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

After my intense jazz concert coming down with some Chopin...

I originally had this as a the original 11 track CD rip (blagged) - I bought the Deluxe 15 track 24/192 version from Qobuz

The CD rip was nice,  but the 24-bit adds so much more of everything in the SQ department,    & the extra tracks are well worth having for their content,  plus (at the mo)  Qobuz are selling the 24/192 15 track version @ £11  & the 16/44 11 track @ £11.56  

Hungryhalibut posted:

That will be confusing as you go from one to the other....

Not all as I am used to it.

Queensryche, Empire, because it rocks!  Such a shame they have split so acrimoniously. Flac via Audirvana/Hugo 

the first ''modern'' organ player

Fish, Vigil, can't decide which is best, this or Feast of Consequences, which is a modern classic. Both brilliant. Flac via Audirvana/Hugo 

Buddy Holly. Legend - From The Original Master Tapes. On 2LPs from 1985. This 20 track compilation will keep you hoppin'. The 5 songs per LP side last but 11 or 12 minutes.

Purchased on spec and far from the power of TL.

Not bad 3/5 for me.

A good start of the Sunday..

Graham - can you colour in what this is like/compares to in the female vocal arena?

I don't find the descriptors on some sites very informing on occasions.

Another piano concert with a less accomplished player...

Highly recomended ..

Via Tidal - pondering whether to purchase.  The Tidal dilemma 

Streaming |WAV

(1972)

Mussorgsky meets-prog rock, their classic live album recorded at Newcastle City Hall in 1971.

Two giants of jazz, swinging together. On Cd. Because the sun is shining and it seems wholly appropriate.

My 12 yo daughter is bemused by this...

G

Via Youtube:-

The Enid - In The Region Of Summer Stars

On double vinyl: The Future Crayon by Broadcast. Because they are one of the best groups of the past 20 years. RIP Trish.

GraemeH posted:

My 12 yo daughter is bemused by this...

G

Just like the bosses at Warner Bros then...

Enjoying after the concert the music of Phronesis...

Kevin-W posted:

GraemeH posted:

My 12 yo daughter is bemused by this...

G

Just like the bosses at Warner Bros then...

'All you need....' What's that about dad?

G

Streaming | Bandcamp

(February 2016)

Legal disputes dating back to the mid seventies prevented this 1975 recording (of some live shows in France) from being released. This is my first listen and hopefully as this is entitled volume 1 then more "lost" recordings will be appearing.

A UK first press vinyl, picked up last week for just £8. The vinyl is in lovely condition. First play. It's amazing how so much better the UK Capitols sound than their US counterparts. The recording quality is very, very good indeed.

As for the material...  well it's fantastic. Of the 11 tracks, five are Bobbie originals, all of them of the highest quality. Of the covers, a version of Kenny Rankin's "Peaceful" is outstanding; but there are also three Lennon/McCartneys: "Fool on the Hill", "Eleanor Rigby" and "Here, There and Everywhere", all of them jazz-inflected and exquisitely sung. 

The arrangements, playing (by Nashville's finest) and singing are all out of this world. A five-star stunna.

Another amazing fact - this is BG's third album, and the second of four (yes, FOUR) albums she released in 1968!