Live Rust...maybe some Roy Buchanan later.
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Actually, last night: Mahler's 4th Symphony...especially, the 3rd & 4th movements. Columbia Masterworks series. Bernstein conducting the NY Philharmonic. Reri Grist is the soprano soloist. Don't think it is that great a recording from a sonic or engineering point of view, but I greatly enjoy the "Poco Adagio" 3rd and Reri's singing in the 4th. |
Moody Blues - A Question of Balance. Haven't played this in I don't know how many years (probably decades). Not sure when I bought it. 1970 gatefold with lyric sheet and London Records sleeve. Great sonics. Nice bass. I don't listen exclusively to vinyl. Have plenty CDs. But sometimes you really have to wonder, "digital?" - what were they thinking?! Get a lot of pleasure playing a medium from almost 40 yrs. ago. |
Hey Don- They were a great band. After Duke is about where I parted company. Am on a Genesis jag the last few days. Listened to Three Sides Live earlier today (actually 4 sides live on the recording I own...but that's good because Paperlate and some of their later studio drivel isn't there)...and Duke after W&W. I will have to dust off my copy of Lamb. There is some good music on that one but it always seemed a bit uneven to me. I'll give a listen to your favs. For me its been TOTT, W&W, ATTWT. Foxtrot needs to be in there too. Maybe I don't really have a favorite as such. Ciao |
"You know I wasn't born I was spat out at a wall And nobody even knew my name The sun hatched me out, cradle and all On the corner of First and Insane For the souls of the departed and the renegades of love You and me we gotta be all we dreamed of In the ruins of mischief through the ravages of time You got a place in this world of mine." Suicide Alley - SC |
As always, you're very welcome slaw. Keep up the good work! It's been a while since listening to The Sadies (Darker Circles) but seems like there's a sort of musical connection - at least in my mind - to The Spinning Jennies (see "Full Volume: The Best of....") and also The Well Wishers (A Shattering Sky). Those might be LPs you'll enjoy. |
@slaw - Sorry, nope...not "Wailin’ Jennies" and not the Swedish Bluegrass Spinning Jennies if you can believe that (it’s true, they exist or did). This is the Spinning Jennies I had in mind along with the referenced compilation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp-9xJCnwBY&list=OLAK5uy_lqxAV6dxtNiIA5xW2ce1_BydpXiwOWqYo It ain’t a perfect resemblance to The Sadies (or "vise reversa") ... Sadies have a sort of alt-country feel to me while Jennies lean more to pop. Worth checking out regardless. |
@slaw - Thanks for the kind words, I would ’cept I listen to much more digital (CDs or Tidal) and don’t listen to LPs all that often (laziness on my part, to an extent). It ain’t any "digital elitism"! that’s for sure. Exploring the vast selection on Tidal does take up a lot of time. When I do pull out some albums and if I think it’s something worth mentioning I’ll certainly visit. Your Sadie’s reference caught my eye. I’ll have to give them another listen later today...but, again it’ll be via Tidal. |
For @slaw Not Boxer12 level obscure, but a less well known Van Morrison album: Hard Nose the Highway (1973) though the single, "Warm Love", might be familiar. "...and it's ever present everywhere, warm love." Critic Robert Christgau (who seems to hate everything and must knock back a coupla shots snake venom before writing) rated it a B- and said (quoting from Wikipedia), "The relaxed rhythms are just lax most of the time, the vocal surprises mild after Saint Dominic's Preview, the lyrics dumbest when they're more than mood pieces, and the song construction offhand except on 'Warm Love'." Regardless, I like it. But what do I know? I'm not a critic. |
Van Morrison - A Period of Transition Track 1 - You Gotta Make It Through The World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTjTNXt_ICY |
Always a pleasure @slaw Dive in on Van. You can hardly go wrong. Some favorites at this particular moment (could change in 5 minutes): Keep It Simple The Healing Game Back On Top Veedon Fleece Poetic Champions No Guru, No Method, No Teacher Into The Music (vinyl) coming up next but I gotta go eat. I think there is some truth in what you say re the critic having "a musical life without joy"...a well-turned phrase. Exceptions I’m sure but something about that statement does resonate with me. Seems like an occupational hazard maybe. |