Atomhenge Live Chronicles (was Re: HW 40th Anniversary Show)

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 19 Mar 2009, at 06:29 , Steve Swann wrote:
> What I'm hoping for is that it will be better mastered than the  
> Griffin release, which always sounded muted/muddy to me.  As a  
> result I always ended up listening to the original despite it bein  
> an incomplete concert record....


Well, I await the report from your critical ear then.  _Live  
Chronicles_ is a mighty album and a HW high point, for all that I  
feel more drawn towards the Palace Springs lineup ....

In fact, I'll happily say that the band turned out more good material  
with the 80s-Huw lineups than with the Brock/Davey/Chadwick/House/ 
Bainbridge lineup (which barely produced part of the semi-live album  
that is Palace Springs).  It's just the ... *vibe* on those bits of  
_Palace Springs_ that attracts me.

And, somehow, HW seems _right_ to me when there is just Brocks guitar  
grinding away on its own -- for all that I can't really imagine  
something like "Shot Down in the Night" without Huw's part.  Strange  
really; when I go and home-record my own space-rock things, I  
invariably end up with at least a couple of guitars scattered around  
it, despite my model being the 1-guitar HW incarnations.  Go figure.   
Well, it's all of a part, I suppose!

Cheers,
Carl

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