August 2012 Downloads

Bad Thoughts

With the exception of the detour into early 70s hippy-dome and a little more of the "gypsy" stuff, I hit mostly familiar themes last month.

Amazon
Music from Big Pink by The Band ****
American Beauty****1/2, Dick's Picks 19****1/2, Europe '72****1/2 By Grateful Dead
Italian Virtuosi of the Chitarrone by Jakob Lindberg *****

Classics Online
At the Sign of the Crumhorn Flemish Songs and Dance Music by Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense ****

eClassical
John Bull: Pavans and Galliards by Joseph Payne ****1/2

eMusic
Folk on a Summer's Day ****1/2
Honey Babe by Algia Mae Hinton ****
Romantech by NY Gypsy All-Star ****
Sings For Your Lives by Vagabond Opera ****

Significant free
The Shadows Left Me Alive by Glowhouse ****
Joy Division (thanks, BN) ****1/2
1972 Paris by Grateful Dead ****
Munich by Randy Newman ****1/2
Bach: Early Cantatas by Emma Kirby ****1/2

Germanprof

Stocked up on Wil Bolton, Nicolas Bernier and Marconi Union this month, together with various other nice finds.

Bandcamp
Wil Bolton - Chimes for a Wall Drawing (Lovely! )
Cloudkicker - Fade (Thanks, Lowlife)
I've Lost - An Uncommon Gesture

Drip
Various - A Morr Music Remix Collection
Various - Morr Classics Pt 1
B. Fleischmann - Mike The Virus - Works for Theatre and Film
It's a Musical - For Years and Years
Borko - Born to be Free
Various - Backyard - The Movie (Morr has so figured out how to do the Drip thing)

Guvera
Thomas Fehlmann - Lowflow

Amazon
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Christian Scott - Christian aTunde Adjuah
Big Mahler Box
Willits + Sakamoto - Ancient Future (Mostly opportunism on Amazon! )

Junodownload
Grouper - Violet Replacement Pt 2: Sleep

emusic
Tor Lundvall - The Mist
Wil Bolton - Under a Name that Hides Her
Marconi Union - Under Wires and Searchlights
Marconi Union - Distance
Marconi Union - Different Colours
Nicolas Bernier - Music For A Piano / Music For A Book (Liked all of these. The proliferation of sources has made my emusic buying more focused)

Free things
Alban Berg Quartett and Kölner Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester - Drei Orchesterstücke
The Lights Galaxia - Another Invisible City
Phillip Wilkerson and Tange - Ege Denizi
Eugene Carchesio - Taster's Menu


CD
Nicolas Bernier - usure.paysage (a challenge to my storage methods - CD packaged in a 12" LP sleeve)
offthesky - The Lowern Decay EP (another challenge to the storage system - came in a hand made cardboard box)
Tarwater - The Needle was Traveling
Radio Massacre International - Time & Motion
Yo-Yo Ma - The Cello Suites Inspired By Bach
Various - Swing Greats (Totally worth the 50 cents I paid for it!)