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

Now playing..........

Natalie Merchant - Paradise is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings

Streaming on NAS...........   started the day with Natalie and thought I would continue on with her this evening. Just arrived home from work and she is the first album after arriving home from work........  and she is sounding mighty sweet!  Twenty years after the original album release, now "re-recorded, re-arranged, and re-visioned" and for this fan, I love them both!

ALANP posted:

Elton John - Blue Moves, must admit ,don't always play the full double album ,but choosing four of five tracks from each disc makes for a decent 40 minutes or so. 

You are right. M ore than 40 min listening one artist is a bit to much for me. There are a few exceptions.

hungryhalibut posted:

And one for you, Seakayaker. And any other jazz lovers of course. This is a superb album. 

Thanks HH, I did a search on TIDAL but could not find the album. I will have a look around my local used music stores in the neighborhood to see if I can pick up a copy........

ALANP posted:

Amy Winehouse - Frank.

Have a very big soft spot for this young lady she opened up her heart to us all and was treated despicably mostly by the press of course but also by some of the general public.  There are many musicians who left us way too early but the loss of Amy always makes me feel really, really sad and angry as it seems so unecessary given the right shoulder to cry on she could still be with us.

seakayaker posted:

hungryhalibut posted:

And one for you, Seakayaker. And any other jazz lovers of course. This is a superb album. 

Thanks HH, I did a search on TIDAL but could not find the album. I will have a look around my local used music stores in the neighborhood to see if I can pick up a copy........

 A great musician Enrico Pieranunzi also collaborated with Charlie Haden, Chet Baker and Billy Higgins on the exceptional 1989 LP Silence and made the very beautiful Soft Journey in 1980 with Chet both of which are on my vinyl wish list but command silly money now.

Kansas. Point Of Know Return. On original vinyl from 1977. I recently watched a TV program chronicling the band's success and it put me in a mood to play this album, their most successful. While good, I prefer it's predecessor, the very good "Leftoverature".

Fine Brahms playing

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Original vinyl released 1972 - very impressive debut album. ????

Jackson Browne – acoustic guitar, piano, vocals
David Campbell – viola
David Crosby – harmony vocals
Jesse Ed Davis – electric guitar on "Doctor My Eyes"
Craig Doerge – piano on "From Silver Lake", "Rock Me On the Water" and "My Opening Farewell"
Jimmie Fadden – harmonica
Jim Gordon – organ
David Jackson – piano on "Looking into You"
Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel on "Looking into You"
Leah Kunkel – composed vocal counter-melody on "From Silver Lake"
Russ Kunkel – drums, congas on "Doctor My Eyes" and "Under the Falling Sky"
Albert Lee – electric guitar on "A Child in These Hills" and "Under the Falling Sky"
Graham Nash - harmony vocals
Leland Sklar – bass
Clarence White – acoustic guitar on "Jamaica Say You Will"

Playing on Compact Disc - A fine Talking Heads album to get the working day started

Bob Dylan - More Blood, More Tracks.

It's like meeting an old friend you haven't seen for many years; still recognisable, but a few lines and grey hairs. Sadly, it doesn't contain the same versions as were on the New York Tapes album which has been around before (and can still be found on YouTube) , which probably means I'm going to have to buy the 6CD box set, and I'm not a Dylan fan. It's just that Blood on the Tracks is something rather special, and something for which I have fond memories.

Original vinyl released 1972 - Over 45 years old and still sounding superb. ????

Steely Dan
David Palmer – lead vocals on "Dirty Work" and "Brooklyn", backing vocals
Donald Fagen – acoustic and electric pianos, plastic (YC-30) organ, lead vocals (except on "Dirty Work", "Midnite Cruiser", and "Brooklyn"), backing vocals
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitar, pedal steel guitar, spoken word on "Only a Fool Would Say That"
Denny Dias – guitar, electric sitar
Walter Becker – electric bass, backing vocals, dual lead vocal on "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again"
Jim Hodder – drums, percussion, lead vocal on "Midnite Cruiser", backing vocals
Session musicians
Elliott Randall – lead guitar on "Kings" and "Reelin in the Years"
Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone
Snooky Young – flugelhorn
Victor Feldman – percussion
Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals on "Brooklyn" and "Kings"

I'm really not a Dylan fan, but thought I'd continue with this one, Time Out of Mind. 

I wonder what percentage of an artist's output you need to have to be considered a fan? How many times do you need to have seen the artist?

Playing on Compact Disc - Pulp Fiction Soundtrack with the artists featured on the back Cover

Clive B posted:

I'm really not a Dylan fan, but thought I'd continue with this one, Time Out of Mind. 

I wonder what percentage of an artist's output you need to have to be considered a fan? How many times do you need to have seen the artist?

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind...

Sorry, Clive, couldn’t help it!

Original vinyl released 1972 - LF at their best, prime album. ????

Lowell George - guitar, lead (all but 10) and backing vocals, harmonica, baritone saxophone, drum machine
Bill Payne - Hammond organ, backing and lead vocals (10), Wurlitzer electric piano, piano, accordion
Roy Estrada - bass, backing vocals
Richie Hayward - drums, backing vocals, percussion

Additional
Milt Holland - percussion on "Easy to Slip" and "Trouble"
Sneaky Pete Kleinow - pedal steel guitar on "Willin'" and "Texas Rose Café"
Debbie Lindsey - backing vocals on "Cold Cold Cold" and "Sailin' Shoes"
Ron Elliott - rhythm guitar on "A Apolitical Blues"

Playing on Compact Disc - Wow what a Rockin Live album .....Any of you girls want some irish in you ?......Any of you Girls want a little bit more Irish in you......this is called Rosalie 

On CD:-

Kate Rusby - Life In A Paper Boat

On CD:-

Gordon Haskell - All my Life

Now playing............

Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide

Charles Lloyd  (tenor saxophone), Brad Mehldau  (piano), John Abercrombie  (guitar), Larry Grenadier  (double-bass), Billy Higgins  (drums) and Derek Oles  (double bass).

Streaming on NAS..........  Opening the day with the soothing music of Charles, one beautiful album and much appreciated this morning.......

Playing on Cassette on TDK AD - X C60 - REM's 2nd album from 1984 - Great continuation of Murmur

Doyle Dykes - Country Fried Pickin’. I’ve seen him a few times when he was a Taylor guitar ambassador. Boy, can this guy play! 

Released 2007 - Excellent compilation album. 8)

Playing on Compact Disc - Their greatest Hits - Sometimes forget what brilliant tracks they made......everyones a winner...well you know what I mean.