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

Diccus,

Sorry I have not got round to sending you any Garbarek yet, did not seem any point during the postal strike and then forgot. Are you up for the gig on 13th Nov? I am definitely going, let me know if you want a ticket.

Regards

Nic

Jan Garbarek - In Praise Of Dreams

I have also ordered from Rhino Handmade Aretha Franklin's Live in Philly 1972 (recorded one year after Fillmore). It is limited to 7500 copies.

on vinyl...




Aaaahhh...

Great stuff, especially track 7 after a couple of glasses of the red wine I brought back from France last weekend.

Any more rcommendations like this Haim ?

Regards Mark

Rise Above

Still one of my faves

A friend brought over a promo copy of this.

Perry Keyes apparently used to be in an Aussie band called the Stolen Holdens. Second solo, his first was called Meter.

http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2005/07/fairytales...um-beyond-words.html

SoulHeaven: Masters At Work
Blaze: "here with me"

Just put on Elgar's Enigma Variations played by the Concertgebeow Orchestra live in 1940 - weeks before Holland’s fall! Boult was advised against the journey to Amsterdam, but insisted that it had value, and my goodness he was right!

The old radio recording shows an absolutely blistering performance only equalled in vivacity by Elgar's own gramophone recording, but much better played, by Mengelberg's phenomenal orchestra.

The extra-ordinary thing is the massive energy implied by some very fast metronome speeds [which were intended] and the contrasts brought about at flowing speeds in the slow movements. The Nimrod Variation is shown as passionate rather than merely gently affectionate! GRS [the portrait of Dan the Bulldog swimming in the Wye] is comically funny and not merely a sort joke that falls flat. CAE, Elgar's wife, is characterised as almost halting and shy, and miles from the usual smoothly bland realisation. Boult had known Lady Elgar before she died in 1920. Her comment in her diary on first meeting him was, "He is a nice quiet man who seems to understand EDU's music without explanation. Quite nice talk at tea time. EDU was very distracted, so ..."

Unique, priceless, and sadly never commercially issued. The tape was broadcast on the BBC a few weeks week after Boult died in Fbruary 1983 aged 93. I am glad I had a good tape recorder rolling!

One of those unrepeatable musical moments as the old world saw itself enveloped in tragedy, and yet briefly flashed the life of the old sweet days before catastrophe changed everything once and for all...

Dorabella is heart-rending.

Now I must put it back to the beginning and listen again! George

Soul Heaven Presents: Blaze

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Originally posted by mtuttleb:


Great stuff, especially track 7 after a couple of glasses of the red wine I brought back from France last weekend.

Any more rcommendations like this Haim ?

Regards Mark

Yes, Mark.

These are all very good:

http://www.marecordings.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=56

http://www.marecordings.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=35&products_id=70

http://www.marecordings.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=69

http://www.marecordings.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=79

http://www.marecordings.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=18

Regards,

Haim

Great for late-long night driving.

Haim

You can do whatever to this musik... while you eat?.. drink a beer?.. have a bath?.. do the housework?.. dance!.. it's cheer up and smile time : )
If i only had a time machine, i'd go back and see these boys perform... 1930's Berlin?.. they sound like they know how to throw a very jolly party... and the singing's very okay too in queer sort of way.

Ich hab' fur Dich 'nen Blumentopf Bestellt
nymph

Playing this at the moment. If you like Sarah McLachlan get this "Live Acoustic" EP. It has oldish songs on it (best) and sound quality as usual with her music is excellent.

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Beck - Mellow Gold

On vinyl, with the fold out newspaper cover.

Did they attempt to reproduce this on the CD release with one of those small booklets with the impossibly small typeface?

They don't make them like they used to do they?