Whats on your turntable tonight?

Ahh nice.  Thanks Spiritofradio just typed into youtube Caroline Spence and heard Slow Dancer. I love some of the old folk and probably should see who is playing now. James Keeleghan and Stephen Fearing were favorites from years past. 

Like Spiritofradio I've had a classical weekend with Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. I'm always struck with the quick change of moods in this piece from quiet comforting to menacing and back.  

Spiritofradio you mention that maybe your stereo has spoiled you for the concert hall.  I think it was way back in the 1950s pianist Glen Gould commented that recorded music was better than live performances.  I suspect he meant the performance was better as he spliced sections together of performances he really liked before many studios did, but I often think of the sound stage.  I always sit exactly in the same spot, 12 feet from my speakers, when listening, often in a darkened, quiet room. How can my seat at the concert hall compete with that. It is actually pop music I like live the most. It is more playful, with bands doing the unexpected, deciding to change the key on an old favorite or doing some improvising on the spot that makes live shows a treat too. 

Wayne

Hmm. You mentioned two of my favorites, Judy Collins and Sheherazade.  I was listening to Judy Collins "Moon is a harsh Mistress" a while back and remembered that Joe Cocker also did a version. Listening to them back to back, I was surprised that I liked the raspier, rougher Joe Cocker version. Odd, since Judy Collins clearly has the better voice.  Right now I am listening to side 2 of Yes "Closer to the Edge" (I don't really understand side 1, but probably should give it more of a chance) and Holst The Planets.  This coming weekend I'm going to our local (well on hour's drive away) symphony doing The Planets and Lunar Reflections from a Canadian composer I haven't heard of before, Heather Schmidt, so I'm going to try to find some of her stuff before Saturday. 

Hi Reubent, Yes, that is the song. Fantastic, mixing keys and times in really interesting ways!  I so want to pick up more of their albums

Ya, Big_Greg, I can relate. In a prog rock vein, I was listening to Yes Awaken from Parallel Lines yesterday and thought I had completely given it a pass 30 years ago, but now see the appeal.     I have never listened to Jeff Buckley before. Interesting! Nice guitar work on the song Grace, and really diverse album so far almost a crooner sound to Lilac Wine

It has been decades since I have listened to Patti Smith’s Horses Album, and yet I still remember just how intense it was, raw emotions. Thanks for that memory. I have to see if I can find the album. 

Yes, Parallel Lines