UPDATE FEB 2011

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DEAR FRIENDS, AFTER RECEIVING FIVE NOTIFICATIONS FROM DMCA, I HAVE DECIDED TO CLOSE MY BLOGS, SO ALL THIS SHARING-LINK ACTIVITY IS FINISHED. YOU CAN READ THE COMPLETE TEXT I POSTED ON MY PILOT BLOG - - > HERE

FOR THE MANY MANY PEOPLE WHO KEEP ASKING FOR RECORDS: I'M SORRY, I CAN'T FULFIL THEIR REQUESTS, IT ALL CAME TO A POINT THAT'S 'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR ME. I HAD TO REMOVE THE 97% OF THE ALBUMS I HAD POSTED ON THE SERVERS. The few exceptions are: the bootlegs and the few studio albums authorized directly by the copyright owners.

FOR ALL THE OTHERS, Cyrus (who wants to buy some of my vynil records), Maxoom, Caroalt, Jiro, Trolley Dolly, Phil (who wants my copies of the COB albums), Marnie (who wants my copy of the original "Ptooff"), XJ64, Antiamnbient, Arman, Nicolas, Rick, etc etc , please WRITE ME AGAIN WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, AND I WILL ANSWER YOU, OKAY?

Last: I RE-UPPED THE FOREST'S LIVE ALBUM FOR THREE PEOPLE WHO ASKED FOR IT, SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.


VAN DER GRAAF FANS? - Click ==>> HERE

KISSES - YOUR COUNTESS VANESSA

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No pretention of completeness in mind, this blog sees the light with the idea of filling a good number of gaps here and there, where I notice that certain music that I particularly like is missing in other blogs. Therefore my intent is avoiding posting albums that are present elsewhere. Exceptions are: where I'm reported of dirty record scans, incomplete reissues often remixed and unfaithful to the originals, or when I can offer higher bitrate scans, or also when posting a title is necessary for the completeness of a thread or a discography.


Here you won't find links leading to downloads, whenever the "Link" is featured, the album is available, otherwise, it means "work in progress".... If you want an album, please write me a request in the comment section including your email address and where in the world you visit this blog from.

...and if you don't get an answer from me after a certain time, please write again - I'm sorry, but it's not rare that some emails get lost in outer space, unfortunately...

After seeing that certain people keep using some of my pictures (which are not first class, I admit it, but nevertheless were made originally by me) for their blogs, without mentioning me as the owner, I decided to apply a "watermark" on some of them.

Thanks for existing

Thanks for existing

05 September 2010

COB [aka C.O.B.] - Live at Old Ash Tree, Kent, 1972 (Private label, 1972)

Reup from Folk-Impossible
 
The front cover of my copy - but probably there was also another vinyl edition with no picture at all.
For the occasion, I did a new vynil rip, complete re-elaboration and fixed some defects here and there. New bitrate at 320 and for those interested, there will be a FLAC available too.


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Some pictures of their first two glorious albums (1971 / 1972):

the labels:
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If we today have these two masterworks in our record collections, we owe this in large part to Ralph McTell, a musician who is one of my top favourties, who produced both COB's studio albums.  As he said once, Danny Thompson, session man on "Moyshe McStiff", was the only musician, out of those involved, who ever got somehow paid for his contribution: he received a box with 25 copies of the album"... (!)
A picture taken in 2005: seen today, Mick Bennett, original COB member (left), Ralph McTell (centre) and columnist Richard Morton Jack.
McTell is also the one who still owned the original master tapes of the albums, and it's again thanks to him that today we have the newly remastered COB works available.

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...more photos for aficionados about to appear...

Your COUNTESS

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2 comments:

  1. 73Electra225October 23, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    Oh....My....God....Can you please let me know how I can get this live 1972 COB file? These guys cave my head in every time I listen to them. I've been so disapointed these past 15 years thinking there were only 2 COB albums. When I saw this I knew you must be the real deal...

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  2. CONTESSA VANESSAOctober 26, 2010 at 11:44 AM

    Dear Geoffrey,
    you don't need to disturb God ;)), you can get the album from me, but you must first tell me your email address, so please write again and the next time you get the album :-)

    Till soon,

    the Countess

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