself and the late
Eric Woolfson. The vocalists and musicians on all of
their albums as well as live performances are sessionists.



In my opinion and that of many of his fans worldwide, Alan Parson's best album
is his second in 1977, " I Robot", and that was when I was introduced to his music
when I recorded it on cassette in 1978.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Robot_%28album%29


You don't find such innovative music/progressive rock,
way ahead of its time, these days.

The kids these days only listen to junk like Justin Bieber and Kelly Clarkson.


"Some Other Time" from that album is my all-time
favourite. The guitarist is Ian Bairnson. I wrote to him some years ago,
and he said he used an Ibanez Musician with the pickup covers taken off
on the solo here.

If you listen carefully, there are actually two vocalists.
The first is a man, Peter Straker, followed by a woman,
Jaki Whitren.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVVzZIBBOAU


From the same album.


" I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You "

The vocalist is Lenny Zakatek.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Zakatek


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONoi86Zyj3k



" Breakdown "

The vocalist is Allan Clarke (The Hollies).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBTOC3Mfpk



" Don't Let It Show "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCFqLPwEDU4




The full album . Side Two is mainly instrumental and somewhat disappointing though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lgsCe-fLG4&t=51s




" Alan Parsons Project’s sci-fi rock triumph " I Robot" still asks prescient questions. "


http://somethingelsereviews.com/2015/06/29...roject-i-robot/



This post has been edited by Tham: Jul 31 2019, 08:17 PM
mgis
post Jul 31 2019, 08:11 PM

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i listen to 90.5 for 80s music. see if any channel suit your fancy.
https://radiosingapore.org/
SUSTham
post Aug 2 2019, 03:40 AM

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" How to play "I woudn't Want To Be Like You".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOycUseS7mA





SUSTham
post Aug 4 2019, 04:08 PM

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QUOTE(mgis @ Jul 31 2019, 12:11 PM)
i listen to 90.5 for 80s music. see if any channel suit your fancy.
https://radiosingapore.org/
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Yes, there are quite a number of online radio
stations playing the 80s these days.


https://www.internet-radio.com/stations/80s/

https://www.radio.net/genre/80s

https://www.hit-tuner.net/en/genre/80s.html


http://xs80s.com/


http://www.radioline.co/listen-to-absolute-80s


http://www.my-radios.com/cs/radio/live/207...-Best-Net-Radio



https://www.accuradio.com/eighties/


https://www.slacker.com/station/80s-hits


https://absoluteradio.co.uk/80s/


https://www.iheart.com/live/iheart80s-radio-5060/


http://themixradio.co.uk/80s/


https://planetradio.co.uk/absolute-80s/


https://www.heart.co.uk/80s/


http://star1079.com/


http://www.radio-canada-online.com/radio/80s-90s-154





 

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