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The greatest Southern hip hop album of all time imo, just flawless!
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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Chopin/Lizst: Polish Songs (Op. 74), No. 1: The Maiden's Wish. This record has an interesting history.
After fleeing Russia following the 1917 revolution Rachmaninoff was forced to become a concert pianist in order to support his family. He recorded several of his performances as paper rolls which were recently digitised and corrected for physical timing discrepancies by ex-NASA JPL scientist Wayne Stahnke and played on a Bosendorfer electronic reproducing piano to create this CD.
After fleeing Russia following the 1917 revolution Rachmaninoff was forced to become a concert pianist in order to support his family. He recorded several of his performances as paper rolls which were recently digitised and corrected for physical timing discrepancies by ex-NASA JPL scientist Wayne Stahnke and played on a Bosendorfer electronic reproducing piano to create this CD.
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Finally got to hear The Smiths' eponymous debut album. The band didn't think it was ready to release but label boss Geoff Travis insisted on putting it out as he'd spent £6,000 of 1984 money on two producers. Unlike the Velvet Underground's White Light, this time the band was right and it's decidedly lacking in jangle compared with the contemporary radio sessions of the time.
I think it's probably best to pretend that their Hatful Of Hollow compilation which contains most of those BBC Peel and Jensen session versions of the same tunes is their "real" first album. Fortunately subsequent discs have a brighter sound thanks to the enlistment of Stephen Street on engineering duties.
Currently listening to their sophomore release Meat Is Murder which has aged a lot more gracefully.
I think it's probably best to pretend that their Hatful Of Hollow compilation which contains most of those BBC Peel and Jensen session versions of the same tunes is their "real" first album. Fortunately subsequent discs have a brighter sound thanks to the enlistment of Stephen Street on engineering duties.
Currently listening to their sophomore release Meat Is Murder which has aged a lot more gracefully.
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I know nothing about Styx other than their saccharine pop hits like "Babe" but the first few seconds of this album sound like rocky prog which is right up my alley. It's their breakthrough LP as I understand it and I'll definitely give it a try.
RIP Val Kilmer btw.
Meanwhile, I got hold of another couple of classical albums.
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Thanks, but I'm jumping ship before Cornerstone. Sounds like DeYoung seemed determined to ruin the band for people who liked the first Shaw-era discs. At least I know a lot more about the band now than I did a half hour ago.
A trio of Sal Nistico bebop LPs from the early sixties:
A trio of Sal Nistico bebop LPs from the early sixties:
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Can‘t go wrong with this album. Absolute classic!
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Seems like an appropriate song for the current timeline*.
*And yeah. I basically have only been listening to Faith No More and Deftones for the past almost two months now. I am currently unaware of any other bands or music in general.
*And yeah. I basically have only been listening to Faith No More and Deftones for the past almost two months now. I am currently unaware of any other bands or music in general.
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I can't imagine just listening to one band or genre. At least it's probably more interesting than listening to a single song over and over on repeat.
Gonna dip into the back catalogue of Dave Watts' group The Motet. Jazz-funk with the occasional (ok, frequent) Fela Kuti cover version.
[EDIT] Verdict after listening to the first album... it's very well produced and performed but doesn't break any boundaries for me compositionally. I'm sure all the genre-swapping on the fly is fun to listen to live but for home listening I think I'll stick with Ikebe Shakedown.
Gonna dip into the back catalogue of Dave Watts' group The Motet. Jazz-funk with the occasional (ok, frequent) Fela Kuti cover version.
[EDIT] Verdict after listening to the first album... it's very well produced and performed but doesn't break any boundaries for me compositionally. I'm sure all the genre-swapping on the fly is fun to listen to live but for home listening I think I'll stick with Ikebe Shakedown.
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Dreadzone's 1995 sophomore release Second Light. I liked their mix of dub and electronic music at the time so this is, largely, a nostalgia listen. Not sure about this 2012 remaster though. Although the band's Greg Roberts liked it, it sounds a bit choked off to me.
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The Look of Love - Dusty Springfield [Casino Royale OST]
Again dipping into that easy swinging Bossa Nova sound of the 1960s, Dusty Springfield’s “The Look of Love”, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, is just as smooth and sensual today as it was when it was released nearly 60 years ago. The version from 1967’s Casino Royale is about a half minute longer than the version she recorded for her own album The Look of Love from later that same year.
What’s fascinating to me is that no one seems to know who the uncredited sax soloist was. The first name that comes up in an online search is Stan Getz, but that’s pretty much been debunked. Yes, he recorded an instrumental version before Dusty Springfield’s vocal version, but there’s nothing to suggest he performed on her record. The names Dennis Springer and Ronnie Scott come up a lot. They were in-demand session players in England at the time, but again, there’s nothing concrete to associate them with the song. Duncan Lamont is another name that comes up quite often, but his own son says it wasn’t him. Probably the best bet is Bob Offord, another heavily in-demand saxophonist in London at the time. His American Federation of Musicians obituary (he moved to the US in 1976) lists Dusty Springfield’s “The Look of Love” solo among a long list of accomplishments.
Again dipping into that easy swinging Bossa Nova sound of the 1960s, Dusty Springfield’s “The Look of Love”, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, is just as smooth and sensual today as it was when it was released nearly 60 years ago. The version from 1967’s Casino Royale is about a half minute longer than the version she recorded for her own album The Look of Love from later that same year.
What’s fascinating to me is that no one seems to know who the uncredited sax soloist was. The first name that comes up in an online search is Stan Getz, but that’s pretty much been debunked. Yes, he recorded an instrumental version before Dusty Springfield’s vocal version, but there’s nothing to suggest he performed on her record. The names Dennis Springer and Ronnie Scott come up a lot. They were in-demand session players in England at the time, but again, there’s nothing concrete to associate them with the song. Duncan Lamont is another name that comes up quite often, but his own son says it wasn’t him. Probably the best bet is Bob Offord, another heavily in-demand saxophonist in London at the time. His American Federation of Musicians obituary (he moved to the US in 1976) lists Dusty Springfield’s “The Look of Love” solo among a long list of accomplishments.
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This will forever be one of my favorite albums ever!
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