Went to Cabrini Hospital in Melbourne today for a MRI scan. The lovely hospital staff gave me a set of headphones and let me listen to The Doors while I was being scanned.
Enough time to hear "Light My Fire", "Riders On The Storm" and "Break On Through".
And now back home, I am honouring all those hospital and other medical staff who have done such a fabulous job through Covid by listening to what to my mind is the best rock album of all time - The Doors s/t first album. Anybody agree!!??
As AMG says "A tremendous debut album, and indeed one of the best first-time outings in rock history, introducing the band's fusion of rock, blues, classical, jazz, and poetry with a knockout punch."
Starting on this new release today: Fox Theater St. Louis box set...20 cds, 71-73
OK, I finally figured out the who and what of this. The artwork is so wonky, that I didn't realize. It's the Grateful Dead - apparently I now have to find a track listing somewhere... You guys...
Well, what you’re getting are 5 tracks from the Village Vanguard Master Takes album plus one extra version of “Spiritual” that was on that 4-disc box of the “Complete Recordings…”, so it’s nice to have a concise collection. BUT, what you’re really getting this for (besides the incredible music) is the much improved sound that the Hat Hut folks pulled out of these tapes. You can hear it across all performers, but especially Coltrane and Elvin’s playing really stand out extra clear. I forgot that it’s available thru Bandcamp, so here’s a link.
Landmark recordings made in Burkina Faso by Hisham Mayet during three expeditions from 2013-15.
Despite political upheavals and the logistical complexities of recording in the bush, Mayet was able to compile a matchless overview of Burkinabé music from the Mossi, Bissa, Fulani, Dioula, Bobo, Samo, Lobi, Senoufo, and Bwaba people.
Volume 1 highlights the sacred and secular music of the regional balafon or xylophone revered by the Lobi people of southwestern Burkina Faso. In Lobi culture, the balafon performance is not simply music; it is a form of speech that allows master musicians to converse intimately with the living and the dead.
This LP showcases two side-long performances that are as thrilling as any Burkinabé music ever recorded. These tracks not only echo but also further some of the greatest examples of Western avant-garde music: Imagine the pulsating minimalist motifs of titans like Terry Riley or La Monte Young elaborated into a dizzying maximalism.
ProgArchives rates the album No. 14 in 1974 and one of the reviewers says "Gryphon's best record. Renaissance and classical influences are prominent in this entirely instrumental work. This is an absolute masterpiece, recommended to all lovers of instrumental prog."
Well, what you’re getting are 5 tracks from the Village Vanguard Master Takes album plus one extra version of “Spiritual” that was on that 4-disc box of the “Complete Recordings…”, so it’s nice to have a concise collection. BUT, what you’re really getting this for (besides the incredible music) is the much improved sound that the Hat Hut folks pulled out of these tapes. You can hear it across all performers, but especially Coltrane and Elvin’s playing really stand out extra clear. I forgot that it’s available thru Bandcamp, so here’s a link.
That was my impression but I got too tied up with other things to go back to the versions I already have. Time to pull that trigger. Thanks.
rostasi said:The artwork is so wonky, that I didn't realize.
Or glorious, as the case may be. I was a bit young for these shows, but in the winter of 79 I was at the Kiel Auditorium in STL for this show: https://archive.org/details/gd79-12-09.sbd.miller.27751.sbeok.flacf I was sitting in the 4th row, because my long-blonde-haired girlfriend worked at the neighborhood smoke shop, which had a Ticketron window. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
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Slap bass meets Fourth World! Good find!!
Enough time to hear "Light My Fire", "Riders On The Storm" and "Break On Through".
And now back home, I am honouring all those hospital and other medical staff who have done such a fabulous job through Covid by listening to what to my mind is the best rock album of all time - The Doors s/t first album. Anybody agree!!??
As AMG says "A tremendous debut album, and indeed one of the best first-time outings in rock history, introducing the band's fusion of rock, blues, classical, jazz, and poetry with a knockout punch."
Released today (Oct 15).
New Weird Australia, Made Of Wood And Wire (Expanded Edition)
Marta Sainz / Xedh / Enrique Zaccagnini Tres Piezas
Destruction Des Animaux Nuisibles #1
David Paredes / Marta Sainz Marta Sainz & If, Bwana
8 Lieder (AL005) Sable
Also on Alina Records
Marta Sainz & Antonia Funes
Discantus (AL 007)
It's the Grateful Dead - apparently I now have to find a track listing somewhere... You guys...
For @rostasi
I thought you were kidding about not recognising this!
Only 2 minutes ago, I actually saw the band name in the artwork, so...
I've been meaning to pull the trigger on that one despite having an earlier version.
BUT, what you’re really getting this for (besides the incredible music) is the much improved sound that the Hat Hut folks pulled out of these tapes. You can hear it across all performers, but especially Coltrane and Elvin’s playing really stand out extra clear.
I forgot that it’s available thru Bandcamp, so here’s a link.
Landmark recordings made in Burkina Faso by Hisham Mayet during three expeditions from 2013-15.
Despite political upheavals and the logistical complexities of recording in the bush, Mayet was able to compile a matchless overview of Burkinabé music from the Mossi, Bissa, Fulani, Dioula, Bobo, Samo, Lobi, Senoufo, and Bwaba people.
Volume 1 highlights the sacred and secular music of the regional balafon or xylophone revered by the Lobi people of southwestern Burkina Faso. In Lobi culture, the balafon performance is not simply music; it is a form of speech that allows master musicians to converse intimately with the living and the dead.
This LP showcases two side-long performances that are as thrilling as any Burkinabé music ever recorded. These tracks not only echo but also further some of the greatest examples of Western avant-garde music: Imagine the pulsating minimalist motifs of titans like Terry Riley or La Monte Young elaborated into a dizzying maximalism.
https://mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/album/mayahuel
ProgArchives rates the album No. 14 in 1974 and one of the reviewers says "Gryphon's best record. Renaissance and classical influences are prominent in this entirely instrumental work. This is an absolute masterpiece, recommended to all lovers of instrumental prog."
Just love the Krumhorn playing.
That was my impression but I got too tied up with other things to go back to the versions I already have. Time to pull that trigger. Thanks.
Or glorious, as the case may be. I was a bit young for these shows, but in the winter of 79 I was at the Kiel Auditorium in STL for this show: https://archive.org/details/gd79-12-09.sbd.miller.27751.sbeok.flacf I was sitting in the 4th row, because my long-blonde-haired girlfriend worked at the neighborhood smoke shop, which had a Ticketron window. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
Burkhard Egdorf: Works for Strings, Kairos, 2020. Still on eMu, although listed on the Paladino label.