Listening to the mono mix, which is only a fold-down (except for the opening track). I like listening to it, anyway.
Trivia: Björk in Scandinavia is the name of the Birch tree. But in Iceland I think it's called Birki. Yeah you get the similarity. It's a beautiful name - Björk
It's late per It's late period Monk and not his best live stuff, but it's still very good. I bought it because it comes with a DVD of the set.
Spun an old classic today. Those boys are still timeless. Have to say that Joni Mitchell's Coyote guest spot is about my favorite song of her's too. Adding a smoky bonus track here as well, from a Robbie R. solo album:
Take it easy on yourself. I have this one and do not know it well. Neither do I know this one well, but I like it. New Yawk mini-salute. This CD sounds great. And "Song For The Man," what genre is that? I have no idea. Early 70s game show?
Listen People: Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964-2005 Various Artists 2018 CD • ACE Label upc : 29667077620
Deep Purple. "Mandrake Root", live at Long Beach, July 30th, 1971. Bad mastering (and I knew it before buying it), but it's the only official '71 live Purple.
OK I've listened to a lot of music over the past 24 hours. I may repeat myself a bit since I listen to most things I listen to more than once, and don't always remember what I already listed. Groundhogs Who Will Save the World? Soft Boys Can of Bees Underwater Moonlight Invisible Hits Robyn Hitchcock (& sometimes Egyptians) S/T Moss Elixir Fegmania! A Bad Case of History Radio Sessions Disc One (this is I think a bootleg, I got it from a blog--some of it is fantastic!) I found this on Youtube today, I can't remember what put me onto it but at first pass it sounds very promising, it has some Pere Ubu to it... If anyone knows anything about this band, I'd love to hear what you think of it...
I saw the Beastie Boys on this tour... it was a blast. I'm still pretty stunned that Adam Yauch is gone, a real gut punch.
Tonight, one of my all time favorites, NRBQ, At Yankee Stadium. Also, Ian Dury's "Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll". Saw David Byrne on Colbert and he was good as well. Other recent stuff: Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die - last night, first listen on vinyl in ages (cymbals and percussion don't come through nearly as well on CD and this is a perfect album, especially Side 1. Cowboy Junkies, Black Eyed Man, my second favorite of theirs after The Trinity Sessions.
More Hendrix odds and ends. The best tracks of these releases could have made a truly extraordinary volume.
I'll bet that I've not listened to this in ten years. It's funky, jazzy and and full of pop. It was considered a good release when it came out. The buzz was that some Steely Dan members came aboard. I saw the Dan a year or so before this release, a concert that they were double-billed with Blue Oyster Cult... yeah, they did that kind of thing back in that decade. Anyway, BOC canceled, half the crowd left to get their money back, and Steely Dan played for about 15 minutes and stopped dead mid song. 'Are we not playing loud enuf for you?' It was Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter (w/his walrus mustache), who seemingly was not thrilled with the response they were getting. He's on the cover below, I believe (or maybe Pat Simmons). It was a great show, even then. SD wouldn't tour again for another 20 years. Decided to go with the follow up since it was conveniently located... not a bad release either. Michael McDonald dominates vocally, and although I'm not McDonald fan, he had talent and helped to make both records good ones. In some ways it sounds just as good if not better now? Why not.