tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post2702485974004777966..comments2024-03-20T18:37:49.933-04:00Comments on The Duff Guide to Ska: Duff Review: The Beat Featuring Ranking Roger "Public Confidential" Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post-81270267297792613322021-02-01T19:28:54.897-05:002021-02-01T19:28:54.897-05:00I totally agree. I just wish more people would kn...I totally agree. I just wish more people would know and listen to both masterpiecesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500409432565959838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post-50600097356100110202020-11-01T03:47:18.680-05:002020-11-01T03:47:18.680-05:00I loved seeing him in concert with his latest grou...I loved seeing him in concert with his latest group members. Musically brilliant. Tragic that he and they were unable to play these new tracks live. A huge loss indeed. ckbell63https://www.blogger.com/profile/08901487599910045307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post-19108878606339629002019-05-31T23:28:13.833-04:002019-05-31T23:28:13.833-04:00Best Beat album. Ironically like Joe Strummer. I ...Best Beat album. Ironically like Joe Strummer. I guess it's an afterlife thing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689645138264297655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post-87989122730400497882019-02-12T09:56:12.488-05:002019-02-12T09:56:12.488-05:00Thanks for your comments, Mark! Thanks for your comments, Mark! Steve from Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074565580429334218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post-20285792980537486722019-02-11T08:34:10.043-05:002019-02-11T08:34:10.043-05:00Well stated, all throughout -- there’s not a whole...Well stated, all throughout -- there’s not a whole lot that I could add, apart from saying that I’m really glad to hear that you’re digging the album as much as I am, and as much as I thought you would. <br /><br />One of the [many] highlights of the album, for me, are the sax lines from Chiko Hamilton -- he obviously and deeply understands what made Saxa’s playing so incredibly special.<br /><br />As for the timing coinciding with the release of Encore from The Specials... there was plenty of room for 2Tone records in 1979 and, for me, there’s even more room for this stuff now, in 2019. I wouldn’t argue with a new Madness album this year! I see Encore and Public Confidential complementing one another, much more than competing with each other. And, perhaps more impressively, complementing each other without coming across as appealing strictly to nostalgia or sentimentality -- both albums possess vitality, which is the sort of thing that returning artists and reunited bands seldom possess. Encore and Public Confidential are drenched in vitality!<br /><br />Here’s hoping for a long future of new releases from Ranking Roger!Markhttp://www.sourjazz.comnoreply@blogger.com