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1001realapes 2389 posts |
Edited Jan 15, 2023, 03:53
Jan 15, 2023, 03:12
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Can - Landed Can - st The Electric Flag - The Trip OST Pip Proud - De Da De Dum Jackson C. Frank - st David Bowie - st (1967) David Bowie - Low David Bowie - Blackstar Jethro Tull - Stormwatch (Steven Wilson Remix) Terry Callier - What Color is Love The Free Design - Cosmic Peekaboo The Golden Dawn - Power Plant Jerome Froese - Neptunes Robert Rich - Bestiary Tampa Red - Bottleneck Guitar 1928-1937 Takemitsu Played By John Williams – To The Edge Of Dream / Toward The Sea / Vers, L'Arc-En-Ciel, Palma / Folios / Etc. V.A. - The Psychedelic Experience (Mystic Records comp.)
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Jan 15, 2023, 09:06
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David Bowie - David Bowie David Bowie - Space Oddity Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender Joanna Newsom - Ys Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me V/A - The Perfumed Garden Vol. 1-5 Elton John - Jump Up! Elton John - Too Low For Zero Elton John - Breaking Hearts Aphrodite's Child - It's Five O'Clock Tintern Abbey - Beeside: The Complete Recordings Robin Gibb - Robin's Reign Robin Gibb - Sing Slowly Sisters Barry Gibb - The Kid's No Good Maurice Gibb - The Loner Bee Gees - 2 Years On
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Edited Jan 15, 2023, 11:15
Jan 15, 2023, 11:13
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This week I played: Simple Minds ‘Direction Of The Heart’ - this is starting to grow on me, though I think most of its songs would benefit from a less “big” production job than that which smothers the whole album; The Smile ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ - another album that gets better with each play, and no problems with its sound either. I wonder if we’ll get any new Radiohead material this year? Steve Harley ‘Hobo With A Grin’ - decent, half forgotten solo debut from 1978 which sounds very much of its time, but so what; Cockney Rebel ‘Mr Raffles’ 45 - Harley at his most unashamedly melodic and lyrical. Just a beautiful single; Faust ‘Faust IV’ - the most complete and realised of Faust’s early records still sounds amazing half a century after its creation. ‘Krautrock’ remains definitive, er, kraut rock; Magazine ‘The Correct Use Of Soap’ - this is the opposite of the aforesaid Simple Minds album in being severely UNDERproduced to my ears: great music that could have sounded truly stellar with a John Leckie or Colin Thurston (to name but two of Magazine’s earlier producers) at the desk. I’m an ardent admirer of Martin Hannett’s Factory work but I don’t think he did Magazine any favours here. John Doyle’s snare sounds like a tambourine, and the great John McGeogh is buried too far in the mix. That ‘Soap’ remains a satisfying listen is down to the sheer quality of its material (the band’s last good studio album until ‘No Thyself’ IMHO) and sublime execution; James Brown ‘The Godfather’ - because sometimes I just gotta; Jeff Beck ‘Truth’ and ‘Beck-Ola’ - well, I had to, didn’t I? The Jeff Beck Group was THE band of 1968 (and arguably the peak of its future megastar vocalist’s long career) with axemanship that still makes my blubbering jaws drop. RIP; The Models ‘Freeze’/‘Man Of The Year’ 45 - first wave punk glory from a crackly old Step Forward single. Still gives me a frisson 46 years after I first heard Peel play it; Sad Cafe ‘Facades’ - a guilty pleasure I suppose. I saw these twice in the late 70s/early 80s and really dug ‘em, despite their being so outdated I barely dared admit to it. Sod it: I hereby proclaim that Sad Cafe were a damn fine straight rock band at the top of their game. This was their third, and most successful, album, and I really enjoyed rehearing it last night. Paul Young (the Manc one) RIP; Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Perlman/Philharmonia/Giulini) - the version of this much-recorded masterpiece that I keep returning to. Everything just feels… right; Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest ‘Sylva’ - highly entertaining modern big band music with just enough rock heft under its skin; Gombert: Four & Five Part Motets (Brabant Ensemble/Stephen Rice) - sixteenth century vocal music of rewarding complexity and originality, superbly rendered here; Vierne, Messiaen & Mathias: Organ Pieces (Gillian Weir) - the young Ms Weir recorded on the St Albans Cathedral organ in 1964. Masterful from the start; Brahms: Symphony no.4 (Boston SO/Nelsons) - I enjoy Nelsons’ Brahms interpretations more than his Beethoven. This is an example why: a fine, straight performance with emotive bite in all the right places; Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op.118 (Wilhelm Kempff) - tender, unhurried renditions of very late Brahms piano works. These are from a lovely box of Brahms and Schumann music recorded by Kempff in the 1950s; Beethoven: Symphony no.1 (VPO/Boehm) - amidst the myriad of period and chamber takes on Beethoven over the last four decades or so, it’s easy to underestimate, or just forget, the more traditional - or romantic - approach that once was the norm with these works. This is a reminder of how Beethoven sounded when I was a nipper: smooth, rounded and lyrical. I’m not saying it’s definitive but my, I enjoyed it. Man, it was mean. Happy vibes all Dave x
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garerama 1118 posts |
Jan 15, 2023, 11:36
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The Astronauts - Peter Pan Hits The Suburbs / It's All Done By Mirrors David Axelrod - Songs Of Experience David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World / Low / "Heroes" / Lodger / Scary Monsters / Heathen / Nothing Has Changed / Blackstar William S Burroughs - Nothing Here Now But The Recordings / Dead City Radio Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (mono) / Mirror Man / Strictly Personal Caravan - S/t / If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You / The Show Of Our Lives: Live At The BBC 1968-1973 Cluster - Sowiesoso / Old Land (with Eno) / Grosses Wasser Cocteau Twins - Garlands / Head Over Heels / Peppermint Pig E.P / Sunburst & Snowblind E.P Coil - Angelic Conversation (OST & Instrumental) / Horse Rotorvator The Damned - Play It At Your Sister Miles Davis - E.S.P / Miles Smiles / Miles In The Sky Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia / Tracks & Traces (with Brian Eno) Keith Jarrett - El Juicio / The Survivors' Suite / Somewhere Before: The Atlantic Years 1968-1975 Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (mono) / A Saucerful Of Secrets (mono) Psychic TV - Live At The Ritz / Were You Ever Bullied At School ... Do You Want Revenge? / Descending / Listen Today / Live At Thee Pyramid Elvis Presley - 40 Greatest V/A - The Madcap Laughs Again (Mojo) Tighten Up Vol 2 (Trojan)
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Jan 15, 2023, 12:17
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The Grateful Dead- Aoxomoxoa George Harrison- All Things Must Pass Roy Harper- Come Out Fighting, Genghis Smith Jefferson Airplane- Takes Off Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow Heron & Crane- Firesides Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection- 2 Shirley Collins- Lodestar Felt- Gold Mine Trash Felt- Bubblegum Perfume The Flying Burrito Brothers- Six Days on The Road (Live at Altamont) The Yardbirds- Over Under Sideways Down The Band- Rock Of Ages Fairport Convention- Live Convention Desire Marea- On The Romance Of Being PJ Harvey- Uh Huh Her Hole- My Body The Hand Grenade Carter USM- 30 Something
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Jan 15, 2023, 16:21
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Alabama 3 - Outlaw Angels of Light - We are Him Apollo 440 - Millennium Fever Acoustic Ladyland - Last Chance Disco All about Eve - S/T Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold - Two Suns. Sounded particularly strong on my new CD player. Nice balance. Don't hear much from her these days? LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression Vol 1 Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase. My least favourite of their output. Finally, music from the 2020's Rachel Dadd - Kaleidoscope. Still sounds worthy Psychedelic Furs - Made of Rain. Changed my mind - not essential. Wanted it to be good Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord. Bit slow warming to him, but now more appreciative of his idiosyncratic prog folk Revelators - Revelators Sound System Petrol Girls - Baby Portron Portron Lopez - Ice cream soufi Porridge Radio - Waterslide... Doesn't add anything to their great debut The Orielles - Tableau Orbury Common - The Traditional Dance of Orbury Common Off! - Free LSD October Drift - Forever Whatever NYX & Gazelle Twin - Deep England. A unique pagan offering worthy of one's attention
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keith a 9574 posts |
Jan 15, 2023, 22:17
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Revolver – The Beatles Someone here - Fitter I think? - was saying he didn't like the new Giles Martin mix. Personally I like it, but I add the disclaimer that my ears – when it comes to hi-fi etc – aren't the greatest and usually something has to be REALLY brilliant (the re-mastered Marquee Moon cd) or REALLY terrible (my murky vinyl copy of New Gold Dreams or my cd version of School's Out which is plain weird) for me to have much of an opinion on it! Nonetheless, this new mix sounds very 'alive' to my battered ears. Novelty Waves (CDS)- Biosphere Angel's Flight – Biosphere Shortwave Memories - Biosphere For the uninitiated, Biosphere is a Norwegian guy who has been making records for thirty odd years. With the odd exception (Novelty Waves from 1995), my limited Biosphere collection is from the past 7-8 years. Whether it electronica with beats or a more ambient feel, Geir Jenssen has made some of my favourite records of the past few years. Duke Of York - Hox Traditionally I was always more in the Colin Newman camp when it came to solo Wire releases, but the two Hox albums (this from 2015 and It-Ness all the way back in 1999) are two of my favourite Wire associated records – and I include Wire themselves in that statement. American Love Call – Durand Jones & the Indications Durand Jones & the Indications last album – Private Space from 2021 – has been one of my most played albums in recent times, so I thought would get their predecessor from a couple of years earlier. On first listen, it sounds like another really enjoyable firmly retro soul set. Also... Soon – Avery Plains Mr Biggs (Dutch copy called Side Show) – Barry Biggs Mix-Up – Cabaret Voltiare Eldorado - ELO Artificial Sweeteners - Fujiya & Miyagi Destroys The Virus With Dub - King Jammy Shrink – The Notwist Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! - Rolling Stones The Lost Midnight Rock Dubs, Chapter 2 – King Tubby On The Detroit Beat: Motor City Soul UK Style 1963-67 – V/A
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