What CD are you listening to right now?

[chinets]

Astor Piazolla....Maria de Buenos Aires ! Opera/Tango :T :5: :drool:

[gimpy]

"Tribute to Trans-Siberian Orchestra-Holiday Classics".

Frank

[bigburner]

I have the DVD, and also saw them in Jacksonville with a symphony. If you like that DVD, you should check him out on the Allman Brothers Band DVD One Way Out. Great SQ. Both the CD and DVD.

Right now listening to Jackson Browne's "Late For The Sky" on my new maggies.

I love my living room.

I'll look out for that "One Way Out" DVD. Thanks.

I know what you mean about your living room. My living room is my favourite place, except for my bedroom of course...

[bigburner]

Derek & The Dominos - "Live at the Fillmore"

Some people think that this 1970 concert is Eric Clapton's finest moment and that he hasn't played as well since.

I only got this album (a double CD) yesterday so I'll need to listen to it a few times before making a brave statement like that! It sounds pretty good so far though.

[bigburner]

Bernard Fanning - "Tea and Sympathy"

[Ovation]

Sarah McLaclan--Wintersong (includes a nice cover of Joni Mitchell's "River").

[David Meek]

Evanescence - The Open Door

It's a credible second effort even if it's not up to the standard set by their first album. Amy Lee's voice is just amazing IMO.

[jmb]

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson :T

up next,

Supertramp, Crime Of The Century :B

[ahcryky]

Evanescence - The Open Door

It's a credible second effort even if it's not up to the standard set by their first album. Amy Lee's voice is just amazing IMO.

I think this album is better then Fallen....... The "pop" is gone with Ben leaving to go work with Kelly Clarkson and the such......... All Amy! Definitely not radio friendly as Fallen, but who cares. More personal lyrically and obviously the direction Amy always wanted for her band.

-jim

[8thDwarf]

Röyksopp/The Understanding well done foot tapper

[bigburner]

Felix Pappalardi – “Don’t Worry Ma”

This 1979 album was a gift from a colleague at work.

Felix Pappalardi has a very interesting background. He produced albums for a number of musicians including the British supergroup Cream. He and his wife Gail wrote the Cream song "Strange Brew" with Eric Clapton. He was the bassist and vocalist for the American heavy rock group Mountain. "Mississippi Queen" – which is Mountain’s best known song – is still played on radio stations today. As a result of playing with Mountain he became largely deaf, which makes it amazing that he was able to sing so well on this album. At age 43 he was shot dead by his wife, supposedly because she was tired of him messing around with other women.

Pappalardi recorded only 2 solo albums and this CD contains both of them. The first was recorded with the Japanese band Creation. I prefer the second album “Don’t Worry Ma” because it’s more melodic. In fact it’s a really nice album.

[Thelonious Funk]

Nick Drake's Pink Moon

[Lex]

Chipmonks, Christmas Album. haha, just kidding. Or should I say Chipfunk's. Good username Theloneous Funk.

Stuck on Nora Jones "New York City" LP.

[Ovation]

Harmonium-Harmonium

(a Quebecois sort of "prog rock" but biased towards acoustic guitar--very seventies, very melodic, and briefly popular in California, of all places)

[Thelonious Funk]

Chipmonks, Christmas Album. haha, just kidding. Or should I say Chipfunk's. Good username Theloneous Funk.

Stuck on Nora Jones "New York City" LP.

Hey thanks. Been with me for years and years now.

Listening to Morphine. Yes.

[Eric_C]

Tara Maclean's Silence.

Queing up Refused: The Shape of Punk to Come...nothing like variety

[Gump]

Interesting trivia, bigburner. I've always been a fan of the "Mississippi Queen" song. I'll have to have a listen to this cd.

Felix Pappalardi – “Don’t Worry Ma”

This 1979 album was a gift from a colleague at work.

Felix Pappalardi has a very interesting background. He produced albums for a number of musicians including the British supergroup Cream. He and his wife Gail wrote the Cream song "Strange Brew" with Eric Clapton. He was the bassist and vocalist for the American heavy rock group Mountain. "Mississippi Queen" – which is Mountain’s best known song – is still played on radio stations today. As a result of playing with Mountain he became largely deaf, which makes it amazing that he was able to sing so well on this album. At age 43 he was shot dead by his wife, supposedly because she was tired of him messing around with other women.

Pappalardi recorded only 2 solo albums and this CD contains both of them. The first was recorded with the Japanese band Creation. I prefer the second album “Don’t Worry Ma” because it’s more melodic. In fact it’s a really nice album.

[Chris D]

Evanescence - The Open Door

It's a credible second effort even if it's not up to the standard set by their first album. Amy Lee's voice is just amazing IMO.

I just listened to my album of this, this past week. Unfortunately, I'd rate it as expected for any sophomore album. Good music, and strong, beautiful vocals from Amy as always. None of the songs just had the "oomph", the extra pizzaz that some of the first album had, that made it one you wanted to play over and over.

[Thelonious Funk]

Elton john.... Madman Across The Water

[bigburner]

Roxy Music

I'm not listening to the album. I just posted the album art to generate more interest in music.

[chinets]

Bigburner, :jawdrop:

you have definitely generated us into being extremely interested in this album too :W :boobies: :demon:

You Big teaser you!!!! :W :leghumper:

Forget the Music, let us see the centerfolds of this album ,Now that you have mentioned it :E :banana: :boobies: :dancenana: oke:

Cheers and Happy Hollidays to you my friend!

[Thelonious Funk]

Elliot Smith
XO

[8thDwarf]

I have most of the Roxy/Ferry catalog CD remasters now. Big improvement
plus many are HDCD. :T

[bigburner]

"Full Circle" by Walter Trout

Some of you will remember Walter as the guitarist in Canned Heat.

These days he pumps out raunchy, high energy, electric guitar blues. This album is no exception except he has invited a bunch of his friends to help him out.

Walter's guests include John Mayall, Jeff Healey, Eric Sardinas, Coco Montoya, Junior Watson, Guitar Shorty, James Harman, Bernard Allison, Finis Tasby, Deacon Jones and Joe Bonamassa.

The result is a pretty impressive album.

[Chris D]

I just had two high-res audio discs delivered--Tubular Bells on SACD, and Donald Fagen's Morph the Cat on DVD-A.

You all know Tubular Bells, you may just not realize you do. The most famous music section out of it was used for theme music for the horror series "Halloween". It wasn't bad, but rather abstract and the surround mix was kind of annoying.

Haven't made it all the way through Morph the Cat yet, but I'm really enjoying it so far. I can see why people are saying that it is THE highest quality surround disc EVER made. Smooth, laid-back music, with relaxed surround mix. Never been a Steely Dan fan, and this music is still rather retro like it's on a 70's easy listening radio station and I'm expecting the Carpenters on next. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the album.

[sonicbaer]

The first time I remember hearing Tubular Bells was from the Exorcist movie
...might have to pick me up that one..

Right now I'm listening to David Crosby .."If I could only remember my name"
on HDCD.....

[Thelonious Funk]

River In Reverse.

Elvis Costello.

SQ is wonderful. Great cd. Love it. Woo Hoo. Back flip. Yay baby.

[KeithM]

Sieg Howdy- Jello Biafra and the Melvins

The end of Halo of Flies is amazing.

[gimpy]

Dire Straits, "Brothers In Arms." I just received this one today. It's actually the first time I've heard/bought this or any other Dire Straits music. But I've read so much about this album and Mark Knoplfer, just had to get it and try it out (in stereo, not sacd).

Frank

edit: Yesterday, I listened to The Mavericks, "The Definitive Collection". Just had to get that one for the song, "Blue Moon" sung by Raul Malo. I love the way he sings that. Mike Knapp over at HTT turned me (not personally) on to that one. Been wanting it ever since.

[Bluespower]

Chris,

If you find that you liked Morph the Cat, be sure to check out Kamakiriad and The Nightfly. I have all three on DVD-A and would rank them:

• Nightfly

• Kamakiriad

• Morph

The Nightfly is a masterwork and is in the company of Pet Sounds & Abbey Road.

[Chris D]

Oh yeah? Thanks, Bluespower!

[Nick M]

Memoirs Of a Geisha: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Composed & Conducted by John Williams
Yo-Yo Ma on Cello
Itzhak Perlman on Violin

I've listened to it three times in a row now... lovin' it.

-----

Also been listening to some classics by James Taylor.

[Lex]

Several. My Zune is on shuffle... Nora, Miles, Jewel, Diana Krall, Stan Getz, Loreena McKennitt "The Book of Secrets" (interesting), Coltrane, Stan Getz, etc...

[Burke Strickland]

Shirley Horn "May The Music Never End"... unfortunately it does after 11 magical tracks, but that's what the "repeat" button is for. Accompanied by piano, bass and drums, she and the ensemble cover familiar material such as "Yesterday" in a way that almost makes you forget any other foursome ever touched it. :>) Dusty Springfiled "owned" the plaintive Jacques Brel/Rod McCuen song "If You Go Away", but Shirley takes it to a whole new level, and her rendition of "Ill Wind" blows me away...

Burke

[Ovation]

Miles Davis--Sketches of Spain SACD.

[dknightd]

Right now. Almost Acoustic Band. 2002-11-02 Crawdaddy's (Pineapple Festival) - Jensen Beach, Fl
Available free and legal from archive.org. Good jamming bluegrass type music. Good recording, and did I mention you can get it free? It is worth the trouble.

[dknightd]

I've been getting a lot of new music off etree.org, archive.org, and dimeadozen.org lately.

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=27831

http://www.archive.org/details/duo2005-12-27.usm69i.flac16

http://www.archive.org/details/duo2006-10-18.mk4.flac16

are all especially good.

I downloading the last two now, but the Les Claypool torrent seemed to be dead.
Is it available elsewhere?
Thanks
David

[Thelonious Funk]

Morphine's Yes album. I miss them. It's amazing what you can do with a two string bass, a baritone sax, and a drum kit.

Next on the playlist: Miles Ahead.

[adaum]

I keep Oscar Peterson's "Live in Paris" double cd in play almost non-stop. He is simple amazing on the B&W/Rotel set-up!!!

[David Meek]

Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair, Seeds Of Love and The Hurting

ripped from my CDs as WMA lossless files, streamed via Roku Labs Soundbridge (does that still count? )

[2Below]

Wow - another Walter Trout fan. They have the #1 rated blues song on a German website. Listen to "If You Just Try" for some awesome guitar work.

Right now listening to Mighty Sam McClain. Check out "I'm Tired of These Blues" from Give It Up to Love. Great guitar and Hammond B3 work.

[Ovation]

Just about to cue up Elton's latest--The Captain and the Kid (a Xmas present)

[Club1820]

John Legend - Once Again.

Definitely not a sophmore slump. Better than his first album and stuck in my player for the last couple of weeks.

[Thelonious Funk]

Brightblack Morning Light.

ST

This is one of those albums that on the first listen is simply background music, but the more time you give it the more complicated it becomes. There are many layers here and the record begs to be given a critical listen.

There are whispered harmonies over a bluesy backbeat, the occasional horn or flute, and tracks that intertwine with each other. I liked this record at first, but I love it now.

[bigburner]

Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940

Thanks to Nicholas Mosher for reminding me that Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli are still well worth listening to.