What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:


In the spirit of Yes, I just got this first Japanese pressing yesterday (32XD). Not one of my favorite Yes albums but maybe I should give it another try.

... now that's better.

From HDX:



Regards,
Michel

Now this is even better, Vinyl baby!






Dean...

Wynton Marsalis

Moving on from Yes but actually not to far






Dean...

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Originally posted by Whizzkid:
Moving on from Yes but actually not to far



Dean...

Great album Dean! Only in prog rock could an entire album be inspired by such a subject!

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Originally posted by Voltaire:

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Originally posted by Whizzkid:
Moving on from Yes but actually not to far


Dean...

Great album Dean! Only in prog rock could an entire album be inspired by such a subject!

I live 5 miles from Hampton Court, maybe I should play it on my iPod the next time I visit.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Voltaire:

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Originally posted by Whizzkid:
Moving on from Yes but actually not to far


Dean...

Great album Dean! Only in prog rock could an entire album be inspired by such a subject!

I live 5 miles from Hampton Court, maybe I should play it on my iPod the next time I visit.

Much cheaper than getting six wives for sure!

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Originally posted by Voltaire:
Much cheaper than getting six wives for sure!

... getting rid of them seems to have been the issue.

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Originally posted by Voltaire:
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I'll join you, really enjoy these 3 recordings.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Voltaire:
Much cheaper than getting six wives for sure!

... getting rid of them seems to have been the issue.

Alex Cornish

Perfect for a mellow sunny afternoon.

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Originally posted by christophe pomel:

Very nice!

I was listening to a BBC podcast of an interview with him sometime last week. Highly recommended. He was talking about singing folk songs on his current album and how traditional middle eastern folk music has affected his understanding of music.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by Voltaire:
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I'll join you, really enjoy these 3 recordings.

It's probably a larger topic for another time but I am spellbound when it comes to creativity that comes from suffering. Sam Baker suffered awfully but managed to write such wonderful music. I think I have mentioned before my complete respect for war poets who can turn destruction into creativity.

I have a huge collection of poetry written by people in abject suffering and the quality of the writing is just humbling. Anyone interested in sampling what I'm talking about might like to check out Irina Ratushinskaya's 'Dance with a Shadow'. Irina was arrested in the mid 80's in Russia accused of anti goverment propagenda ( she is a poet). She was sentenced to seven years hard labour (rape, beatings, isolation, etc) but her poems were smuggled out and published by Bloodaxe. Unmissable literature imho and indicitive of the kind of music that I just can't resist.



PS- For anyone who is wondering why I am comparing music to literature and vice versa...I don't seperate them from each other or from art.

Thanks to Adrian:

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Perfect for a mellow sunny afternoon.

Accompanied by some lovely sangria?