What is spinning?

[Mr Peabody]

If you guys get a wild hair to listen to something I've heard of before the new Steve Winwood album, Nine Lives is good. I started a thread and talked about it some but no one has bitten on it.

[Luvin Da Blues]

Talk about a gem from the past. Awhile ago I bought a coworkers LP collection. Last week he stopped by with about 100 LPs that he found in his closet and this is one that is going to be in the rotation for awhile. Stevie play just about every instrument on this album. If he isn't one of the most talented musician of the last century then I don't know who is.

[bobsticks]

Rock solid combination of country and blues with Rory Block's 2003 SACD Last Fair Deal. Vocals are above fair but she maintains an outstanding guitar tone. This one might be a winner with some of y'all blues cats...

[dean_martin]

Yo La Tengo "Summer Sun"

I like this album. Kinda hypnotic.

[bobsticks]

You know what's cool about Big-Daddy Sticks? Endurance. Thanks to my kickass new modem which will either be going back tomorrow or going out the window tonight I present to you today's installment of "What's Spinning?" for thr fourth effin' time.

So after a day spent planning to and succeeding in accomplishing nothing what's a guy to do? The answer clearly is to cop some tunes and dig in wid it. Valient Thorr's new disc, Immortalizer, reminisces Alabama Thunderpussy with some punky, early Iron Maiden vibes and raucous and wanking guitars. This is dirty, unwashed music but, seriously, it can''t all be twangy. It comes loud and proud and highly recommended as a sonic palette cleaner.

http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/vali...lbumId=2278707

I'd post a pic of the cover but this post isn't worth doing again.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Had I known you were this talkative Sticky, I'd have joined in here a long time ago.

[bobsticks]

Had I known you were this talkative Sticky, I'd have joined in here a long time ago.

Yeah, Rich. I like to talk about music too I just confine it to this thread. I feel I can do more for the site by ensuring that every other thread goes off topic.

NS: The Notwist~The Devil, You + Me One of the better new releases of 2008; we get to revisit the Notwist in all their shimmering and jingle-jangly authority. The boys manage to remain ethereal in the Joy Division EMS Reverb Unit way without getting whiny. Not an upscale rock affair, actually a bit mellow and pensive but great for thunderstorms.




Interestingly, this is a pic of the cover that is widely circulated on the net. Mine appears much different, a cascading flow of digital colors. Perhaps there are Euro and US versions?

[Auricauricle]

Sticks: As long as you're into the dirty, unwashed variety of music, let me reccommend Eric Clapton's "From the Cradle". Yes, it's a production album, but there's an almost imperceptible presence in the recording that gives me a sense of "being there" that I have rarely experienced. Maybe it's a device or a contrivance, but there are so many rough edges in the recording that (at least I) appreciate getting out of the studio and back into the club....

[Stone]

These three EPs:



It seems like just yesterday that I was introduced to Catherine Wheel on this board. These EPs aren't the most consistent, but very good nonetheless.

I also found a used copy of this recently, which is really, really good:

[bobsticks]

Sticks: As long as you're into the dirty, unwashed variety of music, let me reccommend Eric Clapton's "From the Cradle". Yes, it's a production album, but there's an almost imperceptible presence in the recording that gives me a sense of "being there" that I have rarely experienced. Maybe it's a device or a contrivance, but there are so many rough edges in the recording that (at least I) appreciate getting out of the studio and back into the club....

It sounds like it's worth hearin' the sounds. Clapton is one of those cats that I generally buy once a year and only records that are reputed to have the proper sq---a rare flash of audiophilism in me--but I mostly find his stuff rather hit-or-miss. The Gun Club on the other hand...I love me some Gun Club in all their rawkous, pedal steel, rootsy glory...but not tonight...

[Auricauricle]

I'll checkum out....Thanks!

[Bernd]

Sigur Ros - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust

Another great release. If you like any of Sigur Ros' back catalogue then you'll love it - the album is a logical progression from previous works without abandoning all that we love about them. Almost all tracks will connect with the listener on first listen, and even those that feel they could be forgetable have a knack for sounding oh-so-familiar 2nd time around. However the album is notably shorter than other albums in their repetoire, at just under 1 hour.
This will surely ride high on my end of year tally.

Peace

[Bernd]

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt

This is a really engaging record which got under my skin. It displays a real retro feel with Mark Lanegan sounding like a smokey sixties crooner on this fusion of styles and sparse arrangements. A little like Over The Rhine with an added edge.

[Auricauricle]

I'm going to Disneyland....

Turn 'er up!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zS3NGmRT0Y

[Luvin Da Blues]

Ya know that feeling when you and your special person go to a favorite restaurant (or insert any other place at will) that you haven't been to in a lot of years and have the greatest time?

That's how I felt after finally getting around to spinning this...

[jasn]

Shearwater: Rooks Good stuff, deserving many listens.

[bobsticks]

Back to back to back to back on a rainy Friday night...

[basite]

NP:

Nick Cave & the bad seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus DIG!!!

Keep them spinning y'all
Bert.

[bobsticks]

Hey Bert, I thought that jim clark and I were the only ones that had that album. Good stuff.

NP:Sharon Jones & the Dep Kings' 100 Days, 100 Nights

Upon pushing play I instantly recognised this as having been one of the favorites off of Nobody's 2007 YEC. Well, I'm glad to report that the whole frikken' album is great. For fans of Amy Winehouse, come on over to the light. Sharon is the real thing...better songs, better sonics and won't barf on ya. If Amy had half this amount of talent she wouldn't have to smoke crack.

[Luvin Da Blues]

....and I'm spinning the 6 vol set of Louisiana Swamp Blues. If ya know your blues, ya know that swamp blues is a bit lighter fair than say the dreary Chicago blues. Fabulous artists such as Clarence Edwards, Tabby Thomas, Oscar 'Harp' Davis, Henry Gray, Larry Garner, Cora Jefferson and one of my all time favs Silas Hogan (LDB drops to his knees and takes a bow towards the Shrine of Silas) are featured. I can't seem to load all the art work, oh well.

BTW, I have reduced this 6 Cd set down to 2 Cds (my picks), If anyone is interested in copies drop me a PM.

[nobody]

The Clash: Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg

I'm not usually much for bootlegs or unreleased/demo kinda stuff, but I'm really digging this. It's a demo version of Combat Rock that was floating around when it was intended to be a more extended 2 LP set with a much more laid back vibe and lots of heavy dub overtones. There's about 4-5 songs not on the official Combat Rock (all but one of which has been released somewhere by now in some version or another) and pretty much everything is remixed. The real slow stuff off side two of Combat Rock isn't quite so sparse here with extra sound effects and instrumentation filling out some of them and the more rockin' side one tracks are often slowed down here. As a whole it sounds much more like what you would expect to have followed Sandinista than what was eventually released.

I read Mick Jones mixed this version before songs were dropped and everything was remixed for a tighter more traditional rock feel for most songs. The sound quality on the version floating around is pretty good for a boot, but it was originally taken from cassette so not exactly hi-fi. I'd really love to see this whole mix given a proper release. The reason I'm not usually one for bootlegs and demos is that usually they seem to me lesser material and would have done well to stay in the vault. But, in this case, I personally think this version surpasses the released version by a good margin.

[Auricauricle]

Always a classic; never boring!

[Bernd]

Got this for my birthday and have been spinning it this morning. What a superb collection of music including the sublime 'Song for Athene ' along with the World Premiere of ' Prayer of the Heart ' featuring Bjork. The interview section of disc two is rather special, full of interesting stories. John Tavener is a gentle soul and comes across as an egoless human being. This two disc set comes in a slip-clase and full 68 page booklet. This music moved me... truly beautiful.

John Tavener - A Portrait

Peace

[Rich-n-Texas]

Well, if I understand this game right...

"Traffic Gold" @ 90 dB, including but not limited to:

- Paper Sun
- Dealer
- Coloured Rain
- Hole In My Shoe
- No Face, No Name, No Number
- Heaven Is In Your Mind
- Smiling Phases
- Dear Mr. Fantasy
- You Can All Join In
- Pearly Queen
- Feelin' Alright
- Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
- Forty Thousand Heandmen
- Shanghai Noodle Factory
- Medicated Goo
- Freedom Rider
- Empty Pages

I'm caught up now.

Earlier: Led Zeppelin, Yes (three different ones), and that's it.

It's been a great start to the holiday weekend so far.

[Bernd]

This came recommended to me by a friend and I'll pass it on.
This Album has all the qualities of the original Ska sound with an updated twist. The Majority of the tracks are original material written by the Dualers with the exception of 2 cover version which are fantastically done. This is an infectious upbeat album and if you like original Ska with a hint of Bob Marley and the Wailers thrown in then this could be for you.

The Dualers - The Melting Pot

Peace