What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

Nice!

Lucinda Williams
"Live At The Fillmore"
Disc 1

Moving Hearts - The Storm, just back from seeing them in Dublin. Just great musicianship, it's a shame this clocks in at under 39 mins

Rebecka and Sara, Swedish heaven in HDCD

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Originally posted by DenisA:


Rebecka and Sara, Swedish heaven in HDCD

Yep, one of those rare CDs that gets better and better everytime I play it - growing into one of my all time favorites now - sublime.

Charity shop vinyl bargain - this one has stood the test of time too!

Huw,

Good to have you back.

Haim

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Originally posted by droodzilla:


Nice!

Dear Droo,

What label [cat no] is this? Miss Podger is my favourite Baroque Violinist, and Mr Pinnock is also a great favourite of mine in Bach at least!

ATB from Fredrik

It's nice to be back, now listening to: Lleuwen - Penmon

I love these albums where things are stripped down to the bone

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Dear Droo,

What label [cat no] is this? Miss Podger is my favourite Baroque Violinist, and Mr Pinnock is also a great favourite of mine in Bach at least!

ATB from Fredrik

Hi Fredrik

It's on Channel Classics, CCS14798. I bought it on the strength of Podger's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, which made my desert island list on your thread. So far - I've only listened to disc 1 - the sonatas maintain the same high standard. Podger appears to have the knack of playing swiftly, but without the scratch and screech that bedevil some HIP musicians.

Dear Droo,

If you ever get the chance to, go to one of her recitals. She is even better in real performance! I agree exactly about her finesse - but that is the starting point. Music pours out of her!!!

ATB from Fredrik!!

Elvis "Live in Vegas"

Rickie Lee Jone - Girl at her Volcano on vinyl,
Pink FLoyd DSOTM - 30th Anniversary vinyl
and now

in the digital domain.

This concert from 6 June 97 was on the eve Rainer's 46th birthday. He was in full remission from brain cancer diagnosed in 96. Rainer had to commence the exhausting ordeal of radiation and chemo treatments. "It took some time to relearn everything he'd known before the seizure," says Howe Gelb (of Giant Sand fame and Rainer´s best friend) of Rainer's initial recovery period. "The most amazing part of his trek - which was unbearably frustrating, given how his brain wouldn't work with him for the longest time to remember so many things, let alone the coordination it takes for his hands to carry out his brain's ideas - was that he not only was able to teach himself all over again; his stunning achievement was then to surpass his ability before he got sick!". Sadly, the brain tumor that was thought to be in remission returned and Rainer died on 12 Nov 97.

Sample tracks and videos of Rainer are here

Denis

On vinyl:-
Jefferson Airplane - Flight Log. Good +
Eurythmics - In the Garden (their first album).Excellent it is too certainly shapes of things to come.Didn't sell too well at the time though.

Howard

Fear of a Blank Planet
Porcupine Tree

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Originally posted by munch:
Denis i have just had a look on the Tube.
All i can say is WoW fantastic.
Thanks for puting him on here.
I have to get some of his music.ASAP.
Regards Munch

This is a start (also see Howe Gelb):

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aet...eator%3A%22Rainer%22

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aet...%3A%22Howe%20Gelb%22

be sure to scroll to the bottom of download pages for addl info

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DenisA:



Denis,

Thanks for posting rainer. After reading the rest of the article all I can say this is truly an incredible story.

I have a copy of "Live at the Performance Center" on it's way.

Cheers,

Larry

Guy's, my other Rainer Ptacek CD is the Farm. This was recorded in Rainer's last days with Howe Gelb (10-14 & 24-27 Oct 1997). Mainly instrumentals, including another recording of The Farm; heartbreaking lyrics below...

someone that i know
taught me
without really teaching

about this world now
not like it was then
and it would rain more often

i remember the farm now
and mamas bright dress
and the look on on your face when she left
-
how did we ever survive
with so much missing
that never came back it just stayed missing

i feel im growing radar
receiving messages
from out in the plains of kansas
-
someone somewhere
someplace out there

and in my arms now
i feel my baby
and it's as good as i've felt lately

o lily i love you / don't know how i ever
ever got by without you

never gonna leave here
never gonna change that
no matter how many come and lay me flat

written march/april '97

Just fancied a blast of Steve Marriott in his prime wiv Itchycoo Park; Tin Soldier; Afterglow; Rene & Lazy Sunday.

Some great videos here

Denis

After a re-listen to the new David Murray / Cassandra Wilson CD, it's now

Charlie Haden / Egberto Gismonti - Life in Montreal. Not an audiophile statement, but musically one of THOSE moments when two people come together and do magic.

cheers
Stefan