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1001realapes 2389 posts |
Edited Nov 12, 2023, 07:25
Nov 12, 2023, 07:24
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Jethro Tull - This Was (mono) Jethro Tull - Stand Up Jethro Tull - Benefit Jethro Tull - Benefit Associated Recordings 1969-70 Jethro Tull - Aqualung (A Steven Wilson Remix) Jethro Tull - Aqualung Associated 1970 & 1971 Recordings - A Steven Wilson Stereo Remix Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (A Steven Wilson Remix) Jethro Tull - The Château D'Hérouville Sessions (A New Steven Wilson Stereo Mix) Jethro Tull - A Passion Play Jethro Tull - War Child (A Steven Wilson Remix) David Torn - Cloud About Mercury The Irish Rovers - The Unicorn Art Farmer - Baroque Sketches / The Time and the Place Clifford Brown - The Best of Clifford Brown, The Blue Note Years Blodwyn Pig - Getting to This Genesis - Wind & Wuthering Forrest Fang - The Lost Seasons of Amorphia V.A. - Gravikords Whirlies & Pyrophones
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Nov 12, 2023, 09:28
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This week’s listens: Dire Straits ‘Live at the Rainbow 1979’ - highlight of their new ‘Live 1978-1992’ box, featuring the original lineup on the eve of megastardom. There’s true energy here that got lost in their later years; The Beatles ‘Now and Then’ - I’m indebted to Flash for pointing out that the slide guitar on this track was played by Paul, not George as I’d thought. I’ve now watched the mini-doc about the song and that, along with repeated hearings, has made me reassess it. Whilst I still don’t consider it a bona fide Beatles song (ditto ‘Free As A Bird’ and ‘Real Love’ for that matter), I am coming round to it as a very decent effort in its own right, and I’m glad all concerned have worked so hard on it. Lovely vid too: made me quite emotional! The Beatles ‘1962-1966’ - well, I got suckered into buying this with the promised new mixes of most of the tracks, all of which I already own umpteen times over, but… I’m glad I did. Most sound better than ever, except for ‘She Loves You’ which seems a little muddy to my old lugs. Great, expanded track selection though; Mike Oldfield ‘Hergest Ridge’ - I was interested to read Keith A’s take on this, which encouraged me to dig it out too - with great enjoyment. I’ve loved HR for years: it’s eerie beauty places it slightly ahead of ‘Tubular Bells’ (no Piltdown Man nonsense here) and even ‘Ommadawn’ in my affections. I prefer the ‘Boxed’ mixes of all three by the way, especially where HR is concerned. Do give HR another try, Keith: I think it may grow on you; The Damned ‘Music for Pleasure’ - much maligned sophomore album that I’ve always preferred to their debut. It’s a shame that the two-guitar lineup didn’t last; Van Morrison ‘Accentuate the Positive’ - OK, I’ll try. This features uptempo R&B classics performed with appropriate verve and style. That the vocalist’s high notes sound a little, er, random at times is of no real consequence. Best played six or seven tracks at a time to avoid musical indigestion. Will that do? Budgie ‘Bandolier’ - the best UK power trio of the Seventies still sound great to my aging ears. Rifferama, as my favourite band of that decade may describe it; Simple Minds ‘Themes Vol.1: March 79 - April 82’ - ace comp of extended and alternative mixes from Simple Minds’ most inventive period; Lefty Frizzell ‘Life’s Like Poetry’ (Disc 1) - Lefty’s earliest records bear a charm that bely their 70-odd years. And I know few sides as foot-tappin’ as these; Charley Pride ‘Music in my Heart’ - a rewarding return to form for Pride's 2017 recorded swan song. RIP; Marc Johnson ‘Shades of Jade’ - dreamy jazz vibes perfect to watch the waves by… or at least, that’s what I did; Dave Brubeck Quartet ‘Jazz Impressions of Japan’ - groovy, dreamy, and joyous; Stephan Micus ‘To The Evening Child’ - Micus furrowed his own improvised take on “world music” long before that awful term was invented. This is typical of his vast back catalogue: slow, meditative vibes ripe in ethereal beauty; Just Music S/T - those who think of a generic ECM sound would be surprised to hear the label’s second ever release: two side-long slabs of avant garderie veering between uneasy solemnity and apeshit chaos. Easy listening this is not, but… it’s got an indefinable something about it; Beethoven: Piano Sonata no.14 ‘Moonlight’ (Wilhelm Kempff) - Kempff’s 1960 recording, falling between his complete mono and stereo cycles, has tremendous impact in the final movement, balancing the shimmering calm of the first. This is truly stellar Beethoven playing; Beethoven: Piano Sonata no.8 ‘Pathetique’ (Arthur Rubinstein) - great as Rubinstein was, Beethoven was not his forte, at least as far as this heavy handed 1947 recording indicates. His Chopin, however… Mozart: Violin Sonatas K 377, K 454 & K 526 (Friederike Starkloff & Jose Gallardo) - a CD that offers pure pleasure, both musically and interpretively; Beethoven: String Quartet no.13, Op.130 (Chiaroscuro Quartet) - the third release in the Chiaroscuro’s ongoing Beethoven Quartet cycle sees their customary attention to detail matched by a genuine feel for the spirit of this wonderful music. They really are a fabulous young combo; Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (Garrick Ohlssohn/Grand Teton Orch/Sir Donald Runnicles) - two strong, powerful performances, unashamedly old school in approach; George Lloyd: Symphony no.6 (BBC Northern SO/Edward Downes) - Lloyd specialised in immediate and approachable music in an age of atonality, and was underrated as a result: a great shame. This 1980 premiere performance presents a short and appealing work that stays in the mind long after hearing; Bruckner: Symphony no.7 (Czech PO/Lovro von Matacic) - magisterial vision of an epic symphony; Mozart: Divertimento in B flat, K 287/Sibelius: Tapiola/Brahms: Symphony no.4 (all BPO/Herbert von Karajan) - most of Karajan’s late digital remakes received tepid critical reaction on their release, unfairly I think. I was pleased to see this Tapiola as the recommended library version in the latest ‘Gramophone’, so maybe the tide has changed. The Mozart, by the way, is irresistible; Bach: Motets (Gaechinger Kantorei/Bach Collegium Stuttgart/Helmut Rilling) - uplifting choral music from another age; Debussy: Etudes (Steven Osborne) - more from Osborne’s new album of Debussy piano music, impeccably played and recorded. And that’s my lot. Enjoy your week, all Dave x
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Hunter T Wolfe 1710 posts |
Nov 12, 2023, 11:41
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Since I last did one of these: Astral Son- Mythos Coma Girls- Crystal Pistol The James Clark Institute- Under The Lampshade The Bevis Frond- An Introduction To... Emma Anderson- Pearlies Volksempfanger- Attack Of Sound Infant- Sigla Sone Smokey Angle Shades- Let Go Of The Past Siouxsie & The Banshees- Juju The Fall- The Collection The Sisters Of Mercy- Floodland The Boomtown Rats- S/T Material Issue- International Pop Overthrow The Moody Blues- In Search Of The Lost Chord The Bee Gees- Best of Status Quo- Golden Hour Clifford T Ward- Mantel Pieces James Last- Non-Stop Dancing 1974 V/A- Incident At A Free Festival V/A- When The Alarm Clock Rings V/A- Indie Top 20 Volume 3
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Nov 12, 2023, 12:52
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Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality Black Sabbath - Vol 4 Scott Walker - Scott 4 Füxa - 3 Field Rotation Füxa - Very Well Organized Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Mercury Rev - The Secret Migration Mercury Rev - Hello Blackbird Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark - History Of Modern Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark - English Electric Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark - The Punishment Of Luxury Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase Van Der Graaf Generator - The Aerosol Grey Machine Van Der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other Van Der Graaf Generator - H To He, Who Am The Only One Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Bee Gees - Sing & Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs Bee Gees - Spicks & Specks Bee Gees - Turn Around Look At Us Bee Gees - 1st of Arrowe Hill - A Few Minutes In The Absolute Elsewhere of Arrowe Hill - 1914-1918 Paul Simon - Paul Simon The Underground River - Nocturama: Vistas Of Sombre (my favourite recommendation from one of the last Address Druidons. Double concept album inspired by memorial monuments and the old battlefields of Europe, brilliantly done in a DIY post-punk style). The Beatles - Now And Then (bought the 7" single and it is particularly pleasurable to play on this format, with its Apple label and rich arrangement leaping out of the grooves. Stops at just the right time with a perfectly resolved ending).
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garerama 1118 posts |
Nov 12, 2023, 19:45
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Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs / Barrett Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off, Baby / The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot Coil - Stolen & Contaminated Songs / Unnatural History / ... and the ambulance died in his arms / The New Backwards Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind & Body / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin-To-Die / Carousel Ballroom 14-02-68 Eric Dolphy - Out There / Outward Bound / The Illunois Concert The Doors - S/t / The Soft Parade / Morrison Hotel / LA Woman Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left / Bryter Layter / Pink Moon Ian Dury - The Best Of (Repertpoire 1995) Bob Dylan - Freewheelin' / Live 1964: Concert At Philharmonic Hall The Fugs - Tenderness Junction / It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest / Golden Filth John Martyn - Sunday's Child / One World Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots / The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady / Mingus (x5) Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show / Arial Ballet / Arial Pandemonium Ballet Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Ov Biospheres & Sacred Grooves / Obsidian Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation / Zeit / Atem Television - Adventure / Live At The Old Waldorf 1978 Throbbing Gristle - Giftgas / The Second Annual Report / Journey Through A Body / The Taste Of TG Trees - The Garden Of Jane Delawney / On The Shore (2cd) Trees Community - The Christ Tree XTC/ The Dukes Of Stratosphear - 25 O'Clock / Skylarking / Psonic Psunspot Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo / Waka/Jawaka / Apostrophe' / Overnite Sensation V/A - Max's Kansas City: New York New Wave
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keith a 9574 posts |
Nov 12, 2023, 21:47
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Netherfield Works EP – Craven Faults The Love Invention – Alison Goldfrapp Everything Is Wrong - Moby From The Lion's Mouth – The Sound Unicorn – Tyrannosaurus Rex
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