Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[George]

Thank you for that.

No problem.

As I am sure you know, James Taylor's original CDs all sounded pretty damn good. I just found them to be a bit thin, lacking bass.  The Audio Fidelity (CD) and Mobile Fidelity (SACD hybrid) titles have a warmer, more analog sound with a thicker bottom end.

[aligreto]

No problem.

As I am sure you know, James Taylor's original CDs all sounded pretty damn good. I just found them to be a bit thin, lacking bass.  The Audio Fidelity (CD) and Mobile Fidelity (SACD hybrid) titles have a warmer, more analog sound with a thicker bottom end.

Thank you for that. I would now be curious to compare how the Audio Fidelity (CD) and Mobile Fidelity (SACD hybrid) titles sound in comparison with the original vinyl issues played via valve amplification. That would be an interesting exercise I think.

[Marc]

Beatles: Please Please Me






In all the years that I have been listening to the music of The Beatles I have never noticed that the credits on the back of this album list McCartney/Lennon for the originally composed songs. That changed after this one. I wonder what the story was there.

Two vain lads. And, in the end, Lennon had the Bigger Mouth.
(Macca liked it M/L, it sounded better, he said. Lennon said: no it should be L/M, it sounds better. George and Ringo were pressed, and they agreed with John. George Martin stayed neutral. Or something like that.)

Topic duty: listening to The Smiths (1984).



Another British band with two vain lads.
Another fine debut album.

[aligreto]

Two vain lads. And, in the end, Lennon had the Bigger Mouth.
(Macca liked it M/L, it sounded better, he said. Lennon said: no it should be L/M, it sounds better. George and Ringo were pressed, and they agreed with John. George Martin stayed neutral. Or something like that.)

Most enlightening and thank you for that.

[NikF]

First spin.

Many years ago someone gave me a cassette tape with a recording of the Rodgers and Hart tune 'Where or When' and asked me to guess who it was. I listened and it clearly had that kind of Spector/Brian Wilson vibe going on. But I'd no idea of the performer.  Eventually they told me it was Dave Edmunds. So far, far away from 'Sabre Dance'. Anyway, hope you're enjoying that collection.

[NikF]

James Taylor: Sweet Baby James





This was my entry point to the music of James Taylor in my late teens, early twenties. I had been playing folk guitar for a number of years prior to this when someone introduced me to this album. I was immediately bowled over. The acoustic guitar playing of both James Taylor and Danny Kortchmar just blew me away. I had not heard guitar playing like that in modern music prior to that. I spent many a long hour studying and learning how to play many of the songs on this album [long before the internet or Youtube existed]. Listening to this CD brings back such wonderful memories.

Didn't know you play guitar. Yeah, no readily available tab and no instructional videos at all back then. Good stuff.

[aligreto]

Didn't know you play guitar. Yeah, no readily available tab and no instructional videos at all back then. Good stuff.

Yes, my main instruments were guitar, mandolin and bouzouki amongst others. That was in another Life however 
Back then one more or less taught oneself or one got tips from mates. However, you had to be good as the competition was fierce, which was a good thing.
It is sad to see so few young people nowadays not playing musical instruments of any sort.

[NikF]

Yes, my main instruments were guitar, mandolin and bouzouki amongst others. That was in another Life however 
Back then one more or less taught oneself or one got tips from mates. However, you had to be good as the competition was fierce, which was a good thing.
It is sad to see so few young people nowadays not playing musical instruments of any sort.

That's the proverbial nice selection of strings to your bow. But I'm not surprised, given some of the music you post in this thread.

Yeah, time and patience are always the first of the required attributes. And you're right about the competition, that there were always a number of fine players around. I'm not much of a guitarist, although I definitely benefited from knowing a guy who played professionally on a lot of commercial stuff but was also a keen amateur photographer  - I'd hand roll him some Tri-X and in return received a regular supply of 'Picato - All Steel Boogies'

Anyway, keep on keeping close to your roots.

[aligreto]

That's the proverbial nice selection of strings to your bow. But I'm not surprised, given some of the music you post in this thread.

Yeah, time and patience are always the first of the required attributes. And you're right about the competition, that there were always a number of fine players around. I'm not much of a guitarist, although I definitely benefited from knowing a guy who played professionally on a lot of commercial stuff but was also a keen amateur photographer  - I'd hand roll him some Tri-X and in return received a regular supply of 'Picato - All Steel Boogies'

Anyway, keep on keeping close to your roots.

Fair exchange is no robbery 
Cheers Nik 

[George]

Many years ago someone gave me a cassette tape with a recording of the Rodgers and Hart tune 'Where or When' and asked me to guess who it was. I listened and it clearly had that kind of Spector/Brian Wilson vibe going on. But I'd no idea of the performer.  Eventually they told me it was Dave Edmunds. So far, far away from 'Sabre Dance'. Anyway, hope you're enjoying that collection.

Thanks, yeah, definitely enjoying it. Always nice when I find something that both my girlfriend and I enjoy. That anthology is like an anthology of western music. 

[Mirror Image]

Now playing:



For me, Marillion's best album and one of the greatest progressive rock albums I've ever heard.

[aligreto]

With The Beatles

[bhodges]

A treasure: The B-52's, live in concert on November 7, 1980 at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ

http://www.youtube.com/v/bVXfkG7q_0s

[aligreto]

Cat Stevens Catch Bull At Four





Another superb album. I find that there is great drive and energy in the music on this album.

[George]

Cat Stevens Catch Bull At Four



Another superb album. I find that there is great drive and energy in the music on this album.

Another nice one!

By the way, sent you a PM.

[aligreto]

Another nice one!

By the way, sent you a PM.

Cheers 

[aligreto]

ABBA: The Visitors





My favourite ABBA album of the lot. The songs, the production, the voice, the harmonies; especially the last two songs on the album. That ticking clock on the last track; time just ran out in the end unfortunately.

[San Antone]

Van's latest - is great.

[71 dB]

Just finished streaming Autechre's NTS Session 4 on Bleepstore

The last track 'all end' is the strangest I have ever heard from Autechre. It's 58 minutes long and consists basically of a continous sound (something like a combination of a complex chord played with organ and the sound of a waterfall) with tiny fluctuations and changes in time. Autechre's music can be very weird, but this was really weird even by Autechre's own standards.

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

Just finished streaming Autechre's NTS Session 4 on Bleepstore

The last track 'all end' is the strangest I have ever heard from Autechre. It's 58 minutes long and consists basically of a continous sound (something like a combination of a complex chord played with organ and the sound of a waterfall) with tiny fluctuations and changes in time. Autechre's music can be very weird, but this was really weird even by Autechre's own standards.

Big Ae veteran fanboy here. Are you? You should have been at the Ae subreddit, WATMM or the chatmm replacement discord on those thursday, it was so much fun. People were reacting live to what they were listening to. I was there on NTS2-4, NTS1 was at my birthday unfortunately, i.e. no time for Ae. Well you can read the mega threads in Reddit or WATMM, lots of discussion, fun and memes. Big hype train of course.

The community majority IMO loves where they are going. And I do. My favourite track currently is tt1pd, to me it is a Hieronymus Bosch theme, mankind at dooms day. Cannot listen to "all end" too loud, I am convinced it would do harm to my ears. Too much permanent pressure on the ears! I love shimripl casual on NTS4 very much.

Related: Nice 2 hrs podcast about NTS here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_oJ-MNR79s

Instabought all NTS' right after the stream of course. I'm thinking about giving tt1pd a proper ending, since it unfortunately fades into the next track.