I think there are still a lot of members here who spin the little shiny discs.
I have all of mine ripped to a hard drive that is accessible from my streamer but....
I still have a pile of my favorite ones on the shelf ready to pop into the Esoteric when I feel like playing the physical media... And the charity shop $1 buys! |
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The Very Best of J. J. Cale |
Ice Cream In Hell .... Tinsley Ellis.
Qobuz
Excellent Blues album imho.
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Excellent, @uberwaltz
Nutty and I have been compiling a list of outstanding blues artists (mainly guitarists) and have sorted them by decades. It's interesting to see who are "contemporaries of one another. Took a quick look at Tinsley Ellis.com. I'll have to see what he's about. Maybe a new addition to the list. |
I liked it a lot Ghost but judge for yourself.
It just rocks along quite nicely for my tempo and has kept my foot tapping under the table while writing reports after the daily grind!
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Tinsley Ellis - Speak No Evil
Billy Flynn - Lonesome Highway |
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Tears For Fears - Seeds of Love
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Liquid …… Blind Ego
Qobuz
Not quite sure how to describe the sound of this band, some type of modern prog rock I guess?
Whatever I like it a lot!
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Simon Phillips - Protocol II
What a fine recording...compositions, musicianship & sound quality.
u - Sampled a bit of Liquid. Did not listen to all of it but I thought what I heard was "Prog Metal". Might re-visit (not my favorite genre esp. as it had vocals) but SQ and musicianship struck me as very good.
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Ghost.
Liquid is pretty easy on my ears for the genre it is.
Agreed whole heartedly that they have the goods and production is too knotch.. |
Day For Night .... Spock’s Beard |
uberwaltz, ghosthouse, Listening to Blind Ego, Liquid Mirrors. Great production on Liquid. Song on Mirrors has a Pink Floyd vibe. uberwaltz, I'm glad to see your spinning more Spocks Beard! Check out This track from The Neal Morse band. "The Man In The Iron Cage". Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater on drums. Check out the vocals on the kid on the chorus! https://youtu.be/9U7AKNOTeQIN |
Hello Gents -
Good find from uber on Blind Ego on the basis of SQ if nothing more - though I think there is.
Looked up the band. It’s the "solo" project of Kalle Wallner (new name to me) from RPWL. RPWL a quasi-Floyd tribute band as per one reviewer. RPWL’s output might be something more to explore.
I only listened to the studio version of Liquid. Looks like there is a live version too. Haven’t got to Mirror or Preaching to the Choir yet. The good news for me is I got through the whole of Liquid in one go. Not too much new-to-me-stuff that holds my interest all the way through (and I do regret that). Am interested in re-listening and exploring the other releases as well as KW’s RPWL stuff.
Thanks u.
Good sounds from the Neal Morse Band on that Man in the Iron Cage video, Nutty. Good message too. Excellent playing (and singing) all around. Not just his singing but what about the guitar solo from that kid. Where does Neal find these guys??? (well, apart from Portnoy). Didn’t know old Neal could rock that hard ;-). |
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Is Nutty going by Woobie as well??
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Ghost
Yes I read the same stuff but likewise none of those names were familiar.
Not bad for a solo side project I must say! |
Ghost
Btw I cannot take any credit for Liquid.
It was a track that appeared in one of my Spotify daily mixes.
So good old Spotify to credit.
And another band called Mystery but I cannot find anything on Tidal or Qobuz for them........ |
"Is Nutty going by Woobie as well??"
Looks that way...noting the 'N' beneath his post and the fact that I had recently shot him an email after sampling Blind Ego/Liquid that you had posted about. He's a big Dream Theater and Spock's Beard fan so it seemed like it might work for him.
I wish Spotify would step up their game. They have a great library. I like their GUI & uncluttered desktop. Most of all, their new music recommendation (Browse/Discover) function works like a charm. Have discovered a lot of new music based on recommendations from Spotify. |
From the Front Row Live .... Rick Wakeman.
Ghost
Nutty explained by pm to me.
And he gave me yet another band to check out, another Mike Portnoy lineup.
Liquid Tension Experiment.
So much great music,so little time! |
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Prime Cuts .... Mike Portnoy |
The Smashing Pumpkins - Zero |
Queens of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf |
Meet Me In Margaritaville disc 2 Jimmy Buffett
some great tracks on this double disk set. |
The Best of The Moody Blues |
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big_greg
Moody Blues one of my favorite bands
seen them live in 77 In Cincinnati |
@cincyjim I saw the Moody Blues about 5 years ago in Portland for the first time. Great show! |
Closer to the Wind .... Fairport Convention.
DVD-A |
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@ghosthouse
Love Van Morrison - Moondance is a classic. Hey have you had a chance to listen to his latest?
3 Chords and the Truth.
My appreciation for The new one has really grown on me with repeated listens.
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@dougsat
Have not heard Three Chords. I probably have more Van Morrison than any other artist (well, except maybe Dylan) but not that one. The latest Van M. I spent a lot of time with was Keep It Simple (2008). I have Born To Sing from 2012, but little time with it.
I get in modes (weeks) where I'm listening to a LOT of Van. I keep going back to Common One, Poetic Champions, No Guru...No Teacher, Back On Top & The Healing Game. Pulling out Moondance today was the first time in a long time.
Pretty certain there are other releases along with Three Chords that I have missed since Keep It Simple. I'll try to remember to check out Three Chords on Tidal tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion.
Van's output is amazing and while the critics haven't liked it all - for me, I could probably listen to him sing the phone book and be happy.
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@ghosthouse, I feel lucky to have seen Van perform live when he was still in Them. It was in a small club in San Jose, California, 1967 iirc, though it may have been late '66. He, Stevie Winwood, and Paul Jones (Manfred Mann) were the best singers of the British Invasion bands. |
@bdp24
Thanks for the comments. Another case of "concert-envy". Well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad. Don't get me started about Steve Winwood. Agree with you - one of the greatest rock vocalists (and not a bad GITtar player either...not only organ). Don't know Paul Jones. Are you positive about the Manfred Mann connection? (aka Manfred Mann's Earthband). All I can remember by them was Blinded By The Light (that is one Springsteen song I really hate) and Quinn The Eskimo. Don't remember their vocalist lighting things up for me. |
@ghosthouse, Paul Jones was in only the original Manfred Mann line up, the first four albums, I believe. He sang the early hits like "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", and left the band in the middle of '66. Manfred Mann was very different from the other British Invasion bands, being distinctly Jazz and R & B driven. Little known fact: Jack Bruce was a member for awhile! |
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Josh Smith- Over Your Head
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Thanks to @Mahgister.
Chopin Nocturnes - Ivan Moravec
If the world were really ending (as some seem to think) this is the music to be listening to: sublime beauty, order, and transcendent peace in the face of uncertainty and chaos. |
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Bill Bruford - If Summer Had Its Ghosts (w/Ralph Towner & Eddie Gomez) Amethyst (track 7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2pKv2XKGE8A welcome respite from the McLaughlin and Mahavishnu that were just playing (Industrial Zen and Inner Mounting Flame, respectively). YEESH. Talk about "agita" inducing. Industrial Zen does have some rewarding moments despite drums that are way too loud in the mix and an annoying vocal on a couple of tracks. |
Outsider .... Uriah Heep. |
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Love, Fear and the Time Machine...... Riverside.
Great modern prog rock band hailing from Poland. |
Back in Black .... AC/DC.
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Joe Walsh - - Barnstorm - So What - But Seriously Folks On the wrong side of the season for this one... Track 3 - Indian Summer (w/Eagles on harmonies) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kobVA3la6ts "Not a lot smarter but another year old...." |
You cant have a Joe Walsh night with no The Smoker you Drink The Player You Get. My fav track is Happy Ways .Tonight I'm listening to The Smoker.....and a bit of Savoy Brown Street Corner Talking
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