What is spinning?

What's spinning

I had a distinct live evening last night

Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel-Face to Face

Neil Young-Rust Never Sleeps

The Allman Brothers Band-At Filmore East

The Waterboys-Karma to Burn

And to cool down: Christy Moore-At the Point

All great Live recordings in their own right.

Bernd

1) Mussorgsky/ Pictures at an Exhibition-Fritz Reiner,CSO,Living Stereo

2)Boney James/Pure

3)Brahms/Cello Sonatas-Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax

4)Rimsky-Korsakov/ Scheherazade-Robert Spano,Telarc

5)Dvorak/ Czech Suite #5,7,8

The last I found a couple of months ago while browsing in a used book store. It was thrown up a shelf, obviously as an afterthought as there were no other cds in the place. After ringing up the rest of my purchases the clerk sort of shrugged his head and randomly assigned it the hefty price of $1.00. Best single dollar investment I've ever made as it has given me many hours of enjoyment.

Great album but it was better live.

Hey-two responses I was beginning to think that nobody is listening to music just getting exited about hardware.
I bet it was better live. It's a great live album. In my opinion just beaten to the Post by Mike Scott's latest offering-Karma to Burn. The most complete live album I know. Matter of fact it's spinning right now.

Peace

Bernd

I hate to admit it, but I'm completely ignorant of " Karma to Burn"; love the Almond Bros though. Probably the only live r&r to make it to my heavy rotation list are the live cuts off the Dire Straits Best Of. I'm enjoying Clapton's Croosroads DVD too. New to me but evidently old hat to everyone else.

...recorded just can not compete with live. I remember driving along in my car some years ago, I think it was in Leavenworth Kansas, listening to something-or-other. I don't remember if it was radio or casette. I was enjoying it until I drove by a band which was playing outdoors. Then I realized just how pathetic my car stereo was, how far short recorded music fell.

On the other hand, I have found amazing recorded music. Most recently, it was the CD "Footwork" by Knut Reiersrud. It was recorded in Norway, and I had only heard of it mentioned in the liner notes of another CD, also excellent. The sound quality was simply astonishing. It was used, and half-price in a used CD/LP store which is closing down. Wot a deal, but I'm going to miss the place...

Laz

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Originally Posted by bobsticks

1) Mussorgsky/ Pictures at an Exhibition-Fritz Reiner,CSO,Living Stereo

2)Boney James/Pure

3)Brahms/Cello Sonatas-Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax

4)Rimsky-Korsakov/ Scheherazade-Robert Spano,Telarc

5)Dvorak/ Czech Suite #5,7,8

The last I found a couple of months ago while browsing in a used book store. It was thrown up a shelf, obviously as an afterthought as there were no other cds in the place. After ringing up the rest of my purchases the clerk sort of shrugged his head and randomly assigned it the hefty price of $1.00. Best single dollar investment I've ever made as it has given me many hours of enjoyment.

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Good taste, I love the Brahms "Cello Sonatas with Ma and Ax. My favorite version of "Pictures at an Exhibition" is with Riccardo Muti conducting the Philidelphia Orchestra and my favorite recording of "Scheherazade" conducted by Rostropovich with the Orchestre de Paris. I will have to try the Dvorak but I doubt if I will have your luck.

Tchaikovsky - Pathetique Symphony - Pierre Monteaux LSC
Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe Charles Munch LSC
Edward Grieg Norwegian Dances
Miles Davis - Marcus Miller - Siesta
Havard Composers - Mendelsosohn String Quartet
Smooth Jazz Festival - Various Artists - FIM

Yes the scandinavians now how to record well. A now disbandend Kansas City Band "The Rainmakers" did some of their best work from a studio in Sweden.
As for Karma to Burn it just astounds with the quality of musician ship, recording and most of all selection and running order of songs. I have been a friend of Mike for a long time and to me he is one of the last true geniuses who writes from the heart and not for the ego. Trust me you will not be dissapointed.
I also like the Eric Clapton you mentioned. A great one here is the "Unplugged" recording.

The Power of music gives you wings

Bernd

Trollgirl--isn't great that those unexpected finds are often as enjoyable as the long-sought after "treasure"?

JM--thanks for the compliment and certainly th suggestions. I'll look them up.
The most remarkable thing about this album is that it was recorded in 1991! It is a double disc set with w #7 and #8 played by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Czech Suite #39 and Symph#5 by the Czechs. The Czech pieces in particular are impressive. The sound is full and warm with strong instrumental definition. The Balance Engineer is someone named Vaclav Roubal, of whom I've never heard though he certainly had his s$@t together that evening. I've never heard a recording from that era sound so good.
You know Ma did an album entitled simply "The Dvorak Album". Not the be-all-end-all in recording, but a good listen to be sure. In a different vein, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante performed by Midori, Nobuko Imai and Christoph Eschenbach is a favorite of mine that I will recommend again and again.

TAH--Smooth Jazz--I love it!!! I read more flame wars start between old-school and defenders of new-school or whatever terms you want to apply. Personally, I love it all. I would never argue that on artistic merits David Sanborn, for instance, rates up with the giants but I respact it the same way I respect a good pop song--ear candy but good ear candy. The flames always seem to start at the mention of Sanborn or Norah Jones or Diana Krall who, of course, are all guilty pleasures of mine. There is a recent new release called DEF JAZZ which is Jeff Lorber's latest thang. Very street and very FUN

Everyone enjoy your music--Mark

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...recorded just can not compete with live. I remember driving along in my car some years ago, I think it was in Leavenworth Kansas, listening to something-or-other. I don't remember if it was radio or casette. I was enjoying it until I drove by a band which was playing outdoors. Then I realized just how pathetic my car stereo was, how far short recorded music fell.

On the other hand, I have found amazing recorded music. Most recently, it was the CD "Footwork" by Knut Reiersrud. It was recorded in Norway, and I had only heard of it mentioned in the liner notes of another CD, also excellent. The sound quality was simply astonishing. It was used, and half-price in a used CD/LP store which is closing down. Wot a deal, but I'm going to miss the place...

Laz

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I was introduced to "Snowy White" through his work with "Pink Floyd" and he got a mention in their sleeve notes.Great find.

Bernd

Hey, where'd you guys come from? Welcome to Audioreview's Twilight Zone - also known as Rave Recs!

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone. And where we talk about Izz and Califone and Proto-Kaw and Zazou, and even Cat Vomit and girly beers.

You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Your next stop, the Twilight Zone!

You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.

This highway leads to the shadowy tip of reality. You're on a through route to the land of the different, the bizarre, the unexplainable. Go as far as you like on this road. Its limits are only those of the mind itself. Ladies and gentlemen, you're entering the wondrous dimension of imagination. Next stop - the Twilight Zone!

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Hey, where'd you guys come from? Welcome to Audioreview's Twilight Zone - also known as Rave Recs!

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I thought this was a conversation between you and your many pseudonyms (how's my spelling?) Hehehe.

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I thought this was a conversation between you and your many pseudonyms (how's my spelling?) Hehehe.

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Well, ya know, it often does feel as though I'm only talking to myself around here ;)

Hey, too bad you don't really feel the magic for Andrew Bird because the latest just got an unexpected vinyl release. But think I already said that in another post. On the little itty bitty Grimsey label.

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What's spinning

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The last thing I spun was Samhain.

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The last thing I spun was Samhain.

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Hey speaking about spinning and Kinky vinyl, are any of you guys gonna get that new Ray Davies CD tomorrow or wait a couple weeks for the vinyl? People have been saying that it's very good. Have you heard anything from it Stone?

http://store.acousticsounds.com/brow...Title_ID=28596

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Hey speaking about spinning and Kinky vinyl, are any of you guys gonna get that new Ray Davies CD tomorrow or wait a couple weeks for the vinyl? People have been saying that it's very good. Have you heard anything from it Stone?

http://store.acousticsounds.com/brow...Title_ID=28596

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I bought the Thanksgiving Day EP when it came out, coincidentally enough, around Thanksgiving. I think it's very good, and much better than the last few Kinks records. It has at least one of the same tracks as the upcoming album. Other than that track, I haven't heard it. I will buy the new album, but probably not tomorrow, and it'll likely be on CD when I do purchase it.

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The last thing I spun was Samhain.

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The Celtic Death God? Is the new wife a witch or something? Better be careful with that kinky witchcraft stuff, buddy. Does she have a couple sisters? ;)

but here goes. And it's not even Tuesday!

Editors - The Back Room - really diggin' their 80s style (Chameleons, Joy Division) that is probably better than the last Interpol record.
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Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Statosphere Boogie[/B ]- Way cool stuff from the early 50s. Highly recommended.

Steve Gibbons Band - Down in the Bunker - great, underappreciated band from the late 70s. I don't recall hearing much about them on RR in the past. Too bad.

Arizona Amp and Alternator - S/T - nice new project from Howe Gelb, but you already knew that, didn't you?

Cat Power - The Greatest - I really like this lady, although this one isn't quite as good as Moon Pix.

Joseph Arthur - Our Shadows Will Remain - heard Can't Exist on Sirius and had to pull this one out of the cd stacks.

Clearlake - Amber - This one is growing on me and it's quite a departure from Cedars, their previous release (I think).

Swish

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The Celtic Death God? Is the new wife a witch or something?

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Can I plead the 5th in this type of forum?

Hmmm, me thinks this thread got moved here from another forum. Ya'll ain't too swift, are ya? :p

NP: Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life

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The Celtic Death God? Is the new wife a witch or something?

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Can I plead the 5th in this type of forum?

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Ya'll ain't too swift, are ya?

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Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe Charles Munch LSC

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I have the RCA Living Stereo vinyl reissue of the 1954 performance by Munch and the BSO. I listened to it over the weekend - the chorus sounds so otherworldly and eerie.

Other recent spins include:
In the Aeroplane over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel, great album recommended recently on this board as one of the best albums of the 90s so I tracked it down.

Gram Parsons - GP and Grievous Angel. I saw some of the movie Gram Theft Parsons yesterday which inspired me to play these.

Dang! I forgot to add the one I've been listening to the most since Friday - Oh, Inverted World - The Shins. This was the token inexpensive lp added to my last vinyl order, but it became a favorite over the weekend (after a couple of weeks of just standing there in a stack).

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Hey, where'd you guys come from? Welcome to Audioreview's Twilight Zone - also known as Rave Recs!

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone. And where we talk about Izz and Califone and Proto-Kaw and Zazou, and even Cat Vomit and girly beers.

You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Your next stop, the Twilight Zone!

You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.

This highway leads to the shadowy tip of reality. You're on a through route to the land of the different, the bizarre, the unexplainable. Go as far as you like on this road. Its limits are only those of the mind itself. Ladies and gentlemen, you're entering the wondrous dimension of imagination. Next stop - the Twilight Zone!

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Oh sure, yuck it up. But poor Bernd will never find his thread now.

Can I get a ticket on this ride? Pass the .....

Infrequent poster, but frequent listener :D

Now in heavy rotation around these parts:

Heather Waters ~ Shadow of You

Third Road Home ~ Venus in Retrograde

Mark Seliger's Rusty Truck ~ Broken Promises

Deadstring Brothers ~ S/T

Willie Porter ~ S/T

Real music at its best! ;)

-dave

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Deadstring Brothers ~ S/T

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Hey, cool, nice to see you around these parts again Dave. Got the new Deadstring Brothers coming out tomorrow at the top of my list. Starving Winter Report. Lots to like about those Detroit cowboys. Got a real Stonesy take on Americana.

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Hey, where'd you guys come from? Welcome to Audioreview's Twilight Zone - also known as Rave Recs!

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone. And where we talk about Izz and Califone and Proto-Kaw and Zazou, and even Cat Vomit and girly beers.

You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Your next stop, the Twilight Zone!

You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.

This highway leads to the shadowy tip of reality. You're on a through route to the land of the different, the bizarre, the unexplainable. Go as far as you like on this road. Its limits are only those of the mind itself. Ladies and gentlemen, you're entering the wondrous dimension of imagination. Next stop - the Twilight Zone!

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Hey-I have been looking for the gateway for ages. Wonderous sounds and sights I am experiencing right now.

GMichael-Fear not I have found it.

Swish-I too really dig the Editors-The Back Room.

Let the adventure begin

Bernd

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Hey, cool, nice to see you around these parts again Dave. Got the new Deadstring Brothers coming out tomorrow at the top of my list. Starving Winter Report. Lots to like about those Detroit cowboys. Got a real Stonesy take on Americana.

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Hey Davey. Yeah, Deadstring Brothers are realitivly new discovery for me. I'm looking forward to their new release as well, but probably won't get to hear it until this weekend.

-dave

I spun a bunch of Porcupine Tree this week as mentioned in another thread...Stupid Dream, Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia.

Also Sister Hazel's self-titled disk. I still don't understand why this band hasn't seen more commercial success. They've got all the elements for some serious radio play...oh yeah...they also happen to be good (IMHO)...maybe that's why the radio doesn't play them more. :rolleyes:

Klaatu's orchestral version of Hope, which is my current addiction.

Al Stewart - Between the Wars

Chris DeBurgh - Spanish Train and Other Stories - I'm trying to play Lonely Sky on my guitar, but the vocal range is killing me!

New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder

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Hey speaking about spinning and Kinky vinyl, are any of you guys gonna get that new Ray Davies CD tomorrow or wait a couple weeks for the vinyl? People have been saying that it's very good. Have you heard anything from it Stone?

http://store.acousticsounds.com/brow...Title_ID=28596

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Yep! It's on order.

Mostly been listening to stuff to finally put together a long-overdue 2005 comp. If anybody wants one...the tracklist is as follows...

1. All the Love in the World - Nine Inch Nails
2. No Wow - The Kills
3. An Honest Mistake - The Bravery
4. Kontrol - Death in Vegas
5. Feel Good Inc. - The Gorillaz
6. Devil in Me - 22-20s
7. Blue Orchid - The White Stripes
8. Love in a Trashcan - The Raveonettes
9. Hwy. 5 - John Doe
10. The Loveless - Heavy Trash
11. Stevie Nix - The Hold Steady
12. Tonight - Ryan Adams
13. Pagina Cinco - Prefuse 73 Reads the Books
14. We Might as Well Be Strangers - DJ Shadow vs. Keane
15. Hell Yes - Beck
16. Galang - MIA
17. I'm Just Raw - Lyrics Born
18. Testify - Common
19. Dayvan Cowboy - Boards of Canada
20. Darkness on the Face of the Earth - Willie Nelson

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As happens frequently when I'm around, something by Califone, or in this case, their previous incarnation of Red Red Meat. This one's called Gauze, and I don't always know what it means, some blood and crying in this case maybe, but it makes perfect sense anyway ... :)

mink eyed, marble eyed
in the gauze, in the weeds
by the drain, red on pale
there's a nail by the vent
sweet for your heel in the gauze
marble eyed, waiting there
kiss your mouth to shut you up

Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers, produced by Jim O Rourke it's more of a move back to her folky acoustic roots and with that fantastic voice it's a real grower, plus it's nice to hear an album that isn't compressed to the max. Davey you might like this.

Ian Love - Self titled album, dont know much about this guy but he hails from a punk background with hard drinking and rehab, but listening to this he's taken a bit of a u-turn. It's a very nice acoustic affair.

NP Sufjan Stevens - Casamir Pulaski Day, just can't seem to stop playing this...

Cheers
Mike

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As happens frequently when I'm around, something by Califone, or in this case, their previous incarnation of Red Red Meat. This one's called Gauze, and I don't always know what it means, some blood and crying in this case maybe, but it makes perfect sense anyway ... :)

mink eyed, marble eyed
in the gauze, in the weeds
by the drain, red on pale
there's a nail by the vent
sweet for your heel in the gauze
marble eyed, waiting there
kiss your mouth to shut you up

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Hi Davey,

Makes perfect sense to me,ahh well......never mind.
Few recodings for me to check out from your playlist. Thanks.

Bernd

The Flower Kings - Meet the Flower Kings

Rush - a show of hands (vinyl)

IQ - Ever, The Wake, and Seventh House

Peter Tosh - Equal Rights

Kansas - Point of Know Return

Dave

Let's see, looks like I have a very tasty assortment lined up for tonight:

The Wailin' Jennys ~ 40 Days Can you say harmony

Barb Martin ~ A Matter of Time A wonderful mix of....Life

Holly Figueroa ~ Dream in Red Thank God she decided against becoming a doctor

Eliza Gilkyson ~ Paradise Hotel Simple perfection, nothing else to say

After that I'll just have to see where the mood takes me.

-dave

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Yeah, but where's Rae?

Light listening week due to traveling.

XTC - Paradiso, Amsterdam - March 8, 1982 (FM)
Yes - Tokyo - March 10, 1973 (audience)
Gong - Expresso II

oh well...

Oh sure, yuck it up. But poor Bernd will never find his thread now.


Swiper, no swiping!
Swiper, no swiping!
Swiper, no swiping!

(aww man!!)

The only new-ish things I spun this past week include:

Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
Every track is nice and enjoyable, but none of them knock me out. Yet. I'm giving it more time. Definitely a keeper, and I'm glad I bought it, but...

The Doves - Some Cities
This ain't bad at all. Still growing, too.

WXRT: Live from the Archives Vol. 8
Chicago station puts out a charity disc every year. I'll have to make a best-of comp one of these days. Highlight (for me, anyway) on this volume is David Bowie doing a live, acoustic rendition of "Scary Monsters" vaguely in the style of Johnny Cash. Seriously.

NP: "Now or Neverland" by Midnight Oil, on the constantly shuffling iPod randomizer

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I have the RCA Living Stereo vinyl reissue of the 1954 performance by Munch and the BSO. I listened to it over the weekend - the chorus sounds so otherworldly and eerie.

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I agree with you, after what seems like a stuttering invocation, the chorus thats comes in later sounds gloriously wonderful...

I am currently 'Relaxing with Miles Davis' :)