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

ewemon posted:

Charles44 posted:

Being a Richard Thompson fan and wanting these recordings but knowing that they are not available ( at least from what I can see) what is the point of posting these two items other than to show you can get them but most other fans cannot.

Ouch!!!

Maybe I ought to give up posting full stop of pre releases I have heard and anything that is not currently available to the general public.

However in answer to your question about what was the point in posting them, simply put I was listening to them.

I am sure I have a lot of music not available to most on the forum but to me there is no harm in posting it.

If there is maybe I need to move over to another forum.

Keep all your postings coming, Ewen. Sometimes I like to know what I am missing.  

Stevee_S posted:

ewemon posted:

Charles44 posted:

Being a Richard Thompson fan and wanting these recordings but knowing that they are not available ( at least from what I can see) what is the point of posting these two items other than to show you can get them but most other fans cannot.

Ouch!!!

Maybe I ought to give up posting full stop of pre releases I have heard and anything that is not currently available to the general public.

However in answer to your question about what was the point in posting them, simply put I was listening to them.

I am sure I have a lot of music not available to most on the forum but to me there is no harm in posting it.

If there is maybe I need to move over to another forum.

Keep all your postings coming, Ewen. Sometimes I like to know what I am missing.  

Ewemon - keep on posting, it was just incredibly frustrating seeing the Thompson stuff knowing that I am unlikely ever to hear it.

Filipe posted:

Stevee_S posted:

This one is for you Filipe. The world of prog music is vast so you will have to go on your own journey of exploration. Tony, Clive, Eoin and others have pointed you in the direction but you will have to find out for yourself because none of our musical tastes are the same, let alone similar. I would point you in the same direction as they have (after Genesis who you seem to like). Above I have added a very bare and basic list of prog bands you might wish to try (they are all classics). If you are new to all this prog stuff then I would recommend starting with all the early albums and work your way forward, many bands changed direction and sound as they matured. I wish you well on your journey.

Finally and not knowing what your musical preferences are, I have put in a couple of non prog rock bands that you might find of interest both of which are IMHO beyond compare in their class The Doors who are a sort of acid and blues rock band who were are the mut's nuts. Cheekily I have added that Ozric Tentacles album, a band so many have ever heard of let alone listened to, they aren't prog rock but as you seem to be on a musical journey here is another one for you.

Cheers

Steve

Hi Steve, Thank you and everyone else for your prog rock suggestions. Family weekend over. Time to reflect on them.

Picking up on the duff remasters to avoid, I wonder whether what you all think about the recent vinyl remastering, or can the originals be bought?

I am beginning to understand that the Genesis sound is very demanding even for good Naim systems. My post about having to turn the volume down playing ...and then there were three...with the newly installed demo 252 now makes sense. 

I’m falling in love with ..and then there were three.. the more I play it on the 282 the more I love it. I know I am indirectly praising Phil Collins. However, it’s a start to the journey. It is going to take awhile to get to the destination like my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela planned for October..

Phil

Hi Phil, I can't give you any thoughts or advice on vinyl because sadly I haven't owned any for thirty five years or so, CDs, downloads and streaming for me these days. 

Steve 

Yes, keep 'em coming Ewen, as some of the "unobtainable" music sometimes turns out to be "obtainable" after all.

Without folks like such as yourself drawing our attention to it, it would remain unheard.

(1989) 

Because I played his final solo album yesterday afternoon which gave me a taste for more, this one was his first.

Recently managed to find a vinyl copy of this, having lost my copy many years ago - and very pleased such an old recording sounds so good. This used to be my favourite version (I like the classic John Williams guitar as well) but in looking for this I stumbled across another excellent variation, by Chet Baker and Paul Desmond on the album "Together", which just might  be played more than Jean - Christian. Does anyone have any more contestants?

1993 - vinyl - uk presssing...

More of my old '80s vinyl run through the RCM and coming up like new; 

Men At Work - Business as Usual. A UK pressing - weird because I could have sworn I bought it in the US, but maybe not... Gosh, I haven't listened to this in years!  Really takes me back.  It reminds me I must dig out my old copy of Cargo (I'm certain this was a US copy as I distinctly remember buying it at Pitchfork Records), which in many ways I preferred. I remember some years back watching an episode of Scrubs and Colin Hay was in it doing a cameo and also singing acoustic takes of old MaW numbers - really good too!

Charles44 posted:

Stevee_S posted:

ewemon posted:

Charles44 posted:

Being a Richard Thompson fan and wanting these recordings but knowing that they are not available ( at least from what I can see) what is the point of posting these two items other than to show you can get them but most other fans cannot.

Ouch!!!

Maybe I ought to give up posting full stop of pre releases I have heard and anything that is not currently available to the general public.

However in answer to your question about what was the point in posting them, simply put I was listening to them.

I am sure I have a lot of music not available to most on the forum but to me there is no harm in posting it.

If there is maybe I need to move over to another forum.

Keep all your postings coming, Ewen. Sometimes I like to know what I am missing.  

Ewemon - keep on posting, it was just incredibly frustrating seeing the Thompson stuff knowing that I am unlikely ever to hear it.

You would hate me then as I have a lot of official RT recordings. Pity you didn't stay close to me.

seakayaker posted:

Now Playing......

Badlands - Trampled Under Foot

Streaming on TIDAL........  Going with the recommendation from EWEMON and giving Badlands a spin. Fantastic, the lead singer Danielle Schnebelen and her two brothers made up Trampled Under Foot and broke up in the fall of 2014. That spun off the Danielle Nicole band with a different cast of musicians. Badlands sounds mighty fantastic, Danielle definitely has beautiful/powerful vocals and this album is worth a listen.

It is weird but this album is not in the Tidal catalogue in the region in which the UK resides. A bit irritating that Tidal ctalogues appear to vary across the globe, unless I am not searching correctly.

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978) - vinyl

An Oxfam buy at £4.99. Listening to this with a new understanding of the band’s roots initially in  blues rock, hard rock and then prog rock. Ian Anderson (MBE) describes the title track as an equestrian version of Aqualung. I guess this album represents fusion and development of earlier influences. Horses is the second of a trilogy of folk rock albums the others being Songs from the Woods and Stormwatch. Standup (1969) is a folk tinged blues album and reach No 1 in the U.K.

I like it and it’s is sounding really good today having put the base and lid on the RP10 to keep the dust off and isolate the TT more from the nearby speaker! 

Phil

nigelb posted:

seakayaker posted:

Now Playing......

Badlands - Trampled Under Foot

Streaming on TIDAL........  Going with the recommendation from EWEMON and giving Badlands a spin. Fantastic, the lead singer Danielle Schnebelen and her two brothers made up Trampled Under Foot and broke up in the fall of 2014. That spun off the Danielle Nicole band with a different cast of musicians. Badlands sounds mighty fantastic, Danielle definitely has beautiful/powerful vocals and this album is worth a listen.

It is weird but this album is not in the Tidal catalogue in the region in which the UK resides. A bit irritating that Tidal ctalogues appear to vary across the globe, unless I am not searching correctly.

I typed the the name backwards, the band is Trampled Under Foot and the album is Badlands. Search with Trampled Under Foot and you may just find it........    My bad...... or should I say my Badlands.

Tabby cat posted:

Just had a friend over for lunch and after we eat, he played me this on Compact Disc - Hadn't heard any of his work before but found it incredible atmospheric with great use of the cello and Virginia Wolfe narrating certain parts .Must investigate more of his work.

Any recommendations ?

Can not see the album, can you post the name?

Shakura S'Aida - Time

The CD of this fell through the letterbox today. It is in fact a double CD with one CD dedicated to Rock 'n' Soul and the other to the Blues. What a belter this is. Great vocals, attitude, excellent choons, humour, strong musicianship, this has it all IMHO. It is on Tidal if you want to sample it.

Thoroughly recommended. 

2003 - vinyl...

seakayaker posted:

nigelb posted:

seakayaker posted:

Now Playing......

Badlands - Trampled Under Foot

Streaming on TIDAL........  Going with the recommendation from EWEMON and giving Badlands a spin. Fantastic, the lead singer Danielle Schnebelen and her two brothers made up Trampled Under Foot and broke up in the fall of 2014. That spun off the Danielle Nicole band with a different cast of musicians. Badlands sounds mighty fantastic, Danielle definitely has beautiful/powerful vocals and this album is worth a listen.

It is weird but this album is not in the Tidal catalogue in the region in which the UK resides. A bit irritating that Tidal ctalogues appear to vary across the globe, unless I am not searching correctly.

I typed the the name backwards, the band is Trampled Under Foot and the album is Badlands. Search with Trampled Under Foot and you may just find it........    My bad...... or should I say my Badlands.

I have searched Tidal under both Trampled Under Foot and Badlands. There is only one album associated with the band Trampled Under Foot and it is not Badlands. So Tidal's catalogues do appear to vary across the world which may have something to do with how copyrights and/or distribution rights might vary globally.

Ho hum....

Sorry Seakayaker it should have been this

On CD:-

Tina Turner - Break Every Rule

Tabby cat posted:

Sorry Seakayaker it should have been this

Thanks, I am not familiar with the work but I have started playing the album and the opening is fabulous. From reading a review it states that the opening track contains the only known recording of Virginia Woolf’s voice along with the bells, gongs, and human bustle. Review found here:     

Thanks for the mention, in this case the album photo told the story! Just love this thread.......   (the 2nd & 3rd tracks are fabulous as well)

Ozric Tentacles - Introducing Ozric Tentacles, Tidal.

Since people started playing Ozric Tentacles here, the name’s been familiar, but I couldn't place it. I decided to give them a stream while cooking, and it all came flooding back. Sitting in various flats in London with old college friends a few years after graduation, listening to the Dead, Gong, Hawkwind, Ozric Tentacles. I’m pretty sure I saw them at a gig or 2, and I think they may have played Glastonbury in one of the years I went (stopped going in about ‘88 or ‘89). Complex hard-driving instrumental music, experimental time signatures, spacy grippy prog with multiple influences, wow! Thanks for the reminder, this has been a serious nostalgia trip!

Willy Porter - How To Rob A Bank

Postman kindly brought me this CD today. It is very good, but as Willy adopts varying styles throughout this album it is impossible to categorise a genre - singer songwriter is the best I can do. It certainly has country and blues influences.

Anyway all the songs on here are well crafted and superbly performed. Willy also has his tongue firmly in his cheek on one or two tracks, particularly the title track. Very entertaining.

It is on Tidal if you fancy giving It a whirl.

2001 - vinyl...

What the Texans call Roadhouse music.

Agnes Obel on Tidal. Mesmerizing.

Never far from the blues.