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;
Wonderfull solo performance by a great swinging jazz piano player.
ted_p posted:Led Zeppelin IV Deluxe Edition - 24bit 96kHz Wave
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Still cannot make up my mind after all this time which album is my all time favorite Led Zeppelin album.
Edward
Same for me. I can't decide between 'Houses of the Holy' and 'Presence'.
Oh, wait a minute, it's 'The Song Remains The Same'.
Brian Eno - Reflection
24 Bit Download from the eno shop
Still recovering from a heavy night last night....needed something appropriate for my delicate state.....
On Vinyl
Borders Nick posted:Smile Jamaica- its showing now I think.
1000 cassettes ! Wow.
I've had various clear outs and losses over the years & no cassette player for a very long time
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Ah yes - I can see it now! Smile Jamaica was a good 'un, and one of the few I didn't get. I must look for it on Discogs.
Fantastic compilation of funk obscurities, on CD via the excellent Freestyle label.
Details here: https://www.discogs.com/Craig-...Club/release/5114804
My personal LZ fave, CD rip:-
3rd play of the new Tift Merritt album, it gets better with every listen
A + | WAV
(1985)
Tantric Obstacles - Ozric Tentacles
Talk of music on cassette takes me back to when the only way to access the Ozric's music from the mid 80's through to early 90's was via cassettes or seeing them live, which was usually where you bought their tapes anyway! My tapes were stolen long ago but fortunately all now replaced with ripped CDs.
"Two simple chords, a few notes on the piano and a soaring theme on the flugelhorn. Neither classical nor jazz but floating somewhere in between, a slow piece replete with subtle internal rhythms, “Her first dance” is a superb composition by Ukrainian pianist Misha Alperin. Instantly captivating and quintessentially spellbinding."
Another exemplary recording with Anja Lechner on the cello.
Original Vinyl
This....12" (club mix) Vinyl
Followed by this brilliant 
album..
Original 1989 vinyl.
Splendid CD compilation (an Xmas gift) of stuff from Factory, inc an otherwise unavailable New Order live track from 1989:
A + | WAV
(1994)
Only released in 1994 but it covers a lot of their much earlier '80s blues material before they took off commercially with a change of musical emphasis. Their best blues / rock album IMO and nice to see a photo of them in pre full beard mode...
Excellent acid jazz...
On CD.
Stevee_s,
Thanks for posting info about the ZZT album. I wasn't familiar with it so will check it out 
Alpha - Stargazing
Had this for ages but this is the first ever listen. Still keeping things gentle.
I am in the mood for some blues music.
Not really familiar with the music of John Mayall. Enjoying this album.
Will check out some other albums of his on Tidal.
Yetizone posted:Stevee_s,
Thanks for posting info about the ZZT album. I wasn't familiar with it so will check it out
It's where their roots were Yetizone, a sort of Texican blues. One of the musicians they really admired back in the day and influenced the early material was Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac), hope you like it, they have taken some of their best blues numbers from * their earlier albums up to Recycler.
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Currently listening to this on YouTube trying to decide whether it deserves to take up some space in my NS01...
Disc Three - The Brazilian Connection - from this rather spiffing 4-CD CTI Records box set.
Tracks: Stone Flower (Antonio Carlos Jobim); Ponteio (Astrud Gilberto); First Light (Freddie Hubbard); Salt Song (Stanley Turrentine); Pensativa (Hubert Laws); Tombo in 7/4 (Airto); Sunflower (Milt Jackson); Return to Forever (Airto); Wave (Paul Desmond); Carly & Carole (Deodato); Brazil (Alternate Take) (Antonio Carlos Jobim).
Stevee_S posted:Yetizone posted:Stevee_s,
Thanks for posting info about the ZZT album. I wasn't familiar with it so will check it out
It's where their roots were Yetizone, a sort of Texican blues. One of the musicians they really admired back in the day and influenced the early material was Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac), hope you like it, they have taken some of their best blues numbers from * their earlier albums up to Recycler.
* Edit
Ah, good stuff, thanks for the background info. I don't know much about their earlier work and the link to Peter Green is a (pleasant) surprise I must say - will check this album out as potential gateway to their earlier LP's. I do remember one or two albums being played repeatedly back in the school common room (Eliminator IIRC) and had just heard that album too many times to look further (hangs head in shame!).
Probably Neil's most relaxing album. Just sublime.
