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

Eagles. On The Border. Original vinyl from 1974. The Eagles' third album is a transition from their country origins to the slick California rock they are probably better known for. A nice listen.

Blue Oster Cult. Fire Of Unknown Origin. Original vinyl from 1981. "Burnin' For You" the key attraction here. The remainder is fairly vanilla. Maybe an album for the "Albums Synonymous With Just One Track..." topic.

A + | WAV

Starting this morning with the piano concerto no 2 of Chopin. Haven't listened to this one for a while.

On CD. Julien-Laferrière and Laloum give a white-hot performance of Brahms' first cello sonata, bold, swinging and soulful - how they tennis the spotlight between cello and piano in III is impressive. 

EJ

A nice chilled start to the day with Dire Straits and Making Movies, Flac via Audirvana/Hugo 

Ryan Adams - Prisoner.  Released today, first run on Tidal.  Liking what I hear so far - classic Adams .

THis is the 2016 Grundman-Plante-Guthrie master, on vinyl. They've done a pretty decent job in creating a "modern presentation" - this is a huge improvement on the 2011 EMI pressing, although for me it lacks the excitement of the 1979 CBS-Sony Japanese pressing or a UK original.

Otis Taylor - Fantasizing about Being Black.  Tidal.

https://www.theguardian.com/mu...t-being-black-review

Intended as a history of African-American life, from slavery onwards, the 15th album from “trance blues” maestro Otis Taylor proves a raw experience. Banjo Bam Bam, for example, is the voice of a shackled slave who is slowly losing his mind, Jump Out of Line an edgy, uptempo piece about civil rights marchers’ fear of being attacked. Elsewhere come troubled stories of mixed-race relationships and children given up for adoption. It’s unflinching stuff, though Taylor rings the changes musically. His customary guitar and banjo drones are here, along with fiddle and cornet, but there’s also John Lee Hooker-style raunch, slide guitar from Jerry Douglas and the psychedelic flourishes of teenage axe tyro Brandon Niederauer. A triumph.

Cheery stuff ... rather enjoyable.

Morning Nick,

Since you're enjoying his new one (thanks for the Tidal mention), try this one.

Otis Taylor - White African.

I've plugged this a few times on here, and I'm a huge fan of all his stuff.

He cites John Lee Hooker as a main influence, and the same trance blues / drone vibe is certainly to be heard.

Good shout! 

1970s/80s pre-barcode vinyl. Picked at random from the shelf, this 1961 album is a hard-swinging, big-toned collection of covers and standards:

I'd forgotten what a good listen this album is. 

Jeff Wayne - War Of The Worlds

dave marshall posted:

Morning Nick,

Since you're enjoying his new one (thanks for the Tidal mention), try this one.

Otis Taylor - White African.

I've plugged this a few times on here, and I'm a huge fan of all his stuff.

He cites John Lee Hooker as a main influence, and the same trance blues / drone vibe is certainly to be heard.

Good shout! 

Interesting - will take a listen. 

James

Fairport Convention 'Unhalfbricking' with the marvellous Samdy Denny sounding sublime as she always did.

And not a Chord DAC in sight.

Peerless blue-eyed pop/soul, on freshly-RMC'ed 1980s Japanese vinyl. Heavenly...

dave marshall posted:

Morning Nick,

Since you're enjoying his new one (thanks for the Tidal mention), try this one.

Otis Taylor - White African.

I've plugged this a few times on here, and I'm a huge fan of all his stuff.

He cites John Lee Hooker as a main influence, and the same trance blues / drone vibe is certainly to be heard.

Good shout! 

Hi Dave - yes I've played this one a few times previously via Tidal - unfortunately for some reason  it only streams at AAC 44/96 so it's a bit dodgy SQ wise - good album tho'.  Also play this one quite a bit;

Cheers N.

A bit more Ryan Adams.  Tidal is earning its keep today.

I've never really been into Rush, but this is actually rather good (cringes with embarrassment and rushes for door).

I am working my way through the multitude of Blues material posted on here recently, mostly by Ewemon, referencing Tidal for ease of access. When I get to the end I will post the best of the bunch IMO, but thought I would post the odd highlight as I go.

Otis Spann - Is The Blues

As blues pianists go, this bloke must be one of the very best, and he is not a bad singer either. Brilliant stuff.

Really enjoying my journey through the blues but always watching out for signs of depression as I go - mustn't over do it! 

Journeying through the blues, you really should have a listen to Willie Dixon, who wrote so many blues standards for other people, and who was no mean performer himself ....... the father of Chicago Blues.

Here's a good place to start.

Willie Dixon - Poet of the Blues.

Great album, I listen to it every now and then...

Kevin-W posted:

1970s/80s pre-barcode vinyl. Picked at random from the shelf, this 1961 album is a hard-swinging, big-toned collection of covers and standards:

Hi Kevin-W,

Thanks for posting this one. I hadn't heard of Dave Bailey before. I listened to this album on Tidal and I really enjoyed it.

Regards,

Jeroen.