Many of us here loved this thread on the other forum, so I thought why not have a go here?
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Many of us here loved this thread on the other forum, so I thought why not have a go here?
Fantastic mix of country, soul, blues and gospel.
Got a date with Chrissie week tomorrow. Don’t want to get spanked….
Hey @Jerseyfornia given your penchant for melodic rock are you aware of the ‘Jump’ cover by these fellas? Knocks spots off VH, imho of course! Other opinions are available.
Pretty much Bad Company, but with Jimmy Page instead of Mick Ralphs.
It's Sunday, and on Sunday mornings, I usually play classical, usually baroque, and often baroque brass music of some sort, thanks to a formative book I read back in college, which suggested that a baroque trumpet or horn concerto goes wonderfully with Sunday brunch and pretty much just Sunday brunch. (It was a highly opinionated book.)
Big Lucinda day yesterday:
Ryan Adams' full-album cover of Blood On The Tracks. Another free release.
Alarming how often I’m doing this nowadays.
Is "Rockpile Live At Montreux" a legit album or a bootleg? It's available on Spotify, but is the only Rockpile music on there and has a bootleggy vibe to it sound wise. In either case, entertaining stuff and my album for today.
Bruce isn't the only one doing covers. Just had my first listen - going back for seconds.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers live at the Fillmore 1997.
Wow. Wow. Wow.
I was hoping at least the 2 disc version would be on the streaming services, but they've actually put up the big 4 disc one.
Tremendous
Picked up this during our recent Berlin trip:
So it was inevitable these would be getting a spin on our return:
I'm enjoying the reissue as I've always loved this great record, but it's disappointing as far as the bonus tracks go. Only a few tracks here that haven't been released elsewhere.
These are both exceptional records.
Drove my 16- and 13-year-olds to a blacksmithing workshop they're taking. (Listen, society's day are numbered, okay?) On the way there, I handed her my iPod, which has over 110GBs of music on it, and told her to pick something.
We were both quite surprised when this started playing:
(On the off-chance that cover's not instantly recognizable—and the LP sold at least 5,000 copies, so I'm sure you all know it backwards and forwards—it's an excellent album on the ECM label by Norweigian bassist Arild Andersen.)
"Really?" I asked.
She shrugged. "His name sounded interesting."
At the end of the song, she paused and searched again. This time only I was surprised (initially) when this started playing:
Although she soon had a funny look on her face. "This sounds different," she said. And then added “these aren’t the usual words."
She seemed amused and pleased when I told her the history of the song and suggested she might be the only 16-year-old in all of Portland who would be able to recognize not only the song but that it was a different version.
On the way home, she put this on:
I think I'll keep her a bit longer.
I can't say for anyone else, but for me, when I open this thread it always opens on the very first post, mine. (The same goes for all threads actually)
That first post was the album Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World by Johnny Clegg & Savuka. And what a cruel, crazy, beautiful world it really is. The man on that cover is gone, taken by cancer 3 years ago now. The baby on his shoulders, his son Jesse, now a young man, became a father not long after Johnny died. And then, a short while ago, his beautiful wife Dani passed away from cancer too, barely in her thirties. My heart goes out to that little boy sitting on his dad's shoulders. What cruel challenges he would have to face.
Sticking with live Jukes here:
Not a well-known record, but it does feature this bona fide Jersey shore classic.
The Alan Parsons Project's Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe and Eric Woolfson's worthy sequel Poe - More Tales Of Mystery And Imagination.
@Walkerinthesun Dunfermline used to come out to "Into the Valley" they maybe still do.
I'm sure Charlton did for a bit also.
Got the weeks chores done so had a bit of a session today.
First two are the original lp releases from way back in the day. Both looked a bit worse for wear so I put them thru the recently acquired record cleaner. Came up looking pristine and played perfect. Impressed.
We were arms aloft in Aberdeen.........
Final track on this, Mariella, is an absolute peach - getting a lot of love here.
Tonight I'm listening for my mom. I was with her when she bought Elvis' last album and I remember how excited she was driving home from Kmart, how she couldn't wait to get that baby on the stereo. She loved Moody Blue. She thought of it as a gift, like she did all of his records, but it took on mythical status for her when Elvis passed just a month or so after its release. It's my favorite Elvis record, too, if only by virtue of hearing it thousands of times on her living room stereo in the years between The King's death and her own. Tonight marks 40 years since her passing and I have my rituals.
The record still sounds good, Mom. I can still see you, dancing around the apartment. I can still hear you coaxing "c'mon, Richie, dance with your Ma."
Listening to this a lot this week:
An ep….
(Re)starting at the start:
Listening to this I really can’t understand why I didn‘t stay the course with Tracy Chapman. Never too late to pick up where I left off.
I don't listen to Traffic often enough.
Gig prep over the last few weeks……
Not with Alison Krauss, rather his other side project: Saving Grace.
plus a generous helping of DBT’s and Stones.
Also found this, eventually!
Dunno if my mental health can cope with ‘3’. Might cheer myself up with some Joy Division.
Got my ticket so…….