What CD are you listening to right now?

[Alloroc]

Off topic a bit but I adore The Last Waltz. Thre are so many great moments. I'm particlarly fond of Van Morrison's monents on stage!

[Hdale85]

Beatles - Abbey Road

This is the original remaster done for when it was first released on CD. Sounds excellent love it :B

[bigburner]

Blackie & the Rodeo Kings - "Let's Frolic"

This is my second listen - what a lovely album! Country rock probably describes it best.

Blackie & the Rodeo Kings are three Canadian musicians who get together occasionally to record an album. This is their fourth album from a total of five. If I was this good I'd make the arrangement more permanent.

[bigburner]

The Rounders – “Wish I Had You”

I guess they would call this rock with a bit of blues and country thrown in.

Interesting and worth another (third) listen.

[Alloroc]

Richard Hawley - "Lady's Bridge"

I have to say, I'm a massive Hawley fan and his latest album finally had achieved great success - reaching #6 in the UK charts.

He played a fantastic gig in Dublin last November and is returning in Feb for another couple of nights. Can't wait!

[eljr]

Gospel, Blues and Street Songs----------------Rev. Gary Davis and Pink Anderson

[eljr]

Levon Helm - "Dirt Farmer"

Levon Helm is best known as the drummer for the 1960s / 70s rock group The Band.

Those of you who watch music DVDs will know Levon from The Band's farewell performance, "The Last Waltz", in 1976.

Levon has undergone extensive treatment for throat cancer over the last ten years. This has changed his voice quite a lot.

"Dirt Farmer" is Levon's first studio solo album since 1982.

I like it.

Nigel.

This is a very impressive CD. A must own IMHO.

[H.T.C]

NAZARETH on dvd "live in glasgow".

[bigburner]

Listening to "Fear of a Blank Planet" by Porcupine Tree right now. Progressive rock.

Before that it was "Change in the Weather" by Eric Lindell. Contemporary blues.

Both are very good albums and completely different to each other.

It's Saturday afternoon. I've finished bashing the garden into shape, it's a lovely sunny day, my wife has just offered to make me a gin and tonic, and now I'm going to spend some quality time with my good friend Mr Hi-fi.

Nigel.

[eljr]

Niel Young---------Niel Young

[blk100rr]

Joe Sample and Layla Hataway. The Song lives On. One of my all time favorite albums. Seal "the best of" DVD-Audio

[BasementJax]

Herbie Hancock: "River the Joni Letters"

Makes my ears very happy :P

[bigburner]

Noel Coutts - "Coming Home"

I had dinner with this guy a couple of weeks ago and he gave me this CD for my birthday. What a great album! I listened to it with friends for the fifth time last night at a fairly high volume, and we all got up and danced. That's fairly rare these days. With all the new music piled up at my place listening to a CD five times is also quite rare.

http://noelcoutts.com/

Nigel.

[wkhanna]

Herbie Hancock: "River the Joni Letters"

Makes my ears very happy :P

This is on my wish list at deepdiscount.com, anxious to get this one.
The two tracks I have heard made my ears ,too!

[KRC]

Jimmy Smith - dot com blues from Blue Thumb Records. Hammond B3 organ.

Kevin

[bigburner]

Jimmy Smith - dot com blues from Blue Thumb Records. Hammond B3 organ.

Kevin

HTG member Thelonious Funk put me onto Jimmy Smith. I went and bought "Root Down (Live!)".

Has anyone seen or heard from Mr Funk recently?

Nigel.

[wkhanna]

Has anyone seen or heard from Mr Funk recently?

Nigel.

Unfortunately, no.
I sure miss his comments, insight and recommendations.

Right now I am spinning an ‘oldie’ from my adolescence....

[M3-SRT8]

"Aqualung"...Jethro Tull.

LJB 8)

[wkhanna]

BS&T
One of the few ‘Greatest Hits Albums’ I own.
On the Columbia label, decently remastered.
Yeah, I know, I’m on a nostalgia trip........
Still.....one hell of a brass section with tremendous arrangements.

[mlw]

"Raising Sand", Robert Plant and Alison Krause. Rounder Records.

[iiaudio]

Raising Sand sounds awesome. Killer low end, awesome guitars and beautiful voices. They did a great job on that record.

[Johnloudb]

This greatest hits album has very good sonics, best I can tell. I'm really enjoying it, but it's the only Steve Miller Band album I own.

Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits

[Chris D]

Not a CD, per se, but I've been playing "Rock Band" tonight. I've got a new found appreciation for several songs, like "Won't Get Fooled Again" by the Who. Gonna have to pick up some of their albums, methinks.

[David Meek]

Trying a new one: Barenaked Ladies - Are Me

I'd heard a couple of tracks off this disc and picked it up. Turns out that the two I initially heard are the only ones on it I like. Overall it's a little lightweight and kind of pop-ish. :nonod:

[David Meek]

Not a CD, per se, but I've been playing "Rock Band" tonight. I've got a new found appreciation for several songs, like "Won't Get Fooled Again" by the Who. Gonna have to pick up some of their albums, methinks.

Chris, one of my favorites is It's Hard, especially the track Eminence Front. This tune is possibly my all-time favorite Who song.

[littlesaint]

Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest of Times

Not an "audiophile" recording by any stretch, but it's a lot of fun. I'd love to see these guys live.

[bigburner]

James McMurtry - "Americana Master Series: Best Of The Sugar Hill Years" (2007)

I'm working from home today. It's a chance to listen to some new CDs. This is the fourth one today and easily the best so far. Interesting words and a good groove.

Nigel.

[Thelonious Funk]

It's been awhile huh?


on 2/14/08, my car was broken into and two books (672 CD's total) were taken out of my car.

This was my entire collection. Stupid to leave them in the car, I know, but I was just back from a friends and had forgotten them overnight.

One night was all that it took.

So right now, I gues you could say I am not currently listening to anything.


:cry:

[Hdale85]

That sucks Eric... It's happened to me once before.

Currently I've been listening to Telarc Sampler Vol 4, and 2 Citizen Cope cd's, along with Maple Shades Music Festival.

[Thelonious Funk]

Citizen Cope? Which records?

[Hdale85]

Self titled and Every Waking Moment. Bill got me into these.

[Thelonious Funk]

The Canadians sure are taking over. Good stuff.

[Chris D]

Ah, crap! Not good... covered under insurance, though?

[Thelonious Funk]

You won't believe this, but no. I just bought the house and haven't signed insurance papers.

[bigburner]

Well Eric, for a guy who has just had his collection stolen, it's probably in poor taste for me to tell you that I took possession of the following albums this week. This is my first binge for a while as I've been catching up on the material I got before Xmas.

Wilco – Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
Blue Rodeo – Small Miracles
Ryan Bingham – Mescalito
Roomful of Blues – Standing Room Only
Paul Kelly – Stolen Apples
JJ Cale – Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings
Gov’t Mule – High & Mighty
Widespread Panic – 'Til the Medicine Takes
Patti Smith – Trampin’
Colin Linden – Southern Jumbo
Otis Taylor – Definition of a Circle
James McMurtry – Best Of The Sugar Hill Years
Robert Earl Keen – What I Really Mean
Dave Alvin – West of the West
Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (my wife wanted this one but I'll give it a go too)
Uncle Tupelo – Anodyne

I bet you had some of those in your collection.

Nigel.

[Thelonious Funk]

Well Eric, for a guy who has just had his collection stolen, it's probably in poor taste for me to tell you that I took possession of the following albums this week. This is my first binge for a while as I've been catching up on the material I got before Xmas.

Wilco – Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
Roomful of Blues – Standing Room Only
JJ Cale – Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings
Gov’t Mule – High & Mighty
Widespread Panic – 'Til the Medicine Takes
Patti Smith – Trampin’
Uncle Tupelo – Anodyne

I bet you had some of those in your collection.

Nigel.

ANd Eric wept.

WAY TO STICK IT TO ME NIGEL!


One thing I want to know is... how did you get my cd's so quickly after they were stolen? That was one industrious thief.

And um... You are going to love Kicking Television. Check out Loose Fur if you ever get a chance. It's Tweedy of Wilco in another band. The Ruling Class is a song on the live album that came from Loose Fur.

[joetama]

JJ Cale – Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings
I bet you had some of those in your collection.

Nigel.

I love that JJ Cale CD. I listened to it so much when I first got it my GF put it someone I couldn't find it because she was so sick of listening to it. :roll:

[Thelonious Funk]

I love bands that take you back while being completely fresh at the same time.

In that respect I would ask that everyone give the Ditty Bops a chance. Get one song off itunes.

Just check 'em out.


go on



you know you want to




you know you do

[wkhanna]

Gary Burton - Reunion



With Pat Metheny; V clean, nice vibes, perfect for my Saturday morning unwind.

[greenhorn]

On The Yamaha 5 Disc Changer

Wife has to work a half day today, thought I'd pitch in a do the house work.

This mornings house cleaning playlist (played at a little higher volume that usual, see above) is -

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune

Midnight Oil - Scream In Blue

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

Pretenders - Pretenders

Going a little old school :T

[eljr]

Massey Hall 1971------------Neil Young

[eljr]

Pieces Of You----------------Jewel

[Chris D]

Good lineup, Greenhorn!

[bigburner]

Ryan Bingham - "Mescalito"

This is Ryan Bingham's first album and it's an excellent one. It was released late in 2007.

Ryan is a 25 year old chap with the raspy, bourbon-soaked voice of a 54 year old. He plays a variety of styles ranging from folk to americana to country rock. I'm predicting a long and successful career.

Note: I'm 54 but I still have the voice of a teenager due to my clean-living lifestyle. Let that be a lesson for you hard-living blokes out there.

Nigel.

[Chris D]

Jazz at the Pawnshop on SACD. Not bad, nice, calm, groove.