tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.comments2024-01-28T14:13:12.199+00:00FrankosonicFrancishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653815125880196756noreply@blogger.comBlogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-30178818468362287212024-01-28T14:13:12.199+00:002024-01-28T14:13:12.199+00:00What a really well written and informative article...What a really well written and informative article. Nice one Frankie.<br />I decided to buy the AED version on the strength of this and I'm not disappointed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-46358136207789629032023-11-20T11:33:16.019+00:002023-11-20T11:33:16.019+00:00Thanks for the comment - if you still have a copy ...Thanks for the comment - if you still have a copy of the recording I would dearly love to hear it!frankosonicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-39702264275324724162023-11-18T14:42:25.945+00:002023-11-18T14:42:25.945+00:00I've just found this post... better late than ...I've just found this post... better late than never, etc.<br />I was fortunate enough to be at both of Will's Narrowboat gigs (I was a HUGE fan back then) and taped the second (i.e. this) one. I'm still kicking myself to this day for not recording his first show too though: his backing band was basically Slint (I spoke to Britt Walford afterwards - I recognised him because of his huge glasses - and he seemed genuinely surprised to find out I'd heard of them) augmented by a terrific middle-aged fiddle player - it's still one of the best live shows I've ever been to.<br />I saw so many great bands at The Narrowboat back then, it was a disaster for the Nottingham scene when it closed. Oh well.<br />Belated thanks for writing this, and for jogging my ailing memory God-knows-how-many years later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-43801519113536122022023-11-13T13:13:29.936+00:002023-11-13T13:13:29.936+00:00I believe soI believe soFrankosonicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-44835835492109166032023-11-10T02:26:33.164+00:002023-11-10T02:26:33.164+00:00Hello, I'm from the future. Is the re-release ...Hello, I'm from the future. Is the re-release on AED identical to the Domino version? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-34424211912892388482023-09-15T20:20:43.974+00:002023-09-15T20:20:43.974+00:00I just picked this up at a local thrift store in S...I just picked this up at a local thrift store in Sept 2023. I cleaned the LP, spun it up and didn't sit down to really listen until "Michael and Peter". The moment it started, I said, "oh damn, she's dead!"<br />I'm enjoying it on the second listen and taking it in as a continuous story (I didn't know that at first). Also enjoying the fact that I've never heard any of the songs before!Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04717431527233894228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-55410474418129342752022-11-24T19:34:22.763+00:002022-11-24T19:34:22.763+00:00I as at school with Greg Milton and Roger Sinek. T...I as at school with Greg Milton and Roger Sinek. The school, Falcon College, was in the middle of the bush in what was Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The group's name, Barbel, is a fish found in lakes and rivers in Zimbabwe. Roger and Greg were a couple of years older than me, but they played in a band at school called "Mandragora", they played a couple of times in the school hall. Status Quo covers and Smoke on the Water from what I remember!James Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436276784984600640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-5363251017215517272022-08-23T19:41:47.911+00:002022-08-23T19:41:47.911+00:00Unfortunately the one member of the band I have ha...Unfortunately the one member of the band I have had the chance to meet resuse to even talk about this band. If you have any copies please post them.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325750766149680107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-5831065368989950012022-06-08T08:33:59.563+00:002022-06-08T08:33:59.563+00:00Apparently it sold only 30.000 copies upon release...Apparently it sold only 30.000 copies upon release.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-29546691125815685342022-02-26T14:55:38.061+00:002022-02-26T14:55:38.061+00:00We used to do gigs with TNC back in 89-91. They we...We used to do gigs with TNC back in 89-91. They were brilliant live. Very funny lyrics. Good bass and drums too. Guitar player was a bit off but it added a quirky edge. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08097784718040431286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-74493045195222140172022-02-11T20:21:46.149+00:002022-02-11T20:21:46.149+00:00If you compare Watertown with anything from Frank&...If you compare Watertown with anything from Frank's years at Capitol, it loses without a doubt. However, if you compare it with what his peers were doing in 1970, it's far superior -- if for no other reason than he's at least TRYING to do something different. <br /><br />This and his Rod McKuen album, both recorded in 1969, show far more willingness to experiment than other singers of his generation. <br /><br />Are either on the par with his early Reprise much less Capitol or Columbia? No, but he was trying to navigate the new musical landscape. And his investment in these projects (and apparent failure) are what drove him to retire. If he didn't care, he would've just kept going.<br /><br />My two cents. gilbertgigliotti@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12475508268152968342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-81289047003576783222022-02-11T15:48:06.564+00:002022-02-11T15:48:06.564+00:00Hi,
I remember being in a London record shop when...Hi,<br /><br />I remember being in a London record shop when I was going to see Sinatra at the Royal Festival Hall and the shop owner told me "Frank sent out his guys to buy up all copies of Watertown, he hates it!" Elizabeth is not dead, the songwriters don't have that much depth, and Watertown is deeply deficient lyrically and musically, incontestably the most superficial concept album Frank Sinatra recorded. Play No One Cares then play this and you will stop listening immediately. Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693726224882204314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-39767176338658663602021-11-13T03:52:47.332+00:002021-11-13T03:52:47.332+00:00Because of people who recommended this LP, I'v...Because of people who recommended this LP, I've given it multiple tries. None of the songs are striking -- not bad, but kind of like an unmemorable Broadway play. It's also just too heavy and depressing. I love torch songs that don't take themselves too seriously, but this LP is so depressing it makes me feel like wanting to slit my wrists.anonymous 2021https://www.blogger.com/profile/16058761911409611165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-31895529927302459612021-10-24T10:57:37.133+00:002021-10-24T10:57:37.133+00:00Sorry - all the links were broken so long
Everythi...Sorry - all the links were broken so long<br />Everything I have from the nand (including the stuff Rhodri sent me mentioned above) is now available here <br /><br />https://drive.google.com/file/d/12AAEifMcKmeg6cDrYNnIL1iHVu1I50S7<br /><br />frankosonicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-35914778300200265712021-10-23T22:32:11.233+00:002021-10-23T22:32:11.233+00:00this may be shocking to hear but my dad was in thi...this may be shocking to hear but my dad was in this band and he only just told us the name and we can't find q single song if you have any copy you could send to me that'd be aqwesomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-64413910101452281812021-03-18T21:53:46.858+00:002021-03-18T21:53:46.858+00:00Link still working ! Thanks, great post. Too bad w...Link still working ! Thanks, great post. Too bad we have to stand the stupid blah blah blah from the french radio DJ all along the show. Klaus Buildinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10480420721465238281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-29964914496732283472020-09-21T11:02:44.151+00:002020-09-21T11:02:44.151+00:00Thanks - I hadn't clocked that track on the Ps...Thanks - I hadn't clocked that track on the Psychedelia compilation.<br />The only other thing I have is a studio recording of Kicker that someone sent me (guy who worked at the studio I think)<br />frankosonicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-63787259907568533632020-09-21T08:29:41.522+00:002020-09-21T08:29:41.522+00:00Brilliant.
Loved this record.I actually went to ...Brilliant. <br /><br />Loved this record.I actually went to buy it from Pink Moon Record shop in Liverpool.<br /><br />Saw them in The Duchess of York in Leeds and talked to them after the show. I remember Peel mentioning that he'd heard there was another album coming out.<br /><br />And then that was it.<br /><br />But the 8 songs from the Peel Sessions are out there. I have a rip I found some ten years ago.<br /><br />And after the release of "Income Tax" on "Losing Touch With My Mind", is there the tantalising possibility that there is a whole album's worth of material and will it ever see the light of day?<br /><br />I live in hope of the improbable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-24802476412499566252019-10-13T10:13:00.957+00:002019-10-13T10:13:00.957+00:00Great! Thanks. Yes it sounds identical to Part 1 t...Great! Thanks. Yes it sounds identical to Part 1 to me too. That's one I can cross off my wants list then (Not that I've seen one for sale).<br /><br />Just dug out my old Postcard Catalogs ("Catalogh") and found 2 different notes from Alan Horne explaining that the Felicity idea was scrapped at the last minute. (He sent me an original Felicity flexi instead).<br /><br />Yes I'd forgotten about all the releases that never happened - the soundtrack to Punk Rock Hotel being one of them.Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-55811823640113213242019-10-10T09:26:13.438+00:002019-10-10T09:26:13.438+00:00Here we go - I asked the guy on Discogs who added ...Here we go - I asked the guy on Discogs who added the CD to the database, and he's posted a copy on Youtube <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX3JkFwfZsA<br />To me it sounds identical to Poor Old Soul Pt1 on the original Postcard 7" but see what you think. If there are any differences in the mix they must be VERY subtle!<br /><br />As for the Felicity Facsimile Flexi - I believe this was supposed to be a repress of the original flexi, but he obviously changed his mind. There was lots of unreleased items on those late Postcard catalogs!frankosonicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-39407925753207171192019-10-09T22:51:34.240+00:002019-10-09T22:51:34.240+00:00Good point, I hadn't thought of that.
While I...Good point, I hadn't thought of that.<br /><br />While I've got you.... do you have any idea what the Felicity Facsimile Flexidisc was? <br /><br />I think it was mentioned in the black foldout Postcard brochure thing (c.1992) and it's pictured in the collage that forms a double-page spread in the Heather's On Fire CD booklet. <br /><br />I tried to get one from Postcard at the time but got sent a copy of the original 7" flexi and a note from Alan Horne saying "...we're not doing those anymore...". <br /><br />I've never seen it listed in any discography and wonder if it even exists.<br /><br />Many thanks<br />PetePetenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-18740217562690759812019-10-09T09:30:19.984+00:002019-10-09T09:30:19.984+00:00Hi Pete
I've not heard that version, or ever ...Hi Pete<br /><br />I've not heard that version, or ever even seen the CD. If I had to guess I'd say it was probably one of the versions from the Blue Boy/Lovesick reissues CD single a year later<br />https://www.discogs.com/Orange-Juice-Blue-Boy-Lovesick/release/3861351<br /><br />But no way of knowing without tracking down a copy.Frankosonicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-19635316275251292282019-10-09T09:17:51.502+00:002019-10-09T09:17:51.502+00:00Sorry I'm 8 years late.
Just wondered if anyo...Sorry I'm 8 years late.<br /><br />Just wondered if anyone has heard the previously unreleased version of Poor Old Soul which apparently came out on Japanese CD:<br /><br />https://www.discogs.com/Orange-Juice-Poor-Old-Soul/release/2962454<br /><br />(I remember writing off to Japan in 1992 but never got a reply).<br /><br />If this version is different then I guess it should have been included on disc 1.<br /><br />PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-13817455477626038532019-09-22T00:05:27.095+00:002019-09-22T00:05:27.095+00:00My band supported them and they supported us. We w...My band supported them and they supported us. We were quite pally back then. Good drummer, good bass played (visually impaired) and good words. 8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32404167.post-11900206447173642922019-05-17T19:28:42.194+00:002019-05-17T19:28:42.194+00:00I bought this album when it was first released. I ...I bought this album when it was first released. I was at university in Manchester, England two years after my parents had separated and divorced. These songs, the emotion in The Voice, the arrangements were stunning then and still knock me over when I listen to it now. I hadn’t appreciated that the recording of Lady Day as a bonus track on the CD was part of the original album concept. It seems kind of separate to the other tracks. The entire concept of separation and resulting grief if you don’t get over it was so vivid to me personally I really identified with the album. Does anyone know of a story that after the recording of Elizabeth, Frank got a pressing of the track and went to a phone booth with a portable record player to call up Elizabeth Taylor so she could hear it? If it’s true, I guess Frank was really happy with that song in particular. Martin Rossnoreply@blogger.com