What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2014
On the cusp of 2015, we start a new thread...
Anyway, links:
Volume X: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...-be-interested-vol-x
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
(1982)
Staying German but with a change of pace... this one is heavy rock / metal from Scorpions back in the 80s and very good it is too.
180g Rhino vinyl. What could be better obn a Saturday morning than that good old Vox Continental sound?
Unknown Pleasures...
Saturday morning rawk...G
I'm really enjoying this new discovery, with lovely piano from John Taylor.
Ibeyi - Vinyl
This is an interesting mix of chants, jazz and odd other bits of Cuban-ness. The instrumentation is quite sparse (percussion aside) with vocals well to the fore. It is an interesting paradox in some ways; some of the jazz elements offer a slick and more complex feel, there's the blend with more earthy rhythms, but there's a slight rawness to the production which makes it all very immediate. It's certainly hard to pigeon hole. As such I'd be cautious in some ways of giving the work a wholehearted recommendation unless I knew someone's tastes fairly well; but I love it! :
On vinyl, brilliant...
Because I have a new to me bit of kit .......
All on vinyl
Streaming | FLAC Download from Bandcamp
Bitchcraft by Bitchcraft (2013)
Very heavy stoner rock with dollops of metal driven doom edged fuzzy riffs and lovely female vocals. Not really like Black Sabbath (as they suggest) but you can feel their influence.
No Introduction needed... Class 
Music Matters - Vinyl
Original vinyl
(1979)
For many fans this was their favourite studio album, It still stands up pretty well today.
CD rip in AIFF:-
Streaming wav..Freddie Hubbard Born to be blue,
I prefer this live version to the original - simply wonderful.
Streaming | Deezer Elite
(2002)
An excellent album and reproduced in very high quality. Although the female lead vocals rightly get many plaudits, I also enjoy the piano which carries real weight.