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1001realapes 2388 posts |
Edited Dec 24, 2023, 17:53
Dec 24, 2023, 04:35
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Coltrane – The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings (disc 1 of 8) Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash Sings The Ballads of The True West Johnny Cash - Everybody Loves a Nut The Tarriers – A Live Performance Recorded At "The Bitter End" Greenwich Village, New York City Peter Gabriel - Music from the film Birdy Peter Gabriel - So Peter Gabriel - Long Walk Home, Music from The Rabbit-Proof Fence Peter Gabriel - i/o (Bright-Side Mix) Kiss - st Julian Cope - Rite2 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Part One Forrest Fang - The Oort Cloud Meditations Sonny Boy Williamson (1) - Blue Bird Blues Seiji Ozawa, Ligeti / Ichiyanagi / Takemitsu / Xenakis, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony · Hiroshi Wakasugi · Yuji Takahashi – Orchestral Space (Atmospheres / Life Music / Arc / Strategie)
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Fitter Stoke 2612 posts |
Edited Dec 24, 2023, 09:21
Dec 24, 2023, 09:16
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Tryin’ to make some changes: Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri ‘Stone To Flesh’ - well good album from 1995 with some stellar guest axeing from Steven Wilson. Plenty of PT and Japan-like vibes throughout, unlike The Dolphin Brothers ‘Catch The Fall’ - Jansen & Barbieri’s second post-Japan collaboration was a much poppier affair, with plenty of focus on Jansen’s pleasing (if no match for his brother’s) vocals; Southern Empire S/T - quality prog metal from the other side of the world. Nothing earth-shatteringly original, but diehard prog heads will dig their three albums to date. One track lasts thirty minutes. Well, if you’re gonna nail your colours to the prog mast, don’t hold back! UFO ‘Force It’ - there’s a common misconception that rock in the pre-1976 years was guilty of being over-elaborate and boring. This album is a rare case for the defence. Quality hard rock like this defies age and genre boundaries; Uriah Heep ‘Chaos & Colour’ - Heep’s 2023 sound has much of the same organ and guitar dominance that defined them, though only Mick Box remains from their halcyon days. Can’t help but enjoy this, however predictable it sounds most of the time; Neil Young ‘Harvest’ - ‘Alabama’ aside, for some reason this didn’t connect with me this week. Can’t explain why; Iggy and the Stooges ‘Raw Power’ (Bowie mix) - fifty goddamn years old, and still miles ahead of everything else. If you’re alone and you got the shakes; Peter Hammill ‘The Future Now’ - Hammill in stripped down, post-band mode, on a record I’ve loved since my teen years. Who else would rhyme “lemmings’ with “Hemmings”? Slade ‘Nobody’s Fools’ - between their glam heyday and their metal resurgence, Slade’s songwriting was at its bravest - but few cared. This 1976 album is far more varied and interesting than you’d expect. I feel an Unsung review in my water; Richard Thompson: Tyne Theatre, Newcastle 19/6/23 - Richard caught acoustically earlier this year, quietly blowing up a storm as only he can; Vince Guaraldi Trio ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ - the only popular Xmas music that I can tolerate. Hell, that's putting it mildly: I absolutely LOVE this; Bobby Naughton ‘The Haunt’ - free improvisations on vibes, trumpet and reeds that are far more engrossing than you’d imagine; Anthony Hammond ‘Une Nuit de Noel’ - lovely album of seasonal Parisian music played on the organ of Cirencester Parish Church. Highlight is Marcel Dupre’s stellar ‘Variations sur un Noel’, Op.20 which really shakes the rafters. Far more festive than Noddy or Shaky; Thomas Laing-Reilly ‘Adeste Fideles - Organ Music for Christmas’ - more of the above, this time from the organ of St Cuthbert’s Church in Edinburgh. This one’s highlight is Cochereau’s ‘Variations on Adeste Fideles’. Burst your woofers with that mother, oh ye faithful; Bach: Motets (Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmut Rilling) - sublime choral music that doesn’t require religious faith to be moved by. Nor does Brahms: Marienlieder, Op.22 & Mathias: Ave Rex, Op.45 (BBC Singers/Simon Joly) - proper seasonal music devoid of whams, mariahs, shakeys and bandaids; Franck: Violin Sonata (Tasmin Little & Piers Lane) - a performance so good you wish that Tasmin hadn’t retired so early. The music is sublime, too. Honey, we’re goin’ down in history. If it means anything to you, have a happy thingmy. Dave x
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flashbackcaruso 1057 posts |
Dec 24, 2023, 12:31
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Bridget St John - Thank You For... Pentangle - Solomon's Seal Steve Ashley - Stroll On Steve Ashley - Speedy Return Trader Horne - Morning Way Midwinter - The Waters Of Sweet Sorrow Stone Angel - Stone Angel Dr Strangely Strange - Kip Of The Serenes Dr Strangely Strange - Heavy Petting Dr Strangely Strange - Halcyon Days The Watersons - Frost & Fire Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas Brian Wilson - What I Really Want For Christmas The Beach Boys - Merry Christmas From The Beach Boys Elvis Presley - Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift For You The Monkees - Christmas Party Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years Windy & Carl - Introspection Elton John - Live At Hammersmith Odeon 22/12/73 Elton John - Live At Hammersmith Odeon 24/12/74 The Flaming Lips - Christmas On Mars
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garerama 1115 posts |
Dec 24, 2023, 13:04
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Alternative TV - What You See ... Is What You Are (split LP with Here & Now) / The Radio Sessions The Good Missionaries - Fire From Heaven The Beloved - Happiness Harold Budd - Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirrors (with Brian Eno) / The Moon & The Melodies (with the Cocteau Twins) Can - Monster Movie / Delay 1968 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Lick My Decalls Off, Baby / The Spotlight Kid John Coltrane - Stellar Regions / Expression / Infinity Fleet Foxes - S/t Jellyfish - Bellybutton King Crimson - Islands / Larks' Tongues In Aspic Midwinter - The Waters Of Sweet Sorrow Stone Angel - S/t Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus / Tijuana Moods The Only Ones - S/t Psychic TV - Force The Hand Of Chance / Themes / Dreams Less Sweet / The Full Pack / Those Who Do Not / Themes 2 / Pagan Day Public Image Ltd - Metal Box / Paris In The Spring The Smiths - S/t / Strangeways, Here We Come / The Sound Of ... (2cd) Swans - Children Of God / Feel Good Now / World Of Skin / The Burning World / White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity / Love Of Life / The Great Annihilator / Soundtrack For The Blind Universal Panzies - Trancendental Floss Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology / Flock (deluxe) V/A Echoes From The Mountain (Rif Mountain) Ghosts From The Mountain (Village Thing 1970-1974) Oak, Ash & Thorn (Folk Police) Weirdlore (Folk Police)
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