Kiln House

[aleuzzi]

Nothing new or interesting to report. Just reiterating my love for Kiln House. I've been listening to it front-to-back a lot lately and can't get enough of it! So many gems on it.

[becca]

It took awhile to grow on me, initially I probably only really appreciated Jewel Eyed Judy and the cover drawing. Then One Together, Station Man and Tell Me and finally Mission Bell, Buddy's Song and This Is The Rock began to strike me as clever rather than reminding me of Sha-Na-Na or whatever.

I'd love a reissue with a good transfer of the studio Purple Dancer on it alongside Dragonfly.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by becca

I'd love a reissue with a good transfer of the studio Purple Dancer on it alongside Dragonfly.

I was just about to post that same thing...good thing I read the ENTIRE thread before posting!

I added those two songs to Kiln House album on my iPod, but an OFFICIAL version would make me feel a whole lot less guilty.

[dansven]

Talking about Kiln House era recordings, does anybody know whether Danny's "Down At The Crown" was ever recorded in a studio (other than BBC) ?
The song is awsome!!

Particularily those Kiln House outtakes (such as Dragonfly and Purple Dancer) have a very special feel to them, which I've heard nowhere else.

[aleuzzi]

Dragonfly is one of the band's best tunes of any era. Such fantastic guitar work, too.

There are so many gems from that period that should have made it to record. I think Christine's live in-studio version of Crazy Bout You Baby with the Mac is incredible, as is Danny's Trinity.

[Mr Scarrott]

I definitely agree about Dragonfly. I was at a garden party once and the guitarist who was providing the entertainment suddenly started playing it. I was rather drunk at the time and had to stop myself shaking his hand then and there (which would have rather interrupted his performance). Everyone looked at me as if I had gone mad.... I would love to get a decent recording of of the original B-side Purple Dancer. I've got the Madison Blues version but the B-side (which I only heard on Youtube for the first time the other day is a bit rockier, a touch more psychedelic. It's the only "official" studio recording of the Danny-Jeremy-Chris-John-Mick lineup as far as I can make out, so I've always thought it's quite important. I really hope it appears on any Rhino re-working of Kiln House

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I think Christine's live in-studio version of Crazy Bout You Baby with the Mac is incredible, as is Danny's Trinity.

I kept wondering why, on Madison Blues, that there was the parenthetic "Can't Hold Out Much Longer" after "Crazy Bout You Baby" title. I kept thinking that somehow they did a medley with the Elmore James song. But not the case.

Well, come to find out, that lyrically, the Christine sung tune was an old Little Walter song called "Can't Hold Out Much Longer". (hence the original title in parentheses; apparently a publishing company had threatened litigation)

She had just given it a little bit more of the British pop/blues feel, where Little Walter's original version has that more Muddy Waters-esque plodding feel. (it was covered very faithfully to the original arrangement by Eric Clapton on his recent Clapton album)

Typical of blues tunes...the same song can have multiple titles depending on who records them. Like Elmore James' "I Can't Hold Out" has also been recorded by James himself under the titles "Talk To Me Baby" & "Telephone Blues". (not sure if that was a ploy to reap more royalties or not; since most blues artists got stiffed of most of their royalties anyway) Even his most famous song "Dust My Broom" (itself a cover of a Robert Johnson song) had also been recorded under the title "I Believe My Time Ain't Long" (even Fleetwood Mac themselves recorded two versions of the song one under each title)

And, on a personal note, one of my bands plays Danny's "Without You", but the singer in our band never refers to the song by it's official title...he always calls it "Crazy About My Baby". (Irritates me to no end...for the last 7 years!!! )

[redbird]

I liked this album immediately, most especially "Station Man" and "Earl Gray", but also "Jewel Eyed Judy", "Mission Bell" and "Blood on the Floor".

[urbanscot]

It's the next FM album on my to buy list. Can't wait to here it.