What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (VOL V)

The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride

Taken By Trees "East of Eden"

From HDX:



Regards,
Michel

31 Knots "A Word Is Also A Picture Of A Word"

The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love

DCC

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:

This looks promising.

Richard Hawley "Truelove's Gutter"

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:

This looks promising.

Oliver,

Stefan had introduced me to Hille Perl and this one is my favorite disc of hers.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classi...Theorbe/hnum/1042553

Have a good weekend and don't watch too much football.

Haim

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Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:

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Originally posted by Paper Plane:
It's getting under my skin and looking to be my album of 2009.
steve

I know little of Mr Waits music. Would this be a reasonable first purchase ? Is, perhaps, the guitarist on this Omar Torrez ? I have seen him play a number of times and know he was in the recent tour band of TW.

Thanks
Jeff A

I just bought this (above), but for a first taste, perhaps try...

~<>~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) ~<>~

Great Mass in C minor K.427 (417a)
I.Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Credo
IV. Sanctus
V. Benedictus

Maurerische Trauermusik K.477 Masonic Funeral Music
Adagio 6:14

Maria Stader soprano I
Hertha Topper soprano II
Ernst Haefliger tenor
Ivan Sardi bass

Chor der St.Hedwigs-Katedrale
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin ~ Ferenc Fricsay
Stereo recordings from... 1960 i think

[ADD] Deutsche Grammophon CD @ 1999

This recording proves how Ferenc Fricsay could really excel, and with such a superb vocal group line up on fantastic form too, this is imho ~ Very Highly Recommended! : )

Debs

Joni Mitchel: Court and Spark
'73 Release. '80 Nautilus Recordings Half-Speed Mastered Series reissue. Stereo.

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Originally posted by kuma:

Joni Mitchel: Court and Spark
'73 Release. '80 Nautilus Recordings Half-Speed Mastered Series reissue. Stereo.

Nice. The CD I have is "brittle" sounding. An earlier one I had was unlistenable in parts. One of the great albums of all time, though.

winkycanada,

I've a DCC version of Court & Spark and it sure doesn't sound brittle sounding. ( nothing else bordering boring )

I have read somewhere that some parts of recordings are over saturated but Joni wanted that way.

I am not too keen on Audiophool label half-speed mastered discs, but this one I got it for 2 bucks and less noisy than the original issue I have.

Atlantic HDCD @ 1996
Audiophile quality cd of her stunning debut album, available at only £3.98 from Amazon : )

The 5th Dimension: The Age of Aquarius
'69 Release. Soul City Records Canadian pressing. Stereo.

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Abraca Jobim
'81 Release. Pablo Records US pressing.
Great tunes, great supporting cast and Ella sounds lyrical and rhythmic as ever.

Acoustic Guitar [Solo] - Oscar Castro-Neves
Bass - Abraham Laboriel
Drums - Alex Acuna
Guitar [Rhythm] - Paul Jackson
Guitar [Solo Electric] - Joe Pass
Harmonica - Toots Thielemans
Percussion - Paulinho Da Costa
Saxophone [Tenor] - Zoot Sims
Trumpet - Clark Terry

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Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
I know little of Mr Waits music. Would this be a reasonable first purchase ? [...]

I'm very fond of Swordfishtrombones



The 3-discs collection Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, although mainly comprised of tunes not easily available elsewhere, is a great introduction to the multiple facets of Tom Waits' immense talent. Not at all just a bunch of outtakes, it's really a grand thing.




But from the answers you already got, you can now deduce the obvious yourself: there's no such thing as a bad album by Tom Waits (some may just be less good).

Warning: there will be financial casualties...

A gentle start... (It's Sunday after all.)


Pete Yorn, Back & Fourth

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Originally posted by kuma:
winkycanada,

I've a DCC version of Court & Spark and it sure doesn't sound brittle sounding. ( nothing else bordering boring )

I have read somewhere that some parts of recordings are over saturated but Joni wanted that way.

I am not too keen on Audiophool label half-speed mastered discs, but this one I got it for 2 bucks and less noisy than the original issue I have.

The DCC is a wonderful version on CD.

Very nice this Pete Yorn, I must say. This lead me to:


Arthur Russell, Love Is Overtaking Me



Mmmh... I'm wondering if this is something that ROTF could like ?