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Brian Godding
Brian Godding (born 19 August 1945, Monmouth, South Wales) is a pop, rock and jazz rock guitarist. Reviews Regarding his 1988 solo album ''Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue'', Dave Wayne in the ''New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock'', said: Reviewing the same album for the ''Dorset Echo'', Marco Rossi said: He was featured in 'Crossing Bridges', a 1983 music programme based around jazz guitar improvisation, and broadcast by Channel 4 Discography As leader * ''Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue'' (Reckless Records: RECK16, 1988) As sideman With Mike Westbrook *'' The Cortège'' (Original Records, 1982) *''On Duke's Birthday'' (Hat ART, 1985) *''Pierides'' (Jazzprint, 1986) *''The Dance Band'' (Core, 1987) *''London Bridge Is Broken Down'' (Virgin Venture, 1988) With Kevin Coyne *''Bursting Bubbles'' (Virgin Records, 1980) *''Sanity Stomp'' (Virgin Records, 1980) *''Pointing the Finger'' (Cherry Red Records, 1981) With Centipede *''Septober Energy'', (Neon: NE 9, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monmouth
Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. It is within the Monmouthshire local authority, and the parliamentary constituency of Monmouth. The population in the 2011 census was 10,508, rising from 8,877 in 2001. Monmouth is the historic county town of Monmouthshire although Abergavenny is now the county town. The town was the site of a small Roman fort, Blestium, and became established after the Normans built Monmouth Castle . The medieval stone gated bridge is the only one of its type remaining in Britain. The castle later came into the possession of the House of Lancaster, and was the birthplace of King Henry V in 1386. In 1536, it became the county town of Monmouthshire. A market town and a focus of educational and cultural activities for the surrounding rural area, Monmouth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist and composer. Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respect to melody and harmony. His music incorporates a vast array of complex chord progressions, often using unusual chord shapes in an abstract way based on his understanding of "chord scales", and intricate improvised solos, frequently across shifting tonal centres. He used myriad scale forms often derived from those such as the Lydian, diminished, harmonic major, augmented, whole tone, chromatic and altered scales, among others, often resulting in an unpredictable and dissonant " outside" sound. His unique legato soloing technique stemmed from his original desire to play the saxophone. Unable to afford one, he strove to use the guitar to create similarly smooth lines of notes. He also became associated with playing an early form of gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertigo Records
Vertigo Records is a record company with United Kingdom origins. It was a subsidiary of the Philips/Phonogram record label, launched in 1969 to specialise in progressive rock and other non-mainstream musical styles. Today, it is operated by Universal Music Germany, and the UK catalogue was folded into Mercury Records, which was absorbed in 2013 by Virgin EMI Records, which returned to the EMI Records name in June 2020. History Vertigo was the brainchild of Olav Wyper when he was Creative Director at Phonogram. It was launched as a competitor to labels such as Harvest (a prog subsidiary of EMI) and Deram (Decca). It was the home to bands such as Colosseum, Jade Warrior, Affinity, Ben and other bands from 'the "cutting edge" of the early-'70s British prog-folk-post-psych circuit'. The first Vertigo releases came with a black and white spiral label, which was replaced with Roger Dean's spaceship design in 1973. Vertigo later became the European home to various hard rock band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köhntarkösz
''Köhntarkösz'' is the fifth studio album by French band Magma, released on 10 September 1974. The title piece of the album forms a section of the ''Köhntarkösz'' cycle. Although first in order of release, it has now been formulated as the second part in a trilogy consisting of '' K.A. (Köhntarkösz Anteria)'', ''Köhntarkösz'', and '' Ëmëhntëhtt-Rê''. "Coltrane Sündia" (translation: "Coltrane Rest in Peace") is an elegy for John Coltrane. Track listing ;Side one # "Köhntarkösz (Part I)" ( Christian Vander) – 15:22 # "Ork Alarm" (Jannick Top) – 5:28 ;Side two # "Köhntarkösz (Part II)" (C. Vander) – 15:55 # "Coltrane Sündïa" (C. Vander) – 4:11 Personnel ;Musicians * Klaus Blasquiz – vocals, percussion * Stella Vander – vocals * Gerard Bikialo – pianos, Yamaha organ * Michel Graillier – pianos, clavinet * Brian Godding Brian Godding (born 19 August 1945, Monmouth, South Wales) is a pop, rock and jazz rock guitarist. Reviews Regarding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Septober Energy
''Septober Energy'' is the only album of the jazz/progressive rock big band Centipede. Produced by Robert Fripp under the musical direction of Keith Tippett, it was originally released 1971 in the UK as a double LP, and 1974 in the US with a different cover. The album was recorded at Wessex Studios, London during three days in June 1971. The album is a four-part suite consisting of four tracks of about 20 minutes each. A remastered CD release (from the original master tapes), using the USA cover, was released in 2000 by BGO. All previous authorized CD releases (on the What Next? and Disconforme labels) were mastered from vinyl sources. ''Septober Energy - Part 4'' is based on the instrumental track ''Green and Orange Night Park'' that was part of The Keith Tippett Group's 1970 album ''Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening''. Another version, titled ''Septober Energy'' and including vocals, can be found on the album '' The Bristol Concert'' by Mujician and The Georgian E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry Red Records
Cherry Red Records is a British independent record label founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys, Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt, among others, as well as the compilation album ''Pillows & Prayers''. In addition to releasing new music, Cherry Red also acts as an umbrella for individual imprints and catalogue specialists. Cherry Red was listed by ''Music Week'' as one of the UK's top ten record companies in Q1 2015 for sales of artist albums. History Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company (similarly named after the song "Cherry Red" by The Groundhogs) founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens. In the wake of the independent record boom that followed the advent of punk rock, founders Iain McNay (who remains company chairman) and Richard Jones released the label's first single, "Bad Hearts" by punk band The Tights in June 1978. Cherry Red's early rost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pointing The Finger
''Pointing the Finger'' is a studio album by the rock artist Kevin Coyne, released in 1981. Critical reception ''The Globe and Mail'' wrote that "Coyne, like Van Morrison, can be repetitious and his emotional range seems limited at times—but, when it comes to anguish, he has few peers." The album was described by Mark Cordery of the ''New Musical Express'': :"''The themes of this LP are generally the hoary old ones of 'Alienation'; the difficulty (and in many cases the tacitly accepted impossibility) of communication, and the insubstantiality and hence inadequacy of 'Religion'. Dealt with here in the 'soul-baring' 60's singer-songwriter style; mostly stripped of imagery, and completely of metaphor, it's a bleak but uncompelling vision. Not to say a narrow one.''" The title track dates from 1977 and Coyne's musical "England, England", and is described by him on the sleeve notes as covering "some of my ambivalent feelings about England and its vanished Empire."''Pointing the Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanity Stomp
''Sanity Stomp'' is a double studio album by British rock artist Kevin Coyne which was released in 1980 by Virgin Records. Background Of this album Coyne himself said: I was quite ill when I made that record, as a matter of fact; I was quite mad, basically. That's why it's called ''Sanity Stomp''.... That's a record I made when I was clinically ninety-five per cent nuts, and the themes are rather odd, but somehow it comes out as sounding all right. Reception Writing for AllMusic, Dave Thompson said: "If ''Bursting Bubbles'' saw Kevin Coyne pursue the joys of anti-production to its logical conclusion, ''Sanity Stomp'' -- his second new album in less than a year -- caught him furiously flinging himself back into the fray, at least in part.... few albums have been so aptly titled. Disk 1 Track listing # "Fat Man" # "The Monkey Man" # "How Strange" # "Somewhere In My Mind" # "When (See You Again?)" # "Taking On The World" # "No Romance" # "Too Dark (One for the Hero)" # "A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman. It grew to be a worldwide success over time, with the success of platinum performers Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, Devo, Tangerine Dream, Genesis, Phil Collins, OMD, the Human League, Culture Club, Simple Minds, Lenny Kravitz, the Sex Pistols, and Mike Oldfield among others, meaning that by the time it was sold, it was regarded as a major label, alongside other large international independents such as A&M and Island Records. Virgin Records was sold to EMI in 1992. EMI was in turn taken over by Universal Music Group (UMG) in 2012 with UMG creating the Virgin EMI Records division. The Virgin Records name continues to be used by UMG in certain markets such as Germany and Japan. Virgin Records America Virgin Records America, Inc. was the company's North American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bursting Bubbles
''Bursting Bubbles'' is a studio album by the British rock musician Kevin Coyne, with Dagmar Krause, which was released in 1980. Colin Larkin in the 2011 edition of his ''Encyclopedia of Popular Music,'' gives the album three stars. The album was described by Penny Kiley of ''Melody Maker'' as follows: :''"These are personal songs from people you'd rather not be. Sympathise at your peril. You can try to avoid the messages. The music is interesting and quite accessible. Often it's only the voice that hurts, while the music can be attractively rhythmic (anguish you can dance to) or even gentle. The music seems oblivious to the pain, yet it fits."'' Coyne would later perform "Children's Crusade" as part of his concert, on 6 October 1982, at the Tempodrom, celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, the event captured in the German film ''The Last Wall'' directed by Diethard Küster. The album was re-released in 1991 and Q Magazine described it as "in the spirit of the Peel sessions". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Duke's Birthday
''On Duke's Birthday'' is a live album by the Mike Westbrook Orchestra performing a five song suite dedicated to the memory of Duke Ellington which was recorded in France in 1984 and released on the Hat Hut label in 1985.Mike Westbrook discography accessed October 27, 2014 The suite was commissioned by two festivals, Le Temps du Jazz and Jazz en France-Angouleme, to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Ellington.Nicholson, S. Mike Westbrook: England's Dreamer '''', May 2005 Rece ...
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The Cortège (album)
''The Cortège'' is an album by the Mike Westbrook Orchestra, performing a composition for jazz orchestra composed by Westbrook with texts from Federico Garcia Lorca, Arthur Rimbaud, Hermann Hesse, William Blake, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, John Clare, Pentti Saarikoski, and other European poetry, which was recorded in 1982 and first released as a triple LP on the Original label and reissued as a double CD on Enja in 1993 and 2011.Mike Westbrook discography: album details accessed July 17, 2018 Reception The review by Dave Lynch called it "an often stunning work of massive scope and an indisputable highlight of Westbrook's career" and stat ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
