Whats playing on your system today?

Earlier today:

steven Wilson’s remixes of Aqualung and Songs from the Wood.

Just a few minutes ago,

Miles Davis vol 1 re-issue mono Blue Note label.

Blackfield 2

Rammstein Herzeleid XXV

MOGWAI Mr Beast

been that kind of day 

David Bowie Station to Station. 

On 180gm, remastered.

Wow.

As good today as it was 46 years ago when I first heard it.

Well, there wasn’t any tinnitus conflicting with the audio then, but still…

Awesome.

Breaking in an Ortofon Cadenza Black with:

King Crimson “In the Court of the Crimson King”

”In the Wake of Poseidon”

Andre Previn George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

David Bowie Metrobolist

Jeff Beck’s Truth and Beck Ola

Miles Davis “Miles Ahead.”

It’s the Waxtime 180gm release and sounds good enough.

Grows on you.

@curiousjim

At the risk of being called philistine or unsophisticated, I bought that — only because I own a vinyl copy of everything PT and SW — and…

wasn’t disappointed so much as “meh.”

As much as I’ve enjoyed (and BOUGHT) everything SW has gotten his hands into (PT, SW, Blackfield, Pineapple Thief, re-engineering Yes, King Crimson, more), this struck me as sort of the SW equivalent of a sort of homage to Monty Python’s infamous “Contractual Obligation Record,” a rehash of much earlier PT stuff and some lollipop-ish sort of throwaways, like a bootleg green room recording of a true artist just flexing his chops before going on stage to give an otherwise unique virtuoso performance. But this ain’t it. More like a kind of musical “Where’s the BEEF!”

But I’m not a music critic, nor a musician, just a listener and vinyl collector off and on for over 60 years.

But thanks for the referral. I do try to keep up.

@curiousjim 

Definitely an over the top Steven Wilson fan here. Two thumbs (and two big toes) up for “Hand Cannot Erase.”

I first heard Porcupine Tree’s “Dark Matter” about ten years ago and was HOOKED.  I own all but one LP from them now, every one from Steven Wilson as well as all the King Crimson stuff he re-engineered/produced, YES, Gentle Giant, and more.

My wife’s NOT a rock fan, but she sat through several PT concert DVD’s with me - latest from “Home Invasion” and with few exceptions, really enjoyed the music.

I’ve been around musicians my entire life (me I play HiFi mostly and a LITTLE jazz drumming for relaxation), worked in a music store as a tech/roadie in the early 1970s, met a LOT of SUPER-genius musicians (Jimmy Buff-FAY used to come into the shop from time to time), Keith Emerson, Genesis, Kinks, Humble Pie and others as we supplied equipment for local shows and fast-forwarding 50 years I think Wilson is one of the most highly underrated musical geniuses/producers of our time, comparable if not equal to Brian Eno.

But, yeah, not I gotta go put on that LP again…

@curiousjim 

no, I hadn’t heard of it.

thanks. Just ordered a copy.
It’ll be home when I get back in a week or so.

Miles Davis’ “Nefertiti.”

Going to have to play this through another half dozen times - as I do with all of Miles’ work.