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:
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia...
On ltd white vinyl...
Now Playing.........
Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Streaming on TIDAL........... Going back and giving this Roger Waters album a second spin....... Enjoyed it the first time around and perhaps it will get me up and going this morning!
Off the Funk tip in the Office - now on the Disco tip.....Playing on Cassette on a TDK C60........."Funky Town by Lipps Inc always sounds good 
On CD:-
Chris Stapleton - From A Room: Volume 2
On CD:-
Glenn Hughes - Play Me Out
1991 - vinyl - UK first pressing...
A little a capella on this lovely sunny afternoon. Beautiful vocals on their debut album.
Joey Calderazzo
Nice piano trio jazz from Joey Calderazzo (who is also the pianist in Branford Marsalis quartet).
A powerful trio outing, Joey Calderazzo's self-titled Columbia debut is comprised almost entirely of fine original compositions, in addition to Bill Evans' haunting "Time Remembered" and Michael Brecker's hard-swinging "Slings and Arrows." Bassist John Patitucci and drummer Jeff "Tain" Wattsprovide an unwavering and hip rhythmic foundation for the blazing pianist. Calderazzo's tunes range from the richly contrasting waltz feels of "The Oracle," "Haiku," and "Catania" to the all-out uptempo fury of "Detonation." Combining melodic ingenuity, harmonic adventurism, and sheer aggressiveness of attack, Calderazzo's playing on this record stands as a yardstick against which all other post-bop pianists can be measured.
Tabby cat posted:http://uniqueguitar.blogspot.c...ring-guitars-of.html
Jeff A,
This is a link to a very good Roger Mc Guinn blog I came across.Very well put together with good photos and equipment.
Wishing you a good day
Cheers Ian
Thank you very much, I will check it out. Jeff A
(1969)
Frank Zappa for another glorious spring afternoon.
(1998)
Because, I fancied some Cheap Thrills and fast forwarded Zappa a few decades.
Sviatoslov Richter - Bach: The Well tempered clavier.
If you like the well tempered clavier, than I can recommend this one. Richter plays most of the pieces slower than today's pianist.
The Paul Simon Song Book (1965) - Vinyl
Amother from the Canal Trust Shop. It’s playing beautifully. The surprise to me is that it doesn’t quite sound like him. I thought the demo 552 was playing up, and want to ask anyone familiar with it whether they think it doesn’t quite sound like him.
Please reply, but I have some answersfrom Wiki. Simon recorded the album at Levy's Recording Studio, 73 New Bond Street, London, over several dates in June 1965. Most of the songs required several takes. He only had one microphone for both his voice and his guitar.
This was his first album. I read that later tried to get it withdrawn. It worth looking at the track to see that the talent was there early on.
A1 I Am A Rock
A2 Leaves That Are Green
A3 A Church Is Burning
A4 April Come She Will
A5 The Sound Of Silence
A6 A Most Peculiar Man
B1 He Was My Brother
B2 Kathy's Song
B3 The Side Of A Hill
B4 A Simple Desultory Philippic
B5 Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
B6 Patterns
Phil
(1972)
A complete change from listening to Zappa, this is one very fine George Benson album beautifully covering a few old numbers, his guitar work is sweet and superb. I've posted the back of the album to show the other luminaries involved with this lovely well recorded album. Totally recommended.
Ordered last night, arrived today (thank you Amazon Prime) and my first play.
Oooh. I think I'm going to be playing this quite a bit.
1996 - Tidal...
(1976)
George Benson - Breezin
One of his best known albums, another that is well recorded and has a lovely SQ to it. This one is always a delight to trot out now and again, songwriters on this apart from Benson, include Bobby Womack, Leon Russel, José Feliciano and Ronnie Foster.
Not so impressed as I hoped to be...
Solid but predictable trio jazz...
ewemon posted:
A mix of R&B, Soul, Funk and downright brilliant blues. Highly recommended.
Followers of Gary Clark Jr have a listen to the 3rd track Power.
His first album ain't bad either.
Belter alert!!!!
Blimey, this bloke is good.
Great shout Ewe! Got any more like this up yer sleeve?
Stevee_S posted:
(1998)
Because, I fancied some Cheap Thrills and fast forwarded Zappa a few decades.
My God - a man with a Naim system and into the late great Frank Zappa - thought I was alone on this rock !!!
30 years and flawless.
