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1001realapes 2390 posts |
Aug 28, 2022, 04:10
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Fanny - st Herbie Mann - The Beat Goes On Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights Grant-Lee Phillips - All That You Can Dream Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, Baby Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot Strawberry Alarm Clock - Wake Up...It's Tomorrow Strawberry Alarm Clock - The World in a Sea Shell Van Morrison - Wavelength Van Morrison – Inarticulate Speech of the Heart Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox John Lee Hooker - Urban Blues Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Rock Art and the X-Ray Style Bob Dylan - Springtime in New York, The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985 (2cd)
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Fitter Stoke 2615 posts |
Aug 28, 2022, 08:58
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This week’s vibes: Julian Cope ‘England Expectorates’ - a thoroughly entertaining, now typically low-fi release featuring some of the Drude’s catchiest ditties - and best singing - in decades. Some glorious references to English culture good and bad (Tizer, cobs, Betfred, Owen Jones…yo!) enhance the heart and humour on show. I don’t like all of it (‘Boris Good-Enough’ and ‘Lard Ass Of The Year’ are weak, and there are several shitty edits and fades) but overall there’s far more to dig than diss. And you know that any record that dives you straight into ‘Mother Sky’ is going to put a grin on your face; Nirvana ‘Incesticide’ - a much more coherent and satisfying album than its bitty sources might indicate. In fact, I’d take this over the patchier ‘Nevermind’ any day; Magazine ‘Real Life’ - some records just don’t sound their age, do they? I can’t believe I bought this 44 years ago; David Bowie ‘Aladdin Sane’ - which ploughs a similar, Cabaret-esque furrow to the last named in places. The mood is deranged and decadent, the music quite wonderful; Black Sabbath ‘Paranoid’ - the only fully enjoyable Sabs LP for me; Captain Beefheart ‘Bluejeans & Moonbeams’ - despite the career nadir this is generally held out to be, I’ve always rather liked this album. Don didn’t have to play the weirdo every time and here he proved how well he could deliver a “straight” rock LP. I’m not ashamed to admit that I play this more often than ‘Trout Mask Replica’; National Health ‘Of Queues & Cures’ - the greatest ever Canterbury Scene album without any Sinclair cousins on it. IMHO of course; Mal Waldron ‘The Call’ - Waldron’s sole e-piano date was an immense fusion headfuck of two vast, side-long jams. I reviewed this for Unsung yonks ago and still sound by those naive words; AMM III ‘It Was An Ordinary Enough Day In Pueblo, Colorado’ - AMM’s last brush with a major (ish) label brought one of their most approachable albums. Keith Rowe’s metallic guitar really cans the mood here; Schubert: Symphony no.9 ‘Great’ (VPO/Kertesz) - a fulfilling, refreshingly direct approach to Schubert’s symphonic peak; Beethoven: Symphony no.7 (Malmo SO/Trevino) - I’d rather hear a good orchestra play their hearts out than a great one just going through the motions. The MSO achieves the former admirably here. I love the way the fiery final movement starts straight after the third without a breath; Buxtehude: Suite in F, BuxWV 238 (Lars Ulrik Mortensen) - perfect Sunday morning baroquery; Everyone is irresistible Dave x
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Aug 28, 2022, 09:21
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The Coral - The Invisible Invasion The Coral - The Curse Of Love The Coral - Roots & Echoes The Bees - Free The Bees The Doors - Morrison Hotel The Doors - Waiting For The Sun Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley Elvis Presley - Elvis Elvis Presley - Loving You Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley - King Creole Elvis Presley - For LP Fans Only Elvis Presley - A Date With Elvis Elvis Presley - Elvis Golden Records Elvis Presley - 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Gold Records Volume 2 Jan & Dean - Fillet Of Soul Jan & Dean - Popsicle Jan & Dean - Save For A Rainy Day Jan & Dean - Carnival Of Sound John Lennon - Walls & Bridges The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City of Arrowe Hill - The Springheel Penny Dreadful and Other Tales of Morbid Curiosity Traffic - Last Exit The Incredible String Band - Earthspan The Incredible String Band - No Ruinous Feud The Incredible String Band - Hard Rope & Silken Twine Lilys - The Lilys The Kinks - Preservation Act 1 The Kinks - Preservation Act 2 The Beach Boys - Friends The Beach Boys - Wake The World: The Friends Sessions The Beach Boys - 20/20 The Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn The Apples In Stereo - Fun Trick Noisemaker
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garerama 1118 posts |
Aug 28, 2022, 11:31
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Associates - The Affectionate Punch / Sulk / Singles The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari / Surfin' USA / Surfer Girl Cluster - II / Zuckerzeit Coil - Live Four / Selvaggua, Go Back Into The Woods / Limoges 2002 Julian Cope - Droolian / Droolian's Mother / Concert Climax / The Unruly Imagination / Rave-o-lution / John Balance Meets The Valhalla / Self Civil War Dope - Semi-Legal On The Edge Of Culture Christophe F/ Black Sheep - Heathen Frontiers In Sand Universal Panzies - Transcendental Floss Edgar Froese - Aqua The Glove - Blue Sunshine Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Smash Hits / Electric Ladyland Keith Jarrett - Expectations / The Survivors' Suite / Somewhere Before: The Atlantic Years 1968-1975 Joy Division - Nashville Ballroom, London 22-09-79 / Paradiso, Amsterdam 11-01-80 Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule Michael Mantler - No Answer Neu! - 2 / '75 Third Ear Band - The Magus / Hymn To The Sphynx Trees - The Garden Of Jane Delawney XTC - White Music / Go 2 / Go+ V/A Intermission (Ghost Box) No New Wave
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Aug 28, 2022, 14:25
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With a lot of comparisons to Self Civil War made for Cope's new album, I thought I'd give this a proper go. Kind of has the aesthetic of recent Dope projects which I have not minded with added glam guitar. Just ordered it off the Merchandiser. Maybe next year I'll think about getting EE...
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Aug 29, 2022, 11:52
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Heron & Crane - Firesides Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Nine Tonight (Live) Robert Calvert - Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters Joan Jordi Oliver - Enlaire The Mighty Lemon Drops - Happy Head Stereolab - Pulses of the Early Brain (Switched On volume 5)
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keith a 9574 posts |
Aug 29, 2022, 14:09
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Enchanted – Marc Almond England Expectorates – Julian Cope Loose Change EP – El Michels Affair Yeti Season - El Michels Affair Les Alpx/Coorabell 12” - Floating Points Private Space – Durant Jones & the Indications Kiwanuka – Michael Kiwanuka Sonancy – Loop Earth Trip – Rose City Band Happiness Not Included – Soft Cell
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spencer 3071 posts |
Aug 31, 2022, 02:23
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Ommadawn: played On Horseback on a sunny evening atop Hergest Ridge recently.. I understand why he loves the place
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