What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. X)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2013
On the cusp of 2014, we start a new thread...
Anyway, links:
Volume IX: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...16#22826037054683416
Volume VIII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...nt/12970396056050819
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290
What could be finer than a nice glass of red and a little bit of Dexter on a Saturday evening 
Music Matters [Blue Note 33 series] Vinyl Reissue
A 2014 release from Not Now Music which sounds mighty fine on a nice pressing for £10 from Diverse.
Richard O
Elbow "Live At Jodrell Bank" (ep)
Brandi Carlile week continues.
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Also a 2014 release from Not Now Music..... Great stuff 
John Mellencamp "Plays Trouble No More Live At Town Hall"
A newly purchased CD on the basis of a recommendation from dayjay's missus. Only my first listen but I must say this could be my favourite Tori Amos album to date. Mind you I have yet to unwrap and listen to the other recommendation: "...from the choirgirl hotel" . I do love Tori's use of backing piano.
A newly purchased CD on the basis of a recommendation from dayjay's missus. Only my first listen but I must say this could be my favourite Tori Amos album to date. Mind you I have yet to unwrap and listen to the other recommendation: "...from the choirgirl hotel" . I do love Tori's use of backing piano.
Lol, Dayjay's missus is chuffed. Made us laugh. Glad you like the album
Inspired from earlier post.
Marc-Andre Hamelin's Chopin isn't doing it for me even with repeated listening.
Too soft and benign. Overdose of sugar.
Tempo is a lot slower than most anyone I have heard but it's not doing anything or worse, sounding even more sluggish and out of timing since the way he tells story isn't compelling enough.
What could be finer than a nice glass of red and a little bit of Dexter on a Saturday evening
Music Matters [Blue Note 33 series] Vinyl Reissue
Good choice - I'm playing it now.
A newly purchased CD on the basis of a recommendation from dayjay's missus. Only my first listen but I must say this could be my favourite Tori Amos album to date. Mind you I have yet to unwrap and listen to the other recommendation: "...from the choirgirl hotel" . I do love Tori's use of backing piano.
Apologies for drifting off topic, thought you might appreciate this. The 'missus' and Tori outside Liverpool Empire in 98.
A newly purchased CD on the basis of a recommendation from dayjay's missus. Only my first listen but I must say this could be my favourite Tori Amos album to date. Mind you I have yet to unwrap and listen to the other recommendation: "...from the choirgirl hotel" . I do love Tori's use of backing piano.
Lol, Dayjay's missus is chuffed. Made us laugh. Glad you like the album
Try Strange Little Girls, Tori's album of covers. I love it. As her career has progressed, I've liked her stuff less. Me And a Gun has not been surpassed - to see her sing it live years ago was just so moving.
Also from 2014 Not Now Music
Interesting recording, side A is 45 rpm, Side B is 33.3 rpm. Used disk, cleaned up nicely and sounds very very good. Great groove to the disk.
A newly purchased CD on the basis of a recommendation from dayjay's missus. Only my first listen but I must say this could be my favourite Tori Amos album to date. Mind you I have yet to unwrap and listen to the other recommendation: "...from the choirgirl hotel" . I do love Tori's use of backing piano.
Lol, Dayjay's missus is chuffed. Made us laugh. Glad you like the album
Try Strange Little Girls, Tori's album of covers. I love it. As her career has progressed, I've liked her stuff less. Me And a Gun has not been surpassed - to see her sing it live years ago was just so moving.
Cheers HH. I've added those two to my list.
Love Pollin's later interpretation of Chopin pieces. Not so gun ho or puppy love like in his youth. He's digging much deeper into the music.
Opulent and flowing but never sappy or over fragrant. A streamlined elegance beautiful melody making. A touch Schubertian but a stronger sweet moving melody line assures this is very Chopin. It is terribly melancholic but due to Pollini’s clarity and precision on every note tunes never get sentimental.
His Nocturnes by far my favourite. ( till further notice )
A newly purchased CD on the basis of a recommendation from dayjay's missus. Only my first listen but I must say this could be my favourite Tori Amos album to date. Mind you I have yet to unwrap and listen to the other recommendation: "...from the choirgirl hotel" . I do love Tori's use of backing piano.
Apologies for drifting off topic, thought you might appreciate this. The 'missus' and Tori outside Liverpool Empire in 98.
Nice one, day jay. That must be a treasured photo. A 'selfie' well ahead of its time, perhaps?
After we watched the BBC documentary about Percy this seemed appropriate:-
A newly purchased CD on the basis of a recommendation from dayjay's missus. Only my first listen but I must say this could be my favourite Tori Amos album to date. Mind you I have yet to unwrap and listen to the other recommendation: "...from the choirgirl hotel" . I do love Tori's use of backing piano.
Apologies for drifting off topic, thought you might appreciate this. The 'missus' and Tori outside Liverpool Empire in 98.
Nice one, day jay. That must be a treasured photo. A 'selfie' well ahead of its time, perhaps?
Yes, it was a good day. We'd had a few drinks and the roadies tipped us off what time she was sound checking. I'm not sure Tori had much choice to be honest but she was very nice and it made my wife's day
Portugal.The Man - American Ghetto