What are you listening to? 2021

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It's actually the 2nd disc of this box set of the 2nd Bauhaus lp Mask. That's the one with related rarities on.
Not sure where my main lp is from this set so maybe I need to search my room. This set shows off the instrumentation to great degree and the array of influences going on. Some very funky bass stuff going on on a couple of tracks. This contains singles and e.p.s from the time including teh B-side Earwax which is the joke about making Fishcakes which shows a sense of humour I'm not sure one automaticallly associates with the band. Though maybe I'm missing something that is more central to them.

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Donny Hathaway's 2nd lp. Shows him being pretty experimental as well as the range of his voice.
Some interesting covers on here some of which may be much more associated with other singers including Nana Mouskouri and the Hollies.
I got this as part of his Original Album Series box after being half aware of him for years. I think I had a couple of compilations before that.

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THis appears to be viewed as the lesser of the first run of Amon Duul II lps. It still has some pretty stunning guitar on it.
Seems to be an attempt to arrive at tune though it still features some good instrumental interplay. Though nothing like the 2nd disco of Yeti or anything.

Stevolende, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 15:24 (three years ago) link

I’m not familiar enough with this album to tell what’s different on this promo version… except for one thing: no intro to “victim of changes”, it just kicks right in.

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brimstead, Thursday, 1 July 2021 01:07 (three years ago) link

aw no quiet fade into harmonized guitars? :(

not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Thursday, 1 July 2021 01:08 (three years ago) link

I have a dr strangely strange bio from a couple of years ago that I still need to read.

& A Canterbury Tale Sanctuary Anthology on Spirogyra somewhere though it may be scratched. I know I had Bell, Boots and Shambles by them separately not sure about either of the others.

Stevolende, Friday, 2 July 2021 07:10 (three years ago) link

fucked that up....White Mice "Versions" on Basic Replay

william h (william m harris), Friday, 2 July 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link

Los Mirlos, KK-null, Gülden Karaböcek, Atomhead, Archie Shepp.

RobbiePires, Sunday, 4 July 2021 00:56 (three years ago) link

and lots of 80s/90s rnb.

RobbiePires, Sunday, 4 July 2021 00:56 (three years ago) link

love those new world records comps^^^

i am listening to HOT ROCK

no lime tangier, Sunday, 11 July 2021 08:33 (three years ago) link

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Stevolende, Sunday, 11 July 2021 09:41 (three years ago) link

i didn't expect the introspection comp to be on spotify but it is & it's good. most of these guys could still do with more love

Left, Sunday, 11 July 2021 10:45 (three years ago) link

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actually this
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HUgh Masekela compilation with both that Hedzoleh Sounds backed lp and the previous collaboration on in full. Plus the next band that Masekela formed with African players in several tracks. The whole 3cd set seems to be pretty good though I've only heard 2 discs so far.
Nice comprehensive set of grooves with African sources and in collaboration with some American players.
I should have been more familiar with Masekela's work I think I was mainly aware of him as a South African exile and a Byrds collaborator as well as being married to Miriam Makeba at one point. That and his appearance on Monterey Pop which seems really iconic. Now also seen him on Summer of Soul which isn't quite up to the standard of Monterey. Oh yeah was aware of one version of Stimela the song about the South African mining workers train which i think I knew in an English language version from some point in the 80s though it just occurred to me that it was something a local dj was playing in his ethno funk sets in the local Gaelic club. (I think the thought behind that club was initially about keeping other languages than English being talked/sung)
Anyway superlative compilation which seems to be going pretty cheap at some online outlets. & an artist that I should be much more familiar with and this set does help with that a lot. Certainly for the decade from the mid 60s to the mid 70s as it says in the title.

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2nd solo lp by Annette Peacock here accompanied by various sidemen who I think changed over the time the record was recorded but include people like Chris Spedding on guitar who also pops up on a lot of other interesting somewhat proggy stuff over the 70s, and Bill Bruford on drums.
IT was recently reissued so I finally got it after wanting it for the last few years and having missed the compilation from about a decade ago which combined this with the next late 70s lp and I think some bonus material. Do need the next lp still I think. Think it might not be as immediate as this but still pretty necessary. This is jazzy, funky and a bit quirky, not quite as out there as her earlier 70s lp I'm The One which is also pretty necessary.

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New Zealand band's great anthology. Garagey amateurish playing with great melody etc .
Had meant to pick this up for ages, finally sorted that out a couple of years ago but should pay more attention to it. Have loved 'Getting older' since it was current I think, I may have had i on a Flying Nun sampler from somewhere in the mid 90s too.
I assume the Velvets are a massive influence as well as some other 60s material but I think channelled through punk era lens.
Pretty essential to these ears as I listen to it. So I shouldn't leave so long intervals.

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Singles anthology by garage punk/psych essentials. Covers all the well known singles as well as material by later lineups from the 60s which I'd known from an Eva compilation in the mid 80s.
Band chnged quite heavily in the late 60s. Also very early stuff i sfar closer to late 50s r'n'r than one might assume from the garage psych archetype stuff from 66 and 67. Great set which i also ought to be far more familiar with, like have been listening to some of this since my mid teens and other bits I'm only just discovering.

Stevolende, Sunday, 11 July 2021 11:13 (three years ago) link

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Shaidar Logoff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 06:41 (three years ago) link

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massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 23 July 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link

oh man I gotta revisit Wabi Sabi, I have that one.

sleeve, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link

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Now onto the first cd of this 3cd Masekela compilation. IT starts so slinky that I keep thinking its the Tim Buckley set here when it starts.
Again contains almost all of a couple of lps and a couple of tracks from others. Masekela was doing some great stuff at the time going from jazz not consciously influenced by his upbringing to him becoming more conscious about his input of traditional forms which I think would remain a feature from then on. He has his first Mbaqanga based tune on I think the 3rd lp selected from here.
Really heavily recommended set. I think I will be looking for more by him. As well as some of the sidemen he's working with here. Need to get the township meets spiritual jazz stuff by Abdullah Ibrahim and some stuff by Dudu Pukwana, Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo-Moholo and others. Think I might check out that Brotherhood oF Breath lp too.

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Tim Buckley live set from 1969 which was released a couple of years ago. This actually contains undoctored versions of some of the tracks from Lorca which i think had some of the drum tracks removed.
I was listening to disc 1 which I think is all new though. THis is Buckley in jazzy mode like he's ingested the current Miles davis material etc and come up with this parallel which is electric and liquid and sublime.
Great set.

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There appear to be 2 different sets by the Commodores in the Gold series. This one with the image from their first lp as the photo has a lot of the early 70s street funk stuff which is what I was looking for. I think the other one is more common and concentrates more on the later hit stuff. They were a great funk band so I'm loving this , though Young Girls Are My Weakness is just a bit wrong. THis does include the hit songs that later bands covered including Easy and Three Times A Lady. Easy is ok and the other one can be ignored.
But I got this to get the Funk stuff so am very glad to have that now. The band was more than a MOR Quiet Storm band featuring Lionel Ritchie. I wonder to what extent that idea obscures how good this early stuff is.
& I haven't listened to the 2nd cd yet. So wonder if it is going to get repeat listens, the 1st one certainly will.

Stevolende, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 10:35 (three years ago) link

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS great band/album

making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 29 July 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link

I’ve embarked on a classic thrash kick today. Also enjoying Devastation’s Idolatry. I’ll spare the thread from more cover art, though.

beard papa, Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link

The first Demolition Hammer is so good, best gang shouts in the biz

Shaidar Logoff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 30 July 2021 01:18 (three years ago) link

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earlnash, Friday, 30 July 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link


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