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Could you please give me a rough description and/or rating of the following Bill Nelson's records ?

THE LOVE THAT WIRLS
CHAMELEON
DEEP DREAM DECODE
DO YOU DREAM IN COLOUR?
GETTING THE HOLY GHOST ACROSS
TWO-FOLD ASPECT OF EVERYTHING
VISTAMIX
DAS KABINET/LA BELLE ET LA BETE
DAS KABINETT DES DR.CALIGARI
BANAL
EROS ARRIVING
HARD FACTS
PAVILLIONS OF THE HEART AND SOUL
PERMANENT FLAME
YOUTH OF NATION ON FIRE

Please give me a hint of what to select to buy..
Do you have anything else to recommend me of this artist ?

Ok, for a description I'd offer the following: most of these consisted of a flat piece of pressed vinyl (usually black), which was often in a paper or polyurethane sleeve, which was in turn encased in a decorative cardboard cover.

As far as rating Bill's work, I'd give most of it a 7/10, with the occasional work making the grade at a very respectable 9/10.

Hope this helps.

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I'd recommend you to buy,the not mentioned record of him here,the''Sound on Sound''as Bill Nelson's Red Noise from 1979.Excellent piece of quirky new wavish techno pop with chord changes,futuristic vision and a step before what new romantics would do after two years.As for the others most of them are in high standards, but personally i prefer''Love that whirls''for the magic synth pop inside.

I'd have to agree with firefall. I only have two discs by Bill Nelson and they are Sound On Sound & Love That Whirls. At the very least start with these.

Firefall, åõ÷áñéóôþ ðïëý! What I have heard of him, is a track posted some time ago here, which I had been looking for, some time now, "the cabinet of Dr Caligari", dark-synthpop. Therefore, I will definetely buy the 2 records below that title, hoping they are the same style.

Jefe, thank you too. I already had in mind to buy those 2 records you mentioned, the ones I mentioned and "Chameleon". I will let you know the details when I hear them.

[8]6 , I think that your oppinion matches with what most people I've asked, believe. Thanks!
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[quote][i]Originally posted by firefall[/i]
<br>I'd recommend you to buy,the not mentioned record of him here,the''Sound on Sound''as Bill Nelson's Red Noise from 1979.
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Second that.

I also quite enjoy some of his earlier stuff with Be Bop Deluxe.

Also a big fan of his late 70s through mid-80s releases. While a different sound altogether for the most part, egg-roger's mention of Be-Bop Deluxe, Nelson's earlier group, would also come highly recommended, any of them really. But expect a more artsy pop-rock sound from these releases, great ones that they are. There is just something about the Be-Bop Deluxe sound I really enjoy, very well crafted songs.

I'm also interested in exploring other Bill Nelson music.I have Vistamix and the instumental Practically Wired ,which I like quite alot,are any of the above mentioned similar to Practically Wired?

I'm a huge fan and have around 40 cd's from Be Bop Deluxe and spanning Nelson's career up to his latest stuff.

"Sound on Sound" is great, the most "New Wave" album.
His first solo, "Quit Dreaming and get on the beam", wqas supposed to be the 2nd Red noise Album, it's really good.

Love that Whirls remains his most famous record, its one of my all-time top 10's. A must. It was re-released recently and worth snapping up.

Chimera is pretty good early 80' pop, includes Mick Karn from Japan on one song.


of the 90's stuff, "After the Satellite Sings", "Weird Critters", "Magnificent Dream People" and "Blue Moons and Laughing Guitars" are terific,

Check out his website, he writes a great diary and still puts out 2-3 albums peer year. Amazingly prolific.

As for your list:

THE LOVE THAT WhIRLS A+
CHAMELEON No Opinion
DEEP DREAM DECODER B
DO YOU DREAM IN COLOUR? (Single) A+
GETTING THE HOLY GHOST ACROSS A- (Hard to find, has 1 great song)
TWO-FOLD ASPECT OF EVERYTHING B (Middling compeletion)
VISTAMIX (B) Great songs, but bizarre US only compelation of the great Quit Dreaming/LTW? and Chimera)
DAS KABINET/LA BELLE ET LA BETE B (Ambient soundtrack, novelty at best)
DAS KABINETT DES DR.CALIGARI same as above
BANAL A+ (Brilliant single)
EROS ARRIVING A (Great song off of LTW)
HARD FACTS No opinion
PAVILLIONS OF THE HEART AND SOUL
PERMANENT FLAME
YOUTH OF NATION ON FIRE

[quote][i]Originally posted by tileboy[/i]
<br>I'm also interested in exploring other Bill Nelson music.I have Vistamix and the instumental Practically Wired ,which I like quite alot,are any of the above mentioned similar to Practically Wired?
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"After the Satellite Sings", "Weird Critters", "Magnificent Dream People" and "Blue Moons and Laughing Guitars" are all from the same era, more song oriented, but sonicly similar.

Bill continues to release a lot of stuff, check out his website for his numerous instrumental only albums.

[quote][i]Originally posted by eight6[/i]
<br>Ok, for a description I'd offer the following: most of these consisted of a flat piece of pressed vinyl (usually black), which was often in a paper or polyurethane sleeve, which was in turn encased in a decorative cardboard cover.



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