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Author Topic: Bap Kennedy "The Sailor Revenge" produced by MK; release date January 30th 2012  (Read 20283 times)

OfflineJules

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Just today I received my limited edition copy! I will start listening to it tomorrow, and I will get back to you with my first impressions.
Thank God I ordered the limited one, since the difference was 1-2 pounds only, and you get a best of and not just the extra song from i-tunes. And I still hate buying music in a  no physical form. I feel like buying air, and can't connect to it as deeply. (which is strange, because music has little to do with the physical "shell" that contains it) Maybe I am old fashion, a fetishist.  ;D

I think that it has to do with us being part of a generation that saw the vynils when child, and then saw the birth of the cd, so we have a musical culture where the physical format for music is important. Maybe the next generation will know only the digital ones and will consider the vynils or cd as something old fashiones and out of date "Who wants that big things when you can have thousands of songs in a tiny mp3", but I agree, I preffer always the physical format, although I always end listening to them in spotify or my ipod instead of the cd, but I like to look at them, read the booklet etc etc
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Hello all.  Not posted on here for a while but read regularly.  My tuppenceworth on the Bap album for what its worth.  I think its great.  Maybe lacking an uptempo number here or there, but extremely enjoyable and, of course, excellently produced. The flute solo in Jimmy Sanchez is one of the most gorgeous things I've ever heard. I've enjoyed bap's music for a while and the bonus CD is an excellent sample of his older solo work.  All in all, a really great piece of work.  My only teensy weensy gripe-ette is that he maybe overplayed Mark's contribution in the marketing ahead of release. Mark is stated to be playing guitar in several songs.  He may be strumming in the background but he is only really identifiable in Shimnavale, the title track and the right stuff (which is a rehash from a previous album).  His production is clear to hear though.  For those (and there will have been some) who bought the album primarilly because of MK's participation, it may have come as somethimg of a disappointment.  But it's Bap's album, not Mark's and I think its great.

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Bap is on Whispering Bob's  BBC radio 2 show Midnight till 0300 Sunday.

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Just listened to the programme on iplayer and it was nice to hear some of the songs played live, with James Walbourne on guitar.  I especially enjoyed James' guitar on The Right Stuff and Bap had some nice things to say about BG and Mark as a producer.

The link is on Guy's Forum.   :)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01cvlvd

The bit about Mark starts at 1h 38m.

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Listened to the whole album this morning.

Excellent production (as expected), fine songs, great musicianship, but quite monotonous. And Bap has this very melancholic voice that makes the whole album sound like a rainy Sunday in Ireland. Maybe it's because of my obsession with bluegrass ten years ago, but the dobro annoys me. Feels like it's everywhere. (Same with Transatlantic Sessions - I know Jerry Douglas is like one of the central figures of the show, so he's entitled I guess to play on almost everything. But it doesn't mean he has to ...)

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I wrote further back that I hoped the album would grow on me more and more.   I am very glad to say that it definitely has!   It still has a kind of monotonous sound, mainly due to Bap's rather flat-sounding voice, but there are some beautiful songs on the album and Celtic Sea, which I wasn't too keen on at first, has now become one of my favourites.

I tend to agree with you, Jackal, about Jerry Douglas.   I love Transatlantic Sessions - have seen the live show and watch the TV programmes, but Jerry's dobro has become a tad omnipresent!   I hope he and his dobro aren't all over the new album.
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OfflineJules

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I wrote further back that I hoped the album would grow on me more and more.   I am very glad to say that it definitely has!   It still has a kind of monotonous sound, mainly due to Bap's rather flat-sounding voice, but there are some beautiful songs on the album and Celtic Sea, which I wasn't too keen on at first, has now become one of my favourites.

I tend to agree with you, Jackal, about Jerry Douglas.   I love Transatlantic Sessions - have seen the live show and watch the TV programmes, but Jerry's dobro has become a tad omnipresent!   I hope he and his dobro aren't all over the new album.

Do you mean MK album? I didnt hear anything about Jerry playing in MK album, and I would love that, I
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Yes, I'm pretty sure Guy mentioned Jerry being on the album, but then again it could have been Bap's album he was talking about - he's on that one!

I like Jerry too, but not on everything!   :)
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jbaent - Just read through Guy's diary and can find no mention of Jerry on MK's album - I was mixed up with Bap!   :)
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