Comments on: Downloads http://www.shacknet.co.uk The Magical World of Shack and The Pale Fountains. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:37:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Captain’s table « A jumped-up pantry boy http://www.shacknet.co.uk/?page_id=845&cpage=1#comment-328 Captain’s table « A jumped-up pantry boy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:31:25 +0000 http://shacknet.co.uk/?page_id=845#comment-328 [...] What a spread.  If you’re a fan of Shack, Michael Head & the Strands, the Pale Fountains, or John Head as a slowly emerging and wonderful songwriter in his own right, then accept the Captain’s invitation and sit down for a dinner that would have satisfied Admiral Lord Nelson himself – downloads of live performances, sessions, and demos dating from this year all the way back to a live performance by the Paleys in 1981.  I’m working my way through them from either end, and there are treats aplenty.  That Paleys show – at Plato’s Ballroom in Liverpool – is as gloriously ropey as it is historic (they dared to start with a flute solo!  In 1981!  Five years after punk!); Mick bellows like a bull at times. [...] [...] What a spread.  If you’re a fan of Shack, Michael Head & the Strands, the Pale Fountains, or John Head as a slowly emerging and wonderful songwriter in his own right, then accept the Captain’s invitation and sit down for a dinner that would have satisfied Admiral Lord Nelson himself – downloads of live performances, sessions, and demos dating from this year all the way back to a live performance by the Paleys in 1981.  I’m working my way through them from either end, and there are treats aplenty.  That Paleys show – at Plato’s Ballroom in Liverpool – is as gloriously ropey as it is historic (they dared to start with a flute solo!  In 1981!  Five years after punk!); Mick bellows like a bull at times. [...]

]]> By: Captain’s table « A jumped-up pantry boy http://www.shacknet.co.uk/?page_id=845&cpage=1#comment-327 Captain’s table « A jumped-up pantry boy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:57:37 +0000 http://shacknet.co.uk/?page_id=845#comment-327 [...] 5, 2009 in Music | Tags: Arthur Lee, John Head, Love, Michael Head, Pale Fountains, Shack What a spread.  If you’re a fan of Shack, Michael Head & the Strands, the Pale Fountains, or John Head as [...] [...] 5, 2009 in Music | Tags: Arthur Lee, John Head, Love, Michael Head, Pale Fountains, Shack What a spread.  If you’re a fan of Shack, Michael Head & the Strands, the Pale Fountains, or John Head as [...]

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