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Never knew this video existed until last night either. Excellent stuff! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw9-RE80EEg[/media]

Some great TLev footage in the doc. That bass he used in the Don't Give Up section was one that was rescued from the barn fire a while back, hence the smoke damage: funny/tragic story at www.papabear.com/miscpages/fire.htm

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1332234959' post='1585073'] Nice, will stick in diary! [/quote] Nice pun!

I'm quite keen on Kate Bush's segments as well Now what I'd really like to see is a re-run of the PG South Bank Special, filmed at Real World during the recording of his fourth album. Also starring TLev. Any opportunity: here's me and him comparing Funk Fingers while someone nicks his Musicman

A recent-ish edition of Bass Player magazine, in its lead interview with a very well-known bassist, quoted his admiration for the old jazz cats, including "Billy Holiday and Louie Armstrong". I had to write. I didn't get a reply

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1331711102' post='1577389'] I beleive thay have some of the original costumes (or access to them) could be good! Enjoy the show. [/quote] I heard they spent in the region of $10000 (Canadian) sourcing the silk made by the same manufacturers that provided the original material for Gabriel's "Watcher" cloak.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1331731133' post='1577846'] Just as a side note has anyone here seen The Watch playing as a Genesis tribute? I'm not that big a fan of Genesis but they are playing reasonably locally so I might give it a go if they are worth seeing. I have a couple of albums of theirs playing their own material and that does sound uncannily like early Genesis. [/quote] They're really good. They focus on the very early Genesis repertiore, I believe, and also include some of their own material. One of the better Genesis tribs out there in what is becoming quite a crowded market.

This and everything else on the album [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5lObb4YDs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5lObb4YDs[/url]

Bow Wow Wow, Quiver [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7SKzeHeCVo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7SKzeHeCVo[/url]

Japan, Sons of Pioneers... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suQyFBx1ilY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suQyFBx1ilY[/url]

Tack A Meeny. Not Take Mine.

It's Lake-land - see [url="http://www.lakland.com/faq.htm"]http://www.lakland.com/faq.htm[/url] And it's Agg-wee-larr isn't it? Emphasis on the wee.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1330940703' post='1564895'] The US live Jaco album 'Twins' is a must have (it is available in the UK as 'Invitation' but that was a single LP and Twins was the same lp but a double with more stuff on it and longer versions. [/quote] Agree, Twins is great (as is the Invitation "sampler"), but sadly going for big bucks on amazon and eBay. Spotify is your friend: [url="http://open.spotify.com/album/77E3yGa6D6O5HJRuK90KyG"]Jaco Pastorius – Twins Live In Japan 1982[/url] - the "Continuum" on here is fantastic.

Meddle and Obscured By Clouds are the winners for me. Welcome to the machine!

Rush, Xanadu, from the Exit Stage Left film. Plus you get a double-neck thrown in for good luck. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTD1QW3SM60"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTD1QW3SM60[/url]

This is a brilliant album, much overlooked. It's on spotify - [url="http://open.spotify.com/album/0gNMtWCdoyDecLzvjV2neE"]McDonald & Giles – McDonald & Giles[/url]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1329863000' post='1548896'] Their bass player is way better than Wooten already. I don't like their music but they are clearly very good at it. [/quote] Pretty much what I think too. I can't bear what I've seen on youtube, but I wish I was that good.

To see some of the deleted thread: Google cache is your friend. (using Google Chrome, ymmv) - go to [url="http://www.google.co.uk/"]http://www.google.co.uk[/url] - stick the thread's URL in the seach box - you'll get one hit, mouseover the link and then mouseover the double-right arrow and the preview pane will appear to the right. - in the preview pane, you'll see the URL, and under that the page's title and the "cached" link. hit that to see the cached page this will give you the latest page in the thread. to see previous pages, repeat with the specific URL for the previous page. The above process will link you to [CODE] http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/1962-1963-shell-pink-vintage-fender-precision-jazz-bass-help-info-please-855542/index18.html [/CODE] repeat the search with "index.17.html" etc, back to "index2.html"

[quote name='jjay69' timestamp='1329213192' post='1538719'] Other than that yes if you've never been, the 100yds of Denmark st will keep you busy for some time, I cant remember the name now, but make sure to go into the vintage shop up the "north" end near the Intrepid Fox and wind your way up the stairs to the top floor, where you will find some of the wackies looking vintage guitars ever, Jack Daniels shape and the like.. [/quote] Used to be Andy's, now Hanks. Hanks used to be a few doors down, but they got shunted out and that shop is now either another Wunjo or the new Westside. Or is Westside where Music Ground used to be... Or maybe where the Bass Cellar used to be. Argh. And I was only there on Saturday. Anyway since Andy's became Hanks, I'm not sure if the multitude of selection that was in Andy's is still there, seeing as Hanks was acoustic-only. Oh and Denmark St runs east-west, Hanks/Andy's is at the east end

[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1329201900' post='1538585'] Just one more question, I have a mobility scooter, just a smallish one and am trying to work out if its worth taking it with us? How scooter/disabled friendly is the area we're going to? It would make my life tons better if I could use it. [/quote] The roads around the NHM and the Science museum have been semi-pedestrianised recently - there's loads more space. Roads are the same levels as pavements, and pedestrians have right of way. The South Bank is quite open as well, but can get busy. There are ramps everywhere. Tube maps show all the easy-access stations.

Another one for kids of all ages: the London Transport Museum. Full of buses, trams, tubes and trains and general history of getting about. It's tucked into the south-east corner of the Covent Garden Piazza. Keep your ticket - it's valid for a year.

You can see future weekend's tube closures here: [url="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend"]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend[/url] - click on "future dates" to select when you'll be travelling. Sadly the Circle and District are often partially closed at weekends. If they're closed then I suggest either the Central line from Liverpool St or Jubilee Line from London Bridge to get westwards. Bit of a wander though. A cross-town bus will take ages.

Agree with the museum tips - but a recent visit to the NHM on a weekend meant lots of queues both outside an in, and very busy inside. (Don't go in the main front door of the NHM btw. There is a lesser-known entrance on the east side, on Exhibition Road. If you get to the Science Museum when approaching from South Ken tube, you've gone too far)

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1329034532' post='1536185'] As a bass player you really owe it to yourself to get over to The Gallery in Camden if you can. You can get there by tube to Camden Town and 5 minutes' walk up the Camden Road. If that's too far there's an overland rail station called Camden Central (I think), and the shop is only a couple of hundred yards from there. Denmark Street is almost across the road from the nearest tube station (Charing Cross if I remember correctly) - not the place it used to be I'm told but still worth a visit because of it's history. Also, it's round the corner from Oxford Street - probably the most famous shopping street in the country. [/quote] +1 for the Gallery. Tottenham Court Road tube station for Denmark St, you'll emerge into the building site of the Crossrail construction. Check out this pic: [url="http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/vistas/tube_tottenham_court_road.htm"]http://www.streetsen..._court_road.htm[/url] - pan the picture full right, turn right where the lady in the white coat is. Follow your nose from there - it's less than 2 mins walk from the station. If you're in the area then also worth a look might be Chappell on Wardour St; Ivor Mairant and Hobgoblin on Rathbone Place.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1328830654' post='1533598'] You have to pop into BassGear & play on his old fretless - Phil is more than happy for people to play it. It's just not for sale! [/quote] I'll check it out next time I'm passing! I think I have pictures somewhere... *rummage* Is this it? (May 13 2006 at the Borderline, history fans)