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1001realapes 2389 posts |
Edited Feb 26, 2023, 04:30
Feb 26, 2023, 03:12
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Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown Robert Johnson – The Centennial Collection John Coltrane - The Believer Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest With Jules Buckley & Manu Delago – Between Us ... Purson - Rocking Horse EP The Electric Prunes - Stockholm 67 The Electric Prunes - Lost Dreams The Merry-Go-Round – Listen, Listen: The Definitive Collection Mellow Candle - Swaddling Songs Steeleye Span - Hark! the Village Wait Julian Cope - Fear Loves This Place, A JehovahKill Companion Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us The Haunted - st The Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer R. Carlos Nakai With Wind Travelin' Band, Shonosuke Okhura, Oki Kano – Island Of Bows Schmidt, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Symphony No. 2 Ned Rorem - Three Symphonies V.A. - Pebbles Vol. 2 V.A. - Pebbles Vol. 6 Chicago 1 V.A. - Pebbles Vol. 7 Chicago 2 V.A. - Buzz Buzz Buzzzzzz Vol. 1 V.A. - Buzz Buzz Buzzzzzz Vol. 2 V.A. - English Freakbeat Vol. 2 V.A. – Sixties Archives Vol. 8 Acid Trip & Heavy Sound For Psychic Minds
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Edited Feb 26, 2023, 09:16
Feb 26, 2023, 09:15
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Bob Dylan ‘Murder Most Foul’ - what a way to end an eight year period of writer’s block: a seventeen minute, soothing yet seething take on Kennedy’s assassination and all manner of cultural references old and new. This perplexed me three years ago and still does now, but… I like it; Bob Dylan ‘Fragments’ (Disc 4: live recordings) - although some of this stuff appears to be audience-sourced it’s a highly entertaining listen, and each of the ‘Time Out Of Mind’ songs featured takes on a fresh new life. I tried not to let the occasional whooping tw*ts in the crowds affect my enjoyment; The Sensational Alex Harvey Band ‘Live’ - capturing their energy better than any of their studio albums. I just wish there was more of it; Deniece Williams ‘When Love Comes Calling’ - Niecy’s most dance-oriented album, with the lady in fine four octave form as ever; The Stranglers ‘Black and White’ - my favourite Strangs LP, complete with its white vinyl EP and their fab Doorsy take on ‘Walk On By’; Rory Gallagher ‘Deuce’ - Rory’s second solo LP is one of his best, and sounds particularly good in last year’s 50th anniversary remaster; Epic Soundtracks ‘Sleeping Star’ - the records that the much missed Kevin Godfrey released under his stage name are much subtler than his punky roots might suggest. These are simple, heartfelt vignettes with great tunes and fragile, plaintive vocals. Lovely; Steve Miller Band ‘Fly Like An Eagle’ - though my tastes tend more towards the late Steve Miller who was briefly a member of Caravan and made a bunch of charmingly eccentric LPs with Lol Coxhill, I do maintain a somewhat guilty liking for his West Coast namesake. This is IMHO the latter’s best album, oh so 1976 in its sound and feel but with tunes so infectious it should’ve come with a face mask. Mind you, Free could’ve sued for ‘Rock’n Me’; Edgar Winter Group ‘Shock Treatment’ - another 70s album that sounds its age, but so what - it veers from hard rock to funk to soulfulness without a blip. A couple of clunky ballads can be safely skipped; Porcupine Tree ‘Closure/Continuation’ - forget restrictive sub-genre classifications. This is a damn fine rock album, period; Frankie Miller ‘Once In A Blue Moon’ - what an R&B flavoured Brinsley Schwarz might have sounded like with a gritty lead vocalist. Which is precisely what we get here; Dave Rowntree ‘Radio Songs’ - a by no means typical solo effort by a drummer. There’s an appealingly elegiac mood throughout this record that I find most appealing; The Who at Kilburn 1977 (Sky Arts show last night) - Jesus H Christ. Enwistle plays a solo throughout every song, Moon can’t leave his cymbals alone, Townshend wrenches every note and chord out if his Les Paul as if he hated the f*cker, and Daltrey is just THE rock god. Was there ever a better band? I don’t think so; Ian Matthews ‘Somedays You Eat The Bear’ - Matthews has stood fast by his patently Lincolnshire take on Americana ever since the early Fairport days. This LP from 1974 is typical of his style, with his poignant, double-tracked voice to the fore. I especially love his takes on the Dan’s ‘Dirty Work’ and Crazy Horse’s ‘I Don’t Want To Talk About It’; Rush ‘Exit … Stage Left’ and ‘Test For Echo’ - jaw droppingly slick hard rock is all. I miss them already; Gary Numan ‘The Pleasure Principle’ - there’s an attractive naivete about Numan’s early albums, and no shortage of melody amidst their synthesised chill. This has aged better than I thought; Jethro Tull ‘Thick As A Brick’ - as definitive a “prog” album as there could possibly be, yet - for the first side anyway - devoid of the worst excesses of the genre and (whisper it) chock full of catchy tunes. Deniers beware: you might just like this; The Jam ‘Funeral Pyre’ 45 - possibly the most awesome track of Weller’s 46 years (and counting) discography, and I speak as a fan of his recent work. He’s never got more intense than this; The Teardrop Explodes: Old Waldorf, SF gig May 1981 - I’m obliged to Makkr for posting a link to this. Low-fi in sound, but high class in artistry; Elgar: Enigma Variations/Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia/Beethoven: Symphony no.6 ‘Pastoral’ (all Pittsburgh SO/Steinberg) - these were the first recordings of these works I heard when my dad bought them as 12/6d Music For Pleasure LPs back in the 60s (that’s an eight year old me in the pic putting one on our newly acquired radiogram). I have them on CD now and they still hold their own with more lauded versions; in fact, I rate William Steinberg’s (originally Capitol) 1952 recording of Beethoven 6 as my favourite of the 140+ interpretations I’ve heard since. I played these to the Newcastle Recorded Music Group on Thursday and they went down very well; Beethoven: Symphony no.6 ‘Pastoral’ (BRSO/Kubelik) - this isn’t far behind the Steinberg in my affections, mind. Kubelik gets that lilt in the first movement’s development section just right, like spring lambs dancing on clouds (yeah, I know - I’ll get me coat); Hindemith: Symphony ‘Mathis der Maler’ (Boston SO/Steinberg) - pity poor Paul Hindemith: too far out for the traditionalists, yet too romantic for the modernists. A work this individual, yet accessible, deserves to be much better known. And this is a nigh-on definitive recording, I reckon; Brahms: Symphony no.3/Weber: Oberon Overture/Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.4 (w.Backhaus)/Beethoven: Symphony no.4 (all cond. Karl Boehm) - these early 50s recordings convey a natural musicality that defies their age, and interpretations that sound just right; Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Paris CO/Argenta) - venerable early stereo LP that still leaps from the speakers (dig that brass in the fourth movement: wow!) with an interpretation that really brings out how spaced out was Berlioz’ creativity; Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.7, Op.30 no.2 (Perlman/Ashkenazy) - despite being a little over-forceful in places, the passion and musicality of these A list players shines through. And this is another of those wonderful C minor works that show LvB’s genius at its most intense; Beethoven: String Quartet no.12, Op.127 (Calidore String Quartet) - ace new recording of “music better than it can ever be played” (Artur Schnabel) which comes alarmingly close to disproving that point. This is an exciting new ensemble who play this music as if its notes were almost too hot to hold. Can’t wait to hear more; Mozart: Horn Concertos (Hoegner/VPO/Boehm) - delightful music, delightfully rendered. It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there. Happy vibes to all Dave x
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garerama 1118 posts |
Feb 26, 2023, 09:22
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Blur - Parklife / The Great Escape / S/t Boards Of Canada - A Few Old Tunes / Old Tunes Vol 2 / Music Has The Right To Children / Geogaddi David Bowie - Station To Station / Live Nassau Coliseum '76 / Heathen / Reality Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig (EP) / Sunburst & Snowblind (EP) / Tiny Dynamine (EP) / Echoes In A Shallow Bay (EP) John Coltrane - "Live" At The Village Vanguard / Impressions / Live At The Village Vanguard Again! Miles Davis - Paris Olympia 20-3-60 / Someday My Prince Will Come / Seven Steps To Heaven / Live In Europe Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) / Another Green World / Before & After Science Gong - Gong Est Mort: Vive Gong / Live Floating Anarchy 1977 Groundhogs - Groundhogs Best 1969-72 Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness & Charm (DE 2cd) / P.X.R.5 / Friends & Relations Steve Hillage - L / Green / Rainbow Dome Musick Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine / Radio-Activity / Trans-Europe Express / Computer World The Last Poets - This Is Madness Radha Krsna Temple - S/t Rudimentary Peni - S/t (EP) / Cacophony Shelleyan Orphan - Helleborine Sun Ra - Super-Sonic Jazz / Angels & Demons At Play / The Futuristic Sounds Of ... Swans - The Seer / To Be Kind Third Ear Band - Alchemy / Elements Throbbing Gristle (X-TG) - Desertshore / The Final Report Scott Walker - Scott 4 / 'Til The Band Comes In / Climate Of Hunter Wire - Chairs Missing / 154 Erik Satie - Piano Music (p: Peter Lawson) V/A A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind (compiled & mixed by Amorphous Androgynous) - Vol 3: The 3rd Ear / Vol 4: The Wizards Of Oz Electricity: A Brief History Of Future Sound (Mojo)
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Dog in fog 317 posts |
Edited Feb 26, 2023, 10:44
Feb 26, 2023, 10:19
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Fairport Convention - What We Did On Our Holidays Jane - Together Angel Witch - 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Bonzo Dog Band - Tadpoles. US version, with track A6 changed from "I'm The Urban Spaceman" to "Ready-Mades" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OelZyzXZBHk Daevid Allen + Euterpe / Brainville - Bananamoon Obscura 1 & 2. A x2 CD album compilation set, DA with Euterpe - Studio Rehearsal Tapes 1977; and DA, Hugh Hopper & Pip Pyle as Brainville - Live In The UK 1998 Mellow Candle - Swaddling Songs "Boulders On My Grave" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDETBXD_DeI Andy Irvine / Paul Brady - S/T Skara Brae - S/T The Bothy Band - Live In Concert Planxty - Between The Jigs And The Reels: A Retrospective. "The Pursuit Of Farmer Michael Hayes" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gALzgM7YGRE Superb V/A - MOJO presents Island Folk V/A - Acid: The Final Frontier - The Sixties To Seventies - In Search Of Space x3 CD box set. Cheap set on the Dressed To Kill label bought in the 90s. Mostly live - many of the greats featured - with the odd very rough version but I like lo fi, so don't mind. Quite enjoyable, but outrageous CD covers. Youtube Michael Hanly / Mícheál O'Donnell (aka Mícheál Ó Domhnaill agus Mick Hanly) - Celtic Folkweave The Bothy Band, live footage 1976 "Old Hag You Have Killed Me / Dinnie Delaney's / Morrisson's" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgXwIIHAmaw + "The Laurel Tree" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dzJ_qC2tHE So good Víg Mihály & Víg Sára: Koncert a Lumenben, Budapest 2022, live footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Nrpa1vZEc&t=314s
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Popel Vooje 5373 posts |
Edited Mar 02, 2023, 18:50
Feb 26, 2023, 11:13
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SUSS - s/t Glyders - Maria's Hunt Drugdealer - The End of Comedy The Wisdom of Harry - Stars of Super 8 George Brigman and Split - I Can Hear The Ants Dancing Trio - Da Da Da V/A - Where the Action Is (Los Angeles Nuggets) V/A - End of the Road 2023 Spotify playlist
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Feb 26, 2023, 12:54
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Kate Bush - Lionheart Kate Bush - Live At Hammersmith Odeon David Bowie - Let's Dance David Bowie - Tonight David Bowie - Never Let Me Down Tin Machine - Tin Machine Tin Machine - Tin Machine II The Kinks - Think Visual The Kinks - UK Jive The Kinks - Phobia The Moody Blues - Octave The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager The Shangri-La's - Myrmidons Of Melodrama The Shirelles - As, Bs, Hits & Rarities 1958-1962 Wet Leg - Wet Leg Sparks - Sparks Sparks - A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing Sparks - Kimono My House Sparks - Propaganda Silvery - London Metal Úath - Úath Jon & Vangelis - Private Collection Julian Cope - 20 Mothers Bee Gees - Trafalgar
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Feb 26, 2023, 16:00
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Ghost- Hypnotic Underworld Traffic- John Barleycorn Must Die Arborist- An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeroes Chaz Knapp & Mariel Roberts- Setting Fire To These Dark Times Fursaxa- Mycorrhizae Realm Immaterial Possession- Mercy of the Crane Folk Whenyoung- Paragon Songs Modern Cosmology- What Will You Grow Now Camera- Prosthuman (danked edition remixes) Anne Briggs- The Time Has Come
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LeeHarveyIsInnocent 48 posts |
Feb 27, 2023, 01:20
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"Brahms Third Racket" Sybil Fawlty hates this!
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Monganaut 2382 posts |
Feb 27, 2023, 12:37
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Not a lot this week Coil - Persistence is All Wasn't gonna pick this up as I have a few audience recordings of it already (one being my own) but Thipe cleaned this one up really well. You can actually hear the lyrics to the tracks, which most live recordings I've heard muddy somewhat. The line " Do you believe in dentists, anaesthetists and gas" gave me a chuckle. Holger Czukay and U-She - The New Millennium Ozric Tentacles - Strangeitude/ Jurassic Shift Brainiac - Attic Tapes Tappa Zukie - MPLA Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies The Liminanas - Electrified (Best Of) Various Artists Bound for Hell; On the Sunset Strip Strain, Crack and Break Vol:2 Germany Have a better one. x
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