What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)

   Billy Ocean - Here You Are + The Best Of.

   One of UK's finest .............. a great "best of" which does exactly as it says on the tin.

   Not forgetting the alternate take of one of his biggest hits .............. "Red Light Spells Danger" ............  .

Now Playing.........

Colin Steele Quartet - Diving For Pearls

Saw the mention from JEROEN20 that he was exploring new music and thought I would join the exploration.

 Through two tracks and it is very nice, 2nd track 'We'll Get By' pulls you in for the ride.......

A review from The Guardian can be found here.

This project – a tribute to an obscure Glaswegian indie band by an equally obscure Edinburgh jazz musician – is an oddly satisfying exercise in wilful Caledonian obscurity. The Pearlfishers, led by David Scott of the BMX Bandits, have been recording dreamy, elegant, adult-oriented pop since the early 90s, pitched somewhere between Brian Wilson, Steely Dan and Prefab Sprout. Colin Steele, the self-taught trumpeter behind his own Scottish-accented modern jazz quintet and jazz-folk outfit Stramash, here dismantles 10 of Scott’s cleverly written songs and reassembles them as glistening modern jazz, his Harmon-muted trumpet turning the melodies into a pleasantly chromatic blur. The Bluebells is transformed into a polyrhythmic piece of Cubop; We’ll Get By becomes a fluttering ballad; while The Vampires of Camelon mutates into a Bacharach-style jazz waltz. It would be fascinating to hear Steele apply this approach to the music of other indie bands, Scottish or otherwise.

(2011)

This Hellbound Train was a recording from a set that was aired live from an American radio station in (1992?). Great bluesy rock with the three man line up sounding very good indeed.

The Style Council - Cafe Blue

Rainer Bruninghaus  -  "Freigeweht"  (1981)  originally owned this on vinyl, iTunes has ECM releases for download so nice to have this again

Entertaining, but not in the top 10 of best jazz albums in 2017

(1977)

Gene Harris - Funky Gene's.

The great Gene Harris. Wonderful jazz.

Allmusic.com:

All of Gene Harris' recordings for the Concord label in the 1990s are easily recommended, and this one is no exception. The Harris quartet (with the fine guitarist Ron Eschete, bassist Luther Hughes, and drummer Paul Humphrey) digs into such material as "The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye," "Everything Happens to Me," "Nice 'n' Easy," "Bye Bye Blues," and Chuck Mangione's "Children of Sanchez," turning everything into a blues-oriented groove. Harris was always in his prime on piano (mixing together Oscar Peterson and the boogie-woogie greats with his own brand of soul) and this quartet was a perfect setting for him. Another fine effort.

listening to this on Tidal via Mac, DAC V1, Ethers....rather wonderful

Soup - remedies for those like me need a bit of visual assistance

Rainer Bruninghaus  -  "Continuum"  (1984)

Mark Knopfler - Kill To Get Crimson

...and another by the man - The Ragpicker's Dream

I have a few of his albums and saw these being discussed on here, listened on Tidal and bought the CDs as you do. Now ripped, I have been thouroughly entertained this afternoon by Mark, who was here in my listening room, or so it seemed. I have a problem though. I simply can't decide which of these I like the most. Very kind of MK to pop in.

Dinosaur - Together, As One

A Laura Jurd side-project. Like you do. Great after a shift.

I played these CDs in the car today. One disc on the outbound journey, the other on the return. It's a recent purchase which I've been playing on the NDS, but it works well in the car, especially when stationary in traffic for ages. And ages.

Hank Mobley - Thinking of home

Allmusic.com:

For what would be his final of over 20 Blue Note albums, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley uses a sextet that also includes trumpeter Woody Shaw, the obscure guitarist Eddie Diehl, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Mickey Bass, and drummer Leroy Williams for a typically challenging set of advanced hard bop music. For the first and only time in his career, Mobley recorded a "Suite" (consisting of "Thinking of Home," "The Flight," and "Home at Last"); the remainder of the set has three of his other attractive originals plus Mickey Bass' "Gayle's Groove." This music was not released for the first time until 1980. It is only fitting that Hank Mobley would record one of the last worthwhile Blue Note albums before its artistic collapse (it would not be revived until the 1980s) for his consistent output helped define the label's sound in the 1960s. Mobley's excellent playing and the adventurous solos of Woody Shawmake this hard-to-find LP (his last as a leader) one to hunt for.

   Yello - Motion Picture.

   Starting off the evening with a bit of Yello, .................. what better?

   Apparently, a previously hard to find album, it's been re-issued ..................... it's a winner!

   Van Morrison - Roll With The Punches.

   Initially posted by Ewen, I believe, I'm having a first play of this largely blues covers album, which has Jeff Beck in attendance ............

   sounding very good indeed. 

Bat For Lashes, Fur And Gold, WAV CD Rip.

This is an album that rarely gets played by me, I am enjoying it tonight.

TK421 posted:

FGTH - Welcome to the Pleasuredome.

This is what I wanted to listen to in the car with my dad on the daily commute.

Recently purchased a Music on Vinyl copy and on my humble system it sounds rather good. War is particularly good.

I still have my first pressing release with out the censorship on the inside of the cover. I just don't have a TT to play it on anymore! Brilliant album.

Now Playing........

Van Morrison - Roll With The Punches

Going with mention from DAVE MARSHALL above, I had placed this in the TIDAL queue to play and now getting around to giving it a spin........

The opening track grabs you and certainly has gotten me ready for the rest of the album.

Mary Black - No Frontiers

I know I posted this recently but that was after a listen on Tidal. Am now listening to the rip of the CD I bought for the silly price of £1.60 from the big river. It goes to show there are many music bargains out there, and a ripped pre loved CD sounds exactly the same as a ripped new CD.

Simply wonderful, possibly taken over as my favourite MB album. She has such a lovely, expressive voice.

Lizzzzz Wright - The Orchard

Oh boy this gal can sing. Power, control, expression and a wonderful tone. Great choons too.

I should add there are some wonderful instrumental accompaniments on this album. It is a veritable belter.

nigelb posted:

Mary Black - No Frontiers

I know I posted this recently but that was after a listen on Tidal. Am now listening to the rip of the CD I bought for the silly price of £1.60 from the big river. It goes to show there are many music bargains out there, and a ripped pre loved CD sounds exactly the same as a ripped new CD.

Simply wonderful, possibly taken over as my favourite MB album. She has such a lovely, expressive voice.

A superb album just started playing it myself.

Joining the Van fest, very good so far.

London Grammer, If You Wait, WAV CD Rip.

I never get bored of this young ladies voice.

This arrived earlier - Ian Dury on green & orange splattered vinyl.

So far so good.