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Privateering -- 2 CD Set
Mark Knopfler
2013 Mercury/Verve Records
Since officially embarking on a solo career in 1995, former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has been quietly and consistently amassing an unassuming horn of plenty, maintaining his prior outfit's penchant for fusing meticulously crafted English blues-rock with sardonic, radio-ready AOR pop, while introducing elements of traditional folk and country with the effortless gait of an artist who has spent his years as both a student and a professor. On Privateering, his seventh solo outing, Knopfler has crafted his most ambitious and pugnacious collection of songs to date, going all in on a two-disc set that pits all of the aforementioned influences against each other without ever succumbing to the convenience of their architectures. Upon first spin, Privateering feels a little like a garage sale, offering up long cold plates of once warm, late-night porch jams that feel like pre-studio session warm-ups, but the album's stately yet schizophrenic nature, which pits lo-fi, studious, yet ultimately forgettable exercises in rote American blues like "Hot or What" and "Gator Blood" with amiable, highway-ready rockers ("Corned Beef City") and incredibly affecting, spooky folk-pop ballads like "Redbud Tree," "Kingdom of Gold," and the magnificent "Dream of the Drowned Submariner," all three of which owe a couple of polite high fives to Dire Straits songs like "The Man's Strong" and "Brothers in Arms," reveals an artist in complete control of his arsenal. Could the album use some trimming? Sure, but Knopfler is that rare gunslinger who can make even the wildest shot look like it was completely intentional, and his steady voice, mercurial lyrics, and instantly recognizable guitar tone, that latter of which falls somewhere between the rich, lucid beauty of David Gilmour and the Pan-like spell-casting of Richard Thompson, provide just the right amount of ballast to keep a ship as big as Privateering buoyant. ~ James Christopher Monger
Disc one
No. Title Length
1. "Redbud Tree" 3:19
2. "Haul Away" 4:01
3. "Don't Forget Your Hat" 5:15
4. "Privateering" 6:19
5. "Miss You Blues" (Traditional, Lyrics by Mark Knopfler) 4:18
6. "Corned Beef City" 3:32
7. "Go, Love" 4:52
8. "Hot or What" 4:54
9. "Yon Two Crows" 4:26
10. "Seattle" 4:17
Disc two
No. Title Length
1. "Kingdom of Gold" 5:22
2. "Got to Have Something" 4:01
3. "Radio City Serenade" 5:13
4. "I Used to Could" 3:36
5. "Gator Blood" 4:15
6. "Bluebird" 3:27
7. "Dream of the Drowned Submariner" 4:57
8. "Blood and Water" 5:19
9. "Today Is Okay" 4:45
10. "After the Beanstalk" 3:54
Total length:
118:45
Privateering -- 2 CD Set
Mark Knopfler
2013 Mercury/Verve Records
Since officially embarking on a solo career in 1995, former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has been quietly and consistently amassing an unassuming horn of plenty, maintaining his prior outfit's penchant for fusing meticulously crafted English blues-rock with sardonic, radio-ready AOR pop, while introducing elements of traditional folk and country with the effortless gait of an artist who has spent his years as both a student and a professor. On Privateering, his seventh solo outing, Knopfler has crafted his most ambitious and pugnacious collection of songs to date, going all in on a two-disc set that pits all of the aforementioned influences against each other without ever succumbing to the convenience of their architectures. Upon first spin, Privateering feels a little like a garage sale, offering up long cold plates of once warm, late-night porch jams that feel like pre-studio session warm-ups, but the album's stately yet schizophrenic nature, which pits lo-fi, studious, yet ultimately forgettable exercises in rote American blues like "Hot or What" and "Gator Blood" with amiable, highway-ready rockers ("Corned Beef City") and incredibly affecting, spooky folk-pop ballads like "Redbud Tree," "Kingdom of Gold," and the magnificent "Dream of the Drowned Submariner," all three of which owe a couple of polite high fives to Dire Straits songs like "The Man's Strong" and "Brothers in Arms," reveals an artist in complete control of his arsenal. Could the album use some trimming? Sure, but Knopfler is that rare gunslinger who can make even the wildest shot look like it was completely intentional, and his steady voice, mercurial lyrics, and instantly recognizable guitar tone, that latter of which falls somewhere between the rich, lucid beauty of David Gilmour and the Pan-like spell-casting of Richard Thompson, provide just the right amount of ballast to keep a ship as big as Privateering buoyant. ~ James Christopher Monger
Disc one
No. Title Length
1. "Redbud Tree" 3:19
2. "Haul Away" 4:01
3. "Don't Forget Your Hat" 5:15
4. "Privateering" 6:19
5. "Miss You Blues" (Traditional, Lyrics by Mark Knopfler) 4:18
6. "Corned Beef City" 3:32
7. "Go, Love" 4:52
8. "Hot or What" 4:54
9. "Yon Two Crows" 4:26
10. "Seattle" 4:17
Disc two
No. Title Length
1. "Kingdom of Gold" 5:22
2. "Got to Have Something" 4:01
3. "Radio City Serenade" 5:13
4. "I Used to Could" 3:36
5. "Gator Blood" 4:15
6. "Bluebird" 3:27
7. "Dream of the Drowned Submariner" 4:57
8. "Blood and Water" 5:19
9. "Today Is Okay" 4:45
10. "After the Beanstalk" 3:54
Total length:
118:45
In glorious, 5.1 DVD-A! :music-listening:
I've never been a huge fan of Steve Miller, but the single Fly Like an Eagle was always a favorite of mine, with all the synth swoops, sweeps, and blwarps (despite the insipid lyrics), always wanted to hear it in Surround. Well, it's available now, less than $30. Ordered it from Amazon, and after a couple months they told me "No Longer Available"; tried again with CDUniverse, and after 10 days got it tonight.
Fidelity is analog-tape, okay, but the surround mix is GREAT! This will be a demo track for me from now on. As a Hammond player myself, the buildup of riffs with progressively higher and higher harmonics (not to mention the great volume pedal work) just gives me a woodie, WOW! :bow-blue: :bow-blue: :bow-blue:
I also find it almost humorous every time I see a live clip of the SMB. On record, everything is drenched in Hammond and synths, but live he always has just one keyboardist, and, like, 27 guitar players on stage (in Bar-Band-Speak this is known as "keyboard hell"). Odd.
EDIT: Hah! Rock 'N Me is also on this album, complete with the LOUDEST guitar-string finger squeaks in R&R History, just as loud as they were on the AM radio in my Babe-Magnet, Baby-Shit-Green Ford Maverick, but now in Glorious Surround Sound! I just wet myself, with a Woodie! :laughing-rolling:
Kazaam
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Botch said:
In glorious, 5.1 DVD-A! :music-listening:
I've never been a huge fan of Steve Miller, but the single Fly Like an Eagle was always a favorite of mine, with all the synth swoops, sweeps, and blwarps (despite the insipid lyrics), always wanted to hear it in Surround. :
I have the DTS CD version of this album. Pretty sure I do, anyway. I'm not a big Stevie miller fan, either. But agree fly like an eagle seems like a good song for surround. I mean it probably is. It's just that it's been so long that I played that disc. Oh... And When I was a kid, I thought fly like an eagle was a pink Floyd song. And pink fly dis awesome in surround, of course.
Dennie
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Today's work truck music...
By The Time I Get To Phoenix -- Remastered CD
Glen Campbell
1967/2001 Capitol Cornerstone Series
Forgotten Grammy Winner, July 1, 2001
By Dave Blank "parabolamcfeeney" (West Hollywood, CA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Audio CD)
Of the 43 collections that have won the Grammy for Album of the Year, this is probably the most underrated. While most people remember the phenomenally successful title cut (written by Jimmy Webb), the album itself seems to be all but forgotten. While other higher profile albums such as the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour and Simon & Garfunkel's Bookends were also nominated the same year (1968), it was this unpretentious catalogue of songs that won the coveted prize. It was certainly Glen Campbell's finest studio recording, and he sings each song with his unique brand of conviction and wistfulness. While the showpiece is the much-loved ballad "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", it is the lesser known songs such as "I'll Be Lucky Someday", "Tomorrow Never Comes" and "You're Young and You'll Forget" that give this album its resonance and poignancy. Most of the songs are laced with tinges of regret, but this album is anything but a downer, primarily because of the bittersweet yearning of Campbell's vocals and the spare but melodic arrangements (by, among others, Al de Lory and Jimmie Haskell). When talking about music in that turbulent year of 1968, one readily thinks of Hendrix, the Doors, the Stones, the Beatles (of course), Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, even music from The Graduate and Hair. Glen Campbell wouldn't be placed on most people's list of memorable music of that era. True, he wasn't a rock artist, but his contribution to music is just as important---providing a bridge (and, some might argue, a balm) between the easy listening (and more sentimental leanings) of contemporaries such as Bobby Goldsboro and O.C. Smith, and the rebellious, harder edges of the rock music so prevalent then. No question, Campbell was beloved by his music industry peers (or at least those who were Grammy voters) because of his soothing voice, his lack of cynicism and his cleancut image. Seen from that perspective and that he was a well-respected session player (playing with the Beach Boys and Sinatra, among his impressive credits) who also had the strong backing of the Nashville contingent of voters, it seems justifiable, in retrospect, that this collection won Album of the Year. That alone should be reason enough for Capitol to re-release this album on CD. It's also excellent on its own terms---even if it is not as well remembered as Carole King's Tapestry, Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water or Sgt. Pepper's--three other Grammy winners from that era that are undeniablly considered classics, and all easily found on CD even now.
Side 1:
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) - 2:42
"Homeward Bound" (Paul Simon) - 2:37
"Tomorrow Never Comes" (Ernest Tubb, Johnny Bond) -2:27
"Cold December (In Your Heart" (Alex Hassilev) - 2:27
"My Baby's Gone" (Hazel Houser) - 2:50
"Back in the Race" (Glen Campbell, Vic Dana) - 1:56
Side 2:
"Hey Little One" (Dorsey Burnette, Barry De Vorzon) - 2:30
"Bad Seed" (Bill Anderson) - 2:18
"I'll Be Lucky Someday" (Lee Martin, Dick McBride, Bob Wills) - 2:24
"You're Young and You'll Forget" (Jerry Reed) - 2:15
"Love is a Lonesome River" (Glen Campbell, Kella Christian) - 2:05
By The Time I Get To Phoenix -- Remastered CD
Glen Campbell
1967/2001 Capitol Cornerstone Series
Forgotten Grammy Winner, July 1, 2001
By Dave Blank "parabolamcfeeney" (West Hollywood, CA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Audio CD)
Of the 43 collections that have won the Grammy for Album of the Year, this is probably the most underrated. While most people remember the phenomenally successful title cut (written by Jimmy Webb), the album itself seems to be all but forgotten. While other higher profile albums such as the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour and Simon & Garfunkel's Bookends were also nominated the same year (1968), it was this unpretentious catalogue of songs that won the coveted prize. It was certainly Glen Campbell's finest studio recording, and he sings each song with his unique brand of conviction and wistfulness. While the showpiece is the much-loved ballad "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", it is the lesser known songs such as "I'll Be Lucky Someday", "Tomorrow Never Comes" and "You're Young and You'll Forget" that give this album its resonance and poignancy. Most of the songs are laced with tinges of regret, but this album is anything but a downer, primarily because of the bittersweet yearning of Campbell's vocals and the spare but melodic arrangements (by, among others, Al de Lory and Jimmie Haskell). When talking about music in that turbulent year of 1968, one readily thinks of Hendrix, the Doors, the Stones, the Beatles (of course), Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, even music from The Graduate and Hair. Glen Campbell wouldn't be placed on most people's list of memorable music of that era. True, he wasn't a rock artist, but his contribution to music is just as important---providing a bridge (and, some might argue, a balm) between the easy listening (and more sentimental leanings) of contemporaries such as Bobby Goldsboro and O.C. Smith, and the rebellious, harder edges of the rock music so prevalent then. No question, Campbell was beloved by his music industry peers (or at least those who were Grammy voters) because of his soothing voice, his lack of cynicism and his cleancut image. Seen from that perspective and that he was a well-respected session player (playing with the Beach Boys and Sinatra, among his impressive credits) who also had the strong backing of the Nashville contingent of voters, it seems justifiable, in retrospect, that this collection won Album of the Year. That alone should be reason enough for Capitol to re-release this album on CD. It's also excellent on its own terms---even if it is not as well remembered as Carole King's Tapestry, Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water or Sgt. Pepper's--three other Grammy winners from that era that are undeniablly considered classics, and all easily found on CD even now.
Side 1:
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) - 2:42
"Homeward Bound" (Paul Simon) - 2:37
"Tomorrow Never Comes" (Ernest Tubb, Johnny Bond) -2:27
"Cold December (In Your Heart" (Alex Hassilev) - 2:27
"My Baby's Gone" (Hazel Houser) - 2:50
"Back in the Race" (Glen Campbell, Vic Dana) - 1:56
Side 2:
"Hey Little One" (Dorsey Burnette, Barry De Vorzon) - 2:30
"Bad Seed" (Bill Anderson) - 2:18
"I'll Be Lucky Someday" (Lee Martin, Dick McBride, Bob Wills) - 2:24
"You're Young and You'll Forget" (Jerry Reed) - 2:15
"Love is a Lonesome River" (Glen Campbell, Kella Christian) - 2:05
Kazaam said:Botch said:
In glorious, 5.1 DVD-A! :music-listening:
I've never been a huge fan of Steve Miller, but the single Fly Like an Eagle was always a favorite of mine, with all the synth swoops, sweeps, and blwarps (despite the insipid lyrics), always wanted to hear it in Surround. :
I have the DTS CD version of this album. Pretty sure I do, anyway. I'm not a big Stevie miller fan, either. But agree fly like an eagle seems like a good song for surround. I mean it probably is. It's just that it's been so long that I played that disc. Oh... And When I was a kid, I thought fly like an eagle was a pink Floyd song. And pink fly dis awesome in surround, of course.
Come On Guys.............a little more love for Steve! His Great His 1974 -1978 have some awesome simple tunes that I grew up with!
Track Listings
1. Swingtown
2. Jungle Love
3. Take The Money And Run
4. Rock 'N Me
5. Serenade
6. True Fine Love
7. The Stake
8. The Joker
9. Fly Like An Eagle
10. Threshold
11. Jet Airliner
12. Dance, Dance, Dance
13. Winter Time
14. Wild Mountain Honey
Dennie
Well-Known Member
'S Wonderful -- SACD
Bill Charlap Trio
1998/2014 Venus Records (Import Japan)
Breakthrough Album from Jazz Pianist Bill Charlap and His Trio!
Before the talented pianist Bill Charlap went "major" with the Blue Note label, he was discovered by Venus Records and the Japanese audience. This "debut" album of Charlap, released in 1999, was an enormous hit and became an instant classic.
Deeply rooted in the tradition of jazz and with tremendous knowledge and respect for the American songbook, Charlap's piano playing is lyrical, fantastic and powerful. This album may not dazzle you with apparent "newness," but the beauty of melody, sound, and deep swing will move you and make you smile. The great New York rhythm section, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, contributes with great performances as well.
"Best known for his work with Gerry Mulligan and later Phil Woods during the 1990s, pianist Bill Charlap was clearly developing rapidly on his own record dates. Beginning with a crisp rendition of "Time After Time," Charlap, with a formidable rhythm section of bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, explores a nice mix of standards and jazz classics...The sound on this studio date is so intimate that it sounds as if the listener is sitting right next to the piano." -Ken Dryden, allmusic.com
Features:
• Single Layer Stereo SACD
Musicians:
Bill Charlap, piano
Peter Washington, bass
Kenny Washington, drums
Selections:
1. Time After Time
2. My Shining Hour
3. The Blue Room
4. Boy, What Love Has Done To Me
5. Isfahan
6. Lover
7. Something To Live For
8. 'S Wonderful
9. Summer Serenade
10. Only The Lonely
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Back In New York -- CD
Scott Hamilton With The Bill Charlap Trio
2005 Concord Jazz
Journeyman tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton keeps things light and swinging on Back in New York. Bringing to mind a mix of Dexter Gordon and Ben Webster, Hamilton has always displayed an unerring classicist aesthetic, and this album is no exception. Featuring the deft rhythm section of pianist Bill Charlap, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Kenny Washington, Back in New York is a template for what solid modern mainstream jazz should sound like. To these ends, Hamilton kicks things into gear with a sprightly take on "What Is This Thing Called Love," nudges his way through a tasty samba version of "Love Letters," and keeps thing warm and fuzzy on "This Is Always." ~ Matt Collar
Track Listing
1. What Is This Thing Called Love?
2. Wonder Why
3. Blue 'n' Boogie
4. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
5. Lullaby of the Leaves
6. Fine and Dandy
7. Bouncing with Bud
8. Love Letters
9. This Is Always
10. I've Just Seen Her
Personnel: Scott Hamilton (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Peter Washington (double bass); Bill Charlap (piano); Kenny Washington (drums).Audio Mixer: Phil Edwards .Liner Note Author: Peter Straub.Recording information: Nola Studios, New York, NY (09/09/2004-09/10/2004).Photographer: Lisa Stein.
Denny, I can't wait till I get my room together. Gota listen to this.Dennie said:
The Best of... -- CD
The Spencer Davis Group
1987 EMI/America Records
Classic sixties R+B January 10, 2006
By Peter Durward Harris HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
The Spencer Davis Group were one of several excellent British R+B bands of the sixties. Best remembered in Britain for Keep on running (one of the best songs of the sixties, regardless of genre), by the time they started to make an impression in America, they were on the verge of losing their key man, Steve Winwood.
They actually had two number one hits in Britain (Keep on running and Somebody help me) and several other big hits, including Strong love (not included here), Every little bit hurts (a cover of the Brenda Holloway song), Gimmie some lovin' (a remixed version of which was a hit in America) and I'm a man (also a hit in America).
In 1967, Steve Winwood quit to form a new band, Traffic. The other band members struggled on for a while, but those recordings are not included here (and are not as good).
This is a nice introduction to the Spencer Davis Group. If you enjoy it a lot, there is a double CD, 8 gigs a week, which contains all the music they recorded while Steve Winwood was a member of the group.
Track Listing
1. Gimme Some Lovin'
2. Searchin'
3. Keep on Running
4. I Can't Stand It
5. Strong Love
6. Every Little Bit Hurts
7. I'm a Man
8. Back into My Life Again
9. Trampoline
10. Somebody Help Me
11. When I Come Home
12. Stevie's Blues
13. This Hammer (The Hammer Song)
14. Waltz for Lumumba
15. Goodbye Stevie
Personnel: Steve Winwood (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Muff Winwood, Spencer Davis (vocals, guitar); Pete York (drums).Liner Note Author: Alan Warner.
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Barney said:Denny, I can't wait till I get my room together. Gota listen to this.Dennie said:
The Best of... -- CD
The Spencer Davis Group
1987 EMI/America Records
Classic sixties R+B January 10, 2006
By Peter Durward Harris HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
The Spencer Davis Group were one of several excellent British R+B bands of the sixties. Best remembered in Britain for Keep on running (one of the best songs of the sixties, regardless of genre), by the time they started to make an impression in America, they were on the verge of losing their key man, Steve Winwood.
They actually had two number one hits in Britain (Keep on running and Somebody help me) and several other big hits, including Strong love (not included here), Every little bit hurts (a cover of the Brenda Holloway song), Gimmie some lovin' (a remixed version of which was a hit in America) and I'm a man (also a hit in America).
In 1967, Steve Winwood quit to form a new band, Traffic. The other band members struggled on for a while, but those recordings are not included here (and are not as good).
This is a nice introduction to the Spencer Davis Group. If you enjoy it a lot, there is a double CD, 8 gigs a week, which contains all the music they recorded while Steve Winwood was a member of the group.
Track Listing
1. Gimme Some Lovin'
2. Searchin'
3. Keep on Running
4. I Can't Stand It
5. Strong Love
6. Every Little Bit Hurts
7. I'm a Man
8. Back into My Life Again
9. Trampoline
10. Somebody Help Me
11. When I Come Home
12. Stevie's Blues
13. This Hammer (The Hammer Song)
14. Waltz for Lumumba
15. Goodbye Stevie
Personnel: Steve Winwood (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Muff Winwood, Spencer Davis (vocals, guitar); Pete York (drums).Liner Note Author: Alan Warner.
Howdy Barney, I can't wait either. I hope it is soon, as music is so good for us! :handgestures-thumbup:
Dennie
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