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

  Thin Lizzy - Life.

  The SQ on this double album isn't really the best, but at least it is indeed "live", unlike the much lauded "Live and Dangerous", which,

  as we all know now, wasn't really, (though it's still a great "live" album).

  Erm, quite LOUD. 

Following Daves lead with A Night in Paris a live outing from the lovely Diana Krall

Don Henley

The End Of The Innocence - 24/96

Edward

Could of course not resist picking this one...

Clive B posted:

I wonder if Filipe will try out any of the albums being played by Stevee_S or Tony2011 today in his exploration of progressive rock. OK, he's been exploring Genesis back catalogue, but Tony has been playing some of the true masters of the genre.

I've just got back from a major expedition on foot to Sainsbury's (where the bread shelves and milk shelves were eerily empty). Recovering now with Disc 5 from the Vitamin Enhanced set. I've noticed that the SQ improves with the later recordings, but the music is consistently good throughout.

[@mention:6917038660692026] and [@mention:22826037044169924] Please could you suggest what the next step after Genesis might be. I like ...and then there were three .... a lot. Undertow, Snowbound, Many to Many, Say It Alright Joe, The Lady Lies and Follow You Follow Me are ones that stands out for me. 

Phil

Filipe posted:

Clive B posted:

I wonder if Filipe will try out any of the albums being played by Stevee_S or Tony2011 today in his exploration of progressive rock. OK, he's been exploring Genesis back catalogue, but Tony has been playing some of the true masters of the genre.

I've just got back from a major expedition on foot to Sainsbury's (where the bread shelves and milk shelves were eerily empty). Recovering now with Disc 5 from the Vitamin Enhanced set. I've noticed that the SQ improves with the later recordings, but the music is consistently good throughout.

[@mention:6917038660692026] Please could you suggest what the next step after Genesis might be. I like ...and then there were three .... a lot. Undertow, Snowbound, Many to Many, Say It Alright Joe, The Lady Lies and Follow You Follow Me are ones that stands out for me. 

Phil

Phil, 

I am probably the last person here who should give you any sensible advice. Listen to whatever you feel like but here its is:

My favourite Genesis album is Selling England By The Pound.

 I am no Phil Collins as Genesis leading man  or his solo career.

Listen to some King Crimson. Actually, loads of it. No single album is like the previous one.

This may not make any sense now, but you will thank me one day: do not listen to any of  Steven Wilson's remasters  of "prog" bands  or anything he touches and that includes PT.

Go, listen and discover some music. It's a journey and you will love it. 

ATB,

Tony

PS: Did I mention King Crimson?  Just checking!

PS2: there are some members who are constantly exploring and playing new  bands on  here. Steve( Stevee_s) is one of them and he is very passionate about his music and has an impeccable taste.

MDS posted:

Filipe posted:

Thanks for all the suggestions. Last night I gave up the 252 demo because after 8 days fairly continuous use it just is not developing enough and it was supposed to be 8 months old. The lower frequencies are emphasised and higher frequencies veiled. The detail and texture is missing. I put the 282 back and ran it all night. I do enjoy my 282. 552 demo next week!

Phil

Sounds as if you are gravitating towards the 282 camp in that long-running and often repeated debate on here about 282 v 252. I'm in it too, preferring the 282's boogie to the 252's subtlety. That said the one thing that seems to unify both camps if that the 552DR comfortably betters both. I'll look forward to updates on your demo, Phil.

Mike, Something wasn’t right with the 252 or setup, and I got feed up after 8 days! The 282 got me back to a better place. I might give it another try with a slightly different arrangement of the power supplies bottom up 300DR SuperCap DR and then 555DR. Only really making it easier to justify a 552 if it really sounds so much better.

Phil

Excellent BBC4 Programme this evening about Minimalist music. Great presenter Charles Hazelwood.  With La Monte Young, Terry Rileym, Steve Reich, Philip Glass and others. 

Brilliant performance of In C . Well worth watching.  

Bob F 

QOTSA-Rated R

ewemon posted:

Without a doubt in my Top Twenty albums of all time. Got me through some very sticky patches in the late 70's.

Fabulous late night listening and he was a really nice guy to boot. 

Would love to see your top 10 list. Or top 20 if you feel like it.

Just finished.........

Mathias Eick - Ravensburg

Mathias Eick  (trumpet, voice), Håkon Aase (violin), Andreas Ulvo (piano), Audun Erlien (electric bass), Torstein Lofthus (drums), and Helge Andreas Norbakken (drums, percussion).

Streamed on TIDAL........  Enjoyed this earlier and took it out for another spin, sounding mighty nice, pre-ordered on the river.......

Now Playing......

Terje Rypdal - If Mountains Could Sing

Terje Rypdal   (electric guitar), Terje Tonnesen (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Oystein Birkeland (cello), Bjørn Kjellemyr (basses), Audun Kleive (drums), and Christian Eggen (conductor)

Streaming on TIDAL.......  A further exploration of the ECM catalogue. I saw that Jakob Bro had a new release from ECM coming out this month and pre-ordered. Also Bill Frisell has a new release from Sony Masterworks later this month and pre-ordered that as well. Well why not spin another guitarist album, so Terje's "If Mountains Could Sing" looked like a perfect selection......

GraemeH posted:

Gorgeous sounding with the incomparable ‘Muskrat Love’ to kick off (well, it was 1973).

Muskrat Love - what an oddity of a song to endure. America covered it on Hat Trick and god knows why made us suffer through it again on their Greatest Hits LP. If that wasn't enough it was covered anew only a few years later by the mawkish duo Captain & Tennille where it somehow managed to reach #1 on several charts. Songwriter Willis Ramsey must have done unexpectedly well off the song's royalties.

Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of Dire Straits. On HDCD from 1998. Always a trusty go-to choice when I can't decide exactly what I want to hear.

Chris Smither: Leave The Light On.

Something seriously Rockin' to blow out the cobwebs and get Saturday morning going - The energy in the recording on this Live album is astonishing  - Playing on Vinyl.....Loud ..... RIP Bon and Malcolm

Filipe posted:

Clive B posted:

I wonder if Filipe will try out any of the albums being played by Stevee_S or Tony2011 today in his exploration of progressive rock. OK, he's been exploring Genesis back catalogue, but Tony has been playing some of the true masters of the genre.

I've just got back from a major expedition on foot to Sainsbury's (where the bread shelves and milk shelves were eerily empty). Recovering now with Disc 5 from the Vitamin Enhanced set. I've noticed that the SQ improves with the later recordings, but the music is consistently good throughout.

[@mention:6917038660692026] and [@mention:22826037044169924] Please could you suggest what the next step after Genesis might be. I like ...and then there were three .... a lot. Undertow, Snowbound, Many to Many, Say It Alright Joe, The Lady Lies and Follow You Follow Me are ones that stands out for me. 

Phil

I actually meant you should explore Yes. I think Tony had played 'Fragile' and 'The Yes Album' yesterday. The latter is remarkably accessible, with some fantastic melodies and first class musicianship. The lyrics are typically Jon Anderson, but contribute to the musical whole. I feel sure you would enjoy that, and if you do, then you should try 'Fragile' and what is my favourite progressive rock masterpiece, 'Close to the Edge'.

As Tony says, King Crimson has to be explored too. Start with 'In The Court of the Crimson King', another progressive masterpiece. Where to go after that, possibly 'Starless' or 'Red'.

Tony mentions Steven Wilson. I agree with him regarding SW's remasters of the back catalogues of these bands (steer well clear), but I regard his album 'The Raven That Refused to Sing' very highly. The guitar playing (by Guthrie Govan) is exemplary.

One thing I found was that it takes multiple plays to 'get' some progressive albums. When I bought 'Close to the Edge' I thought it was dreadful at first, but I persisted and, after a few plays, began to recognise bits. The problem today is that because music is so cheap (especially CD), we can ignore albums that don't appeal on first play. When I was at school things were different. 

Now listening in high res...

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker - CD (2000)

His debut solo album after breaking with Whiskeytown. Great compilation of guitar songs that get me singing along to! Lots of different moods and singing styles .... oh I love you AMY ... my sweet Carolina ... super lyrics throughout. 

Phil

Dire Straits - Money for nothing

I'm not really a fan of David Bowie's work (apart perhaps from the excellent Hunky Dory) but was perusing my record collection and noticed this by its wide, white spine, and thought I'd give it a spin. This may be the third or fourth time I've played it (it's the 2015 remastered version on heavyweight vinyl) and it could grow on me yet.

Clive, I am a huge fan of The Dame's work and this album, released in January '77, is pobably - along with Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures - my favourite album ever. Maybe give it a spin?

Here it is, sounding awesome on an early 1980s Japanese pressing:

Jagger et al in the living room on this fine Satuday morning. I love my system!

G

Clive B posted:

Filipe posted:

Clive B posted:

I wonder if Filipe will try out any of the albums being played by Stevee_S or Tony2011 today in his exploration of progressive rock. OK, he's been exploring Genesis back catalogue, but Tony has been playing some of the true masters of the genre.

I've just got back from a major expedition on foot to Sainsbury's (where the bread shelves and milk shelves were eerily empty). Recovering now with Disc 5 from the Vitamin Enhanced set. I've noticed that the SQ improves with the later recordings, but the music is consistently good throughout.

[@mention:6917038660692026] and [@mention:22826037044169924] Please could you suggest what the next step after Genesis might be. I like ...and then there were three .... a lot. Undertow, Snowbound, Many to Many, Say It Alright Joe, The Lady Lies and Follow You Follow Me are ones that stands out for me. 

Phil

I actually meant you should explore Yes. I think Tony had played 'Fragile' and 'The Yes Album' yesterday. The latter is remarkably accessible, with some fantastic melodies and first class musicianship. The lyrics are typically Jon Anderson, but contribute to the musical whole. I feel sure you would enjoy that, and if you do, then you should try 'Fragile' and what is my favourite progressive rock masterpiece, 'Close to the Edge'.

As Tony says, King Crimson has to be explored too. Start with 'In The Court of the Crimson King', another progressive masterpiece. Where to go after that, possibly 'Starless' or 'Red'.

Tony mentions Steven Wilson. I agree with him regarding SW's remasters of the back catalogues of these bands (steer well clear), but I regard his album 'The Raven That Refused to Sing' very highly. The guitar playing (by Guthrie Govan) is exemplary.

One thing I found was that it takes multiple plays to 'get' some progressive albums. When I bought 'Close to the Edge' I thought it was dreadful at first, but I persisted and, after a few plays, began to recognise bits. The problem today is that because music is so cheap (especially CD), we can ignore albums that don't appeal on first play. When I was at school things were different. 

Hi Clive, Thanks for the suggestions.

I did spot the Yes albums and wondered. I’ve actually never heard of them, but I will talk to my son who will be here later for a family weekend. With young grandchildren we don’t get to listen to music much even after bedtime.  My son still plays his acoustic guitar. It is good to think of father and sons making music together. He is lucky to have learnt to play the guitar. I should have indulged him more with gear, but education took up the salary! He was in a band at Cardiff Uni. The older grandchildren (6 and 8) are learning piano. My wife plays with them.

Yes, I found ....and then there were three ... just grows on me. I will listen to the suggestions and am on the look out for more early Genesis. Good to have TIDAL but happy to take a chance on s/h especially at an Oxfam shop that checks it’s new stock and gives refunds. There is not much to loose even taking if taking a chance.

Phil

Kevin-W posted:

Clive, I am a huge fan of The Dame's work and this album, released in January '77, is pobably - along with Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures - my favourite album ever. Maybe give it a spin?

Here it is, sounding awesome on an early 1980s Japanese pressing:

I have that one too, Kevin, but it's another which I have hardly played. I'll give it a spin next. (Whispers) I'm rather enjoying Aladdin Sane right now!