Unsomnambulist
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What are you listening to? December 2025
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axolotl
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Based on your posting of this and the first/top review on RYM, I am more than inclined to listen to it.
Was this on a recent list? There is already a short review saying something to the effect of, "how dare you like this when you haven't even listened to or rated things before this that this is based on or analogous to?"
Unsomnambulist
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It was on Stereogum's Best of 2025 list.
Unsomnambulist
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Warning: it doesn't seem to have been mastered at all and is very rough sounding. Much clipping.
Unsomnambulist
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Subsequent listen: this is trippy as hell. And I think the clipping is just part of the sound they were going for.
Zeeba Neighba
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Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
As much as I enjoy peak ELO and listen to the next four albums of theirs, I don't think I've broken this out since I bought it on used vinyl in the late 1980s. Lynne definitely trying to find his way as he mixes prog and Beatlesque pop ("Oh No Not Susan" sounds like it could be a Beatles song).
But, "Showdown" is a really good song.
As much as I enjoy peak ELO and listen to the next four albums of theirs, I don't think I've broken this out since I bought it on used vinyl in the late 1980s. Lynne definitely trying to find his way as he mixes prog and Beatlesque pop ("Oh No Not Susan" sounds like it could be a Beatles song).
But, "Showdown" is a really good song.
Zeeba Neighba
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Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado (1974)
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ELO - Face the Music (1975)
Keeping this party going. It's Electric!
Keeping this party going. It's Electric!
Zeeba Neighba
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That's what you areJohnny Hartman ~ Unforgettable (1995, Compilation)
Ojai Sam
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Charley Pride - Country Charley Pride (1966)
November 11, 1965 found Charley in the studio recording a historic two-song demo session for "Cowboy" Jack Clement. RCA Victor picked it up for release as a single. The record didn't chart, but Chet Atkins liked what he heard well enough to book three full A-Team sessions in May 1966 that became his debut album. No hits here, just the sound of a very mature 28-year old who had already developed the hard country style that would define his ground breaking career.
November 11, 1965 found Charley in the studio recording a historic two-song demo session for "Cowboy" Jack Clement. RCA Victor picked it up for release as a single. The record didn't chart, but Chet Atkins liked what he heard well enough to book three full A-Team sessions in May 1966 that became his debut album. No hits here, just the sound of a very mature 28-year old who had already developed the hard country style that would define his ground breaking career.
axolotl
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Charley Pride - Country Charley Pride (1966)
November 11, 1965 found Charley in the studio recording a historic two-song demo session for "Cowboy" Jack Clement. RCA Victor picked it up for release as a single. The record didn't chart, but Chet Atkins liked what he heard well enough to book three full A-Team sessions in May 1966 that became his debut album. No hits here, just the sound of a very mature 28-year old who had already developed the hard country style that would define his ground breaking career.
What d'ya mean "[n]o hits here"? "The Snakes Crawl at Night" is a certifiable barnburner.
axolotl
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Isis - In The Absence Of Truth (2006)
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YHWH Nailgun - 45 Pounds (2025)
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The Legendary Pink Dots - Apparition (1982)
Ojai Sam
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Paul J. Smith - Secrets of Life (soundtrack, 1956)
Vinyl Spin of the Day.
I must admit that I don't remember this "True-Life Adventure Film". With these selections and Walt Disney in charge, it must have been quite a spectacle, greatly enhanced by the dynamic music here.
Nature's Secrets
Main Title
The Seeds That Walk
The Clock Plant
Growing Things
Seekers For Sunlight
Groping Tendrils
Opening Petals
Honey Bees
On A Sunny Day
Flight Of The Queen
The Workers
The Swarm And A New Home
Industrious Ants
Parade Of The Leaf Cutters
The Ants And A Grasshopper
Ants On The March
Under The Sea And Along The Shore
Decorator Crab
Jellyfish
Angler Fish
Fiddler Crabs
Fire, Air, Earth And Water
Eruption
Molten Rivers
Fire And Water - "No power, creative or otherwise, goes unchecked or unchanged in nature. For the dawn, there is the dusk...for Summer the Winter...for fire, water...and soon the volcano curbs its angry temper in the cooling waters of the sea."
Vinyl Spin of the Day.
I must admit that I don't remember this "True-Life Adventure Film". With these selections and Walt Disney in charge, it must have been quite a spectacle, greatly enhanced by the dynamic music here.
Nature's Secrets
Main Title
The Seeds That Walk
The Clock Plant
Growing Things
Seekers For Sunlight
Groping Tendrils
Opening Petals
Honey Bees
On A Sunny Day
Flight Of The Queen
The Workers
The Swarm And A New Home
Industrious Ants
Parade Of The Leaf Cutters
The Ants And A Grasshopper
Ants On The March
Under The Sea And Along The Shore
Decorator Crab
Jellyfish
Angler Fish
Fiddler Crabs
Fire, Air, Earth And Water
Eruption
Molten Rivers
Fire And Water - "No power, creative or otherwise, goes unchecked or unchanged in nature. For the dawn, there is the dusk...for Summer the Winter...for fire, water...and soon the volcano curbs its angry temper in the cooling waters of the sea."
Ojai Sam
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No, there is no narration. In this case, that's a good thing.
The music is very evocative and atmospheric, perfect program music for a film of this type. In the skilled hands of producer Salvador "Tutti" Camarata, it comes very close to the quality of Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite which Disney would use for a similar documentary short two years later.
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