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Re: Supertramp (was: Be careful ....)
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Tue, 23 Jul 2002 00:39:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> > I'm a total Alan Parsons nut.
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> Cool! We APP nuts are a rare breed!
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> > If you want an album that really
> > sticks with you, seek out the Alan Parsons Project album that isn't
> > an APP album; it's called "Freudiana." It's still my favorite,
> > and it was the last AP/EW collaboration.
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> It is an *awesome* album! I found out about it through a web site some years
> ago and special ordered it. What a weird deal that was. Same band members,
> same format, same sound, but *not* an "Alan Parsons Project".
Yeah. I heard the story somewhere about why it's not branded that
way, but I forget--but if I go to Vienna, I will have to see it on
stage. ;) I can never hear Leo Sayer the same 1970s way again.
(Say, what is it with Parsons and the "once-famous singer factor?"
I mean, starting with Arthur Brown, and continuing through Leo Sayer
to David Pack and Christopher Cross...)
> For me, Eric Woolfson *made* the project what it was. Though I still buy the
> new ones without him, they can't match the ones with him writing and singing.
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> But I must say, I wasn't too impressed with the soundtrack from his stage
> version of "Gaudi"-- I liked the original a lot better.
My copy has a strategically placed skip. I'm going to test my
Brasso out soon enough...
> I don't come across many who even *know* who APP is much less are nuts about
> them-- fun to know:-)
Heh. Now all I have to do is find a copy of the un-remastered
"Tales of Mystery and Imagination" to hear what it sounded like
before it went back under the knife in the late 1980s.
best
LFB
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| (...) Or Chris Thompson-- he sang with *everyone*! (...) On CD? Didn't know one existed... Say, have you heard "Keats"? It's okay-- another attempt to fly without Eric, although he did mastermind the project ("Keats" is the name of his favorite (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Cool! We APP nuts are a rare breed! (...) It is an *awesome* album! I found out about it through a web site some years ago and special ordered it. What a weird deal that was. Same band members, same format, same sound, but *not* an "Alan (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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