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;
Christine and the Queens: Chaleur Humaine. High res download from Qobuz. Not listened to this album for a couple of weeks and I'd forgotten just how fresh and idiosyncratic (in a good way) it is.
Tidal
Due out 5th May and the first of 2 albums he is down for releasing this year.
A few trax of the above album due out 9th June.
Some early Mark Black. The price sticker on the CD case, £12.99 from a Virgin Store in the early nineties, reminds me that CDs are quite a bargain these days. The song Crusader on this is a particular favourite of mine.
Sean Rowe - New Lore
Another superb artist who has completely passed me by. Can't remember who mentioned this on here but what a great shout!
I seem to be playing catch up these days with recommendations. But what I can do is re-shout those albums that really stand out to me and this is definitely one.
It is on Tidal and I thouroughly recommend you have a listen. The opening track is stunning so you only need to listen to this to make a decision. But the whole album is superb. This chap seems to be a baritone and then he suddenly goes up a few octaves, simply stunning.
Harry Manx - Wise and Otherwise - on Tidal.
Joining in with the Harry Manx fanboyz ........ he's a bit good, innit ....... slide guitar version of Jimi's" Foxy Lady" ...... who'd have thought.
Another great shout from this forum .....................thanks chaps. 
A very pleasant one, driving on Dan's bass.....
dave marshall posted:
Harry Manx - Wise and Otherwise - on Tidal.
Joining in with the Harry Manx fanboyz ........ he's a bit good, innit ....... slide guitar version of Jimi's" Foxy Lady" ...... who'd have thought.
Another great shout from this forum .....................thanks chaps.
Dave, have a listen to Sean Rowe New Lore posted above also on Tidal. Very different to Harry Manx but equally brilliant IMHO.
nigelb posted:dave marshall posted:
Harry Manx - Wise and Otherwise - on Tidal.
Joining in with the Harry Manx fanboyz ........ he's a bit good, innit ....... slide guitar version of Jimi's" Foxy Lady" ...... who'd have thought.
Another great shout from this forum .....................thanks chaps.
Dave, have a listen to Sean Rowe New Lore posted above also on Tidal. Very different to Harry Manx but equally brilliant IMHO.
Hi Nigel,
Spotted your post as I was posting, and it's already saved for later .......... this Tidal thingy? ............ just wunnerful.
This topic? ........... equally wunnerful .............. thanks for that one. 
(I could see your Sean Rowe, and raise you a Fink, but hopefully, you've already had a listen to him.)
dave marshall posted:nigelb posted:dave marshall posted:
Harry Manx - Wise and Otherwise - on Tidal.
Joining in with the Harry Manx fanboyz ........ he's a bit good, innit ....... slide guitar version of Jimi's" Foxy Lady" ...... who'd have thought.
Another great shout from this forum .....................thanks chaps.
Dave, have a listen to Sean Rowe New Lore posted above also on Tidal. Very different to Harry Manx but equally brilliant IMHO.
Hi Nigel,
Spotted your post as I was posting, and it's already saved for later .......... this Tidal thingy? ............ just wunnerful.
This topic? ........... equally wunnerful .............. thanks for that one.
(I could see your Sean Rowe, and raise you a Fink, but hopefully, you've already had a listen to him.)
Dave,
Err....no BUT I will put that right and tee Fink up on Tidal right away.
Cheers.
Indeed this is a great place and I have just started a thread in the HiFi forum on the subject.
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Christopher_M posted:Stevie Wonder - Songs in The Key of Life
Wiki tells me this was the last record of the three that comprise his 'Classic phase', the other two having had mentions here recently. Who am I to argue?!
Sides 1 and 4 are on one record, 2 and 3 on the other. Always baffled me.
C.
Because if you had a record changer you could put both discs on to play sides 1 and 2 (one on top of the other) then flip them over to play sides 3 and 4. But if you've never seen a record changer you have no idea what I mean...
A classic
Chick Corea - Return To Forever. SACD ECM/Tower Records Japan 2017 remaster. Pricey but a nice digital version.
Qobuz
Dave The Bass posted:Christopher_M posted:Stevie Wonder - Songs in The Key of Life
Wiki tells me this was the last record of the three that comprise his 'Classic phase', the other two having had mentions here recently. Who am I to argue?!
Sides 1 and 4 are on one record, 2 and 3 on the other. Always baffled me.
C.
Because if you had a record changer you could put both discs on to play sides 1 and 2 (one on top of the other) then flip them over to play sides 3 and 4. But if you've never seen a record changer you have no idea what I mean...
The record side numbering is positively antiquated, unlike the album that to me sounds as fresh as the day I first played it as a Uni student - and that was a long, long time ago. I love the Stevie Wonder 'Classic phase' as you refer to it. OK he tried some different directions after this with varied success, but that does not diminish his wonderful artistry and song-writing genius.
Stevie Wonder is simply one of my all time music heroes.
Inca Roads!!!
I know, it is only Friday, but this is music for all times:
From 2012, performed by two great musicians who are not among us anymore.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Mozart: Fantasia in c-minor, K475 | Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-minor, K457
Schumann: Fantasie in C-Major, Op. 17 | Thema mit Variationen in E-flat major (Geistervariationen)
A fitting way to end my day - with yet more Geistervarationen Fantasies. Also watched DVD "Warsaw is my Name." Basically scenes around Warsaw with him occasionally playing something. My guess is that he wishes for a better time that was imagined in the distant past which never was and never will come in the future.
His editor(s) of the CD pieces/tracks kind of blew it. For the Mozart, the German translation states the key as C-Dur and obviously they both should be c-moll.
A + 3 | WAV
Starting with a little more Harry Manx, a lovely album befitting this sunny cloudless morning.
“Manx's real skill lays in creating a rare musical place where blues, country, folk and Indian classical music co-exist as some spirit force.”Frank Hadley, Downbeat Magazine, May 2009 An intrepid traveler from the very beginning, Harry’s ninth album is a culmination of all that thirty-five years of being on the road has brought him. “Bread and Buddha” is one man’s exploration of the ephemeral nature of the human experience. It has a great mixture of rolling guitar groove,traditional blues, sensual raga flavours featuring the 20-stringed Mohan Veena & classical Indian vocals and wistful, heartfelt folk ballads. Harry has pulled out all the stops with the instrumentation on this outing, including ample use of piano, organ, and scored strings, giving the songs a lushness and maturity, much like a well-seasoned wine. He spent two years on the recording and the album is self produced with help from Juno-award winning engineer John “Beetle” Bailey...."
Review
"At times as atmospheric as Jackson Browne's best work, Manx offers ten downbeat songs imbued with passion and resonating with emotion." -- R2
"Manx's real skill lays in creating a rare musical place where blues, country, folk and Indian classical music co-exist as some spirit force." -- Frank Hadley, Downbeat Magazine, May 2009
Starting this morning with Beethoven played by Murray Perahia.
