The Mire of the eighties (was Re: Secret Agent et al)

[Norman Beresford]

>In a similar vein, do people generally listen to just one era of HW?
>When I have a deep need to hear HW, it's generally for the '71-75 period,
>sometimes for '76-79, almost never for '80-84, occassionally for '85-'89,
>and often for '90+.
>
>I guess what I'm trying to get at is, are there areas of HW that you too
>neglect?

I admit to a pathological haterd of the Charisma stuff.  I know a lot of
people really rate Rob Calvert as a front man but I can't stand his stuff.
Possibly the best song they've ever done (Spirit Of the Age) is really
amazing on Live 79 but listern to it on Quark and it's fairly dire.  Some of
the stuff on CotBS is really good (I really love Chaos Army and Horn of
Destiny) but albums like Quark and AS,AS really put me off HW.  I suppose
the best indicator is that out of the griffen box set I play disk 1 the most
with disk 4 following quite a way behind.  Doremi has to be the best album
(bar brainstorm).

Mind you I have to admit I've been overdosing on Eat Static and System 7
recorded at Glastonbury, and a fine comp. tape with Tricky's cover of Black
Steel taking the honours.

        Norman