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1001realapes 2388 posts |
Jul 16, 2023, 05:31
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Tangerine Dream - EXIT Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Pink Floyd - Animals Supertramp - st Johnny Winter - Texas '63-'68 The Wailers - 1963-1972 Compilation (discs 1 & 2 of 4) Arlo Guthrie - Running Down the Road Sun Ra - Cosmos Blind Boy Fuller - Truckin' My Blues Away Casey Bill Weldon / Kokomo Arnold - Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930s The Doors - L.A. Woman The Holy Modal Rounders - The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders Conrad Schnitzler - Control Rush - Caress of Steel Rush - 2112 (side 2) Rush - Grace Under Pressure Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - The Legendary A&M Sessions Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Live 1966-67
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Dog in fog 317 posts |
Jul 16, 2023, 07:05
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Led Zeppelin - II "Bring It On Home" live at Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music, 1970 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9WEqWc74QQ Pink Fairies - What A Bunch Of Sweeties Rush - 2112 Scorpions - Taken By Force "Sales Of Charon" live Musikladen TV show, 1978. Uli Jon Roth :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs5NOrYYV2s Davy Spillane - Atlantic Bridge DVD Ken Russell's bonkers "Lisztomania". Here's Rick Wakeman's bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOKrSPFEK4g
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Fitter Stoke 2612 posts |
Edited Jul 16, 2023, 09:19
Jul 16, 2023, 08:59
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I never felt magic crazy as this: Spooky Tooth ‘You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw’ - well, you could get away with album titles like that fifty years ago. Happily the music contained within is much subtler, epitomising the powerful, yet tuneful, hard rock with a gospel edge that this criminally underrated band purveyed though many lineup changes. Mike Harrison RIP; Dyble Longdon ‘Between A Breath And A Breath’ - that both the gifted singers behind this excellent 2020 recording were soon to leave us adds extra poignancy to this lovely record. Judy never sang more sweetly than here. This is currently available from Burning Shed at a ludicrously low price if anyone’s interested; Soft Machine ‘Other Doors’ - the authenticity of their name may be a moot point this far down the line but, whatever, this is a damn fine jazz rock record by a band of supremely able musicians with plenty of echt Canterbury Scene history between them. And by including great reworkings of ‘Joy Of A Toy’ (from the first Softs’ LP) and ‘Penny Hitch’ (from ‘Seven’), they’ve got my attention anyway; Sassafras ‘Riding High’ - one of many “old wave” bands of the immediate pre-punk era that have been undeservedly forgotten. Imagine a Welsh Poco with Allmanseque twin guitars and you’ll get the idea. They could pen a decent song or six too, as on their third (and sadly, final) album; The Ruts ‘The Best Of’ - I underrated this band in their own time, thinking them an inferior version of The Clash. How wrong I was. In fact, their music has dated better than most of The Clash’s has. IMHO of course. In the context of which… Sham 69 ‘Tell Us The Truth’ … my love of which has no real logic - other than well, I just do - and happy teenage times; Sweet ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’ - listening to this today, it’s hard to comprehend just how far ahead of their game The Sweet (definite article included as that’s how we knew them) really were back in 1974. This is an authentic template for all of the NWOBHM bands that emerged half a decade later. How sad that many only remember them for their Little Willy*; Nick Drake ‘Bryter Layter’ - well, because it’s there; UB40 ‘The Earth Dies Screaming’ 12” 45 - so ubiquitous have UB40 become with mega-selling cod reggae covers, it’s easy to forget the creativity and individuality that distinguished their early records. This is a fine example: a mournful, beautiful bass line played a thousand times over whilst all sorts of sounds and vibes weave in and around it. Just fabulous; Art Ensemble of Chicago ‘Full Force’ - the AEC’s ECM albums are generally more accessible than their earlier Actuel titles, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy listening. Ain’t no-one else sounds like this; Dave Holland Big Band ‘What Goes Around’ - intelligent, modern big band sounds from a masterly collective led by the ever-searching Holland, surely one of the UK’s most distinguished jazz exports. The title track is a must-hear 17 minute epic; Haydn: String Quartets Op.33 nos.1 - 3 (Chiaroscuro Quartet) - this has rightly gleaned a rave review in the latest issue of Gramophone. There’s sensitivity, verve and character in every bar of this music and the Chiaroscuros miss nothing. I could almost see their armboards’ resin coming out my speakers, so energetic is their playing in the finale of No.1; Beethoven: Symphony no.4 (Verbier Fest CO/Gabor Takacs-Nagy) - suitably fleet reading of LvB’s happiest symphony, from an attractive, newly-issued box of all nine; Roussel: Symphony no.3 (Orch de la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet) - Albert Roussel’s symphonic muse was as individual as Sibelius and as purely French as his near contemporary was Finnish. This is the best of his four symphonies, superbly realised in a 1956 recording which sonically defies its age; Dvorak: Symphony no.9 (BRSO/Rafael Kubelik) - performances don’t come much more idiomatic than this. Kubelik applies a suitably Bohemian approach to his fellow countryman’s music and in this Orfeo live recording gets the balance between drama and lyricism just right. I often consider that the underlying doom of this work has been understated by its popularity, but not here; Delibes: Coppelia and Sylvia extracts (OSR/Ansermet) - more vintage Ansermet, this time in delightful French ballet music. This is just, well… right; Schumann, orch. Glazunov: Carnival (OSR/Ansermet) - I’m not usually a fan of orchestral versions of piano works but this is a veritable party set to music; Ligeti: Atmospheres etc (Abbado, Boulez, Atherton etc) - great one-stop, single CD sampler of some of Ligeti’s best music. There are a couple of long organ pieces which could easily masquerade as kosmische musik, so radical is the manipulation of the organ’s stops and electronics. This is a seriously enjoyable disc for anyone interested in the outer reaches of “serious” music. Just four sobs from an amazin’ online retailer (and no, I’m not on commission); Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A, Op.101 (Emil Gilels) - as close as I think I’ll ever hear the true soul of this perfect music. The slow movement is just transcendental. (* This appalling quip comes - with apologies - courtesy of the Are You Being Served Appreciation Society and its Carry On affiliates.) What have we got? Vibelicious regards, dudes Dave x
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Hunter T Wolfe 1709 posts |
Jul 16, 2023, 10:26
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Blue Oyster Cult- Agent Of Fortune Blue Oyster Cult- Mirrors The MC5- High Time Iron Maiden- Somewhere Back In Time: The Best of 1980-1989 Wishbone Ash- S/T Little Feat- Dixie Chicken Hall & Oates- Private Eyes Sandie Shaw- Reviewing The Situation Sextile- Push
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garerama 1115 posts |
Edited Jul 16, 2023, 10:28
Jul 16, 2023, 10:27
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C.O.B - Spirit Of Love / Moyshe McStiff & The Tartan Lancers Of The Sacred Heart Cocteau Twins - Garlands / Peppermint Pig (EP) / Head Over Heels / Sunburst & Snowblind (EP) Miles Davis - Workin' / Steamin' / Greatest Hits Make Eitzel - Don't Be A Stranger / Hey Mr Ferryman Faust - S/t / Faust Tapes Josephine Foster - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing / This Coming Gladness Gong family - Mother (Gilli Smyth) / She Made The World Magenta (Mother Gong) / Electric Shiatsu (Goddess T) / O Amsterdam (MG) Japan - Quiet Life / Gentlemen Take Polaroids Joy Division - Closer / Les Bains Douches Kaleidoscope (US) - Bacon From Mars (comp LP) King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon / Lizard / Islands Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine / Computer World William Orbit - Strange Cargo III Psychic TV - Towards The Infinite Beat / Beyond The Infinite Beat / Al-Or-Al / Direction Ov Travel (with Z'ev) Alaura - Sacred Dreams Nina Simone - Jazz Masters 17 Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Patti Smith - Horses / Radio Ethiopia David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - The First Ray / Damaged / Approaching Silence Throbbing Gristle - Special Treatment / Editions ... Frankfurt ... Berlin / Rafters Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology / Flock (Deluxe) XTC - 25 O'Clock (Dukes Of Stratosphear) / Skylarking / Psonic Psunspot (DOS) Erik Satie - Piano Music (Peter Lawson) V/A - Neu Decade (Mojo)
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Kid Calamity 9047 posts |
Edited Jul 16, 2023, 12:31
Jul 16, 2023, 12:31
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Not all strictly in the last week, but thereabouts. Time’s fluid anyway, especially when I'm in the shed painting. Lords Of Form: ‘Flying Chromium Society’ and '23 Strangers’ Kölsch-Schickert-Erdenreich: ‘Sigurd’ Crazyhead: ‘Some Kinda Fever’ and ‘Live At Kozfest 2019’ The Cure: ‘Mixed Up’ Jacknife Lee: ‘Punk Rock High Roller’ Globular: ‘Holobiont’ Craven Faults: ‘Standers’ Bending Shapes: Uncomfortable Songs About Life Herbie Hancock: ‘Future 2 Future’ Pram: ‘Across The Meridian’ and ‘Dark Island’ Underworld: ‘DubNoBassWithMyHeadMan’ and ‘Live at Glastonbuty 2016 (boot)’ Vanishing Twin: ‘Ookii Gekkou’ The Orchestra: ‘Look Away Now’ Seaming To: ‘Seaming’ and ’The Remix Album’ Red Snapper: ‘Key’ Julia Holter: ‘In The Same Room’
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flashbackcaruso 1057 posts |
Edited Jul 16, 2023, 13:47
Jul 16, 2023, 13:35
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The Incredible String Band - The Incredible String Band The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion Traffic - Mr Fantasy The Monkees - Headquarters The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town Jon & Vangelis - Page Of Life Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner & The Empty Stage Klaus Schulze - X Klaus Schulze - Dune Elton John - Rock Of The Westies Eurythmics - In The Garden The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio The Beach Boys - Live: 50th Anniversary Tour Yes - Relayer Yes - Going For The One The Cosmic Jokers - The Cosmic Jokers The Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket The Cosmic Jokers - Planeten Sit-In The Doors - LA Woman Jefferson Airplance - Another Missile Is Flying (soniclovenoize recreation)
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Jul 16, 2023, 15:12
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First 2 Discs of The Fall's Complete Peel Sessions The Doors - LA Woman The Cure - Wish. Over familiar with this one and didn't bother seeing it out The Brianjonestown Massacre - Revelation The Amazing - Gentle Stream Ten Years After - A Space in Time. Real fav of mine. Can't be bothered listening to any other Alvin Lee Temple of Sol - V/A Squid - Bright Green Field Sexwitch - Sexwitch Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation - Mighty Rearranger Riot Season Records Sampler - Fuck 2020. Plenty on this to recommend itself besides Acid Mothers Temple like Black Helium The Disciples - Infinite Density of Dub Ditz - The Great Regression Also loads of boots of sometimes obscure music recorded at South Western Venues by my friend John who is no longer with us, at gigs I went to like: The Greatest thing since Powdered Milk The Sarah Marie Band Marissa Nadler (not so obscure) Jeffrey Lewis New bums Red River Dialect MV & EE
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keith a 9573 posts |
Jul 16, 2023, 21:52
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I Trawl The Megahertz – Prefab Sprout I missed out on this when it was initially released as a Paddy McAloon album after which it was unavailable/expensive for some years. Thankfully it got re-released a few years back, now credited to PS which hopefully brought it to wider audience as it it really is a quite remarkable set. The lengthy opening track is a thing of wonder. Jeopardy – The Sound Shock Of Daylight – The Sound I played Heyday and it still sounded as great as ever in a Teardrops with Pistols power kinda way, so I had to listen to some of their other stuff. I remember initially being disappointed with some of the other numbers on their debut LP, Jeopardy, because they weren't like Heyday but that soon passed. They weren't just some one trick pony. Shock Of Daylight, the mini-album from 1984, is really special, too, not least the beautiful if almost defeatist track Winter. Wraith – Teeth Of The Sea I didn't play this much when I first got it, but it's one of those albums that sounds great now that I've gone back to it. Playing it a lot at the moment. The Sin Of Pride – The Undertones Well I hadn't heard this in a long time! It's not all great but I admire them for not just being content with re-hashing their first album (as great as it is). I'd forgotten all about Love Before Romance which I think I first heard on a live TV performance. And Love Parade was a great single that really should have done better. Also... Red – Black Uhuru Peggy Suicide – Julian Cope Standers – Craven Faults Fuse - EBTG Punkt - Faust Sleepless - Immersion People Get Ready: The Best of Curtis Mayfield's Impressions – The Impressions American Love Call – Durand Jones & the Indications For Ever - Jungle S/T – Killing Joke Kiwanauka – Michael Kiwanuka Somebody's Knocking – Mark Lanegan Band Roisin Machine – Roisin Murphy Vertigo Days – The Notwist S/T – The Ramones XL1 – Pete Shelley Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel Fear Of Music – Talking Heads Racing The Storm – Emiliana Torrini, The Colourist Orchestra
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Monganaut 2381 posts |
Edited Jul 16, 2023, 22:52
Jul 16, 2023, 22:38
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This week I am slightly peeved at myself. The wonderful 'discovery' of the polishing stone in the aptly named 'Valley Of Stones', a special little place with a glacial run of sarsens out in the wilds of Dorset. We visited on a very wet March day and found said stone, and I commented about how smooth it was to my other half never one thinking about the possibility of it being a 'polissoir'. Mind you, if I had, I probably would have thought it was already known about and said nowt. Doh! Prehistory nut, and I never stumble across any bloody thing! The Groundhogs - Split Not overly familiar with the Groundhogs, which is shown by me looking down at my music player after thinking several parts of this were latter day Billy Childish recordings, but enjoyed the album on the whole. Pere Ubu - Trouble On Big Beat Street Creepshow - Yawning Abyss Cope - Rite at Ya Slayer - World Painted Red Found this in a local library for 20p, seemed a shame not to pick it up, and it's generally a decent listen. Not Reign In Blood, but deffo has some of those tasty elements. Also found a copy of Raw Power for 20p as well, so that brings my Raw Power collection to 10 copies. Was gonna give it to my nephew, but I apparently already gave him a copy some time back. Maybe I'll leave it in a public place for someone to find? The Orb and Chocolate Hills - Yams From The Chocolate Triangle Big Black - Sound Of Impact (live) Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Mostly after reading one of those 33 1/3 books about it. Certainly helped me look out for details in the tunes I hadn't noticed previously. Currently reading the Karl Bartos Kraftwerk biog, The Sound Of The Machine. Enjoyable stuff, albeit the writing is in a suitably restrained 'Teutonic' stylee. He seems remarkably ego free, and has a wonderfully understated sense of humour. Karl is a much more accomplished classical musician than I ever realised from his Kraftwerk output. Have a better one!
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