Astoria 2006 DVD Out Here We Are

[Ian Abrahams]

strange choice of words Jon, it's a 'reissue programme' ... that's what it is ... why 'supposed'?

--- On Mon, 9/22/08, Jonathan Jarrett <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK> wrote:

From: Jonathan Jarrett <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>
Subject: Re: Astoria 2006 DVD Out Here We Are
To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
Date: Monday, September 22, 2008, 3:55 PM

On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 09:42:19PM +0100, Steve Freight typed out:
> Just been watching this and have to say the more I hear OHWA the more I
like
> it.
> 
> It was my fav track from TMTYL and if this had been a part of Electric
> Teepee it would be hailed a classic. As it is, it is probably derided
> because people seem anti TMTYL.
> 
> It is to me one of my fav laid back tracks by the band and easily beats
Blue
> Shift etc.

	I also like this one, but I am a sucker for Alan's big synth 
chord washes of soft noise. It does however suffer from the `lounge 
jazz' break in the middle. I think my favourite of all Alan's HW synth 
pieces is indubitably `Elfin', which is just beautiful, but part of it 
is the way that it develops into `Silver Machine' on _Love in Space_. 
That's going to be one of the most valuable pieces of this supposed 
reissue program... Yours,
			   Jon

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