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;
Streaming | Transcoded DSD
(2007)
Prompted by BigH47 some Nightwish and their symphonic heavy rock, lovely massed choral sounds too, great stuff when you are in the mood.
On Tidal - to see if I should buy...
Talk Talk - the Colour of Spring (and everyone is out...so just cranked up Living In Another World 
Special to hear Goerne with string quartet...
joerand posted:
John Mellencamp. Plain Spoken. On vinyl from 2014. Laid back American rock with some mellow, tubey electric guitar sounds. Well suited to the vinyl format.
Love this album - one of my most-played of recent months after picking it up from your Mellencamp-fest some time ago . I've sampled quite a few of his others since then but haven't found one that I like anywhere near as much - so far ..... (lots to listen to though). Cheers N.
SNAIC in the Grass posted:Borders Nick posted:I did see a review somewhere recently but hadn't followed it up. Just given Naima and Giant Steps a quick blast on Tidal. Surprisingly rich sound
. Added to favourites for a proper listen later. Good shout . Cheers. N.
If you were trapped on a deserted island with a single Jazz song, Naima would be a good one. I have a see-thru clear vinyl copy of Giant Steps. Turns out Giant Steps is actually very complex and deep...my cousin told me this; his parents are both professional symphony musicians. Here is a PDF that reads like a research paper about Giant Steps: http://danadler.com/misc/Cycles.pdf
Never knew about "Coltrane Changes" but this is fascinating stuff:
"In jazz harmony, the Coltrane changes (Coltrane Matrix or cycle, also known as chromatic third relations and multi-tonic changes) are a harmonic progression variation using substitute chords over common jazz chord progressions."And I thought it was just a guy blowing on a horn.
That's some in-depth article SNAIC - if only I had some musical knowledge perhaps I could better understand it 
Great music whatever "method" Coltrane was using, consciously or otherwise.
Tidal
King Crimson - Lizard
Vinyl
King Crimson - Islands
Vinyl
Paul Simon. Eponymous solo debut (1972) on 2014 remastered vinyl.
Steely Dan. Countdown To Ecstasy. On original vinyl from 1973. Talked to a friend recently who was entirely impressed with the SQ of the hi-res download of this album. Thought I'd give the real thing a spin .
Amy Winehouse. Back To Black. On original US vinyl from 2006. Swanky and smoky. Appropriate music for those indulging in the "What Booze are you drinking now?" thread.
Just re-release Atom Heart Mother vinyl already!
David Gilmour - Fat Old Sun Live in Gdansk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yOVTF5gTXM