What are you listening to? March 2024

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Another theme word morning. The word of the morning was "waste" though I searched for "wast" to including various tenses.


"Won't Waste You" - Jodeci (1993)
"Downtown Money Waster" - The Black Crowes (1994)
"Don't Waste Your Time" - Mary J Blige & Aretha Franklin (1999)
"Wasted Kisses" - Prince (1998)
"Don't Waste Your Time" - SWV (1996)
"Time's A Wastin'" - Erykah Badu (2000)
"Wasting Time (Isla Vista Song)" - Animal Liberation Orchestra (2004)
"Another Wasted Life" - Rhiannon Giddens
"Stay (Wasting Time)" - Dave Matthews Band (1998)
"Waste Land" - Mark Turner (2022)
"Wasted Time" - Me'Shell Ndegeocello (1999)
 
Jefferson Airplane - Takes Off (1966)

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The Beau Brummels - Bradley's Barn (1968, Rhino Handmade Expanded Edition 2011)

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Amidst all of the storms that hit Nashville when Gram Parsons arrived with The Byrds, this fine acoustic album got lost. That's too bad because it is a quieter, more subtle example of how a mid-60's West Coast rock band could adapt to and benefit from the Music City vibe by recording in a legendary old school studio. Rhino Handmade did it right, assembling a disc and a half of rarities to accompany a beautifully remastered version of the original album.

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Yes, it really was a barn.
 
New York Philharmonic (Dmitri Mitropoulos, cond.) - Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1957)

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These sparkling evergreens never sounded better than under the enthusiastic baton of Dmitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960), the guy Leonard Bernstein succeeded as Music Director of the New York Phil. Columbia's recording quality was outstanding as always.

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Peter Dyke - Great Organs of Europe: Vol. 80 Hereford Cathedral (2009)

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This is another of those impossibly large classical series (running over 100 volumes) in which every volume is fascinating. The Hereford Cathedral website tells us that this sweet music comes from the "world-famous Father Willis Organ" with roots dating back to the 1860's:

The cathedral’s organ was built by Henry Willis in 1892, replacing an earlier instrument by Gray and Davison dating from 1862–64. The pipe-rack which forms the case of today’s instrument also dates from the time of the Gray and Davison instrument and was designed by Gilbert Scott. The console was originally situated within the organ case and the instrument was the first cathedral organ in the country to have adjustable pistons, which had recently been invented by Willis. Further modifications were made in 1909 by Henry Willis II, including the addition of 32 ft Bombarde and 16 ft Ophicleide stops to the Pedal organ. By 1933 the organ’s pneumatic actions was wearing out and the instrument was rebuilt in a conservative fashion by Henry Willis III.

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It just goes to show that where there's a Willis (or three), there's a way. :scared:
 
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, cond.) - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 (1980, Alto comp. 2021)

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I'm enjoying this performance via the first disc of this epic box from the folks at Alto. It's difficult to see how anyone could ever improve upon these moody and moving performances that must have lightened the darkest days of the Soviet Union.

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