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

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Regards,
Michel

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Shouldn't you be running out of Christmas trees by now.

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Blue Roses - Blue Roses

I like this album.

This album somehow always seems to drop down my 'to play' list but I really like it.

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Originally posted by Lontano:

Shouldn't you be running out of Christmas trees by now.

Not yet and I like to share. I have a new tree just for you.

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Shouldn't you be running out of Christmas trees by now.

Not yet and I like to share. I have a new tree just for you.

Right back at you.

I was trying to keep my trees small and discrete
Up next on MOFI vinyl.

My music collection would not be complete without this beautiful recording. Sublime sounds from one of the greats.

Inspired by Vidar's thread.

Stu - some cover. Never heard of Baxter. It's on Spotify to try. Maybe it could put a smile on Santa's face

I just filled my stockings with this beautiful 55 CD Deutsche anniversary box set, but now I'm all out of glitter.

One for my top ten this year. The Unthanks redefine folk, a quite unique band/sound. Maybes not everyones cup of tea but I admire their bravery in just doing their own thing - the accolades have come anyway.

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Superb. It has been out of print for a while but has now been released with a slightly different cover.

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Superb.

New to me my friend.

My musical life unfolds thus:-

I see albums posted here; I know the person has tastes which intersect with mine; I ask my dealer; his responses range from 'cool' to 'who?'; I buy; I listen. I like. I am enriched and grateful.

Try Blue Notesbooks, 24 Postcards, Songs from before. All good. Two of them on Spotify

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Try Blue Notesbooks, 24 Postcards, Songs from before. All good. Two of them on Spotify

Cheers Adrian I will.

How strange...on track three my Dylan is staring intently at the speakers?

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I am enriched and grateful.

You and me both. Adrian has opened up a whole new musical world to which I spend many an hour totally dumbfounded with the sheer beauty of sounds I don't think I would have ventured upon otherwise.

Gents, happy to be of some service. Always makes me VERY happy when someone else gets pleasure from the music I really like

First play of this album that apparently been hidden away in the vaults for many years.

Last one for me tonight...

Maybe just one more

The Necks - Drive By - this one always reminds me of a night time journey I took driving back home on a hot summer night from dinner at Bondi Beach to the northern suburbs of Sydney. A very atmospheric album and totally suited to driving through the night time atmosphere of the city.

Borrowed from wikipedia, as they say it better than I can - The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, Australia, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. The band plays improvisational pieces of up to an hour in length that explore the development and demise of repeating musical figures. As well as jazz, their sound could be said to be reminiscent of Krautrock.
Typically a live performance will begin very quietly with one of the musicians playing something very simple. One by one, the other two will join with their own contributions, all three independent yet intertwined. As the 'piece' builds through subtle micro-changes, the interaction of their instruments creates layers of harmonics and prismatic washes of sound that lead some to appellation 'trance jazz'. Instant by instant, their music seems driven not so much by the convention of cause and effect, but by the 'insistent demand of the moment'. Consequently their live performances can be challenging for those expecting a conventional musical experience, as The Necks' music may remain in a seemingly interminable 'holding pattern' until, paradoxically, sufficient momentum has built up for a break-out into the next phase of development.

A very interesting musical experience. I went to see them live once in Sydney and they often tour here in Europe. I am hoping Santa will bring their new album Silverwater for Christmas.

Tonight's plays on the Black!

New remaster

Picked up some Japanese imports from Concord Music.

The Wes Montgomery Trio


Wes Montgomery - Boss Guitar