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

Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac

A chance to hear that Student Union coffee bar favourite Rhiannon. Musical tastes may have changed since the early 80s but I'm hoping the strong, milky coffee and the bacon rolls are still the same.

Phil Woods & Gorden Beck - Live at the Wigmore Hall

Phil Woods - Sax; Gorden Beck - Piano

Nice enough Bach Harpsichord to get the day going in the office - Playing on Compact Disc on Naxos

You don’t see a lot of Slade around these parts:

“Look at last night” is extremely prescient. 

.zjb

nigelb posted:

Bently Caldwell - The Place That I Call Home

Yes this has been posted a lot and I posted it yesterday which is probably bad form. But you really should not let this one slip through your fingers as I nearly did until Ewen prodded me to give it a go.

This gentleman is ridiculously talented. Every single track is a belter. After the first listen I just couldn't pin it down to a genre, and on second listen there is good reason. Bently mixes Soul, Rock and Blues, there is even a track with a Reggae vibe and a track with some great rap. He his comfortable belting out a rock anthem, then switches effortlessly to an emotional ballad.

Find of the year for me, can't wait for the CD to arrive.

Once again, thanks Ewen, but you really should start putting 'belter' warnings on your postings.

I think this is quite appropriate - as it let's people notice some new music they wouldn't always automatically listen to. And if it's as good as this, it is not bad to spread the word... The directness of the voice and the music gives me a bit a feeling of what happened when I listened to the 

Rag'n'Bone Man

for the first time.... I will get the album. While it was not so easy to find it I found a flac version for download at 7digital. Besides all the illegal links which show up.

Always good to here their Greatest Hits - Playing on Cassette TDK  AD - X

  Gary Moore - Ballads & Blues.

  Another one of several which arrived from The River today, now ripped and playing on my old skool NDS.

  A complication of some of Gary's finest work, and something of a steal at a squid and and a half. 

dave marshall posted:

  Gary Moore - Ballads & Blues.

  Another one of several which arrived from The River today, now ripped and playing on my old skool NDS.

  A complication of some of Gary's finest work, and something of a steal at a squid and and a half. 

Erm, that's "compilation" rather than the above, which would be something else entirely ................ bloomin' autofill ............. well,

that's my excuse anyway. 

Good sixth album by The Flaming Groovies - Playing on Cassette on a Maxell ULS X C60

Now playing........

Azimuth - Départ 

John Taylor  (piano, organ), Norma Winstone  (voice), Kenny Wheeler  (fluegelhorn, trumpet), and Ralph Towner  (12 string and classical guitar).

Streaming on NAS.........  received this CD in the mail yesterday, a 1994 release which contained 3 albums, Azimuth, Départ, & The Touchstone. Taking the 'Départ' album out for a spin which was originally a 1980 release.

......sounding mighty sweet!

You can almost hear Adam and Dave playing.

Playing on Compact Disc - Suedes Singles

dave marshall posted:

  Gary Moore - Ballads & Blues.

  Another one of several which arrived from The River today, now ripped and playing on my old skool NDS.

  A complication of some of Gary's finest work, and something of a steal at a squid and and a half. 

Blimey Dave, I was robbed, the river charged me £1.85. Still not bad considering the quality of this wonderful compilation! 

nigelb posted:

Gazza posted:

al9315 posted:

ewemon posted:

Much better than his first E.P. which had some of the numbers off this album done acoustically.

An artist to watch

Where can it be purchased please.

Try fish records £11.99

You can also buy this on the river through their international sales (sent from USA) for £7.50 plus approx £3 postage. Bargain of the year if you ask me!

The 'river' appears to be selling CD-R copies of the album though……………….

Enjoying a mellow afternoon waiting for the drizzle to stop. 

.sjb

ewemon posted:

Jeff Anderson posted:

Diane Schuur  -  "Deedles"  (1984)  I believe she was based out of Seattle and I was fortunate to see here live in Pdx with the Tom Grant Band about the time this was released.  Pretty darn good singer.

 

I am sure I have a disc with her and BB King on it somewhere in the house. Need to track it down.

That would be this one (which I have not heard):

Wugged Woy posted:

nigelb posted:

Gazza posted:

al9315 posted:

ewemon posted:

Much better than his first E.P. which had some of the numbers off this album done acoustically.

An artist to watch

Where can it be purchased please.

Try fish records £11.99

You can also buy this on the river through their international sales (sent from USA) for £7.50 plus approx £3 postage. Bargain of the year if you ask me!

The 'river' appears to be selling CD-R copies of the album though……………….

My copy was ordered from Am**on UK but is being supplied by Am**on US and the format is described as Audio CD. So hopefully not a cheapo copy.

If this is not the case I will report back but I have never had any problems with CDs bought from the river other than one or two not turning up which were either credited or (re)despatched immediately.

nigelb posted:

Wugged Woy posted:

nigelb posted:

Gazza posted:

al9315 posted:

ewemon posted:

Much better than his first E.P. which had some of the numbers off this album done acoustically.

An artist to watch

Where can it be purchased please.

Try fish records £11.99

You can also buy this on the river through their international sales (sent from USA) for £7.50 plus approx £3 postage. Bargain of the year if you ask me!

The 'river' appears to be selling CD-R copies of the album though……………….

My copy was ordered from Am**on UK but is being sent out from Am**on US and the format is described as Audio CD. So hopefully not a cheapo copy.

Looks like bad news, Nigel, here's the spiel on The River UK.

"When sold by Amazon.com, this product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply."

Should that prove to be the case, it'll be going straight back, and I'll re-order it once the album officially appears here. 

Cheeky bu**ers!

dave marshall posted:

nigelb posted:

Wugged Woy posted:

nigelb posted:

Gazza posted:

al9315 posted:

ewemon posted:

Much better than his first E.P. which had some of the numbers off this album done acoustically.

An artist to watch

Where can it be purchased please.

Try fish records £11.99

You can also buy this on the river through their international sales (sent from USA) for £7.50 plus approx £3 postage. Bargain of the year if you ask me!

The 'river' appears to be selling CD-R copies of the album though……………….

My copy was ordered from Am**on UK but is being sent out from Am**on US and the format is described as Audio CD. So hopefully not a cheapo copy.

Looks like bad news, Nigel, here's the spiel on The River UK.

"When sold by Amazon.com, this product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply."

Should that prove to be the case, it'll be going straight back, and I'll re-order it once the album officially appears here. 

Cheeky bu**ers!

 

Ummm.....must admit that most CDs I have bought from the river have been preloved so not produced by them on CD-R.

I am tempted to listen to it first and if the quality is not up to scratch I will return it if allowed in their conditions. If not allowed it will go straight back.

Thanks Wugged Woy for pointing this out. The line about CD-R being provideed on demand is in small italic font at the very bottom of the product page. I wouldn't mind so much if this were made plain up front in the format description for example. 

Cheeky bu**ers indeed!

Great Dub album by Augustas Pablo - Playing on Vinyl on Trojan Records 1974

dave marshall posted:

nigelb posted:

Wugged Woy posted:

nigelb posted:

Gazza posted:

al9315 posted:

ewemon posted:

Much better than his first E.P. which had some of the numbers off this album done acoustically.

An artist to watch

Where can it be purchased please.

Try fish records £11.99

You can also buy this on the river through their international sales (sent from USA) for £7.50 plus approx £3 postage. Bargain of the year if you ask me!

The 'river' appears to be selling CD-R copies of the album though……………….

My copy was ordered from Am**on UK but is being sent out from Am**on US and the format is described as Audio CD. So hopefully not a cheapo copy.

Looks like bad news, Nigel, here's the spiel on The River UK.

"When sold by Amazon.com, this product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply."

Should that prove to be the case, it'll be going straight back, and I'll re-order it once the album officially appears here. 

Cheeky bu**ers!

 

Dave, I am irritated by this. Yes, they do mention CD-R production but you really have to look carefully down to the bottom of the page. No mention of CD-R in the Format description at the top of the page.

I have decided to return my copy unopened so as not to contravene their (probably hidden) return conditions and buy it from Fish Records in the U.K. The album looks like the real deal there with a catalog number for £11.99 and free delivery.

Hope I am not breaking any forum rules here but I don't want others to be caught out like I was. This album is far to good to be shafted with a sub-standard (re)production.

Red Garland - All mornin' long

Nice jazz by this all star quintet. Recorded in 1957.

• Bass – George Joyner
• Drums – Arthur Taylor
• Piano – Red Garland
• Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
• Trumpet – Donald Byrd

Andy Laverne & John Abercrombie - Natural living

• Andy Laverne - Piano
• John Abercrombie - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer

GoGo Penguin - v2.0

The first track, Murmuration, always reminds me of Joy Division/ The Cure. Stonkingly good sound now Allaes have been fettled.

1at Real run...