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:

https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...sted-vol-xiii?page=, 

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by ted_p

The War On Drugs

A Deeper Understanding - 24/44.1

The best album of 2017 IMHO.

Edward

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by Christopher_M

Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors

The opening riff, followed by deep, churning bass on Fire Snakes bodes well....

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by hungryhalibut

This is distinctly dull and underwhelming. I thought she’d be a good live performer, but based on this effort, I was wrong. 

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by hungryhalibut

After the dullness of Melody Gardot, this is seriously good. 

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by Clive B

So is this, Nigel.

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by dave marshall

  B B King - Deuces Wild.

  B B King and friends, ...................... which includes, among others, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John,  Joe Cocker and

  The Rolling Stones ........................... what's not to like? 

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by TOBYJUG
 

 

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Posted on: 20 February 2018 by ALANP

This evenings selection

Brand X  -  Morrocan Roll    why? because I am reading Phil Collins' autobiography and it reminded of his side project.

Sting  -  Ten Summuners Tales

and finishing with Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson  -  Very Tall   the vibes sound lovely on my American Jazz Classics version that comes with some bonus live tracks

Alan 

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by seakayaker

Now Playing.......

Shinya Fukumori Trio - For 2 Akis

Shinya Fukumori Trio - For 2 Akis

Shinya Fukumori (drums), Matthieu Bordenave (tenor saxophone), and Walter Lang (piano)

Streaming on TIDAL........  Taking a new release out on ECM Records for a spin...... First track is captivating, really enjoying this trio......

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by bishopla

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Yes - Relayer

released 1974

Number 19 on Prog's greatest 100

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by spurrier sucks

The Sword-Warp Riders

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by seakayaker

Now Playing.........

James McMurtry - Complicated Game

James McMurtry - Complicated Game

Streaming on NAS........  Delivered yesterday and ripped to NAS, first spin from NAS.......  James is sounding mighty strong, a very fine album!

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by Haim Ronen

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Posted on: 20 February 2018 by Florestan
EJS posted:

Nikolai Lugansky has joined Harmonia Mundi! 

It will be a very good year if this won't turn out to be my record of 2018. As ever, Lugansky avoids bombast, while giving the impression of having huge power in reserve. It's been a while since I heard a 'D' recorded with such a lifelike presence, without bloated bass and an almost tangible focus to the entire range but especially the upper octaves. Using this to give the Accuphase a real workout.

Listening from CD-R, home mastered from the hires files using myriad software, and extremely pleased with the results -  I'll burn a DVD with the flac files for comparison later, should be a fun experiment. 

Cheers

EJ 

EJ, really looking forward to this although I will have to wait until after the March 30th release in my part of the world.  You have with your description of the sonics made it a little harder to wait patiently now.  Recording quality aside, I wonder how his interpretation has changed over the years?  He recorded the Op. 3, No. 2 and the Op. 23 in the year 2000.  Do you have his earlier recording to compare?

Regarding the sonics is it typical Harmonia Mundi house sound ?  I thought his Naive recordings were all recorded nicely.  Do you know why he jumped ship?

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by Alley Cat

Saw this on the vinyl thread, must get the LP.

 

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by seakayaker

Now Playing.......

The Paul Bley Quartet

The Paul Bley Quartet

Paul Bley (piano), John Surman (soprano saxophone, bass clarinet), Bill Frisell (guitar), and Paul Motian (drums).

Streaming on NAS.......  Arrived in the mail, ripped and taking out for the first spin. Lovely album, wonderful musicians making beautiful music!

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by Richard Morris

Tedeschi Trucks Band: Revelator.

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by Bert Schurink

After all these Zeppelin posts I couldn’t stay behind as a fan. So during my workout...

 

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by Bert Schurink

And another one during workout....

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by Bert Schurink

Compensating with a very good Scarlatti album during breakfast...

 

Posted on: 20 February 2018 by Sloop John B

 

For some reason I’ve missed Jimmy Reed so far. I love swamp blues and this guy is obviously where a lot of it started. Nothing virtuoso but extremely enjoyable. 

 

.sjb

Posted on: 21 February 2018 by thebigfredc

SJB,

I too am surprised you missed Jimmy Ried.

The man in your avtar used to play him a lot, sometimes from original 7inch singles. that's how I became aware of Jimmy Ried. He sometimes gets criticised for all his songs being similar but you can level that at a lot of the blues singers from the30s/40s/50s.

Ray

Posted on: 21 February 2018 by dave marshall

SJB

Jimmy Reed is often quoted as being a large part of the inspiration for The Stones, The Animals, and others in the British Blues explosion.

As you say, nothing flashy, and he plays the same three chord turnaround in many of his songs, but it don't half sound good! 

Posted on: 21 February 2018 by Sloop John B
thebigfredc posted:

SJB,

I too am surprised you missed Jimmy Ried.

The man in your avtar used to play him a lot, sometimes from original 7inch singles. that's how I became aware of Jimmy Ried. He sometimes gets criticised for all his songs being similar but you can level that at a lot of the blues singers from the30s/40s/50s.

Ray

Most of my blues from this period was provided by ACE reissues, particularly of the Excello catalogue, I have over 100 ACE CDs and only one Jimmy Reed track on them! But I can see much of the Excello sound in these Jimmy Reed tracks  

This album is on Tidal, any recommendations as to where to go back catalogue wise. This one is a bit pricey at £34.

.sjb

Posted on: 21 February 2018 by ted_p

The Rolling Stones

GRRR! - CD Rip

Edward