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1001realapes 2388 posts |
Oct 01, 2023, 03:33
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Ghost - Impera Message - From Books and Dreams Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex Sparks - The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte Dennis - Hyperthalamus Tomorrow's Gift - Goodby Future My Solid Ground - st Between - Dharana Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - The Essential (disc 2) Here Come The Nice - The Immediate Anthology (disc 3 of 3) The Stooges - Fun House The Cosmic Jokers - st Scorpions - Lonesome Crow Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow Et Cetera - st Respighi, San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart – Pini Di Roma - Gli Uccelli - Fontane Di Roma |
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Fitter Stoke 2612 posts |
Oct 01, 2023, 09:27
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Total trash: Rough Diamond S/T - David Byron’s post-Heep combo imploded before it could better this good, if somewhat routine, debut album - but by 1977 we all had rawer sounds to distract us, didn’t we? The Beatles ‘Rubber Soul’ - maybe not their most profound utterance, but a contender for their most groovy, especially in its punchier mono mix; Dire Straits S/T - not many old wave bands hit my senses in the wake of punk, but this one did. However bland they became, there’s no denying they started out well. This is so much more than the demonstration disc favoured by the snotty hifi shops of the day; Eels ‘Extreme Witchcraft’ - Mark Everett has maintained his distinctively cynical muse through thin and thinner, and never more so than on this latest record. Feel the magic; Sonic Youth ‘Daydream Nation’ - raw, atonal bliss; as grittily fresh as the day it was minted, and ever after; Egg ‘The Civil Surface’ - the last, and most completely realised, of Egg’s three albums, posthumously recorded during Dave Stewart’s Hatfield sojourn and suitably enhanced by the lovely Northettes. The sheer essence of the Canterbury Scene, even if there’s not a Sinclair cousin around; David Bowie ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars’ - there is a handful of rock albums that can’t be improved upon. This is one; Caravan ‘The Album’ - Caravan’s least prog, and poppiest LP, loved by too few. I proudly represent that silent minority; Led Zeppelin ‘IV’ - because no album has a more awesome closing track than this one. Not one. Don’t argue, ‘cos I know I’m right; Ramsey Lewis ‘Sun Goddess’ - jazz-funk from 1974 and man, does it sound it. So what; Keith Jarrett ‘Concerts’ (Bregenz) - it’s more than tragic that strokes have disabled the pianistic and improvisatory talents of Jarrett, but what a legacy remains. This 1981 concert is just one example: a veritable universe of melody, inspiration and chaos from one man and his piano caught on the spur of the moment; Jokleba ‘Outland’ - acoustic and electronic sounds blend and compete in imperfect disharmony, yet the whole melee maintains attention and interest, for me anyway. Stream ‘Bell Jar’ as a taster; Elgar: Violin Sonata (Efi Christodoulu & Margaret Fingerhut) - perhaps the finest of Elgar’s late triumvirate of chamber works, idiomatically rendered here; Haydn: String Quartet Op.20 no.1 (Doric Quartet) - played for all it’s worth by the Dorics, with suitable innigkeit in the sublime slow movement; Bach: Concerto in A minor for flute, violin, harpsichord & strings, BWV 1044 (Fest Strings Lucerne/Rudolf Baumgartner) - unashamedly old fashioned approach to Bach, and all the better for it; Mozart: Symphony no.40 (LSO/Claudio Abbado) - the record that introduced me to this work forty years ago still sounds good, even if some later versions are more revealing; Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.5 ‘Emperor’ (Artur Pizarro/Scottish CO/Sir Charles Mackerras) - decent performance, though the slow movement here is more of an Allegretto than the marked Adagio; Karg-Elert: Organ works including Homage To Handel (Conrad Eden, Jane Watts, Graham Barber) - I’m intrigued by this curious music, which veers seamlessly between the quiet and the epic, the lyrical and strange, without any obvious precedent. I must hear more; Janacek: Taras Bulba & Glagolitic Mass (Soloists/Czech PO/Sir Charles Mackerras) - and these are pretty distinctive too, as were most of Janacek’s works. These performances are as good as they get: superbly sung, conducted and recorded. I’m not up for this. Love and kisses Dave x
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flashbackcaruso 1057 posts |
Oct 01, 2023, 11:49
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Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley - From Memphis To Vegas...From Vegas To Memphis Elvis Presley - On Stage Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is Can - The Singles (I do like complete 45s collections like this, even if the mighty Can seemed to become something of a novelty act with the frivolous singles they were putting out by the end) The Doors - The Singles (ditto, although in this case it's the rather stolid vocals of the other band members being a poor replacement for Morrison's rich baritone, although I've always been fond of the eccentric single edit of 'The Mosquito') Stereolab - Switched On Stereolab - Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Vol.2) Vaughan Williams - Thomas Tallis/Greensleeves/The Wasps (NSOL/Collins, LPO/Boult) The Kinks - Sleepwalker The Kinks - Misfits Forest - Full Circle The Kingsbury Manx - The Kingsbury Manx The Kingsbury Manx - Let You Down Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream Kaleidoscope - Faintly Blowing The Turtles - Golden Hits The Turtles - Chalon Road The Turtles - Battle Of The Bands Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record Eleanor Friedberger - New View Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound Edith Frost - Calling Over Time Edith Frost - Telescopic Edith Frost - Wonder Wonder Edith Frost - It's A Game (a very unsung singer, self-described purveyor of 'pensive countrified psychedelia,' songs of heartbreak sung in a lovely laid-back Texan lilt with musical assistance from Gastr Del Sol, Royal Trux and others. These four albums all have their strengths, although Wonder Wonder is the winner. V/A - Gather In The Mushrooms Katy J Pearson & Friends - Songs From The Wicker Man (bonus CD in the new Blu Ray boxset. Generally good versions, with a few slightly off moments). Queen - The Game Queen - Flash Gordon Queen - Hot Space Queen - The Works Queen - A Kind Of Magic Queen - The Miracle Queen - Innuendo Juana Molina - Segundo Brian Wilson - Imagination Brian Wilson - Gettin' In Over My Head Brian Wilson - Presents SMiLE Pet Shop Boys - Elysium Michael Nesmith & The Second National Band - Tantamount To Treason, Vol.1 Michael Nesmith - And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' Michael Nesmith - Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash Michael Nesmith - The Prison The Black Swan Triad - Metamorphosis
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garerama 1115 posts |
Oct 01, 2023, 12:16
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Andwellas Dream - Love & Poetry Adam & The Ants - Dirk Wears White Sox Broadcast - Berberian Sound Studio OST / Work & Non Work / The Future Crayon V/A - Trish Keenan's Mind Bending Motorway Mix William S Burroughs - Nothing Here Now But The Recordings / Dead City Radio Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal / Trout Mask Replica John Coltrane - First Meditations (For Quartet) / Meditations / Living Space Julian Cope - John Balance Enters Valhalla / England Expectorates / Robin Hood Dope - Black Math (feat. Fuck Authority) / Semi-Legal On The Edge Of Culture Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left / Bryter Layter / Pink Moon The Focus Group - Sketches & Spells / Hey! Let Loose Your Love / We Are All Pan's People The Future Sound Of London/ Amorphous Androgynous - Dead Cities / Alice In Ultraland / Teachings From The Electronic Brain Astrud Gilberto - Jazz Masters 9 Gong - 25th Birthday Party / 2035 / I See You The Glove - Blue Sunshine Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox / Dream Theory In Malaya: Fourth World Vol. 2 Mogwai - Rock Action / Government Commissions Frank Sinatra - Portrait Of Sinatra Sonic Youth - Evol / Sister / Daydream Nation Swans - Filth / Children Of God Trees - The Garden Of Jane Delawney / On The Shore (DE 2cd) McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy / Extensions Ultravox! - The Island Years
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Popel Vooje 5373 posts |
Oct 01, 2023, 15:19
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Algiers - Shook Pale Blue Eyes - This House Mandy, Indiana - I've Seen a Way Baxter Dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You John Martyn - May You Never (The Essential John Martyn) Discs 1 & 2 (Not a fan of disc 3 so far but maybe it'll grow on me). The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter (One of their better late-period albums, although vastly outnumbered in that respect by lazy/mediocre ones) V/A - Someone Left The Cake out in the Rain (The Songs of Jimmy Webb) Doug McKechnie - San Francisco Moog 1968-1972 Vol. 2 (Discovered this guy via some previously unseen/unheard footage of the Altamont Festival where he apparently played early on in the morning before any of the rock acts. Very proto-kosmische.) Dungen - En Ar For Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog (Only heard these guys for the first time at End of the Road last month, but their set was sufficiently engaging for me to buy this most recent of their albums. An AMG search reveals that they have a long and illustrious back catalogue which encompasses much genre-diversity, so perhaps they'll be my next musical obsession).
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Monganaut 2381 posts |
Oct 01, 2023, 19:02
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David Thomas - Why I Hate Women Broadcast - Noise Made by People, Tender Buttons, home made comp Cavern of Anti Matter - Void Beats, In Fabric OST Vangelis - Blade Runner OST Coil - Time machines/ Time machines Live, Astral Disaster, Live Gdansk Ultramarine - Send and Return Alien Sex Fiend - Whose Been Sleeping In My Brain The Kinks - The Journey Pt.1 Nik Turner - Space Ritual Live Can - Future Days Tones on Tail - Everything Melvins - Throbbing Jazz Gristle Funk Hits As you might expect, this is a bunch of TG covers by Melvins (feat Void Manes). Mate punted me a CD rip, as I couldn't afford the rather expensive vinyl/CD/flexi bundle, plus a lot of US labels/shops wont ship to UK cos of VAT registration etc... Christ U.S. AmRep CD is only $5, but see previous. So far Discipline 23 is my fav. isten here.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfS8HiK3gcs ZB Zombie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6myyBnndRss Various Waves of Distortion (Best of Shoegaxe 1990-2022)
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keith a 9573 posts |
Oct 01, 2023, 20:51
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Rhino's Wino's & Lunatics – Man Past Present & Future – Al Stewart Crime Of The Century - Supertramp Snowflakes Are Dancing – Tomita A few otherwise unrelated albums that I liked a lot at various points in my teens. I loved Man back then and this was one of my faves by them. Amongst the more uptempo numbers like the opening Takin The Easy Way Out Again (the single version was the first thing I heard by them) sits a lovely West Coast like number California Silks & Satins that drips in harmonies. That was the b-side of the aforementioned single so this was the second thing I heard by them so both of them come wioth noice memories attached. There was actually a brief period when I was about 15 that Crime Of The Century was my all-time favourite LP. I took it into school one day and the music teacher played side one durng a lesson. “You've got a bloody cheek” he said after Bloody Well Right had played. It's obviously nowhere near my favourtite album now but there are some food moments all the same. The Al Stewart LP is pretty much dominated by two long numbers, The Road To Moscow and Nostradamus, but sandwiched bewteen them is a rather good Beatles pastiche called Terminal Eyes. When I was about 14 one of my best mates bporrowed a number of albumns from a relative – the Stones first, Sticky Fingers, Who's Next and this Tomita album. It's fair to say that it wasn't like anything else we'd heard before and we were rather fascinated by it. Some of it is rather beautiful and some of the sounds are actually quite amusing. Also... Isles – Bicep Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan Cheat Codes – Danger Mouse & Black Thought En-tact – The Shamen The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte - Sparks Cool It Down – The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Robot Emperor 762 posts |
Edited Oct 02, 2023, 02:32
Oct 02, 2023, 00:45
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Hello fellow culture junkies. Manfred Mann Chapter Three: s/t. I am obsessed with this album. Brass driven prog rock, influenced as much by film scores as jazz, and shot through with the pop sensibilities you'd expect from Manfred and Mike Hugg. Mike Hugg provides compelling vocals, rasped rather than sang and have a surprisingly unsettling effect. The film score composed feeling to the songs is ever present. These ain't jams. It conjures up a New Orleans set gritty thriller to these ears. I think they enjoyed Gris Gris by Doctor John quite a bit before this album, but to be honest I think this album delivers more. 1969. I think it has aged remarkably well. It may sound better now than it did at the time. https://youtu.be/rZ2CDjXREIc?si=OtvLNVADfTrapJeb Spirit: the first four albums. Now this is a sustained four album education in tight composition! They are like the Anti Genesis (who frankly couldn't write a tight composition at gunpoint). How did they (Spirit) seamlessly cram so many ideas into songs ordinarily under four minutes. Bursting with ideas. So restless. https://youtu.be/17YuScyo9v4?si=xMJG8rXTP5sv4yJW Tom Waits: Swordfish Trombones. Another soundtrack to an unmade sweaty crime thriller. I've only recently reach an accommodation with Tom Waits. I just didn't get it for years. I think he is primarily an actor. The American Anthony Newley. https://youtu.be/jPOaicwzq4A?si=GKYeGbrbg2x9LgHA Hawkwind: Space Ritual, Sunderland Locarno CD's from the new box set. Is it worth the £100? Not really. It should be released on its own - as it wasn't used on the album. It's more ferocious than the shows they used for the album. Worth finding and hearing. The rest of the time listening to old Mojo cover CD's. The Trojan Explosion one (a rare black not silver CD) and The Score ones are fantastic, I'm also fond of the Heavy Mod and the New York Eighties CD'S. The Heavy Nuggets series is worth a listen as well. Hope you are all well.
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