SURPRISE RELEASE + NEW CUPDISC

har · Post by **har** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:01 pm

Chris Monk wrote:Mine arrived today. Very pleased, even if my sticker isn't crumpled.

Not had a chance to listen to either of the albums but they look stunning.

Great album covers. Really beautiful.

...and I've even made it on to the cover of Live at the Lowry. Quite a moment for me, seriously.

Perfect way to end the week.

Brilliant covers, especially The Lowry. The booklet also excellent , great photos and also good to see so many pics of TD fans

PS Who is the dog on the back cover

Laserdisc Dream · Post by **Laserdisc Dream** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:08 pm

N.A.Y.

No Announcement Yet.

xsaram3 · Post by **xsaram3** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:17 pm

was really hoping postie would deliver today
but alas it was not to be

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:31 pm

har wrote:PS Who is the dog on the back cover

Edgar's.

I've read something written by Bianca a year or two back saying that Edgar had got a new dog. There was a photo of them together in a garden. Looks like the same dog to me. Can't remember where the original article was, probably be the TDOC site somewhere. Gave it a cursory glance but couldn't see anything.

Schulze · Post by **Schulze** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:49 pm

Listening to Mona Da Vinci for about the 4th time....

Favourite track at this point for me has to be Hunting for Illusions....

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:23 pm

Schulze wrote:Listening to Mona Da Vinci for about the 4th time....

Favourite track at this point for me has to be Hunting for Illusions....

Yep. I've listened to this several times today and Hunting for Illusions is my fave so far. I usually go for the more up-tempo stuff first, the more ambient stuff usually takes a little longer.

I'm slightly perplexed by Phantoms and Oracles. Can't make up my mind when it was recorded. Is it a new track or an archive recording? I haven't a clue. Sounds very good though. Nice playing by Zlakto. I wonder what Bernie would have done with it. Maybe we'll find out at a future concert.

NAVEL OF LIGHT · Post by **NAVEL OF LIGHT** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:14 am

Both CD's arrived yest.morning via CDS in Dundee! Well protected in a flip top box!

On the first few listens, this could be one of my favorite cup discs yet! It sounds great, it feels like TD have taken their time and care to compose the music whereas sometimes, I feel the cup discs are " leftovers" or cuts that didn't quite make an album....although I like them all.....but Mona Da Vinci has a real good feel about it. I got favorite tracks but can't put names to them yet, lol

Hope you all enjoy it too.

Thomas Mc Nulty · Post by **Thomas Mc Nulty** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:54 pm

Good cd so far. like it. Put it onto ipod with Gate of Saturn Ep for back to back listening this afternoon. All bodes well for the Finnegan's Wake release.

har · Post by **har** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:01 pm

Chris Monk wrote:
har wrote:PS Who is the dog on the back cover
Edgar's.

I've read something written by Bianca a year or two back saying that Edgar had got a new dog. There was a photo of them together in a garden. Looks like the same dog to me. Can't remember where the original article was, probably be the TDOC site somewhere. Gave it a cursory glance but couldn't see anything.

Nice to see you Edgars dog

Climbing out the roof of the Lowry no less.........cool !

har · Post by **har** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:06 pm

Enjoying both CDs very much.

Great triple live from possibly one of the best trips and gigs in my life, even with the slight ( FOR ME !!!!!!!!!!! ) sound issue it was just awesome. AND the sound quality on the CD is just superb.

Getting into Mona Da Vinci and enjoying doing so.

ant · Post by **ant** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:47 am

You may well be right about the dog being Edgar's but as there was someone at the concert with a dog I wondered if it was his???

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:39 am

har wrote:Great triple live from possibly one of the best trips and gigs in my life, even with the slight ( FOR ME !!!!!!!!!!! ) sound issue it was just awesome. AND the sound quality on the CD is just superb.

It was a very memorable show for me as well. I was fortunate enough to close to the front of the stage and near the middle and didn't appear to be subject to the sound issues several have reported, my only indication of any problems were for a brief period during Long Island Sunset.

High point though was meeting Edgar after the show. It's quite an experience meeting someone who's been a hero for so many years. There's a feeling that you have to say something that will communicate all that his music has meant to you in just a few short seconds and the sure knowledge that you'll never be able to do it. In the end I just lapsed into fan-boy mumbling (sigh).

The CD set is a great memento I have to say and the fact that I'm in one of the photos really means a lot, I know it shouldn't but it does.

sparrow · Post by **sparrow** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:53 am

Postie just been ..........................

bergen-dreamer · Post by **bergen-dreamer** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:41 pm

Got my package today

xsaram3 · Post by **xsaram3** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:33 pm

enjoying the new tunes very much

Mona has been "spun" 3 times tonight already!

all tracks excellent

picking a few tracks from "Lowry" now.

Excuse my ignorance but who is Edgar refering to at the end of Cool at Heart?

Tangerine Dream

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