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Robert Kirby (agent)
Robert Kirby (16 April 1948 – 3 October 2009) was an English arranger of string sections for rock and folk music. He was best known for his work on the Nick Drake albums, ''Five Leaves Left'' and ''Bryter Layter'', but also worked with Vashti Bunyan, Elton John, Ralph McTell, Strawbs, Paul Weller and Elvis Costello. Early life Robert Kirby was born on 16 April 1948 in Bishop's Storford, Hertfordshire, into a working class family. He won a scholarship to Bishop's Stortford College, an independent school in Hertfordshire, and then went on to study at Caius College, Cambridge, with the intention of becoming a music teacher. Cambridge University Kirby started at Cambridge in October 1967, as a choral exhibitioner, singing in Caius chapel six days a week. He went on to perform with a choral group called The Gentle Power of Song, who recorded a single and two albums for Polydor. His tutor once told him that his compositions sounded like a breakfast cereal commercial. This w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, north-east of central London, and by rail from Liverpool Street station. Stortford had an estimated population of 41,088 in 2020. The district of East Hertfordshire, where the town is located, has been ranked as the best place to live in the UK by the Halifax Quality of Life annual survey in 2020. The town is commonly known as “Stortford” by locals. History Etymology The origins of the town's name are uncertain. One possibility is that the Saxon settlement derives its name from 'Steorta's ford' or 'tail ford', in the sense of a 'tail', or tongue, of land. The town became known as Bishop's Stortford due to the acquisition in 1060 by the Bishop of London. The River Stort is named after the town, and not the town after the river. When cartographers visited the town in the 16th century, they reasoned that the town must have been nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The newspaper was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to the Russian oligarch and former KGB Officer Alexander Lebedev in 2010. In 2017, Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel bought a 30% stake in it. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. The website and mobile app had a combined monthly reach of 19,826,000 in 2021. History 1986 to 1990 Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330 It was produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning For You
''Burning for You'' is the eleventh studio album by English band Strawbs, with cover art by Patrick Woodroffe. Recording The producer of the album Jeffrey Lesser was, according to songwriter/singer Dave Cousins, "...a great engineer but didn't understand the dynamics of the band". The album was intended to be the final one by the band but Cousins was persuaded to carry on when he met with Clive Davis of Arista Records. The final track here "Goodbye" was meant to be his final word on his career leading the band.Cousins, David "Deadlines" CD production notes, Witchworks Media, 2007 Track listing Side one #"Burning for Me" (Dave Cousins, John Mealing) – 4:01 #"Cut Like a Diamond" (Cousins, Chas Cronk) – 3:44 #"I Feel Your Loving Coming On" ( Dave Lambert) – 2:56 #"Barcarole (For the Death of Venice)" (Cousins, Cronk) – 3:25 #"Alexander the Great" (Cousins, Lambert) – 3:59 Side two #"Keep on Trying" (Cousins, Cronk) – 3:15 #"Back in the Old Routine" (Cousins, Cronk, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadlines (Strawbs Album)
''Deadlines'' is the twelfth studio album by English band Strawbs. Production Signed to Arista Records by his management team, Dave Cousins was persuaded by label head Clive Davis to record a new Strawbs album. Cousins had intended "Burning For You" to be the last album by the band. Cousins management also insisted that the band work with producer Jeffrey Lesser despite the fact that Cousins felt that Lesser didn't "understand the dynamics" of the band. Spending a night out with Davis, Cousins was charmed by the label head and, despite his misgivings, returned to the studio to make the band's final album of the 1970s. Lesser insisted that guitarist/singer Dave Lambert be the lead singer for the album.David Cousins. Sleeve notes expanded "Deadlines", 2012 Witchwork Media Working in a studio in Dublin, Ireland in a studio owned by film composer Phillip Green. After initial recording the band and producer took the tapes to Air Studios to complete overdubbing on the 24 track tapes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Cuts (Strawbs Album)
''Deep Cuts'' is the tenth studio album by English band Strawbs. Track listing Side one #"I Only Want My Love to Grow in You" (Dave Cousins, Chas Cronk) – 3:00 #"Turn Me Round" (Cousins, Cronk) – 3:42 #"Hard Hard Winter" (Cousins, Robert Kirby) – 2:54 #"My Friend Peter" (Cousins, Cronk) – 2:15 #"The Soldier's Tale" (Cousins, Cronk) – 4:15 Side two #"Simple Visions" (Cousins, Cronk) – 4:40 #" Charmer" (Cousins, Cronk) – 3:13 #"Wasting my Time (Thinking of You)" (Cousins, Cronk) – 2:27 #"Beside the Rio Grande" (Cousins) – 4:18 #"So Close and Yet So Far Away" (Cousins) – 2:59 Bonus track - Japanese re-issue CD #"You Won't See the Light" ( Dave Lambert) Personnel *Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar * Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar *Rod Coombes – backing vocals, drums, percussion ;Additional personnel *Robert Kirby – backi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wood (record Producer)
John Wood is an English sound engineer and producer, best known for his work with Fairport Convention, John Martyn, Cat Stevens, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, the Incredible String Band, Pink Floyd, Nico and Squeeze. Career After first working for Decca recording studios Wood honed his skills at London-based Levy Sound and Oriole studios before he and Geoff Frost opened Sound Techniques during the winter of 1964. The studios were housed within a converted dairy in Old Church Street, Chelsea, and soon went on to become one of the country's first independent professional music recording studios. In 1966, he met Joe Boyd Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American record producer and writer. He formerly owned Hannibal Records. Boyd has worked on recordings of Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Ba ..., who worked with him closely. The two formed a partnership, whereby Wood tended to the record's sound, while Boyd lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Man
"River Man" is the second listed song from Nick Drake's 1969 album ''Five Leaves Left''. According to Drake's manager, Joe Boyd, Drake thought of the song as the centrepiece of the album. In 2004 the song was remastered and released as a 7" vinyl and as enhanced CD single including a video to the song by Tim Pope. Musical structure and lyrics The song is in a 5/4 time signature and is one of the few songs Drake wrote to be played in standard tuning. The string arrangement was composed by Harry Robertson (aka Harry Robinson), after Drake's friend Robert Kirby felt he couldn't compose it alone, although he did most of the arrangements on ''Five Leaves Left''. Drake did not reveal the identity of the 'Betty' character in the lyrics, although Trevor Dann speculated that she may have been drawn from Betty Foy, a character in Wordsworth's " The Idiot Boy", a poem Drake had studied while attending Cambridge.Dann, Trevor. ''Darker than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Robinson (musician)
Henry MacLeod Robertson (19 November 1932 – 17 January 1996), often credited as Harry Robinson, was a Scottish musician, bandleader, music director and composer. He worked as a musical director on British television shows in the 1950s and 1960s, and also arranged for theatre shows and films, notably those of the Hammer production company. Early life He was the son of Henry Robertson of Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. He learned piano, but then determined to become an archaeologist, studying the subject at university before giving up his academic studies because of his poor health, and becoming a music teacher in London. Career He started working occasionally as an arranger for Decca Records, before becoming the musical director for Tommy Steele. He explained that in the late 1950s he began using the name Robinson, as well as Robertson, in his professional activities:" It was whilst working at Decca that I had to change my name. This was because the cheque that they paid m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Anthony Hewson
Richard Anthony Hewson (born 17 November 1943) is an English producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist, who created the studio group RAH Band. Career Hewson began in the late 1960s as an arranger, and has worked with musicians such as the Beatles ("I Me Mine" and "The Long and Winding Road"), the Bee Gees (''Melody''), James Taylor ("Carolina in My Mind"), Herbie Hancock, Clifford T. Ward, Supertramp, Pilot (''Pilot''), Diana Ross, Carly Simon, Art Garfunkel, Leo Sayer, Paul McCartney (''Thrillington''), Mary Hopkin ("Those Were The Days"), Al Stewart, Chris de Burgh, Fleetwood Mac and Chris Rea. He also arranged strings on several Cliff Richard albums, '' I'm Nearly Famous'' (1976),Three songs were arranged by Richard Hewson on the ''I'm Nearly Famous'' album: "Lovers", "Such is the Mystery", "If You Walked Away" - ''Every Face Tells a Story'' (1977) and '' Green Light'' (1978). Hewson also worked with the British band Jigsaw, including arrangements for their h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Boyd
Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American record producer and writer. He formerly owned Hannibal Records. Boyd has worked on recordings of Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, R.E.M., Vashti Bunyan, John and Beverley Martyn, Maria Muldaur, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Billy Bragg, James Booker, 10,000 Maniacs, and Muzsikás.Boyd, Joe, ''White Bicycles – Making Music in the 1960s'', Serpent's Tail, 2006. Life and career Boyd was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. He attended Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut. He first became involved in music promoting blues artists while a student at Harvard University. After graduating, Boyd worked as a production and tour manager for music impresario George Wein, which took Boyd to Europe to organise concerts with Muddy Waters, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Boyd was responsible for the sound at the 1965 Newport Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomaso Albinoni
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. His output includes operas, concertos, sonatas for one to six instruments, sinfonias, and solo cantatas. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is known today for his instrumental music, especially his concertos. He is best remembered today for a work called "Adagio in G minor", attributed to him but largely written by Remo Giazotto, a 20th century musicologist and composer, who was a cataloger of the works of Albinoni. Biography Born in Venice, Republic of Venice, to Antonio Albinoni, a wealthy paper merchant, he studied violin and singing. Relatively little is known about his life, which is surprising, considering his contemporary stature as a composer and the comparatively well-documented period in which he lived. In 1694 he dedicated his Opus 1 to the fellow-Venetian, Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (grand-nephew of Pope Alexander VIII). His first opera, '' Zenobia, regin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Mozart
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist and theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook ''Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule'' (1756). Life and career Childhood and youth He was born in Augsburg, son of Johann Georg Mozart (1679–1736), a bookbinder, and his second wife Anna Maria Sulzer (1696–1766). From an early age he sang as a choirboy. He attended a local Jesuit school, , where he studied logic, science, and theology, graduating ''magna cum laude'' in 1735. He studied then at the St. Salvator Lyzeum. While a student in Augsburg, he appeared in student theater productions as an actor and singer, and became a skilled violinist and organist. He also developed an interest, which he retained, in microscopes and telescopes. Although his parents had planned a career for Leopold as a Catholic priest, this apparently was not Leopold's own wish. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
