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:
The Magazine (1984). Picked up her 3rd album today. I now have her first 3 albums on vinyl. She is a great artist who somehow passed under my radar. I'm fixing that.
UB 40 - The Best Of Volume1, their first comp that how unique they sounded in the early days.Their own songs were solid and they choose some judicious covers. However I would rather stick a hot poker in my eye than listen to "Red Red Wine" 
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott -What Have We Become, WAV CD rip
The songwriter from the Housemartins and the Beautiful South, in a duo with the lovely vocalist from early ‘South. A very clever and thoughtful songwriter, revisiting recent albums before seeing them tomorrow night.
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, Crooked Calypso, WAV CD rip
More revision for tomorrow, they harmonise beautifully, and the songs are great.
My last one of the evening - Maestro McCoy!
Prompted by Eoin's posts now spinning The Beautiful South - Quench.Brill!
Clare Teal - Hey Ho.
Eileen Joyce (1908-1991): The Complete Studio Recordings
Eileen Joyce was admired by Claudio Arrau, Glenn Gould (for her Mozart), Leon Fleisher, Earl Wild, Ivan Davis and, more recently, even Leif Ove Andsnes. Sadly though, a wonderful pianist that hardly anyone today could likely name.
During the 1930's through the 1950's (especially through the war years) her light shone brightly. Sadly, maybe due to excessive playing and an extreme schedule, she had several nervous breakdowns and retired while still in her 40's. Her last concert was in Scotland where she symbolically put the lid down on the piano prior to walking off the stage for good. Her first recording was around 1933 and her last recording being around 1960.
In particular, the recordings are grouped as following:
- The Parlophone Years (1933-1940)
- The Columbia Years (1940-1945)
- The Decca Years (1946-1947)
- The Saga Years (1958-1960)
The bulk of the recordings come from the Parlophone and Columbia years. Early on, maybe due to recording length limitations of 78's etc. the preponderance of shorter, dazzling trinkets is obvious. A criticism of some but I am much more magnanimous here. Artists should play what they feel most comfortable in playing. There is a spark of vitality and life affirming qualities in the early part of her life the was extinguished far to soon. A must have for pianophiles who are interested in historical recordings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37WeLscf_pA
Now Playing...........
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
Art Blakey (drums), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Bobby Timmons (piano), and Jymie Merritt (bass).
Streaming on NAS.......... after returning to work after a short 5 days off I was a wee bit buried and did not have a chance to listen to a tune throughout the day. Arriving home and kicking off the evening with another Art Blakey album before running back out the door for dinner with some friends. Life is Grand!
Enjoying the interplay between Lloyd and Verlaine.
.sjb
A wonderful guy turned me on to this album:
ewemon posted:
Do you think she might be a Bowie fan? And why isn't the LP called SILVER FINGER?
Decent reggae comp, now very cheap on AZ.
Lovely Bach Harpsichord and Flute - perfect to get Friday going - Playing on Compact Disc on Naxos
A bit of the Duke on bog-standard (but fine sounding) Columbia CD. My favourite Ellington album:
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters, going down a treat on this beautiful sunny morning.
Kevin-W posted:A bit of the Duke on bog-standard (but fine sounding) Columbia CD. My favourite Ellington album:
Great album, I bought it after somebody championed it on the forum 