What Are You Listening To (Non-Jazz) 2013 - Page 6

walkin · January 21st, 2013, 01:17 PM

Vaughan · January 21st, 2013, 01:28 PM

I enjoyed this today. I bought the Japanese Mini LP of the Zep albums, and have been looking forward to giving them a good listen. The early stuff obviously has a lot of blues in it, but this one also includes some weird interludes. Good stuff.

Jackie P · January 22nd, 2013, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Vaughan

Bought the vinyl LP on day of release. Track 1 skipped. Sold the record and never replaced it. Almost bought the CD edition but put that on hold after my wife presented me with a copy of the Led Zep compilation 'Mothership' which usually gets listened to most in the car. That exposure led one of my sons to start picking up some later Zep titles which I don't think reached the same heights as their first two LPs.

The cold, snow and long winter evenings has resulted in me revisiting some reggae titles I haven't heard in a long time. This next one has proven it's worth over the years to me and is, both musically and lyrically, one of the best Jamaican records I have ever heard. Released first in Jamaica on Bunny Wailer's own Solomonic label, and (with a slightly shorter playing time) on Island UK (1976).

Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer

Open Lane · January 22nd, 2013, 07:47 AM

Jackie P · January 22nd, 2013, 08:13 AM

The Takoma Blues Series

Rare Blues ~ Various Artists

Jackie P · January 22nd, 2013, 09:04 AM

The Takoma Blues Series

Chicago Breakdown ~ Various Artists

Vaughan · January 23rd, 2013, 03:47 AM

Jackie P · January 24th, 2013, 12:22 PM

Safe As Milk - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Vaughan · January 24th, 2013, 06:10 PM

walkin · January 25th, 2013, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Vaughan

I have`nt heard that one in awhile

Vaughan · January 25th, 2013, 01:13 PM

Heh heh. My 6-CD set of PG Mini LP's came yesterday. I played the first four straight off, with the remaining two today.

The first album is terrific, I also love to hear musicians in transition (another great one is Pictures at Eleven from Robert Plant). Solsbury Hill was part of my youth. The second album can't match it, and is even more straight forward in some ways. I've always had a fondness for DIY, which was also a single at the time. The CD also has what I think is my favorite Gabriel song - Mother of Violence. Mind you, tracks such as On the Air haven't aged well, since CB radio is hardly the cutting edge it was.

The third album is a masterpiece though. Intruder, Games Without Frontiers, Through the Wire etc. The album which later became known as Security was next, and it marks a very different approach. What a record it is. From the opener to the closer it's a masterful bit of composition.

Then there was the obligatory live album, which isn't very well recorded and was much touched up afterwards, before So. I admit that I really liked So at the time, but over the years some things really let it down. Don't Give Up is so sickly sweet, I find it a hard listen. And lyrically there are weak moments, such as In Your Eyes.....

It's a good box set though - and while I lost touch with Gabriel after the next album (Us), the first six remain as part of my musical; history.

walkin · January 25th, 2013, 01:25 PM

Yeah I lost track of him in the `90s and onward too.I never did get the third album because I discovered blues and jazz around that time I was buying up Gabriel`s music.Security is my favorite one.I agree about Mother Of Violence on the second album,great tune.I agree the live album is`nt as good as it could`ve been though I dig the version of Humdrum on it.So is`nt one I would go back to either.As much as I like Kate Bush I don`t care for Don`t Give Up either.Sledgehammer almost seemed like he was trying to compete with Phil Collins on bad Motown interpretations

Open Lane · January 25th, 2013, 02:11 PM

Tod Machover - Hyperstring Trilogy

Vaughan · January 25th, 2013, 04:33 PM

That's the ting with Gabriel - because on So he gave us Red Rain and Mercy Street, which are fantastic. Undoubtedly the album was an attempt to be more commercial. If I recall, it was to pay off debts from his WOMAD festivals. It worked too!

Still, some artists don't get around to writing one great tune - and Gabriel gave us lots. Through in the excellent soundtracks to Passion of Christ and Birdy, and it's a solid body of work (I didn't follow Genesis at all, with or without Gabriel).

Alypius · January 25th, 2013, 06:11 PM

Vaughan, You said you ordered the J. Peter Burkholder / Donald Jay Grout, History of Western Music. How's it going? I found a copy in the university's library and am (re-)reading it (I had worked through a much earlier edition back in the 1980s).

My reading of it is to review what it says about Haydn and Mozart -- whose music has been a major focus of mine over the last 2 months. I've been focusing on their string quartets and their (late) symphonies, also Mozart's piano concertos. Favorite recent discoveries are a pair of amazing 2 CD set of Mozart symphonies -- they are simply dazzling performances in and of themselves (historically sensitive interpretations) combined with dazzling sound quality (by Linn, a high quality sound company in England that has gotten into the record business). Both have won numerous awards in England:

Charles Mackerras / Scottish Chamber Orchestra,
Mozart: Symphonies 38-41 (Linn, 2008) &
Mozart: Symphonies 29, 31, 32, 35, 36 (Linn, 2010)

Reviews here:
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Linn/CKD308
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Linn/CKD350

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walkin Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 2,899	Yeah I lost track of him in the `90s and onward too.I never did get the third album because I discovered blues and jazz around that time I was buying up Gabriel`s music.Security is my favorite one.I agree about Mother Of Violence on the second album,great tune.I agree the live album is`nt as good as it could`ve been though I dig the version of Humdrum on it.So is`nt one I would go back to either.As much as I like Kate Bush I don`t care for Don`t Give Up either.Sledgehammer almost seemed like he was trying to compete with Phil Collins on bad Motown interpretations __________________ "I wonder who`s on trombone"-Superchicken

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Vaughan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,485	I enjoyed this today. I bought the Japanese Mini LP of the Zep albums, and have been looking forward to giving them a good listen. The early stuff obviously has a lot of blues in it, but this one also includes some weird interludes. Good stuff.

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January 25th, 2013, 01:13 PM	#86
Vaughan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,485	Heh heh. My 6-CD set of PG Mini LP's came yesterday. I played the first four straight off, with the remaining two today. The first album is terrific, I also love to hear musicians in transition (another great one is Pictures at Eleven from Robert Plant). Solsbury Hill was part of my youth. The second album can't match it, and is even more straight forward in some ways. I've always had a fondness for DIY, which was also a single at the time. The CD also has what I think is my favorite Gabriel song - Mother of Violence. Mind you, tracks such as On the Air haven't aged well, since CB radio is hardly the cutting edge it was. The third album is a masterpiece though. Intruder, Games Without Frontiers, Through the Wire etc. The album which later became known as Security was next, and it marks a very different approach. What a record it is. From the opener to the closer it's a masterful bit of composition. Then there was the obligatory live album, which isn't very well recorded and was much touched up afterwards, before So. I admit that I really liked So at the time, but over the years some things really let it down. Don't Give Up is so sickly sweet, I find it a hard listen. And lyrically there are weak moments, such as In Your Eyes..... It's a good box set though - and while I lost touch with Gabriel after the next album (Us), the first six remain as part of my musical; history.

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January 25th, 2013, 04:33 PM	#89
Vaughan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,485	That's the ting with Gabriel - because on So he gave us Red Rain and Mercy Street, which are fantastic. Undoubtedly the album was an attempt to be more commercial. If I recall, it was to pay off debts from his WOMAD festivals. It worked too! Still, some artists don't get around to writing one great tune - and Gabriel gave us lots. Through in the excellent soundtracks to Passion of Christ and Birdy, and it's a solid body of work (I didn't follow Genesis at all, with or without Gabriel).

January 25th, 2013, 06:11 PM	#90
Alypius Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,129	Vaughan, You said you ordered the J. Peter Burkholder / Donald Jay Grout, History of Western Music. How's it going? I found a copy in the university's library and am (re-)reading it (I had worked through a much earlier edition back in the 1980s). My reading of it is to review what it says about Haydn and Mozart -- whose music has been a major focus of mine over the last 2 months. I've been focusing on their string quartets and their (late) symphonies, also Mozart's piano concertos. Favorite recent discoveries are a pair of amazing 2 CD set of Mozart symphonies -- they are simply dazzling performances in and of themselves (historically sensitive interpretations) combined with dazzling sound quality (by Linn, a high quality sound company in England that has gotten into the record business). Both have won numerous awards in England: Charles Mackerras / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Mozart: Symphonies 38-41 (Linn, 2008) & Mozart: Symphonies 29, 31, 32, 35, 36 (Linn, 2010) Reviews here: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Linn/CKD308 http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Linn/CKD350