Bobby Bland - "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" [MCA reissue LP '84, orig. Duke '64]
Nina Simone - "The High Priestess Of Soul" [Philips LP '67]
The Ramsey Lewis Trio - "Upendo Ni Pamoja" [Columbia LP '72]
Sun Ra - "The Magic City" [ABC/Impulse LP '73, rec. '60]
Skeeter Davis & NRBQ - "She Sings, They Play" [Rounder LP '85]
George Abdo & His Flames Of Araby Orchestra - "The Art Of Belly Dancing" [Monitor LP '73] Belly dancing instructions enclosed!
Sabicas - "Volume III" [Elektra LP '6?]
Vijay Raghav Rao - "Flute" [Tower LP '69]
The Gil Evans Orchestra - "Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix" [Bluebird CD '02, orig. RCA '74] |
Flaming Lips - Dark Side of the Moon for me tonight! |
Tonight was ECM night! Ebhart Webber, Corea and Towner. |
The Larry Page Orchestra Arranged By Ray Davies - "Kinky Music" [Rhino repro LP '83, orig. '65] Never released in US at the time, strictly for dancing fun but audaciously early in the band's career for an affair of this kind, the newest tune on the disk being the contemporaneous hit single "Tired Of Waiting For You" (and even stretching back to their earliest non-album single for "I Took My Baby Home")
The Sentinals - "Surfer Girl" [Del Fi repro LP '96, orig. '63]
Willie Mitchell - "The Hit Sound Of Willie Mitchell" [Hi LP '67]
Ray Bryant - "Lonesome Traveler" [Cadet LP '66] The followup to the classic "Gotta Travel On" album, reprising the same winning formula (right down to the title allusion) with the dual flugelhorns of Clark Terry and Snookie Young once again fronting the trio
Pete Rugolo - "Percussion At Work" [Mercury LP '57] Early stereo sound spectacular in a non-classical vein, featuring Andre Previn and Shelly Manne, the SR # is but a mere 80003 |
Pat Benatar-Precious Time
Pink Floyd- DSOTM
Pat Benatar- Crimes of Passion
Pat Benatar- In The Heat Of The Night
Pat Benatar- Get Nervous
PB was sounding good so I went with it. Who treated her so bad? Sounds like everybody did... |
Mott the Hoople - Mott
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
Leonard Cohen - Songs of...
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (can't stop playing this one) |
Mosaic's The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. 1, 23 LPs of sheer bliss. I've been listening most of the day, working my way up to Coleman Hawkins. Billie Holiday and Chu Berry are around the corner...
Thank you, eBay!
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Stockfish LP- David Roth Pearl Diver |
Got my X-Ono phono back from Pass the other day. Wayne Colburn kicked it up a couple notches for sure.
Doug MacLeod- No Road Back Home
Arlen Roth-Guitarist-If you like really articulate guitar playing pick anything he does up
Beatles- Hey Jude
The Subdudes- Debut, I like pretty much all their stuff
Lyle Lovette- Debut & Pontiac
Coldplay- Parachutes Great modern rock band IMO |
Tonight it's been:
Paul Simon - Graceland
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
U2 - Rattle and Hum
Muddy Waters - folk singer
and currently it is...
Stanley Kubrick's - Clockwork Orange |
Breaking in my new phono pre (Zyx Artisan):
Miles - KoB
McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy
Ellington/Coltrane - Eillington/Coltrane
Mel Brown - Chicken Fat |
John Cale - Vintage Violence, Slow Dazzle
Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks |
Ossipov Russian Folk Orchestra [Melodiya LP '69] Pieces by Rachmaninov, Schumann, Debussy, Stravinsky, Sibelius and Lyadov arranged for Russian folk instrumentation
Del Shannon - "Runaway Hits" [Bug comp. LP '83]
Sun Ra - "Strange Celestial Road" [Rounder LP '80]
Johnny Richards & His Orchestra - "Experiments In Sound" [Capitol LP '58] |
LOL! I try my best!
Tonight, some Wilco (and lotsa wine with my wife):
A Ghost Is Born
Sky Blue Sky
(and some sake for good measure!) |
Wow Jerico, you're a fast worker dude! Agreed and agreed.
King Crimson - "In The Wake Of Poseidon" [Atlantic LP '70]
Sparks - "Kimono My House" [Island LP '74]
Nilsson - "Pandemonium Shadow Show" [RCA LP '67]
Sagittarius - "Present Tense" [Columbia repro LP orig. '68] |
Zaikesman, I picked up "Sandy" and listening now - a gorgeous album (and a great recording to boot). Nice call!
Earlier,
Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver (arrived from eBay this afternoon) |
Diana Krall - Live in Paris (ORG) |
Hi Notec, glad you were inspired to respond, and hope next time you will post what you've been listening to. Sorry if my wisecrack rubbed wrong...without arguing what I regard to be near-meaningless terminology at this point, I actually did say what I meant, but of course many will disagree. Maybe this will help clarify however: I didn't say THE industry -- I was refering to AN industry. (Word.)
Charles Mingus - "At Town Hall (featuring Eric Dolphy)" [Jazz Workshop/Fantasy LP '7?, rec. '64]
Duke Ellington - "The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse: A Suite In Eight Parts" [Fantasy LP '75]
Curtis Mayfield - "Got To Find A Way" [Curtom/Buddah LP '74] |
I admit I'm not much on current 'indie' rock (mostly quit that back before the Seattle thing exploded and 'indie' eventually came to stand for "industry") INDIE still stands for INDEPENDENT - and is *not* mainstream which you were probably - incorrectly - alluding to when referring to it as "industry." Get a clue... the "Seattle thing" was tagged as alternative. Now synonymous with mainstream.... Word. |
Hey Airegin: I admit I'm not much on current 'indie' rock (mostly quit that back before the Seattle thing exploded and 'indie' eventually came to stand for "industry") and have never heard the artists you mention -- and that I myself do mainly listen to stuff recorded before I was born or while I was still in knee-pants (or would have been, were I quite old enough to have been around when kids still wore knee-pants). But given that Wikipedia tells me Ms. Levi was born in '87, had it not been for your comment about Gong and Freak Brothers comix, I would've chuckled to think that your "youth" as you put it must've been about last Thursday! ;^) |
Make that Levi, not Levy. Duh. Even spelled like the famous SF denim and I botched it (and I've even been to Levi central (near Fog City Diner). |
Taking a break from classical and Jazz. Just finished Harmonia Mundi's Sacred Music. Now revisiting my youth and listening to:
The XX - The XX
Micachu & The Shapes - Jewellery
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Mica Levy and her band mates transport me back to days in Amsterdam listening to Gong. If I listen while thumbing through my old Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers comics I'm almost there. |
Quincy Jones And His Band - "I Dig Dancers" [Mercury LP '60]
Wes Montgomery - "Down Here On The Ground" [A&M LP '68]
Tax Free - S/T [Polydor LP '70] Wally Tax of the (Dutch) Outsiders fame, here not sounding like that earlier group's Pretty Things-ish fuzzed-out freakbeat whomp, but being mostly unplugged meditative lite-psych, featuring Tax on acoustic guitar and flute, the ubiquitous Richard Davis (Van Morrison) on string bass and with a guest appearance from the Velvets' John Cale on viola (come to think of it, the Pretties' Phil May also eventually revealed his inner hippie-folkie too...)
The Beach Boys - "Sunflower" [Brother/Reprise LP '70] Another often-overlooked gem from their 'later' catalog and their first on Reprise, recorded at the band's Brother Records studios. Dig this item from the audiophilic Technical Notes: "The songs on this record were recorded in true stereophonic sound; they are not 16 monophonic signals placed somewhere between right and left speakers blended together with echo, but rather total stereo capturing the ambiance of the room and the sound in perspective as heard naturally by the ear. Although more difficult to perfect, this type of recording is far more satisfying to hear, as will be demonstrated upon playing this album." |
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Hi Jerico, my own personal Thompson faves are the first three Fairport Convention albums (they lose me at "Liege & Lief" onward, when things got less freewheeling and eclectic, not to mention rockin' -- they also missed Denny's songwriting after that one). I would like to hear Sandy's first solo effort entitled "The Northstar Grassman And The Ravens" ('71) but haven't come across it to date... |
Thanks, Rushton. I'll have a look! |
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Nice ones, Zaikesman! I'll take a look for "Sandy." I also just ordered a copy of "Pour Down Like Silver" (my personal favorite Richard/Linda album - actually my personal favorite Thompson recording, period).
Can any of the classical fans out there recommend one or two LP's to get me started? I have a beginners interest, and have a snumber of high-res digital recordings (Mozart, Haydn, Mahler, Beethoven) but zero vinyl, and don't know where to start.
On rotation this morning:
Tom Waits - Mule Variations
Hank Mobley - Soul Station |
Hey Jerico, re "Unhalfbricking": In my queue recently have been Sandy Denny "Sandy" [A&M LP '72] and "The Best Of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Years" [Island/Def Jam CD '00]...(Sorry Richard & Linda, both of whom appear on "Sandy", but I remain partial to Ms. Denny)...
Al Green - "Al Green Is Love" [Hi LP '75]
The Detroit Emeralds - "I'm In Love With You" [Westbound LP '73]
The Staple Singers - "BeAltitude: Respect Yourself" [Stax LP '72]
Townsend, Townsend, Townsend & Rogers - S/T [Chocolate City '79] Ed Townsend, singer of "For Your Love" fame (Capitol '58) and producer/songwriter/arranger (Marvin Gaye, Dee Dee Warwick), together with his sons in an innocuous Johnson Brothers-ish groove
Deon Jackson - "His Greatest Recordings" [Solid Smoke LP '84, rec. '64 - '69]
The Temptations - "Meet The Temptations" [Gordy LP '64]
Charlie Byrd - "Bamba-Samba Bossa Nova" [Everest LP '63] Featuring the Woody Herman Big Band (not billed here as The Thundering Herd), offhand I can't think of another record combining large swing-band jazz fronted by acoustic Spanish guitar. The liners also mention an earlier Everest collaboration entitled "Herman's Heat And Puente's Beat", I'd like to find that one!
Henry Mancini - "Experiment In Terror" M.P. Sndtrk. [RCA LSP LP '62]
Blossom Dearie - "Blossom Dearie, Soubrette: Sings Broadway Hit Songs" [Verve LP '60]
Frank Sinatra - "September Of My Years" [Reprise LP '65]
Nina Simone - "Emergency Ward!" [RCA LP '72]
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapdodies/Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsodies - Dorati/LSO [Mercury LPS LP '60]
"Children's Songs Of Shakespeare's Time" - New York Pro Musica Antiqua [Counterpoint/Esoteric-Everest LP '6?] |
Just picked up a few LPs at Everybody's Records.
First up Bill Evans "New Jazz Conceptions" mint condition $5.99 on Riverside.Mono
I recently was turned on to Bill Evans by my good friend and audiophile Tom Collins. I was immediately hooked.His style seems to be somewhere between Brubeck and T.Monk. amazing!
Next: Brubeck "Right Now!" VG+ $7.99 A compilation of Brubeck favs on Columbia Record Club label. |
Lazy Saturday morning w/ coffee and records - good times:
Jimmy Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane |
You guys are having too much fun!! I've got to get more listening time! |
Ray Charles - "What'd I Say" [Atlantic LP '59]
Magic Sam - "Easy Baby" [Charly LP '85, rec. '57-'66] Early singles from the Cobra, Chief and Crash labels
Perez Prado - "Exotic Suite Of The Americas" [RCA LP '62] A Living Stereo engineered by one Ed Begley -- any relation to the actors Sr. and Jr.?
Elvin Jones - "Poly-Currents" [Blue Note LP '69] With George Coleman and Joe Farrell tenor, Pepper Adams baritone, Wilbur Little bass, Candido conga
The Delfonics - S/T [Philly Groove LP '70]
Jim Hall Trio - "Circles" [Concord Jazz LP '81] |
David Gilmour "Live in Gdansk" LP No. 3
J.S. Bach "Orchestral Suites" Linde-Consort (EMI/Angel SB-3943) a digital LP, kind of lacking in overall weight, but a good performance
John Coltrane "Soultrane" (Prestige P-7142) w/ Red Garland and Paul Chambers, Arthur Taylor on drums |
V/A - "Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968" [Rhino 4CD Boxset '09] Sprawling and yet unavoidably arbitrary but undeniably admirable comp representing one of the white-hottest concentrated pop-music scenes ever, packaged in a swell annotated-picturebook format (and like all these latter-day Nuggets sets on Rhino, having little in common with the original "Nuggets" concept as compiled by Lenny Kaye on Elektra in '72 other than the general period orientation)
The Detroit Emeralds - "Feel The Need" [Westbound '77] These guys debuted in the late 60's and persevered writing and singing great genuine group soul into the disco era, similar to an O'Jays or Spinners vein (but without the big hits or The Sound Of Philadelphia, and not so well remembered today)
Batusis - S/T [Smog Veil EP '10] Dead Boy Cheetah Chrome and New York Doll Sylvain Sylvain...a seriously nonessential souvenir from a very fun show
The Monkees - "Instant Replay" [Colgems/Rhino '69/'85] And then there were three... |
whiskeytown--strangers almanac (quite great, actually)
sonny rollins--road shows (eh...)
the cure--seventeen seconds (underrecognized gem)
sonic youth--eternal (very sonic youth-y) |
Srwooten: I like it too. About as close to country/western as I can get. Had to listen to it again tonight.
as well as:
Brubeck: "Time Out" (mint copy I just picked up for $3.00!)
Joni Mitchell "Song to a Seagull"
Trinity Church Tenbury "Sing Joyfully" Argo a choir that doesn't exist today (sad)nice recording, 32ft. pedal that will part your hair!
Holst "Savitri", "Songs from the Rig Veda", one of Rushton's favorites,mine too. |
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (so sue me, I'm 44)
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffti
Nirvana - Nevermind
The Black Keys - Brothers
White Stripes - Elephant |
Little Feat - The Last Record Album (RIP Richie Hayward)
Nina Nastasia - Outlaster (very fine sound here)
Don Cherry - Complete Communion |
Jimmy Smith The Cat
earlier today it was...
Well Tempered Klavier played by Friedrich Gulda
Pierre Akendengue's 'Nandipo'
Oscar Peterson's Cole Porter Songbook
and I have a few more before I go to sleep...
think it will be some classical... |
Mmmmm Pontiac. Love that LP! |
I have a good audiophile friend over for some single malts,cigars, and of course vinyl.
Tonight's listening as they occur:
Christy Moore "Voyage"
Lyle Lovett "Pontiac"
Frank Zappa "Joe's Garage"
Chris Issak "Heart Shaped World"
John Williams "Star Wars" incidental music (Zubin Mehta,LA) |
Thanks Rushton, I have to admit I've never stumbled across any RR vinyl, probably 'cuz I don't shop in the right kind of used record stores (and wouldn't know what I was doing to order something like that new), but I do see and have occasionally bought various Vox and Ansermet vinyl for cheap (thrifts etc. -- better suits my level of classical interest and knowledge), so I'll be on the lookout... |
Hi Zaikesman,
The recordings made by Vox with Skrowaczewski conducting the Minnesota Orchestra in 1974 are some of my favorite recordings of Ravel's orchestral music. Vox engaged the marvelous Nickrenz/Aubort recording team and Marc Aubort's capture of the orchestra is marvelous. And the performances verge on legendary.
The complete box set is on VOX QSVBX 5133.
This series was partially reissued by Reference Recordings in their regrettably short-lived "Reference Mastercuts" reissue series. The results of the much better mastering and pressing allows the wonderful sonics on the master tape to shine. If you ever come across Reference Recordings RM 1001 and RM 1004, grab them at virtually any price. (Other reissues in this Reference Mastercuts series feature music of Copland and Gershwin performed by Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Orchestra, also recorded by Marc Aubort, and are equally scrumptious.)
Analogue Productions made yet another reissue of some of these recordings on APC 007. Both this AP reissue and the earlier Reference Mastercuts reissues were mastered by Sax and pressed at RTI. The earlier Reference Mastercuts sound better for some reason. (The LPs have different music on them, so they are not cut from the same metal work.)
Paray's and Ansermet's recordings are also excellent on Mercury and Decca respectively.
If you enjoy piano, I suggest very highly the Reference Recordings LP of Ravel's piano music performed by Minoru Nojima, "Nojima play Ravel," RR 35. Sublime playing and an exceptional recording.
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Hi Rushton, I don't know that I'm familiar with the particular Ravel piece you list (recalling the names of classical pieces or placing them with those I've heard not being one of my strengths!), but I don't think I've ever listened to any Ravel that I *didn't* like. Today my radio alarm clock woke me to the finale of his Daphnis And Chloe Suite #2 (Rotterdam/EMI) and I was reminded of this fact again. Do you have any top recommendations for recordings of his work to be on the lookout for? |
Last night's listening...
Beethoven Symphony No 2
..Karajan/BerPO, DGG
..Norrington/LCP, EMI
.....always interested to hear two so VERY different performances of the same piece back-to-back.
Ravel, Piano Concerto in g
d'Indy, Symphony on a French Mountain Air
..Munch/BSO, Henriot-Schwirzer -pf, LSC 2271-45 (Classic Records 45rpm reissue)(Delightfully different, excellent sound quality)
Country Dances: J.Playford's English Dancing Master
..Barlow/Broadside Band, Harmonia Mundi HM 1109
....A delightful collection of 17th Century English dance music, with sonics to delight one's ear! Recording engineer: the inimitable Jean-Francois Pontefract, who created so many of the Harmonia Mundi sonic marvels.
Bill Evans, Portrait in Jazz, Riverside 1162 -45 Analogue Productions 45rpm reissue. Oh yes! Excellent in this incarnation.
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Mozart Violin Concertos, K.207 & K.218.
LSO conducted by Colin Davis. Arthur Grumiaux violin. |
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Broadcasting from Home
Harold Budd - The Pavilion of Dreams |
Pretenders =Learning tio Crawl
BTO-Robin Trower
Tubes-Completion Backwards Principle
Cat Stevens-Izitso |
Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
And on a Sundazed kick:
Incredible String Band - Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
Jeff Beck - Ola
Screaming Lord Sutch - And His Heavy Friends |
