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".

ghosthouse
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..
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.

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!
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!
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 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!
@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.  
@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.  
Luther Allison - Live in Paris

ghosthouse, like you I never had the pleasure of seeing him live; an incredible talent
@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.  
Aynsley Lister, Everything I need , "Quiet Boy!"
Ghosthouse I know how you like instruments and the Blues.

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

N

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 ;-) .

@facten great cd...what a player...never got to see Luther, sad. That Jimi cd is no slouch either
@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
Currently Kruder and Dorfmeister - the K&D Sessions. 

Before: 
Tycho - WeatherEmpire Brass Quintet - Passage
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