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;
From last night. Does what it says on the tin, an album full of classic soul tracks..
1989 Vinyl
Qobuz has another week of four artist with discounted albums, just listened to the ones I don't have and decided to buy them...
Original 1st press vinyl takes me back
Not played this for a while and forgotten what a superb album it is.
If the battery lasts in my Sony then the Kismet acoustic EP will get a play too
Haven't yet listened to it as much I would have liked to....
RSA Township jazz, on CD. Includes a guest spot from the hardest working man in showbiz, Shabaka Hutchings.
Some gentle tunes from Mali's finest, whilst watching t'Olympics this afternoon.
And why not?
Sublime.
On CD:-
Ryley Walker - Primrose Green
Still in Mali, with some input from Damon Albarn, whilst gazing at t'Olympics.
Ibrahim Ferrer... 'Buenos Hermanos' Infectious.
G
2014 - Tidal...
She Keeps Bees - Eight Houses
A+ | Transcoded DSD
10,000 Days by Tool
Sadly Tool's last album but its a very good one in the progressive hard rock vein that they do so well.
Post dinner, back to t'Olympics...............this is nice in the background.
A+ | Transcoded DSD
(2001)
Wanting to stick with Tool's wonderfully heavy prog rock, Lateralus their penultimate album is hitting the spot.
Olympics hotting up, so signing off with this.............extremely chilled. 
joerand posted:Tony2011 posted:
1976 - Original vinyl...
Felt the urge to listen to Emerald. One of my favourite tracks by this mob!
Fantastic album. "Cowboy Song" has long been my own TL favorite.
+1, my fave Lizzy album since the first day I heard it.
Vinyl
“Krushevo” is the name of the town in central Macedonia where, high in the mountains, a large concrete monument was built during the Josef Tito era in the mid-1970’s, to commemorate the Macedonians that rebelled against the Ottoman Empire. Garfinkle’s beautifully designed photos of this unique “space-ship” building on the disc’s jacket belie the beauty that lies within: the profound interplay of two great guitarists playing “Balkan Blues” reverberating in an astonishing acoustic environment. From the opening lines of the swirling traditional dance, “Gajdarsko Oro” (“Bagpipe Reel”), we are treated to Vlatko’s fleet footed solos on his Sakura nylon string guitar, perfectly foiled by Miroslav’s punctuations on his Ramirez classical guitar. Back and forth they go, masterfully climbing the steps of this furious melody until they come to a feverish climax. Once the last note is struck, your audio system will be tested to its maximum to convey the glorious decay of this last punctuated note reverberating off the stonelike walls of this unique, rounded acoustic space, ad infinitum. I have never heard such wonderful ambience of both recorded space as well as the body of the instruments employed." (Nelson Brill, The Stereo Times)