So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

It's not something I do regularly. It popped up in my YT suggestions.

[Highlander]

Never heard that and I have all their regular albums with or without Perry. What soundtrack is this?

You need to get out more...

Dream After Dream, Japanese only release in 1980... nine tracks; three with vocals... most folks don't know it ever existed and I'm not sure it's available new... maybe Japan... I've sent pics to your phone and a link to your inbox here...

[Highlander]

A riff seldom matched anywhere... Just had to dig out my Budgie stuff; Wales' answer to (early) Rush...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scIqFErh3v4&ab_channel=ScorpionsPriest

[uwe]

It's not something I do regularly. It popped up in my YT suggestions.

Ok, 'fessin' up time: I hacked your algorithm, Dave.

[ajkula66]

A band that I completely missed out on...until a few nights ago....

[Highlander]

A band that I completely missed out on...until a few nights ago...

Dick Wagner... rip... he made a stunning team with Steve Hunter...

[ajkula66]

Dick Wagner... rip... he made a stunning team with Steve Hunter...

Yep. And Greg Arama - may he also RIP - was the bassist for Amboy Dukes on several albums. Great player IMO.

[Dave W]

40th anniversary of its release.

[Highlander]

Yep. And Greg Arama - may he also RIP - was a bassist for Amboy Dukes on several albums. Great player IMO.

Wow... long time gone... rip...

[Dave W]

In their prime

[ajkula66]

In their prime

I saw them not long after that. Stunning amount of energy.

[Dave W]

Hilton Valentine, Founding Guitarist For The Animals, Dies At 77

[Rob]

RIP Hilton

[uwe]

In their prime

Hey, old Yank, when did you of all people first hear Dr Feelgood? I always wondered, they were such an English, not even European phenomenon. All their US tours (opening for, eg, Kiss) went nowhere. Like The Jam, you couldn't get arrested in the States if you wore suits on stage as a rock band in the 70ies. (The Jam opened in their trademark suits for BÖC on a US Tour and had "fairies!" yelled at them until by the end of the tour Weller succumbed and the band donned jeans and T-shirts - anathema to their Mod code -, the shouts stopped and they went down better.)

I heard of Dr Feelgood first in 1976, but only via the NME which raved about these proto-Punks/pub rockers from Canvey Island. They never went beyond selling out clubs in Germany while the similarly inclined Manfred Mann/McGuinness Flint-offshoot The Blues Band filled sizable halls around the same time. I preferred the Feelgoods though.

[Dave W]

Hey, old Yank, when did you of all people first hear Dr Feelgood? I always wondered, they were such an English, not even European phenomenon. All their US tours (opening for, eg, Kiss) went nowhere. Like The Jam, you couldn't get arrested in the States if you wore suits on stage as a rock band in the 70ies. (The Jam opened in their trademark suits for BÖC on a US Tour and had "fairies!" yelled at them until by the end of the tour Weller succumbed and the band donned jeans and T-shirts - anathema to their Mod code -, the shouts stopped and they went down better.)

I heard of Dr Feelgood first in 1976, but only via the NME which raved about these proto-Punks/pub rockers from Canvey Island. They never went beyond selling out clubs in Germany while the similarly inclined Manfred Mann/McGuinness Flint-offshoot The Blues Band filled sizable halls around the same time. I preferred the Feelgoods though.

It wasn't from any airplay here, that's for sure. I read articles about them in a couple of magazines or newspapers, about 1973-74. Maybe Rolling Stone was one. That caused me to seek them out. Very few others in my orbit had heard of them.