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

And then...

Kevin Braheny - Galaxies

A little cheesy in parts, this was (I believe) the soundtrack to a planetarium show. On Bandcamp.

Stevee_S posted:

Gary Shaw posted:

To celebrate the fact that Aston Villa didn't lose today (they lay Monday) I declared this to be Tunbridge Wells Space Night. Kicking off with...

The Spacelords - Synapse

German space rock. A couple of their albums are on Bandcamp. To be played loud.

 

 

Good stuff! Coincidentally I was looking at playing something from the Spacelords this morning. That's tomorrow morning sorted out. 

Of the two on Bandcamp, I think Liquid Sun slightly the better.

I only got this album a couple of weeks ago, but it's getting many, many plays around here. Superb album.

The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds

To 99% of people this is the ultimate in faux hippy cheese. To the other 1% of us it's a trip back in time. The music, written by Mort Garson, is a straight man's vision of psychedelia in 1967, with brief spoken words about each of the twelve signs narrated without the slightest sense of irony. 

But the music is magical, with sitar, tabla, harpsichord and rock band (Carole Kaye, Hal Blaine et al.), but above all Paul Beaver's Moog making only its second recorded appearance and which transported our teenage selves to another world... Must Be Played In The Dark, so tonight six lava lamps are bubbling and an oil projector gently turning up onto the ceiling.

Bliss - or hysterical laughter...

Tangerine Dream - Soundmill Navigator

And to close out Tunbridge Wells Space Night, perhaps the only example of Edgar and Jerome's tinkering with TD's heritage that really worked. 

The base recording is them live at the Berliner Philharmonie in 1976 (Tangerine Tree 8) but with some extended editing and modern synths overlaid in 2000 to create something new and arguably better than the original improv.

To the non-straight people back in 1967 pretty much all straights were brushed off. 99% may find this cheezy, the other 1% are most likely audiophiles who are willing to listen to just about anything that makes their gear sound good. I tend to not take thinks too seriously in life so, even though I find this music cheezy, I do also find it amusing. The fact that it's well recorded is a bonus. Listening to it with the lights turned off would mean that I'm taking things too seriously or seriously high.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGouQygi4Y

Heard this guy played at my dealers this morning.  Really interesting music, reminds me of a modern Depeche Mode so far,  really gives your system a work out.  John Grant,Pale Green Ghosts, well worth a try.  Tidal via Audirvana/Hugo 

Haim Ronen posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGouQygi4Y

Love the duel at the end, that man can play a guitar!

dayjay posted:

Haim Ronen posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGouQygi4Y

Love the duel at the end, that man can play a guitar!

Try Live in San Francisco...

The Platters. Encore Of Golden Hits. On the original mono vinyl from 1960. Fun music for a Saturday night. As I just explained to my wife, the LP is older than me but younger than her. Didn't get much of a response.

George Harrison. Gone Troppo. On original vinyl from 1982. I bought a sealed original LP within the last year for a few dollars. The album is being reissued on vinyl this Friday along with Harrison's entire studio catalog.

The James Gang. Yer' Album. On the original Blues Way label vinyl from 1969. Hard to describe this album. It's an eclectic hodge-podge of bluesy rock jams and several covers. Somehow it all works for a fun, unique album.

The Marshall Tucker Band. Greatest Hits. On original vinyl from 1978. MTB just one of the numerous talented southern rock artists signed by the original Capricorn Records. The Capricorn LPs I have all share a lush, tubey sonic as warm as a June afternoon in Georgia.

Expanded version

Fleetwood Mac. Rumours. The original LP from 1977. Finishing off a splendid night of dedicated vinyl listening with this classic. I've never heard a digital version of this album and have no interest to do so.

I see you have given me more homework, Ewemon. Ah well, my punters at my pub will just have to serve themselves today!