Quote Originally Posted by Dusty Chalk
Anyone got any listens this week? Mine is pretty hard -- I haven't been listening to "in your face" music so much (pop/rock), more classical and jazz.

That said, I've been completely grooving on the myriad of Miles Davis boxsets. The Complete Studio Recordings of the Quintet being the one that I'm completely groovin' out on these days.

That, and Vivaldi's Four Seasons. I've been listening to several different versions, but Anne-Sophie Mutter's on DVD-A is easily my favourite (out of the ones I've been listening to). I love the way it goes back and forth between extremely patient and slow (the two Allegro non molto movements, for example), to "air violin" ultra-intense.
This week, a nice mixture of old and new

1) Double vinyl LP of Rare Earth Live. Who IS that blue-eyed soul singer, anyway? I found this in the used bin for $2. Out of print going for much more on Ebay. I hadn't heard this since about 1975. Sounds (slightly) dated but still pretty powerful.

2) Ornette Coleman - Sound Grammar. First new OC disc in bleepin' forever! Jazz quartet with 2 basses. The cat can still blow. For the "old", I also FINALLY found a vinyl version of his "Crisis" disc which for some reason I can't fathom has never been released by Impulse on CD. They've released quite a few relative obscurities but no OC. Must be some contractual thingy.

3) Multiple Nurse With Wounds - The Rat Tapes, Large Ladies With Cakes In The Oven, Soundpooling, Shipwreck Radio (3 volumes). These guys are still my reference for "Sound Sculptors". This is probably the most interesting group that I've discovered over the last 10 years.

4) Acid Mothers Temple - Electric Heavyland. For those who have always wondered what might emanate from a stage containing both the Boredoms and Black Sabbath. I'm sure there are one or two of you out there! Surely I'm not alone here!!!!