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Subject: Re: Kevin Ayers Mellotron

From: "Philip" <philipjamesjohnston@...>
Date: 2003-07-31

Hi there!

It's my first introduction to Kevin's solo work... I thought I'd
start with his first and work my way through each album in
cronological order... Shooting at the Moon next then.

I'm familiar with his stuff on the Soft Machine's first album and
also the 'new' BBC release.

I love 'Joy of A Toy' though... I've been playing all day!!

Best wishes

Philip

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "mellotrongirl"
<mellotrongirl@h...> wrote:
> Ah yes, one of my favorite Harvest releases...right up there with
> Ummagumma and See See The Sun. If it's your intro to Ayers, I'd
> follow up with 1) Whatevershebringswesing and 2) Bananamour. It's
> been awhile since I heard those first two Soft Machine albums too--
I
> ought to dig 'em up as it's been a couple decades since I heard
> them. Ayers certainly is a cut & dry kinda guy with sort of a Zevon
> meets Snakefinger outlook and wit. I wish he was still releasing
> solo albums with the variety he displayed in those early
days. "Girl
> On A Swing" in particular had some great oblique 'Tron. I'd always
> thought Ayers and bandmate Robert Wyatt should do a album as a duo.
> A couple of snoots on kind of a left o'center wavelength. I bet
> Wyatt would snow Ayers just like he did on Nick Mason's Fictitious
> Sports.