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David Harvey

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David Harvey 10th Feb 2022		Vinyl Album Danny Kirwan - Hello There Big Boy!	Review Danny Kirwan's final album Hello There Big Boy is quite a bittersweet album, because it was the last one he would ever make and the sessions coincided with his mental health deteriorating to the point where he could no longer continue his music career after the album's release. He did sing and play rhythm guitar, but it's unlikely that he played any lead guitar, although two songs, ironically, feature his own Fleetwood Mac replacement Bob Weston playing lead guitar. Bob Weston (I'm using his full name to avoid confusion with Bob Welch) did remember that Danny had totally fallen apart, because he could still play rhythm guitar, but incapable of playing lead guitar. The first track "Wings of a Dove" has a very Rumours-like production sound and even ex-Fleetwood Mac manager Clifford Davis, who produced it, described the album as so bad and said that Danny had to finish it for contractual reasons. It's very sad that Danny fell victim to alcoholism, mental illness and homelessness and never made any official return to music, not like Brian Wilson or Peter Green. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
David Harvey 31st Jan 2022		Vinyl Album Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy	This was the first Led Zeppelin album that I ever owned on vinyl and it was not an original pressing, but rather, a 180g vinyl reissue. I absolutely love these 180g vinyl reissues of Led Zeppelin and what makes them even better is not only the replicated Atlantic and Swan Song labels, but also the faithfully replicated original album artwork, including gatefolds, inserts and die-cut sleeves where applicable, and Jimmy Page himself personally supervised John Davis's remastering work and collaborated with him on it, so that lends extra authenticity.
David Harvey 30th Oct 2021		Vinyl Album The Beatles - Beatles For Sale	This 180g vinyl copy holds the distinction of being the first Beatles album that I ever bought brand new as well as the first one to replace an original UK mono copy that I got for my 14th birthday. The reason why I bought it was because this pressing was in much better condition than my old copy and my favourite track is the Fab Four's interpretation of Chuck Berry's "Rock and Roll Music". I have played it many times on my turntable.
David Harvey 29th Oct 2021		Vinyl Album The Beatles - Abbey Road	I love this pressing of The Beatles' timeless classic "Abbey Road" on 180g vinyl - it's the fifth vinyl copy I have ever owned.
David Harvey 29th Oct 2021		Vinyl Album James Taylor - James Taylor	I happened to purchase an original vinyl copy of this album on my first visit to Birdland Records in Sydney and it's in beautiful condition. Here's some trivia: on "Carolina in My Mind", Paul McCartney plays bass and George Harrison sings uncredited backing vocals.