What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report


I enjoy vinyl and digital (lately, with recent changes, vinyl actually sounds better than digital to me), BUT given what seems an overall preference for analog/vinyl on A'gon, I'm curious what the non-vinyl "1/2" is listening to. I tried to see if this was a previously posted question. Did not seem so.

This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".

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@uberwaltz - Flyleaf? You stumped me on that one. I'll have to look it up....
Reubent...
I am shocked. Lol.
Never heard of Lacey Sturm?
Flyleaf have been around since about 2000 I think, not sure if had any major hits. But plenty of decent albums with a new album out now.
@facten 
Thanks for posting the Steve Kahn album names.  Typing in The Blue Man connected to the Steve Kahn you intended.  SK is new to me.  After your previous posting, when I searched on Tidal for Steve Kahn, all that came up was a kind of alt-country, singer songwriter guy with a pretty wordy delivery.  

Enjoying jazz and instrumentals a whole lot more these days.  So, thanks again.  Have Patchwork playing now.  Just started it.
My favorite Steve Kahn album is “Eyewitness” 

https://www.allmusic.com/album/eyewitness-mw0000200507

It is excellent, I crank it up and listen to it from start to finish whenever I put it on.

Enjoy.

Thanks for the input, Doug. I’ll be looking for that one on Tidal. Reading about it on the AllMusic guide right now.

Realized belatedly I’d probably seen the Steve Kahn name associated with Steely Dan. Some interesting recollections here:

http://www.stevekhan.com/gaucho_steelydan_reflections.htm

Kahn's got a monster list of credits!
@ghosthouse 

Sorry I mis-typed his name , below is the correct spelling

Steve Khan 

Patchwork
Backlog
Tightrope/The Blue Man/Arrows (3 albums 2cds)

Doh!  Too funny.  No problem @facten 

Even after finding the right guy and reading a couple of extended interviews with him (about Steely Dan's Aja and Gaucho), I STILL  overlooked the correct spelling of his name (h before a vs after).  Dyslexia strikes again.   Anyway, thanks for following up.  Appreciate you adding Steve Khan to my little store of music knowledge.  
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Currently Kruder and Dorfmeister - the K&D Sessions. 

Before: 
Tycho - WeatherEmpire Brass Quintet - Passage
@facten - Luther Allison.  Yow.  It has been donkey's years since.... 
Got to renew the acquaintance.  THANKS for the reminder.  

Meanwhile, here at la maison de quatre chats fous...
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet.

Track 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2q9ML4iknE
@facten great cd...what a player...never got to see Luther, sad. That Jimi cd is no slouch either

Two albums on the Permanent Press label, which specializes in Pop:

1- Chewy Marble: s/t. Pianist Brian Kassan is a really, REALLY good songwriter. His chord progressions are very sophisticated (ala Brian Wilson), his melodies instantly sing-along-able, his harmonies superb. He was playing bass in The Wondermints until shortly before Brian Wilson heard and then hired them as his post-Beach Boys road band. Chewy Marble bassist Derrick Anderson is an excellent player (very melodic, ala McCartney), one of the best in Rock. More recently he has been on the road with The Bangles.

2- The Van DeLecki’s: Letters From The Desk Of Count S. Van DeLecki. Serious fans of The Andy Griffith show may get the joke that is the band name ;-). Leader Jamie Hoover is a well-known figure in the N./S. Carolina musical community, involved with the likes of Don Dixon (who appears on the album) and Marti Jones. He has also been a sideman for REM on the road. Good, hooky Pop songs, on the slightly Progressive (odd chord structures) side.

I got to know both Brian and Jamie when we were all hired to back Emitt Rhodes when he made first public appearance in a quarter century. Which reminds me:

- Emitt Rhodes: s/t. An absolute Pop classic. Emitt not only wrote all the songs, but plays and sings every part on the album. It was released at the same time as McCartney’s solo debut, and is by far the better album. One great song after another, fantastic production by Emitt, who also engineered.

Emitt was the drummer in L.A. Pop group The Palace Guard, then the singer/songwriter/guitarist of The Merry Go Round. He and they had a hit single ("Live", covered by The Bangles and others) when Emitt was barely out of High School. A very talented guy, and a very miserable one. I spent a day with him in his studio, and it was "troubling". Bad record deal, bad marriages, all the normal stuff ;-) .

Aynsley Lister, Everything I need , "Quiet Boy!"
Ghosthouse I know how you like instruments and the Blues.

https://youtu.be/-a_MM-tg55g

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@nutty 
I liked that Ainsley Lister track.  Thanks for posting.  I'll have to give a listen to more of his "Everything I Need" album.  Will try to find it on Tidal.  
Luther Allison - Live in Paris

ghosthouse, like you I never had the pleasure of seeing him live; an incredible talent
@facten 
@mswobo 

You are right...just like mswobo, I never saw Luther but thanks to your suggestions here spent some time with his Luther's Blues.  Couldn't find Live in Chicago on Tidal.  Luther's Blues is itself a solid album...good songs and good playing.  I was impressed with his rhythm section... especially piano and drums.  Thanks for contributing.  
@facten 
CDs here too though Tidal is a great way to audition new music.  If I find myself repeatedly streaming a given album, I'll buy the CD and rip that to hard drive.  With my gear, the ripped CD played back via an Aries Mini sounds better to me than straight CD playback.