What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

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LP1 of this set..

Van Morrison

Seals and Croft

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Originally posted by Ballan:

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Originally posted by patk:
More from the Mono box set ...

What do you think about the monos compared to the stereo versions? I'm still considering the monos.

I haven't heard the stereo versions. But I think these sound excellent.

Pat

and..

The Bowie being the Nassau '76 concert, still blown away to get 'The Thin White Duke' (bootleg) in perfect quality.

From Steven Wilson's official Facebook page...

Now uploaded to Soundcloud is a 3 track Porcupine Tree acoustic / unplugged radio session from January 2010, performed by just myself and John Wesley. One or two of these tracks have also been made available as mp3 downloads in the past, but these files are full resolution WAV files.

The tracks are:- Time Flies; Trains; I Drive the Hearse; Home In Negative

Angus and Julia Stone

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Robert Wyatt

Is it any good, Lontano?

If you like Wyatt then you will not be disappointed. His take on some jazz standards with a clarinet and strings under his vocals. I like it.

It got a 5 star review in the Guardian this week from John Fordham.

"Robert Wyatt, that most eloquently lackadaisical of jazz-loving English troubadours, has made some unforgettable albums over his long solo career, but this will rank among the frontrunners. Mingling jazz standards such as Lush Life, In a Sentimental Mood and Round Midnight with a scattering of originals, and imaginatively arranged by violinist Ros Stephen for the poetic Gilad Atzmon's alto sax and clarinet and a string ensemble, it strikes a balance between tradition-observing musicality and Wyatt's knack for getting to the painful or joyous heart of things while sounding as if he has just dropped in off the street. From the moment Atzmon's vibrant alto curls around Wyatt's matter-of-fact delivery of Laura, through the microtonal clarinet intro to a vocal line mixing falsetto sounds with guttural contemplation on Lullaby for Irena, to the Sergeant Pepper-like quirkiness of electronics and vocal whimsy on Maryan, the session barely misses a beat. Wyatt offhandedly whistles his way through Round Midnight, plays movingly muted trumpet on Lush Life, and comes close to Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World for gratefully dazzled simplicity."

Heart "The Road Home" Live, Seattle 1995
acoustic music dvd audio track