Mykesbass

Did like the Pale Saints back in the day. Very classy pop music.

That's a healthy local scene over the years.

Just looked through the list. A lot of big names in there, and I didn't realise Nik Kershaw was born in Bristol. Not something the good folks of Ipswich would want you to know!

No problem with a bit of pedantry! And yes, Sheffield seems to be out there.

That is literally where the phrase Old Grey Whistle Test comes from.

Not bad for a publisher's demo!

Frank Ifield - now I didn't know he was from Coventry!

Problem with these places (and Nashville) is knowing which bands are local. Then taking per capita into account I don't think they would rank so highly.

I'm not making any rules and would say this is a good call.

That eBay bloke in Germany probably has it.

Following @Barking Spiders Norway thread, which towns/cities have been most productive with local talent? I'm going for Sheffield, but per capita, again, some of the Scottish towns can stake a claim with Dunfermline (55,000) leading the charge with Nazareth, Skids/Big Country, Ian Anderson and Barbara Dickson. Where else has grown more than its fair share of talent?

I only knew of his sax playing for many years! Much later when I found out he was the bass player too.

What an amazing band performance!

To me this is one of the most astonishing statements I have ever seen in a discussion about music, that S&G's version is a bit overproduced in comparison to the Disturbed version. Previously I would have strongly argued as to how wrong you are. However, I recently sat through a presentation at the sound production department of the uni my son is off to. The lecturer played us a track before and after his post grad students had got their hands on it. I couldn't believe that everyone else in the room preferred the new version which I hated to the same level that I hate Disturbed's SoS. I'm sure age has a lot to do with it, but it just goes to show that there is no right or wrong, and that it's all down to how we hear things.

I think one of your imperfections is timing 😆

Sorry, should have used an irony emoji. It is a Dylan original.

I think I may be a little bit domineering. Don't mean to be, but it's just the way my enthusiasm can come over. Think I lost what could have been a fabulous gig due to this.

Some tracks you don't even need to hear to know just how awful they are!

The irony of the line "but you don't care much for music...' in this version!!

One of the 'Greatest Hits' style live albums that I think is amazing (partly down to the musicianship of the backing band) is the original Simon & Garfunkel in Central Park.

Most, yes, but many are very different offerings. Would be interesting to see ( but I'm not going to do this) if a lot of the albums suggested here fall into the second category. The 9 Below Zero album that @Steve Browning suggested before I could was the band's first release outside of a couple of live 7". Another couple of great 'non-hits' live albums are John Martyn live at Leeds and Bob Marley and the Wailers live at the Lyceum. Very much not hits packages.

That is a stunning piece of craftsmanship.

Although I think I prefer the Robert Palmer version.

Wanted to do this with my last band but they insisted on turning it into the Coverdale version. That was probably the first signs of the dreaded 'musical differences'.

This was going to be my contribution to the thread. Great album, and they never really cracked it in the studio. "Like sitting at Tulse Hill station..."