Chalkhills Digest Volume 1, Issue 147
Date: Tuesday, 9 April 1991
Chalkhills, Number 147
Tuesday, 9 April 1991
Today's Topics:
those skylarking musicians?
Look Look / Studiosongs 1-11
Dukes
RE: Chalkhills #146
Dave Mattaxtc
Re: Chalkhills #146
Re: Drummers
Re: B-2 Unit
Re: Chalkhills #146
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 5 Apr 91 20:21:42 PST From: 6600kevc%ucsbuxa@hub.ucsb.edu (Kevin Carhart) Subject: those skylarking musicians? Does anyone have any information or knowledge about the musicians on Skylarking, or the multitudes of thanked people? I have just asked the t0dd list about Mingo Lewis and prairie prince from the tubes. I am especially curious about the Beech Avenue Boys. Do they have albums of their own? Or any other individual performers who really added to the style of Skylarking? Kevin
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 6 Apr 91 01:02:24 -0700 From: cmd@mvaxcs1.cse.nau.edu (Chris Donnell) Subject: Look Look / Studiosongs 1-11 I just got the XTC videotape. Pretty good. A little pricy (38 bucks) but all in all enjoyable. Favourite videos This Is Pop, Towers Of London, Respectable Street and Senses Working Overtime. The rest are a little cheap looking.. And Andy looks like he could have made a pretty good "Joker" in Batman (Making Plans For Nigel video) My least favourites are Making Plans For Nigel and Life Begins At The Hop (i didn't like Andy in Nigel and too many Babes in hop...) Towers is a pretty slick looking video... chris donnell (I also bought Black Sea, only listened to half of it so far, not too sure.. havent really been paying attention to it... it's weird hearing longer vers. of songs I'd heard before (on Compact XTC, which I've had a while)..)
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 8 Apr 91 10:14:44 CDT From: rhb9805@usl.edu (Bird Rendell H) Subject: Dukes Hey Folks! I was in New Orleans the other weekend (at Tower Records to be precise) and I found a copy of the Duke's CD for $11.99. I had not read that it was being released with all the other XTC albums but it has a big Geffen label on the back. Has anyone else seen it at their local CD stores? Rendell p.s. The Dukes are definately an acquired taste; but so was XTC in the beginning. I heartily encourage anyone with an open mind to get a copy.
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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 91 12:40:01 EST
From: SC00@ns.cc.lehigh.edu (Stefano Carra)
Subject: RE: Chalkhills #146
Toby writes
>>-producers Lillywhite & Padgham have temporarily lured away
to work with Genesis...
I can't believe Lillywhite is going to work with Phil Collins & C.
Besides XTC, Lillywhite produced some of the best albums of the
eighties; I'm certainly disappointed too see that XTC have to stop
their work, but I'm also kind of curious to see what it will come out
>from the new Genesis.. (to me is a little bit like Jonathan Demme-
Silence of the Lambs- directing the new Rocky). But I am even more
curious to know what reasons pushed XTC to go back to their old
producer.
Stefano
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 9 Apr 91 15:38:33 EDT From: Mike Godfrey <migod@csri.toronto.edu> Subject: Dave Mattaxtc toby <toby@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk> writes: > - drummer for new album is Dave Mattacks For those who don't know, Dave Mattacks has been the drummer of Fairport Convention since roughly 1970 (with a break or two). FC is the band that can be said to have invented British folk-rock. He's a wee whisp of a fellow but a rilly triffic drummer, much in demand for sessions. He's played with more people than I could possibly mention or remember (Richard Thompson, Albion Band, the Proclaimers, Kate & Anna McGarrigle). I look forward to this one.
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Date: Tue, 09 Apr 91 16:18:19 EDT
From: Mark Hessman <ST601287@brownvm.brown.edu>
Subject: Re: Chalkhills #146
Dave Mattacks drums on the new (forthcoming) album? Great! For
those who don't know, he's a longtime member of the English rock/folk
band Fairport Convention (which, by the way, have a new album out and
seem to be doing some touring... can't remember if Mattacks is still
part of the band, though).
-- Mark
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1991 16:48:38 PDT From: John M. Relph <relph@presto.ig.com> Subject: Re: Drummers Paul Arthur <paular@eng.sun.com> says: >I just picked up the Black Sea CD (it's playing as I type this) and am >looking to expand my collection of XTC stuff. Get _The Big Express_. >Since the subject of drummers has been brought up, can someone post a >list of drummers that have worked with XTC, and what albums they >played on? Also, does XTC have a high turnover rate in drummers, or is >it my immagination? We all know why Spinal Tap has this problem ;-) >but I am unsure what the problem is with XTC. Terry Chambers was the drummer for XTC from time immemorial (that is, before the band took the name XTC) until the album _Mummer_ was being recorded. He drummed on "Beating of Hearts" and "Wonderland". Peter Phipps drummed on the remainder of the songs on _Mummer_, and he drummed on _The Big Express_ as well. Prairie Prince (drummer extraordinaire with The Tubes) was featured on XTC's next album, _Skylarking_. And on _Oranges and Lemons_, the sticks were handled by Pat Mastellotto, from Mr. Mister. The Dukes of Stratosphear featured Dave Gregory's brother Ian on the drum kit. > Also, does XTC have a high turnover rate in drummers, or is >it my immagination? We all know why Spinal Tap has this problem ;-) >but I am unsure what the problem is with XTC. Actually, once Terry Chambers left XTC, the remaining trio decided not to bring a new drummer on board to replace him. After all, a drummer is only active when recording or touring, and since they don't do the latter at all and only do the former infrequently, a drummer would get bored. Just as Terry did. So instead they have hired drummers just for the album recording sessions. -- John
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1991 16:53:20 PDT From: John M. Relph <relph@presto.ig.com> Subject: Re: B-2 Unit Ben Zimmer <ZIMBENG@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu> reports: >Also, I just recently picked up a copy of Sakamoto's "B-2 Unit." Very strange >stuff. Andy's is first in the list of musicians on it, but I really can't >hear much of his influence on it. The discography says he contributes guitar >and vocals, but damned if I can much of either. Actually, I believe the discography says Andy contributes guitar only. In fact, Riuichi Sakamoto mixed out most of Andy's contributions, so they are very faint to inaudible. I have a tape of Andy's demo version of one of the tracks and his guitar is right in the foreground, but Mssr Sakamoto didn't like it I suppose. -- John
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1991 17:01:03 PDT
From: John M. Relph <relph@presto.ig.com>
Subject: Re: Chalkhills #146
Stefano Carra <SC00@ns.cc.lehigh.edu> says hello, and asks:
> a friend told me that couple of weeks ago
>a radio in DC broadcasted a long program with rare songs, interviews
>and so: did anybody of you listen to it?
I believe there was a report in Issue no. 123.
. . .
toby <toby@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk> brings us up to date:
> - AP is still putting music to Peter Blegvad's poetry
Great! I really enjoy most of Peter Blegvad's music, and his lyrics
are especially good. He's a gifted storyteller.
> - 3rd XTC convention will be in Ontario on 7 Sept 1991
Yes! I'll be there. I hope.
> - (one for the discog). Paul tells me there was a 99p 4 track
> lim ed sampler CD released last week with Sgt Rock on it,
> to launch Virgin's mid-price series (includes Skylarking).
That wasn't this little item, was it?
78. Virgin Value 9
limited edition sampler compilation CD-3 includes XTC: Sgt. Rock (is Going
to Help Me) (different fade). number 9 in a series of 10.
a. CD-3, Virgin UK, VVCS 9, April? 1990.
If it's a different CD sampler, please let me know, otherwise it's
been available for almost a year.
-- John
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