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:
Last of the discs chosen from the "C" section of my collection ,Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies ,which I think along with Killer vies for the position of their best album 
The Flower Kings > Space Revolver (16/44.1)
Now Playing.........
Shelby Lynn - Just A Little Lovin' (inspired by Dusty Springfield)
Streaming on NAS........... Shelby Lynn singing Dusy Springfield tunes and she knocks it out for park, simply fantastic!
Hook posted:First spin - creepy cover, but very good! The latest from A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant.
It’s only been what, 14 years since their previous album? Wonder if I’ll live long enough to see another!
Very interesting
Now Playing.........
Paula Cole - This Fire
Streaming on NAS......... A blast from the past, Paula's second album from 22 years ago with "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?'......
Paula is sounding mighty fine!
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Chris Stapleton - From A Room Volume 1
Streaming on NAS........ Have not taken Chris out for a spin in awhile, a fantastic album!
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Chris Stapleton - Traveller
Streaming on TIDAL........ Continuing with the sweet songs from Chris! Great songwriter, vocals, & musician, enjoy his music.
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Bonnie Raitt - Road Tested
Streaming on NAS... Bonnie and friends including Charles Brown, Ruth Brown, Jackson Browne, Bruce Hornsby, Kim Wilson and Bryan Adams. A fantastic album........
Rush. Moving Pictures. On original vinyl from 1981. This one always comes to mind when I ponder my "ultimate album side". Side 1 is Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, YYZ, and Limelight. The vinyl SQ is superb with excellent imaging and soundstage.
Robert Plant. The Principle Of Moments. On vinyl from 1983. Tough to point to a best from among Plant's varied solo releases, but this one would get my consideration.
(2013)
Hopkinson Smith's own transcriptions of the first three of Bach's Cello Suites, played on the German theorbo. Smith explains in his notes that the theorbo is "a larger cousin of the lute" with double courses on the bass strings, giving a deep, resonant sound. As ever this is well recorded on the excellent Naïve label.
Been around for a number of years and I think I have only ever seen her albums posted on here once or twice. Due out on 27th. Taster for it below.
Queen. News Of The World. On original vinyl from 1977. Blatantly vampy and commercial rock. Good album nonetheless and there's never any denying Brian May's prowess on the axe.
(2017)
"By far the majority of the lute music from the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) has survived in manuscripts. There are pieces that turn up again and again in different sources, often with variant readings, and there are masterpieces that can be found only once. In general, an English manuscript contains works by various composers, sometimes mixing works from different periods and styles copied by various scribes. The pieces in the current program have been assembled in the same way. Such was the spirit of the Elizabethan Age. As we grow into a repertoire and ingest its language and freedoms, a process of entering the creativity of an age gradually takes place. A fluency develops that leads to many types of extemporisation. This anthology contains four pieces connected with John Dowland and other contemporaries from the generation of lute composers that preceded him." [A short extract from Hopkinson Smith's notes]
The naming of unnamed pieces can be seen as a natural extension of this.' Hopkinson Smith has been praised as one of the masters of repertoire for early plucked instruments and has produced over 25 prize-winning recordings for naïve including his lute arrangements of the Bach solo violin 'Sonatas and Partitas', released in the year 2000, which was called by Gramophone 'the best recording of these works on any instrument'.
Earlier this morning, very fine...
Now some Charles Lloyd...
Great Live double album by Bob Marley - Playing on Vinyl on Island Records - 1978
Angela Hewitt - Faure Piano Music
On vinyl, an RSD exclusive from yesterday. This is absolutely awesome, with the Niki Hoeky/Barefootin' medley a real greasy Southern highlight...
First play of side one of this triple album, which I acquired on Friday...
Kev
Seeing as you changed your Avater to Bobby G.I thought I would investigate some of her stuff on Youtube out of curiosity.Great stuff.Do like her American drawl with her vocals.
Have the HB 1's been done yet ?
Looking foward to City - Swansea it's going to Rockin' at the Ethiad this afternoon.Wish I could be there but will be watching on TV.West Ham will be fine.I reckon the current bottom 3 will go down.
Enjoy the sun today Kev 
Cheers Ian
Eric Bibb - Troubadour Live.
Playing this one from the estimable Mr. Bibb, just to get into the mood for an intimate 200 seater local gig here, tomorrow evening.