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

ewemon posted:

Geofiz posted:

Probably the greatest of the Canadian Folk Balladers', Stan Rogers.  Perfect way to start a Saturday when it is -28C outside.

Nice to see a Stan Rogers album here.

It is unfortunate that he left us too early.  His music is getting hard to find again.  Used to see him live in Toronto back in the late 70's and it was always a fantastic show.

A different type of Ballader now, Frank Turner

Gene Clark "White Light"

Prompted by Bert's earlier playing of this.  I've always liked the album. That said it's always felt to me more of a 'Phil Collins' album than a Genesis one.  

M

Just wanted to here some non-Eagles Joe Walsh.  The stuff from the James Gang era is quite good.

Hank Jones with his brother Elvin on drums and George Mraz on bass playing the music of Thad Jones. Recorded in 1993 at Van Gelder studio. Going very well with the falling snow outside. Highly recommended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKvunOrmG78

Clive B posted:

I think I saw this on another forum in a 'what was the last CD you purchased' thread or some such, so I thought I'd give it a go. Currently streaming from Tidal. 

Very good SQ by the way.

That's an excellent choice, Clive B. Have you tried the other two Ritenour albums, with similar artwork, on Tidal?  IMO, they represent the best of Ritenour's playing on CD. I have all three albums on CD. Also listen on Tidal. For those without tidal, the two other albums I mention are "The Very Best Of Lee Ritenour", and "Rhythm sessions".

I love to wake up to Lee, and Larry, playing on Qute2/SCM7, these guys set me in a lively and positive fraim of mind, for the rest of the day.

SQ is good, as you say, and PRaT is amazing.

CD rip:-

Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop

King Creosote and Jon Hopkins  "Diamond Mine: Jubilee Edition"

Jeff Anderson posted:

King Creosote and Jon Hopkins  "Diamond Mine: Jubilee Edition"

Ditto Jeff, forgot about this and not listened to in an age. Fire N "Malt" on...cue the music!

Thank you for the "heads up"!

Haim's post above inspired me to play this - it's a wonderful album. 

Dustysox posted:

Jeff Anderson posted:

King Creosote and Jon Hopkins  "Diamond Mine: Jubilee Edition"

Ditto Jeff, forgot about this and not listened to in an age. Fire N "Malt" on...cue the music!

Thank you for the "heads up"!

Hope you enjoy.  Credit where credit is due, the increased amount of scrolling on the latest hoopla update here has increased my overall scrolling strength substantially and I ventured into the "K"'s of iTunes today and it was lurking there, unplayed by me after too long a listening delay,  as well.  Hoping to make it to the "S"s after a few more months here.

It is a unique style release in my modest collection.  It is very nice to hear again.

MDS posted:

Prompted by Bert's earlier playing of this.  I've always liked the album. That said it's always felt to me more of a 'Phil Collins' album than a Genesis one.  

M

To me it sounds very much like a Phil Collins album...

Earlier I listened to the new album of Enrico and I have to say I liked it (via Tidal), so it will land on my potential buying list...

Now listening to some good modern jazz

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name

[Vinyl]

Klyde posted:

Clive B posted:

I think I saw this on another forum in a 'what was the last CD you purchased' thread or some such, so I thought I'd give it a go. Currently streaming from Tidal. 

Very good SQ by the way.

That's an excellent choice, Clive B. Have you tried the other two Ritenour albums, with similar artwork, on Tidal? 

 

One of the main reasons I did not continue with Tidal, only 2 Lee R solo albums out of 20+

Seemed that way for too many of the artists I picked. 

Lynyrd Skynyrd. Gimme Back My Bullets. On original vinyl from 1976. In the mood for some Southern rock.

Hungryhalibut posted:

Haim's post above inspired me to play this - it's a wonderful album. 

Another excellent duo recording from 1976/1977 which I just discovered is Roland Hanna's 24 Preludes (with George Mraz on bass). It was reissued in 2015 and is available now at a sane price for a change:

Sinopoli/Philharmonia: Elgar Enigma Variations 1987 Recording

Large soundstage and huge sweeping dynamics like watching ocean wave splashing against rock. Yet enough details and colourful expressions bring out all the different personalities out of each tune. Perhaps slighly smoother and mellower than Toscanini or Marriner set. Lovely intimate ending note on Ysobel followed by exhilarating Troyte with taut timpani depicting thunderstorms afar. Sweet W.N. It has a sense of romantic Edwardian aura. Excllent use of single instrument peppered through a large landscape. Sinopoli’s rendition is more personal than Marriner with better sense of story telling. Soaring brass in Nimrod. Corky Dollapenny with winds reminiscent of woman’s manic laughs. G.R.S. feels like some operatic mayhem. Low key B.G.N to Romanze’s ocean motif works well with Sinopolis cinematic style. Perhaps the finale is bit over enthusiastic and thickly laid out but it is truly epic and suppose if this score is about *Britania* it sort of makes sense. This, so far, is the longest set I have heard but I feel it is well justified.

CD  2015

Program music (or in other words "symphonic poems") is not well regarded these days, but Ma Vlast is (My Fatherland) is amazingly beautiful and Sir Malcolm Sargent really seems to enjoy himself directing it. A longtime favorite of mine (I purchased that LP back nearly 40 years ago)

Claude

EJS posted:

Back in black. First spin of an early release of the Doric String Quartet's second volume of Haydn quartets - a doubler with all six op. 76 quartets. The Doric's earlier Op. 20 quartets sweep the field, IMO, so expectations for this one are high.

EJ

Keep us posted. My personal favorite for Haydn String Quartets remains ABQ.