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Qobuz
Possibly the photo is reversed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
41 years old yesterday. :eek:
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Classic.
Qobuz
Morcheeba are a downtempo/"chillout" band, Barry, I would definitely recommend them, especially the early albums such as this one. Not so sure on the 70's influences other than the album cover, but I must admit it's a great image.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Definitely worth a listen Barry. Not 70s style. This is one I have, a good way to get into their music.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
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This is one of their better known songs, and is on this CD, but a slightly more laid back version:
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Another good one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idlewithnodrive
Possibly, but even with the arm at the rear cuing would still be difficult.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
No, the photo isn't reversed, the other way round would be unplayable. The deck has been rotated clockwise by 90 degree for some reason. The album was released in 1998, a time when vinyl wasn't doing well, and the room for the photo shoot will have been laid out by a youngster who'd only ever seen a turntable being used by a DJ while off his face.
Tash Sultana is a recent new discovery for me, and very enjoyable music.
From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tash_Sultana
"Sultana plays a large variety of instruments including guitar, keyboard, bass, percussion, beatmaking/sampling, trumpet, saxophone, flute, mandolin, oud, harmonica, panpipes; and arranges it into loop style performances along with percussive and finger tapping style guitar playing. Sultana has a vocal range stretching five octaves."
I don't really know how to describe their sound, but I think I'm hooked!
This is the 2nd album, from 2021:
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Brilliant production, too.
If you have any streaming ability I would strongly suggest checking them out.
Good one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Idlewithnodrive
I think that's my favourite Japan album, and by the looks of the sleeve on your copy, well loved there too!
I actually have 3 copies Alex, so that makes it loved even more :) It is probably my favourite of their non-live Albums too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
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Loud ! Really loud!
I have a copy of "Japan - The Very Best Of", and based on that I can't see what people see in the group. I don't find it unlistenable, it just doesn't grab my attention and make me want to sit down and listen to it fully.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idlewithnodrive
And so is that one. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dom66
LP or CD? Regardless of format, IMHO it's the best recording the Beatles didn't make!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Chicago Transit Authority – 'Chicago Transit Authority'
Label: CBS – S 66221, CBS – GP 8
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country: Europe
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock, Funk
This is their first LP(s), thereafter they would loose 'Transit Authority' from their title, and IMO descend into MOR AOR.
It's A Beautiful Day – 'It's A Beautiful Day'
Label: CBS – CBS 83797
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country: Europe
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy – 'The Great Conspiracy'
Label: Columbia – CS 9590
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock
Fuzzy Duck – 'Fuzzy Duck'
Label: MAM – MAM-AS 1005
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1971
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Prog Rock
[QUOTE=Barry;1388264]LP or CD? Regardless of format, IMHO it's the best recording the Beatles didn't make![/QUOTE]
I do have all of their studio albums (apart from "Yellow Submarine", does that one count?), but this and "Revolver" are CD. I sometimes think I should get these last two on vinyl, but really these CDs are perfectly good. On the other hand I think Sgt Pepper to be one of the greatest albums ever made and really I should get it on vinyl. Which just leaves Revolver, and I can't let that be the odd one out, so...
I'm curious about that last statement - so who made it then?
I recognise that cover from my mate's brother's collection back in the 70s, but never heard it. What's it like?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Sgt Pepper and his Lonely Hearts Club Band of course. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy PonyI'm curious about that last statement - so who made it then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
After their last tour in the US, where the screaming adulation of the audience drowned out what the Beatles were playing, they returned to England vowing never to perform live again. Thereafter they would only work in the studio which allowed them, with the help of George Martin, to manipulate sounds and acoustic effects which would not be able to be performed live. The whole album is supposed to be the result of the fictional Sgt. Pepper and his Lonely Hearts Club band.
It's A Beautiful Day – 'It's A Beautiful Day'
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Label: CBS – CBS 83797
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country: Europe
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock
Don't be put off by the rather 'twee cover (one of Neon Parks poorer efforts), it is IMO a rather good psychedelic rock album, largely dominated but not exclusively, by David LaFlamme's electric violin. The tracks are quite varied in their pace and style: from gentle and poetic vocal, through screeching rock, to atmospheric soundscape.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Probably best summed up by a posting on Discogs: Great dose of focused dreamy hippie vibed San Francisco quasi-psych-prog-jazz-rock with edgy male-female vocal harmonies supplemented by David Laflamme's excellent violin performances.
Track listing:
White Bird 6:06
Hot Summer Day 5:46
Wasted Union Blues 4:00
Girl With No Eyes 3:49
Bombay Calling 4:25
Bulgaria 6:10
Time Is 9:42
Hmm, I don't think I have anything filed under that genre :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Cheers Barry, I've learned something there :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
What's that like then Martin?Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Good one there Alex. "All I Need" was probably the most played track on my old iPod, that's going back a few years :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Not as good as 'Silk Degrees' but it's worth having.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Moon Safari is definitely in my top 10 albums of all time. Beth Hirsch's voice on All I Need and You Make it Easy is sublime.
Silk Degrees did set the bar rather high. I'll look out for it though. The worst of Boz Scaggs is still better than any modern crap I can think of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
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Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Yeah I know I'm a copycat, but you put it in my head, and it's been a while.
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"Stars" was another frequent flyer on my old iPod. As was "Not so Manic Now", though the Way Out West remix which you got on the single was better. Wish I knew what happened to that CD...
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