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1001realapes 2388 posts |
Edited Jan 14, 2024, 06:49
Jan 14, 2024, 06:48
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Motörhead - Sacrifice Motörhead - Motörizer AC/DC - DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP Chrome - The Visitation Chrome - Read Only Memory (mini-album) Chrome - Live data feed 21 August 1981 The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Circle - Andexelt Sonny Boy Williamson 1 - Blue Bird Blues Little Walter - The Essential Little Walter (2cd) Gabrielle Roth and The Mirrors - Ritual KISS - ALIVE! Kiss - Rock and Roll Over Kiss - Love Gun Bach - Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert – Ouvertüren - Orchestral Suites Nos. 1 - 2 - 3
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flashbackcaruso 1057 posts |
Jan 14, 2024, 08:18
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John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and the Invisible Strings - Some Time In New York City Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender Joanna Newsom - Ys Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me Aphrodite's Child - End Of The World Aphrodite's Child - It's Five O'Clock David Bowie - David Bowie David Bowie - Space Oddity David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World David Bowie - Singles A's & B's 1964-71 David Bowie - BBC Sessions 1967-70 V/A - The Perfumed Garden - Vols. 1-5 V/A - This Is Psychedelia Elton John - Jump Up Elton John - Too Low For Zero Elton John - Breaking Hearts ABBA - Ring Ring ABBA - Waterloo ABBA - ABBA ABBA - Arrival ABBA - The Album The Yarbirds - Heart Full Of Soul: The Best Of... Robin Gibb - Robin's Reign Robin Gibb - Sing Slowly Sisters Barry Gibb - The Kid's No Good Maurice Gibb - The Loner Bee Gees - 2 Years On
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Fitter Stoke 2612 posts |
Edited Jan 14, 2024, 10:10
Jan 14, 2024, 10:09
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My heart’s in the highlands: Man ‘Slow Motion’ - like the Grateful Dead (to which they’re often compared), Man was best heard in a live context. This, however, was a particularly fine studio set; David Bowie ‘Divine Symmetry’ (Disc 1) - these precious ‘Hunky Dory’ demos make an excellent album in their own right; Slayer ‘Reign In Blood’ - because, every now and then, even an old sp*cked twat like me needs a mosh; Peter Hammill ‘From The Trees’ - seven years have now passed since Peter quietly unveiled his last all-new album of self-compositions. A shame, because this is as individual and moving as any of his more intense work, solo or otherwise. I hope his health sustains; John Foxx ‘Avenham’ - inspired by a Preston park but sounding much more romantic, this is another of Foxx’s instrumental albums that washes over the listener like pure spring water. Listen on headphones, close your eyes and immerse yourself in its beauty; John Foxx ‘Cathedral Oceans’ - comments as above. Luscious. No-one comes close to Foxx in this genre-free sound world; not even Eno; Bob Dylan ‘Time Out Of Mind’ (2022 remix) - although I’m a little older than Bob when he made this excellent record, I can now more readily identify with its world weary, mortality-aware vibe. And its great sound, especially in the latest mix; Bob Dylan ‘Fragments’ - like the aforementioned Bowie release, the outtakes and alternative versions from the last named make for a fine album in themselves; Pip Pyle’s Bash! ‘Belle Illusion’ - Pyle’s last band was in his established mould: memorable and melodic jazz rock without histrionics. You’re missed, Pip; Uriah Heep ‘Chaos & Colour’ - quality hard rock in the classic Heep mode. No surprises, but who listening to this would want them? One obligatory clunking ballad aside, this rocks; Simple Minds ‘Empires & Dance’ - I try to dig Simple Minds’ recent efforts but always fall back on their early work. This is their peak for me; John Mayall ‘Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton’ - the young Mr Clapp had so much more edge than the older one, didn’t he? Kirsty MacColl ‘See That Girl’ (selections) - one of those rare box sets I can dip into at random and always be satisfied with what I hear. Her music hasn’t dated, and I doubt it ever will; Robert Wyatt ‘Rock Bottom’ - beyond criticism. No debate necessary. Fifty fucking years old. No; Waylon Jennings ‘Waylon and Company’ - a bit too 1983 in places (you know what I mean) but, with that voice, I keep listening. Duets only emphasise how good Waylon sounds; Waylon Jennings ‘Good Hearted Woman’ - this 1972 album needs no excuses, however. This is prime Waylon in great voice with great songs in great sound; Wishbone Ash ‘Blue Horizon’ - 2014 album strong on riffs and melody, meh on vocals. I wish Andy and Martin would sort out their differences; Sonic Youth ‘Daydream Nation’ - my go-to Sonics album. Definitive; Arild Andersen ‘Celebration’ - Andersen heading some ace big band arrangements of ECM catalogue highlights. His take on Keith Jarrett’s ‘My Song’ is particularly fine. The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra are more than up to the job; Urs Leimgruber ‘Lugano’ - Marilyn Crispell’s ever lyrical piano provides an essential link with Anthony Braxton’s similar sounding free ensemble of the 1980s. This is free playing as fresh and intriguing as that ground-breaking quartet; Sibelius: The Oceanides and Symphonies 1 & 4 (Finnish RSO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste) - very individual, sometimes romantic, sometimes frantic takes on Sibelius from an obscenely cheap box set I’ve just acquired. More to follow; Boieldieu: Caliph of Baghdad & White Lady Overtures/Nielsen: Helios/Varese: Arcana (Jean Martinon) - played on the 114th anniversary of this underrated conductor’s birth, and proof that there was so much more to his art than sublime Ravel or Debussy; Beethoven: Symphonies 3 (BPO/Raphael Kubelik) & 8 (Cleveland/Kubelik) - a more measured take on the Eroica than Karajan’s with the same orchestra, as fine in its own, delicate and considered, way. The Eighth is beyond criticism, i.e. just right; Beethoven: Symphony no.4 & Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra (Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan) - HvK’s most considered recorded take on this symphony is not always to its advantage. But his Bartok is revelatory, far superior to his Berlin versions. The finale had me swirling round my front room like the deranged maniac I am; Beethoven: Coriolan Overture/Hindemith: Cello Concerto (w. Tortelier)/Krejci: Serenade for Orchestra (all Czech PO/Karel Ancerl) - I enjoyed these recordings very much. Ancerl was a wonderful conductor; Vaughan Williams: Symphony no.6 (BBC SO/Sir Adrian Boult) - 1975 live recording even more incisive than Boult’s studio takes. VW doesn’t come more intense than this; Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture/Haydn: Symphony no.101 ‘Clock’/Wagner: Siegfried Idyll/Brahms: Haydn Variations/Beethoven: Symphony no.5 (all NYPO/Arturo Toscanini) - recordings from 1929-36 exhibiting the verve and incision of Toscanini. The Beethoven Fifth, a live recording from 1933, is exceptional; Debussy: Pour le piano (Martin Jones) - music to lose my sorry self in. Oh dear me. Heavens above. Please stop. I can’t stand it. Love ya Dave x
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thesweetcheat 6216 posts |
Jan 14, 2024, 11:05
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Mostly been on a 60s pop trip this week: The Byrds - Original Singles 1965-1967 The Byrds - The Byrds Play Dylan The Four Tops - Motown's Greatest Hits The Kinks - The Singles Collection The Monkees - 16 Greatest Hits The Rolling Stones - The London Years Singles Collection V/A - Jon Savage's 1965: The Year The 60s Ignited V/A - Jon Savage's 1966: The Year The Decade Exploded V/A - Jon Savage's 1967: The Year Pop Divided Kraftwerk - Ralf und Florian Tangerine Dream - Atem Harold Budd - The Serpent (In Quicksilver) My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss EP Epic45 - Spring
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Monganaut 2381 posts |
Edited Jan 14, 2024, 15:08
Jan 14, 2024, 15:01
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Modern Nature - No Fixed Point In Space On first hearing this last year I thought it was a bit of a fart in a windtunnel, it;s so fey it's barely there, but when insomnia rules, I've come to find it deeply soothing. Deffo one for headphones. Beautiful record. https://modernnature.bandcamp.com/album/no-fixed-point-in-space Population II - Electrons Libres de Quebec French Canadian psychsters second long player. Can't say it's a s good as the last LP, but it does have it's moments C'tau Boute being onhttps://population2.bandcamp.com/track/ctau-boutee of them. Jesus and Mary Chain - Sunset 666 (Live Hollywood Palladium) Don't think I've ever heard them so good live. Great set too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gphJLc_gq1w&list=PL8WryaCfRrqJkDN7Reuc_x8Tv0YYlOKXs Walter Wegmuller - Tarot 4CD I've only got youtube to compare to sound quality wise, but I gotta say this remaster and remix sounds mighty fine to my rather ancient and losing the top end ears. Perfect tune in or zone out sounds. Coulder made more of the cover etc... but guess it's a digital repro sans cards of the original. Tony Conrad/ Faust - Beond The Dream Syndicate William Shatner - Ponder the Mystery (revisted) I've a massive soft spot for Shatners wry delivery and the proggy sounds of this vaguely Zodiac Cosmic Sounds vs The Trip vibe of this record. If you skim the various digital tv channels you can see he's stepped into Spocks 'In Search Of' shoes with the amount of mystery/supernatural content he contracted to front. https://williamshatner.bandcamp.com/album/ponder-the-mystery-revisited Mort Garson - Journey To The Moon and Beyond Yeah, it's cheesy as fuck, but I've got a soft spot for most of Garsons daffy electronic plinkings. https://mortgarson.bandcamp.com/album/journey-to-the-moon-and-beyond Thomas Leer/ Robert Rental - The Bridge Had a bit of a Leer/Rental moment this week or so. Loads of interesting content and interviews up on UTwat. Love that most of this album is two Wasp synths, guitar, bass voice and tapes. Less is deffo more. Mind you, Leers more recent stuff isn't too shabby either. https://futurehistoric.bandcamp.com/album/emotional-hardware Eric Random – Subliminal 1980-1982 (comp) See above. Think early Random got closest to the beloved (by me) Cabs paranoid musics vibe *thugh that coulbe be the mallinder /Kirk collabs mixed up in the shuffle). Recent collection on vinyl of above album. A Boy Alone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOH1AoVjGPc Second Layer - Courts Of Wars Could this sound further from the band The Sound? Post punk electronics and guitars make a meaty mix. https://secondlayer.bandcamp.com/album/courts-or-wars Dub Syndicate - Fear of a Green Planet. 1998 album gets the 2024 treatment. Deffo seems an uptick in the O-U-Sound/Sherwood front in teh last year or two. Which is only a good thig to me, means I can reaquaint/tune in again to their unique take on dub and beyond. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9S48lQP1is Cope - Peggy Suicide (deluxe) Don't ever get bored of this. Missed out on his Robin Hood release sadly, was hoping a family member (Yes you Jess!) was gonna pick it up for me for X mas, ho hum. It is up on UTwat, so I have heard it, and it's deffo his best in ages. Various - God Unknown Records singles club Vol:1 Toppity good selection of modern psych and beyond. https://godunknownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/singles-club-volume-1 Various - Burn on the Bayou: A Heavy Underground Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival Some fun takes on the CC catalogue here, deffo worth $7 or more of your dosh. https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/burn-on-the-bayou-a-heavy-underground-tribute-to-creedence-clearwater-revival Here's hoping you miss the future snow. Keep well and warm.
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garerama 1115 posts |
Jan 14, 2024, 20:20
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The Beatles - Sgt Peppers (50th) / Sessions 1962-1969 The Birthday Party - Junkyard David Bowie - Young Americans / Station To Station / The Leon Suites / Slinky Secrets (Outside tour rehearsals) / Outside In Budapest / BBC Radio Theatre 27-6-00 / Toy / All Saints / Blackstar Philip Glass - The Low Symphony John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (mono) / Ole / Coltrane (1962) Julian Cope - Rite / Raveolution / Woden / Rite At Ya / Copes Notes #4: Black Sheep / Cope's Notes #5: The Modern Antiquarian / Robin Hood Black Sheep - Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse Brain Donor - Love, Peace & Fuck The Focus Group - Sketches & Spells / Hey Let Loose Your Love / We Are All Pan's People / Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age (with Broadcast) Children Of Alice - S/t Goat - Oh Death / Medicine The Incredible String Band - Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending / Changing Horses Madness - Divine Madness Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance / Dub Housing The Police - Outlandous D'Amour / Regatta de Blanc Lou Reed - Transformer / Berlin The Watersons - Early Days / Frost & Fire / Green Fields White Noise - An Electric Storm Jah Wobble - The Legend Lives On ... Jah Wobble In Betrayal The Young Gods - T.V. Sky
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Hunter T Wolfe 1709 posts |
Jan 15, 2024, 11:28
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Slaughter Joe & The Modern Folk Quintet- All Around My Hobby Horse's Head Roy Wood- Boulders House of All- Continuum John Langford & The Bright Shiners- Where it Really Starts Tom Paxton- Peace Will Come Wishbone Ash- S/T Todd Rundgren- Something / Anything? Dana Galvanski- Late Slap The Telescopes- Growing Eyes Becoming String Creation Rebel- Dub From Creation Creation Rebel- Close Encounters of the Third World
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Kid Calamity 9047 posts |
Jan 15, 2024, 11:50
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Hunter T Wolfe wrote: Roy Wood- Boulders I've always thought of Roy Wood as a criminally overlooked major talent.
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Hunter T Wolfe 1709 posts |
Jan 15, 2024, 11:57
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Kid Calamity wrote: Hunter T Wolfe wrote: Roy Wood- Boulders I've always thought of Roy Wood as a criminally overlooked major talent. Absolutely. I think in the UK, we're happy to mythologise US artists who make brilliant pure pop records (Brian Wilson, Alex Chilton etc.) but are a bit snobbish or dismissive when it comes to homegrown pop geniuses like Wood (not that there are many geniuses like him in any neck of the, er, woods).
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LeeHarveyIsInnocent 48 posts |
Edited Jan 15, 2024, 15:28
Jan 15, 2024, 15:22
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Hunter T Wolfe wrote: Kid Calamity wrote: Hunter T Wolfe wrote: Roy Wood- Boulders I've always thought of Roy Wood as a criminally overlooked major talent. Absolutely. I think in the UK, we're happy to mythologise US artists who make brilliant pure pop records (Brian Wilson, Alex Chilton etc.) but are a bit snobbish or dismissive when it comes to homegrown pop geniuses like Wood (not that there are many geniuses like him in any neck of the, er, woods). Agreed about Roy Wood, that first Move album is incredible, and then the 70s stuff! Love some Beach Boys & Alex too. I saw Chilton playing 2 glorified pubs in Edinburgh in the 90's, rammed though they were. And that was after then-hotshots TFC had given him major props (or major rip-offs). And R.E.M. too, of course. He didn't play any Big Star, but that situation is unimaginable if he was still around. A movie always helps getting the "normies" interested ('Nothing Can Hurt Me'), though, check out Rodriguez - after 'Searching for Sugar Man' - he sold-out major venues across the World. Before that he was virtually unknown. The Nightingales are far more popular now after the 'King Rocker' movie, and rightly so. But I saw them play to 12 people a few years before that came out. The Replacements will go stratospheric if 'Trouble Boys' the movie ever gets made. A movie about how they fucked up every chance they got will finally turn them into successes! I think what I'm saying is, we need a Roy Wood movie!
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