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1001realapes 2389 posts |
Edited Nov 26, 2023, 06:53
Nov 26, 2023, 06:39
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Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints Strawberry Alarm Clock - Wake Up...It's Tomorrow Strawberry Alarm Clock - The World in a Sea Shell Jethro Tull - This Was (mono) Jethro Tull - War Child (disc 2 of SDE) Jethro Tull - Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast Live Steeleye Span - The Lark in the Morning (disc 2) Aphrodite's Child - The End of the World Forrest Fang - Forever Cascades The John Coltrane Quartet - Africa/Brass o yuki conjugate - undercurrents in dark water Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant The Clash - st Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas OST Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard EP Krzysztof Penderecki, Nancy Van de Vate – Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima, Viola Concerto • Chernobyl, Concerto No1 For Violin And Orchestra V.A. - St. Louis Blues 1929-1935 (Yazoo 1030) |
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Fitter Stoke 2614 posts |
Edited Nov 26, 2023, 10:49
Nov 26, 2023, 09:26
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Crying won’t help you. Crying will do you no good: Aereogramme ‘My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go’ - the fourth and final album from the finest band ever to come out of Glasgow. C’mon guys, reform - I need more, and I’m sure I’m not alone; Kiss ‘Ikons’ - comp from a few years back that allocates a CD apiece to each original member, drawing from the 1978 solo albums as well as group tracks. And surprisingly it’s the Peter Criss disc that delivers the most, his gutteral voice shining through some of Kiss’ most unsung songs - and I don’t mean ‘Beth’. Mind you, Ace Frehley’s ain’t half bad either. His ‘Into The Void’ is a late period gem that got swamped on ‘Psycho Circus’, methinks; The Cure ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ - The Cure’s spiky debut album has always hit my pleasure button, in either its UK or US guises; in fact, I prefer it to their more acclaimed work. Their early singles still get my toes a-tapping; The Cure ‘Faith’ - this ain’t bad either, mind. Strangely uplifting in its depressing way; Wire ‘Pink Flag’ - can you think of any other single album with 21 uniformly fabulous tracks? Well can you? Led Zeppelin ‘Physical Graffiti’ - the first record of which is nigh-on perfect, the second patchier, but the whole just… phwoor. John Bonham: the only drummer to render comparison with anyone else futile. Talking of whom: Led Zeppelin ‘When The Levee Breaks’ - their greatest track, and the most awesome album closer EVER. Don’t argue; Steven Wilson ‘The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)’ - the only truly “prog” release of Wilson’s solo career carries its influences on its sleeve, but fuses them into a very individual whole; Rush ‘A Farewell To Kings’ - from that time when Geddy Lee’s voice was just on the wrong side of grating, but the music strong enough to withstand it; Tangerine Dream ‘Phaedra’ - not their best known album for nothing. This just seems to improve with each passing decade, and always sounds fresh. Play loud; The Beatles ‘Rubber Soul’ - with just one semi-clunker (‘Michelle’), this is my fave Fabs album, especially in mono. Beep beep beep beep yeah; Guy Garvey ‘Courting The Squall’ - that Guy’s solo album sounds much like an Elbow release isn’t surprising. That it’s at least as good as one IS. Took a few plays - and nine years - to really hit me, mind; Fotheringay S/T - no other lady’s voice soothed, moved and cajoled more than Sandy’s, especially around 1970 when this wonderfully downbeat album was crafted; John Foxx ‘London Overgrown’ - music to lower the blood pressure. Well, it does mine; Van der Graaf Generator ‘Still Life’ - hard to pick this as Hammill’s greatest achievement amongst at least ten other contenders, but it leaves me so exhilarated I can’t think of a finer one. Doubters: stream ‘La Rossa’ and tell me I’m wrong; Hank Williams Jnr ‘Strong Stuff’ - well, not that strong actually, but ok in its pre-“new country” sort of way; Debussy: Images (Boston SO/Michael Tilson Thomas) and Poulenc: Organ Concerto (Simon Preston/Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa) - two excellent recordings streamed on WCRB last night. I discovered the channel quite by accident, and I’m glad I did; Poulenc: 3 Mouvements perpétuals & Napoli Suite (Arthur Rubinstein) - the recordings may be ancient, but the artistry is undiminished. Lovely music, beautifully rendered by a piano legend; Brahms: Violin Sonatas (Tasmin Little & Piers Lane) - other recordings may be more profound, but Little and Lane really bring out the beauty in these scores; Beethoven: Andante favori, WoO57 (Alfred Brendel) - Beethoven’s rejected first thoughts for his ‘Waldstein’ second movement makes a lovely listen in its own right, especially under Brendel; Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op.31 no.2 ‘Tempest’ (Wilhelm Kempff) - played last night, on what would have been Kempff’s 128th birthday. Intensity without histrionics but with taste: that was his greatness; Rudolf Serkin ‘The Lost Tapes’ - newly unearthed recordings of two more Beethoven sonatas, played with all the wisdom of Serkin’s years yet with dexterity and panache quite unbecoming of an old man. Mean value in terms of playing time, but artistically worth every penny. I’ve never heard a better ‘Waldstein’, and to confirm it I played Bernard Roberts, Brendel, Schnabel, Barenboim, Solomon and Kempff in the same work: all good to great, but this “new” Serkin really has something special; And the tap drips (drip drip drip drip drip) Good vibes to all Dave x
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flashbackcaruso 1058 posts |
Nov 26, 2023, 15:25
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The Dream Academy - The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy Black Sabbath - Never Say Die Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap Elton John - Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John - The Captain & The Kid Yo La Tengo - There's A Riot Going On (the loud guitars make a welcome return after the unassuming and underwhelming There's A Riot Going On, but somehow this isn't as memorable as earlier YLT classics) Pet Shop Boys - Introspective Liza Minelli/Pet Shop Boys - Results The Walker Brothers - No Regrets The Walker Brothers - Lines The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights Scott Walker - This Is How You Disappear Scott Walker - Scott On Screen Cardiacs - The Seaside Cardiacs - Songs For Ships & Irons Cardiacs - A Little Man & A House & The Whole World Window Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity Thompson Twins - Here's To Future Days Thompson Twins - Close To The Bone Amp - Astralmoonbeamprojections The Apples In Stereo - Science Faire Bee Gees - Horizontal
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spencer 3071 posts |
Edited Nov 26, 2023, 16:07
Nov 26, 2023, 15:27
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Lambchop - Flotus Tangerine Dream - Poland/ Le Parc (saw them in Manchester recently… current lineup fine by me. Enjoyed) Associates - Sulk Yin Yin - The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers … nice Alfa Mist - Structuralism/ Antiphon Brinsley Schwarz - s/t Badbadnotgood - BBNG2 Kolyma - Exit Strategy Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music Vieux Farka Toure + Khruangbin - Ali Solar Fields - Formations Skinshape - Nostalgia Ahmad Jamal - Tranquility Pharaoh Sanders - Pharaoh/ Kazuko - Live in an abandoned tunnel (YT) Hugh Mundell- Mundell ‘85 Allah-Las - s/t Lee Perry - Roast Fish and Cornbread Liquify - Lost In Time Morphine - The Night Joni Mitchell - Archives Vol 3 Isley Brothers - 3+3 V/A - Essiebons Special (1973-84) Various steam engines - Steam on the Lickey … another time: atmosphere to the max. Play loud Buckethead - Beautiful Moments That Last (new track on YT)
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garerama 1118 posts |
Nov 26, 2023, 16:21
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Don Cherry - Organic Music Society / Brown Rice Cocteau Twins - Treasure / Tiny Dynamine EP / Echoes In A Shallow Bay EP / Victorialand / The Moon & The Melodies (with Harold Budd) Alice Coltrane - Huntington Ashram Monastery / Journey In Satchidananda / Live At The Carnegie Hall 1971 Julian Cope - Rite At Ya / John Balance Enters Valhalla / Robin Hood / Copes Notes #5: A Modern Antiquarian Dope - Dope On Drugs / Village Idiot Dope Faust - S/t / The Faust Tapes The Freak Scene - Psychedelic Psoul The Fugs - It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of Onion / The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (mono) Nico - Chelsea Girl / The Marble Index / Desertshore / The End The Velvet Underground & Nico -S/t Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show / Arial Ballet / Arial Pandemonium Ballet Psychic TV - N.Y. Scum Haters / Live In Reykjavik / A Real Swedish Live Show Radiohead - OK Computer / Kid A / Amnesiac Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon Rotary Connection - Songs / Hey Love Pharoah Sanders - Anthology: You've Got To Have Freedom Simple Minds - Life In A Day Siouxsie & The Bansees - The Scream / Join Hands Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements (DE) / Emperor Tomato Ketchup (DE) / Turn On / Aluminum Tunes The The - Soul Mining / Infected 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of ... / Easter Everywhere / A Love That's Sound / Bull Of The Woods Frank Zappa/ Mothers - Lumpy Money / Hot Rats / The Grand Wazoo V/A/ Amorphous Androgynous - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 2: Pagan Love Vibrations / A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 3: Third Ear
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Monganaut 2382 posts |
Edited Nov 27, 2023, 11:14
Nov 27, 2023, 11:13
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Roedelius - Tape Archive Essence 1973?-?1978 Some top noises included here. https://roedelius-official.bandcamp.com/album/tape-archive-essence-1973-1978 Faust - Tapes, Ravvivando Cluster - Cluster II, Zuckerzeit Vanishing Twin - Afternoon Exchange Coil - ANS, Moons Milk In Four Phases, Remote Viewer, Comp of Comps (Self CDr) Einstürzende Neubauten - Strategies....Vol 2-4, Halber Mensch Did they ever get better than Halber Mensch? Not as far as I'm concerned. Martin Rev - The Sum of Our Wounds (Cassette Recordings 1973-85) https://martin-rev.bandcamp.com/album/the-sum-of-our-wounds-cassette-recordings-1973-85 Slayer - Reign In Blood When you're in a certain kinda mood do you even need another thrash album! Stick with the best, all killer, no filler. Nik Turner - Space Ritual live 1994 How I wish I'd seen one of these shows, great sounds and musicianship, with a band consisting of such luminaries as Helios Creed Hawkwind alumni Del Dettmar and Alan Powell and even Psychic TV's Genesis P-Orridge. Great mix of Turner Calvert and Hawkwind classix. https://nikturnermusic.bandcamp.com/album/space-ritual-1994 Plastikman - Musik Disrupt - Foundation Bit Simple Minds - Sister Feelings Call Broadcast - Maida Vale Sessions Keep keepin' on!
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