What Are You Listening To? August 2021

[JazzyRandy]

George Duke - Illusions (1995)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Original London Cast - Les Miserables (1985)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Franz Waxman - Sunset Blvd. (soundtrack 1950, Counterpoint reissue 2010)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Keeping with the Broadway theme - feeling nostalgic for these two from my youth

A Chorus Line (1975)
Annie (1977)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Keeping with the Broadway theme - feeling nostalgic for these two from my youth

A Chorus Line (1975)
Annie (1977)

Are you still listening alphabetically?

 

[Ojai Sam]

Various Artists - The Polyphonic Motet from Ars Antiqua to the Renaissance (2009)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Earth Wind & Fire - Head To The Sky (1973)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Tubes - s/t (1975)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Earth Wind & Fire - Head To The Sky (1973)

Randy is definitely in the house!

Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Brazil: Bahia (2004)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Andrei Diev - Scriabin: Preludes For Piano Solo (2006)

 

[axolotl]

Saint Etienne ~ Good Humor (1998)

 

[axolotl]

The Moon Seven Times ~ The Moon Seven Times (1993)


Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia

One of my favorite female-led bands. Songs like "Straw Donkeys" and "Paris Luna" melt what remains of my cold, bitter heart.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Donna Amato - Sorabji Piano Works (1994)

Edgy compositions from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, a 20th Century composer way off the beaten track.

 

[axolotl]

The Magnetic Fields ~ i (2004)



The album that follows 69 Love Songs.

RYM Reviewer:

So the songs all start with "I" and they're in alphabetical order? You so silly, Stephin.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Upsetters - Super Ape (1976)

 

[axolotl]

Dead Melodies ~ Fabled Machines of Old (2021)



Ambient, Atmospheric, Drone

Fabled Machines of Old, by Dead Melodies

12 track album

cryochamber.bandcamp.com

Rick introduced me to this. I was happy he did not care all that much for it, as it was apparently too subdued and low-key for him.

This is fine with me, so that I can enjoy it all by my lonesome.

 

[Ojai Sam]

The Upsetters - Super Ape (1976)

Where is Kiboko now that we really need him?

Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue (1987)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Caravan - Caravan (1968)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Planeta Imaginario - Biomasa (2008)



The fact that "planeta" is a masculine noun that ends in "a" bothers me greatly.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Planeta Imaginario - Biomasa (2008)



The fact that "planeta" is a masculine noun that ends in "a" bothers me greatly.

You must be having un día malo, mi amigo.

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Debussy: Complete Piano Works (2006)

The protege of Georg Solti and Pierre Boulez handles this beautiful but challenging repertoire with panache and aplomb. I'm supposed to be working but his sparking performance of the wildly inventive first book of Preludes is way too enticing to ignore.