HW: LLOYD-LANGTON

[IAN ABRAHAMS]

There was a newsletter from Marion L-L a couple of weeks back on e-mail
suggesting that Like An Arrow & Night Air were coming out on CD this year
via Voiceprint. Good news. I had to sell my copies when my turntable died
for the final time.....

Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: flossbac <flossbac at NLCI.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: HW: LLOYD-LANGTON


> Nope, I meant what I said... I think "Time and Space" is the best one, but
> even so, it's not the greatest thing on earth.  "Like an Arrow....Through
> the Heart" might be my least favorite actually!  Oh yeah, I forgot about
"On
> the Move" which is pretty good as well.  "Elegy" is also a good one.
> Overall, the songs tend to have more of a blues-based rock approach, but
> many of the tunes are jazzy as well.... The leads are good, but the songs
> themselves are not at all adventurous, not at all progressive etc.
> John Majka
>
> > John said...
> >
> > >I too like Huw a whole bunch, and unfortunately "Time and Space" is the
> best
> > >of all his solo albums..... which is not to say that it's bad at all,
> it's
> > >just not that great.
> >
> > You mean, "NOT the best," don't you?  And yes, I'd agree.  I think his
> best
> > was 'Like an Arrow...through the heart' which AFAIK, is not available on
> CD.
> > The 'On the Move' disc from a few years' back with all Swedish backing
> band
> > wasn pretty decent, a couple of the tunes being remakes of old ones
(some
> > from Like an Arrow actually).  Haven't heard Chain Reaction yet....I
think
> > Gary Davis (www.artist-shop.com) carries it here in the US, so I'll
prolly
> > get it next order from him.
> >
> > And yes, none of them really have a HW-style sound, notwithstanding the
> > covers of PW and such on the crappy Flicknife-bootleg-thing recently
> > discussed.  And even then...garage-rock versions of HW...no synths and
> such
> > usually.
> >
> > 'On the Move' is really bluesy, like old Trower/Spooky Tooth albums.
> Nicely
> > done if you like that sort of thing, and like Huwy's voice well enough.
> >
> > >> >I know that Andy G is probably carrying these, but I am in Yankee
> land.
> > >> >
> > >> >HAWKMAN are you out there?
> > >> >
> > >> >Who in the USA is carrying these? Aural Innovations?
> >
> > Nah.  Jerry mainly sticks to 90s artists for the AI catalog, apart from
my
> > contribution of Garden of Delights re-releases.  The aforementioned Gary
> > Davis I think has the newest one.  Elegy and River Run I was forced to
get
> > from Mike H. and Andy G.  Issued on the Allegro label.  Try visiting
Huw's
> > site, and maybe there's info about ordering from overseas.
> > http://www.huwlloyd-langton.co.uk/ I think.  'On the Move' I think had
> some
> > ltd. distribution over here in the states, but I've forgotten where I
got
> it.
> >
> > Grakkl (FAA)
> >
>