Exactly this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Exactly this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
It’s been a long, long time since I've got as lost in an Album as I have this one, tonight. Wonderful.
Those occasions are few and far between, but when they do happen are joyously memorable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idlewithnodrive
For me, they can occur when you are tired and listen with your eyes closed - not asleep, but with all distractions removed. When the record or disc has finished you think "that was great, I'll play it again", but the deep experience never repeats itself.
Stanley Clarke 'School Days'
Label: CBS Embassy EMB 31892
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1976
Genre: Jazz
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Funk
This is the album that for me produced the 'total immersion effect', mentioned above.
I've probably had a dozen or so such moments over the years and they've all been unexpected and with non favourite Albums. Odd really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
The Spencer Davis Group Featuring Stevie Winwood 'The Best Of The Spencer Davis Group Featuring Stevie Winwood'
Label: Island Records IMCD 151, Island Records 848 092-2
Series: Island Masters IMCD 151
Format: CD, Compilation, Repress
Country: Europe
Released: 1967
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Soul
Shirley Collins And The Albion Country Band 'No Roses'
Label: Pegasus (3) PEG 7, Pegasus (3) PEG-7
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: UK
Released: October 1971
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock
I love Shirley Collins voice, but her diction, both on the LP and on the CD is poor. Shame, as the words of these English folk songs are important.