What are you listening to? May 2020

[Unsomnambulist]

Siouxsie & The Banshees - At The BBC (2009) CD1

 

[JazzyRandy]

Prince - Diamonds & Pearls (1991)

 

[JazzyRandy]

The Roots - Rising Down (2008)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Dave Brubeck - Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964)

 

[JazzyRandy]

S.O.S. Band - Just The Way You Like It (1984)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Sonic Youth - Live At All Tomorrow's Parties 2000 (2020)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Mandalai Lamas - Here Comes (sic) The Mandalai Lamas (2019)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus) (1983)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Sex Swing - Type II (2020)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Community Garden - Don't Sweat It (2020)



Positive Post-Punk? Isn't that an oxymoron?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter & James Cotton - Breaking It Up, Breaking It Down (2007)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

28th Day - The Complete Recordings (2003)

 

[axolotl]

Michael Brook & Brian Eno ~ Hybrid (1985)



Ambient, Aquatic (?)

 

[axolotl]

Petracovich ~ Crepusculo (2009)



Singer-Songwriter, Alt-folk

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists (2020)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Augustus Pablo - Ancient Harmonies (2020)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Psychic Markers - s/t (2020)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Cream - Goodbye Tour: Live 1968 (Polydor comp. 2019)

I wore the grooves off my copy of the original Goodbye LP, which had 3 live tracks and 3 studio recordings. After years of listening to uneven bootlegs from the final tour, I'm really digging this new 4 CD box with accompanying hard cover book. It features pristine soundboard tapes of three October shows from California and the (more or less) final performance in November from Royal Albert Hall. I had the chance to go to the one at The Fabulous Forum in Inglewood but my girlfriend at the time was more into Joni Mitchell. She's long gone, but now 51 years later I can hear what I missed that evening.

For me, Cream was always more than the sum of its parts. And, like the Grateful Dead, they showed at their best on stage. Some may call it repetitive, but their ability to deconstruct simple blues riffs like "Spoonful" and then reassemble them in new ways still has the power to startle me. They could read and anticipate each other's next move in a way that owes more to jazz than rock.

on the Sam-O-Meter. I'm so glad. I'm so glad. I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad. Get the idea?

 

[axolotl]

Cream - Goodbye Tour: Live 1968 (Polydor comp. 2019)

I wore the grooves off my copy of the original Goodbye LP, which had 3 live tracks and 3 studio recordings. After years of listening to uneven bootlegs from the final tour, I'm really digging this new 4 CD box with accompanying hard cover book. It features pristine soundboard tapes of three October shows from California and the (more or less) final performance in November from Royal Albert Hall. I had the chance to go to the one at The Fabulous Forum in Inglewood but my girlfriend at the time was more into Joni Mitchell. She's long gone, but now 51 years later I can hear what I missed that evening.

For me, Cream was always more than the sum of its parts. And, like the Grateful Dead, they showed at their best on stage. Some may call it repetitive, but their ability to deconstruct simple blues riffs like "Spoonful" and then reassemble them in new ways still has the power to startle me. They could read and anticipate each other's next move in a way that owes more to jazz than rock.

on the Sam-O-Meter. I'm so glad. I'm so glad. I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad. Get the idea?

We'll just bask in the sunshine of your love for this band and album.

 

[Ojai Sam]

We'll just bask in the sunshine of your love for this band and album.

It’s a strange brew, but when I listen to it I feel free.