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mjosef · « **Reply #260 on:** 6 Nov 2005, 04:52 pm »

Back in the 70's a buddy of mine was a fan of Joe Cocker, he would always play his music every time I visited. A real soulfull singer.
Yesterday I stopped by the WFMU record Fair at the Pavilion on 18th Street, the annual fundraiser of the station, I picked up over 17 CDs @ $1. each, some sealed, some opened but all in darn good condition. Most of the Artists I have never heard of, but its a steal at the price. There are almost a hundred record dealers in there, I don't think I have ever seen that amount of vinyl in one place since the 80's. SOme of the LP's are pretty pricey too. I saw many out of print and rare albums. Its like heaven for a vinyl junky.
If you are in NYC, today is the last day of the Fair.
So far I have listenned to:
Greg Osby 'Channel Three', this is his latest I think, a trio format, sax, drums and bass. Jeff 'Tain' Watts has some pretty nice brush work on this disc. Matt Brewer on bass is very good, a young and upcoming bass player. The very first tune is Ornette Coleman's 'Mob Job', and the last tune on the CD is Miss Ann, an Eric Dolphy composition. A highly recommended disc, the recording is very crisp.
Eleanor Cory 'Of mere Being'. A classical composer's work for a variety of group formats, chamber ensemble, chorus and brass quintet, solo piano, duo of piano and viola.
Barbara Streisand 'Greatest Hits Vol.2' ...lol...her songs from the 70's...brings back memories...of the way we were...

DeanSheen · « **Reply #261 on:** 10 Nov 2005, 05:35 am »

Ahh you got to go to that. Sweet. do you ever listen to WFMU?

I'm into a bunch of the guests Brian Turner has had on his show. It's nice because you can listen to the playlist by song on their site.

mjosef · « **Reply #262 on:** 10 Nov 2005, 05:55 am »

Oh yeah, I support their effort thru the last decade. Since I moved to NYC from NJ 5years ago, I sometimes have trouble with picking up their signal, so my listenning has been sporadic lately. Its a great station, one of the very few with a freeform format.

ABEX · « **Reply #263 on:** 11 Nov 2005, 08:38 pm »

Beatles-Abbey Road
Beatles-Naked
Pink Floyd-Wish You were Here(Remastered)
David Bowie-Low (Remast.)
Lou Reed-Sally Can't Dance & Coney Is. Baby (remast.)
Joan Baez-Grt. Hits
BOC-Agent Of Fortune(Remast.)
Wishbone Ash-New England(Import)
Songs fr. Vietnam-Collection Compilation
Eric Burdon-My Secret Life
Escape From LA-Sondtrack

There are more ,but those are recent and I am just getting back into music after a yrs. hiatus. WIshbone Ash was a rare find as it is expensive nline and I got it cheap.

Hopefully I make it in the markets so I can sell my current frontend and buy a SOTA one by next spring!

AudioStone · « **Reply #264 on:** 13 Nov 2005, 05:06 am »

Hello Music Lovers,

I just bought "A Timeless Thing" - Classic Caberet/Jazz songs by Amanda McBroom and I am totally in love with it....

I got it here http://cdbaby.com/cd/mcbroom/

If this style of music is your cup of tea - You will be amazed at how the CD really sounds!!

jakepunk · « **Reply #265 on:** 16 Nov 2005, 04:34 am »

Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel

The first time I listened to this album, I thought I was going to chuck it into the Discard pile. But after subsequent listenings, I really like it.

I thought DM's two previous releases, Exciter and Ultra, were lackluster. They should have taken all the good songs from those two albums and released one album. I had low expectations of Playing the Angel. I have listened to DM since 1987 and had written them off in light of their last two albums.

This review says it better than I can. The best way I can describe this album is a cross between Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion. I could do without the acid/goth/scratchy noises, though. My cat leaves the room whenever they come on.

rosconey · « **Reply #266 on:** 16 Nov 2005, 08:47 pm »

20th century rematers from wallmart(7.50 on special)
the best of cream
the who.not bad sounding at all

steve miller band-the encore collection,all live cuts.$5 at the dollar store-sounds kinda good

csn carry on-2 cd set-well done

allman bros-the epic years-well done

and some blasts from the old days at my uncles-his favorite, johnny cash

johnny cash super hits-not that good

johnny cash-16 biggest hits-hdcd(only one i ever bought that doesnt work in my player)still sounds dam nice for the age of the recordings

willie nelson-stardust-sounds nice

jackman · « **Reply #267 on:** 16 Nov 2005, 10:28 pm »

Clifford Brown - The Difinitive Clifford Brown (very good CD). Good score from the used CD store!
Morcheeba - Parts of the Process (best of) - kind of trippy laid back techno. Took a chance on it at the used CD store. I recently discovered Portishead, Zero 7, Massive Attack, etc., and this band is kind've similar.
Pulp - Different Class (while everyone in England seemed to be split over whether Oasis or Blur was the best band, Pulp (IMHO) was putting out the best mid-90's Britpop.
Portishead - Dummy (I like this one a lot)
Massive Attack - Mezzanine (another sleeper)
Bass Outlaws - Illegal Bass - not really music, just bumpin' bass that makes the woofers jump and makes my house shake like an earthquake. Fun CD!

TheChairGuy · « **Reply #268 on:** 16 Nov 2005, 11:46 pm »

ABEX and jackman posting again in the same week - welcome back, Circle strangers

All vinyl for me of late ....

Steely Dan - 'Aja'
Fleetwood Mac - 'Rumours' & 'Tusk'
Steve Winwood - 'Arc of a Diver'
Paul Simon - 'Graceland'
Genesis - 'Abacab'
UB40 - 'Geoffrey Morgan'
Randy Newman - 'Little Criminals'

drewfidelity · « **Reply #269 on:** 16 Nov 2005, 11:58 pm »

As it so happens, I went to CD Warehouse this morning and purchased these three disks:

Beck Mutations- I am a big fan of Sea Change. A friend said that I would like this one as well. I listened to it in the car and I did like it. I will listen to it again tomorrow.

Genesis Duke- I love this album. My CD copy is scratched and they had this, newly digitally remastered, in their sale bin for $4.99. On my way home I listened to this and was all smiles. Brought me back to Freshman year college when I lived off campus and the 25 minute drive consisted of the first album side and the way back home was the other side. Back from the day when I would tape my albums for car use.

Coheed and Cambria IV- I have heard great things about this band so I picked up this new release. I will listen to it tomorrow in the car.

JoshK · « **Reply #270 on:** 19 Nov 2005, 08:07 pm »

Vendetta Red - The Sisters of the Red
I have to say I am really digging this album. I am really not much of a fan of current "emo". To me Emo happened a decade and a half ago in Portland, OR while Seattle was making the world aware of Grunge. Bands like Sunny Day Real Estate & Jimmy Eat World had a pretty strong scene going in Oregon and northern California. Nowadays, emo is another trend out of Long Island mostly with some similarities but quite a few differences. Well Vendetta Red isn't all a bunch of whining like some of the new stuffs sounds to me, these guys can actually write melodies into their tunes. Their is still the obvious modern day emo influences in their sound, but some kick backs to the original in my mind as well. The lead singer also has a decent voice, even if it is not super eccentric. An interesting album to check out if you like emo at all.

JoshK · « **Reply #271 on:** 22 Nov 2005, 01:12 am »

Couple other recent acquisitions

The Wrens - Meadowlands
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (NMH)

First, the Wrens.....bla! Like lukewarm coffee, makes you want to spit it out. Talk about boring music. I don't even see this as the same genre as Radiohead let alone how it sounds anything like them. A big bla by me.

Neutral Milk Hotel is not one that everyone will like, but gets a big thumbs up from me. Really good writing (has all new music forgotten about melody?) coupled with some very intriguing acoustic work and some large doses of distortion from the electrical instruments. Many big band instruments interject in the background adding a sense of color not all that often found in modern day indie. Not particularly up tempo, but not as depressingly slow as Elliot Smith either.

P.S. didn't like Coheed & Cambria all that much, another "emo" band that is just so-so in my book. Loved Beck's Sea Change and love his new Guero, will have to check out Mutations.

Soundbitten · « **Reply #272 on:** 22 Nov 2005, 02:38 am »

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Neutral Milk Hotel is not one that everyone will like, but gets a big thumbs up from me.
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It sounds intriguing . I like some of the other pop/experimental Elephant 6 bands . Apples In Stereo and Olivia Tremor Control so I might pick this one up . They all do seem to have odd names .

mcrespo71 · « **Reply #273 on:** 29 Nov 2005, 03:14 am »

Now that I'm a flat earther, I've spent the past 2 months just buying music:

CD's-
John Cougar Mellencamp- 2cd greatest
British Sea Power- The decline of British Sea Power
Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
Libertines- What became of the likely lads EP
Alfred Brendel Plays Beethoven Vox Box
Travis- Singles
Sam Cooke- Portrait of Legend
Ramones- First LP- Rhino remaster
Mahler Symphony #5- Cleveland Orchestra
Bob Dylan- Jon Wesley Harding
Bob Dylan- Bringing it all back home
The Legend of Johny Cash
Kayne West- Late Registration
Public Enemy- Greatest Hits
Blink 182 Greatest Hits
Madonna- Confessions of a dance floor Diva
Tina Turner- 2 cd retrospective
Gorillaz- demon days
Pulp Hits
Sugar Ray- Greatest
Fountains of Wayne- Out of State Plates
Joshua Bell- Romantic Violin
Paul Westerberg- Besterberg
Jeff Buckley- GRACE Legacy Box

LP:
Aimee Mann Lost in Space MFSL
Neil Young- Greatest Hits- Classic records
The Bravery
Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine
Housemartins London O Hull 4- UK pressing
Housemartins People who grinned themselves to death- UK pressing
Jeff Buckley GRACE LP
Marvin Gaye Anthology LP
Al Green Call Me original pressing
Franz Ferdinand- You could have it so much better
Digable Planets- Greatest Hits

mcrespo71 · « **Reply #274 on:** 17 Dec 2005, 03:40 am »

More LP's-
Strangeways Here we come- The Smiths
Mahler Symphony #9- NY Philharmonic

mcrespo71 · « **Reply #275 on:** 14 Jan 2006, 05:13 am »

New CD's that just came in:

Gang of Four-Entertainment
Thelonious Monk- Best Of
Mahler Symphony #5- Berlin Philharmonic- Rattle
Bob Dylan- SACD- dual
Bob Dylan- The times they are a changin'- SACD
Bob Dylan- Another side of Bob Dylan- SACD
Coleman Hawkins- The centennial collection
Mozart- Symphonies #35-#41- Karl Bohm- Berlin Philharmonic
Electric Light Orchestra- Best of

Michael

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #276 on:** 14 Jan 2006, 05:18 am »

I just picked up Death Cab For Cutie's newest one, Plans. Haven't even got it in the player yet.

Dammit. Now I wish I had that ice.

jasonc · « **Reply #277 on:** 14 Jan 2006, 04:05 pm »

Super Furry Animals- Love Kraft 9/10
The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema 7.5/10
Arcade Fire- Funeral 9.5/10
My Morning Jacket- Z 8.5/10
Sufjan Stevens- Illinios 9/10
Death Cab For Cutie- Plans 8.5/10
Justin Sullivan- Navigating by the Stars 7.5/10
The Darkness- One Way Ticket to Hell and Back 8/10
Spoon- Gimme Fiction 8/10
Buckethead- Population Override 9.5/10
Brandon Benson- Lapalco 6.5/10
Jason Faulkner- Bliss Descending 7/10

JoshK · « **Reply #278 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 07:26 pm »

Quote from: Rob Babcock

I just picked up Death Cab For Cutie's newest one, Plans. Haven't even got it in the player yet.

Dammit. Now I wish I had that ice.

Funny thing, I was watching Death Cab for Cuties on SNL last night and saw the picture of the band that is standard for SNL to do. I thought to myself that the bass player looked like a dude I went to high school with. I googled them this morning and sure enough, it was Nick Harmer who I sat next to in trig.

I had emailed back and forth a couple times with Nick a few years back when I saw him on classmates.com. He told me he was in a band and living in Seattle. He had never mentioned which band.

gary · « **Reply #279 on:** 15 Jan 2006, 10:44 pm »

Plans is a great cd, and DCFC was awesome on SNL last night (although otherwise it was the worst. episode. ever.)

Mutations is an all-time classic, far & away Beck's best. I think you'll like it.

Gary