What are you listening to? 2022

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Recently reissued , long not easily available live set by Canadian artist. Think it is pretty necessary ojn finally getting it.
I had a thing a few years ago of trying to work out what the archedtypal groups on the birth of rock were, thinking about things like the Drifting Cowboys and I think at least one of the groups that backed Al Green on his turn of the 70s Hi material, though maybe that is more one case had me thinking who was actually shaping what would become the sound for rock and what I wished was. Anyway the band here is another one for the latter. Takes a sloppy sound part based in honky tonk country and electrifies it more and adds in a few more influences. Not sure if this is a basis a lot of later bands did use as an archetype or not but I think it is pretty ideal. Also had the idea of what is the default band sound in one's head when they think of rock and does it map directly to a single band, think that's probably pretty personal and helps define what one is into in terms of bands. Could see that applying here. In short I do like this band a lot.
Stumbled on this when i was looking through racks in local record shops a few weeks ago. Hadn't heard it had been released individually, think it has been available for a while in a small box set that has been pretty pricey.
Young thinking that the correct response to his releases becoming mainstream is to head for the ditch winding up with material like this is pretty great. I have heard this maverick streak was pretty influential on a number of people who you might not immediately associate with teh sound here. But the sound is so great anyway.

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Jazz singer compilation ranging from mid 50s to mid 60s. What a voice.
I seem to be picking up some great chanteusey stuff recently. THis has more strings than I would really like but they do seem to have been done rather well. Think I might look at what smaller band stuff she has but do like a decent violin.
The word mellifluous comes to mind on hearing her. Really what a voice.
Think I've been aware of the name for years though think I've been skipping the a in the surname.
went into a local book shop to get the recent Bob Stanley (pre) history of pop music book cos I knew they had it in cheap and while looking around the shop I found this and very glad i did . I should have been aware of her much earlier now wonder who else along these lines I've known the name but not the music of . Need to further explore Ella Fitzgerald for one.

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Manchester institution's late 80s single bsides, possibly more creative though As are also pretty good. Due to bad curation on my part I only have one disc of this that I think is playable, bought this like 25 years ago when I was still living in Dublin. Looks like other disc has some heavy gouges. I think I might try to get a new copy o9f this though I think the full singles set may be taking the place of this. I think I bought it for tracks on the first disc mainly which is why this is in better shape possibly.
Anyway quit ea decent band in places. This covers an era when Mark's girlfriend Brix has come in on more conventional guitar so the band is still a bit more poppy than it had been at one point. Still very interesting. Mark's lyricism was always worth a perusal I think, had a really idiosyncratic worldview like.
I think I was still going and seeing them quite regularly throughout this period. Probably started around the beginning of the set and may have tailed off towards teh end though I do remember heading to Belfast from Dublin to see them so not sure exactly when taht was.
I think my peak period for them may be around 82 and the late 70s though. Hex and Dragnet and stuff.

Another word for Sarah Vaughan 's singing style is melismatic. Pretty great breaking up of lines into note array like.

no idea where to put this, there’s no thread on j.t. iv and only a couple scattered mentions in the last 15 years. i don’t like the rest of his music at all (at least the tiny bit that’s available for perusal) but this cover of “fat lady of limbourg” (to be reissued soon by drag city) is bracing

j.t. iv - fat lady of limbourg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT0GVHU26AE

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0516546049_10.jpgmontel palmer's "wayback" lo-fi nothingy bedsit murmur. supremely half-assed

no idea where to put this, there’s no thread on j.t. iv and only a couple scattered mentions in the last 15 years. i don’t like the rest of his music at all (at least the tiny bit that’s available for perusal) but this cover of “fat lady of limbourg” (to be reissued soon by drag city) is bracing

j.t. iv - fat lady of limbourg

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Actually swapped these out so I had something new to listen to on New Year's Day. Then undid everything by having the first thing I listened to on the 3 player for teh New Year be the cd cleaner. Ho hum.

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which also contains this
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which is an anachronistic photo for a trio performance. Prophecy has saxophone with rhythm section bass and drums which seems full enough sound. Bells has Saxophone plus added trumpet playing brother, alto saxophone different bassist and same drummer- Sonny Murray.
Got prompted to put this on by reading the Richard Koloda biography Holy Ghost. I need to sort through my cds and see what I have by Albert Ayler I know I had a few titles on vinyl decades ago not sure if I have replaced them all on cd still. So not sure what I dod have on cd at the moment.
Enjoyed this greatly so again should be listening to this more not letting it sit on a pile of cds for ages .This may be him at his most free not sure, does seem that Michael Samson did tie in with freedom well and was playing off other players, the addition of harpsichord seems to be a constraint elksewhere possibly more so than using piano which is itself a firmly tuned instrument.
I do like that thing he is doing when Samson and Cobb are onboard weird interplay based on folk and other simple themes. Seems like Donald brought in the idea of using marches more than Albert did. Anyway very interesting artist, would love to hear where he would have gone to if he hadn't died in 1970 still exploring areas that Marie Maria may have suggested . he appears to have been trying to get away from her influence and didn't manage to.
I think I do need to listen to those 3 lps from taht era and Fondation maeght. I think i have New Grass at least.

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the bonus disc of the Blixa Sounds version of the 2nd lp of LA band's 2nd lp. This has pretty full sounding versions of demoes of the tracks fromm the lp plus the next 2 which I'd like to know more about who was playing on.
Miami is a favourite lp, a claustrophobic New York studio winds up with teh band sounding pretty expansive. Not 100% sure where the demoes were recorded but these do seem to be decent alternative versions or at least mixes of the material therein.
Garagey psychy melange of various roots forms and post-punk rock which I've loved for close to 4 decades. I think I need to get the other 2 pre retirement lps in the Blixa Sounds versions . Have now seen that they have gone onto at least Mother Juno, not sure where they will continue to.

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2nd lp by current band. My first by them. It appeared in a local mainstream music shop so must be having some impact.
I enjoy the musical interplay, guitarist has a style that reminds me of some things I'm trying to place.
Female vocalist's lyric style is pretty unique. Repeating bits of small talk in a nearly cut up way. Haven't seen them live so not sure how she handles singing/vocalising there. If she repeats the same things exactly or what.
I think I will be picking up more of their output. THis is pretty good. Cover challenging views of tastelessness.

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probably about time i swapped the keyboard with the darkened keys over to the one I picked up a few months ago. Should be touctyping by now anyway I guess.

struggling with picking stuff