What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Voltaire:
Anyone interested in stripped back acoustic, raw, country / blues might give it a try.

Gordon

Gordon,

thanks for the recommendation - I will look into it.

Cheers ... Oliver

You won't be dissapointed Oliver. Sam Baker is uniquely soulful and the albums are beautifully recorded.

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Originally posted by Voltaire:
You won't be dissapointed Oliver. Sam Baker is uniquely soulful and the albums are beautifully recorded.

I found a UK source as all US imports will be hopelessly back logged. Will give you my thoughts once they get here.

I seem to have regressed 40 years. Windows open, volume cranked up a notch or two and it still sounds as fresh as when I first heard it all those years ago



Gary

Here is the tail end of the disc's review by Thomas Conrad who gave it ***** for performance and **** for sonics.

"Finally, there is Francis Poulenc's Improvisations 13 in A Minor, and it must be the piece to which the album's title refers. Bodilsen takes the lead, which frees Bollani to improvise in ever-widening concentric circles from the "stone in the water" Poulenc's melody.
But perhaps the imagery of the title is everywhere. Every song begins with a melodic event like a subtle disturbance in quiet water that is then carried outward and outward, until its wave subside into silence."

I thought that it was quite a good piece of writing.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

I'm living stereo today.

Your tunes for today reminded me of this - essential viewing for us hifi geeks: RCA Introduces Something New--"Living Stereo".

Had Das Rhiengold and Die Walkurie earlier in the weekend.

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Originally posted by GaryP:


Gary

Brilliant album.
Gordon

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Originally posted by Chief Chirpa:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

I'm living stereo today.

Your tunes for today reminded me of this - essential viewing for us hifi geeks: RCA Introduces Something New--"Living Stereo".

Great clip, those were the days. These Living Stereos are still some of the finest Classical recordings ever made.

Japan ~ Oil On Canvas

A
Oil On Canvas
Sons Of Pioneers
Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Swing
B
Cantonese Boy
Visions Of China
Ghosts
Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer
C
Nightporter
Still Life IN Mobile HOmes
Methods Of Dance
D
Quiet Life
The Art Of Parties
Canton
Temple Of Dawn

David Sylvian vocals, keyboards
Steve Jansen drums, marimba
Mick Karn bass, clarinet, saxophone, vocal
Richard Barbieri keyboards
Masami Tsuchiya guitar, keyboards

Virgin Records Ltd. @ 1983

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Originally posted by FlyMe:


HadDas Rhiengold and Die Walkurie earlier in the weekend.

After going through the whole Ring (Solti) earlier in the year I'm having a little Wagner sabbatical.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by FlyMe:


HadDas Rhiengold and Die Walkurie earlier in the weekend.

After going through the whole Ring (Solti) earlier in the year I'm having a little Wagner sabbatical.

This marks the end of my Wagner sabbatical - prompted by hearing the wonderful Anna Russell giving her synopsis of The Ring.

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Originally posted by Voltaire:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Voltaire:
Anyone interested in stripped back acoustic, raw, country / blues might give it a try.

Gordon

Gordon,

thanks for the recommendation - I will look into it.

Cheers ... Oliver

You won't be dissapointed Oliver. Sam Baker is uniquely soulful and the albums are beautifully recorded.

Gordon you should have a listen to Jeffrey Foucault (especially his first- which in my eyes is a fabulous debut) if you like Sam Baker and also Danny Schmidt. I could recommend about another dozen or so in the same genre but let you listen to them first to see what you think.

Foucault is also married to Kris Delmhorst another artist worth giving a listen to.

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Originally posted by ewemon:
Gordon you should have a listen to Jeffrey Foucault (especially his first- which in my eyes is a fabulous debut) if you like Sam Baker and also Danny Schmidt. I could recommend about another dozen or so in the same genre but let you listen to them first to see what you think.

Foucault is also married to Kris Delmhorst another artist worth giving a listen to.

Thank you my friend I will.

PS-What is the title of Jeffrey Foucault's debut please?

Prompted by the above thread to dig this out..

Jeff A think you will love this.

Pop over to www.coldsatellite.com and listen to a track of Jeffrey Foucaults current project. First time he has gone almost all eclectric.

Brilliant track

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Originally posted by Voltaire:

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Originally posted by ewemon:
Gordon you should have a listen to Jeffrey Foucault (especially his first- which in my eyes is a fabulous debut) if you like Sam Baker and also Danny Schmidt. I could recommend about another dozen or so in the same genre but let you listen to them first to see what you think.

Foucault is also married to Kris Delmhorst another artist worth giving a listen to.

Thank you my friend I will.

PS-What is the title of Jeffrey Foucault's debut please?

"Miles From The Lightning" Gordon. Think it is maybe deleted but I have 2 copies.

If you want to hear a few tracks off it pop over to his website www.jeffreyfoucault.com and click on Music then the album title.

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Originally posted by ewemon:

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Originally posted by Voltaire:

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Originally posted by ewemon:
Gordon you should have a listen to Jeffrey Foucault (especially his first- which in my eyes is a fabulous debut) if you like Sam Baker and also Danny Schmidt. I could recommend about another dozen or so in the same genre but let you listen to them first to see what you think.

Foucault is also married to Kris Delmhorst another artist worth giving a listen to.

Thank you my friend I will.

PS-What is the title of Jeffrey Foucault's debut please?

"Miles From The Lightning" Gordon. Think it is maybe deleted but I have 2 copies.

If you want to hear a few tracks off it pop over to his website www.jeffreyfoucault.com and click on Music then the album title.

Avaliable as a download from Amazon..

Today, I have listened to....

Beck-Odelay
Beck-Modern Guilt
Prodigy-Fat of the Land
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Radiohead-OK Computer
Kasabian-West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
and
Kasabian-Kasabian

What a pleasant way to spend a lazy Sunday

My needle is now totally shagged

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Originally posted by Voltaire:

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Originally posted by ewemon:

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Originally posted by Voltaire:

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Originally posted by ewemon:
Gordon you should have a listen to Jeffrey Foucault (especially his first- which in my eyes is a fabulous debut) if you like Sam Baker and also Danny Schmidt. I could recommend about another dozen or so in the same genre but let you listen to them first to see what you think.

Foucault is also married to Kris Delmhorst another artist worth giving a listen to.

Thank you my friend I will.

PS-What is the title of Jeffrey Foucault's debut please?

"Miles From The Lightning" Gordon. Think it is maybe deleted but I have 2 copies.

If you want to hear a few tracks off it pop over to his website www.jeffreyfoucault.com and click on Music then the album title.

Avaliable as a download from Amazon..

Let me know what you think of him and then I can maybe recommend some more for you.

Prompted by this thread his latest album along with another great singer songwriter Mark Erelli. This has been desrcibed as a colection of Murder Ballads.

Another great album.

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Originally posted by ewemon:


Let me know what you think of him and then I can maybe recommend some more for you.

Much appreciated. They have a couple of albums on Spotify which I can try for free!

Devon Sproules husband