infernox
Rise Against - The Sufferer and the Witness and a little bit of
In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
Bob-Dubery
And the other item that landed in my greedy little mitts today is John Martyn's Live at Leeds. This is the new, de luxe (or whatever) 2-disc set. THe first disc being an expanded selection from the same 1975 concert. The 2nd disc is live tracks from various shows in the 70s and 80s.
Martyn was having a tiff with his record label in 1975, so he originally distributed Live at Leeds himself by mail order. It was a surprising success.
Paul Kossof is in the band here. He's largely inaudible. Also in the band, and definitely not inaudible, is Danny Thompson. Martyn and Danny always had a special chemistry that, IMO, neither of them found with anybody else (when you look at Danny T's CV this suggests that his musical relationship with Martyn was special indeed). Martyn is in a jazzy mood on this album, including his vocals getting into scat territory on occasion, and Danny is the perfect side kick for all of this. The performance sounds loose, but in a good way as Martyn and Thompson spark off of each other.
So this is classic 70s Martyn, full of textures, leaning towards the ambient on occasion, his ground-breaking use of echo on display and his vocals full of jazzy phrasing and timing.
DaFiz
In keeping with my own tradition of listening to anything least once,
I am listening to The Agonist - Lullabies For The Dormant Mind.
OK... I just deleted it. ?
Mitch21
Just got the new Hendrix album Valley's of Neptune which has unreleased tracks ?
infernox
Senses Fail - Life is not a waiting room
makepeace
what do people think of Valleys of Neptune?
chris77
makepeace wrote
what do people think of Valleys of Neptune?
I dont like it. I have the Experience Hendrix compilation and Electric Ladyland, and this doesn't weigh up imo. Years ago I bought a Jimi cd at Game for R20 or something. It was basically a bunch of Jamtracks and him playing while some other okes sang k@k blues tunes. I learned there is a lot of "Jimi" cheapies with Unreleased stuff on that was being churned out by labels to milk every last cent from Joe public and only bought my first Real Jimi cd years later (ladyland). My word, I was left gobsmacked! I bought the compilation soon after and have listened to it countless times since.
Valley of Neptune reeks a bit of that first Cd I bought though. The songs i know are not done the way I have gotten used to them and that puts me off. It's like hearing a band play a song live and it doesn't sound as good as it does on Cd - you feel cheated somehow. There's also too many Jamtracks. Nobody can deny that Jimi's playing is brilliant. Ditto his tone. But thats not why i like him. i like him because his songs make me pull my face funny and my toes curl. Its the whole package. Hearing only parts of it out of context just doesn't do him justice.
So ja, if you're a big fan you will probably enoy it and delight yourself in the subtle nuances and the way the songs are presented differently. Not for me though.
makepeace
i hear you. i skimmed through it this morning. i've been listening to the live at woodstock album back to back for the last few weeks, and after listening to VoN, it sounds like a completely different artist..
the only tune that is a bit refreshing in my mind is Hear My Train a Comin'.. really dig the acoustic ver of that song thats on youtube as well.
dee
Right now listening to Racer-X. I never get tired of that album. Man crush on Paul Gilbert? Quite possibly...
Also bought the new Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band dvd, called Live in Hyde Park. What a show. Three hours of non stop performance, opening with cover London Calling, all the way to Dancing In The Dark. New stuff, old stuff, covers, all there. Worth every cent.
infernox
Bob Marley - Three little birds
Going to be the first song I play on my guitar ?
Ray
There is some music that you need to listen to a couple of times before it starts working you up a bit. Sometimes you've just got to listen the first time, then wait a few days and listen again and things start rolling. But John Hiatt is nothing like this. Got 'The Open Road' and been listening in my car. I been singing along like I know the songs already but I dont hey. Gotto go. To work. Bye.
infernox
Well just got Three Little Birds down on the guitar... cant sing along yet as Im counting, but im chuffed!
Bob-Dubery
Guy Buttery - Fox Hill Road
I saw Guy Buttery live a couple of years ago. In a tiny little shop (the late, lamented Canned Applause in Melville), I was sitting about a meter and half away. My jaw fell off of my face pretty early on. This guy is a remarkable player.
This disc is better than I remember that show. Not in the playing, but in the compositions. Buttery has really interesting, engaging musical ideas on this disc, and his considerable musical gifts are used to get the idea across, to paint pictures in the mind. Very satisfying.
Nice recording too. The engineer is Howard Butcher, and he deserves credit for the sound of the guitars on this disc.
Guest players include Dat Patlansky (on dobro), Nibs van der Spuy, Tony Cox, Syd Kitchen and pianist Martin Wolfaardt.
Bob-Dubery
X-rated Bob wrote
And the other item that landed in my greedy little mitts today is John Martyn's Live at Leeds. This is the new, de luxe (or whatever) 2-disc set. THe first disc being an expanded selection from the same 1975 concert. The 2nd disc is live tracks from various shows in the 70s and 80s.
Martyn was having a tiff with his record label in 1975, so he originally distributed Live at Leeds himself by mail order. It was a surprising success.
...
So this is classic 70s Martyn, full of textures, leaning towards the ambient on occasion, his ground-breaking use of echo on display and his vocals full of jazzy phrasing and timing.
I'm not usually a fan of bonus tracks, but the selection presented in this two disc reissue of
Live at Leeds is actually pretty decent and interesting. Many of the selections post date the actual show the original show presented, and they give an interesting insight into the way Martyn's music and his role in it developed - these changes including much greater use of electric guitar and continuing development of his vocal style.
Bob-Dubery
Last night at TJs somebody played Dylans "Girl From the North Country". What a lovely song. Thusly inspired I dug out my copy of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. I think this may be the best album to emerge from the early 60s American folk scene. One great turn after another.
Not just the earnest, direct protest songs for which he is deservedly famous, but also pointed humour and some understated romantic pieces.
Squonk
X-rated Bob wrote
X-rated Bob wrote
And the other item that landed in my greedy little mitts today is John Martyn's Live at Leeds. This is the new, de luxe (or whatever) 2-disc set. THe first disc being an expanded selection from the same 1975 concert. The 2nd disc is live tracks from various shows in the 70s and 80s.
Martyn was having a tiff with his record label in 1975, so he originally distributed Live at Leeds himself by mail order. It was a surprising success.
So this is classic 70s Martyn, full of textures, leaning towards the ambient on occasion, his ground-breaking use of echo on display and his vocals full of jazzy phrasing and timing.
I'm not usually a fan of bonus tracks, but the selection presented in this two disc reissue of
Live at Leeds is actually pretty decent and interesting. Many of the selections post date the actual show the original show presented, and they give an interesting insight into the way Martyn's music and his role in it developed - these changes including much greater use of electric guitar and continuing development of his vocal style.
I was youtubing(Is there a word like this) John Martyn last night, I even had to download the clips. One in particular that melts my cheese is a 1975 live version of "may you never". Awesome stuff, it seems like such a simple song, but not the way he plays it, looks like he used one of those cheaper Jim Dunlop capo's.
"Live at Leeds" will definately go on my list
Bob-Dubery
Dave Alvin: Ashgrove
I had to go and check the dates on the sleeve. I used to love that Texas bar blues sound, but I thought it had died or - even worse! - got "respectable" at least 20 years ago. Well the CD is dated 2004 and Alvin shows that the blues ain't dead. "Stinging" is a good adjective for his best playing on this disc.
Bob-Dubery
It's hardly a guitar album (though there's some fine playing on it) but I am really loving Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson's album Gift. Two fab singers, mother and daughter with genetically matched voices. There's something natural and instinctive in the way their voices work together.
Their medley of "Ukulele Lady" and "If Paradise Is Half As Nice" is the most simply joyous thing I have heard in some time.
Ray
X-rated Bob wrote
Dave Alvin: Ashgrove
I had to go and check the dates on the sleeve. I used to love that Texas bar blues sound, but I thought it had died or - even worse! - got "respectable" at least 20 years ago. Well the CD is dated 2004 and Alvin shows that the blues ain't dead. "Stinging" is a good adjective for his best playing on this disc.
This the bloke from the Blasters? Then I must get sum.
Bob-Dubery
Ray wrote
X-rated Bob wrote
Dave Alvin: Ashgrove
I had to go and check the dates on the sleeve. I used to love that Texas bar blues sound, but I thought it had died or - even worse! - got "respectable" at least 20 years ago. Well the CD is dated 2004 and Alvin shows that the blues ain't dead. "Stinging" is a good adjective for his best playing on this disc.
This the bloke from the Blasters? Then I must get sum.
Yep. The bloke from The Blasters. Alive and still kicking.
