What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XII)

Borders Nick posted:

Kenny Barron & Charlie Haden - earlier on the Muso over dinner.  Lovely album. CD rip.

I wish Verve reissue this in vinyl. One of my favourite Kenny Barron CD.

Sure beats Jazz at the Pawnshop in terms of the content.

joerand posted:

bishopla posted:

joerand posted:

It's becoming apparent to me that I need to bolster my Knopfler solo album holdings.

Thanks for the motivation chaps. Strait to the "K" bin next time I'm digging through used CDs.

Here is a list I would recommend all of them. In the order listed.

Solo albums

• Golden Heart (1996)
• Sailing to Philadelphia (2000)
• The Ragpicker's Dream (2002)
• Shangri-La (2004)
• One Take Radio Sessions (2005)
• Kill to Get Crimson (2007)
• Get Lucky (2009)
• Privateering (2012)
• Tracker (2015)

Larry, thanks for the response. Interesting you've got them prioritized in chronological order. The only album not on your list is the one that I have - "All The Roadrunning" (2006). Should be easy for me to start filling in the gaps. Might make a batch order of all the used CDs on your list and save myself some shipping. Cheers!

"All The Roadrunning" is a great album. I missed it on the list because it's a compilation with the amazing Emmylou Harris.  

ewemon posted:

Always wonder what would have happened to Dire Straits sound if Vince had accepted the offer to join the band.

I gave this one a listen and really enjoyed it. 

Fantastic interpretations or her tunes

Mehta/Los Angeles Philharmonic: Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps 1969 recording

A whole lotta banging going on yet oddly the music is not impactful as it should due to his lack of spot on timing.

Excellent percussion sections from the LA Phil.  rivaling Kodo drum guys with tight tensions, scale and speed without losing textures. EMI engineers captures all this with great clarity and dynamics. Sadly Mehta turns it into overblown farce.

dayjay posted:

Dream Theatre, The Astonishing.  First listen and pretty impressed so far although it does sound a little like Andrew Lloyd Webber in places.  Well worth a listen.  Flac via Audirvana/Hugo 

...the longer hairs,........ make the difference...

Wings. London Town. On vinyl from 1978. Haven't played this in a long time and its sounding rather fresh tonight. Nice enough cover shot of Linda, Paul looks cold, but certainly could have found a more becoming shot of Denny.

kuma posted:

Mehta/Los Angeles Philharmonic: Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps 1969 recording

A whole lotta banging going on yet oddly the music is not impactful as it should due to his lack of spot on timing.

Excellent percussion sections from the LA Phil.  rivaling Kodo drum guys with tight tensions, scale and speed without losing textures. EMI engineers captures all this with great clarity and dynamics. Sadly Mehta turns it into overblown farce.

EMI engineers?

London is the trade mark of Decca. While it is possible that EMI made the recording, this seems very unusual. The two companies were not linked commercially, and collaborations were very rare, even in the UK.

Sorry to raise this.

Best wishes from George

Thanks for correction George. 

In my mind, London/Decca/EMI now Warner all sort of merges together. :/

This London is a reissue of Decca. 

Today Decca=Universal and EMI=Warner right?

A bit darkish but with a great ballad. During my workout..

Breakfast treat. She plays Haydn a bit more solid as the other versions I know.

Ansermet/L'orchestre de la Suisse Romande: Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps  1957 recording

This is quite skillfully performed as even from the intro segment feels more like ice melting and all the flower starts to bloom with all that intimate layering of instruments and the way they were implemented. It shows how artificial and out of timing Mehta set is. 

Drums and percussions do not have a kind of scale and heft of modern recording and maybe It’s a bit orderly and tidy but this is a nimble and lyrical reading with many subtle touches where Ansermet avoids many cliche pitfalls.  60 years later this is still potent.

Karajan/Berliener: Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps  1963 recording

"It was good, but “the performance is ... too polished, a pet savage rather than a real one”.
---Stravinsky

I guess it could be a lot worse. 
Here's what Igor has to say about 1963 Boulez's reading:

“less good than I had hoped ... very bad tempi and some tasteless alterations”.

Ouch! :/

bishopla posted:

joerand posted:

bishopla posted:

joerand posted:

It's becoming apparent to me that I need to bolster my Knopfler solo album holdings.

Thanks for the motivation chaps. Strait to the "K" bin next time I'm digging through used CDs.

Here is a list I would recommend all of them. In the order listed.

Solo albums

• Golden Heart (1996)
• Sailing to Philadelphia (2000)
• The Ragpicker's Dream (2002)
• Shangri-La (2004)
• One Take Radio Sessions (2005)
• Kill to Get Crimson (2007)
• Get Lucky (2009)
• Privateering (2012)
• Tracker (2015)

Larry, thanks for the response. Interesting you've got them prioritized in chronological order. The only album not on your list is the one that I have - "All The Roadrunning" (2006). Should be easy for me to start filling in the gaps. Might make a batch order of all the used CDs on your list and save myself some shipping. Cheers!

"All The Roadrunning" is a great album. I missed it on the list because it's a compilation with the amazing Emmylou Harris.  

Not so much a compilation, more of an album quietly and surreptitiously put together over seven years using "borrowed and stolen studio time here and there", ten of the tracks were written by Mark Knopfler the others by Emmylou Harris.

Since everyone seems to be having a TRoS day, I'm going to jump in too. On vinyl:

Stevee_S posted:

bishopla posted

"All The Roadrunning" is a great album. I missed it on the list because it's a compilation with the amazing Emmylou Harris.  

Not so much a compilation, more of an album quietly and surreptitiously put together over seven years using "borrowed and stolen studio time here and there", ten of the tracks were written by Mark Knopfler the others by Emmylou Harris.

To an extent in my opinion, and Mrs SinS... I find Knopfler's voice too dominant over Harris's in the mix when singing duets - so the two voices side by side fail to totally deliver the C&W duet style - which should be far more powerful a result than this album shows.

However when Knopfler and Harris sing in an alternating fashion as in some of the tracks it works really well.

I cant help feeling that  the album is slightly overly compressed and processed and suffers a bit of the digital soup effect - especially with the more layered tracks.

Simon

Streaming | WAV

(1995)

Time for the second ripped CD from this very good live double album, I can't think why I never got it when it was released.

Volume 3 contains sentimental favorites as well as nearly unknown pieces. Piano sounds rich in tones and dynamics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBC8mxrWxcI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjvNnUM3_Sg

Stevee_S posted:

Streaming | WAV

(1995)

Time for the second ripped CD from this very good live double album, I can't think why I never got it when it was released.

I came to it late, too, Steve and it's now one of my favourite PF albums. But as they say, better late than never.  

Mike

On double white vinyl, a new arrival. One of The Dame's edgiest - and best - latterday efforts.

Neighbours out so volume up and this album really comes alive. Oh, yes!  

Because I always find Mr Paitch very good to work to. On CD:

Alfa4life posted:

GraemeH posted:

This sounds really good!

G

Thought I would join you, on vinyl and sounding really superb... must be the Ovator s-400, are you still enjoying them GraemeH?

Very much so thanks...Slight amplification change in mid process should get the most from them too.

G

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