You might want to start at A Condensed History Pt. 1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n As we moved into the new Millennium, I got the opportunity to upgrade to a more audiophile stereo system. I spent time at Sevenoaks Sound & Vision<\/a>, Bristol auditioning equipment. I looked at lots of systems which were totally un-affordable but ended up with something I was happy with. It was a Musical Fidelity integrated amp and source (CD Player) with Ruark floorstanding speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The music I was listening to at the time was the CD of Beth Orton\u2019s \u201cTrailer Park\u201d (1996) which I used for auditioning the CD Player, along with Roxy Music. The Beth Orton was excellent for auditioning, the Roxy\u2019s, not so much The Roxy CDs are notoriously bad versions. I still have my original “For Your Pleasure” and “Stranded” on vinyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2000’s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As I look through my vinyl collection, I find Killers By Iron Maiden. I have no recollection of buying this. The album was released back in 1981. Iron Maiden didn\u2019t make an impression on me until now. I started to discover their history and backlog and amassed a significant amount of their CDs over time, including the \u2018metal box\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maiden have been important for metal, from the NWOBHM (love the way that rolls off the tongue), right through to today. Subsequent generations have flown this band’s flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iron Maiden<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It was in the 2000s that I discovered Marillion, one of the greatest bands. The first four albums with Fish and subsequent albums with H give such a breadth of music. If I could only listen to one band, I think it would be Marillion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, without Marillion, there would be no Transatlantic and that doesn\u2019t bear thinking about!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2000\u2019s are also memorable as the time mu and I first went to Glastonbury. Our son had gone, with a friend whose Mother was working at the festival. mu and I were apprehensive but glad he had the opportunity. It wasn’t something we ever had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We lived in Wiltshire and Pilton was on the doorstep. We first went in 2008 and it was like coming home. Just the greatest place, even then when everyone was saying it had lost its soul or it wasn\u2019t as good as the early days. There were great bands, great Vegetarian food and you could still get out of the way of the crowds and chill. We went back subsequent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our years at Glastonbury were the best and left us with amazing memories of bands we\u2019d wanted to see and new bands we\u2019d never even knew we had wanted to see. Glastonbury brought discovery – to a new place, new music and ourselves\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n It may seem like I barely scape the surface of Glastonbury here at the In Concert – Part VII but this is intentional. I intend to blog in a lot more detail about our Glastonbury times, along with other Festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n2000 – 2010<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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