tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post2720700266503451157..comments2024-03-27T21:46:11.188+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Bailey, Frith, Fitzgerald, Reichel – "Guitar Solos 2" (Caroline Records – C 1518) 1976Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-79257146787409355982022-07-30T08:59:05.869+02:002022-07-30T08:59:05.869+02:00Wow - never heard this - I have a Volume three som...Wow - never heard this - I have a Volume three somewhere in the lockup - a white cover - had a davy williams and others if I recall. I could google it but I should go look for my vinylAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-37289266369240208572019-10-21T22:59:48.950+02:002019-10-21T22:59:48.950+02:00OK, final old post comment: Gerry Fitzgerald was ...OK, final old post comment: Gerry Fitzgerald was also in Radar Favourites with Charles Hayward and Geoff Leigh. He was later replaced by Charles Bullen, but no recordings of that era exist.parmaleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166917258724450155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-54812011529428094502019-05-12T06:51:30.951+02:002019-05-12T06:51:30.951+02:00Sod it, Got it all wrong, again. The cover of Mou...Sod it, Got it all wrong, again. The cover of Mouseproof was a CAT wearing sunglasses. Makes more sense that way I s'poze.rev.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-37477195903283446462019-05-12T06:44:42.110+02:002019-05-12T06:44:42.110+02:00I reckon I was one of those spotty young men. This...I reckon I was one of those spotty young men. This is actually teen-age nostalgia for me. No doubt it’s naive of me, but I had the impression after Fred’s Guitar Solos album, Virgin/Caroline again let him do what he wanted for GSII, allowing him to introduce others working in a similar vein. I got Hans Reichel straight away. Derek didn’t do much for me at first, but I understood he sort of founded the style, so I guess I’d better work on it. G.F sounded like a Frith clone, which wasn’t bad thing. I later learned he had released a more pop-oriented album in 1970 called Mouseproof. Apparently it had something of a cult following, initiated in part by an intense d.i.y. pre-release promotion campaign involving hundreds of stickers posted around London with an iconic cartoon of a mouse wearing sunglasses, along with cryptic ads in MM, etc. It was nothing like the abstract guitar improv on GSII,, but it’s nice enough. Here ’tis for anyone who cares to give it a listen: https://www.mediafire.com/file/qblmxdfsoodf3v7/G.F._Fitzgerald_-_Mouseproof.zip/file BTW, I only have a freebie account with Mediafire, which means uploads only last 15 days, so if there’s any interest, feel free to upload it to yours.<br /><br />As for Virgin, back in it’s early days before it was infected by money and suck, the choice of artists had more to do with Simon Draper than Richard “send the rich into orbit” Branson. Read all about it here: https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/10/simon-draper-virgin-records<br /><br />I remember being parked in the rain with a date while Only Reflect played on the car cassette. Turned out It fit so well with the sound of the rain on the car roof. I can’t imagine what my date made of it all. I haven’t a clue where she is now, but I do still have that memory….and this album. rev.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-71381558110321523862019-05-12T06:17:44.314+02:002019-05-12T06:17:44.314+02:00Fitzgerald's a friend of lol coxhill, on a cou...Fitzgerald's a friend of lol coxhill, on a couple of Reel Recordings with him. Did an all over the place album called Mouseproof wth at least one jazz rock tune on itynorthfieldhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219971856461258513noreply@blogger.com