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Fitter Stoke 2613 posts |
Nov 14, 2010, 10:42
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Cor, I must be the first out of bed this Sunday. Been on an uncool 80's vibe this week, which means having to confess to: Level 42 'Standing In the Light' - cheesy 80's keyboards (the bain of so many records from that decade) aside, this is a much better album than posterity has decreed. Mark King's lot made some thoroughly decent and inventive albums before singles success lost them their edge. This is the best one IMHO; U2 'October' - this has aged much better. While 'Boy' had the better songs, this has by far the superior engineering and production. My 29 year old vinyl copy positively rings out. If only U2 could have maintained this level of passion; Wyatt/Atzmon/Stephen '...For The Ghosts Within' - which I've also got on vinyl, and how gorgeous it is, both aurally and aesthetically. Robert's voice range has lost its top notes these days, but the positive side of that is an added world-weary, melancholy edge which is absolutely compelling. Laid back, resigned and wonderful; Thin Lizzy 'Thin Lizzy' - interesting debut, exhibiting a much wider palette of styles than the out-and-out rock that made Lizzy's name. Lynott's vocal prowess was never better displayed than here; in fact at times he's simply amazing. Fine new remastering too; Deep Purple 'Come Taste The Band' - another essential 70's remaster, and an even more desirable modern remix which truly brings this radically underrated Purple record into pure daylight. Check out Bolin's overdubbed axe magic on the extended outro to 'Getting Tighter' and try to lift your jaw from the floor; Sandy Denny 'Like An Old Fashioned Waltz' - Sandy's most MOR album, but still well worth a listen for some of her finest singing on record...and of course 'Solo', which is her greatest composition to my ears; Julian Cope 'Fried' - I'm delighted to report that after a year of Glee and Fall Out Boy, my 11 year old daughter has responded more than positively to 'Reynard The Fox' and spent most of yesterday intoning its (wonderful) chorus; Guillemots 'Through The Windowpane' - mainly for the staggeringly OTT closer 'Sao Paulo' which is another song blessed with a sublime chorus, as well as an orchestral arrangement that sounds like prime Scott Walker overdubbed atop Barry Ryan on speed. The ending makes 'A Day In The Life' sound minimalistic. A absolute classic. Have you ever been thrown across the water? May your week resound with hot vibes, dear friends Dave |
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Loopy Lumbago 95 posts |
Nov 14, 2010, 11:15
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A very good Sunday to you all! Here's what's been cleaning my mind & soul this weekend: Blood Sweat & Tears: Child is Father to the Man. Iron Maiden: Final Frontier Opeth: Blackwater Park Desmond Dekker & The Aces: Intensified Steve Hillage: Fish Rising Gary Burton: Duster Ellington/Mingus/Roach: Money Jungle Caravan: In The Land of Grey and Pink Family: Anyway Hawkwind: In Search of Space John Martyn: Solid air Roy Harper: Folkjokepus Roy Harper: Stormcock And, not music but an audio book: P. G. Wodehouse: Leave it to Psmith Read by Jonathan Cecil.
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Popel Vooje 5373 posts |
Edited Nov 15, 2010, 19:23
Nov 14, 2010, 11:19
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Happy Mondays - Squirrel & G-Man 24 Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile V/A - Mojo Psych Out The Outsiders - Strange Things are Happening (The Complete Singles 1965-69) (We're talking the Dutch psych/rhythm'n'blues outfit here, not the US band who recorded "Time Won't Let Me") The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! Elvis Presley - 30 #1 Hits Tita La Rosa - La Profecia del Aguila y el Condor (Bought this from a market stall whilst on holiday in Argentina about five years ago. Never got around to listening to it until now - which is just as well, cos it's uberbland New Agey bollocks. Oh well...) Malakai - Ugly Side of Love (My favourite album of 2009) Bob Dylan - The Best of the Original Mono Recordings (Certainly superior to the stereo mixes. The early acoustic stuff sounds far more vivid due to the absence of primitive early 60s stereo separation (Guitar/harmonica in the left channel, vocals in the right? Pah! Can't be arsed to dismantle my speakers and place one on top of the other), whilst the electric stuff rocks harder, and the vocals sneer more beautifully than Jimmy Cagney.
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mingtp 2270 posts |
Nov 14, 2010, 13:09
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Albums Dragontears - Tambourine Freak Machine Baby Woodrose - Chasing Rainbows Baby Woodrose - Baby Woodrose Kylesa - Spiral Shadow (great stuff) Outer Minds - Bloodshot Eyes EP VA - Motown 50 VA - Almost Famous OST Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill Hawkwind - In Search of Space Monster Magnet - Mastermind (fuck yeah!) King Cannibal - The Way of the Ninja (love this, thanks ToneStone!) VA / Amorphous Androgynous - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind Vol 3 The 3rd Ear (this is superb!) Tracks Kingdom - Fogs Black Widow - Come to the Sabbat The Shee - Troubles Ghost Mutt - Thoroughbred Susheela Raman - Raise Up EP The Sparrow and the Workshop - Black to Red
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mingtp 2270 posts |
Nov 14, 2010, 13:10
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Popel Vooje wrote: V/A - Mojo Psych Out Popel is this a new or old cover CD? Oh, love your new Avatar btw!
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vivid 103 posts |
Nov 14, 2010, 13:59
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Heron - Upon Reflection: The Dawn Anthology Wolf People - Steeple Tortoise - Beacons Of Ancestorship Gram Rabbit - Music To Start A Cult To Electric Wizard - Black Masses Electric Wizard - Dopethrone Coloured Balls - Ball Power Rammstein - Reise, Reise Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier Philip Glass - Complete String Quartets: The Smith Quartet Garmarna - Vedergallningen
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FifePsy 540 posts |
Nov 14, 2010, 14:21
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The Phantom Band - The Wants Various Zappa: Uncle Meat, Weasels, Lost Episodes Keith Fullerton Whitman - Disingenuity and Generator Michael Pisaro - Hearing Metal 1 Harry Partch - US Highball But mostly revisiting classic Alex Harvey - Framed, Next, Impossible Dream, Tomorrow Belongs to Me. Brilliant! Sparked by mentions of Zal Cleminson on the guitar thread. Cheers
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keith a 9573 posts |
Edited Nov 14, 2010, 15:06
Nov 14, 2010, 15:05
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mingtp wrote: Popel Vooje wrote: V/A - Mojo Psych Out Popel is this a new or old cover CD? I'm guessing it's this rather good one from a few years ago. http://www.discogs.com/Various-Psych-Out/release/868241
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Popel Vooje 5373 posts |
Nov 14, 2010, 15:33
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keith a wrote: mingtp wrote: Popel Vooje wrote: V/A - Mojo Psych Out Popel is this a new or old cover CD? I'm guessing it's this rather good one from a few years ago. http://www.discogs.com/Various-Psych-Out/release/868241 It is indeed. I even like the Barclay James Harvest track, whereas I'd always dismissed them as armchair prog-lite bollocks.
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LordBurrito 66 posts |
Nov 14, 2010, 15:57
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Well, all that has been banging the doors off the barn of my mind this morning are: Mayhem - "Rape Humanity w/ Pride" Steve Miller - "Going To Mexico", "Livin' In The USA" Black Sabbath - "Lord of This World" Rallizes - "Enter The Mirror"; Flightless Bird and just now a lil'bit of the ol' E,L and P - Pyramid
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