What CD are you listening to right now?

[bigburner]

Ah to be back in highschool, drooling over the girls with the black fishnets.

I'll remember that for my speech at your forthcoming wedding.

[bigburner]

Watermelon Slim and the Workers by Watermelon Slim & the Workers

I'm glad I've discovered this guy. Refreshingly good blues.

[Thelonious Funk]

I'll remember that for my speech at your forthcoming wedding.

I'm glad you plan on attending. I need help setting up the audio.

By the by... I bet you’re very proud of a fellow countryman naming his son "4 Real"

That's a brilliant name. SO Brilliant it made it onto the local Ft. Myers news.... in that time slot usually reserved for the skiing squirrel.

[Alloroc]

Watermelon Slim and the Workers by Watermelon Slim & the Workers

I'm glad I've discovered this guy. Refreshingly good blues.

Great stuff, Nigel! I have this CD too as well as the live DVD 'Ripe For the Picking'

Here's a guy I came across on Jools Holands's show on BBC a while back.

Seasick Steve. He plays 'hobo' blues and this CD is one of the most addictive blues CD's I've ever bought.

[greenhorn]

Discs For The Cook

Well I decided to make dinner tonight (Carne Asada Tacos, Cheese Quesadillas, Refried Beans with fresh Salsa and Guacamole :T ) so before I started I loaded up the CD player.

Disc 1 - Neil Young and Crazy Horse\ Weld disc 2.
Outstanding performance along with pretty good sound quality for a live recording, interesting enough it is DDD.

Disc 2 - Pearl Jam \ (Avocado)
I really like Pearl Jam and this is a dang fine CD, wish the mix was a little cleaner. I think it has a significant bit of compression or something, or maybe just a RnR sound their going after. Best disc I think they've done in a while.

Disc 3 -Pink Floyd \ Dark Side Of The Moon.
Not a disc I would have bought for myself due to significant over exposure (at least to me) but someone had given it to me as a present a while back. Tonight was the first listen of it on new stereo, have to admit I enjoyed it very much.

Disc 4 - UFO \ Strangers In The Night
Love the UFO and I think this is one of the best live albums out there in general. Not real polished or sonically great, but excellent songs and energy.

Disc 5 - Radiohead \ OK Computer
Didn't get to this one, dinner was over and I decided to flop in the recliner and have a critical listen to the Pink Floyd again. Us and Them beginning just now.

"Us, and them
And after all were only ordinary men.
Me, and you."

[kingpin]

Would somebody give me a recommendation for some good 'ole raspy voiced well recorded blues music. A friend of mine called it pick and hammer style.

Would like not a lot of instrumental but mostly guitar and strong vocals if there is such thing.

Thanks
Mike

[sokoban]

Disc 5 - Radiohead \ OK Computer
Didn't get to this one, dinner was over and I decided to flop in the recliner and have a critical listen to the Pink Floyd again. Us and Them beginning just now.

If you have a way of playing 24 bit files in your main system, This is one heck of a good recording:

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=26458

[wkhanna]

Would somebody give me a recommendation for some good 'ole raspy voiced well recorded blues music.
Mike

Check out http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/main/catalog.php

I think the artist Drink Small has the sound you are looking for. I think you can listen to cuts from some his CD’s at the site.

I recently ordered four CDs from here, and the SQ is the best I have in my CD collection.
I will be getting more.

[Thelonious Funk]

Check out http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/main/catalog.php

I think the artist Drink Small has the sound you are looking for. I think you can listen to cuts from some his CD’s at the site.

I recently ordered four CDs from here, and the SQ is the best I have in my CD collection.
I will be getting more.

Sounds to me that you're addicted to the syrup.

I've been listening to the new Beastie Boys record....

And for all you doubters, I dare you to sample it on the web. It's all hamond B3 and funky jazz baby...

Music to make your loved one dance to in the dark. Wink Wink.

[gimpy]

I'm listening to Rory Block and "Last Fair Deal", from Telarc, 2003 in SACD.
I really like it. Just got it yesterday and have probably listened to it all the way through maybe 8 times or so.

Frank

[kingpin]

Check out http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/main/catalog.php

I think the artist Drink Small has the sound you are looking for. I think you can listen to cuts from some his CD’s at the site.

I recently ordered four CDs from here, and the SQ is the best I have in my CD collection.
I will be getting more.

Thanks Bill, :T
I will check him out.

Mike

[Luke Skywalker]

My preference, Rock years 60, 70

B.T.O, Free, Grand Funk, Cream

:T

[Burke Strickland]

Tielman Susato - Dansereye 1551
Tielman Susato (Composer), Philip Pickett (Conductor), New London Consort (Orchestra)
Decca All Digital CD Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre

Thirty eight tracks of delightful "dance" music composed and/or compiled from Flemish folk sources for "street" performance rather than as as an entertainment for the aristocracy. With its pulsing rhythms and lilting melodies and popular roots, it could be characterized as the "rock" music of its day. The recording is superb and Phillip Picket and the New London Consort give it an inspired idiomatic performance on period instruments that might make you want to get up and, well, DANCE.

The disk is available used from Amazon (US) for just over $60 plus shipping. However, it is readily available new in Europe (CD made in Germany) for substantially less than that, and my favorite local CD shop imported it for me as part of one of their regular orders from a specialty supplier over there.

I had first heard this disk on radio about 7 or 8 years ago and sought it out right then, but it was already out of print in the US. (Our local classical station has a maddening habit of playing "unattainable" recordings.) The owner of Joel's Classical Shop remembered my inquiry all these years later when he recently saw a blurb about the disk from his overseas supplier, and asked me if I was still interested in getting it.

Of course I was, and it was worth the wait and worth their trouble to get it -- obviously a memorable performance, and the memory was not let down by the reality! (The disk in my home system sounds far better than it did on my car radio.) :>) Very highly recommended.

[bigburner]

[img]The recording is superb and Phillip Picket and the New London Consort give it an inspired idiomatic performance on period instruments that might make you want to get up and, well, DANCE.

Burke, I think we should run a poll to find out how many members get up and, well, DANCE occasionally. With all the fabulous hi-fi gear available you'd expect a healthy proportion, wouldn't you?

I'm definitely intrigued by your description of this music.

Nigel.

[bigburner]

Paul McCartney - "Memory Almost Full" (Audio CD - 2007)

This is McCartney's most recent album. After rating his last CD "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard" as my favourite album of 2006 I have to say I'm disappointed with this one. There are a few good songs but the rest sound like they're the ones that weren't good enough to make the Chaos and Creation album.

[David Meek]

Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

Another good one by Dream Theater. Even though I'm not a fan of the heaviest thrash-metal sound of tracks 2 and 4, the rest are classic DT music.

[DelRay]

Had some Chinese buffet tonight and decided to relax and listen to something from a few years back. Put in Cat Stevens' "Greatest hits". Sounding real good too.

[bigburner]

Had some Chinese buffet tonight

飲茶 饮茶

[DelRay]

飲茶 饮茶

Waaaaaaa. :rofl: But what does it mean.

[Chris D]

It's a fortune cookie message. Means, "Big American who stuffs himself at asian food buffet gets fat lard butt from our starch and MSG."

Strange, I seem to get that message every time I eat at an asian restaraunt.

[bigburner]

飲茶 饮茶 means yum cha, yum cha. Yum cha is Cantonese term which literally means "drinking tea". It refers to the custom of eating small servings of different foods while sipping Chinese tea. There's a yum cha restaurant close to where I work so some lunchtimes I go there and enhance my fat lard butt for a few dollars.

"Big American who stuffs himself at asian food buffet gets fat lard butt from our starch and MSG" would be 大美洲人自己的東西 ,在亞洲食品自助餐得到發豬油對接的澱粉和味精

[Chris D]

Ah... it's all Greek to me.

[Thelonious Funk]

飲茶 饮茶 means yum cha, yum cha. Yum cha is Cantonese term which literally means "drinking tea". It refers to the custom of eating small servings of different foods while sipping Chinese tea. There's a yum cha restaurant close to where I work so some lunchtimes I go there and enhance my fat lard butt for a few dollars.

"Big American who stuffs himself at asian food buffet gets fat lard butt from our starch and MSG" would be 大美洲人自己的東西 ,在亞洲食品自助餐得到發豬油對接的澱粉和味精

Is that like Dim Sum?

[bigburner]

Is that like Dim Sum?

Yes it is. You would usually eat dim sum during a yum cha dining session.

This is all very interesting, but which legendary blues musician frequently inserted the words "have mercy" into his songs?

[Gump]

Yes it is. You would usually eat dim sum during a yum cha dining session.

This is all very interesting, but which legendary blues musician frequently inserted the words "have mercy" into his songs?

I'm guessing either Muddy Waters or maybe ZZ Top?

[bigburner]

I'm guessing either Muddy Waters or maybe ZZ Top?

Neither of them are who I'm thinking of. The answer can be found in the DVD thread that I post to.

[Gump]

OK,

Otis Spann ??

I still am fond of ZZ Top's have mercy song though...

[bigburner]

It is indeed Otis Spann.

Otis is only 36 years of age in that YouTube clip but he looks older. He died aged 40 from liver cancer. He is one of my favourite piano players.

[bigburner]

Loretta Lynn - "Van Lear Rose"

This is the album that Jack White produced for Loretta. Yup, him of the White Stripes and the Raconteurs. Country singer meets rock producer. Where will it all end?

Sounds pretty good though.

[bigburner]

No Justice - "Far From Everything"

This band is new to me. They're not bad. Any of you guys know them?

[Thelonious Funk]

Fugazi - Repeater

It's aggressive, it's punk, and I'm in a mood for it.

One of those "must know" bands of my youth.

[bigburner]

I'd probably start with 'Kerosene Hat'. Their second studio album, released in 1993. That will give you a real flavour for their rock/punk/country sound.

Well I got Kerosene Hat and I love it. Great recommendation Vincent, thank you.

Nigel.

[Burke Strickland]

Donovan "Storyteller" -- this well produced SACD is not entirely a "greatest hits" album from his early career, but it does include four of his psychedelic hit "biggies" including "Sunshine Superman", "Mellow Yellow", "Hurdy Gurdy Man" and mythic/mystic "Atlantis". The other 10 songs are basically folkie-type efforts that are supposed to cement his reputation as Britain's answer to Bob Dylan. That's a stretch, but they did appear on stage together when Dylan toured Britain, and the songs aren't bad, just not great, IMO. Still a good listen.
.

[bigburner]

The continent of Atlantis was an island
which lay before the great flood
in the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean.
So great an area of land, that from her western shores
those beautiful sailors journeyed
to the South and the North Americas with ease,
in their ships with painted sails.

To the East Africa was a neighbour, across a short strait of sea miles.
The great Egyptian age is but a remnant of The Atlantian culture.
The antediluvian kings colonised the world
All the Gods who play in the mythological dramas
In all legends from all lands were from fair Atlantis.
Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the Earth.
On board were the Twelve:
The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist,
The magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends.
Though Gods they were -
And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind
Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new
Hail Atlantis!

[bigburner]

Mavis Staples - "We'll Never Turn Back" (2007)

This is a very good album, which I'm listening to for the third time now. All the songs on the CD are associated with the civil-rights movement in the US during the 1960's.

This is written in the liner notes:

When I listen to this music, it takes me back. It takes me back to the red clay hills of Georgia, to the Black Belt of Alabama, and the Delta of Mississippi. It takes me back to the moans and groans and pains of an oppressed people yearning for freedom. It takes me back to the time when hundreds and thousands of us decided we were "sick and tired of being sick and tired," as Fannie Lou Hamer said. It takes me back to the days when ordinary people inspired by a dream decided to quench our hunger and thirst for justice in the fountains of mercy and love.

Back then, some people thought legalized segregation in America would never come to an end. But those of us in the Civil Rights Movement were inspired by a higher calling. And even if it cost us our very lives, "we weren't gone to let nobody turn us `round". We believed that the action of peace, the way of non-violence, and the power of love could overcome our oppression and remind our oppressors of their own humanity. Through the power of this faith our nation witnessed a non-violent revolution of values, a revolution of ideas that changed America forever.

The music you are listening to right now was the soul of that revolution. It was this music that gave us hope when it seemed like all hope was gone. It was the heartbeat of this music and its steady, reassuring message that bound us together as one solid force. So when we were beaten, arrested and jailed; when we stood together on picket lines or marched through the streets of the Deep South; when we faced the guns drawn, the billy clubs and the bullwhips raised; when we were teargassed, trampled by horses, or scattered by fire hoses, it was these songs that lifted us and pushed us to a higher place.

It is my hope that when you hear Mavis Staples, when you hear the Freedom Singers, and the other artists on this CD, that you too will be inspired. I hope this music will help you find the courage to stand up, speak up, and speak out and answer the call of your own conscience. It is my hope that this music will help you see what ordinary people with extraordinary vision can do when they decide they will never turn back.

Rep. John Lewis

[David Meek]

Atlantis is a great tune. :T

[bigburner]

I'd also recommend the Old 97's(check out Victoria), Ryan Adams(check out To Be Young ), and... while this is stretching it but they are so great and so rockabilly I cannot leave them out, the Reverend Horton Heat (check out Spend A Night In The Box.)

Well Eric, I've taken a punt and ordered Smoke 'em If You Got 'em which a lot of reviewers say is the Reverend's finest. What do you reckon?

Nigel.

[Thelonious Funk]

Well Eric, I've taken a punt and ordered Smoke 'em If You Got 'em which a lot of reviewers say is the Reverend's finest. What do you reckon?

Nigel.

That record is a blast. It may very well be there best record, but I know it doesn't have their best song on it, which is Spend A Night In The Box (Cool Hand Luke references always tug at my heart strings)

Like I said, I love this band. But they are rockabilly to the psychobilly extreme.... Like the Cramps but much more talented. It's certainly not for everyone.

Bad Reputation is probably my favorite track on this record, but Eat Meat gets stuck in your head.

Nigel, if you like this record then you should order the DVD next.

[Thelonious Funk]

Mason Jennings- Use Your Voice

Very good. It's like Jack Johnson's music but with better guitar picking and emotional depth. It is recorded well and makes my system shine, which is always a plus.

I say to all, check Mr. Jennings out. Solo acoustic music.

[bigburner]

Cracker - "Forever"

My second Cracker CD, which I've just listened to for the first time.

I'm sold on these guys.

[bigburner]

Mason Jennings- Use Your Voice

Mason Jennings has an interesting singing style. It sounds like he sings a bit out of tune. He reminds me of Lou Reed (whom I really like by the way). He writes good songs and plays nice guitar though.

I'm not a trained singer so I could be wrong about the "out of tune" comment.

[littlesaint]

Tracy Chapman - New Beginning

Maybe it's just me, but this has to be one of the best produced CDs I've heard. Anyone know if it's available in SACD or DVD-A?

[Luke Skywalker]

Seal - DVD-A



Track Listings
1. Crazy 2. Kiss From A Rose 3. Killer 4. Prayer for the Dying 5. Waiting for You 6. Don't Cry 7. My Vision 8. Love's Divine 9. Walk On By 10. Get It Together 11. Fly Like An Eagle 12. Lips Like Sugar 13. Human Beings 14. Future Love Paradise 15. Bring It On (acoustic) 16. Killer (acoustic) 17. Crazy (acoustic) 18. Colour (acoustic) 19. Kiss From A Rose (acoustic) 20. Prayer for the Dying (acoustic) 21. Love's Devine (acoustic) 22. Get It Together (acoustic) 23. Just Like You Said (acoustic) 24. Touch (acoustic) 25. Waiting For You (acoustic) 26. Get It Together (acoustic) 27. Just Like You Said (acoustic) 28. Touch (acoustic) 29. Waiting For You (acoustic) 30. Don't Cry (acoustic) 31. Walk On By (acoustic)

[ShadowZA]

Two beautiful smooth jazz redheads who are very worthy imho:

Kelly Sweet - We Are One - (Thanks to RebelMan for this fine introduction)



Renee Olstead - Renee Olstead

[littlesaint]

Dave Matthews - Some Devil

Dave Matthews - Some Devil

I heard the title track on the Fox television show House and had to have this CD. I usually don't purchase an entire CD for 1 song, but the rest holds up quite well IMO.

Favorites are tracks 3 (Gravedigger), 4 (Some Devil) , and 6 (Grey Blue Eyes).