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The Martin Tielli Interview 23Aug2013 – Part 1 of 4

The Martin Tielli Interview 23Aug2013 – Part 1 of 4 Martin Tielli used to work as a Scientific Illustrator at The Royal Ontario Museum. Then he joined a band called Rheostatics with Dave Bidini, Tim Vesely and Dave Clark (later replaced by Don Kerr and then Michael Wojewoda). He painted and sang and played guitar …

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Abba – RecordReCappe

ABBA I’ve got two in my vinyl collection. I used to have Voulez Vous which is an album I heard a lot as a kid and thus had a fondness for it in particular. There is no way anyone could justifiably slight this band. They are one of the top selling bands of all time …

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Genesis – Genesis Live

Genesis – Genesis Live “That was an unaccompanied bass pedal solo from Michael Rutherford” At one point in the past Live albums could serve as a gateway drug to a band’s back catalog. They were put out often as a stopgap between studio releases but very often at a time when the fanbase was growing …

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Genesis – Foxtrot

Genesis – Foxtrot “Can’t you feel our souls ignite” Following the release of Nursery Cryme Genesis toured extensively in the UK and Europe between November 71 and August 72 promoting the album. A non-album single called Happy The Man was released in May 1972 with Seven Stones from Nursery Cryme as the B-Side. It is …

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Genesis – Nursery Cryme

Genesis – Nursery Cryme “All your hearts now seem so far from me, It hardly seems to matter now” The first few years of the band involved shifts in band members. First Chris Stewart was replaced by Johnathan Silver on drums and then he by John Mayhew. After monumental sales of about 6000 copies of …

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Genesis – Trespass

Genesis – Trespass “Nobody needs to discover me, I’m back again” So, September 1969 Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford and Phillips decided to give it a proper go as Genesis as a full-time commitment, however they would write music on their own terms. Jonathan Silver who had played drums on From Genesis To Revelation left for school …

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