What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo9KHAuchM8

Gino Vanneli: Big Dreamers Never Sleep  1987 release

Big synthetic 80s sound is out of date as his hairdo.

I could see it must have been a big fun blasting it on a 6 pak Briks.

Gino Vanneli: Brother to Brother 1978 release

This contains mega hit 'I Just Wanna Stop'. Look at these crazed groupie mob and his Vivaldi hair!

I've a feeling most of his constituents were women. ( also all the used records I bought often have female names written on them )

Gino Vannelli: Powerful People 1974 release

I didn't realise he was only 22 years old! A white funk 'People Gotta Move'  made it to the Soul Train.

3 vinyl set, cleaned up great!  $4.99

Ms. Vaughan, honey, you're on!

Streaming | FLAC Download

(2015)

Just downloaded last night so this will be my first opportunity to listen to this Redshift (Mark Shreeves) album in full.

https://redshift2.bandcamp.com/album/life-to-come

'Since all the pieces were recorded very close to each other in time there is a more cohesive feel and sound to the album while still pushing the dark and menacing style of electronic music into sharper relief. 
This is immediately obvious with the first track, "Soft Summer Rain", where the themes and motifs are actually created by the rhythm sequences rather than the more usual lead-lines. 

The whole album is heavy with layered sequencing and (very) subsonic bass parts and while there are sometimes familiar sounds present there are also many less obvious choices in instrumentation' - Bandcamp

More Sarah. In Stereo.

Sarah Vaughan: Close to You 1960 release

Streaming | Bandcamp

(1998)

Streaming this one direct from Bandcamp to remind me of some of their earlier work.

'The physical CD has long been out of print but the album has been available as a download for several years. This album contains four tracks, the two longest being live recordings from Redshift's debut performance at the Jodrell Bank Planetarium. This was also the first Redshift release to feature other musicians.' - Bandcamp

EJ,

Thanks for your reco.

Luckily, I think those records should be easy to find at local record shops. 

Another round....

A bit of revision.  Wife is on her way with cello and the parts and it's a bit early on a Sunday to be practicing. I won't be able to play much of it anyway. Really like Gabetta's playing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDsooNlpMoQ

Tidal try out.

G

At earth-shatting volume level, this is an amazingly exciting performance of Smetana's cycle of tone poems. The somewhat clouded recording really opens up, and holds up well.

EJ

Streaming | Deezer Elite

(1972)

Spotted on this forum occasionally, very good old Italian and old school progressive rock.

This, on CD. Just fancied some Herrmann:

Highway 61: Fifty Years On Radio 4 

Andy Kershaw re-examines the Bob Dylan album that changed popular music and his life.

Beginning with the resounding hit of a snare drum, Like A Rolling Stone starts Bob Dylan's first fully electrified album, Highway 61 Revisited. When he first heard the song in his mother's car, Bruce Springsteen said it was "like somebody kicked open the door to your mind." The album represents the birth of rock music, as opposed to the pop or beat music that preceded its release.

It sounds as subversive now as it did fifty years ago.

Besides revolutionising popular music, the album transformed the life of broadcaster Andy Kershaw. For him, nothing would be the same after Highway 61.

Andy travels to America to meet the surviving musicians and hear the extraordinary stories behind the recording sessions. Dylan was only 24 years old when he walked into Columbia Studio A in New York City to record the album in June 1965. For a masterpiece record, it is all the more remarkable that almost no preparation, and absolutely no rehearsal, went into it.

Al Kooper, who was brought in as an observer, tells how he mistakenly and fortunately found himself playing the organ on Like A Rolling Stone, discovering the song's melody on the spot. Bassist Harvey Brooks talks about the patience that was required to work with the unorthodox Dylan. Legendary Nashville musician Charlie McCoy describes how he was accidentally brought in to play the memorable Spanish-sounding guitar on Desolation Row. And Keith Richards provides a surprising take on Highway 61's legacy.

Just heard it G. Great programme.

Streaming | FLAC 

(2003)

My first play of this new RH album. I am a big RH fan with Truelove's Gutter topping my list as his best album. This album is a return to the more melodic laid back RH that was not as evident on the more psychedelic/experimental 2012 "Standing at the Sky's Edge". He also seems more reflective, personal and melancholy than on his more recent albums. His voice also sounds slightly more gravely / deeper than previously. However my initial impression is that this is an album that sits squarely in the RH tradition of well crafted hauntingly beautiful songs sung sublimely.  One gripe not sure why 11 songs need to be over 4 sides of vinyl   

Started the morning with some piano. 

(2011) CD

Now:  New Order - Music Complete    (2015)

CD

Didn't know they had released a new album until reading about the positive reviews here. 

First listen.  Only a couple of songs in, quite good so far. 

Pink Floyd, Endless river via Tidal.

I was not interested in buying when released, but now I may have to. This is a great way to check out music I might not have bothered with.

Streaming | Deezer Elite

(2008)

Not a band that I have followed or know much about other than this one is far less extreme metal than most of their previous work but it is sounding like proper rock with rock ballads, not bad at all.