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1001realapes 2389 posts |
Edited Feb 20, 2023, 17:33
Feb 19, 2023, 04:33
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The Shadows of Knight – Dark Sides • The Best of The Shadows of Knight Roky Erickson - Two Headed Dogs EP Roky Erickson - You're Gonna Miss Me • The Best of Roky Erickson Steeleye Span - Below the Salt Steeleye Span - Spanning the Years (disc 2) The Monkees - st (mono) The Standells - Dirty Water The Standells - The Best of The Standells Tears For Fears - Everybody Loves a Happy Ending The Woolies - Ride Ride Ride Kiss - Hotter Than Hell Michael Nyman, John Lenehan, Simon Haram, Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa – The Piano Concerto - Where The Bee Dances (For Saxophone And Orchestra) Vagn Holmboe, The Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Hannu Koivula – Complete Chamber Concertos, Vol. 2, Nos. 4-6 V.A. - Circus Days Vol. 1 & 2 Pop-Sike 1966-1970 |
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Feb 19, 2023, 09:31
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This week’s sounds: Bob Dylan ‘Fragments’ - I had a very enjoyable evening this week playing this new box set dedicated to ‘Time Out Of Mind’, its outtakes and alternate versions. As always seems the way with Dylan’s later albums, there’s a strong case for an even finer track list than the record as it was originally released but hey, we’ve got it now - and in incredibly vivid sound. I’ve still to spin the live discs; Killing Joke ‘what’s THIS for…!’ - if a record can still pin me to the wall when I’m over three times as old as when I first heard it, it must have something. Oh my. Adam and the Ants on steroids; Man ‘Endangered Species’ - 2000 saw the last Manband studio album to feature the classic axe pairing of Mickey Jones and Deke Leonard, a real slow burner of a record with a warm vibe that transcends some not immediately memorable tracks. The closing ‘Love Isn’t Love’ is a diamond, featuring Deke spitting out its bitter words with aplomb. I was lucky enough to catch Man on the supporting tour and it was one of those great musical nights that resonate forever thereafter. RIP Micky, Deke and Phil Ryan; Van Morrison ‘Moondance’ - for no good reason I hadn’t played this for decades. And it stoned me to my soul; Van Morrison ‘No Guru, No Method, No Teacher’ - Van had a much stronger 80s than most of his contemporaries, as this fine 1986 record exemplifies; Sleaford Mods ‘Jobseeker’ EP - still raises a smile ten years on. Can of Strongbow, I’m a mess; Richard & Linda Thompson ‘Sunnyvista’ - the couple’s penultimate album is mainstream pop/rock rather than folky in feel; good, but not great; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ‘B.R.M.C.’ - another CD that’d gathered dust, and I don’t know why - other than having amassed more records than I can ever realistically hope of having time to play again. This refreshed the lugs most agreeably. There are probably a million bands that sound like this, but whatever. This is excellent guitar based rock and roll with just enough darkness to sustain interest; The Proclaimers ‘This Is The Story’ - setting the standards and sound that Charlie and Craig have stuck to ever after, their power ever more acute with minimal instrumentation as here; Otis Redding ‘Otis Blue’ - what do you expect - criticism? Well okay then: the voice is sublime, the horn section sloppily cool, the groove irresistible, the whole much greater than the sum of its parts; Yes S/T - Peter Banks is a contender for prog’s most underrated guitarist. Summarily dismissed from Yes after just two albums, his jazzy legacy shines on their debut and the BBC sessions that were issued much later. I admire Steve Howe’s artistry, but not his attitude to his predecessor in later years. Whatever, ‘Yes’ is a fine memorial, from an era when “progressive rock” meant so much more than prog does now. And isn’t it a travesty that the current Yes lineup contains not one of the dudes on their debut; Discharge ‘Fight Back’ EP - five short shots of white hot fury; Family ‘Music In A Doll’s House’ psych classic and mellotron lover’s dream, sounding little like the rockier Family that followed. No finer album ever emanated from Leicester; Morrissey ‘World Peace Is None Of Your Business’ - the album itself is good, but the six tracks on the deluxe edition bonus disc are better. In fact, they represent a solo career high as far as I’m concerned. Well worth tracking down, I think; Elvis Presley ‘Elvis In Concert’ - posthumous release of some of Presley’s last live performances, with the King by then best heard rather than seen. He sounds tired and punch drunk, forgets his lines, but the voice still rings like a bell. There are much better live documents out there, but I still enjoyed hearing most of this; Ennio Morricone et al ‘The Hateful Eight’ OST - Morricone’s final film score is a belter, as cold and threatening as the movie itself; Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 2 (Westdeutsche Sinfonia/Dirk Joeres) - good, mainstream performances, true to the score. I especially enjoyed no.2; Beethoven: Symphony no.7 (Philharmonia/Klemperer) - tense 1960 live recording from Vienna, superior to Klemperer’s first stereo recording in feel, if not sound quality; Beethoven: Overture ‘Fidelio’ (Philharmonia/Klemperer) - measured, powerfully teutonic approach to LvB’s fourth prelude to his only opera. Real fist clenching stuff; Mozart: Violin Concerto no.5 (David Oistrakh/Staatskapelle Dresden/Konwitschny) - newly remastered 1956 recording by the great Ukrainian violinist. Aside from obviously dated mono sound, everything is just ticketty-boo; Albeniz: Iberia (Alicia de Larrocha) - nigh-on definitive rendition of Albeniz’ impressionist masterpiece; Reger: Mein Odem ist schwach, Op.110 no.1 (SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart/Bernius) - intense, complex vocal music impeccably performed. Love isn’t love ‘til it breaks your heart Dave x
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garerama 1118 posts |
Feb 19, 2023, 09:52
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Acid Mother's Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Iao Chant From The Cosmic Inferno Daevid Allen - Stoned Innocent Frankenstein (Bananamoon remixed & expanded) / Dreamin' A Dream / Bananamoon Obscura No 6: Live At The Knit, NYC (with Nicolleta Stephanz) / Sixty Minutes With ... American Music Club - Love Songs For Patriots / The Golden Age The Beatles - S/t / Abbey Road / Let It Be Beautify Junkyards - The Invisible World Of ... Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill / Psychonaut Can - Monster Movie / Delay 1968 / Doko E Devo - Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo Faust - S/t / So Far Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream Of Trains / Fegmania (with The Egyptians) / Eye / I Often Dream Of Trains In New York Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit Yoko Ono/ Plastic Ono Band - S/t / Feeling The Space Ora - S/t Oriental Sunshine - S/t Otto - Samba Pra Burro Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent / Introducing ... The Peppermint Rainbow - Will You Be Staying After Sunday Peppermint Trolley Company - Beautiful Sun Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms Popol Vuh - In Den Garten Pharoas / Das Hoholled Salomos Smoke Fairies - Through Low Light & Trees Swans - Filth / The Glowing Man / Leaving Meaning Test Dept & Brith Gof - Gododdin Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report / Special Treatment Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life / Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants V/A - Mindexpanders
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Kwoo 60 posts |
Feb 19, 2023, 10:47
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Marnie Weber - Woman With Bass Thick Pigeon - Too Crazy Cowboys + Miranda Dali Diamanda Galas and John Paul Jones - This Sporting Life Mostly just Marnie, tho. That album has betwitched my obsessive side.
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Dog in fog 317 posts |
Feb 19, 2023, 11:24
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Víg Mihály - Filmzenék Tarr Béla filmjeihez "Öreg" ("Old") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b-1lh0i4Y8 from the very moving film, "Werckmeister Harmonies" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werckmeister_Harmonies Daevid Allen - The Death Of Rock & Other Entrances. Entranced I am, especially with Tally's Birthday Song Daevid Allen - Twelve Selves Planxty - Between The Jigs And The Reels: A Retrospective. I didn't know about this 2016 release and nearly did a cartwheel when I found it for £7.99 in HMV this week. "A 53 track retrospective as chosen by the band, including a BONUS DVD featuring over 2 hours of previously unreleased performances from the RTÉ archives". I've been thoroughly enjoying some of these performances on Youtube for several years, but this DVD has a fair few which I've never seen before, featuring live footage from 1972, '73, '80 and '82. Here's some (unpolished on Youtube) live footage from Ireland's Late Late Show in '72 which appears on the DVD - "The Blacksmith" (trad.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z3A5Tgy47M CD track - "Follow Me Up To Carlow" (trad.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGD1lHx8v4 (Even though I'm English, I can appreciate a lyric such as "Rooster of a fighting stock, Would you let a Saxon cock, Crow out upon an Irish rock? Fly up and teach him manners...") Hawkwind - Space Ritual Hawkwind - P.X.R.5 "High Rise" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFF3LJ678kY Iron Maiden - Killers Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons "The Fall" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyTN8OvYOlQ Der Tod & das Mädchen - d-Moll Oliver - Standing Stone Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker V/A Metal Hammer - Earache Extremity Experiment V/A - Strange Country DVD Planxty live performances DVD Dissection - Rebirth Of Dissection, live 2004 concert
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Feb 19, 2023, 11:43
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The Church- The Hypnagogue Brighde Chaimbeul- Carry Them With Us Josephine Foster- Domestic Sphere Unloved- Polychrome Lael Neale- Star Eater's Delight Martyna Basta- Slowly Forgetting, Barely Remembering FVnerals- Let The Earth Be Silent Tin Man- Arles CEL- Gegenwelt V/A- Echo Neuklang: Neo Kraut Sounds 1981-2023 The Smithereens- Especially For You The Jesus & Mary Chain- Dsrklands Felt- Gold Mine Trash Felt- Bubblegum Perfume Blind Faith- S/T Mimi & Richard Farina- Celebrations For A Grey Day Mimi & Richard Farina- Reflections In A Crystal Wind The Incredible String Band- The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Vashti Bunyan- Another Diamond Day Donovan- Hurdy Gurdy Man
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drewbhoy 2559 posts |
Feb 19, 2023, 18:27
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Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope Regina Spektor - Home, Before, After Nazareth - Surviving The Law Nazareth - Rampant Alban Berg - Violin Concerto Harriet Birtwhistle - Trumpet Concerto Simple Minds - Direction Of The Heart Simple Minds - Real Life Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Easy Pieces Bloomsday - Fortuny
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keith a 9574 posts |
Feb 19, 2023, 22:41
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Two weeks worth here... I Want More 12” - Blancmange I'd not heard this 2015 single from 80's pop act Blancmange till this week, but it's a decent take on I Want More. And yes, it's that I Want More! Mix-Up – Cabaret Voltaire Crackdown – Cabaret Voltaire Tick Tick Tick – Stephen Mallinder If you liked the Cabs and haven't heard last years Mallinder album, then I'd say give it a listen. It's definitely more Crackdown than Mix-Up, but that's OK because I like both. One of my favourite albums in recent times. Classics Rarities Revelations – Depeche Mode Free cd with the new edition of Mojo. At My Piano – Brian Wilson Have you ever listened to to those classic Beach Boys recordings and thought “these sublime harmonies are all well and good, but what I really want to hear are instrumental version s on the piano”? No, me neither! To be honest they're a wee bit clunky, but not without charm even if it does bring to mind a 70's Sunday School teacher having a sneaky go at some Beach Boys songs on the chapel piano after everyone else has gone home. Also... Shortwave Memories - Biosphere Rome – Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi Cheat Codes – Danger Mouse & Black Thought Fall Heads Roll – The Fall Ersatz GB – The Fall Morning/Evening – Four Tet Chain – Paul Haig Faking The Books – Lali Puna Immaculate Collection – Madonna A-Z – Colin Newman Close To The Glass – The Notwist S/T – The Ramones Some Girls – The Rolling Stones Key Of Dreams – Section 25 ( ) - Sigur Ros Empires & Dance – Simple Minds Animals, Suns & Atoms - Tarwater Adrift - Tarwater Nah=Poo - The Art Of Bluff – Wah!
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drewbhoy 2559 posts |
Feb 20, 2023, 09:17
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Empires and Dance excellent, but glad to see Paul Haig get a mention, very very underrated.
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Feb 20, 2023, 15:07
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Julian Cope - Jehovahkill Julian Cope - Autogeddon Kate Bush - Early Demos Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Jon & Vangelis - Short Stories Vangelis - See You Later Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire Jon & Vangelis - The Friends Of Mr Cairo Vangelis - Blade Runner Wet Leg - Wet Leg Socrates - Phos (not as much this week - had other things lined up to spin, but went to A&E with abdominal pains and was kept in hospital for a couple of days with a suspected heart attack - thankfully a false alarm!)
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