Unsomnambulist
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The Cult Of Dom Keller - They Carried The Dead In A U.F.O. (2021)
What are YOU listening to? December 2021
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Unsomnambulist
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Finally, a group of people in a photograph who know how to safely hold their rifles!
axolotl
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Merry Xmas from our house to yours!
axolotl
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Sara Serpa / André Matos ~ All the Dreams (2016)
Gadzooks! This is beautiful.
Gadzooks! This is beautiful.
Zeeba Neighba
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Lou Donaldson - Alligator Boogaloo (1967)
Ojai Sam
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New York Philharmonic (Leonard Bernstein, cond.) - Schumann: Symphonies No. 1 & 2 (1963-64)
Love him or loathe him, Lenny The Cool sure knew his way around a podium, especially with the Romantics. These inspiring performances were compiled for "The Royal Edition" and feature cover art by none other than H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
Love him or loathe him, Lenny The Cool sure knew his way around a podium, especially with the Romantics. These inspiring performances were compiled for "The Royal Edition" and feature cover art by none other than H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
Unsomnambulist
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Mission Of Burma - Peking Spring (1988)
Ojai Sam
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Anne Shelton - The Early Years (ASV Living Era comp. 1995)
Anne (nee Patricia Jacqueline Sibley), like Vera Lynn, devoted her considerable vocal talent to motivational songs during WWII. She is best known for making the first recording of "Lili Marlene" in English. Shelton also made several motion pictures during the war, one of which, "Bees in Paradise" (1943) is intriguingly described by Wiki as follows:
The Queen of Paradise Island, an uncharted isle somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean (northwest of Freetown, Sierra Leone), is not happy. The town crier of the all-female hive-like colony (around two thousand strong) has just reported that there have only been two births within the last eighteen months and both of them were boys. As the Queen points out to Jani, her Minister of Propaganda: the only thing worse than boys is men. She demands more marriages, even going as far to think about passing conscription into law. However, Jani points out that the drones (which is how the inhabitants of this island refer to men) are not willing to marry because after a two-month honeymoon the bridegrooms are executed.
An Allied bomber plane gets into trouble. The four aircrew bail out and parachute down on Paradise Island. They are quickly captured by the native women....
Anne (nee Patricia Jacqueline Sibley), like Vera Lynn, devoted her considerable vocal talent to motivational songs during WWII. She is best known for making the first recording of "Lili Marlene" in English. Shelton also made several motion pictures during the war, one of which, "Bees in Paradise" (1943) is intriguingly described by Wiki as follows:
The Queen of Paradise Island, an uncharted isle somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean (northwest of Freetown, Sierra Leone), is not happy. The town crier of the all-female hive-like colony (around two thousand strong) has just reported that there have only been two births within the last eighteen months and both of them were boys. As the Queen points out to Jani, her Minister of Propaganda: the only thing worse than boys is men. She demands more marriages, even going as far to think about passing conscription into law. However, Jani points out that the drones (which is how the inhabitants of this island refer to men) are not willing to marry because after a two-month honeymoon the bridegrooms are executed.
An Allied bomber plane gets into trouble. The four aircrew bail out and parachute down on Paradise Island. They are quickly captured by the native women....
Unsomnambulist
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What's she supposed to be looking at?
Nickyboy
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A peaceful, post-War existence.
Ojai Sam
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axolotl
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Natural Encounters: Song of the Mississippi (1996)
I am not huge on musical travelogues, as they can be spotty, corny, unskilled, overproduced, or run-of-the-mill-type things.
I am, however, a bit of a fan of this particular one. It is well-recorded and well-produced.
The mood is: reflective, bluesy, acoustic, rootsy.
The sounds are: Guitars, harmonica, fiddle, piano, jaw harp, percussion, streams, river, birds, rain.
I am not huge on musical travelogues, as they can be spotty, corny, unskilled, overproduced, or run-of-the-mill-type things.
I am, however, a bit of a fan of this particular one. It is well-recorded and well-produced.
The mood is: reflective, bluesy, acoustic, rootsy.
The sounds are: Guitars, harmonica, fiddle, piano, jaw harp, percussion, streams, river, birds, rain.
Unsomnambulist
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Mission Of Burma - ONoffON (2004)
I'd forgotten how good this band was.
I'd forgotten how good this band was.
Nickyboy
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I only have "Signals, Calls, and Marches", and like it a lot. Which other ones would you recommend?Mission Of Burma - ONoffON (2004)
I'd forgotten how good this band was.
Unsomnambulist
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ONoffON is very good while being more modern.
Ojai Sam
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Elly Ney & Ludwig Hoelscher - Beethoven: Sonatas No. 1 & 2 For Piano and Cello (1959)
Ney (1882-1968) was one of the leading interpreters of Beethoven before WWII, touring and performing internationally from 1921 on. She, in turn, inspired Ludwig Hoelscher (1907-1996) to embark on a professional career. Unfortunately, both of these German artists artists were tainted by their enthusiasm for the Hitler regime. Of the two, Hoelscher was more successful in reviving his career after the war, while Ney continued to be haunted by her reputation as an ardent Nazi until her death.
Ney's playing here is quite restrained and intimate, while Hoelscher takes a somewhat more buoyant approach to these rich compositions.
Ney (1882-1968) was one of the leading interpreters of Beethoven before WWII, touring and performing internationally from 1921 on. She, in turn, inspired Ludwig Hoelscher (1907-1996) to embark on a professional career. Unfortunately, both of these German artists artists were tainted by their enthusiasm for the Hitler regime. Of the two, Hoelscher was more successful in reviving his career after the war, while Ney continued to be haunted by her reputation as an ardent Nazi until her death.
Ney's playing here is quite restrained and intimate, while Hoelscher takes a somewhat more buoyant approach to these rich compositions.
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