I came late to Rumours as explained here but its charms have grown on me, particularly on the more rock orientated numbers like the excellent The Chain which is so much more than that slightly annoying bass riff used for that very annoying car programme. It was a video I caught this week on youtube of a live performance of The Chain that encouraged me to give the album another spin.
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Neil Young Hitchhiker
Foals What Went Down
Edgar Froese Epsilon In Malaysian Pale
John Martyn Solid Air
John Martyn Solid Air
Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps
Hitchhiker was an album by Neil Young recorded in 1976. For some reason it was not released then...
- actually the reason I believe was the record company thought the solo acoustic songs should be recorded as a band.
- indeed some like Powderfinger were later re-recorded with a band and appeared on a subsequent album (Rust Never Sleeps and others).
- actually the reason I believe was the record company thought the solo acoustic songs should be recorded as a band.
- indeed some like Powderfinger were later re-recorded with a band and appeared on a subsequent album (Rust Never Sleeps and others).
Anyway Hitchhhiker, like Chrome Dreams and some others, became one of those legendary lost albums of Young's - until last year when the original was released.
It is indeed a shame this album did not see the light of day for so long as, despite it having an air of demo about it, it is actually one of Young's best. There are ten excellent songs, 9 on guitar, one on piano. Eight have appeared on other albums, usually in a differing version / two are previously unreleased. I do believe it may be Young's only entirely solo album??
[By the way any Neil Young fan should check out his Archives website - this is a subscriber service but there is always a free to stream featured album available].
Excellent stuff from the Foals on this, their fourth album. It is a pretty heavy album but still demonstrates their excellent musicianship.
It is indeed a shame this album did not see the light of day for so long as, despite it having an air of demo about it, it is actually one of Young's best. There are ten excellent songs, 9 on guitar, one on piano. Eight have appeared on other albums, usually in a differing version / two are previously unreleased. I do believe it may be Young's only entirely solo album??
[By the way any Neil Young fan should check out his Archives website - this is a subscriber service but there is always a free to stream featured album available].
Excellent stuff from the Foals on this, their fourth album. It is a pretty heavy album but still demonstrates their excellent musicianship.
'What Went Down' is unbelievably aggressive, a bold return so to speak, combining a fierce pulsating drumbeat with erratic overdriven guitars that lend a real intensity.
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