DR. STRANGELY STRANGE
''ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE''
NOVEMBER 18 1997
47:35
1. Lilty's/2:29
2. Darksome Burn/4:37
3. The Heat Came Down/4:26
4. The James Gang/2:00
5. Hale Bopp; Jigg For Jack/3:27
6. Hames And Traces/3:37
7. Wishing/2:53
8. Whatever Happened To The Blues/3:57
9. Too Much Of A Good Thing/4:08
10. Hard As Nails/3:50
11. Planxty Roland/2:48
12. Epilog/2:50
13. Strange World/5:45
14. Pulp Kayak/0:46
All Tracks By Tim Booth / Tim Goulding / Ivan Pawle / Scully / Thomas Tutty
Tim Booth /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Tim Goulding /Harmonium, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Whistle (Human), Whistle (Instrument)
Mary Greene /Vocals (Background)
Len McCarthy /Sax (Baritone)
Davy McFarlane /Harmonica
Gary Moore /Guitar (Electric)
Mario N'Gomo /Percussion, Rainstick, Tibetan Bells
Seán Ó Loinsigh /Bazouki, Bouzouki
Andy O'Sullivan /Harmonica
Ivan Pawle /Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Harmonium, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Paul Scully /Producer
Bruno Staehelin /Drums, Percussion
Joe Thomas /Fiddle, Viola
TJM Tutty /Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Aine Whelan /Vocals (Background)
REVIEW
by Dave Sleger
The subtitle of this album reads "The Difficult Third Album," and in fact 27 years passed between Dr. Strangely Strange's second and third releases. Their first album, Kip of the Serenes, was a singsong psychedelic folk record while their second, Heavy Petting, employed more rock and free-form ideas. This album incorporates traditional Irish music, blues-rock, and acoustic rock & roll, thus separating itself significantly from the two earlier releases and perhaps even paving the way for the BMC Band's The Peace Within, which was released in 1998 by Irish blues guitarist Barry McCabe. He also combined the blues with Irish music. So while this band expanded its musical focus some in the interim, its vocalists also benefited from the years; the three founding members, Ivan Pawle, Tim Goulding, and Tim Booth, all share in the lead vocals and their collective voices have matured noticeably. At times they recall Fisherman's Blues and Room to Roam-era Waterboys. Fiddler Joe Thomas adds a new element to the music, and is especially effective on the acoustic numbers. Former associate and electric guitarist Gary Moore rejoins his old friends on three selections, adding the bluesy sound to those songs.
BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
An experimental Irish folk group closely affiliated with the Incredible String Band, Dr. Strangely Strange was formed in Dublin in 1967 by vocalist/guitarist Tim Booth and bassist/keyboardist Ivan Pawle (vocals/bass/keyboards). Soon they teamed with multi-instrumentalist Tim Goulding, an aspiring painter, and began living and rehearsing in a house owned by Goulding's girlfriend, backing vocalist Orphan Annie (a.k.a. Annie Xmas), which its tenants nicknamed "The Orphanage." After signing with the Incredible String Band's producer and manager Joe Boyd, Dr. Strangely Strange debuted in 1969 with Kip of the Serenes. While on tour with Fotheringay, they enlisted drummer Neil Hopwood, and later in the year appeared on the String Band's Changing Horses LP. After 1970's Heavy Petting, Dr. Strangely Strange began falling apart: Goulding left to enter to a Buddhist monastery, while Pawle and Booth teamed with Gay and Terry Woods for a brief tour. The group soon disbanded, but they reunited in 1973 for an Irish tour, and briefly reconvened again in the early '80s, Eventually Booth established a second Orphanage which became a springboard for a new generation of Irish rock, helping launch the careers of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott, Gary Moore and others.
''ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE''
NOVEMBER 18 1997
47:35
1. Lilty's/2:29
2. Darksome Burn/4:37
3. The Heat Came Down/4:26
4. The James Gang/2:00
5. Hale Bopp; Jigg For Jack/3:27
6. Hames And Traces/3:37
7. Wishing/2:53
8. Whatever Happened To The Blues/3:57
9. Too Much Of A Good Thing/4:08
10. Hard As Nails/3:50
11. Planxty Roland/2:48
12. Epilog/2:50
13. Strange World/5:45
14. Pulp Kayak/0:46
All Tracks By Tim Booth / Tim Goulding / Ivan Pawle / Scully / Thomas Tutty
Tim Booth /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Tim Goulding /Harmonium, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Whistle (Human), Whistle (Instrument)
Mary Greene /Vocals (Background)
Len McCarthy /Sax (Baritone)
Davy McFarlane /Harmonica
Gary Moore /Guitar (Electric)
Mario N'Gomo /Percussion, Rainstick, Tibetan Bells
Seán Ó Loinsigh /Bazouki, Bouzouki
Andy O'Sullivan /Harmonica
Ivan Pawle /Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Harmonium, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Paul Scully /Producer
Bruno Staehelin /Drums, Percussion
Joe Thomas /Fiddle, Viola
TJM Tutty /Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Aine Whelan /Vocals (Background)
REVIEW
by Dave Sleger
The subtitle of this album reads "The Difficult Third Album," and in fact 27 years passed between Dr. Strangely Strange's second and third releases. Their first album, Kip of the Serenes, was a singsong psychedelic folk record while their second, Heavy Petting, employed more rock and free-form ideas. This album incorporates traditional Irish music, blues-rock, and acoustic rock & roll, thus separating itself significantly from the two earlier releases and perhaps even paving the way for the BMC Band's The Peace Within, which was released in 1998 by Irish blues guitarist Barry McCabe. He also combined the blues with Irish music. So while this band expanded its musical focus some in the interim, its vocalists also benefited from the years; the three founding members, Ivan Pawle, Tim Goulding, and Tim Booth, all share in the lead vocals and their collective voices have matured noticeably. At times they recall Fisherman's Blues and Room to Roam-era Waterboys. Fiddler Joe Thomas adds a new element to the music, and is especially effective on the acoustic numbers. Former associate and electric guitarist Gary Moore rejoins his old friends on three selections, adding the bluesy sound to those songs.
BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
An experimental Irish folk group closely affiliated with the Incredible String Band, Dr. Strangely Strange was formed in Dublin in 1967 by vocalist/guitarist Tim Booth and bassist/keyboardist Ivan Pawle (vocals/bass/keyboards). Soon they teamed with multi-instrumentalist Tim Goulding, an aspiring painter, and began living and rehearsing in a house owned by Goulding's girlfriend, backing vocalist Orphan Annie (a.k.a. Annie Xmas), which its tenants nicknamed "The Orphanage." After signing with the Incredible String Band's producer and manager Joe Boyd, Dr. Strangely Strange debuted in 1969 with Kip of the Serenes. While on tour with Fotheringay, they enlisted drummer Neil Hopwood, and later in the year appeared on the String Band's Changing Horses LP. After 1970's Heavy Petting, Dr. Strangely Strange began falling apart: Goulding left to enter to a Buddhist monastery, while Pawle and Booth teamed with Gay and Terry Woods for a brief tour. The group soon disbanded, but they reunited in 1973 for an Irish tour, and briefly reconvened again in the early '80s, Eventually Booth established a second Orphanage which became a springboard for a new generation of Irish rock, helping launch the careers of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott, Gary Moore and others.
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I would be grateful if you could re-up the download for this album "Alternative Medicine: The Difficuly Third Album" (1997) by Dr Strangely Strange, post number 2996. Thanking you as one old rocker to another
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