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1001realapes 2388 posts |
Edited Feb 18, 2024, 04:30
Feb 18, 2024, 03:23
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Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans Yes - Relayer Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Just Coolin' Black Sabbath - st Can - Ege Bamyasi Can - Unlimited Edition Can - Cannibalism 1 Can - Live in Brighton 1975 (disc 2) Ambrose Akinmusire – On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song Allman Brothers Band - Beginnings Allman Brothers Band - A Decade of Hits 1969-1979 The Best of Eric Burdon & The Animals 1966-1968 Ramones - Road to Ruin Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign Bob Marley & The Wailers - Wail 'n Soul'm Singles Selecta Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son Popol Vuh – Brüder Des Schattens - Söhne Des Lichts Golden Earring - st
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Fitter Stoke 2612 posts |
Edited Feb 18, 2024, 09:03
Feb 18, 2024, 09:02
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If I ain’t dead already: Curtis Mayfield ‘New World Order’ - a quite miraculous achievement from a man paralysed from the neck down; UFO ‘Phenomenon’ - incredibly, fifty years old - and sounding far fresher than their 80s output. I’d take hard rock over heavy metal any day of the week, at least where UFO are concerned. In fact, the strongest songs on ‘Phenomenon’ are the more restrained ones IMHO; Kevin Coyne ‘Blame It On The Night’ - also a half century old: the third solo LP by one of the most edgy and unsung singer songwriters of his time or ever after. This didn’t even get a CD issue until well into the 21st century. This dude deserves all the posthumous recognition Nick Drake (rightly) has, and more; Van der Graaf ‘The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome’ - what a shame that this weird lineup made only one studio album. It’s a timeless belter, sounding fresh and new in its 2021 remaster; Billy Currie ‘The Brushwork Oblast’ - engrossing instrumental album veering between jazz and soundtrack music, but more engrossing than that inferred by my rather clunky description; The Beatles S/T (mono) - for most of my life, this has always seemed the epitome of “great single album stretched to a double” syndrome, yet hearing it for the n hundredth time this week I have to say I loved every minute. Yes, even the schmaltzy bits. And who is a mere mortal like me to question the White Album? Saxon ‘Hell, Fire & Damnation’ - metal by numbers, and all the better for it. Sometimes that’s all that’s needed; Tangerine Dream ‘Cyclone’ - their most divisive - and unrepresentative - album is decent if accepted on its own terms, i.e. not compared with its instrumental predecessors. For what it’s worth I really dig the proggy first side, even if I haven’t a clue what Steve Joliffe is singing about; Santana ‘Caravanserai’ - which I’ve finally “got” after over 40 years of owning and not really gelling with. Jeez, where was I? There’s some furious Latino fusion shit going down here, even if I could do without the sung bits. Really brought a dreary afternoon to life; John Coltrane ‘Blue Train’ - Trane at the end of his hard bop period, before things started to get more radical with his own classic quartet. Still damned fine jazz, mind - and Lee Morgan’s near-perfect trumpet solo on the title track deserves a thesis to itself. He also graces… Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers ‘Moanin’ - another classic Blue Note album from the period when that label could do no wrong. Even their sleeves were (and are) cool as owt. Here, every member shines: Bobby Timmons especially. Heroin took too many jazz musos too soon; Manfred Schoof Quintet ‘Resonance’ - fine 2CD comp of three JAPO LPs from 1977-80. Schoof has a Miles-like tone with better technique (i.e. less split notes) that suits this moody music to a T; Johnny Cash ‘The Man In Black’ - 1971 LP that gave the dude his moniker. A bit over-religious perhaps, but the vibe is good; Wagner: Rienzi Overture/Handel: Concerto Grosso ‘Alexander’s Feast’/Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.4 (w. Haskil) & Symphony no.9/Brahms: Haydn Variations (all cond. Carl Schuricht) - fine, straight down the line takes from an underrated German kapellmeister; Haydn: String Quartet Op.33 no.2 ‘Joke’ (Edinburgh Quartet) - a most pleasing performance, if that’s not damning it with faint praise; Brahms: Symphony no.2 (Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa) - the sadly departed Ozawa took a particularly loving view of Brahms’ most autumnal symphony in 1975. Not a library choice perhaps, but still very satisfying; Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op.10 no.1 (Bernard Roberts) - I’ve complete recorded cycles of the 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas by most of the acknowledged piano “greats”, but Roberts’ is one of the lesser acknowledged sets to which I turn for guaranteed pleasure. This is a good sample: an unaffected, enjoyable reading without exaggeration; Will you dance with me? Best Dave x
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thesweetcheat 6216 posts |
Feb 18, 2024, 11:55
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Two main repeat players this week, contrasting sides of 1977: Blondie - Plastic Letters Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile Otherwise: Frank Sinatra - Only The Lonely Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um V/A - The Roots of Psychobilly V/A - The Godfathers of Psychobilly V/A - Lemon Popsicles & Strawberry Milkshakes: The Original Girl Groups David Bowie (Manish Boys/The Lower Third) - Bowie 1965! EP V/A - Ain't Nothing But A House Party Blondie - Blondie Japan - Adolescent Sex Microdisney - Love Your Enemies Talking Heads - The Best Of The Stranglers - Greatest Hits 1977-1990 Aphex Twin - Cheetah EP Grasscut - Overwinter
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Hunter T Wolfe 1709 posts |
Feb 18, 2024, 13:34
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Haven't done one of these for a while, so let's see... this might be a month's worth. Robert Wyatt- Rock Bottom Steve Winwood- S/T Westworld- Where The Action Is The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band- Part Two Jane Weaver- Love in Constant Spectacle The Weather Prophets- Mayflower Wall of Voodoo- Dark Continent (there was a week or so when I could only get to the 'W' section of my LPs) Blitz Vega- Northern Gentlemen The Lunar Effect- Sounds of Green and Blue Richard E- Opening Scene Anton Barbeau- Morgenmusik / Nachtschlager (plus remixes) Spaceship- Structures Yin Yin- Mount Matsu The Dandy Warhols- Rockmaker Tom Paxton- Peace Will Come Michel Polnareff- Les Grande Chansons Melody Fields- S/T The Gun Club- Fire of Love The Virgin Prunes- A New Form of Beauty Martin Rev- S/T Royal Trux- Twin Infinitives Missing Persons- Spring Session M Iggy Pop- Avenue B The Doors- Alive She Cried Deep Purple- Made in Japan The Beach Boys- In Concert Steeleye Span- Now We Are Six Steeleye Span- Commoners Crown Neil Young- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Rare Bird- S/T Genesis- From Genesis To Revelation The Stranglers- The Raven The Church- Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars Yosa Peit- Gut Buster Pheromoans- Wyrdsearch
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garerama 1115 posts |
Feb 18, 2024, 19:08
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Acid Mother Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Iao Chant From The Cosmic Inferno The Advisory Circle - Other Channels / From Out Here The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds / Smiley Smile The Beatles - With The Beatles / A Hard Day's Night (mono) / Sgt Peppers (50th) / Magical Mystery Tour Can - Soundtracks / Unlimited Edition / The Lost Tapes / Live Rockpalast 1970 Don Cherry - Eternal Now / Brown Rice Donovan - Mellow Yellow / A Gift From A Flower To A Garden / Hurdy Gurdy Man Brian Eno - Discreet Music / Ambient 4: On Land / Apollo: Atmospheric Soundtracks Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness & Charm (DE 2cd) / Levitation (DE 3cd) Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus / Tujuana Moods Slowdive - Just For A Day / Souvlaki / Pygmalion Spiritualized - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light / And Nothing Hurt / Everything Was Beautiful Tuxedomoon - The Ghost Sonata Twink - Think Pink The Walker Brothers - Take It Easy With The Walker Brothers / Portrait / Images The Who - Sell Out / Who's Next
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flashbackcaruso 1057 posts |
Feb 18, 2024, 21:33
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Kate Bush - 1973 Demos/1976 Phoenix Demos Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Stevie Wonder - Looking Back Diana Ross & The Supremes - Greatest Hits Vangelis - See You Later Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire Jon & Vangelis - The Friends Of Mr Cairo Vangelis - Blade Runner David Bowie - Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) David Bowie - Let's Dance David Bowie - Tonight David Bowie - Never Let Me Down Eddie Cochran - The Best Of Gene Vincent - The Great Rocker The Moody Blues - Octave The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager The Shangri-Las - Myrmidons Of Melodrama The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead The Smiths - The World Won't Listen The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come Tortoise - Tortoise Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die Julian Cope - Saint Julian Julian Cope - My Nation Underground Bee Gees - Trafalgar
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keith a 9573 posts |
Edited Feb 18, 2024, 22:35
Feb 18, 2024, 22:31
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Novelty Waves (CDS) – Biosphere This 90's electronic number was my most played single/ep last year, pop pickers! Gorgeous George – Edwyn Collins The one with the BIG hit single (pretty much a perfect number in my book) and the excellent lengthy opener, Campaign For Real Rock. He could be a sarcastic bugger at times! Erratics & Uncomformities – Craven Faults Netherfield Works EP - Craven Faults Springhead Works EP - Craven Faults Nunroyd Works EP - Craven Faults Lowfold Reworks EP - Craven Faults Several hours worth of goodies on one cd set. Craven Faults have provided some of my favourite pieces of music in more recent times. Paranoid Ward EP – Patrik Fitzgerald Picked up a noisy old copy of this last year. It mightn't be great quality but nothing can detract from how good some of these songs are. Every Loser – Iggy Pop Some/quite a bit is too trad rock for me tbh but it has its moments. Translucence – Poly Styrene It's hard to put into words how much I loved the first three X Ray Spex singles back then (and still do actually). I fully intended buying Poly's solo LP when it got released but I heard it at my mates and thought it was a bit rubbish. I finally got a copy in more recent times hoping that it would make more sense to me after all those years. It didn't. I played it again this week and whilst the more benevolent side of me would say it's got a certain charm, in truth I was right the first time. It is a bit rubbish. International Times – Transglobal Underground Hard to believe that this is now 30 years old. Some great numbers here. Also... Wild & Lonely – Associates Now & Then (CDS) – The Beatles Fantasy Island - Clinic Glassforms – Bruce Brubaker / Max Cooper On Pain – Lloyd Cole This Years Model – Elvis Costello & the Attractions Glorious Game – El Michels Affair & Black Thought Broken English – Marianne Faithfull Let's Stick Together – Bryan Ferry Everything Ecstatic – Four Tet Duke Of York – Hox American Love Call – Durand Jones & the Indications Hello Happiness – Chaka Khan Straight Songs Of Sorrow – Mark Lanegan Behaviour – Pet Shop Boys Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret – Soft Cell Vega/Rev - Suicide The Needle Was Travelling – Tarwater Silver/Lead - Wire Hotter Than July – Stevie Wonder Granular Tales – The Woodentops
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Feb 19, 2024, 16:38
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Fitter Stoke wrote: Kevin Coyne ‘Blame It On The Night’ - also a half century old: the third solo LP by one of the most edgy and unsung singer songwriters of his time or ever after. This didn’t even get a CD issue until well into the 21st century. This dude deserves all the posthumous recognition Nick Drake (rightly) has, and more; Heard 'Learn to swim learn to drown' played by Gideon Coe a few months back and was really bowled over. Ended up finding The Peel Sessions on sale. Didn't mind Marjory Razorblade but wont be investing. Any other suggestions?
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Fitter Stoke 2612 posts |
Feb 21, 2024, 23:56
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Try ‘Matching Head and Feet’, one of Coyne’s more approachable LPs. It’s one I play quite often, and features a good pre-Police performance from Andy Summers. In fact, I rate pretty much all of Coyne’s Virgin era, nicely summarised on the ‘I Want My Crown’ box set which is a useful one-stop shop.
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Feb 29, 2024, 18:04
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Thanks Fitter
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