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1001realapes 2389 posts |
Mar 31, 2024, 03:04
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The Who - My Generation The Who - Sell Out (discs 2-5 of SDE) The Who - Magic Bus The Who - Who's Missing The Who - Two's Missing The Who - Odds & Sods Wishbone Ash - Argus Michael Head & The Strands - The Magical World of The Strands Robert Rich - Propagation The Residents - God in 3 Persons Instrumental The Residents - The River of Crime Instrumental Jimmy Cliff / V.A. - The Harder They Come
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Edited Mar 31, 2024, 09:20
Mar 31, 2024, 09:19
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Walking along just kicking stones, m-minding my own business: Jim Capaldi ‘The Contender’ & ‘One Man Mission’ - Jim had a far more substantial solo career outside of Traffic than he’s remembered for. All of his albums have merit with decent songs and renowned musicians. These 1978 and 1984 LPs rather sank without trace but deserve a listen; David Sylvian ‘Manafon’ - his last song-based album, though by this stage Sylvian’s “songs” were extemporised around abstract instrumental backgrounds. Could have been excruciating, but ended up exhilarating in its quiet and subdued complexity. (Sheeat - Pseuds Corner, or what?); The Jesus & Mary Chain ‘Glasgow Eyes’ - a bit underwhelming on first listen, but I know that perseverance pays with this band; The Wedding Present ‘24 Songs’ - the boy Gedge has still got it. I’d checked out briefly with ‘Going Going’ but this 2022 tranche of fabbo 45s has won me back. Life enhancing. Cheers Dave; Judas Priest ‘Invincible Shield’ - oh dear: at this rate I might end up choosing a metal album as my record of the year; Paul Stanley S/T - comfortably the best of the 1978 Kiss solo albums, because it sounds the most like Kiss. Ace’s aside, they mostly don’t; Paul Stanley ‘Live To Win’ - his second solo effort from 2006 is far superior to anything Kiss released post ‘Psycho Circus’, to my jaded ears anyway; Paul Weller ‘Whoosh’ EP - that Weller can casually issue outtakes as quality as these says loads for the dude’s talent; The Police ‘Regatta de Blanc’ - there’s a lot about The Police that annoys me but the infectiousness of much of their music keeps me listening. This is my fave of their albums; Steel Pulse ‘Handsworth Revolution’ - this might just be my fave ever reggae album, from a song based perspective anyway. And it still sounds fresh, 46 years on. (God, I loved 1978. Buzzcocks, Revolver, ale… oh for a time machine); The Brothers Comatose ‘Kickin’ Up The Dust’ - good time bluegrass, y’all; Pat Metheny Group ‘Travels’ - 1983 live double that I consider definitive PMG. Gently powerful, and joyous; Don Byas ‘Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946’ - up to Disc 4 now, and the artistry of this dude becomes ever more apparent. Prime mid-40s pre-bebop, miraculously transferred; Schubert: Trout Quintet/Schumann: Violin Sonata no.1/Beethoven: Waldstein Sonata (all feat. Rudolf Serkin) - I delivered a Serkin programme for my friends at the Newcastle Recorded Music Group this week and it seemed to go down well. The Beethoven recording dates from 1986 and has only recently been released. As your average Gramophone reviewer wouldn’t say, it’s fucking momentous; Sibelius: Violin Concerto (Christian Ferras/BPO/Herbert von Karajan) - Ferras had a unique sweet tone that contrasted beautifully with the Berlin Phil’s thick sound; Beethoven: Symphony no.4 (Czech PO/Janos Ferencsik) - straight ahead, clean rendition of LvB’s sunniest symphony; Beethoven: Symphony no.3 (BPO/Herbert von Karajan) - Karajan’s 1962 recording of the Eroica is his best: incisive and powerful without being overdriven; Wagner: Flying Dutchman Ov/Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso/Schubert: Symphony no.8 (all Pittsburgh SO/William Steinberg) - it’s taken too long for Steinberg’s Command legacy to hit CD, but DG have happily acquired the rights. These are fine, unaffected performances typical of the man. What we want and what we get are not always the same. Happy Easter! Dave x
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Mar 31, 2024, 09:43
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Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline Bob Dylan - Self Portrait Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Safe As Milk Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - It Comes To You In A Plain Brown Wrapper Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off Baby Neu! - Neu! 75 Neu! - Neu! 86 Donovan - Open Road Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief Fairport Convention - Full House Vangelis - Reprise 1990-1999 Thompson Twins - A Product Of... Thompson Twins - Set Original Concept Recording Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar Genesis - Spot The Pigeon / 3x3 EPs Tim Hardin - Suite For Susan Moore & Damion-We Are-One, One, All In One Tim Hardin - Bird On A Wire Tim Hardin - Painted Head Tim Hardin - Nine Kraftwerk - The Mix Popol Vuh - Affenstunde Popol Vuh - In Den Gärten Pharaos Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra Karuna Khyal - Alomoni 1985 People - Ceremony: Buddha Meet Rock Tom Lehrer - Songs By Tom Lehrer (stereo re-recording) Tom Lehrer - That Was The Year That Was Kate Bush - Before The Dawn Kate Bush - The Other Sides Kluster - Klopfzeichen Kluster - Zwei-Osterei Sergius Golowin - Lord Krishna Von Goloka The Beatles - Abbey Road Far East Family Band - Parallel World Far East Family Band - Tenkujin Spirogyra - Bells, Boots & Shambles 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere
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garerama 1118 posts |
Mar 31, 2024, 09:50
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Iao Chant From The Cosmic Inferno Amorphous Androgynous/ V/A - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 3: The 3rd Ear Broadcast - Haha Sound / Maida Vale Sessions Tim Buckley - Happy Sad / Blue Afternoon / Lorca Coil - The Angelic Conversation (OST & Instrumental) / Unnatural History II & III Julian Cope - Cope's Notes #5: The Modern Antiquarian / Robin Hood Miles Davis - A Silent Way / Bitches Brew The Doors - In Concert / Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Stategy) / Another Green World PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea: Demos / White Chalk: Demos / Let England Shake: Demos Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity / Trans Europe Express Van Morrison - Astral Weeks / Moondance Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here / Animals / The Wall Psychic TV - N.Y. Scum Haters / Pagan Day / Psychedelic Violence Patti Smith - Dream Of Life / Gone Again / Peace & Noise Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies / Pure Phase The Teardrop Explodes - Piano / Cold War Psychedelia Trees - The Garden Of Jane Delawney / On The Shore Van Der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other / H To He Who Am The Only One (2021 Remaster & Remix) Tom Waits - Asylum Years / Rain Dogs
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thesweetcheat 6218 posts |
Mar 31, 2024, 11:09
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Happy Sunday folks. Another week mostly in post-punk world, focusing on a bunch of terrific compilations I haven't played for a while: Live From The Roxy Rabid/TJM Punk Singles Collection Totally Wired 'The Zoo' Uncaged 1978-1982 Cheap Tricks In A Box - Dining Out Records 1978-1982 DIY - Do It Yourself In The Beginning There Was Rhythm Disco Not Disco New York Noise: Dance Music From The New York Underground Rip It Up And Start Again: Post-Punk 1978-1984 GRLZ: Women Ahead Of Their Time To The Outside Of Everything Otherwise: Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Kraftwerk - The Man- Machine Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream Wire - Chairs Missing Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady The Raincoats - The Raincoats The Slits - The Slits Meat Beat Manifesto - Peel Session EP Pet Shop Boys - Relentless Swervedriver - Last Train To Satansville EP Epic45 - Drakelow Maria Uzor - Soft Cuts Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Interim Report, March 1979
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Mar 31, 2024, 11:11
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Large Plants- The Thorn BMX Bandits- Music from the Film Dreaded Light Peter Laughner- Fat City Jive (Box Set disc one) The Flys- Waikiki Beach Party Refugees Ornette Coleman- The Empty Foxhole The Love Explosion- Soft Brain Genesis- Live A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory Amon Duul 2- Live in London Depeche Mode- Violator V/A- Gather In The Mushrooms
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Monganaut 2382 posts |
Edited Mar 31, 2024, 15:10
Mar 31, 2024, 15:09
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Yowza! Youth meets Jah Wobble: Acid Punk Dub Apocalypse Hmmm, never has a title been so over stated. It is neither acid, dub or any type of apocalype, in fact, considering who is involved, it's a piss weak disappoitment. Chrome - Blue Exposure See above. Red Exposure is one of my fav Chrome records, but this..... well the title track sounds like Slade if they'd come up with Brainstorm, minus the bellows of Noddy. Really don't bother, bit if you're curious. https://chromemusic.bandcamp.com/album/blue-exposure Luke Haines - Setting The Dogs on the Post Punk Postman I've a lot of time for Luke Haines, the mostly forgotten and unchampioned Indie journeymen whose records, even when new, go for laughably small amounts of cash. Generally, his recordings are laced with absurdist dark humour and spite, and like Copes' more recent efforts are fairly lo key and put a smile on my face. Saw this one in my local record emporium and thougt I'd give it a punt. Well, I should't have bothered. This one is a phoned in affair from the darkest depths of Meh! town. Avoid. Black Box Recorder - The Facts of Life Remember enjoying this when it came out. It hasn't aged well. There's only so much breathy sung/spoke vocalisation with perfect diction I can take these days. How the hell did this stuff get released. Another Haines downvote. Ocsid - In Between Bought this eons ago cheap from the Wire site as was cos' Graham Lewis was it, and I was at the height of my reinterest in Wire on the back of Read and Burn et al. Probably played it last when I was reflooring my kids bedroom, so 2005 I'm guessing. It's immemorable cobblers, and probably won't get played again for another 20 years when I have forgotten just how dull it is, and put it on again. Coil - Moons Milk In Four Phases (Dais Reissue) I own the orignal four Equino/Solstice CDEP's (albeit, with the Winter disc having the wrong cover cos' my local (now shut) record shop sold the right cover to someone else as the Spring Equino single (Who says rcord store staff are bright?). Anyway, bought this mostly because of the limted CDr tag on that was originally given away with the 2002 2CD reissue which I've had on, ahem, CDr from those happy days of internet sharing. Don't know if this has been remastered, or is just another reissue, but it sounds fine to me. Arguably the start of Coil MK II, With their more punishing/Kosmische/song oriented approach to musick. Top stuff, and a fraction of the cost of chasing down those original editions/reissues. If nothing else, have a listen to the Summer/Winter tracks, they area mongst some of Coil's finest releases. https://coilofficial.bandcamp.com/album/moons-milk-in-four-phases Julia Cope - Rite At Ya Was reading the massive Cope recording list of releases ad reviews over on Steve Hoffmon forum which prompted digging this out. Enjoyed it for the most part. Julian Cope - 131 OST Some beautiful HH head put this together in MP3 form about the time of the 131 book (could have been Common Era, he was nice like that, though I'm not certain who did it) of most of the Cope 'bands' created around the book. Daft and enjoyable in eaqual measure. S?’?akkabad?ò?ra?-?H?è?mina - Neon Sardinia Above lead to the full album. This is almost proto Dope in parts. Got quite a few spins this week. Top Stuff! https://neonsardinia.bandcamp.com/track/s-akkabad-ra-h-mina-edit Trees Speak - Shadow Falls Berlin school arps meet post punk electronics. One of the guys contributing to this is an amazing artist of sci fi/Occult themes.... check him out .... https://www.danielmartindiaz.com/ Lumerians - Tranmalina Loved these guys, but they seemed to fizzle out over time. Currently reading the Electric Wizard biog. In the current trend of 'not very impressed' that seems to prevail in this weeks list, this is terrible. It comes across as being written by some 15 year old fan boy, and in parts is just a gloryfied album track by track run through with extended 'influences' (be that films/books/comics, and the entire bloody story involved in these particulars....talk about filler). The opening chapter being a tour of Wimbourne, Dorsets very own shit hole/ arse end of nowhere ... pick your epithet. No real insight into the band above the lead guy being a bored, stoned dolester who was a bit anxious, got involved in petty crime and felt like a bit of an outsider. I love the sounds of Electric Wizard, but wish I'd not bothered with the book. Just glad I didn't buy the original hard back edition at 30 odd notes (pretty though it looks). I'm about a third of the way through, not sure I'm gonna get much further truth be told. Can't believe the author writes for the Quietus. Ho Hum Keep Well. x
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thesweetcheat 6218 posts |
Mar 31, 2024, 15:27
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Monganaut wrote: Yowza! Youth meets Jah Wobble: Acid Punk Dub Apocalypse Hmmm, never has a title been so over stated. It is neither acid, dub or any type of apocalype, in fact, considering who is involved, it's a piss weak disappoitment. What a shame, this could have been epic.
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thesweetcheat 6218 posts |
Mar 31, 2024, 15:29
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Fitter Stoke wrote: David Sylvian ‘Manafon’ - his last song-based album, though by this stage Sylvian’s “songs” were extemporised around abstract instrumental backgrounds. Could have been excruciating, but ended up exhilarating in its quiet and subdued complexity. (Sheeat - Pseuds Corner, or what?); I haven't played this in ages, but will revisit following your prompt. I really enjoyed it at the time, even if I haven't much idea what he's going on about on most of the songs.
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Monganaut 2382 posts |
Mar 31, 2024, 15:52
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My thoughts eactly! I mean it's Killing Joke/ Producer YOUTH and JAH fuckin WOBBLE. Disappointed doesn't cover it. Mind you, make up your own mind, most of it is up on youtube. You may think I'm being overly harsh.
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