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;
Prompted by Haim's previous post.
2011 MO-FI reissue of the 1994 album.
Another good one from Jimmy Smith (with Kenny Burrell on guitar).
Yetizone posted:Clive - Guilty! But its something I keep meaning to remedy by exploring one or two albums from the Grateful Dead back catalogue. Plus the same for Creedence Clearwater Revival as well. Which albums would be a good place to start?
You could do worse than go for CCR's Chronicle (Vol. 1) which has all the tracks you (probably) know in one place, try and get the album which has the eleven minute version of "Heard it Through The Grapevine" available here.
As for Grateful Dead albums there have been several threads about where to start, one is going on now here.
From 1999, starting with the Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115:
Gary Moore - Still got the Blues.
Those guitar solo's on just about every track are amazing.
Soundgarden - Superunknown. FLAC 24/192
GraemeH posted:
Recorded 43 years ago this month. How come it still sounds sooooo much better than many 'modern' recordings!?
G
Because it's his most original album to date and has actual musical energy instead of tired old licks.
a live recording from Salzburg in 2015...Harnoncourt's last recording.
Russian Album: Anna Netrebko (soprano) | Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre | Valery Gergiev
Russian Moments: Mario Häring (piano)
Rachmaninov | Prokofiev | Kapustin
Some more blues: Jeff Healey.
Prokofiev | Rachmaninov: Lazar Berman (piano)
Russian music played by the often forgotten Russian behind Richter and Gilels.
GraemeH posted:
Recorded 43 years ago this month. How come it still sounds sooooo much better than many 'modern' recordings!?
G
Good call with this one. Giving it a go now myself.
Iconoclast posted:GraemeH posted:
Recorded 43 years ago this month. How come it still sounds sooooo much better than many 'modern' recordings!?
G
Because it's his most original album to date and has actual musical energy instead of tired old licks.
Agreed, made me dig my copy out, well look on the Naim app! Forgot what a good this album is, several years since I last listened to it..
A + 3 | WAV
(Feb' 2017)
Soen's latest fine prog' metal offering.
Lee "Scratch" Perry - The Upsetters - Super Ape.
An essential classic album which ought to be in the collection of all you dub / reggae fans out there.
This is the original album, so the sound quality isn't maybe the best, compared to subsequent remastered versions, but it does stay
true to the madness that is The Upsetters. 
On the Marsalis Music label, recorded in 2008 with Joey Calderazzo on piano, Eric Revis on bass (great solo opening on "And Then, He Was Gone") and Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums. The arrangement of Monk's "Rhythm-a-Ning" is wonderful...quite a PRaT challenge for your system! ;-)
Stevee_S posted:Yetizone posted:Clive - Guilty! But its something I keep meaning to remedy by exploring one or two albums from the Grateful Dead back catalogue. Plus the same for Creedence Clearwater Revival as well. Which albums would be a good place to start?
You could do worse than go for CCR's Chronicle (Vol. 1) which has all the tracks you (probably) know in one place, try and get the album which has the eleven minute version of "Heard it Through The Grapevine" available here.
As for Grateful Dead albums there have been several threads about where to start, one is going on now here.
Stevee_S,
That's great! Many thanks for the info and posting the links, much appreciated. I’ve just ordered the CCR Greatest Hits album, and will check out the Grateful D thread 
Nice one by Lee Morgan. In a quartet setting with Sonny Clark on piano, Doug Watkins on bass and Art Taylor on drums.
Perfect post family BBQ, Sunday evening relaxation music
Roxy Music - Avalon
Massive Attack v Mad Professor.
Enjoying the late afternoon sunshine with some more dub weirdness ............. based (very) loosely on the original Massive Attack
"Protection" album .............. a great chill session. 
Deacon Blue
Live at the Glasgow Barrowlands - Tidal HiFi
Prompted by Ewemon previous post, i released that i haven't listend to my Deacon Blue albums for a long time.
This is a brilliant concert and comes highly recommended if your are a Deacon Blue fan.
Edward