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Mike
That is sublime !
Maybe it needs more listens to get into your blood.
I played it a few times before I loved it, but I think there was an inkling at the start.
Unlike Mahavishnu and Birds of Fire which took a very long time and many listens before I was utterly in its power
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Mike
Wonderful - absolutely bloody marvellous! I love early (pre-baroque) music, but this recording is new to me.
I listened to it on Grooveshark, via headphones and have no complaints of the sound quality. I must buy myself a copy and look forward to listening to it on my system.
9/10 from me. Thanks Martin for introducing this fine recording to us. Different, but that is what the Album Club should be about.
Last edited by Barry; 12-05-2014 at 09:24.
Barry
(but I think you forgot to vote, Barry).
I had a punt on this as the write-up was interesting and I didn't have any early music.
Lovely stuff! The only thing I find a little grating are (some of) the vocals, so prefer the tracks on which these take a back-seat (nothing specific to this recording - I tend to dislike vocals anyway). I don't know about the streamed version, but an EAC rip of the CD sounds smashing - love the clarinet(?) on track 5 and the violin on track 9.
The guitar on track 6 is pretty good, too.
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Mike
Agreed that they're very well done - alas, that's almost a bad thing in this context - a very well performed and recorded sound that I dislike! But still, it only slightly detracts from my enjoyment of the pieces as a whole.
Interesting your comparison to seeing an old friend - as soon as it started I was struck by how familiar (in a good way) it all sounded, but I'm more or less sure that I haven't encountered these pieces before
I first used that as a metaphor when listening to Squeeze recorded live off The Tube, followed by Jesse Rae - Over the sea (total head case !) and Pat Metheny recorded live off Capital I think. A great tape
Here's m'man
and here is that Squeeze session, wasn't on YouTube before
That is the best performance I have ever seen or heard them do, so totally together as a unit
Last edited by MikeMusic; 14-05-2014 at 08:49. Reason: adding Squeeze YT
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