Mayors Of The Moon - Jon Langford And His Sadies

Advantages: Excellent mix of music, very easy listening and full performance.
Disadvantages: Repitition

...Background In 1939, T.S. Eliot published a poetry collection entitled 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'; this was set to music, almost word for word, to make the musical Cats. Some of his unpublished works, found many years later, were also used in composing the lyrics and score. Only 8 lines in the whole musical were not written by Eliot himself. 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' was written as a series of letters to his godchildren. 'Cats' opened for the first time on Monday 11th May 1981 and closed exactly 21 years, to the day, later. The show took the world by storm and provided Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh with a catalyst for future musicals. Cats became London's longest-running musical in 1989 when it played its 3358th performance at the New London Theatre. In 1996 it became the longest running musical... Read review

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Advantages: good original material
Disadvantages: not the same without richies backup vocals

...Since the fantastic blaze of glory album which was indeed the soundtrack to young guns 2 we haven't seen much of Jon on his own. With the release of this album (Destination Anywhere)came various different film career attempts eg.destination anywhere,Midnight in Chelsea with Whoopi Goldberg and Kevin bacon and Moonlight in Valentino with er....Jon Bon Jovi, all of which seemed to fail miserably, but thankfully the album did not. It was released in the UK in 1997 from polydor records. The tracks were soft rock/pop with a few ballads thrown in for good measure, they seemed very moody and depressing at times. Most of the tracks were written by Jon Bon Jovi, and the lyrics were really heart-renching and meaningfull. Don't get me wrong the album is really good for those long night drives in the rain but not quite up to the standard... Read review

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Advantages: Folk rock at it's best, magical lyrics, soothing vocals and enchanting lullabies, a real treat for the ears
Disadvantages: None

...As far as solo albums go in the world of folk rock Pink Moon is right up there squeezing it's way in between it's peers. Nick Drake has an enchantingly soothing pitched voice and along with his infamous right hand finger picking guitar style he is held in high esteem among his critics and fellow folk musicians. Nicholas Rodney Drake born June 19, 1948 in Ranhoon, Burma grew up in a small village in Warwickshire, he learnt how to play the flute at the local public school in which he attended. Drake later went on to study English literature at the University of Cambridge while his sister Gabielle Drake was becoming a highly accomplished actress. While a student Nick performed his solo material at local pubs and coffee shops until being spotted by Fairport Convention's Ashley Hutchings. Ashley introduced Nick to various... Read review

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