What's the last al*** you have bought?

Hey Helen,

nice to see you in this neck of the woods!

Herman

Oh, the last music I bought came in the mail this morning: Schumann by Wilhelm Kempff and Beethoven by Artur Rubinstein (sorry, can't help it. I do not do rock).

This week I be mainly listening to
Duran Duran- Rio/7 @ the Ragged Tiger
Elton John - Ice on Fire
Tomita - Pictures at an Exibition
Godley @ Creme - Goodbye Blue Sky
Dooby Bros - The Captain @ Me/takin it to the streets.
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
Level 42 - Running in the Family
Tommy Smith - 12" single.(have to dig the SP25 out)
This weeks charity shop offerings
Plus 2 Runrig CDs from HMV sale.

Howard

[This message was edited by BigH47 on WEDNESDAY 05 March 2003 at 13:28.]

Today I got

Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Faithless - Reverevce and Sunday 8PM
Both Cheap in HMV
Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix Collection.

HMV have a good sale on at present, I had to drag myself out before I spent too much

Regards

Stewart

r.e. factory records

Thanks David, I'll check it out.

Today, a bit quiet, so only :

Danni Minogue - Put the Needle on it
Danni Mingoue - Put the needle on it rmx
Death in Vegas - Scorpio rising rmx

DS

Req - Sketchbook
Chris Morris - Blue Jam

Which were both in the Warp Sale, so I got...

V/A Advanced Listening Opportunity

for free. The Prefuse73 track is dope.

Also got

Antipop Consortium - Antipop VS Matthew Shipp

Queen Pre-ordaned,
awfull recordings on most tracks,but some great early stuff
I can hear music being my favourite
Alan

Recently, here in Sweden, the upper three spots on the charts have been a collection with Stevie Wonder, a collection with Aretha Franklin and Nora Jones. Not exactly what teenagers are supposed to buy!

I'm not a teenager so Stevie W and Aretha F fitted perfectly as I have very little with them.

Prefer Arethas music, it's more "go in to the studio, nu messing around, just sing your heart out"

JohanR

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Alan

I've not heard of this. Is it an import? if not what's on it, I'm a bit of a queen fan, is it live stuff or what??

Thanks

greeny

Arrived yesterday:

Lambchop - Nixon
Peter Gabriel - Up
Scott Walker - TILT

I love Lambchop's "is a woman", but Nixon is initially less impressive. Only played it once, hopefully it will burn in.

Peter Gabriel's "Up" sounds ok but will hold judgement until I've played it a few more times.

Scott Walker - TILT. This was a recommendation from Messrs Dale, Dever and Winston. Thank you very much. It's superb. Quite a modern sound, almost operatic in parts, reminded me a little of Laurie Anderson. I bought this sooner than I wanted because I have the feeling that it is going out of print....

Regards,

Brian OReilly

Today's additions to the fold :

Luomo - Waltz for your eyes
The Brotherhood of Structure - We are family
The Brotherhood of Structure - The Mixture
Various Artists - Leichtes Horen
Oliver Bondzio - Portrait of a Masterpiece
Mescalinum United - We have arrived 2003

DS

OTD - Perry & Rhodan - The beat just goes straight on and on (Straight on & on & on & on & on mix)

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Originally posted by JohanR:
Recently, here in Sweden, the upper three spots on the charts have been a collection with Stevie Wonder, a collection with Aretha Franklin and Nora Jones. Not exactly what teenagers are supposed to buy!
I'm not a teenager so Stevie W and Aretha F fitted perfectly as I have very little with them.
Prefer Arethas music, it's more "go in to the studio, nu messing around, just sing your heart out"

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Prefer Aretha's music to whose? Norah's? Dig it or not as you please, but that's exactly how she made her album.

Well I bought the latest Nirvana compilation on vinyl. Very nice...

Also Morcheeba's Charango - hope it's better than that awful album before it.

Jay

New this week:-
Calexico- Feast of Wire
Afro Cult Sound System - Volume 2
Rippingtons - Kilimanjaro (vinyl)

Howard

Eric Bibb - 'Natural Light'. Still in the wrapper as yet.

"All systems are perfectly designed to get the results they get."

Purchased yesterday :

Jack Kerouac - Poetry for the Beat Generation
Jack Kerouac - Blues and Haikus
Jack Kerouac - Readings
Rawhill Cru - Mo' Fire
David Thomas - The Sound of Sand
David Thomas - Variations on a Theme
David Thomas - More places Forever
David Thomas - Monster walks the Winter lake
David Thomas - Meadville
Dom & Roland - Dynamo / Adrenalin

Looking forward for a spin round Berwick Street in the week.

DS

OTR - Classic FM - Mozart

Do Make Say Think: & Yet & Yet
Buck 65: Square
Cat Power: You Are Free
Husker Du: New Day Rising
Max Tundra: Mastered By The Guy At The Exchange

David.
Where did you get the Kerouac Cd's from ?
Interested in getting hold of some of his readings on CD. any you can especially recommend?

Nick

Nick,

It was a tatty remaindered item from HMV in Reading - The www.hmc.co.uk site sells a box set for £55. www.amazon.com have them for $45. I understand there is also a DVD ' The King of the Beats' (No, not the Run DMC or the Mantronix version)

I would try Selectadisc / Rough trade ?

I have read some of his books (On the Road, natch), and my rekindled interest sparks from listening to a couple of WS Burroughs audio books whilst driving around. I like listening to Radio 4 in the car, as well as music, and spoken word is an interesting change.

Mekon -

And do say make think - very chilled, but strangely difficult to hum.

Husker Du - good stuff, although for me Land Speed Record / Zen Arcade saw them climb the hill, New Dawn / Candy Apple Grey saw them come down off their peak

DS

ITC Danni Minogue - I begin to Wonder

Cheers, I'll prolly get my missus Zen Arcade next. She's reliving her indie-kid college days, although, primary-school days is nearer the mark. She would have been 9 when New Day Rising came out .

Fred wrote:

"Prefer Aretha's music to whose? Norah's? Dig it or not as you please, but that's exactly how she made her album"

I meant to Stevies!

Another interesting thing with these two collections is that they clearly shows how sound quality on "popular" recordings have declined through the years.

JohanR

David,
Always had a soft spot for Kerouac. I've just read his books up until now; never heard his voice. Going to order some stuff from Djangos.com and Amazon. Don't know how much you've read but my favourite so far is 'Dharma Bums'. I've got Burroughs's 'spare ass annie' on CD and really enjoy listening to his readings; THAT voice is fabulous.

As an aside though my favourite spoken word recording by far is Laurie Anderson's 'stories from the nerve bible'... Completely mesmirising storytelling. Recommended!
Nick

All of half an hour ago I bought;

One Kill Wonder - The Haunted
When Fire Rains down from the Sky, Mankind will reap as it has sown - Anaal Nathrakh (bit of a mouthful that one...)
So Long Astoria - The Ataris

Gary

Public Face, Private Face - Quiet City.

I know little about this, but am intrigued by the Blue Nile connection.

Today's acquisitions :

Coil - Live Four Prague, Vienna, Autumn 2002
Anthony Rother - Elixir of Life Parts 1 - 10


Other matters

I really rate WSB reading his own books. It is a shame that he didn't do my favourites like the Place of Dead Roads and the Western Lands (or at least as far as I know)

Laurie Anderson - I have focussed on the music albums, United States Live etc. I will look into her spoken word. What I would like is a DVD of United States to get the visual impact as well.

DS