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
I'd love to explore some of his 1960s stuff - JuJu, Night Dreamer, etc. - but every time I've searched on eBay, prices have been ridiculous. I'm very keen to hear the MM Speak No Evil. I've become very sceptical of reissues - I'd say 4 out of 5 have been disappointing, mostly because of a certain polished-but-boring sound - but I've heard nothing but good about this latest MM series.
Thanks for the Jackie McLean recommendation. I went through a phase of exploring his stuff a few years ago, mostly in other groups (Grachan Moncur III, et al). He's one of many artists I first discovered in the obituary column 
Speak No Evil is on its way along with Freddie Hubbard's Hub-tones.
With Music Matters 33s reissue no need to spend $$$ on the original reissues.
I see what you mean by most reissue disappointing especially on classical titles.
MM's mastering and sound quality vary by the condition of tape as well as how Rudy recorded them and probably sound different from the original pressing but I sure like their mastering decisions.
Polished and boing they aren't. Dynamic and kicking yes.
I now know that I stay away from certain reissue labels.
I think that McLean did the best work at Blue Note pre new management
Streaming | Bandcamp
(2004)
Another good band "discovered" in the Bandcamp shop window, a mix of electronica, Krautrock and prog' rock, all very enjoyable and well put together.
"Cosmos is a powerful work of eerie, relentless rhythms and futuristic score that shares as much headspace with the late-night sci-fi explorer as the space rock adventurer." ~ Bandcamp
On work PC at the moment...
Unmistakeable guitar but the vocals really sound like they're coming from a seventy year old - very thin and weak.
Maybe it'll grow on me.
Time for a bit of Electronica from Germany via Tidal:-
On CD:-
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
On CD:-
Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase
Streaming | FLAC
(2010)
This was a fantastic debut album from the Brit' prog' rockers. Reminiscent of Dream Theater but they added to the DT sound with their own. Very impressive and any of the band's albums will reward listening to those that like all the prog' favourites, DT, Floyd, Marillion, Porcupine Tree, 'Purple and so on...
On CD:-
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
Good stuff! I put this in the playlist queue last night, unlike SW's Hand.Cannot.Erase which I have yet to hear...
On Tidal:-
Streaming | FLAC
(2013)
Their latest and best release to date, I am pretty sure that they have a new one due out this year although I can't find any info' about that at the moment.
On CD:-
Streaming | FLAC
(2014)
I bought this back in January this year and unfortunately I was a little underwhelmed by it. As a long time admirer of all their previous albums up to and including Air Cut in '73, I had hoped that they might just have recaptured something of their excellent earlier albums from over forty years ago. Giving it another go if only to be fair to Sonja Kristina (Linwood) ...
Time for a bit of Electronica from Germany via Tidal:-
Spooky I did the same earlier and then Trans Europe Express via Tidal
Some Suzanne Vega via TIDAL first listen to this album
Adolf Busch is mostly known as violinist and leader of the Busch Quartet, but he was a good composer, as well. Seemingly traditional, too - the works on this disc (all composed in the 1920s and 30s) appear to be high romantic without an apparent trace of modernism - but the booklet does an excellent job pointing out the sophistications and modern touches.
Cheers,
EJ
Streaming from Tidal Coldplay "Ghost Stories" the last album I got of theirs was "Rush of Blood" not listened to much from them since then.
Not listening to Coldplay is always a good idea. Try this...
2 x LP - Parlophone 2015 : )
Enjoying my first listen to this new release
It has a resemblance to Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Toure - Talking Timbuktu
Debs
Inspired by Stevee s Thanks! A great album loving it...Streaming on TIDAL
