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1001realapes 2390 posts |
Jul 24, 2022, 06:57
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John Coltrane - Dakar Johnny Rivers – Whisky A Go-Go Revisited Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - The Legendary A&M Sessions Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (mono) Bee Gees - Tales from the Brothers Gibb (disc II) Marmalade - Kaleidoscope Ennio Morricone - Oceano OST The Damned - The Best of The Damned (Ace/Roadrunner)
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Fitter Stoke 2615 posts |
Jul 24, 2022, 10:00
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse ‘Toast’ - heart and balls in equal measure. When Neil’s this sincere that’s all she wrote; Genesis ‘And Then There Were Three’ - Genesis’ last fully satisfying LP (for me, anyway) contains some great songs that are comparatively unsung in their extensive canon, the dreary ‘Follow You Follow Me’ excepted; Elton John ‘Rock Of The Westies’ - as far removed from the relative introspection of ‘Captain Fantastic’ (released only a few months earlier) as it’s possible to imagine. This is Reg in his rockinest, raunchiest pomp; The Smile ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ - a strange, powerful and often beautiful record. There are fascinatingly disconcerting times when Thom Yorke seems to be intoning a different song over his esteemed colleagues’ backing; Al Stewart ‘Orange’ - Al’s disowned most of his self-confessional early albums like this in favour of bland soft rock. A shame. This is an excellent, melodic record with a stellar line up of backing musicians including Bruce Thomas, Brinsley Schwarz and Rick Wakeman. Worth hearing for ‘Night Of 4th May’ alone; Swell Maps ‘A Trip To Marineville’ - much as I continue to love the pseudo-Buzzcocks elements of this wonderful band, its the more experimental stuff here that attracts me now. I find it incredible that the music on this amazing record is at least 43 years old, so fresh does it sound despite its low-fi origins; Bob Weir ‘Ace’ - Deader than Dead solo platter which is a whole lotta fun; leading appropriately to Ace Frehley S/T - the guy was as wiped out making this as the song therein bearing that name but my, does this rock. I place this marginally behind Paul Stanley’s contemporaneous album but still love it enormously; Thin Lizzy ‘Jailbreak’ - a great record that proves the lie of rock being dead before punk came along. Sobering to think that Phil Lynott has now been as dead as long as he was alive; Van der Graaf ‘The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome’ - a relatively forgotten epic of Hammill’s vast back catalogue, this ain’t dated a jot. Such a shame that this string driven lineup didn’t last; Stevie Wonder ‘Songs In The Key Of Life’ - timeless, genre-free music almost as fundamental as life itself. Was there ever a more joyous utterance than ‘As’? This is that unique thing: a double album (and a bit) with hardly any clunkers on it; Maynard Ferguson ‘MF Horn 2’ and ‘Alive And Well In London’ - Maynard’s early 70s spell in England gleaned these sparkling big band takes on contemporary songs, superbly arranged by the great Keith Mansfield; Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op.33 no.2 (Coull Quartet) - smile inducing music is all; Frank Bridge: String Sextet (Raphael Ensemble) - haunting, autumnal sounding early work by Bridge, beautifully rendered here; Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 4 (COE/Nezet-Seguin) - lots of instrumental details emerge in this new recording but overall the interpretations lack a little verve; Mozart: Symphonies 17 & 34 and Schubert: Symphony no.9 (BPO/Boehm) - old fashioned, big band Mozart rendered with taste and style. The Schubert record is simply a classic; Beethoven: Symphony no.9 (BPO/Giulini) - a stately, measured take on this most grandiose of symphonies; Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no.6 (AAM/Hogwood) - straight, musical performance on period instruments. Have a great week, all Dave x
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garerama 1118 posts |
Jul 24, 2022, 11:14
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Associates - Sulk (orig UK mix) David Bowie - Station To Station / Low / "Heroes" / Lodger Cluster - II / Zuckerzeit / Old Land (with Eno) John Coltrane - Impressions / Crescent / A Love Supreme / Ascention / Transition / Kulu Se Mama Comets On Fire - Avatar Crass - The Feeding Of The Five Thousand / Stations Of The Crass (studio sides) P J Harvey - Let England Shake / The Hope Sic Demolition Project / Lyon 2016 Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade Bert Jansch - It Don't Bother Me / Nicola Júpiter Maçã - A Sétima Efervescência My Bloody Valentine - E.P's 1988-1992 / mbv Nico - Chelsea Girl / The Marble Index / Desertshore / The End The Peppermint Rainbow - Will You Be Staying After Sunday? Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (mono) / A Saucerful Of Secrets (mono) / Relics Psychic TV - Temporary Temple / A Real Swedish Live Show / Kondole The Residents - Meet The Residents / Not Available The Slits - Cut (DE 2cd) Third Ear Band - Alchemy / Elements / Music From MacBeth / The Magus The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of ... (mono/stereo) / Easter Everywhere (mono/stereo) This Mortal Coil - It'll End In Tears / Filigree & Shadows Kamasi Washington - The Epic / Harmony Of Difference Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Orchestre Pro Arte De Munich) V/A Reggae Nuggets (Mojo/ Trojan) The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Brazil
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Jul 24, 2022, 18:01
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Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream Spirit- Spirit of '76 PJ Harvey- Uh Huh Her The High Llamas- Retrospective, Rarities and Instrumentals Can- Monster Movie The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Smash Hits V/A- Revenge of the She-Punks Sylvie- S/T Carly Simon- Anticipation David Westlake- My Beautiful England The Soft Hills- Viva Chi Vede Sairie- The Cinder Path The Bevis Frond- The Clocks Gypsy (US)- S/T David Johansen- S/T Crystal Jacqueline- Two Moons Kingdom Come- Galactic Zoo Dossier Kingdom Come- S/T
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Jul 24, 2022, 18:51
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Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett - Barrett The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band - Wee Tam & The Big Huge Traffic - Traffic Various Artists - Shut Down The Beach Boys - Shut Down Vol.2 The Beach Boys - All Summer Long The Beach Boys - Concert Paul McCartney - Off The Ground Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie Paul McCartney - Run Devil Run The Doors - L.A. Woman His Name Is Alive - Livonia His Name Is Alive - Home Is In Your Head His Name Is Alive - Mouth By Mouth Organisation - Tone Float Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 2 Pink Floyd - The Division Bell Pink Floyd - The Endless River Yes - Relayer Yes - Going For The One Flo & Eddie - The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie Flo & Eddie - Flo & Eddie
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keith a 9574 posts |
Jul 25, 2022, 08:39
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Rome – Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi I see Danger Mouse has a new album coming soon – this time a collaboration with Black Thought – so I thought I'd have a listen to this 2011 classic. One of my fave post-2000 albums. Country Life – Roxy Music It has its moments but this is pretty massive dip in form after the sublime Stranded. The Slider – T.Rex The Slider is 50 years old this week, though this young lad in North Wales didn't get his copy until his birthday a few months later. The band were on top form - what an under-rated rhythm section Steve Currie and Bill Legend were! I'll be honest, I'm still not keen on the last track, Main Man, but come on...Telegram Sam. Metal Guru. Ballrooms Of Mars. Mystic Lady. Chariot Choogle. The fabulous title track. Etc. Marc's obtuse lyrics jump off the page and Tony Visconti's a rrangements and production help create a lovely little world all of its own. Also... Let It Be – The Beatles Licht – Brockmann/Bargmann La Panthere Des Neiges – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis In Light Of Blues - Celer World's Strongest Man – Gaz Coombes The Boy Named If – Elvis Costello & the Imposters Yeti Season - El Michels Affair Nanocluster – Immersion (with Tarwater, Laetetia Sadier, Ulrich Schnauss & Scanner) Jump Leads – Fila Brazillia London Social Scene – Dana Gillespie Further – Richard Hawley Beyond The Pale – Jarv Is Kiwanuka – Michael Kiwanuka Curtis – Curtis Mayfield Oboe 12” - Jackie Mittoo The Alias Sessions – Murcof Vertigo Days – The Notwist The Long Goodbye – Pere Ubu A Saucerful Of Secrets – Pink Floyd Entangled Routes - Pye Corner Audio Lives – Dan Sartain Con-Struct – Conrad Schnitzler & Schneider TM A Light For Attracting Attention – The Smile Sunset Dreams – Jane Weaver All You Need Is Love: The Beatles Reggae Songs – V/A Bunny Lee: Dreads Enter The Gates With Praise – V/A Deutsche Elektronische Musik 4 – V/A
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Pursued By Trees 1135 posts |
Jul 27, 2022, 09:31
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Dunno how you feel about the albums that immediately followed, but HNIA are still going strong and still very much worth a listen.
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Jul 27, 2022, 10:28
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Pursued By Trees wrote: Dunno how you feel about the albums that immediately followed, but HNIA are still going strong and still very much worth a listen. Yes, Stars On ESP was the first one I bought by them and I saw them live a few times around that time. Lost interest a bit after Last Night which was just a bit too modern R'n'B for my tastes, but have dipped into the more recent releases and Warren is still producing some interesting stuff.
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