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1001realapes 2390 posts |
Aug 21, 2022, 07:46
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Thin Lizzy - Nightlife Iron Butterfly - Live Grateful Dead - AoxomoxoA (original mix) The Beach Boys - Custom Comp. (Vol. 1) Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Live 1966-67 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Mirror Man Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica The Turtles - 20 Greatest Hits
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Aug 21, 2022, 09:31
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Brian Eno ‘Reflection’ - I came down with covid this week and for a couple of days couldn’t face any music but this, played at minimum volume from my smart phone. Literally endless music to drift in and out of consciousness to; Jowe Head ‘Pincer Movement’ - silly, spiky pop and roll delivered by a great English eccentric. Great bass licks abound; Nikki Sudden ‘The Bible Belt’ - Jowe’s former bandmate exhibits less quirkiness but more heart on his second post-Maps LP; Julian Cope ‘Fried’ - I’ve got a lot of records, but only a few I love so much that I know their catalogue numbers. This is one of them; Be Bop Deluxe ‘Modern Music’ - I was surprisingly underwhelmed after many years of not hearing this. Maybe it’s my 46 year old LP that’s to blame (or my 61 year old lugs), but the whole album sounded flat and dull to me; U2 ‘An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart’ (Live) - taken from the excellent 1981 NME ‘Dancin’ Master’ cassette (which is also where I first encountered the ace French language version of ‘Treason’ btw), this has a raw intensity and emotion that I’ve never heard matched in anything U2 released since. The ‘Boy’ studio original sounds tame in comparison, as does most of the band’s output come to think of it; Loudon Wainwright III ‘Lifetime Achievement’ - it never ceases to amaze me how young - and fresh - this old geezer still sounds. The dude’s never really progressed musically, and hasn’t needed to; Whiskey Myers ‘Tornillo’ - not much innovation here either, but so what: I need a little southern boogie every now and again, and these guys deliver it fine here; Gong ‘Angels Egg’ and ‘You’ - Simon Heyworth’s 2018 remasters have made the Radio Gnome trilogy sound widescreen and even more wonderful. Was there ever a greater bliss-out groove than ‘Inner Temple’? And did Gong ever have a finer drummer than Pierre Moerlen (and that’s being asked by Pip Pyle’s greatest admirer)? Frankie Miller ‘Full House’ - Frankie’s Chris Thomas produced fourth LP is his most enduring: a short but sweet set of originals, covers and dedicated songs aptly showcasing one of the most gifted rock vocalists this sceptered isle has ever borne; German Jazz Masters ‘Old Friends’ - thoroughly enjoyable 2000 session by a big band of luminaries such as Eberhard Weber, Manfred Schoof and Wolfgang Dauner; Barre Phillips & Gyorgy Kurtag Jr ‘Face A Face’ - free but accessible meeting of double bass and electronics; Sullivan: Irish Symphony (BBC Concert Orch/Hughes) - attractive, tuneful music suitably rendered: a salutary reminder of the talents of a composer whose muse has been too long tarnished by the boorish, dated libretti of his professional partner; Bruckner: Symphony no.0 (CSO/Solti) - easily the best version of Bruckner’s underrated ‘Nullte’ symphony I’ve heard; Brahms: Symphony no.1 (CSO)/Mozart: Symphony no.41/Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso (BRSO/Kubelik) - was there ever a greater Czech conductor than Rafael Kubelik? Whenever I dig out one of his many records I’m never disappointed. Great man of principle too: high time we had a decent biography; Beethoven: Symphony no.3 and Leonore 1 Overture (Philharmonia/Klemperer) - Klemperer’s 1955 Eroica is as near damn definitive as it gets, despite its mono sound; Mozart: Piano Concerto no.18, K 456 (Levin/AAM/Hogwood) - it is sad that Levin and Hogwood didn’t complete their Mozart Piano Concerto survey, as the performances that did emerge are chock full of character, detail and musicality. This is a good example; Bach: Keyboard Sonatas (Trevor Pinnock) - the art of putting all the wrong notes in the right place; Bax: Clarinet Sonata (Nash Ensemble) - beautifully elegiac English chamber music; Bliss: Melee Fantasque (LSO/Bliss) - these days, Bliss has suffered for being too traditional for some and too adventurous for others. To me, he was one of the great English composers, and this is one of his most enjoyable scores. In fond expectoration of Julian’s new album. (I wonder how it will compare with MERL 48?) Have a great week everyone. Dave x
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Aug 21, 2022, 17:23
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The Coral - Magic & Medicine The Coral - Nightfreak & The Sons Of Becker The Beach Boys - Smile The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile The Beach Boys - Wild Honey The Heavy Blinkers - The Heavy Blinkers His Name Is Alive - Stars On ESP Paul Giovanni/Magnet - The Wicker Man (Trunk Records) Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day Paddy Kingsland - The Changes Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant Elton John - Friends Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge The Doors - The Doors The Doors - Strange Days Anne Briggs - The Time Has Come Anne Briggs - Sing A Song For You Lal & Mike Waterson - Bright Phoebus Elvis Presley - The Sun Collection The Kinks - Percy
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Aug 21, 2022, 19:33
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Abraxas- Monte Carlo Night Crickets- A Free Society Lumpen Nobleman- Errors and Remedies Prolapse- Pointless Walks To Dismal Places REM- Chronic Town EP 10cc- Deceptive Bends David Munrow- Henry VIII and his Six Wives (S/T) Hamilton Yarns- The Showboat's Over Hookworms- The Hum Hawkwind- Quark, Strangeness and Charm Adam & The Ants- Dirk Wears White Sox
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keith a 9574 posts |
Aug 22, 2022, 16:55
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Kudos To The... - Bomber Jackets Drunken Songs – Julian Cope The Rockfield Files EP - The Damned The Tenant – Death & Vanilla S/T – Dope Yeti Season - El Michels Affair Flashback - Fujiya & Myagi New Roof EP - Karen Gwyer Beyond The Pale – Jarv Is A Strange Affair: The Sixties Recordings – John's Children A Gilded Eternity - Loop Split EP – Meddicine / Vision Fortune Invisible Wind Factory – Mugstar & Damo Suzuki Vertigo Days – The Notwist Twenty One - Nova Express Bilingual – Pet Shop Boys Henry May Long – Max Richter Instar - Silo Happiness Not Included – Soft Cell Ecopoiesis - Umwelt Firehouse Rock - Wailing Souls
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garerama 1118 posts |
Aug 23, 2022, 20:45
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Daevid Allen - Banana Moon The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (mono) / Beatles For Sale (mono) / Help! (mono) Tim Buckley - Goodbye & Hello (mono) / Happy Sad / Blue Afternoon Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels / Sunburst & Snowblind / Treasure / Victorialand John Coltrane - Coltrane (First Trane) / Lush Life / Blue Trane / My Favorite Things (mono) / "Live" At The Village Vanguard (mono) Julian Cope - Floored Genius 2 / Trip Advizer Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue / Sketches Of Spain / Bitches Brew / Live-Evil The Doors - S/t / Strange Days / Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine Gong - Angel's Egg / You / Gong Est Mort ... Vive Gong P J Harvey - Dry / Rid Of Me Led Zeppelin - III / IV Moby Grape - Cross Talk (Best Of) Lee "Scratch" Perry/ Upsetters - Scratch The Upsetter Again / Battle Of Armagideon The Roches - S/t Spirit - S/t / The Family That Plays Together Spiritualized - Pure Phase The The - Infected Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman V/A - Right Time, Wrong Place: John Peel 1977-87
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