Coupla Weeks worth here...don't seem to listen to as much music in 'lockdown' as I used to....don't get the chance really, plus middle of last week my very old Akai CD player 'phuzed' out, so had great fun digging out a bunch of old cassettes to fill the void. Managed to score an old Sony DVD/SACD player for no money off ebay, so hopefully CD situ will be sorted later this week. I don't need audiophile quality these days, I'm half deaf + tinnitus = not a lot of discernment between Ok I'm happy with that and great sounding electronics.
Ennyways.... to business....
Thipe - Lepore Extrusion
Eno - Thursday Afternoon/ ...Tiger Mountain
P.I.L. - Metal Box
Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out
If there was one record that was a springboard to many more musical excavations as a young teen, for me. it was this album. I'd not heard anything like it back in 1982. Not having older siblings, and having parents a generation or two older than my mates (my dad was in the RAF in Burma during WWII.) I had to pretty much picked stuff up I liked myself (with massive helps from Peel's show it must be said). This album (through reading interviews with the band amongst other things) led me to Bowie, Iggy, Velvets, Eno and all ways West from there. Still one of my all time topitty records. Now I'm an old fart, I'd say this release was more akin to a prog album than the 'goth' tab that got hung around their bony necks at the time. I really do think it's an unsung masterpiece, though I'm probably in an audience of one there ;)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator, Scatology , Stolen And Contaminated Songs, Timemachines
Motorhead - Overkill Live Aylesbury 79'
Second Part of the Overkill Remaster/Reissue package...fine stuff too. Lemmy on fine form between songs, and he seems genuinely chuffed to have an audience...he's on fine fettle. God bless Ya Fella!
Fu Manchu - King Of the Road
Ozric Tentacles - Live Atlanta 1994 (Tape)
Bowies, Loads on shuffle
Doors - Ditto
Slint - Spiderland
P J Harvey - Dry, Rid Of Me, Four Track Demos
I'd not really put it together in my head till this week that parts of 'Rid Of Me' owe a great deal to the timings and sonics of Spiderland (and I read this week that she apparently wrote off to do female backing vocals on the Spiderland sessions, but never heard back from Slint fact fans....guess her 'career' may have taken a mucho different course if this had come off). I was also thinking that Dry was well overdue a remaster, when low and behold, an email from Norman's dropped in my inbox stating just that...funny how life works.
Prince - Purple Rain
I'd not played this tape in the looooongest time. Probably since I was dating the girl I was trying to impress with my love of Prince back in 85' (shhh, don't tell, but I didn't really like him that much...though weirdly I did end up sitting through the 'Under a Cherry Moon' flik, bought (and quite enjoyed) Parade, went to see him live for Sign 'O' The times (very enjoyable) plus bought the album...ditto Lovesexy, and Around the World In A Day). In fact, there were several females I ended up dating that fer reasons I couldn't fathom, who just luuuurved Prince to death, alongside loving The Cult, Sisters Of Mercy, Bauhaus et al.... Anyway, I enjoyed it waaay more than I was expecting, so ordered the 2CD remaster to embarass myself further.
Swans - The Burning World
I hated this on release, then I kinda liked it a bit, now I hate it all over again. Funny how we move in cycles
ADULT - Perception is...
Y'know. Sometimes electronic music just gets places a guitar can't. The Bass, The freqs, The Rez, just ARRRGGGGH I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques
This has gotten under my skin big time. It's a fairly understated record, with just enough of a nod to Pavementesque tones, but with a subline 60's /early 70's vibe can't quite pin down. Love it, esp during these sweltering afternoons in the yard. Fav track is opener 'ACC kiritan' a lovely 'ragaesque' vibe to it. https://stephenmalkmus.bandcamp.com/album/traditional-techniques
Iggy - Live Rainbow 1977
That's about it. Keep well everyone!
Oh, recently read in The Grud that Andy Gill's missus thinks he may have been an early victim of Covid. Apparently the band had not long gotten back from China back in November when he fell ill, along with tour manager who also had respiratory problems :(
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/01/spate-of-possible-uk-coronavirus-cases-from-2019-come-to-light
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/28/andy-gill-gang-of-four-to-release-guitarists-final-recordings
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