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The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) - Fun Boy Three

Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider

I didn't want to start yet another HF thread so I will use this thread. A couple of tracks with Hadrien using Jaco's Bass of Doom:

Do your due diligence when selecting somewhere to live. When I was looking to buy my first house in the early 90s, I had found somewhere suitably interesting and convenient for work and the city centre. However it was only a couple of doors down from a pub. So before making a decision on whether to put in an offer I spent a Saturday evening in the pub to see what it would be like. Based on my experience I decided that I would become very unhappy about the noise quite quickly and therefore decided to look elsewhere. IMO that was the sensible course of action. It doesn't take much time and effort to do the research and anyone who doesn't only has themselves to blame.

I bought this last Friday week, so have had it now for around a week and half. It was local to me, and stopped on the way to a Ska gig. I still used my Jazz type 5er that night, but used the Roscoe the next night for the party band gig. I’m not a fan of these sticky black strings on it - also they’ve appeared to leave sort of tram line residues all over the fingerboard, so I’ll clean them off when I change strings. Will have to have a search on what most folks use with these basses. It’s completely different to my Japanese Sadowsky Will Lee 5 - which was the idea really. I’ve no way to measure, but I’d say it’s 18mm at the bridge, as opposed to the 19 on the Sadowsky. Also the fingerboard radius is pretty flat, and the action is crazily low, making it a breeze to play. As mentioned by others, the B string is epic. Sorry that the pictures aren’t that good…

Mama we’re all crazee now - Slade

Also during that period, he played on a couple of tracks from the album, 'Transition'. A Collaboration album between Buddy Rich & Lionel Hampton' Both tracks feature a Bass solo, and the credits list two Bassists, the other being 'Bob Cranshaw'. I found this on a 'ChatGPT' search, but it's anyone's guess who is playing what. There also seems to be a Phaser FX on the solos. Personnel Details: Both Anthony Jackson and Bob Cranshaw are credited as bassists specifically on the tracks “E.G.” and “Fum”, and George Duvivier plays bass on the rest of the album en.wikipedia.org. The two tracks in question—E.G. (composed by Mike Abene) and Fum (credited to Jack Wilkens/Wilkins)—each feature both Jackson and Cranshaw sharing bass duties, including bass solos en.wikipedia.org. So the bass solos on “E.G.” and “Fum” were performed by Anthony Jackson and Bob Cranshaw, not George Duvivier. If you’d like more information about their individual playing styles, other performances, or how they collaborated on these tracks, I’m happy to help! Solo starts at 6:44. Solo starts at 5:55.

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

Insane in the Brain - Prince Fatty

Pleasure to meet Steve yesterday when he came to buy a bass from me. Easiest of deals, and we probably could have talk bass and such for hours if we were able to. Enjoy the bass 👍

Sadly yes, never give a jobsworth the opportunity or excuse to be a jobsworth, they relish it. Sign of the times 😕

If the owners of The Venue were honest with themselves, it wasn't a suitable place for loud concerts, and spending 10s of thousands of pounds on soundproofing was short-sighted. Ultimately, the financial crash of 2008 was what bought them down.

Of course you are 100% correct, Steve. I was initially told that I was talking to an AI chatbot.

This debate will be as sterile as tonewood. Some people believe they can make as much noise as they want as well as some don't believe in tonewood. The funny thing is that those preaching for noise tolerance would refuse to live in such a neighbourhood all year long, it's exactly the same as those complaining about people driving too fast in their street and doing it themselves everywhere else. Strange selfish world we're living in. And it didn't take 8 paragraphs to state my point of view as it was obvious from the start, but @Rich, you were only talking about one venue in peculiar and not in general, which is my speech: Empathy doesn't seem to be a part of your emotional panel.

I went to see Iron Maiden at the London Stadium last month. It was loud, but not overbearing. They had a 10pm curfew. They just started a bit earlier. Contrast that with their Hammersmith Odeon gigs in the 80s, my ears were still ringing 3 days later. I always take my earbuds to gigs now (even pub gigs) and I had to wear them at a recent gig at the Underworld in Camden. They shouldn't really be necessary if we are honest with each other.

This live track, 'Howie's Tune', didn't make it onto the album.