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

EJL

I've got the Stooges, MC5 and Sonics on sundazed, and very good they are too. The Byrds reissues are excellent also. Try the Stooges' self-titled album also.

But the Sundazed version of Love's "Forever Changes" is lousy - caveat emptor and all that.

Kevin

Howe Gelb - "The Listener" : Its a Howe Gelb album so its difficult to describe especially as as well as his normal influences (alt.country, hints of jazz, blues, peyote and sunstroke) he's been hanging out with some random Scandanavians. The result is quite brilliant though.
http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/g/gelbhowe-listener.shtml

My Morning Jacket - "At Dawn" : Lazy, bluesy alt.country which sounds exactly like how I imagine Lousiville, Kentucky from where they come.
http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/my-morning-jacket/at-dawn.shtml

Mark Eitzel - "the ugly american" : Eitzel covers his own and American Music Club songs with a famous Greek musician and traditional Greek instruments. Sounds odd but typically gorgeous and affecting and packed full of Eitzel's brilliant songwriting.

Drive Like Jehu - "Yank Crime" : Recently re-issued indie rock classic with some bonus tracks. Rough and ready but quite brilliant.
http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/drive-like-jehu/yank-crime.shtml

Lewis Parker - "Its All Happening Now" : Big up for the South London posse.
http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/parker_lewis/its-all-happening-now.shtml

Secret Machines - "September 000" : An odd mixture of drugs, pop and electronics. Counfounding at tmies but its best moments of easily outweigh its hit and miss noodling sections.
http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/secret-machines/september-000.shtml

Matthew

The Blood Brothers - "Burn, Piano Island, Burn" : Fantastic hardcore album with which to frighten your teenage nephew next time he turns up and sits about brooding in his Slipknot t-shirt. Highly recommended assuming you're not the sort put off by snarling guitars, screaming voclas and frantic drumming played at 100mph.
http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/blood-brothers/burn-piano-island-burn.shtml

Matthew

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But the Sundazed version of Love's "Forever Changes" is lousy - caveat emptor and all that.

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Darn, I just ordered it two days ago. Oh well.

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The Blood Brothers - "Burn, Piano Island, Burn" : Fantastic hardcore album

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Matthew, have you heard their earlier releases? I'm asking because I have "March on Electric Children" and I really don't like it; completely tuneless screaming and not much else. Since their new album is getting a lot of good press, it seems that either they've changed their tune (or rather, found one), or I'm getting too old.

Cheers,
Eric

Today's Arrivals:

Scattered Order - Dancing Foot and Praying Knee
Pankow - Play the Hits of the Nineties
Pankow - Touch
Pankow - Remember Me

Nick L - For Hardkiss sound, Try the complilation 'Delusions of Grandeur' (You may have it, I don't know) Also on a similar vibe is Tranquility Bass, with many releases under thier wide belt, including the classic 'Cantamila'.


NIck L & Kevin - Did you get the 'Rough Power' reworkings / pre-production versions of Raw Power - quite interesting. Many people have not forgiven David Bowie for de-bollocking the Stooges on the released version. I think Iggy should go back with Ron Ashton & the later Stooges rhythm section into the studio and re-record the LP in modern widescreen sound - Steve Albini producing. Any takers ?

Also, news that Lingo B is mended and ready to collect!


DS

OTD - Psycho Drums - Acid Page 7-12

Eric,

No I haven't heard their earlier stuff. There is quite a lot of screaming and the album is certainly uncompromising but far from tuneless. There even finish with a slow number (sort of).

Anyway there are some short audio samples on Amazon which should help. "Amulance Vs Ambulance" is the "radio friendly" single.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000089RVV/qid=1049477437/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/102-6994717-3480138?v=glance&s=music&n=507846#product-details

Matthew

Yesterday :

Kid & Khan - Goo Goo Muck
Karamasov - Fengan Nemo
Consolidated - Guerrillas in the Mist
Human Imagination - Do you love me ?
B Movie - Polar Opposites
Stockholm Monsters - Miss Moonlight
Ultrahigh - Revenge of the Mayan Gods
Circuit Breaker - Overkill
Pole - 45/45
Discocaine - Keep On (Mike Delgado mixes)
Various Artists - Jack to Phono
Kelli - Kids (Jagz Kooner mixes)
Psychaos - Chaos to order
Mike 303 - Make your body turn around
Laughing Buddah - If you think you're Psykik
Bitstream - Radiotherapy
Fourtet - She moves me
James Yorkston & the Athletes - St. Patrick
Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag (Richard Kirk mixes)
Aphex Twin - Donkey Rhubarb
Asia 2001 - Curalyne
Z-Plane - Hopium
Psychick Warriors of Gaia - Obsidian (remixes)
Paradise 3001 - Long distance call to heaven
BBE - Hollywood
Killing Joke - Pandemonium remixes
Loop - Black Sun
Khan - Ride Me
Dance 2 Trance - Hello San Fransisco
God's Brain - Virtual Love
Mark Tyler - London let's 'ave yer!
DJ Yanny & the Paragod - Initialize
Terry Lee Brown Jr. - Magic Chord Reception
Van Basten - Uber Alloy
Space Cadet - Third Wave
Aqua Fortis - Equinox
Warmduscher 1 - auf die fresse!
Elegia - Snapshots
Readymade - Dynamo
Mindscape - Two Minds
Kelis - Good Stuff (Junior's Tranatlantic rmx)
Lemon Sol - Environmental Architecture
Zero Gravity - Medicine Man
A.C. Marias - Time Was
Psychic T.V. - Live in Heaven (Kevin was this the show you went to? or the TG one?)
Richard Pihnhas - L'Ethique
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Concert Program
The Tubes - White Punks on Dope
Roman Flugel - Tracks on Delivery
Harold Budd - Lovely Thunder
Bruce Gilbert - OvO
John Hassell - City
Baby Ford - Ford Trax
Bill & Ben - South of the River
Hawkwind - Friends and Relations
Hoodlum Priest - Heart of Darkness
System 7 - 777
Paul Johnson - Second Coming
Psychic TV - Towards the Infinite Beat (Gatefold sleeve version)
Hawkwind - Independent Days
Radio Birdman - Radio Birdman
Laurie Anderson, WS Burroughs, John Giorno - You're the guy I want to share my money with
The Mover - Frontal Frustration
Pulseprogramming - Tulsa for One Second
A.R.E. Weapons - A.R.E. Weapons
Can - Prehistoric Future
Pankow - The Rose Bush - an arch conservative with cruel thorns

DS

OTD - We are Structure - The Brotherhood of Structure

David -

Love the Nag Nag Nag remixes. Agree about Raw Power also.

Odd coincidence re Loop - I bough Wolf Flow on Saturday!!! (that's my collection completed).

Are you into Main at all?

Also on Saturday -
Tomas Koner - Nonatak Gongamur (CD)
Michael Prime - Aquifers CD (to replace lost copy).

Kevin

In preparation for the imminent arrival of an Ittok, and much needed service of my LP12...

On Vinyl

The Pogues: If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Money Mark: Push The Button (One of my favourite, so had to have the Vinyl)
Spiritualized: Royal Albert Hall
Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out
Schumann: Piano Concerto Spring Symphony
Bach: Organ Music (The Silbermann Organ at Ebersmunster)
Debussy: L'apres-midi d'un faune (prelude) and Images For Orchestra
Beethoven: Overtures Leonore 1,2, &3, Ballet Music, and King Stephen (The Klemperer Edition)
Cat Stevens: Tea For The Tillerman
Cannonball Adderley & Ernie Andrews: Live Session!
Charlie Mingus: His Final WOrk
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 2, 4, & 5

And on CD

V/A: Whatiswrongwithgroovin

On today's expedition...

Various Artists - Novamute 2CDs & Mp3s
Arovane - Minth
Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar Remixes
Various Artists - Neue Berliner Initiative
Zorn - Eckermann
Sonic & silver - Rocket Launcher
Einstuerzende Neubaten -Fuenf Auf Der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala
Sven Vath - Works ep
Imitation Electric Piano - Trinity Neon
Kraftwerk - Organisation
Harry K - The Reluctant Barber
Mosquito - Midnight & Risk
Madrid - remixes ep
Wire - Buzz Buzz Buzz live live live
Jeff Mills - At first sight
Client - Price of love
Meteboman - Lommse teil 3
Densel & Huhn - Time is a good thing
Biochip C - My House
Isolee - It's about
Dirty Hospital - Rottenrow
Fastgraph - Site Survey
Tuxedomoon - Tales from a New World (never heard of this one before!)

Traipsed all the way out to Old Street to go to Smallfish, as is the way with independent shops, it was all shut up. They keep odd opening hours, seemingly based on how good last night was! Oh well, I will have to get the Sunn (((O)))) elesewhere!


Kevin, yes I also follow Main, Scorn, Godflesh, Techo Animal, Spacemen 3, Nightmare Lodge, Lustmord, Maschinzeimmer 412, and many other dark ambient / drone rock ensembles.

Now, how are all you Naim CD player owners going to play the new breed of combined CD / MP3 or MP3 only discs like the Novamute one above? In the PC only ? Can Naim update the O/S like the copy protection glitch?

DS

OTD - The Rapture - Out of the Tracks and on with the race.

Cat Power: What would the community think.

I've got permission to have a root through the basement of a charity shop this afternoon. Fingers crossed for some bargains.

Vinyl:

Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love
Hendrix - Blue Wild Angel
James Brown - Sex Machine
Nirvana - Nevermind

Waiting to arrive - ordered 2 weeks ago, simplyvinyl website

Peter Tosh - Legalize It
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Leftfield - Leftism
Mantronix - King of the Beats(12" Single)

Pullen/Adams Qtet - Song Everlasting (Bluenote)

Hampton Hawes - Green Leaves of Summer (Contemporary)
Hampton Hawes - Seance (Contemporary)

Charlie Parker - Dial Masters (Lovely 3 LP box set from Spotlite with facsimile of original covers and signed by Russell Ross himself (1 of only ten!) probably worth thruppencehapenny.

Carmell Jones - Business Meeting (Fontana) thankfully won't have to buy the Mosaic select box now.

Charles McPherson (with Carmell Jones and Barry Harris) Stateside (English prestige release)

Hank Mobley - Third Season (Bluenote) The later Mobley's would make a nice Mosaic box, very underated I think. I won't have to buy that now either.

John

More vinyl in preparation for sorting my LP12

Mahler: Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 4 (Bernard Haitink Philips box set)
Mahler: Symphony 2 (Klemperer Decca Box Set)
Bach: Mass in B Minor (Decca Box Set)
Beethoven: Complete Works For String Quartet (Philips Box Set)
Cocteau Twins: Victoria Land
Bob Mould: Workbook
Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 (Czech Philharmonic)
Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1&2 (LSO)
Haydn: The Nelson Mass (LSO)
UB40: Labour of Love
Tackhead: Strange Things
Ultra Vivid Scene: Ultra Vivid Scene
Dvorak: Piano Quintet (Vienna Philharmonic Quintet)
Brahms: Symphony No 2 (Vienna Philharmonic)
Mozart: String Quartets 2 (Quartetto Italiano)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 (Halle Orchestra)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 (Vienna Philharmonic)
Mozart: String Quartets
Beethoven: Leonora no 3 (Furtwangler conducts Vienna Philharmonic)
Mozart: Symphonies 34, 31, 24 (Karl Bohm: Berlin Philharmonic)
Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin Suite (Solti: LSO)
Schubert: Piano Trio in B Flat Major (Suk Trio)
Schubert: Fantasia Grand Duo (Brendel & Crochet)
Sibelius: Symphony No 5 (LSO)
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (Reiner: Chicago Symphony)
Elgar: Nobilmente
Tchaikovsky: 1812 (LSO)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 (von Karajan: Berlin Philharmonic)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 (Richter/Karajan: Vienna Symphony)
Beethoven: Symphony No 6 (Klemperer Philharmonic)
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachmusik (von Karajan: Berlin Philharmonic)

All for £30

Yeah, I got to know someone who has a large stock of classical vinyl he wants rid of for about 50p an LP. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about classical music, so I'm just guessing at what I should buy. There hasn't been a single LP that I've looked at that hasn't been mint, and I have this horrible feeling that I am passing over some good stuff.

Sadly, I'm not allow to pass on the details, otherwise I would take someone along to share the spoils and give me some tips.

My purchases so far have been based on record labels (mainly Decca, Philips and DG), and things I have seen guys like Todd and Herm talk about.

Mekon,

At the risk of an utterly laughable attempt at cross-genre recommendation, given what I've seen you recommend in hip-hop (gel, clouddead, def-jux artists, etc.), you might well enjoy late twentieth C. classical composers from Eastern Europe and Russia. Since you seem to have access to some kind of grab-bag, keep your eyes out for anything by:

Gyorgi Ligeti
Alfred Schnittke
Krzysztof Penderecki
Erik Satie (Parisian, but in the same mode)
Arvo Part
Henryk Gorecki

All of these composers are "polystylistic" in the sense that they incorporate many classical influences, especially including a lot of polyphony and unconventional harmonic techiniques. At the same time they don't usually descend into the heady abstractions of serialism or harsh atonality (although this happens at times, especially with Schnittke). Many of them, such as Penderecki, Gorecki, and Schnittke, were heavily influenced by the Greek Orthodox liturgical styles, but transformed it in some really wild ways.

You would probably also like (assuming you don't know them already) much done by these guys' musical "forefathers": Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Bartok, Shostakovich, Schoenberg.

Cheers,
Eric

Thanks loads Eric, I'll be meeting up with him again in a week or two, so I'll keep and eye out for those.

I've got most of Love`s stuff on vinyl (and a few singles) also just bought 'Forever changes on CD with the additional tracks(the vinyl copy is getting a bit knackered). I am interested in purchasing the two Bryan Maclean solo CD's on Sundaze, can you buy direct from Sundaze? They also have a couple of Youngbloods CD's which look interesting, has anyone heard anything by them?

How do you guys have time to listen to all this stuff? I'm still working my way through the CD's I bought a month ago, I haven't even taken the recent CD purchases out of the bag yet! Where do you get to hear all the obscure music (to me anyway)?, as I need to hear some alternative music. I have a pretty wide Vinyl/CD selection (Rock, metal, psychedelic, folk, soul, dance, trance, garage, house, small amount of classical). Any ideas as to which outlet (Radio station?) is good for an alternative selection. I don't listen to the radio much so maybe I should tune in, anyone got a tuna?

Thanks & good night

Colin

Hi Colin,

Yes, you can buy direct from Sundazed, and it is cheaper than going through other retailers, in the States anyway.

I can't help you with local radio, but a good alternative music review site is www.pitchforkmedia.com. A good alternaive music online retail outlet is www.insound.com.
Cheers,
Eric

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I can't help you with local radio, but a good alternative music review site is http://www.pitchforkmedia.com. A good alternaive music online retail outlet is http://www.insound.com

Thanks Eric have just has a browse through these sites. For your info I remembered a shop I used to visit in Chiswick High St, MVC. I've just logged on to their site (www.mvc.co.uk) & they have a vast selection of American 60's/70's material, Bryan Maclean, Gene Clark, The Youngbloods, Capt Beefheart etc etc.. The postage is really cheap as well. I am only 15 mins away from the shop so tomorrow I'm off on a spending spree!

Thanks

Colin

Dateline Wednesday, London

Additions:

Sunn O))) - White1 (With Julian Cope ?1) Their motto : "Maximum Volume Yields Maximum Results"
The Young Gods - Second Nature
Kinobe - Verse Bridge Chorus
Transparent Sound - Emotional Amputation
The Walkmen / Calla - Split E.P. (Following forum recommendation)
The Sabres of Paradise - Smokebelch 2003

I really rated the original "Smokebelch", never tired of those cascading chords over the haunting bassline. Andrew Weatherall's best work probably. The new version will be interesting.

DS

OTD - The Human League - Filling up with Heaven (Hardfloor mix)

Following startling results from my P9 with a new cartridge, I went a bit bonkers in those second hand vinyl shops in Notting Hill on Sunday. The results:

1. Charles Mingus - 'Mingus Mingus Mingus' (Those horns are in the room...)
2. Miles Davies - 'Live at the Blackhawk' (seriously hefty original CBS vinyl)
3. Bach - Violin Concerti (DG Archiv version)
4. Sibelius - Violin Concerto (Heifitz - old recording but the sheer virtuosity shines through)
5. Debussy - Piano Music vols one and three (I like those little exercises he wrote)
6. Sly and Robbie - 'Language Barrier'
7. Lee Perry - 'Spiritual Healing'
8. The Fall - 'Slates' (original 10 inch)
9. Big Black - 'You got it all Dad, We're Gonna hit' (insane live album with legenday version of 'Cables')
10. The Mekons - 'Edge of the World' (pretty disappointing)
11. Billy Cobham - 'Life and Times' (listening out for things Massive Attack might have nicked)
12. Herbie Hancock - 'Headhunters'.

Still working my way through some of these, but the Mingus and Sibelius are standouts.

Tim

I've been sort of half-heartedly looking out for a Motown compilation for a while, but whenever I remember to look there's nothing that quite fits the bill. Was in Fopp for a browse t'other day and while queueing up to get Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Texas Flood" for a fiver they put on just the thing, which turned out to be a 3CD set "Tamla Motown Gold", which they had for £13 so I had that too. There's piles of wonderful stuff on it, of course (and "Texas Flood" is pretty handy too!).

Pete.

Can we keep replying to this?

Oh well, wtf...

Four Sail - Love
Converting Vegetarians - Infected Mushroom

How different can two albums be? On the one hand, hippie dope smoking, on the other, the chemical generation...

When the music's over turn out the lights

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Nick,

I take it that MVC wasn't you main source for buying CDs then.

David