Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.rock.progressive
Titolo: Kevin Ayers

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Non so niente di lui, ma ti posto questo (Gibraltar Encyclopedia) dove trovi
la discografia e il commento in inglese che ti riporto anche. Spero ti
basti.
Ciao
Braun
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Ayers, Kevin [UK]
Joy of a Toy (70), Shooting at the Moon (71), Whatevershebringswesing (72),
Bananamour (73), The Confessions of Dr. Dream (74), Sweet Deceiver (75) Odd
Ditties (76), Yes We Have No Mananas (76), Rainbow Takeaway (78), That's
What You Get Babe (80), The Kevin Ayers Collection (83), Diamond Jack and
The Queen Of Pain (83), Deja...Vu (84), As Close As You Think (86), Still
Life with Guitar (??)
My favorite is The Confessions of Dr. Dream, not only because the music is
so good, but because it contains examples of almost all his many styles.
Other good ones: Whatevershebringswesing and Joy of a Toy. His latest album,
Still Life With Guitar, is boring. None of his material is in print in the
U.S.A.
After leaving Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers banded with David Bedford, Lol
Coxhill, Archie Leggatt, and Mike Oldfield (a lineup of luminaries from the
Canterbury scene) to form his group, Whole World, with whom he recorded a
BBC Radio 1 concert in London, in 1972. They were accompanied by an
orchestra, which added a new dimension to their compositions, though, in the
liner notes, Ayers feels that may have "overcomplicated" the music. However,
it is for such "complications" that most progressive rock fans live! The
improvisational and spontaneous spirit of the scene pervades the
performance, but is tempered with the focus on playing "songs," not just
long, self-indulgent jams. Being in his prime, Ayers' deep vocals work to
good effect, with much the same degree of uniqueness as his contemporary,
Richard Sinclair.
Originally the bass player in Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers fleshed out a solo
career as a sort of a prog-rock singer-songwriter. The fact that musicians
of the calibre of Mike Oldfield, David Bedford, Steve Hillage, et al., have
worked alongside him should mean that at least one Ayers album ought to be
in your collection. Ayers' first solo, Joy of a Toy (which takes its name
from a song he did with Soft Machine), marks the beginning of his union with
experimental composer David Bedford, who plays keyboards and does some
imaginative arrangements to Ayers' songs. Operating much in the shadow of
Soft Machine, this album even features guest appearances by Robert Wyatt and
Mike Rateledge. Includes some of Ayers' classic songs: "Lady Rachel," "Girl
on a Swing" and "Eleanor's Cake Which Ate Her." Also an avant-garde
undercurrent seems to be rising within several tracks: "Oleh Oleh Bandu
Bandong" is a 7/4 vamp featuring schoolgirl voices singing in the language
of Madagascar, the slowly accelerating "Stop This Train Again Doing It"
resembles the more experimental tendencies of Soft Machine. The experimental
edge is ever widened on Ayers' second LP, Shooting At The Moon. "Rheinhardt
And Geraldine" starts out as a high-energy rocker, then breaks into a wild
section of tape-edits and radio sounds. "Pisser dans un Violon" is an
improvisational piece for bass viol and sound effects, while "Underwater" is
a contemplative soundscape. There still are some songs here, most notably
"May I?," considered a classic by his fans. Also of note, "The Oyster and
the Flying Fish," a duet with folksinger Bridget St. John. I heard two
tracks from the next album Whatevershebringswesing: "Stranger In Blue Suede
Shoes" and "Song From The Bottom Of A Well." The former is a bluesy Lou
Reed-styled number, another favourite of Ayers' fans. The latter is a dark,
nightmarish song with lots of scary sound effects. Bananamour finds Ayers
moving into more accessible territory, in which only the spaced-out
"Decadence" can be truly called progressive. Still, "Shouting In A Bucket
Blues," with Steve Hillage on lead guitar, is another fan-pleaser, while
"Hymn" and "Interview" are personal faves. Ayers' side on the June 1st 1974
album consists of his most popular songs from previous albums: "Stranger In
Blue Suede Shoes," "May I?," "Two Goes Into Four" and others. Mike Oldfield
and Ollie Halsall both play together here. Ayers' best subsequent LP is
supposed to be The Confessions of Dr. Dream, which is claimed to include a
killer reworking of the old Soft Machine song "Why Are We Sleeping." The
worst is apparently Sweet Deceiver, according to all reports I've heard. --
Mike Ohman

 Braun
la gylbratar ce l'ho salvata sull'hard disc, ma non è
esattamente quello che cercavo. poi, devo dire, mi fido
poco dei commenti di questa....cmq grazie per
l'interessamento
npr
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Eccomi,,,,scusa il ritardo ma non avevo visto il post,...
allora....per quanto riguarda l'intera discografia del Nostro puoi andare su
questo sito:
http://perso.club-internet.fr/calyx/cantdisco/index.html
commenti:
Kevin AYERS - Joy of A Toy, 1969 (Harvest) [CD]
Kevin AYERS & The WHOLE WORLD - Shooting At The Moon, 1970 (Harvest) [CD:
BGO]
grandissimi lavori (soprattutto il secondo)...da avere assolutamente,....due
tra i capolavori assoluti della scena canterburyana:
mentre i seguenti due non sono male.....anche le lo spirito creativo ed
iconoclasta dei precedenti viene un po' annacquato..
Kevin AYERS - Whatevershebringswesing, 1972 (Harvest/Sire) [CD]
Kevin AYERS - Bananamour, 1973 (Harvest/Sire) [CD]
Kevin AYERS - The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories, 1974 (Island)
[CD: BGO]
appena sufficiente......con lampi di genio e vistose cadute...
bellino anche il live con Eno & co.;
Kevin AYERS, John CALE, ENO & NICO - June 1,1974, 1974 (Island) [CD]
cosiccome interessanti i live registrati alla bbc:
Kevin AYERS - BBC Live In Concert, 1992 (Windsong) [CD]
Kevin AYERS - Singing The Bruise (The BBC Sessions, 1970-72), 1996 (Band Of
Joy) [CD]
e uno stranissimo e astruso lavoro fatto con Bedford, Oldfield  e Wyatt:
Kevin AYERS, Mike OLDFIELD, Robert WYATT - Garden of Love, 1997 (Voiceprint)
[CD]
il resto non lo conosco.....ma so che molti lavori sono abbastanza
mediocri....(tipoSweet deceiver..)
recentemente Beroncelli parlava di un Ayers divenuto "raffinato
cantautore...."
ciao
Vince