tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post5748397694018926488..comments2024-03-27T07:51:05.367-07:00Comments on R S Crabb Presents Record World : Week In Review: H P B 45s, John Wetton R S Crabbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-25483904265598475592017-02-02T00:43:04.813-08:002017-02-02T00:43:04.813-08:00I'll pass Tad.
I sold off The Very Best Of ...I'll pass Tad. <br /><br />I sold off The Very Best Of Jethro Tull to Half Priced Books a week ago. From what I recall of Aqualung the album, I wasn't that fascinated by it. I have M.U. if I needed to hear "sitting on a park bench...." R S Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-57017065881402433782017-02-01T10:34:32.099-08:002017-02-01T10:34:32.099-08:00Hey Crabby -- You can have my copy of AQUALUNG. It...Hey Crabby -- You can have my copy of AQUALUNG. It skips during the title song, but who cares? I'm sure there must be something decent on there, on the lighter acoustic "break" songs maybe. But I don't know if I have the patience to find them. But I'll keep trying....<br />I thought U.K.'s first album was pretty good. DANGER MONEY mostly sounded pretty desperate to me, even back in '78, but there are a couple good songs on it: "Rendezvous 6:02," and "Nothing to Lose" which was an obvious try at a hit. Could have been an Asia song.<br />Thanks for the link -- I'll let you know how many of your 200 readers per day I get....<br />TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-31940527374319484722017-01-31T22:17:53.556-08:002017-01-31T22:17:53.556-08:00Hi Tad,
I'm going to leave the Trump bashings ...Hi Tad,<br />I'm going to leave the Trump bashings over to you since you do a better job of smacking him around. He's POTUS FRS.<br /><br />I don't think Wetton was in Uriah Heap long enough to make a recording. While Wetton got famous for his tenure in Asia, I think his best work was with King Crimson, particularly Starless and Bible Black and most of all Red, which remains their high water mark. Critics have never liked Asia much, they were more Prog Pop than rock anyway. U.K. I thought was more pompous than Asia, Danger Money album number 2 I didn't like when I first heard it in 1978 I am more interested in the Wishbone Ash album Number The Brave, the album that Wetton played on. I used to have his 1986 album with Phil Manzenera on Geffen with Alan White (YES) on drums but from I recall it really did sound like ASIA. <br /><br />But with Wetton's passing it all goes to show that we're all getting older each day and I'm sure we'll lose a few more folks along the way. The Story of life I gather.<br />R S Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-30703193667696523452017-01-31T10:12:27.384-08:002017-01-31T10:12:27.384-08:00Hey Crabby -- Thanks for the shout-out, and too ba...Hey Crabby -- Thanks for the shout-out, and too bad about John Wetton, the statements you collected here are testimony to the talent he had. I never liked Asia much, but the other bands he was with were all pretty great, and he helped elevate them -- King Crimson, U.K., Roxy Music, etc. Haven't heard much of his work with Family, I'll have to take another listen. Haven't heard anything he did with Uriah Heep, but.... Bob Fripp said Wetton was the best bassist of his generation. Been a bad few months for Prog musicians....<br />TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.com