(1980 | 2003)
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Something from the Dan is never a bad way to start off the music.
*Reposted with a clearer album cover
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:
Alex Daniell > Collision - 24/44.1 Qobuz streaming
Playing on Compact Disc - Happy Mondays - Pills Thrills and Belly Aches - 1990
Second vinyl LP of this epic eight-disc (4 LPs, 3 CDs, 1 DVD) set. This new release certainly seems (on vinyl at least) an upgrade on the original 2003 CD release.
Thomas Dolby: Aliens Ate My Buick - CD Rip.
Back to the 80s again - I’ve always thought that was an interesting and entertaining curiosity of an album.
Happy hour in the Office playing on Compact Disc - Judas Priest Rockin ' Hard from 1979 
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David Bowie: Lets Dance - CD Rip.
This album has a lot to answer for - it was the one that first got me hooked. From here I enthusiastically and obsessively explored Mr B’s earlier records. Still have the vinyl LP in the loft too.
Moving away from Led Zep, but staying with Atlantic, here's another record from the 15-LP Atlantic Jazz box.
This one features material by the likes of Coltrane, Rollins, MJQ, Lee Konitz, Gil Evans, Freddie Hubbard, Slide Hampton, Teddy Charles, etc, and recorded between 1956 and 1983:
Ben Harper And The Blind Boys Of Alabama - There Will Be A Light
Gorgeous Gospel that gives and gives, generates goosebumps, generally gets down, with a god-fearing groove and great guitar played with gusto.
(Will have to stop there, the 'jee' button on the iPad has just ggggiven up the gggghost. Oh, working again 
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From Der Katalog 3D on vinyl - Technop. Still trying to work out if this was really worth the money or not...
(1991)
This one is a good sounding roundup of some Steve Miller classics which is going down very nicely.
Metallica
Metallica - 24/96
Edward
John Lee Hooker - Eight Classic Albums.
Kicking off the evening with the king of trance blues.
Disc 1 of the 4 CD boxset covering eight of John's albums .... available for peanuts on The River ................ silly not to.
Cheers
EJ
my latest purchase
Back to the mighty Zep, sides 5 and 6 - just two songs, "Dazed & Confused" (26 mins) and "Moby Dick" (21 mins). I enjoy the former - particularly when they suddenly burst into "Walter's Walk" about 10 minutes in; but the latter, I won't be playing so much... 
Nick Drake, Bryter Layter, vinyl ( from the 1986 Hannibal Fruit Tree box set)
The epitome of the “sensitive singer songwriter”, Nick Drake wrote beautiful melodies, usually based on folk-jazz foundations, set thoughtful words to them, and sung them with a yearning voice. Here joined by occasional horns and some of Fairport (Pegg and Mattacks providing sensitive rhythm on most tracks and RT on one), it’s a lovely album, his voice is gentle, but drags you into the music and keeps you there.
Paul Simon
The Ultimate Collection - 24/48
Edward
Everything But The Girl, Walking Wounded.
Hard for me to believe this is from 1996, Still as fresh today as it was then. "Single" has just blown my mind it sounded Sooo good.
