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

Breakfast treat of today...

Nigel 66 posted:

Was listening to a Hi Res version of this the other day. One perfermoer I would have loved to have seen.

Neil Diamond - The Very Best Of....

Sweet Caroline!, what a great selection of tunes for another very sunny day.

Perfect start to what's going to be another glorious day with some cool jazz. 

Clive B posted:

Alley Cat posted:

Drikus posted:

Kinda forgot how good this is, what a pleasure to listen to!

Can't say why, but I've never quite understood why this is album is so incredibly popular.

No disrespect intended, it's quite enjoyable but it just doesn't work as well for me as some other Pink Floyd albums.

Sounding very fatiguing as I listen currently, time to revert to 2.3 on my Nova again maybe....

It was most innovative at the time of it's release.  It's not an album I play so often now, but whenever I do it takes me back to the first time I heard it and again I recognise how refreshing and creative it was. 

Thanks Clive - that makes sense.  I was too young to be interested when it was actually released, I can well appreciate those nostalgic feelings you describe, I suspect I have many albums that bring back memories for me that others would find boring!  I guess the first time I ever heard Pink Floyd was in the late 70's with the Number 1 from The Wall.  Didn't really listen to much prog type stuff until my college days.  One of my college mates always took The Dark Side of the Moon to demo when we were looking at budget hi-fi.

Now Playing........

Pat Metheny -Secret Story

Pat Metheny (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass, keyboards, piano), Gil Goldstein (accordion – tracks 4, 7, 9), Charlie Haden (acoustic bass - tracks 1, 8), Steve Rodby (acoustic bass, electric bass - tracks 4 to 7, 9, 11), Will Lee (electric bass - tracks 4, 6, 12), Paul Wertico (drums - tracks 4, 6, 12), Toots Thielemans (harmonica - tracks 8, 11), Armando Marcela (percussion - tracks 1 to 7 , 9, 12), Nana Vasconcelos (percussion - tracks 1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12), Danny Gottlieb (percussion -  tracks 3, 11), Lyle Mays (acoustic piano - tracks 2, 6), and Mark Ledford (vocals - tracks 3, 4).

Streaming on NAS.........  Starting the day with an album to pick me up and get me moving..... Pat and the band are in the groove!

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Dolores

This is ambient, smoky, slow jazz with bass, drums, keys, vibes, and sax. And when I say slow, I mean sloooooooow (and even slower than that). I feel for the poor drummer who has to keep time to this pace (but when his turn comes it's often with a mighty thud/crash). Perfect for a Noir soundtrack.

This one is part of Qobuz's Play It Again Sam label sale (this also features the latest Public Service Broadcasting album).

ewemon posted:

The Strat (Fender) posted:

Stevee_S posted:

(1978 | 2013)

Dire Straits - Dire Straits

AlanP's Communiqué tempted me to give their fine sounding debut a well deserved run out.

Love that record - just think that Muff Winwood did what all producers should do and keep out the way.  Communique was a great record to but I thought Jerry Wexler made it a little to glossy. 

One of the best bands I saw and also one of the most boring. Saw them on their first tour to promote Sultans of Swing and they were really good. Then saw them a year later promoting Communique and they played the album note for note which bored me to tears.

First time I heard Sultans was immediately after release in ‘78, it was been played on MW Radio Caroline from the North Sea which I listened to regularly in the evenings along with John Peel, reception was very poor here but I was taken by the sound, I eventually managed to hear the name of the band through all the atmospherics and interference and went in to my favoured indie record shop to see if I could get a copy, of course they had never heard of Dire Straits but after some persuasion they eventually found them in a catalogue and the album was duly ordered and I had a copy a week later, probably the first copy in these parts. The album became huge later that summer and here we are 40 years later! I still have that vinyl copy too.

Haven't played this in awhile.  An official recording, Sq is excellent and the performance is brilliant.

ewemon posted:

Haven't played this in awhile.  An official recording, Sq is excellent and the performance is brilliant.

Hi Ewemon, Would be interested to know what you are playing as you are so positive about. You missed to publish it or I can't see it...

Now playing........

Damien Dempsey - Live in London

Streaming on TIDAL.......   A recent mention on the thread and I had placed it in the TIDAL queue and taking it out for a spin, first time listen to Damien's music.

Louis Hayes - The candy man

Will Ackerman  -  "Past Light"  (1983) Windham Hill music (new age)

Missed out on this release on Record Store Day, but finally got a copy (3 LPs) by mail. Superb pressings, and incredible sound quality, especially for a live event. Saw him during this tour at the Crown Theatre in Chicago - a couple of months before these dates in London - and they were two fantastic shows as I recall. This is now, by far, my favorite Bowie live recording!

Some nice clean ECM vinyl. Pat Metheny Group, Travels.

First play having got this today, it's Lindsey Webster, Love Inside - her latest album.  Very nice jazzy pop, quite smooth.  I often listen to this lady as a follow on from Candice Springs so if you like her, you will probably like this

(2018)

Gary Numan - Savage (Songs from a Broken World)

Thanks to those who in recent weeks have flagged this one up, I'm giving it another run through now and enjoying it very much.

Michael Hedges  -  "Aerial Boundaries"  (1984) more Windham Hill stylings

Enjoyed this one - particularly the 1st track

(1978)

Steve Hillage - Green

Up for its fortieth birthday and very well worth playing. 

Paddy Casey  -  "Songbook: The Best Of ........"  (2014) 

Steve, there’s an excellent live double album of the band in Düsseldorf 1979. Highly recommended.