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;
Coco Montoya - Hard Truth.
Back to the blues with this excellent set from Coco, one time member of John Mayall's Bluebreakers.
WAV CD rip. Another original album series purchase from the river, £10 for 5 albums. Lovely mellow jazzy folk rock, little Stevie on fine voice, maybe one noodly number too many by the end, but enjoyable.
sjbabbey posted:
Arrived Friday from the River. Really enjoyed Steven Wilson's surround mix. Just a pity it's only DTS/DD and not Hi Res LPCM. The bonus tracks are pretty good too. Really like the early version of "One Brown Mouse". The live DVD/Double CD is OK but not as good as "Bursting Out" from around the same time.
WAV CD rip. Picked this up from the river, played the remastered studio album last night, really enjoyed it. Looking forward to getting to the live double in the next few days. The lovely weather has me sitting in garden listening to the blackbirds and thrushes, and today the first screeches of swifts this year, rather than inside listening to music, so I'm only getting about 2 albums in a session this week.
This arrived today. It has been ripped to NS01 and is now playing for a second time through the NDS. A great live album and sound (it appears Todd Rundgren may have had a hand on the mixing desk). Ending their set with a stunning version of 'It's All Too Much', they must have blown ELO off stage!
Then there are two added bonus tracks, the first with Rick Wakeman and the second, a version of Elton John's 'Rocket Man' with James T Kirk (William Shatner) himself on vocals! This is one for all, not just Pothead Pixies and Octave Doctors.
WAV CD rip. Anne Sophie Mutter plays Lutoslawski, I find his music beautiful, in the 30 or so years since I was introduced to him by the London Sinfonietta, I've found his work more and more melodic as I've come to know it better, played beautifully here. Wonderful album. (Must change the cover image some day, that's from a boxset which contains the CD I actually have.)
1967 - vinyl - U.K. Mono pressing...
On vinyl...
Streaming vinyl rip of DMM album mastered at Sterling Sound.
On classic records vinyl...
On vinyl...
WAV CD rip. Mullova gives a fantastic performance here, she's one of my favourite violinists, is there more life affirming music than the E major concerto? Stunning album.
On CD:-
The Crusaders - Chain Reaction
nigelb posted:Diana Krall - Turn Up The Quiet
DK on top form. Lovely.
And the SQ on this is superb and I am only listening via Tidal. The hi res version must be wonderful.
Qobuz Sublim CHF 14.47 24/192
Cocteau Twins - Treasure. One of many of their albums I've played tonight - this and Heaven Or Las Vegas being my favourites. There's still a great regret that I never went to see them live when I had the chance, as if anything they get more play time now than when they were around.
A + 3
(1991)
"It is good to have all these Mudarra pieces under one roof - early music "pluckers" will be familiar with them, but for those who are not this is one of the first ever printed collections of music for the vihuela, one of the forerunners of the guitar, dating from 1546. A couple of them were made famous in Julian Bream's"¡Guitarra! - The Music of Spain" in the 1980s (TV series, LPs and now DVD and CD), best known being the marvellous "Fantasia which imitates the harp in the manner of Ludovico". Bream of course in those days played using his fingernails, the result (on his Romanillos vihuela) being a sharper, slightly tinnier sound. Hopkinson Smith, best known as one of the finest lutenists around and with impeccable early music credentials, here plays with the fingertips for an altogether more intimate and satisfying sound. He is a most expressive player. Another lovely piece to sample is the variations on Conde Claros (track 11)." - An Amazonian
Benjamin Booker- Witness
James Vincent Mc Morrow
Beethoven - first and second symphony.
A + 3 | WAV
(1970)
Wingspan. Hits And History. On 2CD from 2001. Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs. What's wrong with that?