What are you listening to? July 2018

[Unsomnambulist]

Jeff Simmons - Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (1969)



Simmons played bass for the Mothers Of Invention. Frank Zappa produced this solo effort and played guitar on a few songs.

 

[axolotl]

Arizona ~ No One Saw the Hot Air Balloon Show (2018)



This appears overall to be a two-hour compilation release of both album and EP material, with some other, newer stuff ("Where is Wallace? (Live);" "Tumbles (So Much Fun)") thrown in, and some of the odder cuts (which I also like) thrown out.

Has "...Imagining You" and "The Sun and the Room," so I'm good-to-go.

It's on Spotify and Youtube and Deezer.

 

[JazzyRandy]

John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once (recorded 1963, released 2018)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (1969, 2013 Remaster)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Various Artists - The Godfather's R&B: James Brown's Productions 1967-67 (BGP comp. 2008)

James Brown was so funky that he had plenty to share with other artists. Here are 22 examples from his prime period. They include male and female vocals, instrumentals, even a soulful sermon from Reverend Willingham and The Swanee Quarter.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (Mono, US) (1966)

 

[Ojai Sam]

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This project should take a while. How far will you go, Unsom?

For some reason I always had an urge to spin this record when I had finished my algebra or trig homework.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

^
This project should take a while. How far will you go, Unsom?

For some reason I always had an urge to spin this record when I had finished my algebra or trig homework.

I have 6 more works to go. It's part of a 15 album/work set, all in mono. It's been educational and very enjoyable. The Stones are not a band I've done extensive listening to, despite liking them quite a bit. Of course, I heard a ton on the radio growing up, but that seemed more focused on their 70s/early 80s output.

Edit: the set is available on Spotify. The Rolling Stones In Mono.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Terra Pines - s/t (2018)



Shoegaze/noise from Australia.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple (1965)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Firefriend - Sulfur (2018)

 

[Ojai Sam]

I have 6 more works to go. It's part of a 15 album/work set, all in mono. It's been educational and very enjoyable. The Stones are not a band I've done extensive listening to, despite liking them quite a bit. Of course, I heard a ton on the radio growing up, but that seemed more focused on their 70s/early 80s output.

Edit: the set is available on Spotify. The Rolling Stones In Mono.

So they went with the US versions?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

So they went with the US versions?

No, they include both US and UK versions.

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters - s/t



The unexplained interest in country-tinged Americana continues. There's something about this vocalist. The ease and comfort with which Ms. Platt sings is engaging. It's like she's singing to herself in the car on a long road trip, rather than performing into a microphone or for an audience. Her backup band is likewise talented, yet unobtrusive.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (mono, 1967)



Edit: this appears to be the UK version, as it doesn't have the singles. And there's no US version included in this set.

 

[Ojai Sam]

And now for something completely different....

Al Jolson - Jolson On Lifebuoy (rec. 1930's, comp. 2007)

24 energetic songs from Al's radio shows during the time between his fall and his comeback, collected by the International Al Jolson Society.

 

[lpfreak1170]

The Airborne Toxic Event - All At Once (2011)


Not as good as the first album but still good.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Happy Day! I just received the monumental Mosaic Bee Hive collection. Here is the first of 12 discss:

Nick Brignola - Baritone Madness (1977)

An old fashioned blowing session, with Brignola and Pepper Adams taking turns exercising their lungs, backed by Ted Curson, Derek Smith and a stellar rhythm section of Dave Holland and Roy Haynes. The first release on Bee Hive served notice that an important new label was in town.

 

[Ojai Sam]

The Squadronaires - There's Something In The Air (rec. 1940-43, ASV Living Era comp. 1994)

This outstanding swing band was the British predecessor to Glenn Miller's WWII Army Air Force group. Like Miller's band, The Squadronaires had access to the cream of English dance band musicians who were eager to contribute to the war effort. The jazzy arrangements by Ronnie Aldrich gave the boys plenty of solo space.The Squads were so successful that they soldiered on until 1964, long after the end of the war.

 

[Nickyboy]

The Squadronaires - There's Something In The Air (rec. 1940-43, ASV Living Era comp. 1994)

This outstanding swing band was the British predecessor to Glenn Miller's WWII Army Air Force group. Like Miller's band, The Squadronaires had access to the cream of English dance band musicians who were eager to contribute to the war effort. The jazzy arrangements by Ronnie Aldrich gave the boys plenty of solo space.The Squads were so successful that they soldiered on until 1964, long after the end of the war.

I have a few of those ASW Living era compilations and they never fail to please.