IvanP
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 09:20 AM
This is an astoundingly beautiful song, IMO (though there are probably some that find it boring). Not surf, but Peter Green was inspired by the Shadows when writing it, so there's some connection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ombnqWR3eA
Just putting this here since some of you may not be familiar with this song - and you should be. It reminds me a bit of The Quiet Surf..... Though in the video Green's playing a Les Paul, apparently he claimed to have recorded this track with a Strat (they're not really playing in the video, just faking it along to the original recording). Beautiful sound!
Enjoy!
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brandonio
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 10:28 AM
I've always liked this song Ivan,and even though their not really playing their instruments in the video they certainly did a good job on selling it.The song evokes laying back in a hammock on a white sand beach just taking it easy with "Albatross" flying in the distance. 
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Icetech
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 10:42 AM
I have always liked the early mac stuff, i was recently in a rite-aid or whatever and got a CD full of early stuff for like $5:) And if i never hear a song from rumors again i'll die happy:)
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Ruhar
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 10:52 AM
Thanks for posting Ivan.
I have always loved Peter Green's playing. John Mayall's A Hard Road album is vintage Peter Green greatness!
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Stormtiger
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 10:53 AM
They are indeed playing live in that video. They make it look so easy.
Matt Quilter and the "legends" played this song at the last Surfing Sunday at the HBISM.
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brandonio
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 11:08 AM
Stormtiger
They are indeed playing live in that video. The
Watch it again,there are several cymbal miscues !
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IvanP
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 11:09 AM
Stormtiger
They are indeed playing live in that video. They make it look so easy.
Doug, they're not. It's most obvious by watching Mick Fleetwood's cymbal swells which are not even close to matching the music. The rest of the guys do a great job 'finger-syncing', but Mick was probably too high... 
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 11:32 AM
Peter Green is one of the most underrated players of that era. He completely blows Clapton out of the water. Those early Fleetwood Mac albums are amazing, such a shame he cracked up and they turned into such crap.
check this out:
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/fleetwood-mac/concerts/cue-club-november-02-1969.html
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Stormtiger
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 11:34 AM
I stand corrected. I've watched that video many times before and they had me fooled but I did hear a cymbal this time without any help from Mick. Bare Trees has a couple of nice instros too, Sunny Side of Heaven and Danny's Chant, but Peter Green was gone by then.
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bamboozer
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Delaware
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 01:24 PM
Beautiful piece, add more reverb and the occasional trem dip and it will surf right up.
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PolloGuitar
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 01:32 PM
IvanP
Not surf, but Peter Green was inspired by the Shadows when writing it, so there's some connection.
I remember in the Vintage Guitar that featured him on the cover, Green said he was inspired by "Sleepwalk".
Here's a thread about it on a Fleetwood Mac forum:
http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=41421
Albatross is one of my all-time favorite instros!
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djangodeadman
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 05:58 PM
First instrumental tune I ever bought, if I recall correctly (which, as a rule, I don't these days  ).
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IvanP
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 06:07 PM
PolloGuitar
IvanP
Not surf, but Peter Green was inspired by the Shadows when writing it, so there's some connection.
I remember in the Vintage Guitar that featured him on the cover, Green said he was inspired by "Sleepwalk".
Ferenc, which version? The original or the Shadows' version? Cause the latter was quite big in the UK in the early '60s. It's common knowledge that Green was a big Shadows fan, as well - he appeared on the Shads' tribute "Twang" back in the '90s, covering "Midnight", a song that was intended to be a kind of a copy of "Sleepwalk". All sorts of connections!
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WhorehayRFB
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 06:53 PM
Acapulco Radio from Berlin (of course) covered this...dunno if that's news to anyone on here or not.
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PolloGuitar
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 07:19 PM
IvanP
PolloGuitar
IvanP
Not surf, but Peter Green was inspired by the Shadows when writing it, so there's some connection.
I remember in the Vintage Guitar that featured him on the cover, Green said he was inspired by "Sleepwalk".
Ferenc, which version? The original or the Shadows' version? Cause the latter was quite big in the UK in the early '60s. It's common knowledge that Green was a big Shadows fan, as well - he appeared on the Shads' tribute "Twang" back in the '90s, covering "Midnight", a song that was intended to be a kind of a copy of "Sleepwalk". All sorts of connections!
Ivan, good question. I am not one to keep old VGs around, so I don't have the issue, and can't find it online. But, my memory is that he was talking about the Santo and Johnny version, which captured his imagination at a young age.
Albatross = 2 chords (!!!)
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 07:45 PM
Stormtiger
I stand corrected. I've watched that video many times before and they had me fooled but I did hear a cymbal this time without any help from Mick. Bare Trees has a couple of nice instros too, Sunny Side of Heaven and Danny's Chant, but Peter Green was gone by then.
i saw them right after they released 'bare trees' as the opening act for black sabbath.
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BillyBlastOff
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 08:37 PM
Here's a version we did, (Surf Rockets), back in 2007. It's on the SG101 Comp. (#23).
Go here if interested:
http://www.archive.org/details/SG1012007MP3
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PolloGuitar
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 09:23 PM
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Here's a version we did, (Surf Rockets), back in 2007. It's on the SG101 Comp. (#23).
Go here if interested:
http://www.archive.org/details/SG1012007MP3
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Very nice Billy. Is that a live recording?
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BillyBlastOff
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 10:08 PM
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BillyBlastOff
Here's a version we did, (Surf Rockets), back in 2007. It's on the SG101 Comp. (#23).
Go here if interested:
http://www.archive.org/details/SG1012007MP3
Billy
Very nice Billy. Is that a live recording?
Thanks Ferenc!
Yeah, that was recorded live at Doug Forbe's place. I think we used a Korg 3200 for that tune. Marty Tippens on Drums, Rob Woolsey on lead, me on Rhythm, and Doug on Bass. We mic'd everything up and let it rip.
An acoustic guitar really makes that tune even more prettier.
Thanks!
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Brian
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Posted on Oct 14 2010 10:13 PM
That is nice Billy!
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