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;
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(1986)
Some early Ozrics' for this early (soggy) morning.
Probably my favourite PG album. I remember auditioning turntables using this album at Audio Excellence in Cardiff back in 1987.
I bought the Linn...
Peter Gabriel - So
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(1998)
Dark, funky and groovy. Good stuff that I haven't listened to in a few years.
Interesting version of the Chopin pieces. Most probably will buy this version as well....
Enjoying this one !
ewemon posted:
I now know what I will be playing when I get in later today. Great album. Maybe to be followed by Pithecanthropus Erectus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzpsk5DSABA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCSEEvEm3uc
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's Rosary Sonatas were written in Salzburg in the 1670s or 1680s, and they're really unlike anything else in the violin literature. Scordatura, or unconventional tuning of an instrument's strings, was common enough during the Baroque era, but Biber's cycle of 15 pieces for violin and continuo explores the technique exhaustively: each of the 15 sonatas uses a different tuning. The result is music of fearsome difficulty for the player, and, as with Bach's best music, technical complexity generates spiritual intensity. Each sonata represents one of the Mysteries of the Catholic Rosary, which are divided into five Joyful Mysteries (the Annunciation, for example), five Sorrowful Mysteries (concluding with Christ's crucifixion), and five Glorious Mysteries (centered on the Resurrection and on Mary's Assumption). ALLMUSIC
DUSTER BENNETT Smiling Like I'm Happy (1968 UK Blue Horizon label 12-track stereo LP, recorded with a backing band including Peter Green on Guitar, John McVie on Bass & Mick Fleetwood on Drums,
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(1981)
Because I love getting this out for a play a few times times a year. 35 years old and fresh as a daisy.
Suits the mood. Haven't played this great album for a while. CD rip.
dav301 posted:On CD:-
Angel Olsen - My Woman
I've tried this a few times on Tidal as it's had great reviews but I couldn't get into it. However I heard her on ahem ... woman's hour on R4 the the other day 
and was quite impressed. I'll put it on list for another go.
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(2009)
Melody Gardot Live at Soho Apple Store New York
Tracklist
1 Baby I'm A Fool (Live) 3:31
2 Who Will Comfort Me (Live) 4:59
3 Your Heart Is As Black As Night (Live) 2:40
4 Worrisome Heart (Live) 4:27
5 Goodnite (Live) 5:29
6 If The Stars Were Mine (Live) 3:47
Eagles - Hell Freezes Over. Tidal . Great version of Hotel California on here.
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(2009)
Some more live Melody this time from Paris.
The Rain 5:11
Ain't No Sunshine 5:41
Baby I'm A Fool 3:42
My One And Only Thrill 6:28
Love Me Like A River Does 6:12
Stevee_S posted:A+ | Tidal
(2009)
Some more live Melody this time from Paris.
The Rain 5:11
Ain't No Sunshine 5:41
Baby I'm A Fool 3:42
My One And Only Thrill 6:28
Love Me Like A River Does 6:12
I should have added a different clip than the Olympia Paris one which was in 2015. This clip is the one relating to the Currency of Man Album and tour, recorded in Paris 2009.
1973 - Original vinyl...