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;
Exploring some more of Jacques Loussier. This one is also quiet good.
from the final leg of the Europe '72 tour...Lyceum, London. May 23rd-26th...four great nights!
Taken By Trees - "Other Worlds" (2012)
A + 3 | WAV
(1976)
After a late afternoon to forget in a hurry I wasn't sure whether to sooth it or blast it with music and have settled for something in between, ripped from a sweet sounding original 1990 Warner Bros. CD.
Tori Amos - "The Beekeeper" (2005)
On CD:-
Marillion - This Strange Engine
PaulM160 posted:naim_nymph posted:
- Lisa Gerrard – vocals, production on tracks 3–6, 8 and 9
- Brendan Perry – vocals, hurdy-gurdy, production, sleeve design
- Andrew Beesley – viola
- Sarah Buckley – viola
- Tony Gamage – cello
- Alison Harling – violin
- Rebecca Jackson – violin
- David Navarro Sust – vocals
Album released October 1988
great choice, I'm a big fan of DCD & Lisa Gerrard so good to see this posted. Just checking the date, 30years....really?!?
Paul,
That ensemble list of Serpent's Egg above i copied from Wiki - they seem to have left out the percussionist (?)
i'm a big fan of DCD but tbh i only got to know about them a few years ago, and now have quite a marvellous collection of their albums on CD and vinyl.
If i'm correct in saying this; i believe back in the 80s and 90s their music was considered a bit odd ball for normal CD music shops and usually sold in places like those new age and bong shops that appeared on the High Streets back along, plus they tended to be full price very expensive in those days too, and before the realm of downloads and Spotify et al - the Dead Can Dance went without the recognition they deserved.
Debs
A + 3 | WAV
(1985)
OK after a couple of cold ones the world is starting to look better so, something commercial and 'punchy' from the Texicans.
David Gilmour, On An Island, CD.
This is the second time I have purchased this Album. The first time was on the day it came out. I took it home and played it, then put it on a shelf and eventually gave it away. I just did not "get it".
Having seen his live performance in Gdansk on Sky Arts at the Weekend and thoroughly enjoying that show, I thought I'd try again. I am very glad I have, it is a mile from how I remember it.
The Dame's final recordings, No Plan, on one-sided etched vinyl. The version of "Lazarus" here is, I think better than the one on Blackstar.
Kevin-W posted:The Dame's final recordings, No Plan, on one-sided etched vinyl. The version of "Lazarus" here is, I think better than the one on Blackstar.
Yep, I agree and there is something special about this EP that I can't quite define...
dav301 posted:On CD:-
Marillion - This Strange Engine
Thanks for posting, I do not have this album and have not heard it, so I will check it out. ATB, Simon.
I bought this double vinyl LP in France back in the mid 1980s. Haven't heard it in a very long time, so let's give it a spin.
A1 –Bud Powell Un Poco Loco
A2 –James Moody Tin Tin Deo
A3 –Thelonious Monk Criss Cross
A4 –Milt Jackson Bags' Groove
A5 –Clifford Brown Cherokee
A6 –Miles Davis Tempus Fugit
B1 –John Coltrane Blue Train
B2 –Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage
B3 –Donald Byrd Christo Redentor
C1 –Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers Moanin'
C2 –Lou Donaldson Blues Walk
C3 –Horace Silver Song For My Father
D1 –Jimmy Smith Back To The Chicken Shack
D2 –Kenny Burrell Chitlins Con Carne
D3 –Lee Morgan The Sidewinder
Sarah Blasko - "What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have" (2007)
A + 3 | WAV
(1980)
Live in Germany features ZZ Top's 1980 performance at the Grugahalle in Essen for the German TV series Rockpalast , not up to their usual SQ but it's always good to hear them live.
naim_nymph posted:PaulM160 posted:naim_nymph posted:
- Lisa Gerrard – vocals, production on tracks 3–6, 8 and 9
- Brendan Perry – vocals, hurdy-gurdy, production, sleeve design
- Andrew Beesley – viola
- Sarah Buckley – viola
- Tony Gamage – cello
- Alison Harling – violin
- Rebecca Jackson – violin
- David Navarro Sust – vocals
Album released October 1988
great choice, I'm a big fan of DCD & Lisa Gerrard so good to see this posted. Just checking the date, 30years....really?!?
Paul,
That ensemble list of Serpent's Egg above i copied from Wiki - they seem to have left out the percussionist (?)
i'm a big fan of DCD but tbh i only got to know about them a few years ago, and now have quite a marvellous collection of their albums on CD and vinyl.
If i'm correct in saying this; i believe back in the 80s and 90s their music was considered a bit odd ball for normal CD music shops and usually sold in places like those new age and bong shops that appeared on the High Streets back along, plus they tended to be full price very expensive in those days too, and before the realm of downloads and Spotify et al - the Dead Can Dance went without the recognition they deserved.
Debs
I think anyone listening to their music might find it difficult to define which decade it might have been recorded so having this as a relatively recent discovery is great. Their music has a really great mix of influences. I came across DCD thru a trawl of 4AD via This Mortal Coil whose Song to the Siren for me sends shivers. Glad that you are enjoying & collecting and also agree on their general lack of recognition.
A + 3 | WAv
(2003)
One of those 'just superb' albums that most haven't heard of. If you like Tool then this Maynard side project, IMO builds upon their music and exceeds what they have done to date.
This is a new acquisition, and it's very good. I have her 'Birdwatching' album with Gianluigi Trovesi and am not that keen on it, so this was something of a gamble.
Renee Stahl - "Hopeful.Romantic" (2008)
Streetsounds: New Africa. 1985 compilation with Manu Dibango, Fela, Moury Kante, etc. Culled from the valuts of the Celluloid label. Vinyl:
