What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2016
2016 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread (and links to previous years) can be found here;
Clive B posted:Still enjoying more form the great Mahavishnu John McLaughlin:
My favourite Mahavishnu Orchestra album.
One last bit of Frappage for tonight - Tales of Us on vinyl, from the deluxe box.
More from Mahavishnu John McLaughlin. This time with a little help from Devadip Carlos Santana:
dayjay posted:Blondie, Parallel Lines. If you are anywhere near the same age as me there is a good chance that Miss Harry had a big impact on your teenage years. Her music was pretty good too and this is one of the first albums I can remember buying. Flac via Audirvana/Hugo
Can't think what you mean, dayjay. I can only remember the Blondie music. 
Mike
She certainly rocked Mike, I liked her videos even with the sound off 
but I did like her music too. I'm sure there are modern equivalents but I do sometimes feel sorry for my kids as they seem to be lacking the icons we had, of both genders, back in the day. My 12 year old son and I were wondering which of today's stars would still be played in 20 years time; after Adele and possibly Ed Sheeran we were struggling to think of many.
On vinyl...
Followed by...
Sounding great with the SC2 upgrade! 
On vinyl...
MDS posted:dayjay posted:Blondie, Parallel Lines. If you are anywhere near the same age as me there is a good chance that Miss Harry had a big impact on your teenage years. Her music was pretty good too and this is one of the first albums I can remember buying. Flac via Audirvana/Hugo
Can't think what you mean, dayjay. I can only remember the Blondie music.
Mike
An album I listen to regularly - well produced with catchy hooks and beautiful melodies.
Late night shoegazing from New Yorks Blonde Redhead 23
More NYC Dreampop, from Small Black
Old school/soul chillwave from France.
Streaming | Deezer Elite
(1975)
Inspired and prompted by earlier posts from Clive B and TonyM
TOBYJUG posted:More NYC Dreampop, from Small Black
The cover is a piece of art...
Via Tidal, Joe's sophomore album:-
Joe Jackson - I'm The Man
Then some ZZ Top a really great album covering most of their career:-
Streaming | WAV
(1969)
About a year before both Phil Collins and their switch to the Charisma label. More psychedelic and psych-pop than the albums that were to follow but still very recognisable as Genesis driven by Peter Gabriel.