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:
Various - Twentieth -Century Blues,The Songs of Noel Coward.
A true classic. Led Zepp IV
Last one for this evening. Listening to Sack full of Dreams.
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Now Playing........
Tomasz Stanko Quartet - Soul of Things
Tomasz Stanko (trumpet), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Slawomir Kurkiewicz (double-bass) and Michal Miskiewicz (drums).
Streaming on NAS.......... some of the beautiful music from Tomasz to end the day, sounding sweet and relaxing.......
First one of today.
More Einaudi. We walked down the aisle to Soutoukou, played by the church organist, on piano.
ewemon posted:
Great band they have recorded some tracks with Paul Weller which are very good 'Your Ballon is Rising' is very, very good and worth a listen.
ewemon posted:
Last one for this evening. Listening to Sack full of Dreams.
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Love Donny Hathaway a truly gifted song writer a great live performance.
Tabby cat posted:Always enjoy hearing this masterpiece from Talk Talk from 1986 - "Lifes what you make it " and " Give it up " are superb - The production and music are breathtaking - Playing on Compact Disc
My reference record for kit testing superb and so much better than their other more popular material.
Yeah back in the day it was a refrearance for me too.I had a mate I shared a mate flat with who was Roksans uk sales rep when Roksan was starting up and we played it alot as the production is brilliant
Wishing you a fine Friday - Enjoy the weather 
Playing on Compact Disc on Naxos _ Gourgous Vivaldi
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 (
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.
Great stuff Kevin, I assume it will be available to download on Bandcamp...?
Masaaki Suzuki - Bach Cantatas BWV 39, 187, 129 & 1045
Stevee_S posted:Great stuff Kevin, I assume it will be available to download on Bandcamp...?
Indeed it will be Steve...
Marcus Creed & Danish National Vocal Ensemble - The Secret Mass: Choral Works by Frank Martin & Bohuslav Martinů
Very beautiful choir music.
Hanna-Maria Strand, alto
Klaudia Kidon, soprano
Emil Lykke, tenor
Daniel Åberg, drums
Danish National Vocal Ensemble
Marcus Creed, conductor
Keith Richards - Crosseyed Heart, a pretty good album if a tad too long.
Day off from work today, so spinning a few CDs. The sadly departed Jackie Leven - Defending Ancient Springs. He tends to get filed away in the folk section, but I don't think that does him justice as he covers quite a few types of music. He was quite a character too judging by his live CDs and articles about his life.
Sounding very nice...
Playing on Compact Disc - Really nice debut from The Orb from 1991 -Good mixture of ambient electronica - Little Fluffy Clouds still sounds magic - Off to see them Live in October
Moved on to this. Hiss Golden Messenger - The Lateness of Dancers. I've been playing this a lot lately. If you like a bit of folk / Americana / country soul, then I think you would enjoy this.
Bill Wyman, thought I'd follow on with some more solo Stones.
Haven’t yet spend enough time with this one, correcting that now. High quality progressive rock music...
Bert Schurink posted:Haven’t yet spend enough time with this one, correcting that now. High quality progressive rock music...
It’s quite clearly highly influenced by Roine Stolt - which is not a bad thing as such. A lot of Flower King like Sound landscapes, if you like them give this album a try.