Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Earlier:



Looking into the guy who sang the songs in the Sharpe series led me to this very Fairport Convention-like album, with guest contributions from lots of artists I admire (Kate McGarrigle, Richard and Linda Thompson, Marty Carthy, and, most unexpectedly, Philip Pickett on bagpipes, shawms and curtals)


Later:



Stayed at the record store long enough to hear Peter Gabriel's new album "i/o" right through.

Much more approachable than many of the post "Us" albums.

Sounds like you had a nice long visit to the record store? 

I've heard of the Albion Band but don't know any of their music.  Will have to check into it.

PD

[drogulus]

    Another outsider guitarist who influenced me is Harvey Mandel. Unlike Stephens he gets things right when it suits him.

[AnotherSpin]

Here comes Peter Gabriel with a studio album of original material for the first time in 20+ years. 12 songs repeated twice, in two alternative mixes. The first impression is not great: everything, or almost everything we've heard in Gabriel's previous albums. Gradually the album grows in perception: it is not outstanding, but not bad either. The second version of the mixes is better than the first, imo.

[SimonNZ]

[AnotherSpin]

An epic 44-minute version of Dark Star by Grateful Dead on this day 50 years ago:

https://archive.org/details/gd1973-12-06.147505.sbd.pc.miller.flac1644/19+Dark+Star.flac

[drogulus]

    When I saw the Jeff Beck group at the Wollman Rink in Central Park in 1969 Woody was playing through a 7 foot tall bass amp. I think he stacked 2 Dual Showman cabs vertically and had some kind of colossal Fender amp you'd never see in a music store.



     Woo Hoo!! Woody may have used a prototype. The group I was in back then went to New Jersey to pick up a prototype of the Ampeg SVT bass amp which my brother used for lead guitar! Those were the days. 

[ando]

Remember when am radio stations played everything? Well, they never had classical tracks on their playlists but just about everything else...



Been listening to this great 70s Am Radio playlist on Spotify. I guess the biggest boon is that you can listen without a sub with ads that'll come closest to replicating the old am radio experience. 

[Henk]

[ando]

to venus and back tori amos (1999, atlantic)

[Todd]

[SimonNZ]

Heard most this at the record store yesterday.

My first thought was that Ryan Adams should put out a "Ryan's Version" of his, um, version. (Doubtless thousands have already suggested this, whether joking or not).

[ando]

Everyone but Scott on this (2020) live version of P u r p l e

[ando]

The Blues Nina Simone (1967, RCA Victor)

Two or three misses on this one which really aren't blues (imo) but the rest is sterling. One of her best.

[steve ridgway]

Dälek: Live at WFMU on 9/25/2004 from Archive.org.

If you like Hip Hop and think the Interpolations Of Organised Sound in Varèse's Déserts are better than the instrumental episodes then you'll love this .

[Henk]

Not just an album. A movement. Marley still inspires us.

[Iota]

Inspired stuff.

[Henk]

Listened to a great part of it. Digging the sound. Will continue listening and explore other work by Beck, who I knew by name, but not so much his music.

[Iota]

Listened to a great part of it. Digging the sound. Will continue listening and explore other work by Beck, who I knew by name, but not so much his music.

You can watch the 2007 gig it was recorded from below if you want. A great backing band too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjw9ILtZQp4

[Henk]

[drogulus]

Listened to a great part of it. Digging the sound. Will continue listening and explore other work by Beck, who I knew by name, but not so much his music.

    Jeff Beck was a sideman of fantastic talent who became a bandleader, a role he wasn't suited for. He spent more than half a century forming and disbanding ensembles. He wasn't a singer, composer or songwriter.

    The first group he formed after leaving the Yardbirds, the Jeff Beck Group, was the most memorable. It produced 2 superb albums and made Rod Stewart a star.