Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[SimonNZ]

The glorious madness that is Roxy Music's Country Life.

Probably against forum rules to post the cover.

[hopefullytrusting]

I knew it wasn't a fever dream: The Tube's The Completion Backward Principle



(Been searching for a cover with a pvc pipe on it for a long time - I thought it was by Air Supply at first - I knew I didn't dream it!)

[AnotherSpin]

[Karl Henning]

Discs 2-5, mostly two concerts: Colorado Springs, CO (venue unknown—most likely the Civic Aufitorium) 21 Mar 74. "Inca Roads" played in the Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT, 18 Mar 74. And, @Cato a 20 Nov 74 concert at the Hara Arena, Dayton, OH

[Karl Henning]

Discs 2-5, mostly two concerts: Colorado Springs, CO (venue unknown—most likely the Civic Aufitorium) 21 Mar 74. "Inca Roads" played in the Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT, 18 Mar 74. And, @Cato a 20 Nov 74 concert at the Hara Arena, Dayton, OH

Hara Arena - Wikipedia

[Cato]

Discs 2-5, mostly two concerts: Colorado Springs, CO (venue unknown—most likely the Civic Aufitorium) 21 Mar 74. "Inca Roads" played in the Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT, 18 Mar 74. And, @Cato a 20 Nov 74 concert at the Hara Arena, Dayton, OH

Hara Arena - Wikipedia

November of 1974...earlier that year I had been teaching Latin and American History at a corrupt public high school - part of a corrupt school district west of Dayton.    $6000. per year!  I thought I was rich!

Yes, Hara Arena was where the action was for rock-and-roll bands!  It is interesting that the Wikipedia article says nothing about that!

One rock music fan remembers that specific Frank Zappa concert:

https://www.daytondailynews.com/events/concerts/concerts-hara-arena-won-forget/o6DOCH0iOypL04DIo88PQO/

An excerpt:

"...we asked Don Habil of Dayton, who has just about seen them all (i.e. rock concerts) through the years, about his memories. He spent years compiling his Hara Arena show memories and matching them with his saved ticket stubs. He remembered seeing his first Hara experience in the fall of 1970.

"The first show I ever went to was Grand Funk Railroad, with B.B. King as the opener," he said. "It was a weird crowd. Half the crowd was well-dressed black people and the other half 20-year-old dirty white punks."...

...Dayton was a great market for acts trying to build steam in the '70s, like Blue Oyster Cult, who seemed to have a residency there at one point. They could sell out the 5,500-seat venue while building a fan base and vying for air time on the radio on their way to larger venues in larger towns....


...Habil also remembers being a part of the unofficial Hara Arena attendance record in 1974 at a Frank Zappa show with Robin Trower opening.

"They never released how many people were at that show, because they would have been busted," he said. "All the aisles were full. You couldn't get up to go to the bathroom. It was estimated at 10,000."

[Karl Henning]

H/t to @Crudblud for reminding me of this mega-album, which I have not heard in too long.

[T. D.]

1972 British jazz with classical overtones. Contains a delightful (IMO) rendition of Edward Lear's  The Dong With A Luminous Nose

[foxandpeng]

1972 British jazz with classical overtones. Contains a delightful (IMO) rendition of Edward Lear's  The Dong With A Luminous Nose

Had to read that twice.

I'm still suspicious...😧

[AnotherSpin]

Since we're talking about literary associations in old British jazz, I can't help but recall the wonderful album by the Stan Tracey Quartet, inspired by the poetry of Dylan Thomas.

[T. D.]

Yes, I have that Tracey album too.
The Ardley posted above has other material with texts by Yeats, Joyce and Lewis Carroll. It's a strange album, but I often enjoy weird stuff. 

[hopefullytrusting]

You already know.

[AnotherSpin]

[hopefullytrusting]

This weekend: 4 Videogames OSTs

Mass Effect's Vigil Theme (looped for 1 hour)
Mass Effect's Ilos (looped for 1 hour)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
AND Doom "mfing" Eternal: The only thing they fear is YOU!

[arpeggio]

Buddy Rich: "Birdland".

[AnotherSpin]

Grateful Dead.

Sunshine Daydream - a music documentary film.
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds, In Veneta, Oregon, 1972.

[foxandpeng]

Insomnium
Shadows of the Dying Sun

If in doubt, listen to melodic death metal with harsh vocals.

Preferably Insomnium.

[steve ridgway]

I had to replace my MacBook last month and found the new one would consistently update the artwork on MP3s to the satisfaction of the car SD card player. The absence of some of the album covers always niggled me so I've spent some time fixing this and filling the 64 Gb card to capacity (about 6,000 tracks). The very last tunes to go on were psychedelia which is about where popular music starts for me. I've been selecting and playing just the tracks I like as I find all these albums a bit patchy.











 

[Karl Henning]

I had to replace my MacBook last month and found the new one would consistently update the artwork on MP3s to the satisfaction of the car SD card player. The absence of some of the album covers always niggled me so I've spent some time fixing this and filling the 64 Gb card to capacity (about 6,000 tracks). The very last tunes to go on were psychedelia which is about where popular music starts for me. I've been selecting and playing just the tracks I like as I find all these albums a bit patchy.











 

Thanks for reminding me of the Electric Prunes! I need to listen to some. 

[hopefullytrusting]

Found thanks to the Music Map: Minitel Rose's The French Machhine



#retrowave