What are you listening to? 2021

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Oh, I'm glad people liked the Introspection comp. It's so good.

Now I'm listening to Ophidian I - Desolate.

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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah

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Need to get the township meets spiritual jazz stuff by Abdullah Ibrahim and some stuff by Dudu Pukwana, Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo-Moholo and others. Think I might check out that Brotherhood oF Breath lp too.

will forever rep for this sublime lp: https://www.discogs.com/Dudu-Pukwana-Spear-In-The-Townships/release/1628739

wish somebody would do a similar set to that 66-76 3cd for some of the other artists from the SA jazz scene. I think I was looking at that one a couple of weeks back and saw that it hadn't been redone for cd since 1988. & that's my main medium.

That's quite the trio of albums, no lime tangier. Yikes.

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Cover connections:

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FLACs sound beautiful.

Getting a lot of play this year.

Cover connections:

Deliberate maybe? I know Curtis wrote the songs GK&TPs did for the film Claudine.

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perfect sunday vibes.
and yeah, dad helped quite a bit in the making of it.

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Another welcome find from my LP collection. Love these old CBC records.

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Used to listen to this all the time but haven't in a while. Still sounds amazing.

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Kent label Etta James compilation of various lesser known recordings from throughout the 60s and 70s.
Awesome full barrel voice and some great grooves behind it.
Starts with her covering I Pity The Fool which I first heard in teh David JOnes cover and then got familiar with the Bobby Bland clasic version. I think I need to pick up some of the early 70s lps if i can. Have been looking for more stuff like All The Way Down since i got a Chess compilation some years ago. Wasn't sure what else was like that since that was the only thing on that compilation from the era I think. Now looks like there area couple of lps though I'm not sure how currently available they are.
This is pretty great though, I think I may have bought it expecting a bit more stuff contemporary to that track. But cool and Kent tend to have good selecting ability.

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Fats Domino collection from the Charly label r'n'r series which I was picking up bits of rockabilly from a few years ago. Has taken me way too long to pick up a set by fats or to be at all familiar with his work.
I think there are bits of this that are more rocking than I might have expected. pleasant groove throughout anyway.
New Orleans has a different groove than Memphis i think. Anyway can immerse myself in this.
Though I think I still have a semi stigma of thinking he is a bit MOR which I need to get over.
Fats Domino on my stereo if not my radio.

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Current Mojo cover mounted cd . Chamber pop compilation. I was wondering what the theme was since the cover was lying on the other side of the room, thought Oh You Pretty Things meant Bowie related.
Anyway, has some interesting tracks on but I'm not sure much really stood out apart from Anoni's voice.
JUst been a murky presence on my cd player when I've been trying to work out what the story is.
Probably should be some stuff that stuck with me more, it has St Vincent, JIm O'Rourke and a Maria Mckee track on but it just doesn't seem to stick in my head the way I'd hope.

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This is pretty great and I'm glad to see a label finally tackling Miles' final decade.

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Arriver Emeritus

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just a big head's up for TOPDOWN DIALECTIC listeners.

first, Vol. 3 (of the trilogy, apparently) has been announced: https://peakoil.bandcamp.com/album/vol-3

in the past, the LPs sold out VERY quickly and are hard to find, so i was super happy to nab on this morning!

HOWEVER, i see that they now have repressed Vol 1 and 2, so basically they're all available again now.

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THANK YOU KARL MALONE, SERIOUSLY!!!!

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Solo improvisatory pieces on classical guitar. Another highlight of the year

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the lox

Money power respect
All I need in life

Wet Leg “Chaise Longue”

New Vivien Goldman album Next is Now

Les Filles de Illighadad “At Pioneer Works”

just got done with the first Killing Joke, now an Ascion EP or two

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this:

If you actively dislike Creedence Clearwater Revival, then I can never respect anything you have to say about anything.

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Cheap compilation of early Tejano music I think from teh 30s and 40s but it doesn't give dates.
These include tracks by Flaco jimenez's dad Santiago among others. Quite great.
I've been meaning to get some Tex-Mex music for decades and failing . I ordered a set of Flaco Jimenez's 60s material at teh same time and had it cancelled which was a drag. Well, hoping I get a chance to grab some more and find out what I need. Then wonder how familiar with the area i can get if I'm still listening to other stuff, but I guess that's how you gradually educate yourself. Do want to know this area.

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1968 lp by Richie Havens. I have been semi aware of this black folk artist for years but not really known his material. So this is a good introduction which I will probably expand on.
NOt sure how good the sound on this version is, it does sound a little muffled in a few places.
But I do really like the sound he arrived at including his reading sof Beatles tracks . Probably something that would become pretty cliched pretty fast soon after this but I think his versions are quite sublime.
Was originally a double lp which I don't find it a struggle to listen through. Yeah think I will be getting the lp either side of this before long if i can.

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Etta James comp;ilation from Kent label. Covers a lot of rarities from the 60s and teh 70s.
Pretty good throughout I think. Her voice is pretty fantastic.
Not set up chronologically but I'm not sure how much that shows or at least in a jarring manner.
I still want to get the full lps from the early 70s. Still looking for other material like All The Way Down which I';ve loved since getting a Chess best of a couple of decades back.

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Sebadoh - Bubble & Scrape