What Are You Listening To?

[AndySTL]

 

[Kazaam]

I'm listening to David Ruffin's completed, yet shelved 1971 album that wasn't released until 2004. It's probably been a couple of years since I last gave it a listen, but it's still pretty darn good. Lots of good Motown stuff here. His versions of "Rainy Night In Georgia" and "Heaven Help Us All" are both superb. And "Each Day Is A Lifetime" has a great beat!

 

[smgreen20]

Back to Flogging Molly's Live at the Greek

 

[Kazaam]

plays thru the left, center, and right channels; think that's the only disk I have that plays like that. It does make for an... interesting soundstage.

They did that with a lot of the Living Stereo SACDs. Though, the only non-Living Stereo album that I know of like that is the multichannel version of Dave Brubeck's "Time Out"---or at least I think it's just the 3 channels, that is. Not sure I like the way it sounds, but like you said, they're "interesting".

Wonder if they did this with any of those Mercury Living Presence SACDs?

 

[Dennie]

Happy New Year Everyone! :text-welcomeconfetti:

Wish You Were Here -- CD

Pink Floyd

1975/2000 Capitol Records

Amazon.com Essential Recording

Wish You Were Here is a song cycle dedicated to Pink Floyd's original frontman, Syd Barrett, who'd flamed out years before: two grimly funny songs about the evils of the music business ("By the way, which one's Pink?"), and two long, touching ones about the band's vanished friend. The real star of the show, though, is the production: sparkling, convoluted, designed to sound deeply oh-wow under the influence--and pretty great sober too--with David Gilmour getting lots of space for his most lyrical guitar playing ever. And, though the album is big and ambitious, even bombastic, it somehow dodges being pretentious--the Barrett tributes are honest and heartfelt, beneath all the grand gestures and stereophonic trickery. --Douglas Wolk
Side one
No. Title Music Lead vocals Length
1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts I–V) Wright, Waters, Gilmour (Part I)
Gilmour, Waters, Wright (Part II)
Waters, Gilmour, Wright (Part III)
Gilmour, Wright, Waters (Part IV)
Waters, Gilmour, Wright (Part V) Waters 13:38
2. "Welcome to the Machine" Waters Gilmour 7:30
Side two
No. Title Music Lead vocals Length
1. "Have a Cigar" Waters Harper 5:24
2. "Wish You Were Here" Waters, Gilmour Gilmour 5:17
3. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts VI–IX) Wright, Waters, Gilmour (Part VI)
Waters, Gilmour, Wright (Part VII)
Gilmour, Wright, Waters (Part VIII)
Wright (Part IX)

 

[Botch]

Another "3-channel stereo" SACD. How I managed to get two in the same order is a bit spooky... :?

 

[Dennie]

Reimagines Gershwin -- CD

Brian Wilson

2010 Disney Pearl Series

Product Description

2010 album from the Rock 'n' Roll legend. Pioneering musical genius Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, has teamed up with George Gershwin, in Wilson's latest album release, Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin. Featuring timeless classics like "Rhapsody in Blue," "I Got Rhythm" and "Summertime," the album makes history with "The Like in I Love You" and "Nothing But Love" - two new songs Wilson crafted from never-before-published music by Gershwin. Produced by Brian Wilson, mixed by multi-Grammy winner Al Schmitt and joined by his longtime acclaimed band, the new album features the trademark stacked vocal harmonies and orchestrations that made Wilson a towering and revered figure in popular music.

01 Rhapsody in Blue /Intro
02 The Like in I Love You
03 Summertime
04 I Loves You Porgy
05 I Got Plenty of Nothin
06 It Ain't Necessarily So
07 'S Wonderful
08 They Can't Take That Away from Me
09 Our Love Is Here to Stay
10 I've Got a Crush on You
11 I've Got Rhythm
12 Someone to Watch Over Me
13 Nothing But Love
14 Rhapsody in Blue/Reprise

 

[Botch]

:music-rockout: :music-rockout: :music-rockout: :music-rockout: :music-rockout: :music-rockout: :music-rockout:

Excerpt:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10PzFjQvirU[/youtube]

 

[Dennie]

Live From Neon Park -- 2 CD Set

Little Feat

1996 Zoo Records

Phoenix rising from the Ashes, August 19, 2002
By Steven Clem Haley "Steve is in Stillwater" (Stillwater, Oklahoma United States)

This review is from: Live From Neon Park (Audio CD)

Yeah, most of us figured they couldn't top Columbus. Yeah, most of us bailed on Feat after the death of Lowell. Yeah they put out a few directionless albums soon after, but it seemed like the band, as well as the fans were still gasping for air and wondering what was going to happen next. Sadly, most of us fans turned our back on them and they were quickly relegated to the long list of great bands that had passed their prime.

Have you ever leaned into a left hook?

That is exactly what this cd felt like when I heard it the first time. I was walking down the street, popped into my favorite entertainment center where this was featured in a listening station. After hearing Shaun Murphy's version of "Changing Luck" and "You're taking up Another Man's Place", I had to literally go out to the curb, sit down, and catch my breath. The remakes of the older more familiar Feat regulars not only are the expected excellence, they are if anything even more excellent! The addition of Fred Tackett on guitar adds a completely new spark of creativity that doesn't overshadow Barrere, but allows him to play off of someone who is at least as creative as he. Billy Payne has not lost anything. Clayton, Kenny, and Ritchie still make up the heaviest rhthym section ever created.

If you, like me, had given up on the Feat, apologize to the Muses of the Dixie Chicken and pick up where you left off. This one will amaze. IT IS NOT Waiting for Columbus. Nothing ever will be. But neither is Barry Bonds a Hank Aaron.

 

[Dennie]

Rickie Lee Jones -- CD

Rickie Lee Jones

1979/1990 Reprise Records

Amazon.com

The breezy melodies and jazz stylings of Rickie Lee Jones's debut album are usually found in the works of more mature pop artists. It's only the exuberance of Jones's often cackling voice that reminds you that a 23-year-old is at the controls. And Jones's "little girl lost" perspective, while hanging out in mid-1970s Los Angeles with neo-Beat songwriters-barroom troubadours Tom Waits and Chuck E. Weiss, makes for colorful storytelling. In fact, her tale about Weiss, "Chuck E.'s in Love," hit the Top 10. But there's a lot more elegant stuff here: "Last Chance Texaco" is a soaring ballad about automobiles and broken hearts, and the Sinatra-esque "After Hours" features a lonely Jones singing to a lamppost. --Bill Crandall

Songs written by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.

1. "Chuck E.'s In Love" 3:28
2. "On Saturday Afternoons In 1963" – 2:31
3. "Night Train" – 3:14
4. "Young Blood" – 4:04
5. "Easy Money" – 3:16
6. "The Last Chance Texaco" – 4:05
7. "Danny's All-Star Joint" – 4:01
8. "Coolsville" – 3:49
9. "Weasel And The White Boys Cool" (Rickie Lee Jones, Alfred Johnson) – 6:00
10. "Company" (Rickie Lee Jones, Alfred Johnson) – 4:40
11. "After Hours (Twelve Bars Past Midnight)" – 2:13

 

[PaulyT]

Y'know, I've listened to that first Ricky Lee album a number of times, but could never really get into it. So far, I like her "Pirates" album much better. Just my personal taste, though, I guess.

 

[topper]

** A day without music is a day wasted **

 

[Botch]

Brian Eno, Small Craft on a Milk Sea

EDIT: Damn, this thing should've been done in Surround Sound! :shock:

 

[Dennie]

Devotion -- DVD-A

Aaron Neville

2000 Silverline Music

Product Description

The Grammy Award Winning voice of Aaron Neville is one of the most recognizable in popular music. He has performed for presidents and royalty, as well as the disadvantaged and prison inmates. His talent has transcended musical genres and trends. Aaron Neville is an American musical icon. Devotion, Aaron Neville's latest recording, is a collection of material that is very personal to the artist. A spiritual rather than a religious album, Devotion brings together popular songs like "Morning Has Broken", "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Let It Be" with gospel greats "Mary Don't You Weep" and Banks Of the River Jordan" that have always been favorites of Aaron.

With Devotion, listeners will be able to hear that unmistakable Aaron Neville voice as if they were in the studio with him while he made the record. This 24 bit/96khz, six channel surround disc brings amazing clarity to every note of the recordings. Additionally, the disc includes a very special video section that includes interviews with Aaron and many of the people who have been instrumental in his life. There is also footage of Aaron performing songs from this album live at Angola Penitentiary.

1. Morning Has Broken
2. Mary Don't You Weep
3. By Heart, By Soul (Guest vocals by Avalon)
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water
5. Singing You a Prayer (Duet with Ivan Neville)
6. Jesus Loves Me
7. Let It Be
8. What Would Jesus Do?
9. Banks Of the River Jordan
10. Were You There?
11. Any Day Now
12. Jesus Is A Friend Of Mine
13. I SHall Be Released

 

[topper]

(love that one) * A great album, Dennie . :handgestures-thumbup:

 

[Dennie]

Ella and Louis -- CD :bow-blue: <--Deserted Island Pick!

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

1956 Verve Records


What we have here is the mating of honey and molasses. Or is it the sound of melted butter over gravel? Never mind--sweeter, more joyous music has never been recorded (although the follow-up, Ella and Louis Again, may be even better). You can't listen to these two without smiling. It's such an inevitable pairing that you wonder what titanic forces of nature could have kept Ella and Satchmo apart until they made this record together in 1957, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio and Buddy Rich on drums. The songs are standards--extraordinary standards, of course, like "Moonlight in Vermont" and "A Foggy Day"--but nirvana is reached on "Cheek to Cheek." Heaven. --Jim Emerson

1. “Can't We Be Friends?” (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:45
2. “Isn't This a Lovely Day?” (Irving Berlin) – 6:14
3. “Moonlight in Vermont” (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:40
4. “They Can't Take That Away from Me” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:36
5. “Under a Blanket of Blue” (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 4:16
6. “Tenderly” (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 5:05
7. “A Foggy Day” (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:31
8. “Stars Fell on Alabama” (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 3:32
9. “Cheek to Cheek” (Berlin) – 5:52
10. “The Nearness of You” (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 5:40
11. “April in Paris” (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 6:33

Capitol Tower, Hollywood, August 16, 1956 Val Valentin (eng)

* Louis Armstrong - vocals, trumpet
* Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
* Ray Brown - bass
* Herb Ellis - guitar
* Oscar Peterson - piano
* Buddy Rich - drums

 

[Dennie]

(love that one) * A great album, Dennie . :handgestures-thumbup:

It absolutely is! "Jesus is a friend of mine" is my story, also. Very touching and a good reminder when I forget where I've been or where I'm going. :angelic-green:

Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Y'know, I've listened to that first Ricky Lee album a number of times, but could never really get into it. So far, I like her "Pirates" album much better. Just my personal taste, though, I guess.

Well then, we just might have to revoke your "Fan Club" privileges! :scared-eek:


Dennie :text-imsorry:

 

[Dennie]

Jazz In The Garden -- CD

Stanley Clarke - Hiromi - Lenny White

2009 Heads Up Music

Product Description

In a career that spans nearly four decades and includes gigs with Return to Forever, Rite of Strings and a variety of other solo and collaborative projects along the way, bassist Stanley Clarke - one of the most prominent voices in electric jazz and fusion - had seemingly covered every possible corner of the jazz landscape. But there was one avenue he had yet to explore.

"I had never done an acoustic bass record, ever," he says. "There's a long list of people on whose records I've played acoustic bass - Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson and many others - but I'd never done an acoustic jazz trio record of my own. So I wanted to record one that would just feature the piano and the acoustic bass in a way that you could really hear the bass."

This long-overdue dream project becomes a reality with the release of Jazz In The Garden. For his first straightahead acoustic jazz trio recording, Clarke assembles two brilliant collaborators at the top of their respective games: pianist Hiromi Uehara and drummer Lenny White. Each represents a distinctly different generational and cultural perspective, but given the range and versatility of both, the net effect is superb. Indeed, the synergy resulting from all three of these luminaries makes for one of the most refreshing Stanley Clarke recordings in recent years.

In many ways, Jazz in the Garden is Stanley Clarke's way of reconnecting with a time much earlier in his career before his plunge into electric jazz - a time when he earned his stripes playing acoustic bass with some of the most enduring names in the annals of jazz. "There are times when you want to revisit the things that really established the foundation in your life," he says. "I spent many, many years studying acoustic bass, and many years playing in New York after I left Philadelphia in the late `60s. I played with everyone who was there at the time. It was a long time ago, but all that stuff from that period is what made me who I am. This record is my way of reconnecting with that time and that music."


1 Paradigm Shift (Election Day 2008) Clarke 7:43
2 Sakura Sakura Traditional 5:33
3 Sicilian Blue Uehara 4:48
4 Take the Coltrane Ellington 3:30
5 3 Wrong Notes Clarke 5:47
6 Someday My Prince Will Come Churchill, Morey 4:56
7 Isotope Henderson 5:27
8 Bass Folk Song No. 5&6 Clarke 4:02
9 Global Tweak Clarke, Uehara 3:43
10 Solar Davis 5:14
11 Brain Training Uehara 4:52
12 Under the Bridge Balzary, Frusciante, Kiedis ... 5:32

Hiromi Uehara-piano
Lenny White-drums
Stanley Clarke -bass

 

[Botch]

Hiromi is phenomenal!