What CD are you listening to right now?

[wkhanna]

JOE STANLEY:
King Of The Honky-Tonk Sax

From the label's description of the CD:

"Joe's the godfather of the down-and-dirty R&B sax of the '50s and '60s. He led the great Bill Black Combo (Elvis' backup band), toured with Marvin Gaye, and mentored countless Maryland musicians including Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan."

This example of true R&B (with some great Hammond B3, guitar and vocal) is why the Sax was actually banded from the radio airwaves in the 30" & 40's.

He's suposedly a red-head, too :lol:

[Club1820]

Seal - DVD-A

[img]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)

I've been wanting to get this for some time. But I didnt realize there were any, let alone so many acoustic versions on this disc. How do they sound? I would have preferred the originals, especially since its a greatest hits cd.

[8thDwarf]

Cracker - "Forever"

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

I'm sold on these guys.

love,love,love the title track of this one.

I thought it was Tom Petty on the first play off the sampler.

[Chris D]

Mmmmmm... don't even care how they sing... feel free to post their pics anytime.

[Alloroc]

Cracker - "Forever"

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

I'm sold on these guys.

That's really great! I lone when this happens. Perhaps check out Camper Van Bethoven now. David Lowry's band before Cracker. I got into them in the late 80's. It was their song 'Take the skinheads bowling'* that caught my attention. Some of their material is quite rare but worth it. The do a fantastic cover of Staus Quo's (remember them!) Pictures of Matchstick men.

*Opening track on Moore's Bowling for Columbine.

[jack667]

Takagi Masakatsu - Journal For People
Huge soundscapes, piano, very melodic and delicate. Brings out emotion in your system, if it can live up to it!

The Dead Texan - s/t
Again, very emotional piano and drone driven music. Not the best recording in the world, however, this album is mind blowing

[bigburner]

Jimmy LaFave - "Cimarron Manifesto"

[bigburner]

The do a fantastic cover of Staus Quo's (remember them!) Pictures of Matchstick men.

I certainly do remember Status Quo. Not my favourite band but they have their place. "Rockin' All Over The World" and "Ice In The Sun" are two other songs of theirs that I like.

[bigburner]

Joan Osborne - "Breakfast in Bed"

This CD has pretty universal appeal. I think that the Smooth Jazz folk would enjoy it too. Soul and R&B standards interpreted with feeling by a woman with a great voice.

By the way, I listened to the Jimmy LaFave - "Cimarron Manifesto" CD for the second time last night and it's a cool album.

[littlesaint]

The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East.

23 minute Whipping Post followed by 34 minute Mountain Jam.

...nuff said.

[bigburner]

Emmylou Harris - "Wrecking Ball"

Very nice. I can feel an Emmylou season coming on.

[bigburner]

Miranda Lambert - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"

Kelly Willis - "Translated From Love"

Two new CDs. Two gorgeous babes. Both are country'ish.

It's my first listen this evening but I think I prefer Kelly.

[Alloroc]

That Miranda Lambert is one fine looking gal.

Duke Special - Songs from the Deep Forest. Freewheel in particular is such a great track.

[bigburner]

Ryan Adams - "Heartbreaker"

Listen up homies, this is a seriously good album.

[bigburner]

Duke Special - Songs from the Deep Forest.

You wouldn't be Irish by any chance would you?

[Alloroc]

You wouldn't be Irish by any chance would you?

Gosh, How'd you guess? Anyway, it's not our fault we Irish have unlimited musical talent! 800 year of repression and all that - there was nothing else to do. :W

(Duke is Northern Irish, made it in the UK before anyone here heard of him)

BTW, Heartbreaker is indeed a great album.

[bigburner]

Mason Jennings - "Use Your Voice"

Very relaxing music. Thanks to Thelonious Funk for this one.

[Hdale85]

ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

Current track is La Grange. Great disc although not to happy with the cd quality so I have a copy that was made from the origional vinyl and must say wow much better improvment.

[Hdale85]

Seal - DVD-A

I have this and it sounds quite good. Not as good as some other stuff but very pleasing indeed.

[sonicbaer]

Saint Saens - complete works for violin and orchestra

[PewterTA]

I'm listening to a little Maynard Ferguson. It's a GREAT sounding CD (well 2 CDs). Mostly up-beat and "feel good" type of a sound to it.



I've also got about 14 other CDs I just got and have to listen to... Cheap prices on stuff on Amazon.com has gotten to me this month... ha ha. :rofl: As soon as I listen to some of them, I'll post them up.

[Hdale85]

Darude - Before the storm.

[wkhanna]

Marilyn Manson - Lest We Forget
Hey, sometimes I can get pissed at all these idiots in the world too!
(Broke 100 on the RS dB meter, and Jon Marsh’s Natalie Portman’s held forth with pride.)

Music is that way, you have to ‘be’ in the right mood to ‘get it’ with some works. This is just such an album. Once you get past the initial shock, there is ‘real’ music here. The musicians are really top–notch, and the recording engineering is V good. The ‘covers’ are great on this disc and once in while, it is just fun to go some place different.

[Hdale85]

Wow Manson? Didn't expect that from you I like all music...even Manson.

[Burke Strickland]

It's been a Mahler weekend. In addition to the exciting rendition of the Third Symphony by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by Bernard Haitink on a fairly recent CSO CD, I've also enjoyed Des Knaben Wunderhorn by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein and featuring Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano and Walter Berry, Baritone, a treasurable historic performance on CBS Records- Masterworks.

Speaking of historic, I'm finishing off the evening with Boston's self titled debut album. Still a classic. It's "more than a feeling" that it is still worth listening to for the zillionth time. :>)

[wkhanna]

Wow Manson? Didn't expect that from you I like all music...even Manson.

Hey, Football season starts today!
I got to get my "Game Face" on!

[Hdale85]

Listening to Queen - Greatest Hits now.

And for your football stuff it has We Will Rock You

[bigburner]

Mason Jennings - "Use Your Voice"

Very relaxing music. Thanks to Thelonious Funk for this one.

"Use Your Voice" is the best CD that I've heard for many weeks, and I can tell you it's been a busy time for new music recently in my house.

In case you think that I like all the new music I get, I can assure you that I don't. Even recommendations from reliable sources, research, and listening to 20 seconds of each track doesn't always guarantee success.

Recent mistakes include:

Josh Rouse - "Nashville"
Richard Thompson - "Sweet Warrior"
Prince - "Planet Earth"
Echo and the Bunnymen - "Songs to Learn and Sing"

None of them are bad albums. They just don't have the x-factor.

[jpvnnvpj]

Fiction plane...

[wkhanna]

Lucinda Williams - Essence

A bit on the blueish side, but with poetic lyrics, an all acoustic, country/bluegrass kind of style, that works for me.
V good musicians, technically very precise but still with a natural, almost live feel.

I would like to hear her do some jazz standards, her vocal style would work well with that genre, IMHO.

[BobD207s]

Pat Metheny Group - Speaking of Now - great CD

Bob

[Panneauman]

Jacques Loussier

Hi if you are in to jazz anything on Telarc from this trio

Jacques Loussier Trio


And i would start with this one

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[Panneauman]

Jacques Loussier Again

Here is another Jacques Loussier and a little tip on where to but

at great prices www.cduniverse.com do not buy more than

five at a time to keep the parcel small no duty fees for small

parcels Canada Post $ 7.50 Shipping & Handling Fees for five cd's

Panneauman

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[Panneauman]

yep another one

Fantastic group from Denmark Bliss = Quiet Letters

Panneauman
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[Panneauman]

Halou - Wiser
Scarlatti & Pergolesi - Stabat Mater etc (on point recordings)
Massive Attack - 100th Window
JS Bach - Goldberg Variations - Murray Perahia
Zulya - Elusive

Hi Froggeh i see you like J.S.Bach Goldberg Variations i would like to

recommend you Bach's Goldberg Variations by the Jacques Loussier trio

on Telarc cd-83479 www.cduniverse.com

Jacques Loussier takes classical peices and gives them a jazz twist very

different and also very good all his Telarc work is fantastic

Panneauman

[bigburner]

Alison Krauss - "A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection"

My first listen to this CD. It's low key, daytime music. Alison has a beautiful voice.

[hifiguymi]

Yello - Flag

Fun to listen to and a wonderful recording. Great dynamics.

[june]

Smooth jazz piano

Joe McBride
Gregg Kaukarus
Brian Culbertson
Brian Simpson
and
Roger Smith

[eljr]

Will The Circle Be Unbroken----------------Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Disc I

[wkhanna]

Wow!!!
I haven't heard that one for 30 years!
I used to play it all the time, along with my Poco and New Riders of the Purple Sage albums.

Welome aboard, eljr!

[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

Just thought I would let you all know I have bought a couple of used cd's and a DVD-Audio disc of some blues. I think I have finally found the sound I am looking for.

The CD is called "Jack O'Diamonds". John Lee Hooker is the man. So far just an acoustic guitar that he "picks" and "hammers" with his hand. It is digitally re-mastered from some 1949 recordings. Apparently these were recorded in his home and never released. The cd was released in 2004.

Hope this helps someone else.

Mike

[eljr]

Blue Country Heart---------------Jorma Kaukonen

[eljr]

Wow!!!
I haven't heard that one for 30 years!
I used to play it all the time, along with my Poco and New Riders of the Purple Sage albums.

Welome aboard, eljr!

Why thanks wkhanna, I appreciate that.

It's the 30th Anniversary Digitally Remastered Edition. :T

[wkhanna]

Judy at Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland

Two disc remastered from the 1961 performance.
Man! What an orchastra they put together for this one, V good SQ.
And though Judy was past her prime, her heart and soul really come through.

[eljr]

Bustin' Out-----------Pure Prairie League