What Are You Listening To?

[Dennie]

Concert Days -- Lp

Gerry Mulligan

1966 Sunset Records


Bweebida Bwobbida
Baubles Bangles And Beads
That Old Feeling
Laura
Bike Up The Strand
Sextet
Moonlight In Vermont
Storyville Story
Blues Going Up
Crazy Day

 

[Dennie]

From back of album cover:

Notice on this long play record is a new raised center and outer edge which is an RCA Victor improvement designed to help protect the playing surface of the record from abrasion, scratches, and any contact with other records. This important new feature will give you many hours of additional pleasure from your RCA Victor records.

I love this stuff! :handgestures-thumbup:

The Hawk In Flight -- Lp

Coleman Hawkins

1955 RCA Victor LJM -1017



Bonus Picture of "His Master's Voice".....

 

[Dennie]

Oh, this is good...... :text-bravo:

Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV -- Lp

Ahmad Jamal

1958 ARGO Records "Stereo Odyssey" LP 636 (Blue and Silver Label)

1. Taboo
2. Should I
3. Stompin' At the Savoy
4. The Girl Next Door
5. I Wish I Knew
6. Cheek To Cheek
7. Autumn In New York
8. Secret Love
9. Squatty Roo
10. That's All
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Ahmad Jamal (piano), Israel Crosby (bass), Vernel Fournier (drums)

 

[Dennie]

Okay, slowing it down a little.....

Annie's Song -- CD

John Denver

1997 LaserLight Digital

What a lucky, lucky woman..., May 20, 2000
By Anastasia (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Annie's Song (Audio CD)

I had not intended upon leaving a review here, but after reading through Chris'(S.D., CA), I would have felt disloyal not to... I recently picked up THE John Denver CD I have been looking for, and after playing it, listening to it for the first time in what has probably been more than 15 years, and reliving it again, I found myself filled with a bittersweet sensation; yet explaining this, is not something I can do. At a young age, I knew his music; and today, at 31, I know it even better; and Annie Martell; respectfully I say, in regards to what we, the fans of J.D. see/feel, when we hear "Annie's Song" that vicariously through this melody, we feel HOW MUCH John loved you, lived for you, Zach, and Anna Kate, and lost his heart to you, the day you two met....and let the whole world in on it. I recommend this cd to anyone that can appreciate the greatest level of depth of which music is capable.

Track listing

1. Windsong
2. Annie's Song
3. Potter's Wheel
4. Two Different Directions
5. Chained to the Wheel
6. Country Girl in Paris, A
7. All This Joy
8. Thanks to You
9. Gift You Are, The
10. I Want to Live

 

[Yesfan70]

I watched Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage last week, so I've been glued to these albums:

I have to agree with Geddy (from the Beyond the Lighted Stage doc). He mentioned that you couldn't have Moving Pictures without Permanent Waves. I've always thought the two went hand in hand.

 

[Dennie]

My last one for the first evening of 2012.....

The Best of Bill Evans - The Riverside Years -- Remastered CD

Bill Evans

2004 Riverside Records

There is something about Bill Evans that sets him apart from his peers. Perhaps it's his compositional grace, or maybe his gentle touch. Either way, since his death in 1980, his musical legacy has done nothing but grow. This compilation documents the pianist's Riverside years, which began in 1956 and ended in 1963. Compiled by producer Orrin Keepnews, this CD begins with selections from the pianist's first album NEW JAZZ CONCEPTIONS and continues through to BILL EVANS TRIO AT SHELLY'S MANNE-HOLE. "Our Delight" from NEW JAZZ CONCEPTIONS shows the early be-bop brilliance of Evans. At the time, he was still under the spell of Bud Powell. However, "Waltz for Debby," which premiered on the same album, hints at the impressionistic leanings Evans possessed even at such a young age. Later tracks such as "Everything Happens to Me" spotlight Evans's greatest strength: his ballad playing. His solo rendition of this jazz standard is not only harmonically rich, and contrapuntally logical, it is filled with tremendous warmth and raw emotion. Few musicians have the ability to bring out such tenderness on a piano. Indeed, this was Evans's unique gift.

Track Listing
1. Waltz For Debby - (solo)
2. Waltz For Debby - (quartet)
3. Our Delight
4. Night and Day
5. Peace Piece
6. Woody 'N You - (take 2)
7. Blue in Green
8. Nardis
9. My Romance
10. If You Could See Me Now
11. You and the Night and the Music
12. Time Remembered
13. Everything Happens to Me
14. Swedish Pastry

Personnel: Bill Evans (piano); Jim Hall (guitar); Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Paul Chambers, Percy Heath, Ron Carter , Sam Jones, Scott LaFaro, Teddy Kotick, Chuck Israels (double bass); Connie Kay, Larry Bunker, Paul Motian, Philly Joe Jones (drums).Liner Note Author: Orrin Keepnews.

 

[Yesfan70]

I have a Verve Best of for Bill (Verve Jazz Masters). Haven't had the chance to listen yet, so I'll have to check it out.

 

[Botch]

Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning.

 

[Dennie]

Forever -- 2 CD Set

Chick Corea, Stanley Clark & Lenny White

2011 Concord Records

Album Notes
This double-disc set documents Return to Forever's unplugged tour of 2009. Its 19 tracks consist mainly of rearranged RTF tunes and jazz standards for piano trio, though there are wonderful surprises on disc two. Disc one is taken directly from concert appearances across the globe. The standards work well -- considering how busy Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White can be together as well as solo. "On Green Dolphin Street," "Waltz for Debby," and "Hackensack" all swing, though they do feature moments of RTF's requisite knotty counterpoint. Originals include Clarke's new tune, the beautiful "La Canción de Sophia," as well as "Bud Powell" and "Windows" from two Corea solo recordings, and "Señor Mouse" and "No Mystery," both RTF tunes, round it out. The small complaint is that these three play so stridently and "perfectly" that they sound more like a studio band instead of a quick-thinking live unit. Everything is exceptionally played and recorded. The gems are saved for disc two, which consists mainly of rehearsals for the tour recorded at Mad Hatter Studios in San Francisco, complete with off-mike banter. Corea dons his Rhodes and other keyboards for an excellent version of "Captain Marvel" and a fully fused-out "Señor Mouse," "Space Circus," and "After the Rain," all with original RTF guitarist Bill Connors playing his ass off with his former and future bandmates (Frank Gambale will assume guitar duties on tour). Violinist Jean-Luc Ponty will also join the new band formally in 2012, and he begins in that role here, appearing on "Armando's Rhumba" (he played on the original off Corea's My Spanish Heart LP), his own "Renaissance," a fine rendition of "I Loves You, Porgy" (one of two tunes with Chaka Khan on vocals), "After the Cosmic Rain," and "Space Circus." The other two surprises on disc two are a very soulful duet between Corea (on acoustic piano) and White on John Coltrane's "Crescent" and a stellar acoustic trio version of RTF's standard "500 Miles High," which was recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival and contains plenty of fire. With its looseness, this second disc offers the real dynamic potential for RTF in the future and reveals the depth of near symbiotic communication between the bandmembers. ~ Thom Jurek

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. On Green Dolphin Street
2. Waltz for Debby
3. Bud Powell
4. La Canción de Sophia, La
5. Windows
6. Hackensack
7. No Mystery
8. Señor Mouse

DISC 2:
1. Captain Marvel
2. Señor Mouse
3. Crescent
4. Armando's Rhumba
5. Renaissance
6. High Wire - The Aerialist
7. I Loves You Porgy
8. After the Cosmic Rain
9. Space Circus
10. 500 Miles High

 

[heeman]

I watched Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage last week, so I've been glued to these albums:

I have to agree with Geddy (from the Beyond the Lighted Stage doc). He mentioned that you couldn't have Moving Pictures without Permanent Waves. I've always thought the two went hand in hand.

:music-rockout: Both of those albums are great! I love the bass line in Freewill! 2 of their best!

 

[heeman]

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted.

Side A

"I Thank You" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) – 3:23
"She Loves My Automobile" – 2:24
"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" – 4:46
"A Fool for Your Stockings" – 4:15
"Manic Mechanic" – 2:37

Side B

"Dust My Broom" (Robert Johnson) – 3:06
"Lowdown in the Street" – 2:49
"Hi Fi Mama" – 2:23
"Cheap Sunglasses" – 4:48
"Esther Be the One" – 3:31

"SHE DON'T LOVE ME, SHE LOVES MY AUTOMOBILE"

 

[heeman]

All songs written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted

"Pincushion" – 4:33
"Breakaway" (Gibbons) – 4:58
"World of Swirl" (Gibbons) – 4:08
"Fuzzbox Voodoo" – 4:42
"Girl in a T-Shirt" (Gibbons) – 4:10
"Antenna Head" – 4:43
"PCH" – 3:57
"Cherry Red" (Gibbons) – 4:38
"Cover Your Rig" – 5:50
"Lizard Life" – 5:09
"Deal Goin' Down" – 4:06

:handgestures-thumbup:

 

[heeman]

No. Title Length
1. "Poke Chop Sandwich" 4:50
2. "Crucifixx-A-Flatt" 3:59
3. "Fearless Boogie" 4:01
4. "36-22-36" 2:36
5. "Made into a Movie" 5:13
6. "Beatbox" 2:48
7. "Trippin'" 3:55
8. "Dreadmonboogaloo" 2:36
9. "Live Intro by Ross Mitchell" 0:35
10. "Sinpusher [live]" 5:18
11. "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann) 5:21
12. "Hey Mr. Millionare [live]" 4:14
13. "Belt Buckle [live]" 4:05
Total length: 49:31

 

[heeman]

A Change Of Seasons (23:09)
1a I. The Crimson Sunrise
1b II. Innocence
1c III. Carpe Diem
1d IV. The Darkest Of Winters
1e V. Another World
1f VI. The Inevitable Summer
1g VII. The Crimson Sunset
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2 Funeral For A Friend • Love Lies Bleeding Written-By – Bernie Taupin, Elton John 10:48

3 Perfect Strangers Written-By – Gillan*, Blackmore*, Glover* 5:33

4 The Rover • Achilles Last Stand • The Song Remains The Same Written-By – Page*, Plant* 7:28

5 The Big Medley (10:32)
5a I. In The Flesh? Written-By – Roger Waters

5b II. Carry On Wayward Son Written-By – Kerry Livgren

5c III. Bohemian Rhapsody Written-By – Freddy Mercury*

5d IV. Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin Written-By – Steve Perry

5e V. Cruise Control Written-By – Steve Morse

5f VI. Turn It On Again Written-By – Rutherford*, Collins*, Banks*

The Covers on this CD are incredible................. :bow-blue:

 

[Dennie]

Go~Go Boots -- CD

Drive-By Truckers

2011 ATO Records

Drive-By Truckers will release Go-Go Boots on February 15, 2011 on ATO Records. Go-Go Boots is their eleventh record and was produced by their longtime producer, David Barbe.

Go-Go Boots builds on their roots with the old Muscle Shoals country-and-soul sound. 'We recorded nearly 40 songs last year and into this year and fairly early on divided it into two separate albums' explains DBT co-founder Patterson Hood. 'The Big To-Do, releases first, was the more straightforward 'rock' album. Go-Go Boots is what I sometimes (semi-jokingly) refer to as our country, soul, and murder ballad album. Those elements definitely play into it, but it's a little more open ended than that.'

Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley continue to be the chief songwriters of the group, continuing a musical partnership that has lasted over twenty-three years. Bassist, Shonna Trucker, flexes her songwriting muscles once again by contributing two original songs to the album. Brad Morgan (drums), John Neff (guitar/pedal steel) and Jay Gonzalez (keyboards) round out the current Drive-By Truckers lineup.

"I Do Believe" (Hood)
"Go-Go Boots" (Hood)
"Dancin’ Ricky" (Tucker)
"Cartoon Gold" (Cooley)
"Ray’s Automatic Weapon" (Hood)
"Everybody Needs Love" (Hinton)
"Assholes" (Hood)
"The Weakest Man" (Cooley)
"Used To Be A Cop" (Hood)
"I Hear You Hummin'" (Tucker) (bonus track - vinyl only)
"The Fireplace Poker" (Hood)
"Where’s Eddie" (Hinton)
"The Thanksgiving Filter" (Hood)
"Pulaski" (Cooley)
"Mercy Buckets" (Hood)

 

[heeman]

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Don Airey, and Ian Paice except where noted.

"House of Pain" (Gillan, Michael Bradford) – 3:34
"Sun Goes Down" – 4:10
"Haunted" – 4:22
"Razzle Dazzle" – 3:28
"Silver Tongue" – 4:03
"Walk On" (Gillan, Bradford) – 7:04
"Picture of Innocence" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Jon Lord, Paice) - 5:11
"I Got Your Number" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice, Bradford) – 6:01
"Never a Word" – 3:46
"Bananas" – 4:51
"Doing It Tonight" – 3:28
"Contact Lost" (Morse) – 1:27

:music-rockout: :music-listening:

 

[Dennie]

Mothership -- Remastered 2 CD Set

Led Zeppelin

2007 Atlantic Records

Amazon.com

For years, as playlists and multidisc players put Led Zeppelin tracks into a mix, there was a perpetual need to adjust the volume when Zep came on. Their tunes languished in the haze of substandard remastering--until now, at least for the 24 tracks on Mothership and the final fullness of the new Song Remains the Same reissue. For its part, Mothership's crisper, warmer audio owes its heft to the troika of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, who helped oversee the mastering, bringing out untold shades even in the throes of "Heartbreaker" and the sinews of "No Quarter." It's an impressive sonic leap. Where tinny high-ends and muffled lows used to co-exist, fatter and louder depths prevail. It's ever more astonishing that Zep got on with just four blokes. You can quibble with the 24 tracks here (where's "The Ocean"?), but the band picked each track here, from the stone-cold locks ("Communication Breakdown" and "Stairway to Heaven," no, duh) to the robust throb of "When the Levee Breaks." As for "The Ocean," you can find that in fantastically full form, along with five other gems on the newly remastered Song Remains the Same, which shows up for 2007's holiday season on DVD, too. Only rarely have four lads from England made so memorable an auditory and visual blast. --Andrew Bartlett

Disc one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Good Times Bad Times" (from Led Zeppelin, 1969) John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page 2:48
2. "Communication Breakdown" (from Led Zeppelin, 1969) Bonham, Jones, Page 2:30
3. "Dazed and Confused" (from Led Zeppelin, 1969) Page 6:27
4. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (from Led Zeppelin, 1969) Anne Bredon, Page, Robert Plant 6:42
5. "Whole Lotta Love" (from Led Zeppelin II, 1969) Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant, Willie Dixon 5:34
6. "Ramble On" (from Led Zeppelin II, 1969) Page, Plant 4:24
7. "Heartbreaker" (from Led Zeppelin II, 1969) Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant 4:14
8. "Immigrant Song" (from Led Zeppelin III, 1970) Page, Plant 2:27
9. "Since I've Been Loving You" (from Led Zeppelin III, 1970) Jones, Page, Plant 7:24
10. "Rock and Roll" (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971) Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant 3:41
11. "Black Dog" (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971) Jones, Page, Plant 4:58
12. "When the Levee Breaks" (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971) Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant, Memphis Minnie 7:10
13. "Stairway to Heaven" (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971) Page, Plant 8:02

Disc two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Song Remains the Same" (from Houses of the Holy, 1973) Page, Plant 5:31
2. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (from Houses of the Holy, 1973) Page, Plant 4:50
3. "D'yer Mak'er" (from Houses of the Holy, 1973) Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant 4:23
4. "No Quarter" (from Houses of the Holy, 1973) Jones, Page, Plant 7:00
5. "Trampled Under Foot" (from Physical Graffiti, 1975) Jones, Page, Plant 5:36
6. "Houses of the Holy" (from Physical Graffiti, 1975) Page, Plant 4:03
7. "Kashmir" (from Physical Graffiti, 1975) Bonham, Page, Plant 8:31
8. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (from Presence, 1976) Page, Plant 6:27
9. "Achilles Last Stand" (from Presence, 1976) Page, Plant 10:25
10. "In the Evening" (from In Through the Out Door, 1979) Jones, Page, Plant 6:51
11. "All My Love" (from In Through the Out Door, 1979) Jones, Plant 5:53

 

[heeman]

All songs written by Peter Gabriel.

"Come Talk to Me" – 7:06
"Love to Be Loved" – 5:18
"Blood of Eden" – 6:38
"Steam" – 6:03
"Only Us" – 6:30
"Washing of the Water" – 3:52
"Digging in the Dirt" – 5:18
"Fourteen Black Paintings" – 4:38
"Kiss That Frog" – 5:20
"Secret World" – 7:03

 

[heeman]

Track listing

"I Put a Spell on You" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) (5:27)
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) (4:18)
"Answer Me" (Carl Sigman, Gerhard Winkler, Fred Rauch) (2:47)
"Just One Look" (Doris Payne, Gregory Carrol) (3:33)
"Rescue Me" (Carl Smith, Raynard Miner) (3:40)
"All Tomorrow's Parties" (Lou Reed) (5:31)
"Girl of My Best Friend" (Sam Bobrick, Ross Butler) (3:26)
"Amazing Grace" (John Newton) (4:01)
"Taxi" (Homer Banks, Charles Brook) (5:30)
"Because You're Mine" (Ferry) (1:44)

 

[heeman]

All songs written by Van Morrison except as indicated.

"Bright Side of the Road" – 3:45
"Gloria" – 2:37
"Moondance" – 4:31
"Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) – 3:03
"Have I Told You Lately" – 4:18
"Brown Eyed Girl" – 3:03 - The mono single edit
"Sweet Thing" – 4:22
"Warm Love" – 3:21
"Wonderful Remark" – 3:58
"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" – 2:57
"Full Force Gale" – 3:12
"And It Stoned Me" – 4:30
"Here Comes the Night" (Bert Berns) – 2:46
"Domino" – 3:08
"Did Ye Get Healed?" – 4:06
"Wild Night" – 3:31
"Cleaning Windows" – 4:42
"Whenever God Shines His Light" (duet with Cliff Richard) – 4:54
"Queen of the Slipstream" – 4:53
"Dweller on the Threshold" (Morrison, Hugh Murphy) – 4:47