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

1969 - Vinyl - UK First pressing....

Suitably soothing for this sunny afternoon.

dave marshall posted:

  The Beat - Here We Go Love!

  Sounding as good as ever, some bouncy, happy, ska choons from Dave Wakeling and chums. 

TOBYJUG posted:

dave marshall posted:

  The Beat - Here We Go Love!

  Sounding as good as ever, some bouncy, happy, ska choons from Dave Wakeling and chums. 

Nice one, Tobyjug! 

seakayaker posted:

Now Playing........

Victory - The Broken Instrument

Streaming on TIDAL.......  Placed this in the TIDAL queue a short time ago and getting around to taking Victory out for a spin....... The opening track certainly grabs your attention, great vocals, backup singers and band, sounding mighty sweet!

Wow. Thanks for flagging this up, a magnificent opener followed by some real neat stuff.

It's fun to trawl through this thread occasionally and try out something different, but if all there is is a picture of an album and nothing to recommend it it’s probably going to be passed by in favour of one that has a few well chosen words that make me want to try it. It’s in the thread title - What..., and Why...? Might be worth sticking with that. ????

  Gaz Coombes - World's Strongest Man.

  Trawling through some recent purchases, this album is something of a slow burner, which just seems to improve each time I play it.

   It's there on Tidal, so do treat yourself to a listen, and who knows, it may well insinuate itself into your consciousness  too. 

Stephen Stubbs - Notenbuchlein fur Anna Magdalena Bach, a selection

Beautiful baroque music performed by a small group.

• Baritone Vocals – Harvey Brough
• Bass Vocals – Richard Wistreich
• Booklet Editor – Christian Müller (7), Eva Zöllner
• Directed By, Lute – Stephen Stubbs
• Ensemble – Tragicomedia
• Organ, Harp [Arpanetta, Double Harp, Triple Harp] – Andrew Lawrence-King
• Soprano Vocals – Emily Van Evera
• Tenor Vocals – John Potter (2)
• Viola da Gamba – Erin Headley

(2004)

Sky - Anthology 

Just in the mood for a bit of posh-rock fronted up by John Williams. Sky surprised me when their debut was released I wasn't expecting to enjoy it, this is a good 2 disc two and a half hour collection of their earlier albums. 

Playing on Compact Disc on Bristol Archive Records - A nice Reggae round up of Artists on The Bristol Reggae scene

Pink Floyd

The Dark Side Of The Moon - 24/96

First album on my brand new Nova, upgraded from Simaudio Neo ACE.

Edward

ted_p posted:

 

First album on my brand new Nova, upgraded from Simaudio Neo ACE.

Edward

Congratulations Edward, enjoy. 

Getting on the Reggae tip - More Bristol Reggae artists on the Bristol Archive label - This Compact Disc the 1978 - 1983 years

George Harrison

All Things Must Pass - 24/96

Edward

(1995)

Steely Dan - Alive in America

The 'Dan never did much by way of live albums, they eventually set that right with this one, playing eleven fine tracks that were beautifully recorded and taken from some of their best nights and days of the 1993-'94 American tour . 

Stevee_S posted:

ted_p posted:

 

First album on my brand new Nova, upgraded from Simaudio Neo ACE.

Edward

Congratulations Edward, enjoy. 

Than you, on my second album and already can hear the famous Naim prat, very very happy with my purchase.

Edward

  Muddy Waters - the best of.

  Yes, I've got all the songs on here on various others of Muddy's albums, but this was one of the first albums I ever bought, whilst still

  a schoolboy, and yes, It really is, for once, "the best of", and is highly recommended for anyone wanting to listen to Muddy for the

  first time. 

Vinyl

Why? Heard some REM on the radio and realised I hadn't played any for ages.

steve

The wonderful Ian Dury and the Blockheads “very good indeed”. 

.sjb

I suspect I almost over-dosed on this on its release and when I saw Nerina perform it but having had a bit of  rest I find it still holds its magic.  

It must be a couple of weeks since I last played (multiple repeats) this gem, but had a desire for some modal jazz as evidenced by the piece 'Untiled Original 11386', which is definitive of the form.

Wes Montgomery - Full House

Great concert by Wes Montgomery and his quintet. Also very fine solos by Wynton Kelly and Johnny Griffin.

• Bass – Paul Chambers (3)
• Drums – Jimmy Cobb
• Guitar – Wes Montgomery
• Piano – Wynton Kelly
• Tenor Saxophone – Johnny Griffin

Deep Purple

Purpendicular - CD Rip

Edward

Now for some sultry Norah J.  

   Muddy Waters - Hard Again.

   Muddy's "Live in the Studio" comeback album, and he's on top form, .................. ably supported by harp player James Cotton and

   guitarist Johnny Winter, who produced the album .......................... classic album, and an absolute belter!

Jimi Hendrix - South Saturn Delta, featuring early and alternative versions of many classics.