DIB said:
Charlie Jefferson said:
During the last 48 hours my vinyl listening has been: 1) Put The Stereo On - Gappy Ranks 2) Remasters - Led Zeppelin 3) The Red Shoes - Kate Bush 4) This Sde - Nickel Creek 5) Introspectve - Pet Shop Boys 6) King Of Limbs - Radiohead 7) Before The Flood - Bob Dylan & The Band 8) Major Force box set 9) The Yellow Princess/Requia -John Fahey 10) Heady Nuggs box - The Flaming Lips 11) Electric Cafe - Krafwerk 12) Bend Sinister - The Fall 13) Chutes Too Narrow -The Shins I've got a rare day to myself tomorrow so I'm already drawing up a big list of possible vinyl blasts. Most evenings I can manage a couple of hours at moderate volumes but I'm really looking forward to a full scale, as loud as I like session on Tuesday.
Nice list that CJ
Nickel Creek are often played on Radio Paradise and are a band that interest me a lot. Progressive blue grass
. I've often meant to try and investigate further but so far have failed to do so. I must check out Spotify. Is this album a good place to start?
Likewise, I've heard isolated tracks of John Fahey, almost exclusively on compilation albums, and again a very interesting artist. Where would one start with him?
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Hi DIB,
The Nickel Creek is down to my wife and her fondness for countrified tunes with female vocals. She's had the three studio albums on CD for years but the
vinyl versions only appeared on Record Store Day this year. They sound great. A good mix of instrumentals and vocals (both male and female led)<
We both like all three albums and I wouldn't say there's that much difference the three. They're all pretty good. Excellent recordings. Particularly the self-titled debut, to my cloth ears at least.
As for John Fahey I'm not sure I'd recommend starting with Requia/The Yellow Princess. Quite demanding listens in parts, but the latter includes one of my all time favourite pieces of music, Lion. A startling and effecting blitz of playing with incredible tones and sadness throughout. One of his most revered albums is the wonderful Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death. A treasure trove of traditional folk, blues, bluegrass and spirituals melded with some of his own truly preternatural compositions. Alongside the Best Of 1959-77 compilation I'd say start with either of these.
There are umpteen other releases, many of which are difficult to obtain, some contain great stuff, (Christmas Guitar Vol.1, Railroad and God, Time and Causality) and then many which seem to reprise variations on the above. I lost track of his releases up to his death, so can't pass comment on the 1990s stuff. I think he died in the last decade.
Like Leo Kottke, it's best when he doesn't sing. A genius of the fretboard nonetheless and one of my most revisited artists down the years.
Hope some f this waffle helps point you to something worthwhile.