What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIV)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2017
On the eve of a new year, it's time for a new thread.
Last year's thread can be found here:
Double cd released 2003 - Excellent stuff ????
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Lon Price
Backing Vocals – Bonnie Raitt , Deborah Paul, Etta James, Jessica Smith, Joan Harmon, Julia Tillman, Maxine Wilard, Rosemary Butler, Sharon Neborn, Vanetta Fields
Baritone Saxophone – Red Tyler, Carl Blouin
Bass – Chuck Rainey, George Porter, Richy Powell, Robert Popwell, Walter Payton
Congas – Alfred Roberts, Squirrel
Drums – Clyde Williams, Jeff Porcaro, Joe Lambert, Joseph Modeliste
Guitar – George Plummer, Larry Carlton, Leo Nocentelli, Teddy Royal, Vincent Toussaint
Percussion – Paulinho daCosta, Victor Feldman
Piano – Ralph Tee
Tenor Saxophone – Alvin Thomas, Gary Brown
Trombone – Lester Caliste
Trumpet – Clyde Kerr Jr, Francis Rousselle, Steve Howard
Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano – Allen Toussaint
Enjoying some Suzanne Vega this evening: Vol 4 - Songs of Family.
The Upsetters / Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Rachmaninoff - Moments Musicaux (Boris Giltburg) - CD
This was a recommendation here last year. A wonderful work giving me lots of enjoyment.
Phil
ONJQ Live
MDS posted:
Enjoying some Suzanne Vega this evening: Vol 4 - Songs of Family.
Mike more intimacy served up CD 555 stylee ......you will never live that one down 
Playing on Vinyl - Enchanting and ethereal from Mazzy Star their 2nd album from 1993.One of those albums which I thought was better than their debut She Hangs Brightly.
I have to say, hand on heart, that Ms Bush is the most preternaturally gifted female in the entire history of popular music. The only women who come anywhere near her are Bobbie Gentry and Joni Mitchell (both similarly uncompromising, self-contained artists), and even they lag behind her. Nobody else is possessed of so singular (if occasionally baffling) a vision. She's up there with Dylan, Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and Lennon/McCartney as far as I'm concerned - and I say that as someone who finds chunks of her oeuvre unlistenable. But she is a remarkably talented individual.
This 1982 album is an example of that singular artistic vision. By turns head-scratchingly odd (there can be few songs by a major artist as peculiar as "Suspended in Gaffa" or "Houdini") and searingly brilliant, it's one of her three great masterworks (along with "Hounds of Love" and "Aerial"). It's also her most challenging album - especially the closing track, "Get Out of My House".
This is the new Guthrie vinyl master, bought today. As [@mention:1566878603942595] has pointed out, the reproduction of the sleeve is very good, the pressing silent and flat. I like this new master, although I haven't compared it to a UK first press.
LP - Big Trilby Records 2015 : )
Pleasantly surprised with this, it's not brilliant but it's undemanding and easy on the ear,
not to mention ELO-esque of yesteryore which is probably why i like it
Debs
Inspired by Dan Steel's post above relating to Allen Toussaint, I decided to dig out this excellent CD compilation.
naim_nymph posted:
LP - Big Trilby Records 2015 : )
Pleasantly surprised with this, it's not brilliant but it's undemanding and easy on the ear,
not to mention ELO-esque of yesteryore which is probably why i like it
Debs
Nicely summed up Debs. I don’t think it’s as good as the best of the original ELO albums, though I wonder how much of my/our assessment of them is tied up with our memory of the times in which they were produced. In isolation I’d agree that ‘Alone in the Universe’ is a really good album and a demonstration of Jeff’s still well sharpened skills.
Mark Knopfler - Down The Road Wherever, just getting to know this after purchasing last week.Did anybody else buy the 16 track edition? ,blimey its 78 minutes long!.
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan CD rip. I really enjoy this and the song "Romulus" is heartbreaking.
Sad news Pete Shelly has just passed away aged 63 of a suspected heart attack....RIP
Oh my god that voice! Wonderful recording too. On a 1999 CD.
ALANP posted:
Mark Knopfler - Down The Road Wherever, just getting to know this after purchasing last week.Did anybody else buy the 16 track edition? ,blimey its 78 minutes long!.
I'm disappointed there is no 24-bit download release yet, I'm prepared to wait & see (hope). But yes I will be getting the 16 track
Now Playing.........
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
Streaming on NAS........... Going with some love from Lucinda with this two CD release from 2014. Love Lucinda, fantastic vocals and music!
(2004)
Careless Love
Madeline Peyroux's lovely voice covering some very fine artists here from Cohen and Dylan to Hank Williams to name just a few.
Normally playing this collection of a brilliant run of singles (and equally brilliant and often experimental B-sides) is a joy, but on this occasion it is tinged with melancholy after the sad passing of Pete Shelley.
UK first press vinyl.
Delaney & Bonnie And Friends - D & B Together, a great collection of songs.
Qobuz 24 bit 44.1 kHz.
Skipped 'side 1' and straight to 'A Sea of Honey'.
Sounds utterly fantastic on my Nova, there seems to be so much clarity compared to the older CD version I had (unopened vinyl copy from original release), piano notes and vocals sound such more clearer, and there are subtle layerings of backing vocals I'd not appreciated before.
Not so sure about the new 'Artist' vocals though.