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1001realapes 2389 posts |
Edited Oct 15, 2023, 06:36
Oct 15, 2023, 02:01
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Steeleye Span – The Lark In The Morning - The Early Years (disc 1) The Coral - The Invisible Invasion The Coral - Roots & Echoes The Coral - Butterfly House The Coral - Distance Inbetween The Coral - Move Through the Dawn The Coral - Sea of Mirrors The Pigs - Youthanasia EP Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation Deuter - Aum Jethro Tull - This Was (mono) Jethro Tull - Stormwatch (Steven Wilson Remix) Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast Front Page Review – Mystic Soldiers Tomorrow - st (mono) Forrest Fang - Forever Cascades Delius ; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley – Delius Orchestral Works
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Oct 15, 2023, 09:31
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This week, the quiet sanctity of my front room was invaded by: Joy Division ‘Unknown Pleasures’ - the progression from ‘An Ideal For Living’ to this epic debut LP seems incredible with hindsight. Doubtless Martin Hannett played a major role, but these songs still speak for themselves; Dream Theater ‘Black Clouds & Silver Linings’ - Mike Portnoy’s final DT album remains their best: awesomely hard, tight and exhilarating. And its limited covers disc is a gas: a truly blistering take on ‘Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, Part II’ for example; Peter Hammill ‘Roaring Forties’ - atypically hard rocking opus from Hammill; Edgar Froese ‘Aqua’ - when I listen to synthesiser music from the early 70s, I’m struck by how inventive its protagonists were given the limitations of their tech. ‘Aqua’ is a good example of maximum creativity and imagination that still, to my ears at least, sounds great. As does Peter Baumann ‘Romance ‘76’ - at times a bit too TV science programme themeish perhaps, but very easy on the ear; Southern Empire ‘Another World’ - mightily impressive new album by these Aussie prog masters; Julian Cope ‘Fried’ - not many 1984 albums sound as fresh as this nearly four decades on; Led Zeppelin ‘The Song Remains The Same’ (orig 1976 movie) - which still gives me the same full on rush it gave me as a fifteen year old. For all its faults, rock’n’roll films never came better. Not a bad band, either; The Who ‘Live At Leeds’ - still one of the most powerful live records of all time. I wan’it, I wan’it, I wan’it, I wan’it, I waaaan’it… ; Soft Machine ‘Other Doors’ - a potential album of the year? Maybe; The Beatles ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ - which has become so ubiquitous over the decades that its originality is easily ignored. Listening to it now (and I mean listening) I’m flabbergasted at how much was created from the primitive tech of the time. Of course, this wouldn’t matter if the songs had been substandard. That certainly wasn’t the case here; Neil Young ‘Arc’ - Shakey’s easier listening cover of Lou’s ‘Metal Machine Music’ (well, maybe) is just as effective for causing mayhem on digital juke boxes. Clear bars in seconds with this; Neil Young at Farm Aid 2023 - just one man and four songs rendered perfectly. Don’t miss this; Boz Scaggs ‘Fade Into Light’ - classy blue-eyed soul from a master of the craft; XTC ‘A Coat Of Many Cupboards’ - specifically the first disc with all the ace ‘White Music’ and ‘Go 2’ outtakes on it. Let’s have fun; Dave Brubeck Quartet ‘Newport 1958’ - when I’m feeling blue, I reach out for brew - sorry, Bru. This keeps me (just about) sane; Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck ‘The White House Sessions’ - well, if you dig either of these icons as much as I do, you’ll dig this; Pat Metheny Group ‘Travels’ - it’s hard to believe that forty years have passed since I first heard this, still the definitive Metheny album for me. Rock? Naah. Jazz? Sorta, but… in truth, unclassifiable. Let’s just call it… excellent; Sonny Rollins ‘Volume Two’ - the one with the sleeve that Joe Jackson ripped off, and when a LP sounds this good it’s easy to see the urge to imitate; Charlie Rich ‘Behind Closed Doors’ - the sheer class of Rich’s vocal delivery outweighs any blandness of his late period material. Rich indeed; Schoenberg: Variations on a Recitative, Op.40 (Martin Souter) - powerful - surprisingly tonal -.work by Schoenberg, performed on the very Princetown organ which inspired it. A fine memorial to Souter, one of Britain’s greatest organists; Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture/Mozart: Piano Concerto no.20 (w.Rudolf Serkin)/Brahms: Symphony no.4 (all LSO/Claudio Abbado) - before succeeding Karajan at the Berlin Phil, Abbado had a fruitful relationship with the LSO. These fine DG recordings exemplify their symbiosis; Mozart: Symphonies 39 & 40 (Norwegian Radio Orch/Petr Popelka) - invigorating new recording that brings all the innovations of these sublime late Mozart works to the forefront. I can’t recall a recording of no.39 that made me smile as much. And believe me, little does these days; Schubert: Rosamunde Overture/ Liszt: Piano Concerto no.1 (w.Ringeissen)/Beethoven: Symphony no.8 (all Dresden PO/Kurt Masur) - prime charity shop find, this. The Liszt is especially well done; Beethoven: Symphony no.1 (Orch del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Zubin Mehta) - oh dear. One of the dullest recordings of Ludwig’s First I’ve ever heard. I hope the rest of the set’s better or I’ve just wasted twenty-odd quid; Stop press: Beethoven: Symphony no.4 (as above) - this is better, especially the tenderly rendered Adagio. The Fiorentino orchestra isn’t the most refined ensemble but they play this from the heart; Dvorak: Requiem (Soloists/Prague Phil Choir/Czech PO/Karel Ancerl) - benchmark recording of one of the greatest choral works in all music. Ancerl experienced more than his fair share of tragedy in his relatively short lifetime and you can’t help feel him uniquely qualified to interpret a fellow countryman’s emotions as convincingly as this. Does anybody remember laughter? Toodle-pip Dave x
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garerama 1118 posts |
Oct 15, 2023, 11:06
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Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love / 50 Words For Snow Alice Coltrane - Tunya Sings / Divine Songs Julian Cope - Cope's Notes #4: Black Sheep / England Expectorates / Robin Hood David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name Miles Davis - Workin' / Steamin' / Miles Ahead / Ascenseur pour l'échafaud / Milestones Dr John - Night Tripper / Babylon Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left / Made To Love Magic Bob Dylan - Planet Waves / Blood On The Tracks / Desire Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports Harold Budd/ Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Gong - Magick Brother / Camembert Electrique Harmonia - Live 1974 / Documents 1975 / '76 - Tracks & Traces (with Eno) Judy Henske & Jerry Yester - Farewell Aldebaran Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert / The Survivor's Suite Joy Division - Warsaw / Still / High Wycombe Town Hall 20-2-80 Kaleidoscope (US) - Bacon From Mars (Edsel comp LP) Roxy Music - S/t / For Your Pleasure The Smiths - The World Won't Listen / Strangeways, Here We Come Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space / Let It Come Down Taj Mahal Travellers - August 1974 Richard & Linda Thompson - End Of The Rainbow (An Introduction comp) Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants / Beaucoup Fish Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones / Rain Dogs / Frank's Wild Years Jane Weaver - Loops In The Secret Society / Flock DE Stevie Wonder - Music Of My Mind / Talking Book Frank Zappa/ Mothers Of invention- MOFO (Making Of Freak Out!) / Absolutely Free / Lumpy Gravy / We're Only In It For The Money / Mothermania
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Oct 15, 2023, 14:43
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Elton John - Regimental Sgt Zippo Elton John - Empty Sky Elton John - Elton John Scott Walker - Scott Espers - Espers II Espers - Espers III The Kingsbury Manx - Ascenseur Ouvert! The Kingsbury Manx - The Bronze Age Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me Yo La Tengo - Painful Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura Yo La Tengo - Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo Elvis Presley - Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis Elvis Presley - Promised Land Elvis Presley - Today! Elvis Presley - From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee Elvis Presley - Welcome To My World Elvis Presley - In Demand Elvis Presley - Moody Blue Elvis Presley - Elvis In Concert Elvis Presley - Gold Records Vol. 5 Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless Thomas Dolby - Blinded By Science Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth Thomas Dolby - Aliens Ate My Buick Flying Saucer Attack - Flying Saucer Attack Flying Saucer Attack - Distance Flying Saucer Attack - Further Flying Saucer Attack - Chorus Ornette Coleman - This Is Our Music Ornette Coleman - Ornette! Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz Ornette Coleman - Ornette On Tenor The Coral - Sea Of Mirrors The Coral - Holy Joe's Coral Island Medicine Show Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark - Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark Brian Wilson - No Pier Pressure Brian Wilson - At My Piano Lambchop - Aw Cmon/No You Cmon
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Oct 15, 2023, 17:18
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Been listening to every Cope solo CD I own in the last few weeks. What a journey of 40 years. My Nation wasn't that bad... Rome wasn't burned in a day and Dark Orgasm seem to have stood the test of time some 20 years later... Self civil war and to a lesser extent England Expectorates still show that Cope has got it in the 2020's. There's a bit of a gap in my collection between those last 2 periods mind you - which I'm not so convinced about. Then of course Fried,WSYM, Peggy Suicide, Jehovahkill and 20 mothers have always appealed. Elsewhere it has been: Clannad - Legend The Comet is Coming - Channel the spirits. 2/3 of this band form Soccer 96 of course who are also great. Comet on Fire - Avatar. Got there via Ben Chasny who doesn't do much wrong IMO Clinic - Walking with Thee Some selections from Spotify: Ibrahim Maalouf - Illusions I believe in my Mess - Do unto others Blonde Redhead - 23, Sit down for dinner and misery is a butterfly. I have decided i don't much care for them. I had to be thorough though!
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Monganaut 2382 posts |
Edited Oct 16, 2023, 13:12
Oct 16, 2023, 13:06
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Brainticket - Psychonaut Only just noticed that there's a bit from Radagaucca that Nurse With Wound inspired/nicked for his track Yagga Blues. The Black Dog - My Brutal Life There was one of those bandcamp listening parties for this. Enjoyable enough, but I still prefer the stuff they were banging out around 2014 (think my fav of the time was the Sound of Sheffield EP series). David Jay Cock - Hold/Star/Return Dunno how I came across this, but it's a nice enough ambient pop record. Reminds me of earlier Bibio albums, and another artist of the time whose name escapes me. https://davidajaycock.bandcamp.com/album/hold-star-return Can - Delay 1968/Future Days Hawkwind - Palace Springs 1991 Coil - Presents Time Machines/ Unatural History III Found a tranch of old Peel tapes that I've been slowly working through from the mid 90's onwards. Some good stuff, some not so good. He had a few sessions from Finnish ensemble Pan Sonic who seemed to revel in that minimal/micro tech nonsense and were quite revered at teh time. Enjoyed the session well enough (well it was just hardcore style drum noise really, like a stipped back Drexia or Distorted Waves of Ohm) anyhoo, thought I'd delve further and found a few live shows on youtube. Gotta say, on the strength of these shows, glad I didn't delve further. Used to enjoy quite a lot of 'out there' stuff, but maybe I've found my limit with these guys. Seems to me to be a a lot of chin stroking and rectum staring. I used to work in a print works many moons ago, a lot of the various machinery sounded like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpOqZFN_3m8 Keep on rockin'
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