Talk Talk (RIP Mark Hollis)

Also possible that The Rainbow and New Grass are references to DH Lawrence and Albert Ayler respectively

Re: Music Machine - Doh! Yep slipped my mind!

Didn't know of the Ayler. Excellent - I'm sure there must be more!

Myrrhman / 1983... a merman I should turn be (Hendrix)

also obviously The Last Time / The Last Time (Rolling Stones)

Stuff in bold:

Anyone else notice the way Hollis references other songs? "Does Caroline Know" ("Caroline, No"), Laughing Stock and "The Daily Planet" (Love), "Inside Looking Out" and "It's My Life" (Animals), "Mirror Man" (Beefheart)... I know there are more.

― Andy, Friday, June 1, 2001 8:00 PM (seventeen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's not until the moment of listening that I find I can navigate the sonic field and the safety and familiarity returns.

Feel exactly the same. Like I don't know what bits are in what song but I know precisely how the album goes when listening to it. I didn't feel anxious about it though, stuck me as part of their mesmerising character that my mind wouldn't act on them as analytically as it does other records.

"I don't know what bits are in what song but I know precisely how the album goes when listening to it."

^ That's a good description.

Co-sign this amnesiac feeling wrt Talk Talk and am fascinated at how common that seems to be.

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/what-if-gilmour-had-given-the-division-bell-tapes-to-mark-hollis-for-the-endless-river-project.817595/

Posted, per Elvis T., by Tim Friese-Greene, it seems. Talk Talk, Spirit of Eden rehearsal:

https://soundcloud.com/user-947232876/eden-rehearsal-cassette

Truly a gift to hear that.

having never seen a TT cd in a charity shop before, today I found History Revisited for 50p.
had no idea it even existed which having looked it up I understand why now.
its not great (though I have yet to hear it all), but still for 50p ..
I often used to wonder what ever happened to dominic whoosey (aka neutron 9000)..

Made a mix in tribute to Mark Hollis, whose music was hugely formative for me:

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/folder-1.jpg?w=1024

Various - 'Elegy for Mark Hollis - A Life (1955-2019)'
1982-2000

01 [0:00:00] David Sylvian - "Brilliant Trees" ('Brilliant Trees' 1984)
02 [0:09:05] Rachel's - "Full On Night" ('Handrwiting' 1995)
03 [0:15:40] Neil Young - "Guitar Solo #4" ('Dead Man' 1996)
04 [0:19:45] The Durutti Columm - "Without Mercy (Stanzas IX-XII)" ('Without Mercy' 1984)
05 [0:26:45] The For Carnation - "Moonbeams" ('The For Carnation' 2000)
06 [0:36:05] Scott Walker - "Sleepwalkers Woman" ('Climate of Hunter' 1984)
07 [0:40:05] Robert Wyatt - "Maryan" ('Shleep' 1997)
08 [0:46:15] Paul Motian Trio - "India" ('It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago' 1985)
09 [0:53:35] Low - "Landlord" ('Songs For A Dead Pilot' 1997)
10 [1:00:15] The Comsat Angels - "Pictures" ('Fiction' 1982)
11 [1:04:40] Dif Juz - "Marooned" ('Extractions' 1985)
12 [1:08:35] Shelleyan Orphan - "Supernature on a Superhighway" ('Humroot' 1992)
13 [1:15:30] Danny Thompson - "Till Minne Av Jan" ('Whatever' 1987)
14 [1:20:15] Stina Nordenstam - "Dynamite" ('Dynamite' 1996)
15 [1:24:35] Haruomi Hosono - "Trembling #1" ('The Endless Talking' 1985)
16 [1:27:40] Dead Can Dance - "The Host of Seraphim" ('The Serpent's Egg' 1988)
17 [1:33:25] Yasuaki Shimizu - "Stir In This Way" ('Kakashi' 1982)
18 [1:35:35] Mick Karn - "Dreams of Reason" ('Dreams Of Reason Produce Monsters' 1986)
19 [1:39:15] Arthur Russell - "Not Checking Up" ('World of Echo' demo 1986)
20 [1:43:40] This Mortal Coil - "The Lacemaker" ('Blood' 1991)
21 [1:46:45] Peter Gabriel - "With This Love" ('Passion' 1989)
22 [1:50:05] The Blue Nile - "Regret" ('Tinseltown In the Rain' single 1984)
23 [1:53:30] Talk Talk - "It's Getting Late in the Evening" ('Life's What You Make It' single 1986)

[Total Time: 1:59:17]

Downloadable or streamable here: https://www.mixcloud.com/musicophilia/musicophilia-elegy-for-mark-hollis-a-life-1955-2019/

Sorry, wrong link--that's just the stream. Download here: https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2019/03/27/elegy-for-mark-hollis/

thanks, Soundslike, like the look of that very nuch.

and also very much.

Looks great, Soundlike, thanks!!

Great work Soundslike, thanks for sharing!

Remembered that Danny Thompson played bass on both Five Leaves Left and Spirit of Eden (among many others), maybe my favorite two albums ever.

Also Solid Air!

A Danny Thompson POX would be SKILLZ.

And this mix looks amazing, cheers.

Danny Thompson played with David Sylvian and Shelleyan Orphan too, though possibly not on those tracks

think he's on Hounds Of Love somewhere too?

And Andrew Ridgeley’s ‘Son of Albert’.

haha, awesome!

Great mix, Soundslike - really enjoyed the Comsat Angels track in particular (I've never really listenend to them before).

*listened

This is a brilliant mix, Soundslike. Durutti into The For Carnation just damn near made me levitate.

soundslike tha G.O.A.T.

Thank you all for listening! It was a tough mix to make, because I found myself still sort of shocked Mark Hollis was gone, even though he'd been "gone" for all intents and purposes as a listener for twenty years. But also because. . . really nothing does sound like Talk Talk and 'Mark Hollis,' even music I love dearly. TT and 'MH' will give five seconds to a moment of sublime beauty and arresting juxtaposition what other artists will try to explore across entire tracks or albums. No one else really seems to have the confidence and restraint to let things flourish and fade in that way.

Working on the 60s-70s tribute mix now, fingers crossed. . .

And--Danny Thompson is definitely the secret hero of two generations' worth of a certain strand of music. You really could do an entire mix of just tracks he's played on for different artists--I've probably done several mixes which have five+ such tracks. Brilliant artist.

inspired by this thread i was looking through danny thompson's credits on discogs and i really am surprised at how many records he's on that i love. i had no idea he was on s.e. rogie's "dead men don't smoke marijuana"!

(right now i'm listening to dick griffin's "homage to sun ra" - actually a rare error in discogs, this actually has danny ray thompson on it, the bassist is cecil mcbee. so i'm not at all disappointed!)

Someone ought to do a super long career spanning and candid interview with Danny Thompson ASAP, seriously. He turns 80 on Thursday!

He's the best. I saw him do a really memorable duo show with (no relation) Richard Thompson.

fwiw he is on Colour of Spring as well, if no one mentioned.

Another great Danny record is Tim Buckley’s ‘Dream Letter Live In London’ set

yes! it's fantastic. any of those recordings from that european tour, there's some great live versions of "i don't need it to rain" with thompson killing it on bass

Where can I get that? On a boot?

I imagine so. Don't think there are any other official releases from that tour

actually according to discogs it's not thompson at all on the recording i'm thinking of but Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, i guess thompson wasn't around for the whole tour

also apparently according to discogs, the guy who provided the label the tape deliberately degraded the sound quality since it wasn't meant for release, which i guess explains why it sounds like shit, would be nice if the un-degraded tape was to get released somewhere

sorry for the misdirect, for what it's worth pedersen rips it the fuck up on the bass, i should probably check out some more of his shit, he played bass on "my name is albert ayler", which i have heard, and dexter gordon's "one flight up", which i guess i'm listening to next!

Listened to Spirit of Eden last night as I was drifting off to sleep - it's such a great night time album, even with the intense dynamics of 'Desire' ...

been listening to your mix this afternoon, soundslike. it really is fantastic.

it worked especially well against spring rain while i did quiet chores around the house. perfectly beautiful.

He's the best. I saw him do a really memorable duo show with (no relation) Richard Thompson.

Honestly all these years I assumed they were brothers!

Wot, like you and Paul?

lol, pssh.... nm.

i liked your mix too, soundslike. i listened to it while repainting the appartment. the usual suspects on it plus some interesting, unknown music to me. the mix flows very nicely.

I made a second mix in tribute to Mark Hollis, this time focusing on music from the very late 60s and the 1970s:

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/musicophilia_00_various_-_remembrance_1969-1978_cover.jpg?w=1024

Various - 'Remembrance - A Life (1955-2019)'
1969-1978

Part I

01 [0:00:00] Alice Coltrane - "Hare Krishna" ('Universal Consciousness' 1971)
02 [0:03:00] Terry Callier - "Dancing Girl" ('What Color Is Love' 1972)
03 [0:12:00] Leonard Cohen - "Avalanche" ('Songs of Love and Hate' 1971)
04 [0:17:00] Miles Davis - "Sanctuary" ('Bitches Brew' 1970)
05 [0:27:50] Terry Reid - "Milestones" ('River' 1973)
06 [0:33:40] Scott Walker - "It's Raining Today" ('Scott 3' 1969)
07 [0:37:40] Nico - "You Forgot To Answer" ('The End...' 1974)
08 [0:42:35] Brother Ah - "The Sea" ('The Sea' 1978)
09 [0:48:20] Can - "Sing Swan Song" ('Ege Bamyasi' 1972)
10 [0:52:45] Van Morrison - "You Don't Pull No Punches..." ('Veedon Fleece' 1974)
11 [1:01:30] Tim Buckley - "Cafe" ('Blue Afternoon' 1969)

Part II

12 [1:06:55] Big Star - "Kanga Roo" ('Third' 1975)
13 [1:10:40] Pharoah Sanders - "Astral Travelling" ('Thembi' 1971)
14 [1:16:25] Richard & Linda Thompson - "The Great Valerio" ('I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight' 1974)
15 [1:21:50] Judee Sill - "The Donor" ('Heart Food' 1973)
16 [1:29:20] Brian Eno - "French Catalogues" ('Discreet Music' 1975)
17 [1:34:30] Abercrombie-Hammer-DeJohnette - "Timeless" ('Timeless' 1975)
18 [1:45:50] John Martyn - "Go Down Easy" ('Solid Air' 1973)
19 [1:49:20] Beverly Glenn-Copeland - "Ghost House" ('Beverly Glenn-Copeland' 1970)
20 [1:56:40] Simon Jeffes - "Chartered Flight" ('Music From the Penguin Cafe' 1976)
21 [2:03:15] Nick Drake - "Saturday Sun" ('Five Leaves Left' 1969)
22 [2:07:20] Paul Bley - "Closer" ('Open, To Love' 1973)

[Total Time: 2:13:00]

Please stream or download here: https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/remembrance-for-mark-hollis/

Another title connect -
Third World War - Ascension Day

Listened to 'Mark Hollis' for the first time through since he passed, this evening. For me, probably the most singular record I know. I love what I included in the mixes and I feel like there's a common spirit. But man, truly nothing really sounds like this record, or really the last two Talk Talk records.

sprit of talk talk book getting a reprint. have pre-ordered. not missing it this time around godammit.