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:
Playing on Compact Disc - Brilliant debut album from 2004 from The Killers - One of those albums where there isn't a weak track.Top stuff.
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Playing on Compact Disc - A fine dose of The Cure from 1980
Focus - 3.
Jim Hall - Something special
Nice jazz by the Jim Hall trio.
Jim Hall - guitar; Larry Goldings - piano; Steve Laspina - bass
JamieWednesday posted:Very briefly gave Nick Knowles album a try after hearing on the jungle programme that he’d recorded one. Quite bizarre.
Anyhoo, the reason I mention it is the Amazon reviews, which are far more entertaining than the subject of their wit.????
Yes they are hilarious. I have a special interest in this album. I was at (secondary) school with Knowles, in fact he was in my class. Not much of a fan. His album is better than he is, if you know what I mean. 
Playing on Compact Disc - Live Byrds from The Filmore West 1969
Listening to the "main" or "core" album from this set, on vinyl. They have done a really good job on it, I think.
George Cables trio - My Muse
George Cables - Piano; Essiet Essiet - Bass; Victor Lewis - Drums
Playing on Compact Disc - Really good IRS Records REM year's roundup - A great Charity Shop 50 buy
Just played the Koyunbaba suite from this album. It leaves me in two minds: 1) try and find the sheet music, learn it over three months, perfect it over the next five years, play it through once without errors after ten years; or, 2) sell my guitars. Spectacular guitar playing.
Or 3) play Joni Mitchell's finest studio album.
What a good album this is. And this piece is positively groovy.
Now Playing.........
Kasey Musgraves - Golden Hour
Streaming on TIDAL.......... waking up with Kasey and 'Slow Burn', and she is sounding mighty fine!
Horslips - The Táin, 1978 UK vinyl reissue
Great Celtic rock, by the masters.
I don’t know where you’re based Eoin but if it’s in the land of the conquerors of the all blacks then this may interest you......
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ho...-tickets-50751467004
.sjb
Sadly the wrong side of the sea, in Yorkshire, that looks fascinating. Thanks.
well this was a great anecdote infused evening in a wonderful setting. Although Jim Lockhart showed a huge knowledge of music history and musical forms as well as recording and mastering technology both he and Barry Devlin are very modest folks who seemed genuinely touched at the applause at the 3 songs from the album that we’re played. (Charolais, Dearg Doom and Time to Kill). They were well able to poke fun at themselves and their sartorial elegance.
.sjb
Thanks for that Sloop, sounds like a great evening.
Jean-Michel Jarre
Equinoxe Infinity - 24/48
Edward
June 17th, 1976 - Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ
MDS posted:
All this talk about Alison Krauss has caused me to play another of her albums.
Nothing to do with her musical ability, but all her album covers put me in mind of a very amateurish bit of photoshopping - that really is a Barnet and a half, and simply looks as though it doesn’t belong to her!
Dexter Gordon - Blue Dex: Dexter Gordon plays the Blues
Great jazz by Dexter Gordon. If you are a fan of Dexter Gordon you would want to check out this one.
This single CD anthology is chock-full of the mighty Dexter Gordon (tenor sax) as leader or as primary participant in seven selections showcasing his surprisingly wide array of interpretive skills within the blues.
The Beatles -from 1968 (White Album), the 2018 re-mix 24/96 flac. Nice clarity, less compression than 2009! Good.
The bass drum!
(1970)
Drowned In Wine
Some fine old Family fronted up by the inimitable voice of Roger Chapman. This is one of the many great albums that (for me) captures the great sounds and times of 1970.
Paul McCartney
Egypt Station - 24/96
Edward
Francis Cabrel - Samedi Soir Sur la Terre
Je t'aimais, je t'aime et je t'aimerai - OMG!
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner
- Bass – Buster Williams
- Bass Clarinet – Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque (tracks: B1, B3)
- Bass Trombone – Jack Jeffers (tracks: B1, B3), Tony Studd
- Drums – Albert "Tootie" Heath*
- Flugelhorn – Johnny Coles
- Flute – Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson (tracks: B1, B3)
- Piano, Electric Piano – Herbie Hancock
- Tenor Saxophone, Flute [Alto] – Joe Henderson
- Trombone – Garnett Brown