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

I know that generally this is not regarded by Floyd fans as one of the band's best albums but it's a favourite of mine, partly because I saw them perform it live.  This is a 'discovery' CD version, which is pretty good reproduction.  

Tabby cat posted:

Playing on Compact Disc -  OST of the Tarantino Classic

I think you've prompted me to dig out the DVD again.  

MDS posted:

I know that generally this is not regarded by Floyd fans as one of the band's best albums but it's a favourite of mine, partly because I saw them perform it live.  This is a 'discovery' CD version, which is pretty good reproduction.  

I think it's the best album of their imperial phase Mike. I also saw them do it live, at Wembley Arena in March 1977. I was 14 and it was my first concert.

Kevin-W posted:

MDS posted:

I know that generally this is not regarded by Floyd fans as one of the band's best albums but it's a favourite of mine, partly because I saw them perform it live.  This is a 'discovery' CD version, which is pretty good reproduction.  

I think it's the best album of their imperial phase Mike. I also saw them do it live, at Wembley Arena in March 1977. I was 14 and it was my first concert.

Yes, Kevin. I saw them perform it there too. Drove up from Pompey. A great day. My memory of the dates is not as sharp as yours though. Wish I'd kept the ticket, and those from all the other gigs I went to around that time.

M

Robert Palmer - The Very Best Of, does what it says on the tin 

And now to a bit of Bowie. While I continue to like his early stuff e.g. Hunky D and Ziggy, I've grown to appreciate and like the complexity of this one.  I suspect he worked his creative instincts especially hard in writing Low. 

dave marshall posted:

  Peter Green's Splinter Group - HotFoot Powder.

  Greeny does a follow up to his previous one of the Robert Johnson songbook.

  This time, he's ably assisted by Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Dr John, the late great Hubert Sumlin, among others.

  Great album.

Lovely, I gave this a run out last week. 

  Prince - The Truth.

  Acoustic Prince! ................ and it works ................ a quite stunning album.

  Hard to find, originally available only as a free download to buyers of the Crystal Ball triple album, or as a bootleg.

  Guess what folks?

  Now that Prince's music has been made available on Tidal, this one is there too ........... get listening, any fans of His Purpleness. 

   Royal Blood - Royal Blood.

   Something soothing before bedtime, methinks. 

dave marshall posted:

  Prince - The Truth.

  Acoustic Prince! ................ and it works ................ a quite stunning album.

  Hard to find, originally available only as a free download to buyers of the Crystal Ball triple album, or as a bootleg.

  Guess what folks?

  Now that Prince's music has been made available on Tidal, this one is there too ........... get listening, any fans of His Purpleness. 

You're not wrong Dave,

Portico Quartet - Art in the Age of Automation

Naim set doing its stuff. Simply gorgeous.

MDS posted:

Kevin-W posted:

MDS posted:

I know that generally this is not regarded by Floyd fans as one of the band's best albums but it's a favourite of mine, partly because I saw them perform it live.  This is a 'discovery' CD version, which is pretty good reproduction.  

I think it's the best album of their imperial phase Mike. I also saw them do it live, at Wembley Arena in March 1977. I was 14 and it was my first concert.

Yes, Kevin. I saw them perform it there too. Drove up from Pompey. A great day. My memory of the dates is not as sharp as yours though. Wish I'd kept the ticket, and those from all the other gigs I went to around that time.

M

I went to the gig at Wembley also. I used to live in Kingsbury very close and a couple of us bunked off school to queue up for restricted view tickets that went on sale on the day.

Great memories. Only time I ever saw Pink Floyd.

Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer Revisited, WAV CD rip (from The Remains of Tom Lehrer box set)

Keeping with musical humour from the ‘50s and ‘60s, the great American satirist Tom Lehrer performing live. Again humour that has worked for me for nearly 40 years. He proudly quotes a review from the New York Times -  “Mr Lehrer’s muse is not fettered by such inhibiting factors as taste.” 

Stevee_S posted:

Ewen your last two images have gone AWOL. 

Van Morrison Tupelo Honey and Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town.

On 16/48 from Bandcamp. To see hoew far they've come in the past 19-20 months (this is a recording of their first gig).

1971 - US Pressing...

Never been a massive VM fan  but I quite enjoy listening to this album now and then.

I keep finding albums in my collection which I'd forgotten about. Just stumbled across lots of Herbie Hancock albums. Found and played this one, which contains some remarkably 'out there' tunes.

The Hoax - Humdinger, WAV CD rip

Back,to the blues, via,this excellent British band I first discovered thanks to Ewemon, hard driving blues rock,of very high quality.

Kevin-W posted:

OK, I've just spent the last hour or so listening to a hi-resolution (24/96) rough mix of the first, and as yet untitled and unreleased, album by Ese & The Vooduu People.

Provisional tracklist:

Side 1 - Up in Smoke/Where Did I Go Wrong?/Family Affair/I Don't Mind/Untitled [that's the title! ]

Side 2 - Silver Spoon/Alien/Peace of Mind/Grey Part 1/Grey Part 2

That may change, depending how everyone feels, and how the final mix and mastering goes.

Although I'm listening on hi-res digital files, the album was recorded (at RAK Studios in London) entirely in analogue; on a Studer A800 Mk3 24-track on two inch tape (multis) and another A800 Mk3 for the half-inch master. Everything went through a fabulous - and famous - API 32 track console from 1976. The amps and mics were all vintage gear from RAK's extensive collection. Darrel Sheinman, founder of Gearbox Records (many forumites maight be familiar with their superb all-analogue recordings and reissues), was the producer.

The sound was jaw-dropping in the studio at the time, and it's jaw-dropping at home. It's going to sound stunning, especially on vinyl - which will be mastered and cut to Gearbox's famously exacting standards. But fear not - there will be hi-res digital as well, for those without a record player!

What was really remarkable was that the whole album was cut in just two days (Monday and Tuesday of this week)!

Supplemented by Jackson Baird (keyboards, including Hammond and Wurlitzer electric piano) and Destra Orsheena Ross (backing vocals), Ese, Basile and Pharoah got down to work straight away.

Everything was recorded live in the studio (there's only one overdub on the whole album - on "Up In Smoke", because Pharoah was channelling his inner Bonham and there was a bit of drum spill into the vocal booth) and most of the takes are the first one, a few the second. As a producer, Darrel is very good because he knows when to stop, and knows when he's got the best take he's gonna get.

Another song, "Lies", was attempted, but after five takes we knew it wasn't happening, so that tune was shelved for the time being.

Everyone - band, producer, engineer, the staff at RAK, me () - was absolutely brilliant. I am delighted with how well everything turned out, and how quickly. On Tuesday night in the lounge we bumped into Wet Wet Wet, who were in Studio 1 recording, and they were amazed that we'd got a 40-minute album done in just two days!

Next up - final mixing, mastering, sleeve design and manufacturing. Hopefully it will be on sale in six to eight weeks. Fingers crossed. Think I might go and listen to it again!

PS - the pic at the top is Ese listening to a playback in the control room of Studio 2 on Monday night.

 

Look forward to hearing the album when it comes out Kevin. Long long time since I was in RAK studios.

And then I found this, which is playing now. Starting off with the rather easily identifiable 'Blind Man, Blind Man'. A year earlier than Empyrean Iles, but already some superbly innovative lines.

Hi Res

Unlikely any if you have heard of this obscure chap, Irish musician Conor Walsh who was a well known but low key guy who wrote, performed and produced his own material, also responsible for some soundtracks and tv commercials I believe too. Tragically died while still in his early thirties, presumably from a heart attack or aneurysm, whilst cooking dinner with his mother in their small family run hotel in Co.Sligo only a few years ago, the same hotel where he self taught himself to play the piano in the lounge as a kid. Not sure if this EP ‘The Front’ was released before or after his death but it’s an interesting listen, fairly unique atmospheric piano and synth type stuff, anyway he deserves for his music to be put out there. Streaming on Tidal. 

ewemon posted:

Look forward to hearing the album when it comes out Kevin. Long long time since I was in RAK studios.

Cheers Ewen. I've been to lots of studios in London over the years - Abbey Rd, Toerag, Snap, Dean Street, Metropolis, Olympic, Berwick Street etc - but I think RAK is my favourite. It has a great vibe, lovely rooms and superb equipment.

Kevin-W posted:

ewemon posted:

Look forward to hearing the album when it comes out Kevin. Long long time since I was in RAK studios.

Cheers Ewen. I've been to lots of studios in London over the years - Abbey Rd, Toerag, Snap, Dean Street, Metropolis, Olympic, Berwick Street etc - but I think RAK is my favourite. It has a great vibe, lovely rooms and superb equipment.

I always had a liking for Islands Basing Street studios which I believe are no longer called that. Possibly partly to do with the amount on Ganja that was being smoked in the building at certain times.