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

1969 - Tidal(2014)...

Listening to the live stuff recorded while they were touring  to promote the album. Almost fifty years on and  it still sounds superb!

Very much enjoying this, another new acquisition.  Great voice and some nice covers of Steve Wonder songs

Run #50 or so. Great recording!

   Gary Clark Jr. - The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim.

   To enjoy Gary at his very best, you really do need to see him live, but, hey, this rock and blues outing is the next best thing.

Now Playing........

Jon Blake - Further

Jon Balke  (piano, keyboards), Jens Petter Antonson  (trumpet), Per Jørgensen  (trumpet, vocals), Morten Halle  (alto saxophone), Tore Brunborg  (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone), Gertrud Økland   (violin), Trond Villa  (viola), Jonas Franke-Blom  (cello), Anders Jormin  (bass), Marilyn Mazur  (percussion), and Audun Kleive  (drums).

Streaming on NAS...........  Continuing on with Jon!    bringing in the horns!

Prince & 3rd eye girl - Plectrumelectrum

Mastered for this SACD by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. He's got a great reputation but his work on this SACD leaves much to be desired. Way too bright, not a velvety sound like on most SACD's.

Mercky posted:

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.

I heard Sultans Of Swing on Charlie Gillett's radio programme the first time he played it. I thought it was brilliant but never expected to ever hear it again as it wasn't trendy and the band would disappear int obscurity...

Shows how wrong one can be...

steve

seakayaker posted:

Now playing..........

Natalie Merchant - Paradise is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings

Streaming on TIDAL...........   Listening to the sweet voice, music & lyrics from Natalie is always a treat, a fantastic album.

I still prefer the original. Have you compared them?

Now Playing......

Anouar Brasem - Thimar

Anouar Brahem  (oud), John Surman  (soprano saxophone, bass clarinet), and Dave Holland  (double-bass).

Streaming on NAS.......... keeping with the mellow jazz theme, playing this 1998 release, and this trio is fantastic!

Electric Light Orchestra

Time - 24/96

Edward

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybodys Talkin' ,    a live double representation of their live shows where they stretch out on some of the songs and have quite a jam  

   Sex Machine - The Very Best Of James Brown.

   Time for some serious fonk from the Godfather of Soul, / the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, etc. ........ GET on down! 

Drikus posted:

seakayaker posted:

Now playing..........

Natalie Merchant - Paradise is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings

Streaming on TIDAL...........   Listening to the sweet voice, music & lyrics from Natalie is always a treat, a fantastic album.

I still prefer the original. Have you compared them?

Yes, I own the original and I like them both very much.

Natalie made an appearance a couple of years ago after her release of The New Tigerlily Recordings on the NPR's Tiny Desk. She sings four songs Motherland, Texas, Cowboy Romance, and Weeping Pilgrim from four previous albums. What I have come to appreciate is that Natalie has changed over the past few decades but all of her music/material is fantastic.  JMHO - YMMV

If you want to take a peek at her tiny desk performance it can be found here.

Natalie Merchant is my favourite female artist of all time, at first with 10,000 Maniacs and subsequently as a solo artist. She is a great live performer too, but only comes to UK every 2-3 years and then sells out rapidly. She is doing a short summer tour here this summer. Am really looking forward to seeing her in Buxton in July.  Very highly recommended!

1972 - Vinyl - UK first pressing...

First press ‘fatboy’ case cd ripped as WAV...stupendous!

G

Now Playing........

Carla Bley - Trio

Carla Bley  (piano), Andy Sheppard  (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone), and Steve Swallow  (bass).

Streaming on NAS.......  the mellow jazz theme continues on, Carla, Andy and Steve are sounding mighty fine!

2014 - Vinyl...

  Stevie Wonder - Talking Book.

  Staying funky with Stevie's finest album, (IMHO).

(2013)

The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow

One of my favourite contemporary psychedelic rock bands whose sound harps back to some of the 60's greats yet manages to have a fine identity of its own built on those early foundations. Not so much in evidence on this album but on some tracks on other albums you have to do a double take to check that Jim Morrison and The Doors hadn't just breezed into the room.

In the mood for some John Lee Hooker blues. Nice clean album, but still performed with feeling.

First few songs from the upcoming new Beach House. Sounds promising...

Followed by the first run on this new Arctic Monkey. Starts as if Beach House would linger on. Nice stuff and though totally different from their previous work their first record I might like since their 2005/6 rockers...