What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.

[EKE BBB]

[catesta]

[felser]

Very impressive stuff - master musicians with quite a history prior to becoming ARS

 

[catesta]

[soulpope]

18 hours ago, Marzz said:

.... but not particularly rare. Artists most Soul fans would probably already have in their collections. Though Kenny Carter, Timmy Willis (and others) were highlights for me back in the nineties. 

The 5 volumes would make an unbeatable 2 CD set, no?

 

 

What would be your Ace Deep Soul Compilation choices where they got it right both from the collector`s and the music`s perspective ..... ?

I would award some of these .... :

Various Artists 

Individual Artists :

[soulpope]

[BFrank]

[Brad]

[felser]

 

[duaneiac]

From just listening to the song samples available online, I was a little dubious about this album, but it was cheap enough so I took a chance and bought it anyway.  So glad I did as this is one of the finest albums I've heard all year!

[felser]

Not the sonic revelation I was hoping for, and no liner notes, and less bonus material than the "Message in a Box" set from 25 years ago.   That being said, the packaging is nice (full minl-lp's with gatefolds), no real problems with the sound, the missing live bonus material is not of much value (I never found their live material compelling compared to the studio recordings), and it cost me $22 shipped from Amazon UK for the six CD set.  If you have "Message in a Box", you probably don't need too bother with this.  If you don't, this is the way to go.

[EKE BBB]

3 hours ago, felser said:

Not the sonic revelation I was hoping for, and no liner notes, and less bonus material than the "Message in a Box" set from 25 years ago.   That being said, the packaging is nice (full minl-lp's with gatefolds), no real problems with the sound, the missing live bonus material is not of much value (I never found their live material compelling compared to the studio recordings), and it cost me $22 shipped from Amazon UK for the six CD set.  If you have "Message in a Box", you probably don't need too bother with this.  If you don't, this is the way to go.

Thanks for the comments, felser. I might consider getting this box.

[felser]

Edited November 21, 2019 by felser

[Brad]

17 minutes ago, felser said:

Great disc. I’m assuming they’ll be doing a 50th  of Workingman’s Dead, a classic. 

[felser]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

Great disc. I’m assuming they’ll be doing a 50th  of Workingman’s Dead, a classic. 

I also assume they'll keep going.  Next up would be Live/Dead, my favorite in their original run.

[Brad]

For Dead fans:

Ready or Not is coming out today. These were nine unreleased live songs that the GD started playing in 92 or 93 with the intention that they would be part of a studio album that never came to be.

[felser]

This Rockpalast CD/DVD series is amazing.  Great sound quality, inspired performances, and very inexpensive.

[soulpope]

Before .... :

[soulpope]

Also .... :

[EKE BBB]

[felser]

[EKE BBB]

[BFrank]

[Brad]

1 hour ago, EKE BBB said:

Terrific 

[ejp626]

Leonard Cohen - Thanks for the Dance

 

I only heard about this posthumous release today, so I am absorbing it in real time.  First impressions are that it is (not surprisingly) pretty similar to You Want It Darker.  I'd say that Adam Cohen (Leonard's son) has done a good job pulling these unfinished tracks together.  I'm a moderate (not huge) Cohen fan, and I can envision spinning this on a semi-regular basis.

Couple of reviews - https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/review-leonard-cohens-spirit-moves-us-on-thanks-for-the-dance

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/22/leonard-cohen-thanks-for-the-dance-review-columbia