Comments on: 2012 – A few more records of note

By: David Meadows

David Meadows — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:25:48 +0000

I bought it purely because of (a) and (c), as you rightly suspected, but she’s not on it as much as I expected. Yes, she’s on most of the tracks, but definitely in a secondary role. But that doesn’t disappoint me at all, because I found that like Rob’s voice a lot on this more melodic (or, less heavy) material. Your (b) is a big factor in why I like the album.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:14:33 +0000

I thought you might like Captain Blue.

(a) It’s got Heather on it
(b) It’s nowhere near as heavy as Touchstone
(c) It’s got Heather on it.

It does remind me a lot of very early Touchstone, especially the dual male-female harmony lead vocals, which were a feature of their first album.

By: David Meadows

David Meadows — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:43:45 +0000

I’ve only had time to play Captain Blue twice since receiving it, and it’s so good I’m having to re-evaluate my end-of-year top 10! I will admit to being surprised, as I’m not the world’s biggest Touchstone fan.

By: Wednesday

Wednesday — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:27:49 +0000

Some excellent albums across all those lists… but couldn’t you squeeze in Kilminster’s “Scarlet – the Director’s Cut” which had its first official mainstream release in November? http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=3897

Okay… I’m a little biased, but still – this album is awesome and should be on anyone’s top list for the year… or at least get a special mention…

http://rockguitardaily.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/dave-kilminster-scarlet-directors-cut.html for a very accurate review, in case you’ve not got around to picking up a copy yet, Tim :-p

Unless, of course, you’ve decided to stick it in your Legendary list… although I have a feeling I can probably guess what’s at the top…