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1001realapes 2389 posts |
Sep 25, 2022, 03:49
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Thin Lizzy - The Peel Sessions Thin Lizzy - Black Rose Kiss - Hotter Than Hell Kiss - Dressed to Kill Uriah Heep - Salisbury Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom Uriah Heep - The Best of... (The Millennium Collection) Freddie Hubbard - First Light Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition / Liszt - Les Preludes (Herbert Von Karajan)
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Edited Sep 25, 2022, 09:18
Sep 25, 2022, 09:14
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Greetings, music lovers: The Beatles ‘Yellow Submarine’ - or rather the four then unreleased tracks that form the heart of its first side which, to these ears, are up there with the best of their output; Pink Floyd ‘More’ - easily their most unsung album IMHO, an ideal blend of lyrical, abstract and hard rock tracks that bely - or perhaps exemplify - the hurried conditions in which this album was made. Delete the brief embarrassment that is ‘Spanish Piece’ and you’ve got a near-perfect slab of psychedelic rock. (Trivia note: the definite article has been removed from the band’s name on the otherwise faithful sleeve of the 2016 vinyl reissue. I wonder why?); John Foxx ‘In Mysterious Ways’ - Foxx at his poppiest. Pleasant, but too time-locked in the mid-80s; Elvis Costello ‘The Best Of The First Ten Years’ - not necessarily the track selection I’d’ve made from the period, but a satisfying overview nonetheless. Could never understand the appeal of ‘Shipbuilding’ though, even when Robert Wyatt sang it; Saxon ‘Wheels Of Steel’ - oo. Yeah; Rolling Stones ‘It’s Only Rock’n’ Roll’ - ‘Fingerprint File’ is THE great lost Stones track for me: perfect Keef riff, awesome bass playing from Wyman, fab tense chorus. What’s not to adore; Wishbone Ash ‘Illuminations’ - cracking album from the mid-nineties that still sounds great, not least because it has a decent lead vocalist in Tony Kishman. The Ash have gone on to make several good records but are compromised by Andy Turner’s nasal voice. Sorry Andy - I dig your sterling axemanship - always did - but not your singing; Julian Cope ‘England Expectorates’ - repeat plays haven’t withered the low-fi appeal of the Drude’s latest. In fact I haven’t enjoyed a non-compilation* of his more since ‘Autogeddon’, and I like, love or adore most of his subsequent albums. Only ‘Boris’ falls somewhat short to these ears, and even that is no real clunker. There’s some grade A Julian shit going down here, with a load of laffs to boot; Nazareth ‘Surviving The Law’ - I streamed this out of sheer curiosity, having heard nothing of Naz since ‘Boogaloo’ nearly a quarter of a century ago. Their present vocalist is less distinctive than the retired Dan McCafferty but fronts a band still high on power and verve. I’ll buy this. RIP Manny; U2 ‘An Cat Dubh’/‘Into The Heart’ (live version from ‘Dancin Master’ cassette) - if U2 had split after making this, we’d all be adoring them, believe me; Sonny Rollins ‘Saxophone Colossus’ - bit of a jazz classic, this. I just love Sonny’s sarky sax sound; Haydn: Symphony no.86 (ASMF/Marriner) - just a lovely performance in every way; Verdi: Force of Destiny Overture/Beethoven: Symphony no.8/Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances/Vaughan Williams: Symphony no.4 (all NYPO/Mitropoulos) - tense live readings compensating with intensity what they lack in recording quality. The VW in particular is spectacular: so very different from English interpreters like Boult or Handley, but equally valid to these ears. Dmitri rocked; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5 (NYPO/Mitropoulos) - on the strength of this, he was no slouch in the studio either; Strauss: Don Juan, Op.20 and Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (VPO/Furtwaengler) - conducting this good defies criticism; Beethoven: Symphony no.6 (Orckester Wiener Akademie/Haselbock) - more from Haselbock’s admirable cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies using the instruments and venues of their first performances; Beethoven: Piano Sonata no.32 in C minor, Op.111 (Wilhelm Backhaus) - almost superhuman pianism from a pianist in his 78th year crowns an interpretation that emotes and excites in near perfect accord; Weinberg: Flute Concerto no.1 (Zupancic/CBSO/Grazinyte-Tyla) - immediately accessible work of contrasting playful and introspective moods; Elisabeth Lutyens: The Great Seas, Op.132 (Martin Jones) - Messiaen-like late piano piece staying just the right side of atonality, superbly rendered by Jones; Elisabeth Lutyens: Piano Works Vol.2 (Martin Jones) - delightful miniatures played with Jones’ customary style and grace. (*’Trip Advizer’ is my desert island Cope CD. It just IS, ok?) Take care out there. Truss no one. Dave x
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Sep 25, 2022, 10:10
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Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art Elvis Presley - Easy Come Easy Go/Speedway Elvis Presley - Memories: The '68 Comeback Special Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley - From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is Elvis Presley - Sings Flaming Star Elvis Presley - Let's Be Friends Elvis Presley - Almost In Love Elvis Presley - You'll Never Walk Alone The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet The Turtles - Golden Hits The Turtles - Chalon Road The Turtles - Battle Of The Bands The Turtles - Turtle Soup The Turtles - Shell Shock Kaleidoscope - Faintly Blowing The Kingsbury Manx - Afternoon Owls The Kingsbury Manx - Aztec Discipline The Kingsbury Manx - The Fast Rise & Fall Of The South The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies The Kinks - Everyone's In Showbiz The Kinks - Soap Opera The Kinks - Schoolboys In Disgrace Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson Brian Wilson - Sweet Insanity Brian Wilson - I Just Wasn't Made For These Times Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks - Orange Crate Art Brian Wilson - Andy Paley sessions (great to have so many of these tracks officially released now, sounding great in improved fidelity; such a shame an album didn't come out of these sessions at the time, particularly considering the quality of the two songs finished off with The Beach Boys) Alfred Brendel - Beethoven Piano Sonatas 12, 14 & 8 The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away The Fiery Furnaces - Take Me Round Again Michael Nesmith - The Wichita Train Whistle Sings Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - Magnetic South Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - Loose Salute Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - Nevada Fighter
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garerama 1118 posts |
Sep 25, 2022, 16:36
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Joshua Abrams - Represencing / Magnetoception Ash Ra Tempel - S/t Meg Baird, Helena Espvall & Sharon Kraus - Leaves From Off The Tree The Beatles - Revolver / Sgt Peppers Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase / Tomorrow's Harvest David Bowie - S/t (Space Oddity) / The Man Who Sold The World Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (mono) / Mirror Man Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas / Stars & Topsoil / Milk & Kisses Coil - Moon's Milk / Musick To Play In The Dark 1 & 2 Julian Cope - Rite / Odin Brain Donor - Love Peace & Fuck / Wasted Fuzz Excessive Crass - Penis Envy / Christ The Album (studio) Espers - S/t / The Weed Tree Josephine Foster - All The Leaves Are Gone (with The Supposed) / Graphic As A Star Hintermass - The Apple Tree Kraftwerk - S/t / Autobahn New Order - Movement The Owl Service - A Garland Of Song / The Burn Comes Down / The View From A Hill / His Pride, No Spear, No Friend Pentangle - Basket Of Light / Cruel Sister Tom Robinson Band - Power In The Darkness / TRB 2 Rudimentary Peni - Death Church Patti Smith (Group) - Horses / Radio Ethiopia Soft Machine - Turns On Vols 1 & 2 / Middle Earth Masters / Peel Sessions (disc 1) Trader Home - Morning Way Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die / The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Dudu Tucci - Orishas V/A - Intermission (Ghost Box) Soundtrack music John Faulkner & Sandra Kerr - Bagpuss: Songs & Music Robert Merlin & Gian Piero Revemberi - The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe Yann Tiersen - Amelie OST
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Sep 25, 2022, 18:36
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Having a '50s week: John Coltrane- Coltrane John Coltrane- Traneing In John Coltrane- Dakar John Coltrane- Blue Train Buddy Holly- 20 Golden Greats Gene Vincent- Greatest Thelonius Monk & Gerry Mulligan- Mulligan Meets Monk Champion Jack Dupree- Blues From The Gutter Dory Previn- The Leprechauns Are Upon Me Ray Charles- Live At Newport Kenny Graham & His Satellites- Moondog and Suncat Suites Plus a new arrival: Bert Jansch- At The BBC
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keith a 9574 posts |
Sep 25, 2022, 21:25
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This House EP – Baba Ali Memory Device – Baba Ali Best Of... - Cilla Black Covers - Cat Power Live – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Murder Ballads – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Cheat Codes – Danger Mouse & Black Thought Honey 12” - Death In Vegas Reprise – Gold Panda Closer – Joy Division The Apple Drop – Liars Sonancy – Loop Vertigo Days – The Notwist Introspective – Pet Shop Boys Monkey Business 12” - Pet Shop Boys Entangled Routes - Pye Corner Audio The Spice Of Life – Marlena Shaw A Light For Attracting Attention – The Smile Elemental Child...Live – Tyrannosaurus Rex Interzone – Vacant Lots
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Edited Sep 25, 2022, 21:57
Sep 25, 2022, 21:53
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The Waterboys - S/T Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Saul Williams - Amethyst Rock Star Young Fathers - White men are black men too Julian Cope - Cope's notes #3 World Shut Your Mouth. Only listened to it the once. Mostly demo versions of the tracks from the album interspersed with the relevant Head On* readings. What's not to like? After all it is a rather bonzer album. New albums by The Mars Volta and Suede that I couldn't be bothered with Virginia Wing - Private LIFE EDIT* Think they might be from repossessed actually. Haven't read the books in a while
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