Prog Synch Listen: Family, Boom Bang!
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, Friday 25th October @ 9pm (UK)
The brass is nice on this
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, Friday 25th October @ 9pm (UK)
So I saw this tour with America supporting, just after they’d had a hit with Horse With No Name.
Roger Chapman was a real force of nature.
Roger Chapman was a real force of nature.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, Friday 25th October @ 9pm (UK)
Love the brass touches.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, Friday 25th October @ 9pm (UK)
C wrote:The brass is nice on this
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Elevates it.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, Friday 25th October @ 9pm (UK)
C wrote:Sat'd'y Barfly - a quirky number
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A quirky album, really. And all the better for it.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
A touch of the Gentle Giant?
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
Larf and Sing - a Poli track.
Has that barbershop feel.
With Palmer's lovely vibes
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Has that barbershop feel.
With Palmer's lovely vibes
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, Friday 25th October @ 9pm (UK)
Yes, quirky indeed. A Poli Palmer song. Great harmonies.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
John aka Josh wrote:A touch of the Gentle Giant?
Yes. Indeed
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
Brutal fade
I really like Spanish Tide but it was considered, by soem, one of the weaker tracks
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I really like Spanish Tide but it was considered, by soem, one of the weaker tracks
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
Poli Palmer was an underrated musician, really. An excellent keyboard player, as well as vibes, of course.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
Forceful John Wetton vocals, may he rest in peace.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
C wrote:
I really like Spanish Tide but it was considered, by soem, one of the weaker tracks
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Just the cloth eared. One of my favourites on the album.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
It would nicely on my favourite Family album A Song for Me
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
John aka Josh wrote:C wrote:
I really like Spanish Tide but it was considered, by soem, one of the weaker tracks
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Just the cloth eared. One of my favourites on the album.
Agreed!
I could never understand it....
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
This and Bandstand are the Family albums for me. This one’s best, though.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
There a couple of live albums around (officials) from this period.
Family Live and Live at the BBC
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Family Live and Live at the BBC
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
C wrote:There a couple of live albums around (officials) from this period.
Live at the BBC
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And are you present?
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
A very funky band, Family.
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Family, NOW PLAYING!
awesome!
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