What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

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Originally posted by tpia:
picked up second hand today at tokyo's best record shop - Disk Union.

I am jealous. I have a music shopping trip (amongst other things) to Tokyo on my list of things I'd like to do soon. Was it good and worth it do you think? Would need to go armed with a lot of cash.

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by ewemon:
BFAF

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Borrowed from a friend

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Originally posted by Blueknowz:
On the Black!

Some real golden oldies there especially the Drifters disc.

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by tpia:
picked up second hand today at tokyo's best record shop - Disk Union.

I am jealous. I have a music shopping trip (amongst other things) to Tokyo on my list of things I'd like to do soon. Was it good and worth it do you think? Would need to go armed with a lot of cash.

Well worth it. Just soeaking of this shop which I do think is prob the biggest and therefore the best - Disk Union alone has six shops in Shinjuku including a massive one dedicated to Classical and 3 floors on Jazz, and 4-5 floors on rock/pop. All genres are carried. They sell new cds of course but mostly they carry second hand. All in good condition and many are the Japanese editions (maybe 20% of total). As a guide most are priced between 8-12 euro with shmcd going for maybe 12 (yen 1500). They also carry a selection of fancy 24kt and the like. Vinyl is covered too - but vinyl shops in Europe probably are just as good
In my trip yesterday I picked up about 30 albums for an average of say 9 euros each. Got the whole week here so a bit more cash will be dumped. I focused on Japanese editions obviously and the nice paper sleeves. T

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Originally posted by tpia:

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by tpia:
picked up second hand today at tokyo's best record shop - Disk Union.

I am jealous. I have a music shopping trip (amongst other things) to Tokyo on my list of things I'd like to do soon. Was it good and worth it do you think? Would need to go armed with a lot of cash.

Well worth it. Just soeaking of this shop which I do think is prob the biggest and therefore the best - Disk Union alone has six shops in Shinjuku including a massive one dedicated to Classical and 3 floors on Jazz, and 4-5 floors on rock/pop. All genres are carried. They sell new cds of course but mostly they carry second hand. All in good condition and many are the Japanese editions (maybe 25-30% of total). As a guide most are priced between 8-12 euro with shmcd going for maybe 12 (yen 1500). They also carry a selection of fancy 24kt and the like. Vinyl is covered too - but vinyl shops in Europe probably are just as good
In my trip yesterday I picked up about 30 albums for an average of say 9 euros each. Got the whole week here so a bit more cash will be dumped. I focused on Japanese editions obviously and the nice paper sleeves. T

Sounds great. I am tempted when I have the time. Could tie in with a jazz concert or two and some good Jap food. Happy shopping and enjoy. Cheers

quote - Sounds great. I am tempted when I have the time. Could tie in with a jazz concert or two and some good Jap food. Happy shopping and enjoy. Cheers[/QUOTE]

website at
http://diskunion.net/st/shop/e_index.html

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Originally posted by tpia:
website at
http://diskunion.net/st/shop/e_index.html

A progressive rock store as well as jazz. Now I really could get in trouble. Thanks!

This one is a bit odd as getting hold of it physically requires some treasure-hunting - its available online through various retailers though. Still, its such a treasure that I feel it deserves mention here.

Justin Vernon from Bon Iver with his old high-school's band on "A Decade with Duke" released on Jagjaguwar

~<>~ Johann Sebastian Bach[/b] (1685-1750) ~<>~

The 6 Suites for Cello Solo

BWV 1007-1012

Maurice Grendon cello

~<>~

Philips 3 x LP box-set : )

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Sounds great. I am tempted when I have the time. Could tie in with a jazz concert or two and some good Jap food. Happy shopping and enjoy. Cheers

I wanna go too.

Willie Nelson - Stardust; Lizz Wright - Dreaming Wide Awake

The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 (1956)
The Well-Tempered Clavier ~ Book I BWV 846-869 (1954)
The Well-Tempered Clavier ~ Book II BWV 870-893 (1954)
Little Preludes BWV 924-932 (1953)
Six Partitas BWV 825-830 (1953)

Philips 10 x LP box-set : )
Enhanced for stereo from original mono recordings

Took me ages to clean & re-sleeve this box full, but they are in A-1 fantastic condition and all play very well, i am richly rewarded for my efforts; Isolde's performance is really delightful!

Debs

Taking in a little of the "Philadelphia Sound"

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by tpia:
website at
http://diskunion.net/st/shop/e_index.html

A progressive rock store as well as jazz. Now I really could get in trouble. Thanks!

My list is in the post of discs to get me and I am sure Oliver's won't be far behind.

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Originally posted by markah:

Mark what do you think of this as it is the first of his I have heard?

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Originally posted by ewemon:

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Originally posted by markah:

Mark what do you think of this as it is the first of his I have heard?

Ewen, I really like this one as it is very similar to Arve Henriksen which you know I am a fan of. I'll be interested to hear how Mark likes it.

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Originally posted by ewemon:

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by tpia:
website at
http://diskunion.net/st/shop/e_index.html

A progressive rock store as well as jazz. Now I really could get in trouble. Thanks!

My list is in the post of discs to get me and I am sure Oliver's won't be far behind.

Not sure I am going to pull this trip off, but if I do I'll let you know. Thought I might ask Darcy to give me a guided tour!

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by ewemon:

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Originally posted by markah:

Mark what do you think of this as it is the first of his I have heard?

Ewen, I really like this one as it is very similar to Arve Henriksen which you know I am a fan of. I'll be interested to hear how Mark likes it.

Initial thoughts are that it didn't grab me in the way that "Khmer" and "Solid Ether" did. Perhaps I wasn't in the right mood for it - I'll play it again later.

To start a third day of a long weekend.

Sting "Fields of Gold. Best of...."

"The chaconne, like the passacaglia, is an old dance of Spanish origin, often slow and solemn, which is built on a rhythmic scheme in triple time. The term chaconne came to designate a variation form founded on a theme of four or eight bars stated in the bass, and ending with a clearly marked perfect cadence. Cadential regularity, a slow and solemn tempo, triple time, and the ostinato principle are the essential characteristics of this imposing form whose majestic gait and demonstrative, ostentatious character make it a Baroque phenomenon par excellence. This major genre inseparable from the Baroque style, was to prove ideal terrain for the creators of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its unrivaled period of expansion, notable for distinguished contributions from such men as Frescobaldi, Couperin, and Buxtehude, culminated in the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, with such noted examples as the towering Passacaglia in C minor for organ, BWV582."

Chaconne : Bach, Brahms, Busoni, Lutz
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897),
Feruccio Busoni (1866-1924), Rudolf Lutz (1951- )
Transcriptions on Bach's Chaconne in D major
(from "Partita for Solo Violin in D minor BWV 1004")

Kate Walsh


the acoustic ep is available as a free download