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1001realapes 2390 posts |
Sep 04, 2022, 05:16
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Blues Image - Open Spirit - st The James Gang - Yer' Album Uriah Heep - ...very 'eavy, very 'umble Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself Caravan - st (mono/stereo) Rush - Power Windows Rush - Hold Your Fire Rush - A Show of Hands Rush - Presto Rush - Roll the Bones Rush - Counterparts Rush - Test for Echo
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Fitter Stoke 2615 posts |
Edited Sep 04, 2022, 09:28
Sep 04, 2022, 08:29
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This week’s aural cornucopia: Can ‘Tago Mago’ and ‘Soundtracks’ - specifically ‘Mother Sky’ and ‘Halleluwah’ which I’ve had on virtual repeat for days. It’s funny how these half century old tantric grooves seem to sound more modern on every hearing. Talking of ‘Mother Sky’… Julian Cope ‘England Expectorates’ - this is growing on me more every time I hear it. I’ve already spun it more times than the Drude’s last couple of records put together. Cho93’s comparison with ‘20 Mothers’ is apposite, I think; The Velvet Underground ‘Squeeze’ - ok, hardly a VU album in any realistic sense but this is a very decent, mid-period Dead like, pop-rock album on its own terms. Had ‘Squeeze’ come out under Doug Yule’s own name - as it should - it’d probably be better regarded; Snow Patrol ‘The Fireside Sessions’ EP - on the strength of this, Snow Patrol should make all their records with their fans’ input. This is rather good. Really; Mike Oldfield ‘Hergest Ridge’ - which, in its original 1974 mix, remains my go-to Oldfield album. The eerie-cum-soothing first theme is as hypnotic as any music I know, and the whole work is much more thematically unified than its illustrious predecessor, great though that is; John Illsley ‘Streets Of Heaven’ - John hasn’t strayed far from his old band’s sound but that’s alright with me; Van der Graaf Generator ‘Godbluff’ - the first of the mighty triumvirate of LPs VdGG released in 1975/76 is so good, it’s incredible to think that its successors are even finer. IMHO anyway; Sham 69 ‘Tell Us The Truth’ - I’m seventeen again; Porcupine Tree ‘Closure/Continuation’ - as good as rock music gets these days, which in this case is pretty effing good; CVS ‘Give Us A Job’/‘Kill A Pop Star’ - I mention this low-fi, proto-Oi! tape from 1983 safe in the knowledge that few people here will ever have heard it. All you need to know is that I reckon the Sleaford Mods subliminally ripped ‘em off thirty years later; Dave Brubeck Quartet ‘Jazz Impressions Of Japan’ - which has some of Brubeck’s most toe-tapping tunes alongside some of his loveliest melodies, thankfully not tainted by faux-oriental cliches. The quartet, and Paul Desmond in particular, were caught in top form. This makes a delightfully distracting 40 minute listen; Dave Brubeck Quartet ‘At Carnegie Hall’ - the first truly great- live double LP, captured nearly a decade before ‘Made In Japan’. This is a jazz record that - in its swinging way - really rocks. Skin heads will flip at Joe Morello’s unbelievable 5/4 solo on ‘Castilian Drums’; Dave Brubeck Quartet ‘Time Out’ - their iconic release, like the contemporaneous ‘Kind Of Blue’, seems to yield new pleasures even after decades of familiarity. I’ve known much of its contents since childhood yet still get a rush every time I play it; Brahms: Academic Festival Ov/Mozart: Symphony no.39/Chausson: Symphony/Hindemith: Harmony of the World (all NYPO/Mitropoulos) - from a newly released big box of Mitropoulos’ live performances where sheer, visceral impact overcomes the aged, grainy sound, especially in the Hindemith. Wow; Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 2 and 4 (Malmo SO/Trevino) - there’s lots of vim and imagination in Robert Trevino’s interpretations, even if not everything convinces. I’ll take this over many recent, bigger name sets of these indefinable masterpieces any day; Beethoven: Symphony no.4 (LSO/Jochum) - this, however, is in a different league. Eugen Jochum was one of THE great German kapellmeisters and his late Seventies Beethoven cycle has no weak points; Sibelius: Tapiola (BBC Nat Orch Wales/Bancroft) - interesting 2022 live take on Sibelius’ final tone poem revealing orchestral detail I’d hitherto never heard; Tabakova: Tectonic (BBC Concert Orch/Tovey) - exciting, rhythmic piece from the same current BBC Music cover CD as the last named. Enjoy your week Dave x
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garerama 1118 posts |
Sep 04, 2022, 11:46
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Iao Chants For The Cosmic Inferno Aerovons - Resurrection Aggregation - Mind Odyssey Alternative TV - The Image Has Cracked / Vibing Up The Senile Man Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest David Bowie - Hunky Dory / The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars / Alladin Sane / Pinups / Diamond Dogs / Cracked Actor Dope - Dope / Maxi-12" / Guerilla Grow Flower Travellin' Band - Satori / Make Up The Jam - Sound Affects / Dig The New Breed The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy / Barbed Wire Kisses / Honey's Dead Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures / Closer Neu! - Neu! / Neu! 2 New Order - Movement / Power, Corruption & Lies Iggy & The Stooges - Metallic K.O Sagittarius - Present Tense / The Blue Marble David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees / Gone To Earth Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden / Laughing Stock Throbbing Gristle - D.o.A / 20 Jazz Funk Greats / Thee Psychic Sacrifice 23 Skidoo - The Culling Is Coming / Seven Songs / Urban Gamelan McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy / Extensions Scott Walker - Scott / Scott 2 Wooden Shjips - S/t Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth / Loose Ends & Deep Cuts V/A 1976 Max's Kansas City Intermission (Ghost Box)
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Sep 04, 2022, 14:42
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First up, Julie - England Expectorates / Self Civil War. Both new to me this week. Gave the latter far more plays - mainly because I thought it was much better. I gather that the former is pretty much all Cope and found it a bit lacking - certainly sonically. Self Civil War on the other hand is mostly fab, benefitting from great glam solo guitarwork by Mr Holman. Cope definitely benefits from collaborating with others. Starting to work through my Mp3 collection this week: 808 State Ex:El. Haven't really listened to this much but found it favourable this time round Akron/Family - Meek Warrior Alabama 3 - Outlaw Amadou & Miriam - Dimanche a Bamako Arab Strap - Philophobia Bas Jan - Yes I Jan / Instant Nostalgia EP. Anyone else going to see them on their Leyline tour with Pictish Trail? Thought not. Love the playful lyrics with a modern indy sensibility. Still working my way through my CD collection around about the letter U: Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman / Onehundreddaysoff John Williams - The Empire strikes back OST
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Sep 04, 2022, 18:57
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The Chesterfields- New Modern Homes Drugdealer- Hiding In Plain Sight Killer Kaya- Tunnel At The End of The Light Mother Sun- Train Of Thought Alison O'Donnell- Hark The Voice That Sings For All Thee Moot- Mood Swings And Roundabouts The Barbarians- S/T Bo Diddley- Another Dimension Robert Gordon & Link Wray- S/T Edwyn Collins- Hope And Despair Various artists- Before The Day Is Done: The Story Of Folk Heritage Records, 1968-75 Fairport Convention- Live Convention Stereolab- Pulses of the Early Brain (Switched On Vol 5) S Express- Original Soundtrack Steve Winwood- S/T
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Sep 04, 2022, 23:43
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Richard Strauss - Don Juan/Till Eulenspiegel/Also Sprach Zarathustra Heron - Heron Heron - Twice As Nice And Half The Price Incredible String Band - Tricks Of The Senses Bill Ryder-Jones - If... Beethoven - Piano Sonatas 1-4 Mike Oldfield - Incantations Mike Oldfield - Platinum Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die Beulah - When Your Heartstrings Break Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle Van Dyke Parks - Discover America Van Dyke Parks - Clang Of The Yankee Reaper Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back! Elvis Presley - Something For Everybody Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues Elvis Presley - Flaming Star/Wild In The Country/Follow That Dream Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon Paul Simon - Live Rhymin' Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes Os Mutantes - Mutantes Os Mutantes - A Divina Comedia Ou Milton Nascimento - Milton Nascimento Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube Da Esquina The Coral - The Singles Collection The Coral - Butterfly House The Kinks - Four More Respected Gentlemen Small Faces - Small Faces Small Faces - From The Beginning Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual Pet Shop Boys - Somewhere (custom comp) The Beach Boys - Greatest Hits The Beach Boys - Live In London Elgar - The Dream Of Gerontius (enjoyed two versions of this during the week - my trusty 1972 Decca box set conducted by Benjamin Britten, and also sat in the cheap seats at Wednesday night's BBC Prom, conducted with great energy by Edward Gardner, with two big choirs combining to powerful effect - also on BBC Radio 3 and iPlayer for future listening)
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keith a 9574 posts |
Sep 05, 2022, 07:09
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S/T – Black Uhuru Glassforms – Bruce Brubaker / Max Cooper B-Sides & Rarities Part II – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds In Light Of Blues – Celer S/T – Dope Drunken Songs – Julian Cope England Expectorates – Julian Cope Cheat Codes – Danger Mouse & Black Thought Cult Leader Tactics – Paul Draper Yeti Season - El Michels Affair Les Alpx/Coorabell 12” - Floating Points Best Of The 60's – The Hollies The Devil You & Me – The Notwist Vertigo Days - The Notwist Africa's Blood – Lee Perry Zombie Birdhouse – Iggy Pop The Robbers – Michael Rother Dandy In The Underworld – T.Rex
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