Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[Sergeant Rock]

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She's done so much great music - may she continue for many more birthdays.   

Amen!

I've been a fan since first hearing her "Bluebird Wine" on Armed Forces Network radio in Germany in 1975. Thank god the DJ told me who was singing. I went into Mannheim the next day and found Pieces of the Sky.

Sarge

[aligreto]

Recently listening to some very early Cat Stevens....



   

[George]

Recently listening to some very early Cat Stevens....

   

Nice stuff!

[aligreto]

Nice stuff!

A nostalgia session 

[George]

A nostalgia session 

I'll join you:

[aligreto]

I'll join you:

You read my mind as that is scheduled for my listening list soon 

[George]

[SimonNZ]

I'll join you:

His best album, imo. I haven't played that in ages - will put it on next.

[Undersea]

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Father John Misty - Pure Comedy


A favourite album from the last couple of weeks - I especially like the rant Leaving LA.

[Undersea]

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Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase

[SimonNZ]

previously the album of hers I've played the least - but todays listen really clicked

[NikF]

I've been a fan since first hearing her "Bluebird Wine" on Armed Forces Network radio in Germany in 1975. Thank god the DJ told me who was singing. I went into Mannheim the next day and found Pieces of the Sky.

Sarge

Cool account. 

My discovery of Emmylou is...I'll say from the outset that when it comes to playing guitar, I'm a hack. So, with that in mind, some pro I was shooting photos of his guitar collection for (a book) gave me a cassette of a guitar player named Albert Lee playing a tune called 'Country Boy' and kind of challenged me to learn how to play it; I just about managed a ham fisted version of the intro 
Years later I read an interview with Joe Walsh of The Eagles who basically said "Listen to Albert Lee as part of The Hot Band on Emmylou's 'Luxury Liner' album. So I did. Heh. After that, some girl who worked on reception at the local radio station bought me a birthday (or xmas?) gift of 'Blue Kentucky Girl' - and that was sweet listening.

[Undersea]

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Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène


Will need to pick-up Oxygène #3 at some stage...

[SimonNZ]

v/a - War Whoops And Medicine Songs (1964)
Ramblin Jack Elliott - Jack Takes The Floor (1958)

[Undersea]

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Joni Mitchell - For The Roses

[aligreto]

Having, like others, recently listened to Mona Bone Jakon and once again enjoying my favourite tracks on this album like Fill My Eyes, Lillywhite and particularly Lady D'Arbanville, I was reminded by Lady D'Arbanville of another, much liked "Lady" titled song namely "Lady Eleanor" by Lindisfarne so I dug this one out of the vaults and I gave it a spin. Nicely Out of Tune is a very fine album and brings back many favourable listening memories from way back when.

One memory that this album always conjures up is that I once had the cassette tape version.
I loaned it to someone in an attempt to convert them to the music of Lindisfarne. I did not receive the tape back for a very long time until I finally asked how they were getting on with the music. I knew by the immediate appearance of a very red face that something embarrassing was coming. It turned out that in one early listening session the tape was very badly snagged in their cheap cassette machine and totally destroyed. They knew how much that I liked the band and were petrified to tell inform me of the mishap in case I exploded. They did offer to replace it with a new one. As it happened I had already purchased another copy of the cassette [CD was not yet around] as I could not be without it at the time.

[George]

[aligreto]

Cat Stevens: Teaser and the Firecat





I have always loved this album. Such high quality music and music making. I also loved the largely acoustic sound of it coupled with the strong, mellow tones of his voice. The beautifully recorded mellow tone of the acoustic guitar was also one of the most appealing aspects of it. In days gone by I played the bouzouki, mainly for Irish traditional music, but Rubylove was a song that I included in my repertoire on this instrument along with Moonshadow [a particular favourite of my wife's]. I never insulted the Greek language by attempting to sing the Greek verse in Rubylove however 

[George]

Cat Stevens: Teaser and the Firecat





I have always loved this album. Such high quality music and music making. I also loved the largely acoustic sound of it coupled with the strong, mellow tones of his voice. The beautifully recorded mellow tone of the acoustic guitar was also one of the most appealing aspects of it. In days gone by I played the bouzouki, mainly for Irish traditional music, but Rubylove was a song that I included in my repertoire on this instrument along with Moonshadow [a particular favourite of my wife's]. I never insulted the Greek language by attempting to sing the Greek verse in Rubylove however 

One of my favorites! I was lucky enough to find a copy of the MFSL gold CD last year.

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Been listening to all the Angels of Light albums.  (the band was a early 2000s project by Michael Gira of Swans)