What are your Last 5 - Again

So what are we only allowed vinyl this time? won't that piss Nick off who has steadfastly refused to sell or give me his even though he dosn't play it anymore.

Alex, Supertramp are without doubt the worst band ever to record music. Breakfast in America, it makes me shudder to even say it, is the apotheosis ...whatever an apotheosis is.

Duke Ellington - Complete Blanton-Webster (Lp4)
Time Berne - The Shell Game
William Parker 4Tet with Lena Conquest- Raining on the Moon
Sonny Rollins - Vol 2
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing/New Picnic Time


John

Weather Report - Live and Unreleased

Charlie Haden - American Dreams

Rolling Stones - Forty Licks

James Taylor - October Road

Brad Mehldau - Largo

Peter Gabriel - Up

Try and claim there is a bad one amongst these babies.

Today on the deck

Ry Cooder: Jazz
Ry Cooder: Into the Purple Vally.
Ry Cooder: bop till you drop
John Mayall: back to the roots
Yes: going for the one

There was lots lots more thanks to an 8 hour marathon of assignment typing but that was the last five vinyl peices, and yes I was having a Cooder day.

number 1
number 2
number 3
number 4
number 5

From the last one ..

Rothko - In the Pulse of an Artery on CD
Merzbow - Merzbeat on CD
Luomo - Tessio on 12"
Devo - Mongaloid on 7"
Machine Funk Specialists - EP1 on tape

DS

Silence

Alex S

I'd agree with Real Life and This Years Model, both excellent albums.

Not heard the JJ Cale or the violin thingy.

But Supertramp? That weedy voice and horrible plink plink plink electric piano (I was heavily into VdGG, King Crimson, Yes and early Genesnooze at the time, Supertramp just didn't cut it! Still I guess lots of people must have liked 'em as they sold lots of LPs.

Oh my last 5?

Last Broadcast - Doves
Head Over Heels - Cocteau Twins
Why Call It Anything? - Chameleons
Echoes - Pink Floyd (must get some of their proper albums)
Starless and Bible Black - King Crimson (an old tape I found, played it in the car on the way to work this morning)

A session last night-last five;

Leonard Cohen, Ten New Songs

Faure; Requiem-loudly

Peter Gabriel; Up

Ry Cooder and Ali Farke Toure; Talking Timbuktu

and a brief blast before bed of The Vines; Highly Evolved.

Strange mixture really.

Bruce

I am a man of many weaknesses and a penchant for Supertramp is one of them (Crisis What Crisis and BIA only, the rest really is garbage).

Today's weaknesses (I got to work early):

Stomu Yamashta and Co - 'Go' Live in Paris
Enigma - First effort
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Beat - First effort - Wow!
Clash - Sandinista (this and London Calling are 2 of my fav albums)

The Blue Velvet soundtrack is next . . .

Alex

PS Bruce - You followed Leonard Cohen with a Requiem!

Folks are visiting at the moment, so the King Crimson's a bit off the playlist possibles... Thus the last 5 are at the easier end of the collection, with Joan Armourplating's "Track Record", Lemonjelly's ".ky", a Satie piano collection, Dougie Maclean's "Perthshire Amber" and Goldfrapp's "Felt Mountain".

Onto other matters here, if Supertramp are considered the worst band ever to make a record then that really suggests that someone hasn't been listening that widely! From Crime of the Century up to BIA they produced a lot of very well crafted prog-pop. Not without the odd stinker (usually Roger Hodgeson being too earnest for his own good), but plenty of good stuff in there. Famous Last Words is okay, but nothing more, and lost track after that as Brother Where You Bound just wasn't up to much IMHO.

Pete.

Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Casino Versus Japan - Go Hawaii

ISAN - Clockwork Menagerie

ISAN - Lucky Cat

v/a - Blue Skied An' Clear (Morr Music Comp)

John Lennon 'Tribute' freebie on the cover of this months 'Uncut' magazine. Much better than the average magazine cover CD, some cracking versions. Recommended.

Ms. Dynamite 'A little deeper' dunno how that got throught my prejudice filter, but I'm delighted it did - highly recommended, especially to brik/dbl owners - shakes the house, ney, the street.

Dandy Warhols - been meaning to catch up with this for a while, managed to pick it up as part of '3 for £20' at Leeds Music Zone. Only played part of it yet so dunno if it will become a fave.

Keb Mo - Slow down. Good stuff. still prefer Eric Bibb, but I'm keen to investigate more.

Yes 'Classic Yes' - another one from the 3 for £20 batch. I sort of liked the first album when it came out but was bored with the next couple. I know there a quite a few of you are keen on this stuff, indeed I bought it after reading your threads about Yes and thought I should give them another chance, but no offence, each to his own etc, but I find it deadly boring and lacking any imagination. Worst purchase I've made in a long time. Proceed immediately to Pink Floyd middle period to hear how it should be done.

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

Alan,

I'm a Drake fan -

I very nearly bought this this morning but didn't - but I should, I presume. . .

Alex

I'm at home doing some decorating. I haven't given the record player much use recently, until today that is.

Today I have been mostly singing along to

Mothers Of Invention "We're only in it for the money" (original pressing without horrid 80's bass and drums!)

Low "Things we lost in the fire"

Zappa "Sleep Dirt"

Zappa "Joe's Garage Acts 11 & 111"

Slint "Spiderland"

Polyphonic Spree "The beginning stages of..."

Nirvana "Unplugged"

Music is filling the whole house! This decorating lark can last all week if it means I can play LP's all day long at full tilt.

My last five (in chronological order) were:

- Gomez - In Our Gun (all four sides) - gets better with every play.
- Cheap Trick - Standing on the edge (side 1 only) - it sounded really awful, unbelievably thin and lifeless but I'd just bought it for £1 so I thought it was worth a spin.
- Pink Floyd - The Wall (side 3 only) - I'd just recieved it in the post from America after bagging it with More, Meddle and A Great Collection of Dance Songs for $3.25 on ebay (postage was another $33!!!) - the second time I've owned it on vinyl. I will never tire of this album. The US version I have now has much thinner inner sleeves than my old UK version.
- The Datsuns - The Datsuns - I loved them live and hoped the LP would give me the same sort of satisfaction. Unfortunately it's nowhere near but that may be down to the lack of boogie factor of my Ariston RD80. There are three great tracks on it tho.
- Frank Zappa - Hot Rats - I bought it on recommendation from a mate and my jury is still out. Some of it was brilliant but other bits had me wondering if he was just taking the p***. Perhaps it's one to grow into...

For the record I admit to liking Supertramp. Breakfast In America was the first album I bought from a shop. I think it was £3.99 in 1979. I had bought A New World Record by ELO a week before for £2 off a friend.

Cheers

Tony

Thanks for that link Alan. Glad I didn't buy yesterday - 5 quid cheaper on-line.

Alex

last 5

Peter Gabriel - Up /* just gets better */

Nitin Sahwney - Prophecy

Ben Harper - Welcome to the cruel world / burn to shine /* fan bloody tastic */

Ozrics - Erpland / become the other /* legendary space rock */

Chicane - Behind the Sun /* mediocre dance */

My dad had a copy of BIA by Supertramp that a huge scratch that no TT would get past, not even my old LP12,
well until my WT arrived :-)

Alex S, Nick L -- still waiting for PT to land in my house, actually, I'll throw it away as
James mcp says it sounds like Spinal Tap ;-)

Seagull - get some JJ Cale - Naturally and Troubadour complete classics!!

Cheers
Goose
( on restricted work surfing time - barstewards )

Lots of vinyl being spun ...and spun again...

Cockney Rebel - Human Menagerie (never sounded better)

The Wailers - Catch a Fire (Zippo)

Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng(Greensleeves)

Streetwalkers - Downtown Flyers (rifftastic!)

Nirvana - Nevermind (Woah!)

P

BTW BIA is FNA - so there! Ever heard the first album? Classic.