Your last listen

[Fretless]

Holger Czukay - Movies. A vinyl treasure found decades ago in a bargain bin (and now worth a pretty penny to collectors). More melodic and quirky than the output of Can, this album found HC experimenting with french horns, disco beats and found sounds from middle-eastern radio. Apparently he made over 3000 tape edits by hand to create a marvellous musical collage that is just great fun to listen to.
If you need a more modern version of this style then try 'The Lemon of Pink' by The Books, utterly brilliant.

[slinger]

It's not often I "rave" about a new album these days but the Waterboys' Modern Blues really is the mutt's nuts, to my old ears at least. It reminds me, for some undefinable reason, of Al Stewart circa early seventies but with a much fatter sound. There are bits of Deacon Blue sneaking through too, and of course in the end it still sounds like Mike Scott and the Waterboys. The songs feel familiar without being hackneyed, comfortable without being boring. It was recorded in Nashville, features Muscle Shoals studio bassist David Hood, and was mixed by Bob Clearmountain. It rocks, it boogies, and it's due for heavy rotation at home.

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[jammy395]

Bonnie Prince Billy ... I see a darkness.
Again it's good.

[kazam]

Julia Holter- Ekstasis

[terrybooth]

Julia Holter- Ekstasis

Interesting - never heard her. First impressions are Marissa Nadler doing Laurie Anderson.

[nerica19]

Dug out all my John Martyn albums last night (14 of them I was astonished to count) and reminded myself why I like his stuff so much. Also regretting never having seen him live despite endless opportunities to do so at university and when living in London years ago. Solid Air is the classic of course, esp on vinyl - but I really enjoy The Church With One Bell - on CD - never seen it on vinyl - as there are some great covers on it and the sound quality is real deep and dirty, fitting with his later career slurring voice brilliantly.

[terrybooth]

Nate Gordon 'Always Read the Label'

I'm not that down with the youf, but I think this is some sort of Rap. My son had it pushed on him at a party. I thought the CD might well be blank. But no; Rap with a good dose of humour and irony and some quite funky and jazzy bits in the accompaniment. Possibly the only mention of Chesterfield Market in a Pop lyric. Not an unpleasant way to spend a few minutes.

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[nerica19]

Saturday's supermarket sweep in Maidenhead's charity shops yielded a pile of gems both on vinyl and CD.

I had no idea what this CD was - but for £1 it turns out to be delightful and a great listen. Gurummu Yunupingu is a blind from birth self-taught native Australian who sings mainly in his mother tongue accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. He's quite a star in Australia but I had never heard of him.



Also, this one on vinyl - and turns out to be an almost mint copy - also for £1. 1982 Alan Parsons album called Eye in the Sky which is fairly Eighties and, surprisingly, contains some slightly familiar tunes (some used in films etc) although I didn't know I knew them. Sound quality is excellent as you might expect from the man who engineered Dark Side of the Moon.



Also picked on a bunch of other vinyl for pennies including five Joe Jackson albums clearly dumped by some one-time fan, as well as three Bowie albums which I don't have. Haven't inspected or listened to quality of these yet, but have listened to Oscar Peterson; The History of an Artist on double vinyl album. Not pristine but good enough and a great jazz listen; 50p well spent!

[Fretless]

'Eye in the Sky' was a Hifi standard test disc at one point, the opener 'Sirius' was a big favourite. And 'Old and Wise' was a massive hit single on the Continent. If you're not familiar with his work then you should try 'I Robot', 'Pyramid', 'Turn of a Friendly Card' & 'On Air'. All quality albums with well-written songs, highly inventive production (AP was the master) and great playing and singing performances.

Sorry, I'm a fan.

[nerica19]

'Eye in the Sky' was a Hifi standard test disc at one point, the opener 'Sirius' was a big favourite. And 'Old and Wise' was a massive hit single on the Continent. If you're not familiar with his work then you should try 'I Robot', 'Pyramid', 'Turn of a Friendly Card' & 'On Air'. All quality albums with well-written songs, highly inventive production (AP was the master) and great playing and singing performances.

Sorry, I'm a fan.

No apology needed; I've now become a fan too and will see what else I can unearth as blimey it sounds good cranked up.
Surprised that I missed the album way back when; but part of the fun is unearthing old stuff and seeing if it's any good and I'm enjoying buying cheap vinyl while I can and before all the old stuff has gone...