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:
EJS posted:
First spin. Isabelle Faust's long awaited recording of Bach's violin sonatas. Kristian Bezuidenhout is known for the fortepiano, but he proves to be great at the harpsichord, too. I'll withhold judgement until I've played through the album in its entirety a couple of times, but initial impression is excellent.
Listening through hires flac on DVD-R.
Cheers,
EJ
I also had a listen to it. And while I don’t like harpsichord as an instrument, the music drew my attention, will listen more @but might buy as fan of Isabelle and because it’s sounding right...
Great combo of trio and big band...
1989 - UK first pressing...
David Byrne - Rei Momo
Now Playing.......
Holly Cole - Night
Streaming on TIDAL....... Random pick from album placed in the queue, taking Holly out for a spin....
Kevin-W posted:Percussion in hi-fi, from Dead drummer. On original 1991 CD:
I've a sister album Supralingua. Used to play this a lot in the 90s. 
Sublimity to start a long weekend here with a JVC mono issue.
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering [ATCO Vinyl]
I just had to.
I mean come on "Blood on the Rooftops" is on this one.
Now Playing.......
Prince - The Truth
Streaming on TIDAL........ Late afternoon and Prince with 'The Truth' is setting the beat for a the long holiday weekend! Enjoying this album quite a bit.......
The Truth is reviewed by Goldies Parade here:
Prince’s fans had long been hoping he would release an acoustic album. The Truth was recorded in 1996 at Paisley Park and was intended to be released by EMI Records in 1997 as a standalone album.
He wrote Comeback to lament the passing of his son Amiir in October 1996, the song was played at Prince’s own funeral on 23 April 2016.
Due to EMI’s bankruptcy that year it was immediately decided for The Truth to receive a limited commercial release, these plans were also abandoned and it was instead packaged as a companion CD to the Crystal Ball triple disk set in 1998 and distributed under Prince’s label NPG Records, released as Prince under the name of The Artist Formally Known As Prince.
Countless fans had been longing for Prince to make an acoustic album and out of the back of the Emancipation recording sessions in 1996 their wishes no longer fell on deaf ears. Prince obliged with The Truth, a 12 track acoustic album tacked on to the back of the Crystal Ball set, maybe due to concerns it was unable to stand on its own feet in the commercial market. Even I admit it took 9 years for me to warm to The Truth, then all of a sudden it struck me like man’s discovery of fire and this Prince epiphany is now one of my personal favorite Prince albums. Don’t Play Me is a track laced with real, heart-felt lyrics and enjoyed plenty of airing during the One Nite Alone Tour in 2002. There is pure ballad on this album and despite it being a stripped down set The Truth is not entirely an acoustic only set and enjoys Prince’s trademark production flare. There are stand-out tracks aplenty; The Truth, 3rd Eye, Animal Kingdom, One Of Your Tears, Come Back and the great Welcome 2 The Dawn. The album’s highlight is the fantastic Fascination. The Truth is delightfully honest simplicity, smart lyrics, and a showcase ain’t Prince a clever boy. And ain’t that The Truth!
Now Playing......
Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat
Streaming on TIDAL...... A nice transition to Donald Fagen, music sounding mighty fine!
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Wonderful Wonky Niceness. (apart from potentially dodgy album cover) !!
Donovan. Barabajagal. On original vinyl from 1969. Donovan's songwriting talents coupled with his hippy, trippy vocal abilities make this a wonderfully dreamy album about nothing. The whimsical song "I Love My Shirt" fits perfectly into the album's theme.
CCR. Mardi Gras. On original vinyl from 1972. The band's final studio effort. Anyone familiar with CCR's inner turmoil will understand this album being dubbed "Fogerty's Revenge".
Led Zeppelin. In Through The Out Door. On original vinyl from 1979. Transports me straight back to my high school years; fond friends and instances from that time. Old music can be a powerful stimulator to past experiences.
Leeann Skoda an artist to watch for the future but for me at the moment she still has to find some decent production values.
A better effort than her 2015 album Didn't We All.
Unusually for Cousin Silas this one includes vocals by M. Christina who features on two tracks and Wolfgang Gsell (on some others) with whom he collaborated on this album for the net label, Aural Films. Vey easy listening ambient electronica to ease your way into the day.
Stone Temple Pilots. Purple. On CD from 1994. A high-impact album top to bottom. Full of original energy.