Tonight, a mini-spotlight on the German Second Battle label, a callback to the last show tonight, a callback to the last show two weeks ago, and a classic track. Who could ask for anything more?
| Let us begin with some songs with words. |
| SheSpider Mew - Frengers - Sony |
| The Ballad of El Goodo Big Star - #1 Record - Ardent |
| Intervention Arcade Fire - Neon Bible - Merge 
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| Continuing with a couple more Canadian recordings that sound a *bit* different. |
| Linear Projection in a Jump Cut World Tim Brady - Strange Attractors - Justin Time
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| Titan Miriodor - Cobra Fakir - Cuneiform
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| Second Battle
* Carol of Harvest came out 1978, was a majorly hyped rarity, reissued in 2001 with bonus tracks. Deserves a lot of the hype. * Ikarus mixed together some early prog and jazz-rock elements. Adding to the guitar-and-organ interplay is a healthy woodwind presence. * 2066 and Then was another mega-rarity, the CD reissue is actually taken from different master-type recordings from the same period because the original masters were lost. It's a shame these guys never covered "American Woman" * Tomorrow's Gift released two albums before morphing into the Release Music Orchestra. Some wild flute on this one. |
| Put on your Nightcap Carol of Harvest - Carol of Harvest - Second Battle |
| Mesentery Ikarus - Ikarus - Second Battle |
| At My Home Twenty Sixty Six and Then - Reflections! - Second Battle |
| How You Want To Live Tomorrow's Gift - Tomorrow's Gift - Second Battle |
| Continuing the tribute of the last hour, a track featuring Charlie Haden, appearing on Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda (which I also played two shows ago). Following this a call back to last week, with another track from Charles Hayward's Camberwell Now. |
| Isis and Osiris Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchinanda - Impulse! |
| Speculative Fiction Camberwell Now - All's Well - Recommended |
| A classic track by Peter Hammill's Van der Graaf Generator, with a guest spot by King Crimson's Robert Fripp, and then some atmospheric close-out music. |
| A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts - Charisma |
| Blown a Wish My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - Sire |
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