What Are You Listening To? April 2023

[axolotl]

Sandy Denny & The Strawbs - All Our Own Work: The Complete Sessions Remastered (1973, Witchwood 2010)

Go for this deluxe reissue with out-takes and demos.

But, Sam, how can I tell if it is something I need to listen to without your star rating?

 

[Ojai Sam]

But, Sam, how can I tell if it is something I need to listen to without your star rating?

 

[axolotl]

Madredeus ~ Os Dias da MadreDeus (1997, 1987)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Vibravoid - Zeitgeist Generator (2021)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Infinite Trip - She Seeds The Sky With Sounds (2019)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People (2003)

 

[axolotl]

Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People (2003)

I'm happy you're listening to that.

Secondhand happiness is a thing.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I'm happy you're listening to that.

Secondhand happiness is a thing.

Yes, it produces VOCs (volatile oxytocin compounds).

 

[axolotl]

Yes, it produces VOCs (volatile oxytocin compounds).

How utterly eVOCative.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Freddie Hubbard - Goin' Up (1960)

Freddie Hubbard - Hub Cap (1961)

Blue Note deployed two very different groups to support their young trumpet star for his second and third sessions as leader. The resulting records were, well, quite different but uniformly excellent.

The Sam-O-Meter was a little balky yesterday.

Let's turn it on, warm it up, and see if it's working today....

on the Sam-O-Meter.

Bingo!