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:
On original vinyl I picked somewhere years ago:
Why? A wallow in nostalgia maybe? Certainly sounds better on the system that occasional tracks on the radio.
steve
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Hannes Minnaar, piano | Jan Willem de Vriend
The Complete Piano Concertos
Paul Bley and lots of bebops. With Bob Cranshaw on bass and Keith Copeland on drums. This was recorded in December 1989 and presents a number of bebop standards. It has tremendous SQ, all the instruments sound like real instruments. The drum and cymbal sound, in particular, is very realistic for once.
There aren’t many albums that induce me to dance round the kitchen while cooking, but this is one such. Just wonderful - the music, not the dancing.
Bailyhill posted:dave marshall posted:
Billy F Gibbons - The Big Bad Blues.
The Reverend gets back to where it all began with ZZ Top ................ "a superb collection of down and dirty, raw rock ‘n’ roll blues, with
one of the world’s finest guitarists working in the blues-rock idiom – clearly relishing the chance to celebrate his roots."
Does anyone know where this is available in Hi Rez?
Hopefully on vinyl...
Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway, there is certainly some lightweight stuff here ,but, his melodiscm as ever shines through.
I've had this album for many years but it always pleases.
Massive Attack - Heligoland.
Another fine album, with contributions from Horace Andy, Guy Garvey, Damon Albarn and Hope Sandoval, among others.
A band never content to stand still, and quite possibly my favourite Massives album......................... highly recommended. 
MDS posted:
I've had this album for many years but it always pleases.
MDS, same here played it for the first time in ages last week whilst running through some old favourites on the ND555 superb.
I played this the other day, it not bring an album I play that often, but I really enjoyed it. Now enjoying it again. Everyone is out this evening, so it's playing a bit louder than usual. Tremendous sound - maybe that's what struck me earlier. Maybe that's the DR effect?
Cypress Hill / Elephants On Acid. Out on Friday - 28/09/18
There are a couple of tracks/videos on Tidal and online. Check out Band Of Gypsies and Crazy.
The Beautiful South - Quench.
Just finished........
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band - Season of Changes
Brian Blade (drums), Chris Thomas (bass), Myron Walden (bass clarinet, alto saxophone), Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar), Jon Cowherd (piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Moog synthesizer, pump organ) and Melvin Butler (tenor saxophone).
Streamed on NAS....... A recent purchase and already a favorite, enjoy Brian quite a bit!
Now Playing..................
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band - Perceptual
Brian Blade (drums, guitar & vocals), Melvin Butler (tenor & soprano saxophone), Jon Cowherd (piano & keyboards), Dave Easley (pedal steel guitar), Kurt Rosenwinkel (electric & acoustic guitars), Christopher Thomas (bass), Myron Walden (alto saxophone & bass clarinet), Daniel Lanois (guitars tracks 8 & 9 only) and Joni Mitchell (vocal track 8 only).
Steaming on NAS........ Another of Brian's albums that I purchased recently and thought it was a fantastic album form the first play. Worth the time to give a listen!
I just received this today. It's a new remastered/reissue from DG in a numbered limited edition of 2000. I've always wanted this. I love his performance of the Beethoven Sonatas with Ingrid Haebler on Philips (even though I also have the Perlman/Ashkenazy on Decca). The marketing for this reissue says "lacquers cut from the remastered original analogue tapes" but I'm not positive it's really a ful analogue AAA reissue. The box set comes with a digital download coupon. I wonder if there was a digital transfer between creating the master from tapes and cutting the lacquers, or if the digital transfer was separate from the vinyl production. I suspect the former (i.e. digital in the mastering chain). Anywone know for sure?
I am listening now and it sounds great, but I feel I'm missing a little bit of the woody texture. That could either be how it was recorded, the mastering itself, or the fact it's indeed a digital transfer.
Anyway, this is a wonderful performance. The other copy I enjoy playing on vinyl is by Sigiswald Kuijken on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. I've had that one for over 30 years.
A very fine album of yesterday evening...
He is one of the better players...
I'm not a fan of the work of David Bowie as some are on this forum, although I do find a number of his albums in my record collection. I saw that someone had favourited a post I'd made in the 'Albums which blew you away on first play' thread which took me to a post from Kevin-W, who I assume is a big Bowie fan. He considers the track Subterraneans from this album to be one of his favourites. I took that as an invitation to play the track and album again.