What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2017
2017 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread can be found here;
CD WAV rip. 2nd listen. Really enjoying this.
The Essential Dougie Maclean - CD Rip - Wave
Next
Fish
A Feast of Consequence - Tidal
Edward
Sunday morning listen - great stuff !
Kenny Wheeler (t) (fl), John Taylor (p), Furio Di Castri (b), Joe La Barbera (d)
From the mono vinyl box. A classic:
First playing of the 2016 release. My first ever vinyl copy of DSOTM without crackles and clicks to detract from the music. Excellent and glad I've got it.
After an indulgent evening this sums up how I feel. Sounding superb though!
G
Released a year ago today (can it really be so long ago? How time passes!). Vinyl:
Charisma cd rip. Continuing a proggy Sunday (you can tell the family is out!)
G
Born in Paris, Tharaud discovered the music scene through his mother who was a dance teacher at the Opéra de Paris, and his father, an amateur director and singer of operettas. Tharaud thus appeared as a child in theatres around northern France, where the family spent many weekends. His grandfather was a violinist in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. At the initiative of his parents, Alexandre started his piano studies at the age of five, and he entered Conservatory of the 14th Arrondissement, where his teacher was Carmen Taccon-Devenat, a student of Marguerite Long.
Tharaud refuses to keep a piano in his residence because of his belief that he will begin to prefer the pleasure of improvisation to the necessity of rigorous work. He prefers to practice on different instruments at friends' residences. He composes, but is usually discreet regarding this activity. Before each recording he goes and lays flowers at the tomb of Chabrier in the Montparnasse Cemetery.
Doug,
This is definitely a new low for you, playing Deutchlandfunk.
The Dame would have been 70 today (RIP). Watching that exceptional - and rather moving - The Last Five Years doc on BBC2 last night, I was minded to get this, his penultimate LP, out on vinyl:
Next one out of the vinyl Studio Collection volume 1 - missed out on a vinyl copy when released but a great album and this heavy vinyl release is really quiet and well worth a listen.
Kevin-W posted:The Dame would have been 70 today (RIP). Watching that exceptional - and rather moving - The Last Five Years doc on BBC2 last night, I was minded to get this, his penultimate LP, out on vinyl:
I watched it too Kev and thought that it was a very well put together piece indeed, having been moved by that I actually stayed on to watch "The Man Who Fell to Earth" afterwards, unusual for me because I didn't particularly enjoy it when it came out but I did enjoy seeing it last night.
A friend gave this and others to me on pre-recorded cassette having sold his cassette player (foolish IMO). Sounds superb!
GraemeH posted:
Charisma cd rip. Continuing a proggy Sunday (you can tell the family is out!)
G
So what will your playlist look like, Graeme? I might just join you!
4th vinyl out of volume 1 of the box sets - another great album I am hearing on vinyl for the first time. Damn the Torpedoes takes some beating but this is another great album. Really well recorded and the vinyl is quiet and the sound really dynamic.
Volume 1 from the vinyl box set. Love this album and this copy sounds really good with a good pressing. Hearing some things never heard on my, just about worn through, original. Nice packaging too!
Creeping up the '70s year by year. What a fine album this is.
G
Easy to pass over this as it's sandwiched between two absolute classics in the RH canon, but it's a good record in its own right.
I heard 'Tower Of Song' on Guy Garvey 6 Music show earlier, so i had to have a listen to this album.
My only annoyance with Leonard Cohen's music is that i'd not discovered it sooner...
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
Another PRC given to me. I'm realising just how good this medium can be.
1980 RCA orange label repress of the original '76 LP. Why? 'cause it's Bowie's birthday, and because after Low it's his best album.
