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Ukealalio
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Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 2583
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 6:23 pm: | 
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Haven't done one of these for awhile and love to check out others suggestions, so here goes:
Bobby Charles-Self titled Bearsville recording. Hard to find but great record, sounds like The Band with a different singer (Could be because everyone from The Band except Robbie Robertson plays on it).
Pearlfishers-Sky Meadows-Great Scottish Group, kinda Bacharach-ish and a little Brian Wilson.
Hacienda Brothers-What's Wrong with Right-I saw these guys open up for Dan Penn (my Hero) last night at Joe's Pub and was blown away. They are a kinda country with a lot of R and B thrown in. They do a couple of Penn covers (Cry Like a Baby, It Tears me Up), a lot of their own great tunes and a terrific version of Cowboys to Girls (With a great pedal steel solo-who woulda thought ?).
Terry Adams and Steve Ferguson-Louisville Sluggers-With NRBQ on a hiatus, Terry Adams, grabbed the Q's original guitar genius, along with the Q's drummer Tom Ardolino and an upright bass layer and made a really fun ecclectic record. I'm going to see them at the Turning Point this Sunday and bringin my son, a budding guitar slinger.
Stackridge-Sex and Flags- Great Brittish group from the 70's who perioidically reform. George Martin didn't produce this group by accident.Very Beatlesque, in a very good way.
Weather Report-Live and Unreleased-Wow, WR with Alponso Johnson, Jaco and Victor Bailey, all monster bass players but you can see why Jaco takes the crown. The version of Teen Town on here beats the 8:30 version hands down, and thats saying something.
Weather Report-Mysterious Traveller-Jaco was the King but Alphonso put his foot in the door on this record. Jaco followed and kicked the door down.
Your turn. |
LazyDog
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Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 329
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 1:24 pm: |
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Springsteen's Seeger Sessions.
It kinda grows on you....
Rick Wakeman; Six Wives of Henry VIII...
I've always loved this album, but only just got around to getting it. |
Arnomation
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Username: Arnomation
Post Number: 640
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 3:44 pm: |
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I just purchased a 3-month CD at 5.35% |
Shevya Birdov
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Username: Howardt
Post Number: 2187
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 6:55 pm: |
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THERE hasn't been a 3-month CD available at that rate for 15 years. |
Arnomation
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Username: Arnomation
Post Number: 643
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 9:01 pm: |
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Ummm... 3 Month is the name of the band and uh, 5.35% is the store I purchased it at? |
wharfrat
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Username: Wharfrat
Post Number: 1967
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 10:45 am: |
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The Derek Trucks Band- Songlines. I've sampled other CDs and this one is by far his best. He avoids falling into "jam-band" mode and presents 12 good songs that do a decent job of merging world beats and early American blues.
The Best of Leon Russell-I had $7.00 left on a Borders gift card and always liked "Delta Lady" and Stranger in a "Strange Land."
"The Seeger Sessions"-Good band, good selection of songs, Bruce's singing could have been more understated.
Gillian Welch, Revival-A friend of mine says she is a Berkeley School of Music alumnus. Good record produced by T-Bone Burnett. Welch wrote "Orphan Girl," and if you have Emmy Lou Harris's version it's fun to compare the two.
"A Stephen Sondheim Evening"-A 20 year old reissue taken from the musical revue "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow." I love Sondheim because his melodies and lyrics are original and surprising. This guy is a genius!
Love-"Forever Changes"- I saw in the paper that arthur Lee is very ill, and that a benefit was held not too long ago for him. While I don't remember who played i was impressed by the number of good musicians and decided to buy this reissue. So far I think the musicianship/arrangements are A-1 and I'm still chuckling at the 1960's "acid is groovy" lyrics. But no mistake a good CD.
Damien Rice-"O"- if you have seen the movie "Closer," the song "The blower's daughter" is prominently featured.
Putumayo Presents Mali- Griot precedes American Blues. |
Project 37
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Username: Project37
Post Number: 150
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 8:15 am: |
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Not a purchase, but I recently downloaded The Kleptones' "24 Hours" and "From Detroit to JA", which are offered for free at:
http://www.kleptones.com/pages/downloads.html
They've been on constant iPod rotation ever since!
These are mash-up mixes, which take the vocals from one song and set them against the instrumental of another. It takes a lot of skill to manipulate pitch and rhythm to get it all to line up perfectly, but the end result is musically fascinating (if a bit surreal). The discs are tracked so that you can enjoy them song by song or as one long, continuous mix. I strongly recommend them if you're looking for something new. Plus, you can't beat the price!
Highlights for me include:
"Down on Bennies" - Elton John singing "Bennie and the Jets" over Rage Against The Machine's "Down On The Street" (this must be heard to be believed).
"War of Confusion" - Genesis' "Land of Confusion" vocals against Edwin Starr's "War" (makes you appreciate the messages of both songs in a new way).
"Careless or Dead" - Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead Or Alive" lyrics set to Wham's "Careless Whisper".
"Let's Get The Dirt" - Marvin Gaye sings "Let's Get It On" to the groove of Peter Gabriel's "Digging In The Dirt". The very idea sounds almost sacrilegious, but the final result is oddly provocative. |
Arnomation
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Username: Arnomation
Post Number: 644
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 9:00 am: |
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Is anyone down with Mash-Ups?
I like This one |
Ukealalio
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Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 2584
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 9:47 am: |
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Along with CD purchases, last week was the best week for live music in ages and I was lucky enough to see 3 of my favorite acts in the space of 4 days:
Thursday-Dan Penn and Hacienda Bros. at Joe's Pub-Dan Penn is one of the greatest Southern Soul writers we have, he penned, Dark End of the Street, You Left the Water Running, Do Right Woman, I'm Your Puppet, Cry Like a Baby etc. He recently put out a few solo recordings which are excellent. Try, Do Right Man, where he does his classics with the same band that recorded a lot of the originals with people like Aretha and James Carr. If he comes around again, don't miss him. The Hacienda Bros. were also terrific as mentioned above. Dan Penn has produced both of their recordings and they're both gems.
Thursday (Late show)-Buzzy Linhart at the Bitter End. I played a couple of very disorganized gigs with Buzzy in the late 80's and although the man is an enormous talent, his personal life and health were in shambles. He must have cleaned up because he looked and sounded terrific on Thursday night. He's mostly singing and playing vibes today and you can tell he's been practicing. There's a reason people like Hendrix, Tim Harden, Carly Simon and Bette Midler played and recorded with Buzzy. He's playing tonight at the Turning Point in Piermont N.Y. (great club, less then an hour from Maplewood), if you have a chance go.
Terry Adams and Steve Ferguson at the Turning Point-With Tom Ardolino on Drums and Pete Toigo on bass. The two original leaders of NRBQ put on a terrific show. It looks like NRBQ is no more and this looks like a temporary pairing (they're going to Japan this week and after that no other gigs planned). This felt like an end of an era, as NRBQ was one of my favorite bands (and people like Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Keith Richards and Bonnie Raite felt the same way). It's almost criminal that a band like NRBQ never got the fame and fortune they so deserved. |
LazyDog
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Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 332
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 8:01 pm: |
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OK, one more for July...Howlin' Wolf, His Best, Chess 50th Anniv. Collection. |
Twokitties
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Username: Twokitties
Post Number: 471
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 8:33 pm: |
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LazyDog: Howlin Wolf!!!!!! Can't beat it. The 3 disc Chess Box set is great.
I picked up the last Wilco disc, "A Ghost is Born", which I'm enjoying the hell out of (the best disc I've heard in a long time) and the new Thom Yorke disc, "The Eraser", which I'm still warming up to. I also picked up the latest Nick Cave double CD but haven't even listened to it yet. For what it's worth. |
LazyDog
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Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 334
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 8:48 pm: |
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TK, you should listen to The Wolf in The London Sessions. Great outtakes, |
Joe R.
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Username: Ragnatela
Post Number: 499
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 12:14 pm: |
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"Is anyone down with Mash-Ups? " I couldn't open yours but I have one based on Revolver. Have you ever heard that one?
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Mama Cloudy
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Username: Mamacloudy
Post Number: 31
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 4:01 pm: |
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I know it's cheesy, but I LOVE the the "Now that's what I call music" Vol. 22. I've never purchased one before, but I happened upon it and it has all my favorite guilty pleasure hits from this summer.
Plus I feel cool again...however momentarily. |
Arnomation
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Username: Arnomation
Post Number: 670
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 5:03 pm: |
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"Is anyone down with Mash-Ups? " I couldn't open yours
Maybe you don't have the right browser plug-in. You can get to them athttp://www.djearworm.com/ |
Carl Thompson
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Username: Topcat
Post Number: 206
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 11:26 pm: |
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"Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man". If you have even a casual interest in Leonard Cohen's music, you will enjoy both the movie and CD. We saw the movie at the Film Forum in New York a few night ago, and I was completely drawn in. The interviews with Cohen are very engaging, and the tunes (all by other musicians except for one number with Cohen) are superb. Before seeing it, I was skeptical of a concert of covers of his material. But these interpretations actually bring the songs to life in a way that surprised me. It's been a while since I've walked around all day humming the tunes from a new CD, but this one is doing that to me.
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canismajor
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Username: Canismajor
Post Number: 437
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 12:16 am: |
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I just got Johnny Cash's American V-A Hundred Highways. He sounds so feeble on some of the songs that it's tough to listen to, but occasionally there's a glimmer of the old Cash. It does seem like Rick Rubin and John Carter Cash tried to shake every last nickel they could from the old man's faltering vocal cords.
Also got Personal Files, a 2 disc-set of recently unearthed Cash recordings from the early 70s. I loved the first disc, but the second disc was almost entirely gospel. Still, it was all full-throated Cash, well worth the $20 price tag. |
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