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;
Vinyl..
1st run...
nigelb posted:ewemon posted:
I will join in this love fest for Foy- his latest.
I played the Hope album a lot when it came out and tried to push it a little on here with not much luck at the time.
Just listening to this myself for the first time. Very different to Hope but equally as impressive. Foy Vance is indeed a talented chap.
Listening to this album this evening .. I echo your thoughts; it is different than Hope and I would speculate that it's a better album. If you like bass lines you need to listen to this recording. The production quality is superb.
joerand posted:
Paul & Linda McCartney. Ram. On original vinyl from 1971. Readily among my favorite Macca albums. A high musical groove throughout the album and contains what might be my favorite McCartney song "3 Legs". He could do some nasty blues.
Agree. Just love this record. It was panned on release as a bit of a throwaway. He's arguably been trying to recapture the effortless magic ever since (although BOTR is also excellent).
First spin to start the weekend:
Bill Charlap (piano), Jay Leonhart (bass) & Bill Stewart (drums). Recorded in NY in 2005.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5-t9t4mRMU
John Fogerty. On CD from 2007. A recent addition that I've been giving repeated listens to lately. A very good album. Has the CCR musical signature, though maybe not quite as deep in the swamp rock.
MDS posted:
I thought I'd go back still further into the Beatles catalogue. Some superb songs on this for example Girl still holds some magic for me. Staggering to think this album is now over half-a-century old
I've been listening to this during recent speakers demos. Replay of the detailed bass lines in "The Word" is a nice test of a speaker's bass tunefulness. The strong vocals throughout (esp McCartney's backup harmonizing) is a good evaluation of mid range coherence. Beyond that, just a great album for general musical pleasure with a timeless quality as you noted.
Mudcrutch 2. On vinyl from a couple of months ago. Still getting better with each listen.
ewemon posted:
Another good recommendation!
Elvis. Bossa Nova Baby. On CD from 2014. It's Friday night, so why not cut loose with the ultimate Elvis party album? Funny, for a guy that has sold over half a billion records I rarely see a post for him here.
Beatles For Sale (1964). On late 1970s UK vinyl. At the time I paid big bucks at the record shop to get the import album. Well worth it in hind sight and the sonic qualities are still great tonight.
joerand posted:osprey posted:
In his 1971 Rolling Stone review of Refugee, Lester Bangs cited it, alongside Who’s Next, as a reason to keep believing in the magic and life force of rock & roll.
Osprey,
Trusting your musical tastes I've been sampling the band's songs on YouTube. Heavy soulful blues and powerful vocals by Annisette Koppel . Very reminiscent of Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company. The Savage Rose might have made it big had they found their way to Haight-Ashbury back in the day.
Randy, indeed they might have made it big also globally. They are very well respected, I believe, in Denmark. There was also a period when they made music only in Danish and those recordings are fine also (although different type of music). I think they are still touring in some form although the musical leader Thomas Koppel sadly passed away already 10 years ago.
Streaming | Transcoded DSD
(1984)
Worth the entry fee just for The Boys of Summer and kicking off the morning nicely.
1st run...
Streaming | Transcoded DSD
(1989)
In the mood for more DH and it didn't take too much persuading (of myself) to play this one before cracking on with some chores.
UK first (stereo) pressing:
Nice double vinyl album picked up a couple of weeks ago:
Earlier this morning....
Then this - I know a big contrast, one which is good enough for me to consider buying it....
Now listening into this one, quite good as well....
One of my favouritist new albums by a new(ish) artist of the past two years, ever. On vinyl:
Bach's Goldberg Variations, transcribed for Strings.
Dmitry Sitkovesky conducting the New European Strings Chamber Orchestra. Recorded in Hamburg, Germany in 1993, released on the Nonensuch label.
Pleasant the experience can be heard...
Is growing on me...
