What are you listening to?

[PJPro]

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Dread, Beat an' Blood

 

[John Duncan]

Bizarrely, even though I bought it on vinyl on the day of release in Our Price on Princes Street in, like, 1986 or something, I've never owned this on CD before, until today....

 

[PJPro]

Same here. I bought the CD version a couple of months ago. I still have far more music "trapped" on vinyl than on CD. But I'm getting there.

 

[survivor]

JohnDuncan:Bizarrely, even though I bought it on vinyl on the day of release in Our Price on Princes Street in, like, 1986 or something, I've never owned this on CD before, until today....

`Don`t Give Up` must be in the top 5 best songs of the 1980`s. Haven`t got the album on cd but still have it on vinyl. I`m saving my money for the Genesis 1970-75 box set of cd`s and dvd`s which of course feature Peter Gabriel. Great singer. By the way, has the cd been remastered?

 

[PJPro]

I can't tell as the box and sleeve are in the loft. The CD has a copyright date of 2002....but provides no further details.

 

[survivor]

Sandy Denny and The Strawbs - All Our Own Work (vinyl)

Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (vinyl)

Crystal Gayle - When I Dream (vinyl)

Crystal Gayle - We Must Believe In Magic (vinyl)

Barclay James Harvest - Everyone Is Everybody Else (vinyl)

AC/DC - Black Ice (double vinyl)

Agnetha Faltskog - My Very Best (dble cd) (import)

Magnum - On A Story Tellers Night (dble cd) (20th anniversary edition)

Fairport Convention - 25th Anniversary Concert (dble cd)

Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos (cd)

Yngwie J. Malmsteen`s Rising Force - Rising Force (cd)

 

[survivor]

PJPro:I can't tell as the box and sleeve are in the loft. The CD has a copyright date of 2002....but provides no further details.

Cheers. As it`s as late as 2002 I expect it has been.

 

[matthewpiano]

survivor:
Sandy Denny and The Strawbs - All Our Own Work (vinyl)

Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (vinyl)

Crystal Gayle - When I Dream (vinyl)

Crystal Gayle - We Must Believe In Magic (vinyl)

Barclay James Harvest - Everyone Is Everybody Else (vinyl)

AC/DC - Black Ice (double vinyl)

Agnetha Faltskog - My Very Best (dble cd) (import)

Magnum - On A Story Tellers Night (dble cd) (20th anniversary edition)

Fairport Convention - 25th Anniversary Concert (dble cd)

Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos (cd)

Yngwie J. Malmsteen`s Rising Force - Rising Force (cd)

Great taste you have there!!
I love 'All Our Own Work'. Its so fresh sounding for such an old album. Have you heard the latest Strawbs album? It really is excellent.
I also listened to 'Everyone Is Everybody Else' today on the remastered CD. Probably my favourite BJH album in many ways. I love 'Crazy City'.

 

[matthewpiano]

Other listening today (my day off!):

BJH - Octoberon
Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
Joni Mitchell - Clouds
Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads
Strawbs - Hero & Heroine

 

[survivor]

Thanks Matthew!

You`re dead right about the Sandy Denny and The Strawbs album. I got it off ebay for £8.00 and it arrived in the post today. Very impressed with my first listen.

`Everyone..` album by BJH is certainly one of their best. I think if I had to pick just one I would go for `Once Again`. Very fond of `She Said` `Galadriel` and `Mockingbird`. But yeah, `Crazy City` is great. I have all these albums on the remasterd cds. Couldn`t resist all of the bonus tracks. I think `Poor Wages` and `Brother Thrush` are particulary good amongst the bonus tracks on `Their First Album`.

Met a musician today at Rickmansworth Underground Station (Hertforshire) who said he was a friend of Peter Knight from Steeleye Span. Didn`t get his name as the train came and he jumped on it. Just thought I`d tell you that!

 

[John Duncan]

survivor:`Don`t Give Up` must be in the top 5 best songs of the 1980`s. Haven`t got the album on cd but still have it on vinyl. I`m saving my money for the Genesis 1970-75 box set of cd`s and dvd`s which of course feature Peter Gabriel. Great singer. By the way, has the cd been remastered?

You should hear Paula Cole do it on the Secret Worlds Live album. Rar.

And yes, it's a remaster, though I think they were all done sympathetically under Gabriel's supervision back in '02. Not that I can tell on an iMac.....

 

[russ74]

 

[survivor]

JohnDuncan:survivor:`Don`t Give Up` must be in the top 5 best songs of the 1980`s. Haven`t got the album on cd but still have it on vinyl. I`m saving my money for the Genesis 1970-75 box set of cd`s and dvd`s which of course feature Peter Gabriel. Great singer. By the way, has the cd been remastered? You should hear Paula Cole do it on the Secret Worlds Live album. Rar. And yes, it's a remaster, though I think they were all done sympathetically under Gabriel's supervision back in '02. Not that I can tell on an iMac.....

Cheers!

 

[John Duncan]

And actually, if you get the DVD instead of the album (though it's a bad transfer), you get the additional benefit of watching her as well. Rar.

 

[hammill]

survivor:

JohnDuncan:Bizarrely, even though I bought it on vinyl on the day of release in Our Price on Princes Street in, like, 1986 or something, I've never owned this on CD before, until today....

`Don`t Give Up` must be in the top 5 best songs of the 1980`s. Haven`t got the album on cd but still have it on vinyl. I`m saving my money for the Genesis 1970-75 box set of cd`s and dvd`s which of course feature Peter Gabriel. Great singer. By the way, has the cd been remastered?
Only 18 days to go. http://www.genesisbox3.com/ has some of new mixes as 192k mp3s

 

[matthewpiano]

The Byrds album 'Mr Tambourine Man' at the present moment. One of the first bands I ever got into as an 8 or 9 year old about 25 years after they were actually current...

 

[matthewpiano]

...and now the brilliant 'Aqualung' by Jethro Tull.

 

[Anonymous]

flesh and blood roxy music remastered cd --- celine dion on blu ray --- both very good discs

 

[Anonymous]

Queen in Montreal Forum.

On Sky Arts HD Channel (recorded it last night on Sky HD box so could play real loud today) DD5.1

Boo

 

[PJPro]

Credit to the Nation - Daddy Always Wanted Me to Grow a Pair of Wings.

 

[survivor]

hammill:survivor:

Only 18 days to go. http://www.genesisbox3.com/ has some of new mixes as 192k mp3s

Hammill, that is a great link. I can`t wait!

 

[up the music]

Brian Eno, David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Gets played most months. An amazing pioneering album for 1981. Very few people can use samples this effectively today.

 

[up the music]

White Noise - An Electric Storm

Recorded in 1968 using labourious tape loops and diy electronic wizardry, this is a weird psychedelic masterpiece. Apart from heavily processed drumming, I don't think there is a conventional instrument on yhis album.

 

[Big Chris]

 

[russ74]