Talk:Al Stewart
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[edit] Rod Stewart
Regarding this
- Arguably, Stewart's superb musical body of work suffered the fate of his not being the most famous "Stewart" in popular music in the 1970's and 1980's. Fellow countryman Rod Stewart was rather busy in those decades, and may have 'pre-empted' that last name in the minds of many a music fan.
Where did this come from? Is this just (original) speculation on the part of the writer, or have such sentiments been voiced elsewhere?
Fourohfour 22:30, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Followup; someone else has removed this- suits me. Fourohfour 12:55, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Little I could add to a comprehensive article other than the full name. I heard an interview with Al saying the record company was more interested in promoting "The Wombles" than YOTC.Barrison 08:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Live/Indian Summer
I've changed these back to one album in the discography. They were originally released as one, and that is how they should be listed in the discography. It doesn't make sense to separate them, since there is no studio album called just Indian Summer. --Richardrj 10:58, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What is this based on?
"The songs on Stewart's debut album, Bedsitter Images (1967), were somewhat stifled by the dramatic string orchestration (Stewart premiered the album with an orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London). Love Chronicles (1969) was a distinct improvement...
A distinct improvement, how?
- Simply because most fans would agree that Love Chronicles was a better album than Bedsitter Images. Feel free to change it if you disagree. --Richardrj talk email 08:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Most recent changes deleterious
Coming back to this article several changes after my last addition (most of which someone has deleted without explanation), I find that most recent changes to it are harmful and often inaccurate. Just to cite a few examples:
- a 2-track 45rpm record is called a single; why change it to "EP", which in the pre-CD era usually meant that it contained more than 2 tracks?
- "of which he is credited for by many of his fans" is a meaningless phrase. I think the writer is trying to limit the scope of what was said before by suggesting that it is only his fans who credit Stewart with creating the history-rock genre, but it's not at all clear.
- The discography does not mention the 1970 reissue The First Album (Bedsitter Images) which had some tracks changed from the original 1967 release. This was also covered in my deleted addition.
- It is not true that Bedsitter Images has never appeared on CD. It was included (as my now-deleted addition made clear) in the 3-album-on-2-CD collection To Whom It May Concern. Incidentally a forthcoming CD reissue of many of Stewart's albums (remastered with bonus tracks) has recently been announced by Collector's Choice Music, and will include this title (with all songs from both versions).
I don't have time now to clean up all this crap and restore the omissions, but will try to do so later. Rodparkes 03:12, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Someone has cleaned up most of this - thanks. I've finished the job. Rodparkes 04:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
