Swindells's "Fresh Blood" (was Re: HW: Alan Davey interview)

[Christian Mumford]

Nic Potter (I *think*) was in Van Der Graaf Generator on their late 70s era. I thought he played violin........

NP: T.S.O.L. - "Beneath The Shadows"

> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:50:12 -0500
> From: cea at CARLAZ.COM
> Subject: Swindells's "Fresh Blood" (was Re: HW: Alan Davey interview)
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> 
> I freely confess that I just followed Christian's example and  
> downloaded the Swindell's "Fresh Blood" vinyl rip torrent from Pirate  
> Bay, never having found any other way of hearing the album!  (Has it  
> _ever_ been released on CD?  Shoot, were I Steve, I think I'd just  
> bootleg myself!).
> 
> Of course, the most interesting part in some ways is comparing the  
> "Shot Down in the Night" (always one of my fave Hawksongs) with the  
> 'Live '79 version; Swindells himself describes it as "waaay harder,  
> more dramatic and simply better" :) and I can see why, though at the  
> moment I'd say there are points in the song where I'd agree with  
> that, and other points a wouldn't.  Cool track, though, and I am re- 
> convinced I should do a cover some time :)).  And overall the album  
> is pretty rocking.  I do feel like I hear a kind of latter-day Who  
> vibe going on, so I can see how Swindells got the gig writing some  
> tracks for Daltrey (though Daltrey was a fool not to cover SDitN  
> because it totally rocks :)).
> 
> Who's Nic Potter (bass)? Not Alan Davey's erstwhile cousin Nigel  
> Potter, surely?  (Perhaps a bit young at the time, and there's surely  
> more than a few people named "N. Potter" in England :)).
> 
> Good album, and it's nice to have heard it at last, if only as a  
> vinyl rip on MP3!  There's no reason someone shouldn't release it as  
> a digital download, at least.  Might make Steve a few quid, after  
> all! :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Carl
> 
> 
> On 16 Apr 2009, at 21:43 , mike coleman wrote:
> > On 4/16/09, Christian Mumford <royalistradio at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> \Christian M
> >> NP: Steve Swindells "Fresh Blood"
> >
> >
> > The other LP is and was from my experience, quite rare, and in fact  
> > I never
> > got my hands on one, I only saw a test-press offered which was too  
> > expensive
> > at the time
> > I'd be interested about it myself, regarding the music, and what  
> > was it
> > called "messages"??
> > The players on Fresh Blood are  Steve, Huw, Simon and Nic  
> > Potter.....Huw is
> > on a few of Nic's albums......btw....
> > ps-well I guess the BOCL hasn't caused me to go blind myself...; )....
> >
> 
> --
> Carl Edlund Anderson
> http://www.carlaz.com/

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