contributed string arrangements on a number of significant records:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/07/robert-kirby-obituary
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:18 (sixteen years ago)
Shame. RIP.
― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:25 (sixteen years ago)
It is a shame. I've gone on about this elsewhere, but his arrangements on Bryter Later in particular make that record totally perfect to me.
― The dead-eyed harpy from the hilarious "Tory Party Conference" (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:28 (sixteen years ago)
Only 61, but the photo accompanying the obituary suggests he enjoyed life!
― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:31 (sixteen years ago)
Weirdly, he was my boss at a market research job I did one summer in the 1980s. I only have hazy recollections of the time, but I hope I took the opportunity to congratulate him on his contributions to Nick Drake records.
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 8 October 2009 13:02 (sixteen years ago)
rip
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 8 October 2009 13:21 (sixteen years ago)
That's cool (xp)
― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 October 2009 13:23 (sixteen years ago)
is arrangements on Bryter Later in particular make that record totally perfect to me.
seconded, but Kirby's work on Five Leaves Left was also gorgeous. Fruit Tree!
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 8 October 2009 13:36 (sixteen years ago)
RIP! The Nick Drake string arrangements are sublime.
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 October 2009 14:26 (sixteen years ago)
he did some good stuff on a shelagh mcdonald record too iirc
― velko, Thursday, 8 October 2009 14:33 (sixteen years ago)
Definitely interested to check out the recent comp (When The Day Is Done: The Orchestrations Of Robert Kirby) having been mightily struck by his arrangement on Keith Christmas' 'Forest And The Shore' since I first heard it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9zZ43bAcBI
― If I Could Only Rename My Member (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20:30 (eight years ago)
I see it was mentioned on the Bob Stanley thread, but hey let's give the dude himself some credit.
― If I Could Only Rename My Member (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20:46 (eight years ago)
This is great - very Love.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 21:27 (eight years ago)
Robert Kirby is one of my favorite arrangers ever. His work on Five Leaves Left is all the more astonishing when you consider that Kirby was a college student who had never arranged a record in his life. Joe Boyd originally had originally slated Richard Hewson for that role - would Nick Drake be such a legend if his records sounded like this? Nick didn't like the arrangements and suggested his unknown friend take over the job; Boyd, thankfully, gave him a shot despite having no credentials.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 23:09 (eight years ago)
His string arrangements on Paul Weller's Heliocentric are great - particularly on 'With Time & Temperance' and 'Love-Less' ...
― Full of bile and Blue Nile denial (Turrican), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 21:14 (eight years ago)