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Soundtrack Of Our Lives Week Ending 21st September 2014 CE

Sep 21, 2014, 13:51

I took a bagful of CDs to play when I went off on my camping hol in Galloway, and thought I might get through quite a few. As it was, I was tripped up by just three, and kept playing them in my tent into the wee small hours. All works of brilliance..... 1) John Martyn - Ain't No Saint ... the live stuff with Danny Thompson. Took me somewhere else. Bless the weather........ 2) Holger Czukay - Movies ... I used to concentrate on the Persian Love side when listening on vinyl, but now have great affection for the entire album. Hadn't played for a bit. Sometimes it's best to lay off some albums for a bit and them savour them, as per fine whisky or other intoxicants ........ 3) Paul Kantner + Jefferson Starship - Blows Against The Empire ... what else to play on a clear night on the edge of the Galloway Dark Sky Park when auroras are in the offing than Have You Seen The Stars Tonight? It is impossible to underestimate Grace Slicks contribution to this record, both vocally and on piano. At the root, it is a piano and 12 string acoustic guitar album, with everything else tacked on. And, as I've raved here previously, the most sonorous, beautiful feedback I've ever heard. This album takes me somewhere else and goes in my grave goods, if I have one. Part of my life for over forty years now: me....... Since I've got back: 4) V/A - And Someone Left The Cake Out In The Rain ... Jimmy Webb's music by those that made it great. If you're not torn up by Levi Stubbs's vocal on The Four Tops' Do What You've Got To Do then you're lacking, imo ........ 5) The Necks - Chemist ... to me, the best band in the world. How I wish I could get to their four London gigs at Cafe Oto next month ........ 5) Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off/ Trout Mask Replica/ Shiny Beast (in multiple versions ... sometimes it takes a long time to 'get' some records. In my case with Trout Mask well over forty years. Now a door has opened thanks to my mate, who at present has like me, never appreciated the Captain's music so much... and he toured with him. A bit of a cunt to others on occasions, like JM, but a genius. Full stop(.)

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Soundtrack Of Our Lives Week Ending 21st September 2014 CE – spencer, Sep 21, 2014, 13:51


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