what was the last cd you bought?
Posted by: AL4N on 13 March 2004
after a suggestion,i have split up the old topic into this one and what was your last vinyl purchase.I hope it makes life easier.
so to get things off and running
queen--the highlander sound track
so to get things off and running
queen--the highlander sound track
Posted on: 11 August 2004 by Not For Me
The last Cd I bought was:
Various Artists - Koln Kompakt
[With Studio 1, Dr Walker, Brinkmann, Triple R, M.Flux etc.]
DS
OTD - Sven Vath - Face It [M.Mayer mix]
Various Artists - Koln Kompakt
[With Studio 1, Dr Walker, Brinkmann, Triple R, M.Flux etc.]
DS
OTD - Sven Vath - Face It [M.Mayer mix]
Posted on: 12 August 2004 by Not For Me
I bought another CD, which was:
Various Artists - Hotel Lotte presents Klima Zone N2
[With M. Flux, Dr Walker, Unit 400, Hagedorn etc.]
DS
OTD - Rachel Stevens - Some Girls
Various Artists - Hotel Lotte presents Klima Zone N2
[With M. Flux, Dr Walker, Unit 400, Hagedorn etc.]
DS
OTD - Rachel Stevens - Some Girls
Posted on: 14 August 2004 by andy c
HI,
Latest:
Jazz at the Pawn Shop - HDCD far East Import. Got this for £10.13 on e-bay and it came as new. in a gatefold box 2CD set! Bargain (another riders purchase)
U2 - Zooropa - Had this on LP and wanted it on CD as the LP was quite badly scratched...
andy c!
Latest:
Jazz at the Pawn Shop - HDCD far East Import. Got this for £10.13 on e-bay and it came as new. in a gatefold box 2CD set! Bargain (another riders purchase)
U2 - Zooropa - Had this on LP and wanted it on CD as the LP was quite badly scratched...
andy c!
Posted on: 14 August 2004 by ErikL
Fresh crops from Sonic Boom:
Viktor Vaughn- VV2: Venomous Villain (Unimpressive with the exception of 2 maybe 3 tracks upon first listen. Not enough Doom. Dark too.)
Kings of Convenience- Riot On An Empty Street* (Calming Nick Drakeishness meets indie offspring. In Norway.)
Low- Things We Lost In Fire* (Beautiful atmospheric indie. Mmm mmm. My first Low not my last.)
Fennesz*- Venice (Synthy textures folded over one another with a glitch here and there. Deliciously done.)
*Recs by Robinson, Gerrard, sideshowbob
Viktor Vaughn- VV2: Venomous Villain (Unimpressive with the exception of 2 maybe 3 tracks upon first listen. Not enough Doom. Dark too.)
Kings of Convenience- Riot On An Empty Street* (Calming Nick Drakeishness meets indie offspring. In Norway.)
Low- Things We Lost In Fire* (Beautiful atmospheric indie. Mmm mmm. My first Low not my last.)
Fennesz*- Venice (Synthy textures folded over one another with a glitch here and there. Deliciously done.)
*Recs by Robinson, Gerrard, sideshowbob
Posted on: 15 August 2004 by Dan M
Newly acquired this morning:
M83 - DeadCities, RedSeas & LostGhosts
boards of canada - music has the right to children
Dan
p.s. Ludders -- try Low's "Trust" I have it on double vinyl and it's very good.
M83 - DeadCities, RedSeas & LostGhosts
boards of canada - music has the right to children
Dan
p.s. Ludders -- try Low's "Trust" I have it on double vinyl and it's very good.
Posted on: 15 August 2004 by Bruce Woodhouse
An excellent pair of purchases this week
Ella Guru 'Her First Album'. Warm folk-inflected songs, wistful and summery, a great relaxing listen. If you liked James Yorkston, 'Moving Up Country' you'll like this too although Ella Guru has a more polished feel.
Richmond Fontaine 'Post To Wire'. Nothing too original, alt.americana with echos of Wilco, Uncle Tupelo and Jim White etc but a really strong set, well written and performed with a bit of swagger. Excellent, best US album I've bought this year.
Ella Guru 'Her First Album'. Warm folk-inflected songs, wistful and summery, a great relaxing listen. If you liked James Yorkston, 'Moving Up Country' you'll like this too although Ella Guru has a more polished feel.
Richmond Fontaine 'Post To Wire'. Nothing too original, alt.americana with echos of Wilco, Uncle Tupelo and Jim White etc but a really strong set, well written and performed with a bit of swagger. Excellent, best US album I've bought this year.
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by sideshowbob
quote:
My first Low not my last
Secret Name is my favourite. Very good.
There's a new 3 CD collection of Low B-sides and rarities. Anyone heard it? Worth bothering with?
If you like Low and haven't heard Galaxie 500, you definitely should, because you'll like them too. Today is my favourite Galaxie 500 album, but they're all worth hearing.
-- Ian
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by kj burrell
Re: Low: most of the stuff I've got by them is excellent: I'd put in a word for Trust but Things We Lost is my fave - apart from the Xmas album which is utterly beautiful, even if not that seasonal in Mid August.
Latest purchase: John Fahey, Red Cross. His last recording, quite different to the 60s stuff I've heard. Very raw,percussive guitar and some good ambient sounds - playing along to recordings of rain and a drone organ. Good stuff.
Bit pissed off that Virgin sold me what seems to be a second hand copy - the sleeve is scuffed where the original price label was taken off and the liner notes are missing. I think it'll have to be returned!! Service like this makes me think I may as well download records rather than buy them.
Kevin
Latest purchase: John Fahey, Red Cross. His last recording, quite different to the 60s stuff I've heard. Very raw,percussive guitar and some good ambient sounds - playing along to recordings of rain and a drone organ. Good stuff.
Bit pissed off that Virgin sold me what seems to be a second hand copy - the sleeve is scuffed where the original price label was taken off and the liner notes are missing. I think it'll have to be returned!! Service like this makes me think I may as well download records rather than buy them.
Kevin
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by Rasher
Andy Williams - The Essential Andy Williams 
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by sideshowbob
quote:
Originally posted by alexgerrard:
I really like the Low box set thingy.
In that case I'll give it a go.
-- Ian
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by Brian OReilly
Grand Drive – The Lights In This Town Are Too Many To Count
A brilliant follow – up to See The Morning In. Definitely a change in direction, leaning away from the alt.country style of their previous recordings. If this was your first exposure to Grand Drive, then I don’t think you would categorise their sound as anything other than singer/songwriter rock.
This album has a harder, more textured sound than See The Morning In, the lyrics seem darker and less optimistic, but still really well written. I do think these guys are craftsmen, both in terms of writing /musicianship & production and wouldn’t look out of place on the Linn or NAIM label for example.
This is life-affirming music, my favourite release so far this year and highly recommended.
Icehouse – Primitive Man
This, unbelievably, stems from 1982…and is fantastic!
Our local radio played Street Cafe recently, which forced me to sit my parked car until it was over, then order a copy!
This album includes the slightly saccharine Hey Little Girl, but Street Cafe itself is sublime, with an effortless performance from Iva Davies. The rest of the album is great and really takes me back to the 80s ! Something I hadn’t realised before is that Icehouse seems to have consisted solely of Iva Davies as auteur, with other musicians hired in as and when necessary. I have the feeling that this limited the breadth of the sound to a degree, with the music lacking diversity to be honest.
Really enjoying it, but one for 80s fans only I suspect.
3 Doors Down – Away From The Sun
This was a mistake. This is a recording from 2002. In my opinion a journeyman effort from another Post-Grunge ? type band. If you like Soundgarden or Nickleback you might like this (they actually name check Nickelback on the sleeve notes). I don’t think they have anything new to offer.
Then why did you buy it, Brian ?
I was just coming to that. The title track, Away From The Sun is brilliant. A restrained vocal performance with a sparse, low-key guitar sound. The rest of the album doesn’t even come close to this track in my opinion.
What’s odd considering that this is from 2002, is that between ordering the CD and its arrival, I came home and heard it in our kitchen. I thought at first my wife had received the CD and put it on, but it was in fact, on our local station. Subsequently, my wife says they play it all the time. Even weirder, I heard it faintly in the background of our favourite tv soap, Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten.
How very, very odd.
Brian OReilly
A brilliant follow – up to See The Morning In. Definitely a change in direction, leaning away from the alt.country style of their previous recordings. If this was your first exposure to Grand Drive, then I don’t think you would categorise their sound as anything other than singer/songwriter rock.
This album has a harder, more textured sound than See The Morning In, the lyrics seem darker and less optimistic, but still really well written. I do think these guys are craftsmen, both in terms of writing /musicianship & production and wouldn’t look out of place on the Linn or NAIM label for example.
This is life-affirming music, my favourite release so far this year and highly recommended.
Icehouse – Primitive Man
This, unbelievably, stems from 1982…and is fantastic!
Our local radio played Street Cafe recently, which forced me to sit my parked car until it was over, then order a copy!
This album includes the slightly saccharine Hey Little Girl, but Street Cafe itself is sublime, with an effortless performance from Iva Davies. The rest of the album is great and really takes me back to the 80s ! Something I hadn’t realised before is that Icehouse seems to have consisted solely of Iva Davies as auteur, with other musicians hired in as and when necessary. I have the feeling that this limited the breadth of the sound to a degree, with the music lacking diversity to be honest.
Really enjoying it, but one for 80s fans only I suspect.
3 Doors Down – Away From The Sun
This was a mistake. This is a recording from 2002. In my opinion a journeyman effort from another Post-Grunge ? type band. If you like Soundgarden or Nickleback you might like this (they actually name check Nickelback on the sleeve notes). I don’t think they have anything new to offer.
Then why did you buy it, Brian ?
I was just coming to that. The title track, Away From The Sun is brilliant. A restrained vocal performance with a sparse, low-key guitar sound. The rest of the album doesn’t even come close to this track in my opinion.
What’s odd considering that this is from 2002, is that between ordering the CD and its arrival, I came home and heard it in our kitchen. I thought at first my wife had received the CD and put it on, but it was in fact, on our local station. Subsequently, my wife says they play it all the time. Even weirder, I heard it faintly in the background of our favourite tv soap, Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten.
How very, very odd.
Brian OReilly
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by Bruce Woodhouse
Brian-I'm really enjoying Grand Drive too, try also True Love and High Adventure, I think better than See the Morning in.
Nick-I have absolutely no idea what you mean, sorry!
Nick-I have absolutely no idea what you mean, sorry!
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by ErikL
Team,
There's a lot more Low that I need to sample, huh? I'll also seek out my Galaxie 500 "On Fire" this evening. I don't think I've ever listened to it!
There's a lot more Low that I need to sample, huh? I'll also seek out my Galaxie 500 "On Fire" this evening. I don't think I've ever listened to it!
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by Bruce Woodhouse
Beefheart, well I like the tomatoes..
Too young to get the muscial reference, chuckle.
Bruce
Too young to get the muscial reference, chuckle.
Bruce
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by sideshowbob
Isn't Jimmy Carl Black a guest on a couple of tracks on the Ella Guru album, or am I thinking of something else?
Got the Low box on the way back from work. Has a DVD too, for the full slow-core AV experience.
-- Ian
Got the Low box on the way back from work. Has a DVD too, for the full slow-core AV experience.
-- Ian
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by Not For Me
The last CD I bought was:
Jonathan Richman - Not So Much To Be Loved as To Love
[couldn't find it on vinyl, But Johnathon still makes me smile... "Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.."]
DS
OTD - Wasserman - Hot Love
Jonathan Richman - Not So Much To Be Loved as To Love
[couldn't find it on vinyl, But Johnathon still makes me smile... "Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.."]
DS
OTD - Wasserman - Hot Love
Posted on: 16 August 2004 by sideshowbob
Oh, as well as the Low I also bought:
Tony Oxley, 4 Compositions for Sextet (with Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Rutherford and Jeff Clyne, recorded in 1970 and released, amazingly enough, by CBS, although they soon realised there wasn't much money in free improv). Not quite as good as the earlier The Baptised Traveller but still pretty exceptional.
John Zorn/Fred Frith, duo album recorded live last year at Tonic and now released as vol. 5 of Zorn's birthday series. Their Art of Memory recording from a few years back is a favourite of mine, so I have high hopes for this.
-- Ian
Tony Oxley, 4 Compositions for Sextet (with Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Rutherford and Jeff Clyne, recorded in 1970 and released, amazingly enough, by CBS, although they soon realised there wasn't much money in free improv). Not quite as good as the earlier The Baptised Traveller but still pretty exceptional.
John Zorn/Fred Frith, duo album recorded live last year at Tonic and now released as vol. 5 of Zorn's birthday series. Their Art of Memory recording from a few years back is a favourite of mine, so I have high hopes for this.
-- Ian
Posted on: 17 August 2004 by BigH47
Recent E-Bay :-
Metallica - Metallica(Black Album)
The Allman Brothers Band at Filmore East
Variuos - Sometimes God Hides,a Young Persons Guide to Discipline (the label I think!) Robert Fripp, King Crimson Peter Hammill and several others I can't say I have heard. I'll wait with baited breath!
Howard
Metallica - Metallica(Black Album)
The Allman Brothers Band at Filmore East
Variuos - Sometimes God Hides,a Young Persons Guide to Discipline (the label I think!) Robert Fripp, King Crimson Peter Hammill and several others I can't say I have heard. I'll wait with baited breath!
Howard
Posted on: 17 August 2004 by Brian OReilly
quote:
Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
Brian-I'm really enjoying Grand Drive too, try also True Love and High Adventure, I think better than See the Morning in.
Thanx Bruce,
I actually bought TL&HA and Road Music not too long ago, but I'm struggling with them to be honest. I do have some Briantime(c) coming soon so will try and crack them then.
Posted on: 18 August 2004 by Not For Me
The last CD that I bought was :
Dots - Rather Interesting Classics 1994 - 2004
[A Double Cd of Fax offcuts]
DS
ITC - Akufen - Fabric 17
Dots - Rather Interesting Classics 1994 - 2004
[A Double Cd of Fax offcuts]
DS
ITC - Akufen - Fabric 17
Posted on: 18 August 2004 by ErikL
Galaxie 500
I listened to "On Fire" last night and I was blown away. Wow. I've listened to it 4x since. The next cds I buy- probably Galaxie 500.
Ludwig
Late to the party
I listened to "On Fire" last night and I was blown away. Wow. I've listened to it 4x since. The next cds I buy- probably Galaxie 500.
Ludwig
Late to the party
Posted on: 19 August 2004 by sideshowbob
The really nice thing about Galaxie 500 is they only made 3 albums before splitting up, so they didn't overstay their welcome.
In a similar "if you like this, you'll like that" vein, you really need to buy this if you haven't already got it:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000J688/qid=1092912455/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-2206152-6028148?v=glance&s=music
All their records are good (the recent Promise of Love particularly), but this is exceptional, probably my favourite indie guitar record of the past 10 years.
-- Ian
In a similar "if you like this, you'll like that" vein, you really need to buy this if you haven't already got it:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000J688/qid=1092912455/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-2206152-6028148?v=glance&s=music
All their records are good (the recent Promise of Love particularly), but this is exceptional, probably my favourite indie guitar record of the past 10 years.
-- Ian
Posted on: 19 August 2004 by kj burrell
A bit of a Johnny come lately on this, but have just picked up
Wilco's "A Ghost is Born"
after reading a piece on them in Wire: what a good record! Now installed as my fave of this year. Some bits remind me of the more adventurous music Neil Young made in the mid/late 70s mixed with touches of Kraftwerk, Velvets ish guitars, long passages of drones. They're almst becoming a parallel to Yo La Tengo in terms of developing with each record and exploring different textures and moods. Wonderful.
Also picked up:
Shleep by Robert Wyatt
A consolation for missing the BBC2 programme on him. A lovely record, quirky, jazzy with great playing by Evan Parker , and, shock, good playing from Paul Weller, the worst dressed man in pop!Evan Parker and Paul Weller on the same record!!
The Infinite by Dave Douglas
- influenced by 70s Miles Davis - lots of Fender Rhodes from Uri Caine, fabulous trumpet playing, and really interesting versions of Poses by Rufus Wainwright and Unison by Bjork. Worth a look if you like Silent Way/Bitches Brew period Miles.
Also got the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. A big book full of sharp comments and reviews. Have ordered Anthony Braxton: For Alto on the stregth of the write up - apparently one of the most important American recordings, and I'd never heard of it!
Kevin
Wilco's "A Ghost is Born"
after reading a piece on them in Wire: what a good record! Now installed as my fave of this year. Some bits remind me of the more adventurous music Neil Young made in the mid/late 70s mixed with touches of Kraftwerk, Velvets ish guitars, long passages of drones. They're almst becoming a parallel to Yo La Tengo in terms of developing with each record and exploring different textures and moods. Wonderful.
Also picked up:
Shleep by Robert Wyatt
A consolation for missing the BBC2 programme on him. A lovely record, quirky, jazzy with great playing by Evan Parker , and, shock, good playing from Paul Weller, the worst dressed man in pop!Evan Parker and Paul Weller on the same record!!
The Infinite by Dave Douglas
- influenced by 70s Miles Davis - lots of Fender Rhodes from Uri Caine, fabulous trumpet playing, and really interesting versions of Poses by Rufus Wainwright and Unison by Bjork. Worth a look if you like Silent Way/Bitches Brew period Miles.
Also got the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. A big book full of sharp comments and reviews. Have ordered Anthony Braxton: For Alto on the stregth of the write up - apparently one of the most important American recordings, and I'd never heard of it!
Kevin
Posted on: 19 August 2004 by sideshowbob
quote:
Also picked up:
Shleep by Robert Wyatt
A consolation for missing the BBC2 programme on him. A lovely record, quirky, jazzy with great playing by Evan Parker , and, shock, good playing from Paul Weller, the worst dressed man in pop!Evan Parker and Paul Weller on the same record!!
Shame you missed the program. It concluded with an excellent version of "Free Will and Testament", my favourite song on Shleep. Wyatt is one of my very few heroes. I met him once and was so awestruck I could hardly speak!
I was (much) less impressed by Wilco, but I quite like the Neu! ripoff track on the new album. I'm not sure they've really worked out what they're trying to achieve, hopefully for the next record they'll forget the songs completely and go for sonic chaos. I get the feeling they're itching to.
-- Ian
Posted on: 19 August 2004 by DenisA
Ian,
I'm with you on "Free Will And Testament" (Wyatt, Kramer)
Verses 1 & 2 (As Ian Dury said "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards")
Given free will but within certain limitations,
I cannot will myself to limitless mutations,
I cannot know what I would be if I were not me,
I can only guess me.
So when I say that I know me, how can I know that?
What kind of spider understands arachnophobia?
I have my senses and my sense of having senses.
Do I guide them? Or they me?
Denis
I'm with you on "Free Will And Testament" (Wyatt, Kramer)
Verses 1 & 2 (As Ian Dury said "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards")
Given free will but within certain limitations,
I cannot will myself to limitless mutations,
I cannot know what I would be if I were not me,
I can only guess me.
So when I say that I know me, how can I know that?
What kind of spider understands arachnophobia?
I have my senses and my sense of having senses.
Do I guide them? Or they me?
Denis