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1001realapes 2389 posts |
Edited Jan 29, 2023, 04:31
Jan 29, 2023, 01:15
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Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser: The 60s Recordings (The Island Years) Nirvana - Black Flower Augustus Pablo - Original Rockers Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy Elmore James - The Classic Early Recordings 1951-1956 (disc 1 of 3) Lead Belly - Go Down Old Hannah Blind Willie Johnson - Praise God I'm Satisfied Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies – The American Metaphysical Circus Bridget St. John - Thank you for...plus Jimmy Cliff / V.A. - The Harder They Come V.A. - Psychedelic Unknowns Volume 3 V.A. – Gathering Of The Tribe 69 Minutes Of Selected Tribalism
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Edited Jan 29, 2023, 10:17
Jan 29, 2023, 10:16
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My heart’s in the Highlands: Marillion ‘Marbles’ - one of many post-‘89 Marillion albums that show precious little affinity with their ‘80s heyday, or with anything else for that matter. Quality rock - as art - is all. The Hogarth era Marillion is one of the best kept secrets of the last thirty-odd years, their loyal fanbase notwithstanding; Alice Cooper ‘Easy Action’ - their transitional album between psych and hard rock with a bias towards the latter. ‘Return Of The Spiders’ rocks big time and is right up there with their best ever tracks IMHO. And there’s a section of the epic ‘Lay Down And Die, Goodbye’ that Hawkwind simply must have heard before they laid down ‘Master Of The Universe’; Steve Winwood ‘Nine Lives’ - no less than fifteen years have elapsed since Winwood released an album of new songs. That ‘Nine Lives’ is such an assured and satisfying listen renders such a gap more than frustrating; Roxy Music S/T - as good a debut album as I’ve ever heard, and quite unlike anything they - or anyone else for that matter - ever made. Still sounds like music from the Bizarro alternate world. Comparing it to the blandfest that is ‘Avalon’ from a decade later is like hearing life in reverse; UFO ‘The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent’ - where the most tuneful of hard rock bands surpass themselves. There’s some great string arrangements in evidence too, used sparingly enough to keep the rock factor dominant; Bob Dylan ‘Time Out Of Mind’ - prior to hearing the new box set edition, I spun the original album for the first time in several years. It’s as I remember it: highly engaging as Dylan has rarely been since. Well, up until ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ anyway; Tim Buckley ‘Lorca’ - one of Buckley’s most impenetrable albums has some beautiful moments, but struggles to hold my attention over its full 40 minutes, maybe because all five “songs” sound a little too similar. Kind of like ‘Astral Weeks’ without its hooks; Tim Buckley ‘The Song Belongs To Me’ - that rare thing: an album of demos that improve on the standard versions. There’s no finer take of ‘Song To The Siren’ than this one. In fact, I think that this may just be my favourite TB album from a sheer music-for-pleasure perspective. Beautifully recorded too.; Elgar: Introduction & Allegro/Vaughan Williams: Symphony no.6/Beethoven: Symphony no.7 (all Halle/Barbirolli) - Sir Snifter got a rightly enthusiastic reception at this special concert for his 70th birthday in 1969 (so sad that he never had a 71st). The VW is especially intense; Rossini: Overtures (LSO/Gamba) - near definitive readings from a conductor who died last year. One of those fab old Decca ffss LPs that make my system sing. As is Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.2 (Katchen/LSO/Solti) - a tremendously emotive and exciting take on the old Brief Encounter warhorse; Brahms: Symphony no.3 (Cleveland Orch/Ashkenazy) - one of the best Brahms Thirds I know, ideally paced with just the right amount of drama and pathos; Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (Trevor Pinnock) - music that simply draws me into its being and doesn’t let go. Nearly two and a half hours passed like minutes. There’s an earthiness to Pinnock’s playing that hits straight and true, even if others find more elegance in this music. I’ll play Pinnock’s Book I next week. Notes could not spell out the score. Enjoy your week, all Dave x
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garerama 1118 posts |
Jan 29, 2023, 10:58
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Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim / Futurama Big Star - Keep An Eye On The Sky (discs 3 & 4) Brainticket - Psychonaut / Celestial Ocean The Byrds - Fifth Dimension / Younger Than Yesterday / The Notorious Byrd Brothers feat. David Crosby (soniclovenize) / Never Before / Unsurpassed Masters 1965 Cabaret Voltaire - Mix Up / Live YMCA 27.10.79 / The Voice Of America John Cale - Paris 1919 / Fear / Slow Dazzle / Helen Of Troy Can - Monster Movie / The Lost Tapes Cluster - Sowiesoso / Grosses Wasser John Coltrane - Crescent / Live At The Village Vanguard Again! Faust - S/t / IV / BBC Sessions+ / Seventy One Minutes Kaleidoscope/ Fairfield Parlour - From Home To Home / White Faced Lady / Forget About Tomorrow: The Singles Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity / Trans-Europe Express Psychic TV - Themes 2 / Southern Comfort / Thee Fabulous Feast Ov Flowering Light Sex Pistols - Spunk Simple Minds - Life In A Day Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements / Emperor Tomato Ketchup The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico / White Light White Heat Jane Weaver - Kosmology / Loops In The Secret Society Beethoven - 9th Symphony (Ferenc Fricsay/ Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
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Dog in fog 317 posts |
Jan 29, 2023, 11:40
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Bonzo Dog Band - Keynsham Vivian Stanshall - Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead The Warlocks - Surgery Tamam Shud - Evolution Tamam Shud - Goolutionites And The Real People. I love this Australian psych/prog rock band, particularly this, their second album. There's a naive beauty in the vocals and, musically, I love the soft/loud, the prog ramblings, the repeated motifs which appear throughout the album. Here's "Heaven Is Closed" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS1HVLvd61I Animal Collective - Prospect Hummer Shirley Collins - The Power Of The True Love Knot Der Tod & Das Mädchen - d-Moll Bill Jones - Wonderful Fairytale The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle V/A Terrorizer - Doom Or Be Doomed V/A Mojo - Psych Out! V/A Uncut - Seeing For Miles: 12 Amazing New Psych-Rock Classics V/A Mojo - Chemical Components V/A Stiff, Stiffer. Stiffest: A Stiff Records Collection V/A Now Is The Winter Of Our Discount Tents. A nice collection compiled by Andy Votel and Badly Drawn Boy. Here's Sam And The Plants' "Hag Door Mountain" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOKujGs-kmY V/A The Wire Tapper 32. I had to turn it off.
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Jan 29, 2023, 14:58
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Crosby-Nash- London '70 The Who- Who's Next Genesis- Nursery Cryme Daddy Longlegs- Street Sermons Gilroy Mere- Gilden Gate Hollow Hand- Your Own Adventure The Long Ryders- September November Richard Olson & The Familiars- S/T Bronco Bullfrog- S/T Katie Gately- Fawn Brute Tomas Hallonsten- Monolog Fruit Bats- A River Running To Your Heart Hammock- Love In The Void The High Llamas- Retrospective The Mission- Another Fall From Grace Fashion- Product Perfect The Records- Shades in Bed V/A- Jon Savage's 1980-82: The Art of Things To Come
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Jan 29, 2023, 21:59
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David Bowie - BBC Sessions 1967-1972 David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars David Bowie - Aladdin Sane David Bowie - Pin-Ups King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon King Crimson - Lizard The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord The Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream Emerson Lake & Palmer - Trilogy Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery Vangelis - Sex Power Vangelis - Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit Vangelis - L'apocalypse des animaux Julian Cope - Saint Julian Julian Cope - My Nation Underground Julian Cope - Skellington Julian Cope - Droolian/Droolians' Mother The Beatles - Let It Be
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Jan 30, 2023, 17:11
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Bill Callahan - Apocalypse - Sometimes I wish I were an eagle. Can't really fault the man. Does the basics amazingly well. Well certainly on these records Charlatans - Some Friendly Julian Cope - Interpreter - Raveolution. Already knew how fab the former was. Appreciating the latter more. Mainly down to a decent cd player. Oh and I listened to World Shut your mouth which I still find too much. Beta Band - 3 EP's. Black Country New Road - For the first time. Yep. Kevin Ayers - Shooting at the Moon Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmeidipus V/A - Absolution - Rock the alternative way. Still one of my fav comps.Dating from the 80's and doing what you'd imagine but with a British focus. V/A Rome wasn't burned in a day The Archie Bronson outfit - Derdang Derdang Soccer 96 - Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds - Tactics EP. Electronic music for ravers and jazzos. Maybe. The Romance of Baba Loco - Cling Clang for Monkeys. One of the more fun live experiences last year was seeing this lot. Eclectic and exotic. File this lot under can't be bothered with: Roberto Musci - Melanesia. I nearly could be bothered, but not quite. Run the Jewels - II and IV Sault - 5 - Untitled Shpongle/Eat Static - Shpongle Static Sam Prekop/John Mcentire - Sons of Slift - Ummon
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Jan 30, 2023, 20:24
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Addendum a few times i've been spinning a Sweetcheat compilation entitled The crumbling relics of a past. Would love to know the tracklisting if you read this, sweetcheat?
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keith a 9574 posts |
Jan 30, 2023, 21:39
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Cheat Codes – Danger Mouse & Black Thought Duke Of York - Hox Tick Tick Tick – Stephen Mallinder Everything Was Beautiful – Spiritualized The Needle Was Travelling – Tarwater Inside The Ships - Tarwater After Dark – Alan Vega
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