What music did you buy today?

[Steve Reynolds]

AMM : An Unintended Legacy - 3 CD box of 3 of the 5 2015/16 concerts with Prevost, Tilbury & Rowe

3 Nights @ Cafe Oto - 3 CD’s plus DVD documenting the core trio of Evan Parker, John Edwards & Eddie Prevost from 2013. Schlippenbach joins on night 2 & a trombonist I was unfamiliar with joins on night 3.

Been listening quite a bit the last few weeks since I received them. Wonderful on all counts - especially the AMM concerts.

matchless recordings

 

[BFrank]

[Kevin Bresnahan]

5 hours ago, BFrank said:

I don't like this cover at all. The graphics, colors, fonts, even the colors of those fonts... just way too busy. It looks like it was done by someone who just discovered the tint function in Photoshop.

[jlhoots]

new Dave Rempis CD on Aerophonic: Stringers & Struts

Edited November 15, 2020 by jlhoots

[Steve Reynolds]

1 hour ago, jlhoots said:

new Dave Rempis CD on Aerophonic: Stringers & Struts

I’m getting near ordering the last 4 Rempis CD’s from his label. Problem is I also have a long list of Astral Spirits CD’s to order on bandcamp. Can’t decide which to order first!!! Plus I’m looking at filing in my Okkadisk collection with the missing 2-3 KV Transatlantic Band recordings I really want to hear. 

[duaneiac]

Arrived in today's mail --

[soulpope]

2 minutes ago, duaneiac said:

Arrived in today's mail --

Treasure trove ....

[duaneiac]

5 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Treasure trove ....

Most of it will be new to me.  I only have a "greatest hits" CD of their Stax recordings.  Just never got around to buying any of the individual albums, so there will be plenty of "new" music for me.

I got the CD version, not the vinyl version pictured.

[HutchFan]

duaneiac, be sure to share your impressions of those Staples Singers records. 

I've only got their Greatest Hits compilation.

But that big set looks awful tempting!

[soulpope]

4 minutes ago, duaneiac said:

Most of it will be new to me.  I only have a "greatest hits" CD of their Stax recordings.  Just never got around to buying any of the individual albums, so there will be plenty of "new" music for me.

I got the CD version, not the vinyl version pictured.

Good music is awaiting you ....

[duaneiac]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

duaneiac, be sure to share your impressions of those Staples Singers records. 

I've only got their Greatest Hits compilation.

But that big set looks awful tempting!

First impressions:  The liner notes are a little disappointing.  Mavis & Pervis Staples are both still with us, so it would have been great if they could have been interviewed for the liner notes or written an introduction or something.  The liner notes do provide a concise history of the family/group and some info about the recording of the individual albums.  The writers indulge in a bit more "opinion" about the music than I would like.  They deem "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)" to be a "less successful" song because it "holistically retreads" "I'll Take You There".  Well, no duh.  And "My Sweet Lord" holistically retreaded "He's So Fine", but both are great songs. 

Lots of interesting photos in the book and I bet they look even greater in the LP-sized format.

The packaging finds the CDs inserted inside  LP sleeve reproductions, including gatefold where needed.  I recently got a John Prine Asylum Records boxed set and with that, for each album they have a fold-out paper insert with the original credits and lyrics as printed on the album.  Nice for us older listeners whose eyesight is not quite up to reading the tiny print on CD sized LP reproductions.  I wish that would be the industry standard, but I guess there are plenty of lyrics sites out there if one really needs that info.

This afternoon, I listened to, in order:

The Staple Swingers --  This had the hit "Heavy Makes You Happy".  Many of the other tracks seemed to fade out just when they were really grooving.  I'm not against fadeouts in general, but too often the promise of a song here was left unfulfilled for me.

Be Altitude:  Respect Yourself --   In addition to the title track, this album also had "I'll Take You There".  Those are the strongest tracks, but it' still a good album overall.

City In The Sky -- I liked this one best of all.  The liner note writers say that the songs on here were originally recorded for what was going to be a double album release.  Instead the tracks were divided up between the Be What You Are album and this one.  They claim his album "suffers a bit from this approach".  You couldn't tell it by me.  The Singers and the musicians were really grooving here.  If this is second-rate compared to BWYA, then I look forward to hearing that album

[HutchFan]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!!!   

[Dmitry]

I saw Mavis Staples at the Blue Note in NYC about 15 years ago. It was a free show, for some reason, maybe some type of club promotion. I might have some negatives of that on 35mm film.

[EKE BBB]

- Sonny Rollins in Holland (Resonance)

- Barney Wilen and Tete Montoliu. Grenoble 1988 (Elemental)

Both came in the mail today.

[jlhoots]

Lianne La Havas CD

[Pim]

For me no amazon or Dodax this year. We're in another full lockdown here in the Netherlands cause of covid 19. Record stores are also closed but most of them decided to deliver at home. So I ordered at my local record store here to support it in these tough times. What I ordered:

On CD:

On new vinyl:

The last two are new releases on the great 'Pure Pleasure' label. Can't wait to give them a spin. 

[Chuck Nessa]

Ordered this from Scott Robinson -

[OliverM]

I will not be able to listen to it until next month at the least, the CD player's lens has to be changed...

 

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, Pim said:

 

❤❤❤ !!!

[Rabshakeh]

7 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Ordered this from Scott Robinson -

I have never heard of this one. An incredible line up. 

This bunch were from yesterday, unknowingly enjoying the last day shopping prior to a new lockdown. 

[soulpope]

6 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

This bunch were from yesterday, unknowingly enjoying the last day shopping prior to a new lockdown. 

👍👍!!

[HutchFan]

23 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

This bunch were from yesterday, unknowingly enjoying the last day shopping prior to a new lockdown. 

Incredible haul, Rab!!!

 

[Pim]

Look what Santa left me:

 

‘the Group’ consists of Ahmed Abdullah, Billy Bang, Marion Brown, Sirone and Andrew Cyrille.

[soulpope]

On 24.12.2020 at 3:56 PM, Pim said:

Look what Santa left me:

 

‘the Group’ consists of Ahmed Abdullah, Billy Bang, Marion Brown, Sirone and Andrew Cyrille.

You must have been a "good boy" 😉😁 ....

[Pim]

8 hours ago, soulpope said:

You must have been a "good boy" 😉😁 ....

In think my wife will disagree... 

Edited December 26, 2020 by Pim