which ry cooder?
Ry Cooper aka Rusty Evans - "1983" (futuristic garage folk rock from 1965 with killer snarl/guitar and theremin!)
It's Ry CooPer, though, AKA Rusty Evans from The Deep! Pretty cool pre-psych garage 45.
― Amoeba, Fish, Monkey, Shame (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
Sa Dingding - The Coming Ones
Jury is still out but I'm enjoying parts of this immensely.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
tangerine dream - force majeureellington/roach/mingus - money junglelester young/oscar peterson - lester young w/the oscar peterson triomatthews southern comfort - later that same yearduane allman/various artists - anthology volume 1 contortions - buyaurra - "when i come home"pleasure - "let's dance"
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
But this does rerelease one of my alltime favourite tracks War On the Bullshit by Osiris
this was on the 'nme does go-go' vinyl release back in '86.
brilliant track.
― mark e, Monday, July 16, 2012 10:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, that's where I initially came across it. Loved it, lost way too much vinyl including it in '96. Started running through my head last year or possibly earlier, yeah think it was a while over which I tried to find out where it was available then found out there was a Best of Osiris http://www.amazon.com/Best-Osiris/dp/B001DGSAKC/ref=sr_1_16?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1342529500&sr=1-16&keywords=osiris
that has some other pretty decent stuff on too.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
& odd thing about that new GOgo set is there seems to be more synth on it than actual horns. Odd to hear a hornless Troublefunk when I thought they had several people on brass.
But have been wondering if anybody ever remixed Sister Ray with congas?
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
It's pretty much Fleetwood Mac and Burzum around these parts lately.
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 17 July 2012 13:01 (twelve years ago) link
fleetwood mac - bare treesrandom mozart stufftom rush - the circle gamelena lovich - flexredman - dare iz a darksidebrief candles - fractured daysbunch of fugazi
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
Craig Peyton - Be Thankful for What You Gotcover of the william devaughn classic. i love this so much, and my total failure to find an mp3 of it has been killing me today.
― your friend, (Z S), Saturday, 21 July 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
the instrumental is easy to find, the vocal version, not so much.
Non-2012 edition:
Butterfly Child - OnomatopoeiaManuel Gottsching - E2-E4Long Fin Killie - AmeliaBobby Kondors - A Lost Era in NYC 87-92A. R. Kane - 69Fleetwood Mac - Future Games / Bare TreesDJ Rolando - The Aztec Mystic MixThe Comsat Anges - FictionFiona Apple - When the Pawn...
― Tim F, Saturday, 21 July 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
Larry Young Fuel s/t/Spaceball 2cdgreat mid 70s electric space funk jazz that's pretty out there.Bits of the s/t remind me heavily of the Sharrocks' Paradise lp which is from around the same time.Spaceball seems a bit more glossy while remaining pretty out there.
Dexys One Day I'm Going to Soar Return of Kevin Rowland, his voice seems to owe less to General Johnson's nasality these days. The music seems to pick up on a lot of the band's earlier influences plus possibly a bit more 50s stuff though more smoothly blended.I don't think I'm massively into the mid song skits. Would rather have the songs straighter, I fear novelty might wear off pretty fast.Nice lp though.
Omar Khorshid Guitar El Chark disc 2not heard disc through yet but this 2nd one i as good as I'd hoped.Guitar has more bite in places than on the Tribute to El Atrache se t which was the only cd by him I could get my hands on before this appeared in its cd version.Songs are largely about 5-6mins long, very atmospheric instrumentals. Khorshid's electric guitar, some Arabic hand percussion and possibly some synth.Think this might appeal to other people into middle eastern psych though it's a bit different to Erkin Koray etc.Anyway I've been trying to get my hands on his material for years and this is a great starting place, probably more than that. Whole set is 2hrs+ long.
Sun Ra Disco 3000 disc 2the small size version of Sun Ra's crew in Italy in '78. The electrc rhythm machine seems less dominant here than I thought it was supposed to be.Art Yard pressed another run of the 2cd set which I think sold out a dark red covered run last year. This has electric orange sleeve.Might still be some copies if you missed last year's version.
Can The Lost Tapes boxso far only heard disc1, glad to have it and it will take a while to absorb. Some compelling grooves so far anyway.
Pregnant Unnatural LoverI think I picked this up for about 26p + p+p. Gareth Sager of Pop Group's early 90s band. Think they thought they were being post modern. i don't think this as hit me as well as the e.p. I had of them back then. Think I'll listen to it a bit more though.
Dollar brand live set from 68Pretty out sound with both Gato Barbieri and John Tchicai in the band.Really think I need to find out more about the guy's work since i've enjoyed what I've heard of it. he seems to be doing much straighter jazz now with overt township folk influences.Head other more atmospheric stuff from the mid 70s. All seems to be pretty great.
Skin Yardvarious lps by early Seattle band. Some nice psychy touches among the heavy guitar etc. & bits where it sounds like the singer has been singing to the Bunnymen's Mac for vocal influence
Fine Art Minneapolis based new wave band from early 80s. i enjoyed this set.
various other bits and bobs that will no doubt come back to me later.Walkman still throwing up the continually surprising melange of sounds, psychedelia, prog, african, jazz, country, rockabilly etc all in a mix worthy of a good dj. Intelligent shuffle is such a good idea, not heard the ipod version does it work as well?
ReadingJudge Dredd epics. getting almost up to date now. Just been reading through the PJ Maybes, & the Fargo clone family history. Actualy just started Origins which is all about going after Fargo's body.
Still reading Umberto Eco's Prague cemetery.about 100 pages from the end, Think this has been far less satisfying than I've normally found him.
Richie Unterberger White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground Day by Daygot this as my bog book at the moment so I'm only as far as '66 but an interesting read. Should have got through it quicker. But does show things like how much r'n'b was getting into the mix of the band's sound as well as other influences.No mention of Downliner Sect so far though & I think they covered not just one pre-Velvets song but 2. Definitely got Why Don't You Smile Now on Rock Sect's In, but if I read this right I think the song Tiger In Your Tank which is on the The Sect lp is a Reed co-write too.
Stevo
― Stevolende, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
Hot Chip, In Our HeadsHappy Mondays, Pills Thrills and BellyachesLa Dusseldorf, Viva
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
La Dusseldorf, Viva
ha! funnily 'nuff i listened to it too the other day. alongside michael rother's first solo alb. and the hosono box, and some takahashi solo cd's.
of nu'er sounds, tho:marielle v jakobsons, glass canyonthe remote viewers, city of netspeter cusack's sounds from dangerous places 2cd/booksteve maclean & chris cutler, the year of the dragonla piramide di sangue, tebethe fog signals, ghosts of bush housewaves on canvas, into the northseatastatur, electric lounge machine
― t**t, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
Biota - Cape FlyawayLaurie Spiegel - The Expanded Universe 2xCDBob Drake - Bob's Drive-InMatmos - The Marriage of True MindsUstad Abdul Karim Khan - 1934-1935Chris Brown w/ William Winant - IconicitiesTim Story - Untitled
― Milton Parker, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
Very immersed in this band at the moment: Company of Thieves.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 6 August 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, would be better to imbed the video in this case, since it's a great capture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y-MHuLAWgw
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 6 August 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
Patti Smith, HorsesElectricity Mute Records free CD with MojoMGMT, Oracular Spectacular
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Monday, 6 August 2012 12:17 (twelve years ago) link
Biota - Cape FlyawayLaurie Spiegel - The Expanded Universe 2xCDBob Drake - Bob's Drive-InMatmos - The Marriage of True MindsUstad Abdul Karim Khan - 1934-1935Chris Brown w/ William Winant - IconicitiesTim Story - Untitled― Milton Parker
O yes! The Biota and the Bob Drake me loveth a whole lotta, too:)
― t**t, Monday, 6 August 2012 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
hello t**t fellow ReR customer
that Bob Drake record was worth the crazy wait
how are those maclean/cutler & cusack releases?
RROSE x Bob Ostertag - The Surgeon GeneralAlice Coltrane - Turiya SingsChris Cutler - Probes #1 podcast for Radio Web MACBA
― Milton Parker, Monday, 6 August 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
hullooo hullooo, kustomer Milton
Cusack's quite a... mmm... package, to say the least. Really gripping when you get into it, especially the Chernobyl disc.The MacLean-Cutler I've listened to only once, so far. Will listen again, certainly. Could be a grower:)
*R. Weis, Excitable AudibleGilbert Bécaud, ÉternalCathy Berberian, magnifiCathyNatacha Atlas, MounqalibaHong Kong in the 60s, Collision/Detection V4
― t**t, Monday, 6 August 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
Tim Story - Untitled
― Milton Parker, Friday, August 3, 2012 11:27 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
!! weird i recently got a mint copy of this on vinyl in a dollar bin....it's a really great new age record (i think it's new age, or i think it's new age)
― Elrond Hubbard (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 6 August 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
I am still blind-sided by my sudden love for Company of Thieves. It seems to drive home the lesson of not writing off any genre (especially any genre that has ever done anything for me, which is most of them, at least).
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 10 August 2012 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
My favorite CoT songs are like: everything I like in rock, with everything I don't like filtered out. Crazy. And they do fit the "what band do I listen to now that Tokyo Jihen has broken up?" bill extremely well for me, even if the similarities are limited.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 10 August 2012 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
Genevieve's vocals cover so much ground!
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 10 August 2012 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
Seems you're having really great Company time there, Rudy. Glad for you!:)
― t**t, Friday, 10 August 2012 11:09 (twelve years ago) link
Mothers of Invention Weasels Ripped My FleshLoud & in your face the more avanty rockin compi lp from just after the original Mothers of Invention split. Been really enjoying this.
Frank Zappa Hot RatsZappa's 2nd solo lp inspired by his dissatisfaction with the rhythm section of the recently split MOI. Largely instrumental except for the Don van Vliet sung Willie The Pimp.Sound is great, & I don't know if I've actually heard the longer version of Gumbo Variations. Pretty satisfied with what's on here.
Zappa various live sets 69,71, 72 & 73Checked the '71 because of the live sets on the Zappa reissue campaign and realise that I'm not missing anything by not grabbing them.Don't think I'm that into the Flo and Eddie beginnings of Zappa smut. Do like the Turtles & the Crossfires though.There si some pretty ok extended instrumental stuff on that set though.'72 and '73 both have the liquid jazz influenced stuff featured largely. Zappa at his best to me is the Stravinsky/Gamelan/jazz influenced stuff or the earlier garagey Mothers stuff.Not into the overly smutty stuff
The Pontiacs Burstinggreat psych stuff from South America sounds very 60s influenced but does have bits where a more overt Spacemen 3 type influence appears. Think this was a limited edition of 100 or thereabouts.Gets pretty sublime in places.
Cosmic Dead s/tHeavy spacey psychy stuff, another limited edition that may be gone by now. Can get lost in those grooves.Trying to work out if the first track, Black Rabbit has more than nominal connection with Skullflower's track of the same name. Here it's dragged out to 18 minutes in a way somewhat reminiscent of Loop or Spacemen 3 but more rocked up. Skullflower tried to beat it into the mud for 4 and a bit minutes but I think the central riff is somewhat similar.worth checking out anyway, nice to know there is good stuff currently being made.
Grateful Dead 21/8/80was struck by how good they sounded at this point. Energetic, could be seen as an update on something like the '68/'69 sound. Probably a bit more mature and less psychedelic than that but great nonetheless.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse 3/8/12still bringing it on. Nice grungey stuff wish I was going to see this live.
Dead Meadow 12/11/11Wombadelic heaviosity. I should listen to this band more.
Mothers of Invention Absolutely FreeGreat sounding remaster of the Mothers 2nd lp. I can now get into the long instrumental which I don't think I could enjoy anywhere near as much on the old Ryko version.Really getting into this record anyway.
" We're Only In It For The Moneythe old Ryko version. It wasn't one of those remastered in this campaign. I guess it still sounds ok. Zappa was supposed to splash on the electronic reverb on all of the remasters of at least the 60s stuff he did before he died. But at least this no longer has the new rhythm section he grafted on in the mid 80s.
Graham Bond & Pete Brown 6/8/72just been reading Pete Brown's autobio so heavily coincidental that this live set turns up at the same time. Though Brown has just been doing live readings from the book this week. None anywhere near here so finding this in my 2nd hand/remainder bookshop may or may not have something to do with more copies being circulated.This was a coupe of years before Graham Bond fell under a train. I think it sounds pretty good. Heavy grooves with Brown singing and Bond playing organ.Last few songs on set get drawn out to around 10 minute + length.
Rotomagus The Sky Turns Redlargely 3 piece heavy stuff almost Stooges like intensity but can have more proggy complexity. This cd consists of a demo lp that the band cut in '71 as a 3 piece, hoping to get a contract to flesh it out properly that never came and it sounds great rough. The rest is singles and other demos.When I say largely 3 piece, the first single is here and was recorded when the band still had several other members. They had started out as a harmony group an influence that shows here though the band had already begun to get a bit rougher and more complex musically. That first single was the only one recorded for their original label, after that they split up. Then the 2 brothers who had been central to the band returned along with a drummer and the band recorded another, heaver single for a different label CBS. Anyway this is reccommended proto-punkyness. I think JC himself was extolling them last month.
Fugs Tenderness JunctionThe first '68 lp by the East Village scatologists. I thought it sounded better as a psychedelic rock lp than its follow up It Crawled Into My Hand honest. I've just finished Fug You their singer Ed Sanders' 60s memoir which was a great read.I love The Garden Is Open on here, a song about springtime frolics with youthful women I think.The band they had at the time was pretty good anyway.
Henry Cow In Praise Of LearningLove this record but found at least its lead off track War's percussiveness didn't lean too well to quiet listening as I went to sleep.This is after the band had absorbed Dagmar Krause from Slapp Happy and her harsh teutonic vox are all over it. I really like her singing style but could see how other people might not fully appreciate it.Lp is alot more avant than they started out being but I think is pretty essential possibly because of that.
some other stuff which will probably come back to me later
the usual surprises from my walkman. Still love the way this segues tracks but I'm now getting worried that the battery may be on its way out & it's supposed to be a tricky job replacing it while keeping the display working.
reading Strontium Dog & related storiesread up to the death of Johnny Alpha, through the Grant Morrison stories following Feral & the Gronk after JA's death. & through the young Middenface McNulty stories.Now reading the stories looking back at earlier events throughout JA's life from when the character was brought back later in 2000AD.
Flapper by Joshua Zeitzthe wayward female fashion type in jazz age America. This book has been criticised for being so focused on the white female to such an extent to the almost complete exclusion of other races. Black influence during the jazz age etc would have been interesting.But it is an interesting read, so far it's been talking a lot about Zelda & Scott Fitzgerald.Thought I'd missed this book after seeing it on the shelves a couple of weeks back but found a copy on the pile above the bookshelves and managed to get it down.
White Rooms and Imaginary Westerns: Ginsberg, Clapton and Cream an Anarchic Odyssey by Pete BrownAutobio of 60s/70s poet/singer and Cream lyricist. Been very interesting so far. think I'm up to about 1973. Started off with him talking about his Jewish upbringing from the 40s - the 60s before he started getting bohemian and hitching around the country. I hadn't realised he was pretty straight from drink/drugs throughout his time with Battered ornaments/Piblokto after stoner days to the mid 60s.
The travels of Ibn Battuta translated by Tim Hodgkinson Smiththe 14th century travels of a Moroccan throughout the known Islamic world. He traveled as far as China at the time and over the course of about 30 years. Hoping to get through the book this time, have been distracted every time I've picked it up over the last number of years.Looks like he traveled several times as far as Marco Polo, who was the most exotically traveled Westerner in popular thought had done, so if I don't leave the book lying around again this should be very interesting
― Stevolende, Friday, 17 August 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago) link
Karoshi - Ruby My Dear
uh oh, i still love idm ... er, breakcore.
― hot slag (lukas), Friday, 17 August 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
recent adds on spotify:
Thelonious Monk - It's Monk's TimeJosephine Foster - All the Leaves are GoneLaurel Halo - Hour Logic EPKitty Wells - Queen of Honky Tonk AngelsDirty Projectors - Swing Lo MagellanTeddy Charles Tentet - Teddy Charles TentetSun Araw/Congos - FRKWYS Vol. 9Peaking LIghts - 936Bear In Heaven - I Love You, It's CoolMoby Grape - Moby Grape 69Tom Verlaine - AroundHorace Andy Meets Naggo Morris / Wayne Jarrett Mini ShowcaseFaraquet - Anthology 97-98
― bert yansh (Hurting 2), Friday, 17 August 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
some recent lissnin
Mebusas Blood Brothersmid 70s african stuff. Funky rocky psychy stuff with a few other influencesbunged in.Not the biggest fan of their attempt at reggae though the caustic laugh thatpunctuates the song need to be heard.Guitar fuzz snarls in heaps that sound like piles of something looking at younasty.& this is nice when it doesn't get too poppy.Would love to hear further chinese whispers of the sounds they'reincorporatingfrom elsewhere. Just reminded of Led Zep doing D'Yer Maker which was based onreggae but when fed through LZ became something else that would've beeninteresting to hear developed inits own right. In a couple of places here theband picks up on what sound like Latin influences but take them somewhere elsewhich would be interesting to hear developed similarly.
Rotomagus THe Sky Turns RedInteresting French take on '71 heaviosity . The first batch of tracks were ademo of an lp that they never got further financing on. It rocks quite heavilyas well as showing some level of complexity that isn't ramalama.Recommended to those who like protopunk cos it does have some of that level ofintensity.
Da Demons Contact HighScuzzy psychy rock stuff from '09. Bought this cos I missed the limited run oftheir recent Cardinal Fuzz compi. Good thing I did get to grab this cos it is agreat set. You can hear the major influence of 60s psych on it while they're notexactly slavish to it.Plus there is a great deal of efx noise on this which I'd assume was created onguitar. Gets downright filthy inplaces.I think the band name may actually be longer but I can never remember it.
Mothers Of Invention Burnt Weeny SandwichI think this was supposed to be the more classical of 2 compilations made of theold Mothers almost immediately after they dissolved.The title was supposed to be from one of Zappa's favourite dishes, he alludesfurther to the idea of sandwich by placing the songs here between 2 doo-wopcovers.I think this new version sounds a lot more inviting than the old Ryko version,warmer.
Kiss Alive!been meaning to buy a copy of this for years but never saw it at the right priceuntil this week. Raucous 70s r'n'r, one of their best I think. Garage metalglam.Still not sure what, if any, of the studio stuff is necessary. But this is theiredition of that essential 70s icon, the double live lp. Wretched excess, oh yes,well that and beefy riffs.
Loudest whisper Children of LirI couldn't get into this previously but now find it quite listenable.May have been prompted into listening to it because of the connection with theCorrib Project Tunnel Boring Machine being called Fionnuala after one of thecharacters of the title, which has brought the legend up in severalcircumstances recently.I think this was done as the music for an early 70s stage or tv play.Has been considered to be a psych folk classic by some for years but I think Ifound it too stagey. Might get more into it now though.
Gun Club various live setsPeople have been torrenting quite a bit of the band(s)over the last few days.That has meant several different line-ups since it has covered 82-93 so far.Band sound changes quite a bit depending on line-ups though I guess there is agreat deal of stylistic unity.I hadn't realised how short Terry Graham's return tenure when he replaced DeePop was until I read notes regarding this series of uploads. I had hoped thatthere was more of him with Jim Duckworth since that was a quite formidablepairing & I tend to find Pop overly frenetic, while Graham's one of my favdrummers.
Tribal Stomp '78 sets by Big Brother & the Holding Co and Country Joe & theFish.Both of which were closer to the sound they had 10 years earlier than i'dfeared, I think BB&HC was most of the players who'd been in the pre-Janisversion though Peter Albin was definitely also playing with Country Joe. BB&HCwere fronted at this time by a singer called Kathi McDonald who might be tooclose to Janis's sound. Nice psychedelic set though.Country Joe & the Fish were in a line-up pretty much totally different to theirheyday, though Peter ALbin did join the 2nd major line-up the one that playedWoodstock (I think). This '78 line-up doesn't even feature 'The Fish' since thatname was a nickname of Barry Melton the lead guitarist from their heyday.This band does still make a decent account of itself though.
Sun Ra disco 3000 disc 2the smaller lineup of the band that toured Italy in '78. Pretty funky throughoutand long expansive pieces. This was a reissue of last year's Art Yard 2cd set,may still be some copies around. Worth getting if so.
various other bits & pieces taht will no doubt come back to me later
Walkman still throwing up a lot of unexpected segues European Son into Exile'sHappy yesterday. Bits of Buck Owens, Albert Ayler, Charlie Feathers , FallenAngels, Roberta Flack, Leonard Cohen, live Gun Club etc etc
ReadingBob Mould See A little LightThis has been vilified by some who say that Mould comes off looking like aself-centred idiot.I've enjoyed it. Still hoping for back catalogue remasters & expanded reissuesbut from what he's saying here, not sure how remotely likely that is going tobe.
Flapper Joshua Zeitzinteresting read on sociology of jazz-age female hipsters. Does seem to leaveout non caucasian influences a great deal though, which it has been criticisedfor elsewhere.
― Stevolende, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
stevo i really like your updates
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 August 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
the last month has been:
Maurice Ravel - mostly piano music. will probably be in my top 10-20 for the rest of my lifeCourt Music Orchestra Of National Gugak Centre, Korea - CD given to me by willie winant after his trip to S.KoreaJ Dilla - Donuts and the new Dillatroit setSubmerse - Tears EP and They Always Come Back EP. some of the best IDM of 2012 imoFranz Schubert - piano impromptusRandy Newman - see ravel, never goes out of (my) styleDennis Wilson - pacific ocean blueOm Unit - Aeolian EP, post dubstep/IDM. this guy should be famousThe Beach Boys - various tracksScreamin' Jay Hawkins - various tracks, usually accompanied by whiskey
― Dominique, Monday, 27 August 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
Finally getting around to listening to some of the several thousand hours of Hibari Misora available on Spotify. Fairly pleasant so far.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 8 September 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
made this playlist last night
Vladimir Ussachevsky – Music for Line of Apogee: I.Ilhan Mimaroglu – La Ruche - An Elegy for Electromagnetic TapeStuttgart Vocal Ensemble – Mitternachtsstuk: I. MitternachtsstukCathy Berberian, Luciano Berio – VisageManhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble – Synchronisms No. 5 for Percussion and TapeUniversity of Wisconsin Percussion Quartet/University of Wisconsin River Falls Concert Choir – Sound Patterns and TropesAlice Shields, Airi Yoshioka – KyrielleElizabeth Brown – Centre BridgeMilton Babbitt, William Anderson, Oren Fader – Soli e DuettiniDavid Lang, Bang on a Can All Stars – Cheating, Lying, StealingOtto Luening, Ralph Kneeream – Fantasia for OrganGerd Zacher – ASLSP (Organ²) (1985)
― arvo peart (get bent), Saturday, 8 September 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
CTI allstars California Concertmay be too smooth but does have some pretty cool bits in it. Seems to avoid the jagged edges of new thing jazz but interesting to hear George Benson playing guitar and not singing soporific soul. Also odd to hear Billy Cobham not being heavy.
Sylvester Anfang II the '09 s/t set.pretty heavy guitar stuff with droney bits and folk influence. I think the folk bit had been accentuated at the time of release but I like the psych rockiness.
Jethro Tull Benefit3rd lp by brit heavy folkrockers. really enjoying this, first bunch by this lot were all pretty decent. as were the ones around '78
Zappa loads, trying to work out what I need from the remasters.
Gun Club loads since there are a lot appearing on torrent sites. & I've loved the band since I first discovered them in late '83.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 8 September 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
Stevolende - Heavy Horses by Tull is an underrated gem
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 8 September 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah it was one of the ones I was thinking of from around '78. Other one is Songs From The Wood. Both are pretty folky in a way that is very reminiscent of the first wave of britfolkrock
― Stevolende, Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
CTI allstars California Concert
I've been playing this too, doesn't quite live up to the billing but yeah the good bits. if you havent heard em Geo Benson's CTI albums Body Talk and Beyond The Blue Horizon are smooth swinging/funky sweet
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Sunday, 9 September 2012 11:08 (twelve years ago) link
oh hey Benefit is my favorite Tull album by far
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Sunday, 9 September 2012 11:11 (twelve years ago) link
Salsaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
The Knife, Fever Ray, Isolee, Junior Boys, anything else in a digipak between the letters F and P. Because all our CDs are packed away and the only box I can access to open is that one.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
going through the tracks i havent heard on the Dance poll, smog -'wild love', deep purple, husker du - 'new day rising', 'flip your wig', neneh cherry and the thing album
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 07:21 (twelve years ago) link
dylan
― listen to that wu-tang whistle blowin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Dinosaur L (etc), 24->24 Music 2CDImploded View, Picnic With PylonsV/A,Laila je t´taimeV/A, Music from Saharan CellphonesV/A, Estcon 2012 2CDV/A, Ishilan n-TenereCosmos Laguna, Karma Cleaner
― t**t, Thursday, 13 September 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
Sulfur Delirium Tremens which just arrived. I think I prefer the male voice on Zambodia to this which is a bit ersatz Lydia.But musically its still interesting.lp may grow on me over next while I have had Zambodia since possibly the 90s so am more familiar with it.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
i listened to the best stuff today:
The Zeros - 4-3-2-1...The Zeros (Restless - 1991) (such a cool album, why weren't they bigger? great powerpop if you ask me.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVX8_H0gJwM&feature=channel&list=UL
Noisy Mama - Everybody Has One (Atco - 1991) (def lep + ac/dc. i got no problem with that.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJxJBzILhdY&feature=channel&list=UL
Kid Frost - East Side Story (Virgin - 1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln7_mx9PTNQ&feature=relmfu
Enuff Znuff - Animals With Human Intelligence (Arista - 1993) (bad production hurts this album. still good though.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpHkHuMNGYk&feature=related
The Awful Truth - S/T (Metal Blade - 1989) (one of those weird cases where i REALLY wish a band now would cover this entire album. because the songs are great - i like the whole thing - but you can hear how a heavier and more modern production could make these songs even better. okay, maybe not "modern" production, just better production. Katatonia should do it. Or someone else suitably sad and heavy. Hardly anyone remembers this record. It's better than most grunge records. even though its not really a grunge record.)
A.M.Q.A. - Mutant Cats From Hell (Medusa - 1988) (dri + dri)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL2NGHDPC_c&feature=channel&list=UL
Weapons - Captive Audience (Metro-America - 1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sg4Vj6r7Q4&feature=related
Diamond Rexx - Golden Gates (Red Light - 1991) (the song "Golden Gates" is such a cool song. Someone should cover it. You'd never guess it was on a Diamond Rexx album. They must have been Gene Clark fans.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJr3XNzBE2s
M.Walk Productions Featuring The Union (Capitol - 1989) ( I LOVE this album. essential. nobody owns it, but they just don't know how essential it is. you could probably buy it on amazon for a penny. soooooo much fun. worst record cover EVER. oh well. what are you gonna do?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mp2jp75GBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruyKZLupW4U&feature=relmfu
― scott seward, Monday, 24 September 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
i have been listening to the second xx album for the last two weeks. one of the best things i have listened to in the last two or three years. two problems with it. it is too short. the best song, the second one stops right in the middle of it. why did they do this to me? just when i really get into the groove, it is all over. they must be sadistic or something.
― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 24 September 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
Grizzly Bear, Swans, and Divine Fits.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 24 September 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
robert johnson - king of the delta blues singersskip james - the greatest of the delta blues singers
(make up your mind delta blues reissue dorks!)
blind boy fuller – vol 1. 1935-1936
― jalapeno kloppers (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://subtropics.org/frozen-music/http://phonophilia.com/cms/frozen_music_ensemble_24hour_performance
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
Swans The Seerwhile this is both intense and heavy it also seems to be a lot more melodic than you might think of the band as being. That might have more to do with associations with the band up to Children of God though.Anyway a great studio effort based on a few numbers that have evolved live over the last couple of years and will presumably continue to evolve as they are further played live. I'm not sure what they've done about the female vocals live though. Studio sees the return of Jarboe in a guest role on a number of the tracks plus one offs by Karen O and the couple from Low.I haven't heard the official live lp the limited edition of which helped fund the recording of this lp but on the strength of what's here that is something I want to remedy.
Leonard Cohen Songs From A RoomThe 2nd lp by probably the world's most famous maudlin poet. I've heard this isn't liked as much as the lp either side of it. For me it is one that has several tracks that have buzzed through my head quite regularly for the last couple of decades. Could be cos this is the first lp I picked up by him and was the only one I had for years. But things like You Know Who I Am are still favourite songs of mine.There is some instrument played on several tracks here that almost lays a layer of acoustic fuzz in its drone. Really like the atmosphere on here anyway.Also been listening to Songs of Love and Hate but not as much as the above.
CTI ALLstars California Concertespecially Red Clay from the first disc. For me the best parts of this are when you hear the interplay of the electric/rhythm instruments. Here these are George Benson on guitar in a more gritty style than I've heard him before and thankfully not singing; Ron Carter playing an electric bass, I've seen him described here as pretty anonymous but I'm finding him right in the groove; a young Billy Cobham on drums, I don't think he's really showing much recognisable style or powerhousing the drums but what he's doinfg is effective in tandem with the others here; Johnny Hammond is playing the organ which gave him his name & Airto Moreira is on various percussion. There are also several horn players Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Stanley Turrentine on tenor sax and Hubert Laws on flute. While Hubbard and Turrentine do both shine in moments here I do definitely think it is the interlocked rhythm section that is most delectable.
6 Organs of AdmittanceVery visceral for several early tracks and pretty atmospheric for more downtempo stuff. Think this is pretty classic. First tracks really have me thinking of ballroom psych though I'm not sure if its as return to mythic era as Howlin Rain who at least one of the players here also play with. It is a Comets On Fire reunion in all but name though Ethan is listed here as rhythm instead of lead. Chasny is quite a guitarist. Though I don't think any of this shimmers as much as when I first saw the 3piece version of the band live in 2006. Want to hear live versions of this set with the same players as on the record.
James Brown Singles Vols 6, 7 & 8a run that takes one from 69-73 and finds some of JB's hardest funk mixed in with some other stuff. Some of which might be considered misguided but not as much as later on. Vol 7's first disc is the one with the Collins brothers featured heavily and is pretty essential music, though one could also consider picking up the Funk Power '70 set for several of the same cuts and some stuff that wasn't considered for single release.I'm also considering getting hold of Vol 9 which is probably about as late as one can safely go with JB, it sees the last great band he had together falling apart under his control and leaving him. But is great dance music.Some of these sets can be a tad repetitive as various versions of singles are ordered in succession.
CUlt of Dom kellor e.p. vol 3nice psych stuff that I think I need to hear more of . The band were recently selling all 3 of their e.ps for £10 plus postage to help them fund a European tour, I'm not sure if that's still available.
Frank Zappa Chunga's RevengeThere is some really great instrumental stuff on here a coupl of ok bluesy tracks with great guitar and the beginning of the puerile sex stuff as ex-Turtles Flo & Eddie appear for the first time.The new remaster does sound pretty good but I don't love all this lp as much as I might. It was apparently where Lester Bangs gave up on him too. I am interested in hearing some of the later music but I do dislike the puerile smut.
Metallica ... and Justice For Allbecame interested in hearing some of this stuff because I picked up the Mick Wall Enter Night bio in a sale for 99c last week and couldn't put it down for the first while. He isn't really into the lp because of the lack of echo but I kind of like it, hadn't heard it in years not sure how often I'll revisit it.
Ginger Baker & Salt live Frankfurt 72interesting set cos this is the band the members of Blo! passed through before they became Blo!. They had been together for years in various guises including the Afrocollection who can be seen playing with him here in Nigeria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YKBUbzQjNg&feature=shareSound is pretty decent for the time while not being anywhere near studio. Nice psychy-african stuff with plenty of Berkley Jones's guitar on it.
plenty of other stuff which will no doubt come back to me later.Still hours of surprises on my walkman, today including Lotte lenya, various Echo & the Bunnymen, Johnny Burnette, Jerry Lee Lewis(just after I was thinking about him for another reason too), Vertical Slit, Gun Club, Cramps etc
Reading Mr Tambourine Man the John Einarson bio of gene Clark who while being a great performer and writer was destroyed by the pressures of fame and a combination of drugs and alcohol.It was great while reading this to find out that Roadmaster the lp from sessions aborted thanks to sly stone's contributions to the studio bill & only released at the time in a flat sounding mix on a Dutch branch of a U.S. label has finally been released by Sundazed from the original studio tapes.
The Air Conditioned Nightmare by Henry MillerMiller having just returned from years in Europe takes a cross the U.S. roadtrip making notes that lead to this book. It';s taken me way too long to read this, I like Miller.
Watching CrankLooks like somebody saw the film Speed and thought oh yes, I can make that more adult themed by removing the bus and substituting a human body for the vehicle that can't slow down. Also instead of having him take speed we'll substitute another drug.Very B but still pretty watchable. Just ridiculous fopr a couple of minor details like if somebody really was running around L.A. in a hospital gown with their ass hanging out surely they'd get stopped way before they stole a police motorbike and especially after they crash it into a sidewalk cafe table and still manage to get away with it again.I mean I do like my Bmovies to make some concession to reality.
The Bourne Legacyside events from the time of the last real Bourne film, wondering if this might have been better as a standalone not attaching itself to that franchise.I enjoyed it as a pretty visceral runaround thriller.Couldn't place female lead for ages while remembering her face. But thought she was a new actress not somebody who had been in the first couple of Mummy films etc. Thought she was younger than that i this for some reason.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:31 (eleven years ago) link