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| From | Greg York <yorkgreg@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: (BeBop Deluxe cover) - Bill Nelson |
| Date | Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:11:23 -0500 |
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Well, actually not close enough. Two different releases. "After the Satellite Sings" was released in 1996 and was one of Nelson's last releases to get worldwide distribution, which is why it is easily found on Amazon, etc. It's song oriented, but not one of my faves.
"Satellite Songs" was released in 2004 and saw limited distribution in Great Britan and by mail order through his partnership with Sound on Sound magazine in GB. In my mind, a much more "Be Bop" type of album.
But hey, it's easy to lose track. By my count, Nelson has released 23 CD's in the last 9 years...including 2 this past summer, and 2 this past week at his annual "Nelsonic" fan convention. Sure, that's a Robert Pollard level of self indulgence, and given the high import pricing, it's hard to keep up. The majority of his releases this decade have been "song oriented" versus the ambient type guitar stuff he was doing in the late 80's and 90's. There's a few guitar instrumental albums in the mix, but you also get cool titles like "Wah Wah Galaxy", and "The Romance of Sustain - Vol 1. Painting with Guitars". Romance contains the classic track, "For Stuart", written in memory of his friend Stuart Adamson of Big County. Bill pulls out every BBD guitar trick in the book in about 4 minutes.
Absolutely my favorite guitarist of all time.
Greg
> From: steveschiavo@mac.com
> On Sep 21, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Greg York wrote:
>
> > "Satellite Songs" is a few years old but the material was originally
> > written for an aborted Be Bop Deluxe reunion tour, so you might
> > enjoy that. I think Nelson is averaging about 5 new releases each
> > year, so there's no shortage of material out there. If you can
> > afford it, no doubt you'll find something you like.
>
> "After the satellite sings," but close enough. I see there are some
> used copies at Amazon. Atom Shop and Blue Moons and Laughing Guitars
> are also song oriented, as is most of the massive Noise Candy (if you
> can find one at an anywhere near sane price). Getting the Holy Ghost
> Across has also been reissued on CD.
>
>
> - Steve
>
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