Back to Willie. New record out in a month or so(co-written by the man himself), just in time for his 85th birthday. I have so much respect for Willie. He doesn't slow down by much, and he still brings the good stuff. A true lifer!
One of my all-time favorite Sabbath albums. It's also, aside from Headless Cross and Dehumanizer, the darkest/most evil sounding Sabbath album post-Ozzy (IMO). Zero the Hero and Distrubing the Priest - 2 of the heaviest songs I've ever heard. Holy hell. Also, I LOVE the production. It's dark and muddy but it's better than people think. I think a lot of people take it at face value but if you actually listen good with headphones it's an excellent, ambient production. I have no problems hearing any instruments. Everything is heavy as crap. Gillan's screams are maniacal. Iommi shreds for his life. The bass is just heart-pounding. Fantastic. Yes, I even love the cover. Come on, how much more evil can you get?!
Another all-time favorite Sabbath album for me. I respect and enjoy the classic stuff (especially Master of Reality), but 90% of the time my Sabbath listening is from Heaven and Hell onwards. That's really when the band came into color for me. I could easily live never hearing the Ozzy material and pretending Sabbath started with Dio. It's no knock to the classics, just a gauge of how much I prefer the non-Ozzy stuff.
Miles Davis, the French soundtrack that I would butcher if I tried to write and 1958 Miles, Jeff Beck's Truth, and now Dinosaur Jr. Farm, my favorite of their excellent ongoing run of reunion albums.
Got this in the mail today (along with Rather Ripped). It's remastered from the original analog tapes to vinyl by John Golden in 2015. Sonic Youth - Murray Street I spun Rather Ripped earlier, which IMO is just an okay album, but Murray Street is glorious.
Murray Street is the one that got me into them and remains one of my favorites of theirs, and certainly my favorite of the late period. Rather Ripped is very good, too, although Sonic Nurse is my second favorite from that period. Listening to Parliament, Gloryhallastupid.
Musically, Rather Ripped is good, although it's missing the longer psychedelic excursions that I dig. Lyrically though, there are a few clunkers on there. Not that I listen to Sonic Youth for the lyrics anyway...
I still like Goo, been playing Sister nightly for a few...have Experimental Jet Set and Confusion Is Sex coming next week...
Goo was my first SY album. I wasn't aware of them before that. It took a major label debut for them to penetrate my small town MA consciousness. Listening to this again: The interwebs tell me that "TVC15" was inspired by Iggy Pop’s drug induced hallucination that the television set, in Bowie’s LA home, had swallowed his girlfriend. I've always thought he was singing about a car.
My first listen to this one. I'm loving it. Neil Young with International Harvesters - A Treasure The vinyl version is three-sided. The fourth side has an etching instead of music. This is the first album I've owned with an etched side. Neat, sure, but I would've preferred 20 more minutes of music instead of the picture, honestly.
Frances The Mute, by Mars Volta. Listening to "Cassandra Gemini" (the last half-an-hour of the album).
Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath: Travelling Somewhere Recorded live 1/19/73 in Bremen, Germany Recording is so so but the performance is incredible. For my $$$ the greatest big band there ever was. Amazing that there are any live recordings of this band. Greatest trumpet solo ever found within by the *great* Mongezi Feza. Has to be heard to be believed. Then we get the equally awe-inspiring Mike Osbourne playing stuff on the alto saxophone that is still untouched by any alto players I’ve ever heard. Too bad both were gone early via death (Feza) or mental illness (Osbourne). McGregor on piano Harry Beckett: trumpet Mark Charig: trumpet Nick Evans: trombone Mongezi Feza: trumpet Malcolm Griffiths: trumpet Harry Miller: double bass Louis Moholo: drums Mike Osbourne: alto saxophone Evan Parker: tenor saxophone Dudu Pukwana: alto saxophone Gary Windo: tenor saxophone
