What are you listening to right now? #48

Working For A Nuclear Free City - What People Do All Day.

Not out until next year; but if you order it direct from the label, Melodic, you get an immediate download.

 

Eric Dolphy - Live in Europe vol. 3. Supposed to be one of the less essential Eric Dolphy releases, but still quite nice.

 

Underworld Second Toughest In The Infants.

 

We've bought ourselves the super whizzo boxset reissue of that as a Christmas present; but have amazingly managed to keep it wrapped up - only six days until it gets played.

 

Cabaret OST
Eastwood Collieries Male Voice Choir - In Harmony. Better than I remembered it.

 

Was it not once known as the largest open air asylum in Britain?

 

Booker T & The MGs, Green Onions [Stax Remastered]
Track: I Got A Woman - [Ray Charles]

 

Saw the thread on rush instrumentals so its rush instrumentals

 

I don't own the vinyl of Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl, but reckon the performance by him and the band is great, although I mostly prefer his vocal on the original.

The Hollywood Bowl shows in 2008 were the first time Morrison had played Astral Weeks since it was recorded in New York 40 years earlier.

The recording sessions in 1968 took place over two days, horns and strings were added afterwards. The musicians came from a jazz background and had worked with people like Eric Dolphy and Charles Mingus. Morrison used his acoustic guitar and sang the songs to the band, they then improvised and jammed the backing live.

The Hollywood Bowl album sounds more deliberately organized, although there was only one rehearsal prior to the two gigs. Some critics think Morrison's performance is transcendent. It definitely isn't a bad album.

Jack

 

Radio 3 , Live from the Met.
Rossini , La Donna del Lago.

 

My hipster son's friend recommended the Saintsisters today - I'd never heard of them but had a quick google and found this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXD1bcRkab4

As John Peel would have said, rather wonderful

Cheers

Tony

 

Richard Strauss, Beim Schlafengehen. Jessye Norman, Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester.

 

Bach Busoni, Chaconne in D minor. Helene Grimaud- this woman has the power to haunt your imagination.

 

Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy

Released 30 years ago. Managed to find an old 15 IPS distribution master tape. Stunning

 

We Want Miles - original Columbia NY vinyl copy

 

Otis Reading - Otis Blue

 

To get me through a 180 mile round trip today:

Soft Machine - Soft Machine (1st)
Perturbator - Dangerous Days
Yes - Fragile
Tangerine Dream - Ultima Thule
Mind Over Matter - The Colours of Life
Miami Nights 1984 - Turbulence

 

Ryley Walker - Primrose Green.

Finally bought a copy after a heads up on here some time ago. Channelling lots of Tim Buckley. Nick Drake and fuzzed-jazz era John Martyn.