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Re: Your last listen
Paradise Lost - Believe in nothing
Motorhead - The world is yours
Buckcherry - Rock n Roll
Motorhead - The world is yours
Buckcherry - Rock n Roll
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Re: Your last listen
Cocteau Twins ' Treasure' (1984)
There are bands you like, albums you love and then there are those you just fall down on your knees for in worshipful adoration. This one is way into the third category - there was a period where I only listened to this album and 'Hatfull of Hollow' by The Smiths.
The Cocteau's influence on me was huge. They blasted out of nowhere with a new sound: drum machines, walls of guitar and the voice of an angel. Massive.
Reading much online criticism of quality of the current crop of 4AD vinyl releases I have taken the plunge and am (re)acquiring some of the totally essential albums that shaped the 80's by the likes of Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil and the Cocteau Twins.
The new LP pressings are on thick 180g vinyl, in luxurious sleeves that show the importance of these records and they sound marvellous, a full richness and depth than my original vinyl copies lacked, 'Treasure' I remember as particularly tinny and anaemic-sounding, but the music was SOOOO good!
Now it's even better.
There are bands you like, albums you love and then there are those you just fall down on your knees for in worshipful adoration. This one is way into the third category - there was a period where I only listened to this album and 'Hatfull of Hollow' by The Smiths.
The Cocteau's influence on me was huge. They blasted out of nowhere with a new sound: drum machines, walls of guitar and the voice of an angel. Massive.
Reading much online criticism of quality of the current crop of 4AD vinyl releases I have taken the plunge and am (re)acquiring some of the totally essential albums that shaped the 80's by the likes of Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil and the Cocteau Twins.
The new LP pressings are on thick 180g vinyl, in luxurious sleeves that show the importance of these records and they sound marvellous, a full richness and depth than my original vinyl copies lacked, 'Treasure' I remember as particularly tinny and anaemic-sounding, but the music was SOOOO good!
Now it's even better.
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Re: Your last listen
Dead Can Dance 'Serpent's Egg' (1988)
Essential. See above.
Essential. See above.
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Re: Your last listen
David Bowie - Young Americans
Foo Fighters - Dee Gees / Hail Satin
Kreator - Gods of violence
Foo Fighters - Dee Gees / Hail Satin
Kreator - Gods of violence
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Re: Your last listen
SKE - INSOLUBILIA
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What with my being a BONAFIDE PROGMASTERMAN it hurts me to admit that I only recently learned of this fine prog lp from a big name - specifically ROGER GLOVER'S solo lp, "ELEMENTS".
Glover, of course, the bassist from Deep Purple.
Aye. Embarrasing that this one slipped under my radar.
Four long-ish tracks.
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What with my being a BONAFIDE PROGMASTERMAN it hurts me to admit that I only recently learned of this fine prog lp from a big name - specifically ROGER GLOVER'S solo lp, "ELEMENTS".
Glover, of course, the bassist from Deep Purple.
Aye. Embarrasing that this one slipped under my radar.
Four long-ish tracks.
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Re: Your last listen
Some of us had 'Elements' back in 1980,
grasshopper.
grasshopper.
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Re: Your last listen
La Chinga - Beyond the sky
David Bowie - Low
Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick
Rush - Roll the bones
Paradise Lost - At the mill
Motorhead - March or die
David Bowie - Low
Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick
Rush - Roll the bones
Paradise Lost - At the mill
Motorhead - March or die
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Re: Your last listen
Paul Simon The Ultimate Collection on vinyl , released by Sony in 2015. Its a double album with 19 great tracks --- unfortunately only a few sparkle, the recording for the most part is as flat as the proverbial witches you know what. There is a downside to having a good vinyl set up and thats it highlights how many modern and a good few older LPs have mastering engineers who were either stoned or have cloth ears. I have a large number of albums that sound better on the CD format than vinyl.
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Re: Your last listen
HOLY FAMILY - SAME (2021)
fuzzbass gives some Magma moves, maybe some crap DeadCanDance vibes here and there. I guess you call this Zeuhl genre. female vocalists sound like Diamanda Galas descent into Hell on the track ,"Inner Edge of outer Mind"
Next track "inward Turning Suns" Flute and percussion ,massed vocals/chants give this a haunting trance-y commune-hippy sound. Maybe like Swede group , Trad, Gras Och Steiner
These folk HAD to be into nature worship.
fuzzbass gives some Magma moves, maybe some crap DeadCanDance vibes here and there. I guess you call this Zeuhl genre. female vocalists sound like Diamanda Galas descent into Hell on the track ,"Inner Edge of outer Mind"
Next track "inward Turning Suns" Flute and percussion ,massed vocals/chants give this a haunting trance-y commune-hippy sound. Maybe like Swede group , Trad, Gras Och Steiner
These folk HAD to be into nature worship.