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Post by MartinT on Jun 29, 2014 20:51:38 GMT
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Post by Tim on Jun 29, 2014 21:00:47 GMT
Come on Tim, don't sit on the fence now - tell us what you really think!  |
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Post by ChrisB on Jun 30, 2014 17:21:37 GMT
Terry Reid - 'Terry Reid' Lately I've been playing a lot of Reid's music again. What a career this fella could have had.....several times over! What would you do in this situation? - You've got a recording contract, a label and star producer backing you. Not to mention a cast iron guarantee from Eric Clapton that you'll be the support slot for Cream's much touted farewell tour of America. You're about to go into the studio to record your first solo album when you get a phone call from a mate called Jimmy Page. His band, The Yardbirds have just broken up & he's looking for a new vocalist. On the other hand, Aretha Franklin is commenting that ‘there are only three things happening in London, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Terry Reid’ When faced with this, Terry Reid decided that the best thing would be to follow the path of the solo artist. So he recommended another singer to Jimmy Page. That bloke (Robert Plant) got the job. As if that wasn't bad enough, when Deep Purple decided to part company with Rod Evans, they invited Terry to take his place. Guess what............oh yes, that's right - he turned 'em down! He wrote a song that was recorded by The Hollies in 1968. However, it wasn't released on the album it was intended for and never turned up till 2011. Later on in 1969, Nash persuaded Crosby and Stills to record the same song as CSN. Apparently, Stephen Stills got the hump because he didn't have as many of his songs on the album as the others, so it was shelved and didn't surface until 1991. Meanwhile Reid released his own version.....
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Post by MartinT on Jun 30, 2014 17:55:27 GMT
Nina Persson - Animal Heart
This took a few listens but I'm totally hooked on the songs and her near-perfect style of delivery and voice. Whether she's in The Cardigans or A Camp or singing solo, she rarely puts a foot wrong.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 1, 2014 7:53:33 GMT
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Post by Tim on Jul 1, 2014 19:46:12 GMT
Joni Mitchell - Mingus1979 
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 1, 2014 19:51:33 GMT
Do you like it Tim?
I like Joni and I'm usually happy when there's a Mingus among us, but I can't poke up with her work from this period. Not one bit.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 1, 2014 20:04:55 GMT
I prefer the earlier Court and Spark and The Hissing of Summer Lawns.
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Post by Tim on Jul 1, 2014 20:15:53 GMT
Do you like it Tim? I like Joni and I'm usually happy when there's a Mingus among us, but I can't poke up with her work from this period. Not one bit. I need to be in the right mood for Mingus Chris, but yes I do like it - I find it fascinating and I enjoy following artists along their musical journey wherever it takes them, good or bad. She's getting toward the precipice of her golden period by this time though. I have been enjoying For the Roses and Ladies of the Canyon recently too. THOSL was the first Joni Mitchell album I bought Martin. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 20:46:46 GMT
Do you like it Tim? I like Joni and I'm usually happy when there's a Mingus among us, but I can't poke up with her work from this period. Not one bit. I need to be in the right mood for Mingus Chris, but yes I do like it - I find it fascinating and I enjoy following artists along their musical journey wherever it takes them, good or bad. She's getting toward the precipice of her golden period by this time though. I have been enjoying For the Roses and Ladies of the Canyon recently too. THOSL was the first Joni Mitchell album I bought Martin. Mingus is one of the few Joni albums I never really got on with. Its in the collection but I never digitised it onto the Mac. All the others get played constantly. Joni and Paul Simon are just about my favourites from that era. My iTunes albums below.  If I had to choose a favourite, it would be Hejira |
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Post by Tim on Jul 1, 2014 21:00:05 GMT
Joni and Paul Simon are just about my favourites from that era. . . . If I had to choose a favourite, it would be Hejira I would be hard pushed to pick a favourite Joni album, that's a tough one Gordon so I'm taking the fifth! With you on the Paul Simon too. Eva Cassidy - Eva by Heart1997  |
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Post by pinkie on Jul 2, 2014 5:22:03 GMT
I am a late-comer to Eva Cassidy. Sue has 4cds. No vinyl tracked down yet. Trying to accompany her singing "over the rainbow" for a friend's birthday party ("the guests bring the entertainment ") got me back into playing guitar a bit, but at the price of an excruciatingly poor debut performance. A fabulous interpreter of songs
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Post by Pinch on Jul 2, 2014 8:06:54 GMT
Just doing a test recording on a new batch of blank tapes, using one of my 'go to' LPs for testing new tape:
Telefon Tel Aviv - Fahrenheit Fair Enough (2001)
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 2, 2014 8:37:42 GMT
I think you will like Boards of Canada and Autechre Pinch - if you don't already have them of course
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Post by Pinch on Jul 2, 2014 8:49:46 GMT
Heh, yup! Full discographies, on vinyl where possible. The early Warp stuff was one of my principal gateways into electronic music. I don't tend to listen to it so much these days, after veering towards less overtly melodic stuff, but have been revisiting it recently after retrieving a load of my old records out of storage - Tri Repetae hasn't been far from the platter since!  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 2, 2014 9:06:03 GMT
Boards of Canada have some wonderful music
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 2, 2014 9:07:31 GMT
XTC - Drums and Wires
I forget what a superb album this is - and very well made too.
This was one of the test albums for my jump into the higher end hifi in the early 80s. Still love it
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Post by Pinch on Jul 2, 2014 9:15:14 GMT
Boards of Canada have some wonderful music Agreed! Though I tend to prefer their earlier stuff, up to Geogaddi. I wasn't too keen on The Campfire Headphase - found it a little saccharine - and Tomorrow's Harvest didn't really grab me, either. Still, I bloody love Music Has The Right To Children  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2014 9:58:57 GMT
I am a late-comer to eva cassis. Sue has 4cds. No vinyl tracked down yet. Trying to accompany her singing "over the rainbow" for a friend's birthday party ("the guests bring the entertainment ") got me back into playing guitar a bit, but at the price of an excruciatingly poor debut performance. A fabulous interpreter of songs Never heard her before but this prompted me to download a few from YouTube. nice voice for sure, I will listen to them when I get a chance. Off out to lunch now. I'm surprised how many old songs she covers, even back to Danny Boy  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2014 10:11:08 GMT
Shpongle:- Museum of Consciousness  |
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