What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

Posted by: Richard Dane on 30 December 2009

On the cusp of a new year, it's time to start a new thread, I think...

VOL V - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...385/m/9962941917/p/1

VOL IV - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/1832985817

VOL III - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...385/m/6192934617/p/1

VOL II - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/3112927317

VOL I - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/6532968996

AND - this might be of interest:
http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...962920617#1962920617

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by Voltaire

Selected tracks

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by u5227470736789524

Bill Deasy

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by droodzilla

It's been a while since I played this, but it's holding up well.

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by Voltaire

Selected tracks

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by Klout10

From HDX:

Regards,
Michel

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by Blueknowz

quote:
Originally posted by Voltaire:

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Mavis Staple's 2007 album, WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK is a stunning achievement from one of soul and gospel's most revered singers. Produced by Ry Cooder, the album is built around freedom songs of the civil rights movement--some are traditional ("Eyes on the Prize"), some are appropriated for the theme("99 and 1/2"), while others are originals ("I'll Be Rested"). As much a celebration of hard-won freedom as a reminder of past and current injustices, the album features stirring gospel choir vocals from both Ladysmith Black Mombazo and original members of the SNCC Freedom Singers. Yet the album isfirst and foremost a platform for Mavis Staples's stirring voice, one that is as much a liberating force as any protest. Cooder, to his credit, keeps things appropriately raw and immediate, and the band always positions Staples at the front of the line. As deeply moving as any album made in 2007, WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK is at once a call to arms, a new cadence for a new march, and the celebratory soundtrack for the jubilee on the other side of the mountain.

I may have mentioned this album before..?

Did I mention I have it on the Black stuff!

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by Voltaire

quote:
Originally posted by Blueknowz:
quote:
Originally posted by Voltaire:

quote:
Mavis Staple's 2007 album, WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK is a stunning achievement from one of soul and gospel's most revered singers. Produced by Ry Cooder, the album is built around freedom songs of the civil rights movement--some are traditional ("Eyes on the Prize"), some are appropriated for the theme("99 and 1/2"), while others are originals ("I'll Be Rested"). As much a celebration of hard-won freedom as a reminder of past and current injustices, the album features stirring gospel choir vocals from both Ladysmith Black Mombazo and original members of the SNCC Freedom Singers. Yet the album isfirst and foremost a platform for Mavis Staples's stirring voice, one that is as much a liberating force as any protest. Cooder, to his credit, keeps things appropriately raw and immediate, and the band always positions Staples at the front of the line. As deeply moving as any album made in 2007, WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK is at once a call to arms, a new cadence for a new march, and the celebratory soundtrack for the jubilee on the other side of the mountain.

I may have mentioned this album before..?

Did I mention I have it on the Black stuff!

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by Voltaire

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by Lontano

The more I listen to this album, the more the songs seem to be Peter's own rather than covers. I really look forward to seeing this live - I bet it will be a special concert especially when he reinterprets his own music.

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by fixedwheel

This, loud. Not Lontano loud, but getting there!

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by u5227470736789524

Mitsuko Uchida - Beethoven

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by Graham Russell

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by DIB

Peter Gabriel's "Shaking The Tree:16 Golden Greats". The very first CD I ever bought in 1990.

Why? Because it's bloody great.

Great demo CD as well.

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by Graham Russell

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by Joe Bibb

quote:
Originally posted by DIB:
Peter Gabriel's "Shaking The Tree:16 Golden Greats". The very first CD I ever bought in 1990.

Why? Because it's bloody great.

Great demo CD as well.

Great sounding CD that. Much better than the subsequent "Hit".

Joe

Posted on: 21 February 2010 by oldneil