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1001realapes 2389 posts |
Edited Feb 12, 2023, 05:14
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Steeleye Span - Spanning the Years (disc 1) The Tea Company – Come And Have Some Tea With The Tea Company The Plastic Cloud - st Jon Hassell – The Surgeon Of The Nightsky Restores Dead Things By The Power Of Sound Jon Hassell – Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street Jon Hassell - Fascinoma Jon Hassell – Aka / Darbari / Java - Magic Realism Gandalf - st V.A. - Love, Peace & Poetry, Turkish Psychedelic Music V.A. - Bill Flips A Collection of Soundtrack Trips 1967-1971 V.A. - Get a Board, 16 Surf and Hot Rod Ho-Downs! V.A. - Surf & Drag Vol. 1 V.A. - Rock Don't Run Vol. 1 V.A. - English Freakbeat Vol. 1
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Dog in fog 317 posts |
Edited Feb 12, 2023, 09:29
Feb 12, 2023, 09:12
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The Bonzo Dog Band - The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse Daevid Allen - The Death Of Rock & Other Entrances "Tally's Birthday Song" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnDdmo5BUkg Fuchsia - s/t Donovan - Fairytale Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms "Parallelograms" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9VbJmbtMW8 Helios Creed - X-Rated Fairy Tales + Superior Catholic Finger (x2 album compilation) Hölderlin - Hölderlins Traum "Peter" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFk8JVsR-ng Robert Calvert - Revenge + Centigrade 232 (x2 CD set) Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill Hawkwind - Levitation Hawkwind - P.X.R.5 "Robot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsQw-J4zAec Barry Ryan - Barry Ryan Sings Paul Ryan *May contain the best pop song ever Sharron Kraus - Joy's Reflection Is Sorrow Trust - Repression (English version). I saw this French political metal band as a teenage girl. Back then, I knew every word on this album, the lyrics having been translated from the French by Jimmy Pursey. I'm glad to report that I still remember every word and I've thoroughly enjoyed singing along this week, complete with French accent! "Death Instinct" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLgloQLKKT4 V/A - Mojo - Love Will Tear You Apart V/A - Mojo - Panic Half Man Half Biscuit "National Shite Day" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARbRMQJGkIc V/A - The Number 1 Country Collection Jeannie C. Riley "Harper Valley PTA" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-LI11_Iyss :-) V/A - Metal Hammer - Sons Of Sabbath V/A - The Way We Wore Youtube Cirith Ungol - s/t 1978 Demo aka The Orange Album. A very pleasing heavy metal album. The (effects-laden, in this case) vocals are always make or break and, here, they're spot on. For my ears, at least. Must get the CD. "Bite Of The Worm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eJVL3tksE0 Full album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGjePOdxdNw&list=OLAK5uy_m0OFKmiH_stwV_XpyKQRWwhzo68A9JOho
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Feb 12, 2023, 09:15
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This week’s listens: Little Village S/T - despite overproduction verging on the ludicrous, this one-off album by a veritable supergroup of greats retains some charm and, natch, good songs. But oh, could this have been so much better; Gong ‘Angels Egg’ - over Daevid Allen’s wacky conceptual ethos was one of the tightest bands of the seventies, and - particularly here and its follow up - is heart, technique and incredible music that defies its age; Bob Dylan ‘Time Out Of Mind’ (‘Fragments’ remix) - I’ve invested in the new Bootleg Series box dedicated to this but haven’t yet played much of it aside from the new, stripped down version of the original record and some of the outtakes. For once, I’m impressed with a remix, so much so that I’ve enjoyed this album more than ever before. I’ll play more next week; Rodney Crowell ‘Ain’t Living Long Like This’ - assured solo debut from the seasoned country pro, blessed with a stellar lineup of backing musicians including the great James Burton; John Mayall ‘Blues From Laurel Canyon’ - Mayall’s first post-Bluesbreakers album is one of his best; The Red Crayola with The Familiar Ugly ‘The Parable Of Arable Land’ - I remember first hearing this as a Radar reissue in 1978 and nearly falling off my seat, so radical did it sound. When I realised it had been recorded over a decade previously, I simply couldn’t believe it. It still sounds incredible, its six “songs” falling out of and into sheer noise melee, making them seem less out there than they actually were - and are; Little Feat ‘Time Loves A Hero’ - by album #6 the Feat had become much slicker and less swampy. Much as I love their earlier albums, it’s this one I want to play most; Metallica ‘Ride The Lightning’ and ‘Master Of Puppets’ - I’ve kind of lost interest in Metallica since they slowed down (!) but their early albums can still thrill me; Yes ‘Drama’ - half turkey, half okay, and hitherto destined to stay on my LP shelf until my post-demise house clearance (a while away yet, I hope). Life really is too short and there is so much music still to enjoy; Simple Minds ‘Real to Real Cacophony’ - after a middling debut, Simple Minds went on to make four excellent, kraut-like albums starting with this one; Dave Rowntree ‘Radio Days’ - pleasing debut by Blur’s quiet man, sounding much like that band’s lower keyed material but with enough individuality and charm to come across than much more than a typical drummer’s solo album. This is a genuinely good record; Carly Simon ‘Anticipation’ - timeless sophomore album from Carly, whose muse always seems to lag behind Joni Mitchell and Carole King in critical terms. Unfairly, I think; Hawkwind ‘In Search Of Space’ - I really should like this, but (‘Master Of The Universe’ aside) it just doesn’t do it for me. Yet I love Gong. Maybe that “wacky conceptual ethos” I referred to before is what’s missing here? Whatever, I find this rather ordinary; Camel ‘Nude’ - oh dear. Like many fine 70s acts, Camel declined big time in the 80s. This hasn’t aged well; Buzzcocks ‘A Different Kind Of Tension’ (second side) - the angst-ridden five song sequence ending in the remarkable ‘I Believe’ is Pete Shelley’s finest achievement, and that’s from a die-hard fan of Buzzcocks’ Devoto era; The Chieftains ‘IV’ - before selling out on iffy collaborative albums with other (largely non-folk) artists, The Chieftains made some fine traditional albums ripe with sincerity, emotion and vim. This is their best one I think, though any of their first six records is worth knowing; Count Basie ‘The Atomic Mr Basie’ - big band jazz at its most visceral; Schubert: Symphony no.3 (VPO/Carlos Klieber) - charmless and overdriven performance by an overrated conductor; Schubert: Symphony no.3 (Cologne RSO/Gunter Wand) - the same music given an equally teutonic approach but with loads more subtlety; Haydn: Symphony no.93 (NYPO/Bernstein) - atypically measured take on the first of Haydn’s London symphonies by Lenny, but his affection for the music shines through; Haydn: Piano Sonata no.20 in C minor (Paul Lewis) - music that should be better known, played with style and taste; Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.4 (Perahia/Concertgebouw/Haitink) - one of those wonderful records where everything seems just right. There is no love in this world anymore. Dave x
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Dog in fog 317 posts |
Feb 12, 2023, 11:05
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I'm on a Daevid Allen (and Hawkwind) binge myself at the moment, hunting down some of the former's other albums. I've just ordered these, which I'm looking forward to: https://www.discogs.com/release/5938712-Daevid-Allen-Bananamoon-Obscura-1-2 I've heard the Studio Rehearsal Tapes 1977 with Euterpe before - fantastic - but not the DA with Brainville live in the UK. Also on its way is https://www.discogs.com/master/718173-Daevid-Allen-Twelve-Selves. It's good that there's so much to discover.
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garerama 1118 posts |
Feb 12, 2023, 11:31
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Daevid Allen - Seven Drones / Twelve Selves Alternative - If They Treat You You Like Shit, Act Like Manure The Beau Brummels - Triangle (mono) / Bradley's Barn Can - Saw Delight / Out Of Reach / Rite Time / S/t Cluster - '71 / II / Zuckerzeit Coil - How To Destroy Angels (12") / Moon's Milk (bonus disc) / Astral Disaster / The Remote Viewer / Dark Light District: A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room / Time Machines The Cosmic Jokers - S/t The Cure - Faith / Pornography The Glove - Blue Sunshine Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets / Taking Tiger Mountains (By Strategy) Fripp & Eno - (No Pussyfooting) / Evening Star Michele O'Molley - Saturn Rings O.W.L - Of Wondrous Legends Will Oldham - Ode Music / Ask Forgiveness (with Meg Baird & Greg Weeks) Yoko Ono - Feeling The Space / Some Time In New York City (with John Lennon) William Orbit - Strange Cargo III Orphan Egg - S/t Os Mutantes - S/t / Everything Is Possible Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance / Dub Housing / Terminal Tower Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Double Seven / The Original Super Ape / Super Ape The Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip / Explosions In The Glass Palace / Beyond The Sunset The Residents - Meet The Residents / Not Available / God In Three Persons Snakefinger - A Collection Rudimentary Peni - Death Church / Cacophony Sex Pistols - Spunk Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising / EVOL Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear / Ricochet Television - Live At The Old Wardorf 1978 Scott Walker - Fire Escape In The Sky / Climate Of Hunter / Tilt
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garerama 1118 posts |
Feb 12, 2023, 11:40
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Dog in fog wrote: I'm on a Daevid Allen (and Hawkwind) binge myself at the moment, hunting down some of the former's other albums. I've just ordered these, which I'm looking forward to: https://www.discogs.com/release/5938712-Daevid-Allen-Bananamoon-Obscura-1-2 I've heard the Studio Rehearsal Tapes 1977 with Euterpe before - fantastic - but not the DA with Brainville live in the UK. Also on its way is https://www.discogs.com/master/718173-Daevid-Allen-Twelve-Selves. It's good that there's so much to discover. That Twelve Selves is a good one - bit dated in places - but some classics. If you haven't already the overlooked "N'Existe Pas!" from 1979 is worth looking out for. Another overlooked gem is Gong's "Shapeshifter" ...
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garerama 1118 posts |
Feb 12, 2023, 11:41
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garerama wrote: Dog in fog wrote: I'm on a Daevid Allen (and Hawkwind) binge myself at the moment, hunting down some of the former's other albums. I've just ordered these, which I'm looking forward to: https://www.discogs.com/release/5938712-Daevid-Allen-Bananamoon-Obscura-1-2 I've heard the Studio Rehearsal Tapes 1977 with Euterpe before - fantastic - but not the DA with Brainville live in the UK. Also on its way is https://www.discogs.com/master/718173-Daevid-Allen-Twelve-Selves. It's good that there's so much to discover. That Twelve Selves is a good one - bit dated in places - but some classics. The Bananamoon Obscuras are lovely. If you haven't already the overlooked "N'Existe Pas!" from 1979 is worth looking out for. Another overlooked gem is Gong's "Shapeshifter" ...
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Dog in fog 317 posts |
Feb 12, 2023, 11:52
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Thanks, G! I shall definitely look into those. There's so much to explore - listening to snippets on Youtube, then hunting down the best deals on Discogs and Ebay, checking out which discs have bonus tracks etc. All good fun. Enjoy your Sunday :-)
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garerama 1118 posts |
Feb 12, 2023, 12:46
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Dog in fog wrote: Thanks, G! I shall definitely look into those. There's so much to explore - listening to snippets on Youtube, then hunting down the best deals on Discogs and Ebay, checking out which discs have bonus tracks etc. All good fun. Enjoy your Sunday :-) Defo so much to explore. First came across Gong 40 years ago and in that time still lots left unattended ... Enjoy!
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Dog in fog 317 posts |
Feb 12, 2023, 13:00
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Yes, me too. Can you believe I let the Flying Teapot LP go at one stage? I used to rashly sell records in the 80s when I needed a bob or two. But I've not explored many of these solo or side projects and am very excited to now do so!
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