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An Aside – My “History of Music” Project: Part X
A 70-odd page “History of Music” would not be complete without a closing reference to Welsh rock giants, Man, would it? However, I do think the comment about Pink Floyd’s new concept album “Dark Side of the Moon” – considering … Continue reading
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An Aside – My “History of Music” Project: Part IX
My fascination for Dutch yodelling/guitar/hammond organ combos knows no bounds, stating that Focus were the first continental group to make a lasting impact. If only Holland was a ‘continent’ eh? Having recently listed to a Mahavishnu Orchestra album again, I … Continue reading
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An Aside – My “History of Music” Project: Part VIII
There’s a ‘taste of my American future’ with my spelling of “realised“, duly marked as incorrect – and quite rightly too – by the teacher. Shame he didn’t also notice my spelling of philosophy. That “wild man of borneo” comment could almost … Continue reading
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An Aside – My “History of Music” Project: Part VII
Here’s my piece about “Mod”. Having just read this again, I now wonder if researching this in 1975 gave me my interest in the genre, or it was solely the responsibility of The Who’s “Quadrophenia” album a few years later? … Continue reading
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An Aside – My “History of Music” Project: Part VI
Here’s one of the photo pages I compiled from cuttings culled from various music mags. In case you can’t read the caption under the bottom right photo, I have written “We are supposed to be living in the permissive age now, but … Continue reading
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An Aside – My “History of Music” Project: Part V
Yes, it’s yellow paper. No it hasn’t yellowed over the years. It was yellow form the start, from a large box of foolscap-sized paper by Dad bought for 5 shillings (25p/35¢) from British Rail some 6 or 7 years previous. … Continue reading
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An Aside – My “History of Music” Project: Part IV
Here’s my own piece about Classical music, which upon close reading is little more than ‘lists’ in many places. It looks like my writing style was quite assured nonetheless, even if spelling wasn’t totally on the button. However, please remember … Continue reading
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An Aside – My “History of Music” Project: Part III
Here’s a sample page from Dick’s major contribution to the project. As I said before, I think he wrote everything straight from his head, without recourse (like me) to masses of research. Here’s the final page of his contribution, … Continue reading
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