What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)

Kevin-W posted:

Fancy getting a bit proggy after a three-hour meeting with my bank manager

A great 3-CD set from the golden era at Harvest records. Check out this tracklist!

https://www.discogs.com/Variou...1974/release/2220573

Unfortunately, not quite the same tracklist as the original double LP on which, of course, the Pink Floyd track "Embryo" made its debut. Although it now boasts 4 Roy Harper tracks it omits the truly beautiful "Song of the Ages" which was on the original vinyl.

Couldn't think what to play so went to a random shelf and pulled this..

WORKING WEEK Working Nights (1985 UK 8-track vinyl LP of superb jazz-latin grooves

nigelb posted:

Ewemon,

A special request which of course you are perfectly at liberty to decline.

I have been fascinated watching your 'review of the blues' but there is a huge mass of material to try to sample here and I am not sure where to start. 'The Blues' is also a wide and extremely varied genre. But I wondered at the end of your blues binge, if you might highlight some of the....err.....highlights (artists/albums) for you. I realise this is like asking you if you prefer apples, oranges or pears but it would give us who want to learn more about the blues a starting point.

 

Perhaps start a specific thread, which you could call 'an invitation to the blues' after that wonderful Tom Waits song. 

I did something similar when I decided to try some Bach music, which seemed rather daunting. I got fantastic recommendations of eight albums, which started a love of his music and a collection of nearly 100. 

Kevin-W posted:

Fancy getting a bit proggy after a three-hour meeting with my bank manager

A great 3-CD set from the golden era at Harvest records. Check out this tracklist!

https://www.discogs.com/Variou...1974/release/2220573

Hope it went well K...

Quad 33 posted:

Kevin-W posted:

Fancy getting a bit proggy after a three-hour meeting with my bank manager

A great 3-CD set from the golden era at Harvest records. Check out this tracklist!

https://www.discogs.com/Variou...1974/release/2220573

Hope it went well K...

What? The Harvest compilation or the bank manager meeting?

Both good thanks - is all well with you and yours?

Kevin-W posted:

Quad 33 posted:

Kevin-W posted:

Fancy getting a bit proggy after a three-hour meeting with my bank manager

A great 3-CD set from the golden era at Harvest records. Check out this tracklist!

https://www.discogs.com/Variou...1974/release/2220573

Hope it went well K...

What? The Harvest compilation or the bank manager meeting?

Both good thanks - is all well with you and yours?

 

BM..We are all good...

Brill stuff on Harvest,  saw the Mark-Almond track listed. So inspired to play a few of their albums, all recommended,  try To The Heart, a bit hard to find , my collection mostly from record fairs.

Bob F

original Harvest "Picnic: A Breath of Fresh Air" cover and link to tracklist below:

https://www.discogs.com/Variou...sh-Air/master/663159

Heard a track on radio Paradise earlier. Now trying this on Spotify:-

Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing.

Any ideas what guitar the is on The Hound Dog Taylor album?

EWEMON:  Your choice of Willie Dixon a few hours ago spurred me to play some of mine (this being my favorite) .. a quite remarkable musician, business man and entrepreneur .. 

BigH47 posted: 

Any ideas what guitar the is on The Hound Dog Taylor album? 

Its a 4 pick up Kawai S180,  Kawai are a Japanese cmpy that made a range of guitars some with some strange shapes & out of the ordinary ways with pick up, switch & tone systems

 http://www.myrareguitars.com/t...ory-of-kawai-guitars

1990 vinyl reissue of their 1983 debut. Heaaaaavy stuff!

Florestan posted:

Bert,

Back in the day (maybe 30-40 years ago) when I was seriously discovering all things musical I believe Alexis Weissenberg was my very first exposure to Rachmaninov's Preludes.  At least in a complete album.  It was borrowed from the library.

I have not listened to this since those years and have moved on and my Rachmaninov Preludes collection is quite diverse and remains music that I cherish.  

I remember being on a road trip in my diesel VW Rabbit probably in 1981/82 and listening to this on a cassette tape during a severe thunderstorm.  Some of the Preludes seemed so perfect and emblematic of the powerful storm I was in.  It seems funny how one can distinctly remember details like this and today I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday or where I put my keys.  When I am reminded of these things (in the instant after seeing your post) it is like having a vision play out in slow motion like in a movie only better.

Give it a try this has now been improved with high resolution audio outing.....

nigelb posted:

Ewemon,

A special request which of course you are perfectly at liberty to decline.

I have been fascinated watching your 'review of the blues' but there is a huge mass of material to try to sample here and I am not sure where to start. 'The Blues' is also a wide and extremely varied genre. But I wondered at the end of your blues binge, if you might highlight some of the....err.....highlights (artists/albums) for you. I realise this is like asking you if you prefer apples, oranges or pears but it would give us who want to learn more about the blues a starting point.

 

I am sure that apart from me there are a number of members who could give you some recommendations.

Are there any blues artists you have heard you like, as that could be a starting point? 

On CD. A pretty brutal live album from Gira and co. Perfect for when everyone's out or away.

LP - CBS/Columbia reissue : )

Ramsey Lewis - piano, electric piano
Cleveland Eaton - bass, electric bass
Morris Jennings - drums, percussion

Recorded & released 1972

~ <  > ~

Mike-B posted:

BigH47 posted: 

Any ideas what guitar the is on The Hound Dog Taylor album? 

Its a 4 pick up Kawai S180,  Kawai are a Japanese cmpy that made a range of guitars some with some strange shapes & out of the ordinary ways with pick up, switch & tone systems

 http://www.myrareguitars.com/t...ory-of-kawai-guitars

Thanks  Mike, it's not often I see a guitar I don't know.

BigH47 posted:

Thanks  Mike, it's not often I see a guitar I don't know.

I played a Kawai for a short while back in the brit blues boom. In those days they were low cost, made a noise & many were copy/look-a-likes.  Mine looked like a Gibson Les Paul but didn't play like one.     Not sure how the S180 played,  but it looks like its more complicated than is good for any guitar.  

What a great record this is. Inspired by Quad playing Working Week earlier.