Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Whats playing on your system today?
Today I decided to listen to two of my favorite rock guitar heros and one great vocalist. Guitarist' Robin Trower, Ronnie Montrose and vocalist Davey Pattison.
I listened to Trower songs:
Bridge of sighs, Stitch in time, The fool and me, my personal favorite- Too rolling stoned and others.....
Then I pulled out "Gamma".
I listened to: Razor King, Wish I was and Skin and bone and others.....
Davey Pattison hooked has also up with Michael Shenker also. I really enjoyed my day so far. Anybody else heard anything good?
N
I listened to Trower songs:
Bridge of sighs, Stitch in time, The fool and me, my personal favorite- Too rolling stoned and others.....
Then I pulled out "Gamma".
I listened to: Razor King, Wish I was and Skin and bone and others.....
Davey Pattison hooked has also up with Michael Shenker also. I really enjoyed my day so far. Anybody else heard anything good?
N
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nutty, As for my response about the Morrow cables. Well, I can tell you that I "had" the SP-4's and then along came a sale on used cables and I simply couldn't resist the price of used SP-5's. I have been very happy with Morrow. They have always provided good service. Perhaps the best acknowledgement of their cables was when I purchased my amp. The dealer asked me if I needed cables and after telling him what I was using his reply was "Oh, you already have good cables". |
Glad to see the references to Golden Earring's Radar Love. One of my favorite albums back in the day and still. Listening to the British band Charlie, from first (Fantasy Girls) to last, although later albums are not my favorites, but love No Second Chance, Lines, Fight Dirty, and Here Comes Trouble. Criminally underappreciated with the talent they had. |
You may not have hear of this band before but I don't think it qualifies for the "Obscure band thread".....Cry of love. Only two albumns. "Diamonds & debris" and "Brother". Great vocals. Lead singer Robert Mason spent some time in Warrant after Jani Lane passed and worked with The Lynch Mob. https://youtu.be/k1vEONnGdPo N |
Playing in my system today, a little band from Louisville, KY. "Tantric", self titled. First albumn of theirs is really good. It's not guitar hero music though. The CD is recorded very well. If you haven't heard it, check it out. Then on to a bunch of random artists. BAND...................................SONG TITLE Ambrosia. Art Beware Ambrosia. Apothecary Kansas. Hold on Kansas. Sparks of the temple Counting Crows. Anna begins Counting crows. Raining in Baltimore Tori Amos. Hey Jupiter Tori Amos. Littls Amsterdam Tori Amos. Professional widow Pretenders. Middle of the road- fantastic S/T albumn, solid listen Steely Day. Babylon Sister Toto. St. George and the dragon N |
ghosthouse, Thanks for the input on the Morrow cables and the Clear Day's as well. I've been reading a lot about Clear Day Double Shotgun and they seem like a sound investment. But Mike Morrow is literally a few miles from my house. I could probably set an appointment to see some product first hand. I am currently using Audioquest Gibralter double biwire, for your guidance. I'll let you know if I make any changes. N |
Hey N... I’m very happy with the SP4s. I had some ClearDay double shotgun speaker cables I was running before. I liked them a lot but needed a bit more length. Can’t remember what made me go Morrow and not stay with Clear Day. The Clear Day cable really was an eye (ear?) opener when I put them in. However I got there, I think the SP-4s have just a bit more clarity than the Clear Days yet aren’t too edgy or hard. I’m still using Clear Day jumpers with the SP-4s on the Totem Forests. Most of my ICs are Morrow too now. The exception is a Cardas Parsec on my CDP and the DH Labs digital cable from the V-Link 192 to DAC. My system page needs a bit of an update I think. I might trade up from the MA-3 on my TT to an MA-4 on that. Morrow has a 60 day trial which certainly takes the risk out. I always check out his used stuff too. PLUS he runs a lot of specials. Not so long ago he was offering credit toward his cable for any other brand cable you traded in. There might not have been any trial allowed on that deal...no returns on his wire. Dunno what you are running now but can’t hurt to try some SP-4s. Just be patient. With his stuff, early on, the SQ can change from one night to the next. One night everything will sound great. The next night, like crap. They do seem to take a while to settle in. It’s not like they are atrocious out of the box...more that you will get used to a certain sound and suddenly the next time you listen, it ain’t there. But things get back to normal and sound good pretty quick. Good luck on what you decide. By the way, found Moondog Matinee "Carry Me, Rosie" on Spotify. I like their sound. Reminds me of Black Crowes a bit - the singer’s voice and the style of music. This is more my style of music than City Boy. |
falconquest, Jow S. is amazing. He is another one of my guitar hero's also...arcam88 and I saw him live in Cincinnati at the Taft theater in 2007. As always Joe put a great show. The Taft is an amazing place to see an artist of his caliber. Very good accoustics and seating and a very adult setting. I sometimes use his Joe Satriani self titled CD when I'm demo-ing my rig to friends. Can't forget Chickenfoot or his contributions to Mick Jagger and Deep Purple. Great addition to the thread. N |
I haven't read through this whole thread but along with Robin Trower one of my other favorite guitarists is Mr. Joe Satriani.....jam on Joe! Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo6LXD7uzn4 |
Hey N...not 100% certain, I have to go back and listen to a few of those old YouTube videos. On one of them the band gets introduced by an off camera announcer. I think Cuby is pronounced, COO-BEE. The thing that put me on to C&The B was that Windows song. It came at the end of a George Clooney movie, "The American" about this American hit man in Italy. Decent movie but the song at the end really hooked me. It was so old school, really took me back. Did a little digging and found out about Harry Muskee and Cuby and the Blizzards. Regarding Moondog Matinee...no problem on that. I only know the name as it relates to an album of covers by The Band. Not familiar with an actual group with that name. I will check around for it. |
ghosthouse, Love Cuby, or is it pronounced (Cube-E), especially the first song "Window of my eyes". Wasn't aware of the of the Golden Earing connection. Great intel. I'm a big GE fan they have been ardound for.....ever. like 40 ablums. Did you ever listen to Moondog Matinee? jafant, Your Harold Mabern is a cool customer. I listend to a few songs. One with Nora Jones which was great. Also "You don't know what love is". I'm not a jazz expert by any means but he is a beautiful pianist. N |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2KSJ0ld5Ls Here's an older version (and maybe more original) of the Cuby & The Blizzards "hit", Windows of My Eyes. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIC1vvP2IpE N- man, check this out. Dunno if you will like. Almost 50 years old but it still works (at least for me). Back in the day before MTV and fashion poisoned things. Another good one from Cuby and the boys (Go Down Sunshine) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogcj5FBUFjk |
Hello Nutty - Found City Boy on Spotify. Listening to Dinner at the Ritz right now. They remind me of Queen quite a bit (vocal harmonies and something about one of the guitars). Your Radar Love comment reminded me of a related Netherlands band, that being Cuby & The Blizzards (also found as Cuby + Blizzards). They go back quite a ways...check out some of their old albums on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnpl0cFdN-c That dynamite blues guitar is Eelco Gelling, later in Golden Earring. Later. |
I've been checking that "Obscure Bands" thread Nutty but haven't yet tried to find or listen to City Boy yet. There is just so MUCH to listen to...it's incredible. Thank goodness for Spotify and YouTube. If I can't find it on the Spot, I check YouTube. By the way, impressed with the breadth of your listening. Apart from Gary Moore, don't know The Flower Kings or Haken. Later. |
ghosthouse, I did dig into Ian a bit. Listened to Meat and potatoes. I liked it, and I saw some YouTube links. He's quite a comedic entertainer and stage presence as well as a talented musician. Gov't mule has some great music. Basically a side project the Alman abrothers band. They have a large discography. "Shout" is a great starting place. As I mentioned above it has a bunch of great talent on it. arcamm88 has mentioned City Boy in another post. Have you had the pleasure of hearing their stuff? Dinner at the Ritz is fantastic. N |
PS - So I know nothing about Gov't Mule except that a neighbor whose music taste I respect was raving about Warren Hayes. I went on the Spot to see what of GM they had. Saw something called, Dub Side of the Mule which struck me as a little odd. Thought Spotify had mixed things up. BUT NO...it's a bunch of tracks from a 2006 New Years Eve show at the Beacon Theatre. Lead vocals by Toots Hibbert. Rhythm section is tight! Diggin it. Good for what ails you especially if you like Reggae...but even if you don't. |
This morning so far I've listened to UFO, Lights Out, 1977 on CD. Crack the sky, on CD Safety in numbers. Great song " Nuclear apathy". Then, here's one you might not have heard, Automatic Man. 1976-1977. Formed by Michael Shrieve of Santana, (Drummer)and included guitarist Patt Thrall. Kind of a progressive rock jazz fusion sound. From there Thrall met Pat Travers and recorded one of my favorite Travers recordings Crash and burn. Very well recordrd on vinyl and CD. N |
The FabulousThunderbirds, Tuff Enough. The Vaughan Brothers, Family style. Oh Stevie and Jimmy.... Lenny Kravitz, "5." full CD. Very well recorded. Also Lenny, songs "It's not over till its over", "Are you gonna go my way", aslo recorded well. New Robin Trower, again. Robins guitar sounds as good as ever. Going in for AC/DC, Highway to Hell, the guitar work on "Night Prowler" is epic. N |
ghosthouse, I agred with your assessment on Joanne Shaw Taylor's playing being somewhat economical on her albumns/CD. However I suggest viewing this link to see her at full tilt. https://youtu.be/kUNHIEX3XxA Best, N |
Got Joanne Shaw Taylor playing. White Sugar. Couple of tracks in. Liking it. Her playing is economical with good tone. Somewhat understated (not necessarily a bad thing). Her band is good too, Tight. Crisp. Drummer's right on top of the beat. Just 3 tracks in but the songs are strong. Good sonics in this recording too. Never would a guessed her for a Brit. Thanks for the tip, N. |
Hello again, Nutty. Glad you enjoyed "Trouble Is". I especially like Blue on Black (track 3). You are right, Kenny was all of 18 when he recorded Ledbetter Heights. Saw your note over on The Minority Report about Joanna Shaw Taylor. Spotify has a couple LPs by here including, "The Dirty Truth" and "White Sugar". I will definitely give a listen. Real interested what you think about Ian Siegel. To me he's another good musician flying under the radar. Leastways it seems so to me. On the other hand, I don't listen to commercial radio or watch TV much anymore. I tend to find things based on recommendations on threads like this or stumble across them looking at the Browse/Discover options on Spotify or hearing a track on Pandora. Something new and good to me might have been out there 10 years before I find it. Guess you could say I have turned off, tuned out, and dropped in(to a black hole). BTW - right now listening to something totally different than what we've been discussing: the 3rd LP from Bersarin Quartett, called III. His stuff (BQ is mainly one guy) is variously described as modern composition and dark ambient. Alright. Later. |
This morning my good friend arcam88 reminded me of the band that was the first live rock concert I attended. The headliner was Aerosmith. However the warm up band was R.E.O. Speedwagon. It was a great show. This was R.E.O. before they went "wimpy". So today I listened to several oldies. However two songs that stand out today. First is "Lost in a Dream". This was 1974, without Kevin Cronin. The second song is from R.E.O/T.W.O., it's "How the story goes". This one has Kevin on vocals but it's always been Gary Richrath who has impressed me. I'm an Aerosmith fan also, earlier recordings. But I have to give the best of show to R.E.O. that evening. N |
Looks like KWS "wrote or co-wrote" 8 or 12 tracks on his debut but apparently a Corey Sterling did lead vocals. This is makes for an interesting read on th subject of Mr. Sterling as well as KWS' song writing credits. http://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/why-did-corey-sterling-leave-kws-band.1187062/ |
Back again, N. OK, so I found Tin Machine (1st album) on Spotify. I had heard about this when it came out but never listened. Not much of a Bowie fan I guess. Anyway gave it a listen...it's kinda tough to "hear". A very hard edge to it...lot of anger. Disturbing even. BUT, while I'm not usually big on covers, their version of "Working Class Hero"....WOW. Very impressed with that. Did not finish the whole LP. As I said, a tough listen for me though I think the writing and musicianship are very strong. I know where it is. Will try and go back to finish at some point. Moved on now to Ledbetter Heights. More in my comfort zone. This is probably better than "Trouble Is"...to me at least. Great guitar and good vocals. I have to read up on it. Song writing is very good too. If they are all KWS, it's like he hit the trifecta. Thanks for the mention. You be sure and check out that Ian Siegel "Meat & Potatoes". You'll be glad (I think). Here's a link to "Butter Side Up" (3rd track from the M&P album). https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&... |