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

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Let Me Up (I've Had Enough). On original vinyl from 1987. Recorded at Sound City and mastered by Bob Ludwig. The music is quintessential Tom Petty, the SQ superb; tight, fast and punctual with a sweet, shimmering decay to the highs. Every image perfectly spaced in the soundstage. A real pleasure to listen to in both the musical and hi-fi aspects. 

Cat Stevens. Tea For The Tillerman. On original vinyl from 1970. Wonderful music from a bygone era when folk artists could hold equal esteem with pop/rock artists.

Shakura Saida

This morning during workout...

Now during breakfast...

Tony2011 posted:

2002 - CD (rip)...

Nice Choice Tony,

Thought I would reply as "Turn the Page " has been one of my favourite tracks for a good 6 months now.Mike Skinner wrote it after seeing the Movie Gladiator and wrote it as a tribute to the film.

Just love the Streets stuff.Find it a great social reflection on working class male life.Lyrically it's just so honest and unpretentious.Still enjoy some US hip hop and rap but not the violent undertone in some of it.

Wishing you a good day mate

Cheers Ian  

Boney James > Honestly

Soothing piece of Chopin to get the day going - Playing on Compact Disc

joerand posted:

ALANP posted:

Hi Joe, sorry for late reply but just logged on.To answer your question the album follows on from its predecessor "Bingo" and if you are familiar with this its more of the same with cover versions of blues and R&B standards.Miller's guitar playing and arrangements are excellent, however my one disapointment is he shares the vocals with band member Sonny Charles  as they each take an alternating lines in most songs.I would like to hear more Miller thats all but highly recommended if you can purchase reasonably

Alan

ps I play the Let It Be Fly on the Wall now and again   

Alan, thanks for the follow up. I've sampled several of SM's later albums and nothing past Book Of Dreams has ever interested me. In case you've not ventured into his early stuff, I'd highly recommend his first three albums: Children of The Future, Sailor, and Brave New World. Creative blues- inspired, folksy, psychedelic rock. A more genuine feel from before he found his commercially successful sound. Cheers!

Joe, thanks for that as my Steve Miller journey started with Fly Like an Eagle so will have to investigate the earlier stuff.

Alan

Playing on Compact Disc on 4AD records from 1994.First solo album by The Throwing Muses front Lady

Christopher_M posted:

Sunday evening blues (even though it's Monday) from Imelda May - Life. Love. Flesh. Blood.

Surprised we don't see it here more often. Mybe I'm not looking hard enough though.

Chris, thanks for the reminder ,just popped out and purchased.Lovely album that is a slight departure from her normal sound but there are still  rockabilly undertones to some tracks.

Alan

Sea Sick Steve  - Dog House Music, in monaural as it proudly boasts on the label  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzw8gtqsvDM

Now Playing........

Eberhard Weber - Later That Evening...........

Eberhard Weber (bass), Paul McCandless (soprano saxophone, oboe, English horn, bass clarinet), Bill Frisell (guitar), Lyle Mays (piano), Michael DiPasqua (drums, percussion).

via CD player.........  This morning when I started this album I found the opening track, 'Maurizius,' just grabbed my attention, Lyle Mays piano playing pulled me in and then the sweet interplay of the musicians right through to the last note from Bill Frisell's guitar. Some days music is just sweeter or perhaps some days my listening skills are just more in tune with the presentation. ....... I need to go away and take long walks in the forest more often, the sweet sound of silence along with wind rustling in the trees, bird calls, and and at times the splatter of rain drops for the previous four days just seemed to clear my head and the music is just sweeter since I returned home.

Dexter Gordon - Live at the amsterdam paradiso

• Dexter Gordon - Tenor Sax
• Cees Slinger - Piano
• Jacques Schols - Bass
• Han Bennink - Drums

Now onto Sheryl Crow  - The Globe Sessions.

Now Playing.......

The Paul Bley Quartet

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

via CD Player......   continuing the morning with 'The Paul Bley Quartet,'  very nice!

On CD:-

Jonathan Wilson - Rare Birds

Paul McCartney  - Flaming Pie

On CD:-

Bettye LaVette - I've Got My Own Hell To Raise

Playing on Compact Disc on The real World Label

Special EFX > Deep as the Night