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1001realapes 2388 posts |
Edited Nov 06, 2022, 09:51
Nov 06, 2022, 09:47
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Agitation Free - Malesch Blackwater Park - Dirt Box Tangerine Dream - Flashpoint Opeth - Orchid Frank Pahl - 22 Van Der Graaf Generator – The Aerosol Grey Machine Van Der Graaf Generator – H To He Who Am The Only One Van Der Graaf Generator – Godbluff Van Der Graaf Generator – World Record Van Der Graaf Generator – Still Life Van Der Graaf – The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome Van Der Graaf Generator – Alt Guru Guru - Känguru Guru Guru – Wiesbaden 1972 Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline Bob Dylan - New Morning Bob Dylan - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 Odds - Nest The Guess Who - Flavours John Cage - The Seasons Ash Ra Tempel VI, Manuel Göttsching – Inventions For Electric Guitar Third Ear Band – Necromancers Of The Drifting West Third Ear Band - The Dragon Wakes Third Ear Band - The Magus Ron Carter - All Blues Ron Carter / Herbie Hancock / Tony Williams – Third Plane Ron Carter Sextet - Orfeu WIRE - PINK FLAG Herbie Hancock – Mwandishi - The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (disc 1) Ellington / Dawson - Orchestral Works, Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Orchestra Khachaturian / Ippolitov-Ivanov – Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian – Spartacus - Gayaneh - Masquerade • Caucasian Sketches
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Fitter Stoke 2612 posts |
Edited Nov 06, 2022, 14:14
Nov 06, 2022, 10:16
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This week’s plays: Metallica ‘Garage Inc’ - my love for which maybe indicates I dig this band for their covers more than their own material. How to find a common thread between Queen, Discharge, Budgie and The Misfits? Whatever else they’ve done, they’ve done that. Blistering; The Beach Boys ‘Pet Sounds’ - words can’t say; Dexys Midnight Runners ‘Too Rye Ay (As It Should Have Sounded)’ - like most remixes, this doesn’t really improve on the original, which still sounds pretty good to my ears. But it’s good to revisit it anyway; Roddy Frame ‘Surf’ - Roddy’s ‘Pink Moon’ moment, and that’s meant with all due deference. This is THAT good; David Sylvian ‘Gone To Earth’ - specifically the instrumental second disc which is as beautiful as anything I’ve heard in the ‘ambient’ genre. We need you back, David; U2 ‘An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart’ (live) - I’ve raved about this uncommonly fine U2 cut so many times I’ve run out of things to say about it. Suffice to say, if I - as no fan of the band - love this, you might do too. You’ll need to track down the 1982 NME ‘Dancin’ Master’ tape to hear it, mind; The Beat ‘I Just Can’t Stop It’ - this always sounds fresh as a daisy to me. The Beat had a unique edge that stood them out from other ska-influenced bands of the time, e.g. Bad Manners ‘Ska & B’ - … but it doesn’t all have to be great art to be enjoyable, does it?; The Kinks ‘Part 1: Lola Vs. Powerman And The Underground’ - maybe patchier than the mighty ‘Arthur’, but a decent album nonetheless; Alison Sudal ‘Still Come The Night’ - I wanted to like this. I don’t. It sounds too cold and clinical; UFO ‘The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent’ - on their ninth album UFO produced a sophisticated blend of hard rock and particularly strong melodies, with a few ace orchestral passages actually adding to the pleasure quotient. No Schenker? No matter; Haydn: Symphonies 94 & 96/Grieg: Holberg Suite/Mozart: Piano Concerto no.27 (w.Brendel)/Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia/Stravinsky: Apollo (all ASMF/Marriner) - lovely programme of Argo and Philips recordings demonstrating the 70s peak of England’s finest chamber orchestra and their ever-consistent conductor; Vaughan Williams: Symphony no.8 (BBC SO/Brabbins) - convincing performance of one of VW’s lesser played symphonies; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4 (VPO/Abbado) - one of Abbado’s most viscerally exciting records; in fact this comes close to Mravinsky for intensity, and that’s saying something; Dvorak: Symphony no.9 ‘From The New World’ (Columbia SO/Walter) - and this is pretty arresting as well; Mozart: Piano Concerto no.12 (Serkin/LSO/Abbado) - from Rudolf Serkin’s DG indian summer comes this delightful rendering of an early Mozart concerto. I can hear the old man grunting along in places; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.2 (Ashkenazy/Concertgebouw/Haitink) - a curious performance that only really comes to life in the final movement - and how; Respighi: Ancient Dances & Airs For Lute, Suite no.1 (Philh Hungarica/Dorati) - subtle performance of one of Respighi’s neo-classical niceties; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit (Vladimir Ashkenazy) - Ravel’s eerie epic played just right; Bach: English Suite no.3, BWV 808 (Wilhelm Kempff) - where artistry trumps anachronism with ease. Enjoy your week, everyone. Dave x
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flashbackcaruso 1057 posts |
Nov 06, 2022, 16:08
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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Black Sabbath - Paranoid The Beatles - Revolver (Super Deluxe Edition) Elton John - Madman Across The Water (Super Deluxe Edition) (totally agree with Fitter Stoke's previous comment on the disc of demo versions in this box set - they are superb, and every bit as good as the fully arranged versions on the finished album) Scott Walker - Scott 3 Scott Walker - Sings Songs From His TV Series Scott Walker - Live On Air 1968-1969 Dave & Toni Arthur - Hearken To The Witches Rune Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark - Crush Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark - The Pacific Age Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark - Peel Sessions 1979-1983 Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark - Navigation: The OMD B-sides of Arrowe Hill - Hexadelica & The Speed of Darkness of Arrowe Hill - Dulce Domum of Arrowe Hill - A Few Minutes In The Absolute Elsewhere Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams - Nosferatu John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Halloween III: Season Of The Witch OST Berto Pisano - Death Smiles On A Murderer OST Stelvo Cipriani - Whirlpool OST V/A - Hammer Horror: Classic Themes 1958-1974 V/A - The Exorcist OST Sidney Sager - Children Of The Stones OST (very handy one-sided LP just released by Trunk Records, consisting of dozens of brief musical cues which combine together to make a very satisfying side-long suite) Mercury Rev - The Secret Migration The Damned - Damned Damned Damned The Damned - Music For Pleasure (had to dig these out again after seeing this line-up play the opening night of their brief tour last week) Opel - Wicker Hymns
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drewbhoy 2557 posts |
Nov 06, 2022, 16:28
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Simple Minds - Direction Of The Heart Simple Minds - 5x5 Live Simple Minds - Acoustic Live Simple Minds - Live In The City Of Angels Simple Minds - Our Secrets Are The Same (part of Silver Box) Love And Money - Dogs In The Traffic Hue and Cry - Seduced And Abandoned Win - Uh! Tears Baby Win - Freaky Trigger Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Please Describe Yourself
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Hunter T Wolfe 1709 posts |
Nov 06, 2022, 18:05
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Roky Erickson- I Think Of Demons The Stranglers- No More Heroes Ramones- Rocket To Russia Scott Walker- Til The Band Comes In Demis Roussos- Fire And Ice Mari Wilson- The Neasden Queen of Soul V/A- Deep In The Woods: Pastoral Psychedelia & Funky Folk, 1968-75 V/A- Black Lace & Voodoo Drums - Lux & Ivy Dig That Sound David Bowie- Hours Dinosaur Jr.- Green Mind Tim Hardin- Black Sheep Boy: An Introduction Bhajan Bhoy- Shanti Shanti Shanti Ashtray Navigations- Before You Play This Plainsong- In Search of Amelia Earhart Motorhead- On Parole
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garerama 1115 posts |
Nov 06, 2022, 18:41
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Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam / Merriweather Post Pavilion / Fall Be Kind Autosalvage - S/t David Axelrod - Song Of Innocence / Songs Of Experience The Beatles - Revolver (2022 Super Deluxe) / Sgt Peppers (50th 2cd) / Magical Mystery Tour / Love Don Cherry - The Avant-Garde (with John Coltrane) / Organic Music Society / The Eternal Now / Brown Rice Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll / Heaven Or Las Vegas Elvis Costello - The Man (Best Of) Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountains By Strategy / Another Green World Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Edgar Froese - Aqua FSOL / Amorphous Androgynous - The Isness / ISDN Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Fegmania! / Gotta Let The Hen Out! / Element Of Light It's A Beautiful Day - S/t / Marrying Maiden / Girl With No Eyes Bruce Janoway - Puritanical Odes Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil / The Soothsayer / The All Seeing Eye Siouxsie & The Banshees - Nocturne / Through The Looking Glass Sun Ra - Angels & Demos At Play / Medicine For A Nightmare U2 - Boy Frank Zappa etc - We're Only In It For The Money / Lumpy Gravy / Uncle Meat / Hot Rats / Waka/Jawaka Zodiac - Cosmic Sounds V/A The Free Design: The Now Sound Redesigned Neu Decade (Mojo)
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