On 06-11-97 KENNETH ABRAMS wrote to KENNETH NEWMAN... 
 
 KN> band. Especially the first two albums, but also _Leftoverture_, 
 KN> _Masque_ and _Two for the Road_ all have 
 
 KA> Got all but the last of those. I do have _Live At The Whiskey_, 
 KA> however, which is pretty decent for so much later. 
 
        That's interesting. They have that at the library here but 
        I didn't even bother to check it out since I figured it 
        wa too late to be any good. I'll have to go get it now. 
 
        As for _Two for the Road_, if you can get past your 
        natural aversion to the names "Don" and "Kirshner", about 
        2/3 of that album is really fine stuff. The rest is sort 
        of make-you-wince cheesy pomp-pop, but that doesn't make 
        the good stuff any less good. You could edit it down to 
        one decent side of a C90. 
 
 KN> Moderator does. I'm sure plenty others do. "Dust in the Wind" and 
 KN> "Wayward Son" still suck, tho. ;-) 
 
 KA> That's precisely where Kansas lost me. I was fan up until then, love 
 KA> their first three albums. Parts of the next couple were okay 
 
        Well, that wa a big problem. I stopped listening to them 
        for decades because they were mixing in the dross with 
        the gold. It wasn't until this decade I realised there 
        were some decent bits on albums like _Left Overture_ and 
        even _Point of No Return_. Unfortunately, that led me to 
        buy _Audio-Visions_ which has no decent bits, but till, 
        with judiciious editing you can put together a fine 
        collection of various bits from Kansas albums and it ends 
        up sounding quite impressive. 
 
 KN> BTW, if you like Kansas you might like the US band Echolyn, who 
 KN> sound a lot like Kansas and Gentle Giant. 
 
 KA> I'll have to try and keep this in mind myself. 
 
        Keep in mind that your mileage may vary, though, since 
        for some reason Echolyn seems to provoke extreme hatred 
        from some people. I like all their stuff but I can see 
        where it's an acquired taste. Generally, though, if you 
        liked the proggy side of Kansas you would probably like 
        Echolyn. 
 
                                CHeers, 
                                Kenneth 
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