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:
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Some classic Brit acid jazziness"
jj. No 3.
For all the avant garde soundscapes etc. Radiohead also have some lovely melodies. Christopher does a great job with them.
ewemon posted:
Strange cover - he's called King Ernest. Has a great version of Tom Waits' The House Where Nobody Lives.
Umgur doesn’t properly work, so directly publish. Great album of songs which just sound good.....
Now for breakfast..
LCD Soundsytem: American Dream - 24-bit – 96.00 kHz HD Download.
If this doesn’t get me moving on a Monday morning then nothing will!
Alfa Mist: Antiphon. Spacy new age spiritual jazz. From Bandcamp.
Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons - "into the lovely" (2006)
Suzanne Vega - "Close-up, Vol. 1: Love Songs" (2010)
Continue with more Lunatic Soul albums. First from 2008.
Tracey Thorn - "Love And Its Opposite" (2010)
Enjoying this one not played for a long time
Rolling Stones: Blue & Lonesome -24-bit – 88.20 kHz. HD Download.
The old boys revisiting their roots and in doing so creating one of their very best album in years. If that isn’t something to be celebrated I don’t know what is. I know its been covered a lot on here, but its still a joy!
Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed - 16-bit CD Rip.
Inspired by Blue & Lonesome, time to revisit their past... Simply my fav RS album, even thought is quite dark and melancholy in places. A set that starts with Gimme Shelter and concludes with You Can’t Always Get What You Want!
U2 - "Songs Of Innocence" (2014)
On CD:-
World Party - Egyptology
Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street - 16-bit CD Rip.
Yes, more Stones - and why not! I know it is celebrated as their masterpiece, but I certainly didn’t think so on the first listen (or three) and took me an age of repeat plays for it to fully connect. Now its probably the one I play the most - go figure.
(1972)
Starting off with this wonderful forty six year old classic that was so well recorded and has lovely SQ, ripped from an early original Reprise Label CD.
The Wallflowers - "Collected: 1996-2005" (2009)
A Classic piece of Funk from 1972 - Spinning on Vinyl
Yetizone posted:Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street - 16-bit CD Rip.
Yes, more Stones - and why not! I know it is celebrated as their masterpiece, but I certainly didn’t think so on the first listen (or three) and took me an age of repeat plays for it to fully connect. Now its probably the one I play the most - go figure.
How about... it's varied and it's dirty?! 
I have been listening to Lester Young.
Lester Young - The Jazz Giants
Allmusic.com:
Even critics who feel (against the recorded evidence to the contrary) that little of tenor saxophonist Lester Young's postwar playing is at the level of his earlier performances make an exception for this session. Young was clearly inspired by the other musicians (trumpeter Roy Eldridge, trombonist Vic Dickenson, pianist Teddy Wilson, guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Gene Ramey, and drummer Jo Jones), who together made for a very potent band of swing all-stars. The five songs on this album include some memorable renditions of ballads and a fine version of "You Can Depend on Me," but it is the explosive joy of the fiery "Gigantic Blues" that takes honors. This set, a real gem, is highly recommended.
Lester Young - Pres and Teddy
Allmusic.com:
Although it has been written much too often that Lester Young declined rapidly from the mid-'40s on, the truth is that when he was healthy, Young played at his very best during the '50s, adding an emotional intensity to his sound that had not been present during the more carefree days of the '30s. This classic session, a reunion with pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer Jo Jones (bassist Gene Rameycompletes the quartet), finds the great tenor in particularly expressive form. His rendition of "Prisoner of Love" is quite haunting, the version of "All of Me" is also memorable, and all of the swing standards (which are joined by his original "Pres Returns") are well worth hearing. This date (which has been reissued on CD) was recorded the day after Young's other classic from his late period, Jazz Giants '56.