Spinnage Salad...The Notorious Tuesday Thread

[Mr MidFi]

Mr. HiFi, what are those cheap trick dvd's like? Do you have any others?

Dave

That's MidFi, mister!

Anyway, the Cheap Trick DVD is a single disc. It's the only DVD title of theirs I own. It was recorded in 1998 in Chicago, and all the tracks are from their first 4 releases. The audio/video production values are less than fabulous (actually, less than good). But the tune selection is outstanding, and the performances (especially Robin Zander's voice) are excellent.

[nobody]

Glad to hear some positive response for that Green on Red. I’ve always really liked that EP. I actually have been listening to it for around 20 years. Oddly enough, I never picked up Gas, Food, Lodging. I guess I just really liked the EP and didn’t want to be disappointed.

Anyway…here’s a few things I’ve been listening to…

My Own 2003 comp:
They’re in the mail now, for those who asked for one.

Some Jazz

Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection
Wonderful 2 disc compilation of his work. Covers a variety of labels and ranges from the mid forties through the mid fifties. I don’t know enough about Parker to know if this is the best set to pick up, but it sure satisfies me.

Sonny Meets Hawk – Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins
Two great tastes that taste great together. If you like sax, hard to go wrong with this one.

Lush Life: John Coltrane
Yeah, I hear all the stuff about Blue Train and others, but for me, the laid back character of Lush Life does it for me every time. My personal favorite Coletrane.

A little bit of Soul

La-La Means I Love You: The Delfonics
Another hits collection. This one is just so smooth and sweet. If you like Philly soul, you gotta listen to these guys. Of course, if you like Philly Soul, you probably already have.

Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite
Yeah, I guess Neo Soul’s been gone for a while now and all, but I can still go back and listen to this one ever and over. Similarly smooth vibe as the previous post. Lush and beautiful.

A little bit of Country

Through the Trees & Twilight: Handsome Family
OK…been listening to these two tons and tons these days. Excellent country gothic mood music. I gotta go grab their 2003 release soon before I explode.

16 Biggest Hits: Willie Nelson
Gotta love a guy who smoked a joint on top of the white house. Nice voice and incredible songs too.

some Rock

But, nothing I haven’t mentioned on here a lot recently, so I’ll just list Los Straightjackets, Jet, Kings of Leon, White Stripes (De Stijl, which is rawer than their last two, but kicks major ass) and some old punk stuff.

And , some electronic stuff I never quite know what to call.

But, now I’m getting tired of writing, so I’ll just mention Everything but the Girl, Lamb, ISAN, Mum, Four Tet, Tricky, and some others….

[skewiff]

These are most of the things that I've spun this week.

Grant Green ........ Live from the Lighthouse. Soulful.

Bob Dylan.........Highway 61. SACD. A geat version of a classic cd.

Gov't Mule.......The Deepest End. Everything about this package is excellent.

White Stripes......!st cd. The beginning of big things to come.

Ryan Adams......Rock and Roll. Guitary, loud.

Kings of Leon......Youth and Young Manhood. 2 plays, like it.

The Coral......1st album. Good stuff. New cd next week.

Flaming Lips......Yoshimi. Love this cd.

The Thrills.....To much for the City. One of my Faves from last year.(Thanks Mike)

Lee Fields.....Let's Get a groove On. Great sounding James Brown, very funky 80's cd. Thanks Brian.

Comp's.

Badfinger.......Best of. PPG's wonderful effort.

Mike's2003.....Best of, a sterling effort, from a fellow Englishman.

DVD's
El Mariachi.
Desperado. Getting ready for Once upon a time in Mexico.

The Guru......Very good Bollywood.

Fawlty Towers........Best ever? Probably.

The Italian Job....Micheal Caine version. I've loved this film for 30 years.

Alien.... The new dvd, excellent conversion still one scary movie.

Books

Just started to read De Vinci Code, so far so good.

This completes the voting from Michigan.

Tony