What are you listening to? October 2023

[Ojai Sam]

Pray tell. Why not?

I’m holding Bach.

 

[axolotl]

I’m holding Bach.

But, the Handel is Baroque-n.

 

[Ojai Sam]

But, the Handel is Baroque-n.

Another fine mass I’m in.

 

[axolotl]

Another fine mass I’m in.

You can hang on Vivaldi strength you have, and it will stay Schütz.

 

[Ojai Sam]

You can hang on Vivaldi strength you have, and it will stay Schütz.

I’m just too Hummel for my own good.

 

[axolotl]

I’m just too Hummel for my own good.

True that.

Alas, we're both old Foggias. I'm going to be Benevoli to you and head to bed.

 

[Nickyboy]

I never thought of the trombone as an avant garde instrument but in the creative hands of Vinko Globokar, all sounds seem to be possible.

Karlheinz Stockhausen would like to have a word with you.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Andor Foldes, Berlin Philharmonic (Leopold Ludwig, cond.) - Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (1955)

 

[axolotl]

^ I betcha that one has tulips all around the label.

The History of DG Logos - Google Arts & Culture

The Evolution of Deutsche Grammophon’s visual identity

artsandculture.google.com

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Recreated the lineup at opening of the Pensacola Symphony we attended the other night:

1) The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas

2) Burleske for Piano and Orchestra by Richard Strauss

3) Escales by Jacques Ibert

4) Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi

This is the second condo we've attended of the Pensacola Symphony (where we vacation) and overall I've been impressed not only with the music selections and performances but by the devoted patronage of this nearly-century-old orchestra.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)

Great recent regret of my life. A week ago I was in Ohio with my son at parent's weenend. We were at a bar and people were losing their fucking minds playing songs on the jukebox and half the bar was singing to the lyrics. I sent him up with a few dollars and had him enter a Foo Fighters song because I knew it would be perfect. He did, and added a couple of songs of his own, one of which was also perfect.
Unfortunately, the queue was already beyone infinity at that point and our songs never saw the light of play.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Hammock - Love In The Void (2023)

 

[axolotl]

Hammock - Love In The Void (2023)

Those guys keep churning out albums, it seems.

How is this one?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Those guys keep churning out albums, it seems.

How is this one?

Kinda good, kinda slow in parts. Rocks in others.

 

[axolotl]

Kinda good, kinda slow in parts. Rocks in others.

Sounds a lot like me.

Thanks.

 

[axolotl]

The Afghan Whigs ~ Black Love (1996)



Flisten.

Wow.

 

[axolotl]

For some reason or another, I decided to listen to each of my last three Jazz or Jazz-related CD purchases.

Nate Smith ~ Kinfolk 2: See the Birds (2021)



Thank you, JazzyRandy!


Jaimie Branch ~ Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (2023)



Thank you, Unsomnambulist!


Andy Cotton ~ Last Stand at Havemeyer Ranch (2009)



Thanks for nothing. I found this one myself.

 

[Ojai Sam]

The Beatles - The Beatles' Second Album (1964)

Vinyl Spin Of The Day.

I managed to scare up a real clean copy of the first pressing as part of my vinyl resurrection project. The copy I traded out back in the 80's must have been monaural, because Capitol's "Full Dimensional Stereo" sounds really different to my ears. Lots of folks agreed with EMI's decision to release the first wave of Beatles' CDs in mono. But I actually like the wide-spread stereo mixes that were popular at the time this came out, perhaps because I grew up with them.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Connie Boswell - Chronogical 1937-1939 (Warped Records comp 2019)



"Connie" or "Connee"?

imdb sez:

"[She] was in a wheelchair from the age of three after suffering a near-fatal bout of polio. Her polio-weakened wrist and hand forced her to change the spelling of her name from "Connie" to "Connee." During autograph sessions, the repeated dotting of the "i" caused severe pain and cramping.

[Connie] played several musical instruments. In public performances, she usually played the saxophone."

I found this old photo from the early days of The Boswell Sisters showing Connie and her sax.

 

[Nickyboy]

The Beatles - The Beatles' Second Album (1964)

Vinyl Spin Of The Day.

I managed to scare up a real clean copy of the first pressing as part of my vinyl resurrection project. The copy I traded out back in the 80's must have been monaural, because Capitol's "Full Dimensional Stereo" sounds really different to my ears. Lots of folks agreed with EMI's decision to release the first wave of Beatles' CDs in mono. But I actually like the wide-spread stereo mixes that were popular at the time this came out, perhaps because I grew up with them.

I have an original pressing sitting on my shelf. One thing I can thank my parents for (among thousands of things) is they bought all of the Beatles albums when they came out and then I took/inherited (take your pick) them all. I still listen to them on my turntable, hisses, pops, and skips and all. That's how I know them.