*Germanprof (or anyone else!) - If you like the Specials (specifically Terry Hall), his first post-Specials band (with a couple other Specials) was Fun Boy Three - they had two great but different sounding albums (one - S/T - tribal sounding instruments but different and fun, the other - Waiting - more pop but really excellent stuff). Both on G. Then, Terry's next band was The Colourfield. I know some of their singles and recently downloaded both their albums from G (but not much time to absorb yet). Again, a very different sound but what I know or have heard is very good. Nowhere close to ska, though, if that is what you want.
And I second (or third?) the Dukes rec. Consistently good XTC stuff.
@Rudie, Fun Boy Three were among my early downloads in the current Guvera flood. Good stuff. Haven't tried The Colourfield - vaguely remember them, but not enough to have an opinion from memory. Will check.
Muggsy - exactly the kind of list I've been looking for. Thanks. In that spirit, here's a list of artists that I have downloaded (with the same caveats - I checked some of my Guv DL's and found that they were gone - in some cases I've excised the names, and others...)
A Band of Bees
John Abercrombie
Bebel Gilberto
Ben Webster
Bill Evans and Jim Hall
Billie Holiday
Bobby Hutcherson
Carla Bley
Chaka Khan
Chet Baker
Circle
Dave Holland
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Dino Saluzzi
Esa-Pekka Salonen
George Russell
Gil Gilberto
Ginger Baker
Gong
Grant Green
Hank Mobley
Horace Silver
Jan Garbarek
Joe Lovano
John McLaughlin
Johnny Adams
Johnny Thunders
Jon Hassell
Kenny Drew
Kenny Wheeler
King Sunny Ade
Lloyd Cole
Marcia Ball
Muddy Waters
Nick Cave
Norah Jones
Ornette Coleman
Patato & Totico
Porcupine Tree
Pretty Things
Quantic
Residents
Rick James
Toots and the Maytals
Roswell Rudd & Toumani Diabate
Rufus
Scott Walker
Serge Gainbourg
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Stan Getz
Stanley Turrentine
Terry Callier
Thad Jones
The Beach Boys
The Creatures
The Dells
The Future Sounds of London
The Jam
The Move
The Residents
War & Eric Burdon
X
XTC
Some of these are replacements of cassettes that I had (the Jam, XTC...). Some are artists I''m trying to complete discographies (Carla Bley, Bobby Hutcherson). I gorged on Blue Note on the first gorging. Malicool by Roswell Rudd (with Diabate) is incredible, and the two GInger Baker's I picked up are produced by BIll Laswell (I recommend Hear No Evil by Laswell). The Black-Man's Burdon is over the top and fun.
Thanks Bremble, some good stuff there. I've now used up all my Guvera downloads and will have to replenish daily, but I've got a list of things to keep me busy for a while.
I'd like to put in a plug for Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel. I replaced my vinyl copies of Hole and Nail. If you are not familiar, the music is kinda industrial/orchestral and the lyrics are sort of sick (obsessed with the devil, manson, etc) but with a great sense of humor! (Sample lyric: "I'm the one who gave the sandwich to Mamma Cass...") I feel like I'm not really selling this very well...but I highly recommend both.
Syd Barrett
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
Magazine
Taylor Swift
John Martyn
The Who
Rihanna
Vangelis
Air
Minutemen
The Orb
The Buggles
Brian Eno
George Harrison
Scott Wallker
Jay-Z
Mos Def
Lana Del Rey
Art Tatum
Cybotron
Cannibal Ox
Billy Preston
Bruce Haack
The Yardbirds
Elton John
The Saints
Richard & Linda Thompson
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Arabian Prince
Killing Joke
Fairport Convention
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Lee Konitz
Dizzy Gillespie
Tornados
Donna Summer
Marion Brown
Massive Attack
Loretta Lynn
Tiamat
Wadada Leo Smith
Rolling Stones
Lynrd Skynrd
Correct Use of Soap is my personal favorite if that is available.
Sadly it isn't! Haha. I know nothing of Magazine but I had a look on itunes about them & I liked that one's title the best! Yes, I have chosen albums by their titles or artwork.
Hmm, not sure itunes can tell me everything I got from Guvera. Most of the tracks have guvera in the comments, but the ones missing track #1 do not. And I can't remember which ones....
I'm still on holidays ;) Everyone else is back in the office - the new tracks are all coming up on the front page and you'll see artists from every major label now too, huzzah!
The failed tracks are still being recorded, anything coming through to CS goes into a huge spread sheet they are working their way through. Think at the moment though the new stuff is taking priority and the older fixes will come in one large update.
Rudie: Get XTC's later albums either Nonsuch or Oranges and Lemons. Fossil Fuel is a brilliant compilation. Wish all this was available to us in the UK, willing to trial!!!!!
As pointed out somewhere above, most of the XTC stuff is gone from Guv. Maybe it will come back with the new additions, I hope so. I recently got "Oranges and Lemons," an album I previously had only on cassette. What a mind-trippingly great album, eg, songs like Scarecrow People and Garden of Earthly Delights. Actually quite "Afrobeat" in places, which I never noticed back in the mid-80s.
Here's a good one, though missing a couple tracks. Hoping the Texas Tornados stuff will show up!
ETA: Discovered the TX Tornados are on Warners - along with a ton of other stuff, notably including Neil Young. Could that be among the new additions??? We shall see...
@lowlife - Sorry to hear you're not able to join the gorging yet! I do appreciate the tip, but I've already got just about everything XTC has released (including my favorite "No Thugs In Our House" 7" complete with mini-puppet show!). Other than their first two albums, which are hit and miss for me, I think every other album has merit. The Transistor Blast box is good if you ever get ahold of that - two discs of peel sessions and two live CD's.
Guvera is being weird for me tonight. On account #1, I had to sign in 3 times before it took. I don't think I fat-fingered the password because that gives an error message. It simply skept showing "Login" on the top right until the 3rd try. then finally showed my # of downloads.
On the 2nd account it is similar, showing "Login" on the top right, but when I try to login, it tells me I'm already logged in. I was still able to download, though.
Finally a refresh gave me the # of credits.
Not really a problem, I guess; just very odd, and I was curious if anyone else saw this.
Apologies for any reduncy but browsing for ideas found there's quite a lot of Joe Bonamassa, also the eponymous first album from his rock side project Black Country Communion (highly rec'd - other band members include Glenn Hughes and Jason Bonham). If you'd like to hear Ritchie Blackmore getting his medieval thing on there is a lot by Blackmore's Night - I have some and it's nice listening although I don't have any favorite album (rec'd if you like say Loreena McKennit type stuff), and there's a bunch of old, also live, Deep Purple, not so much the classic studio albums. Also Hog Groove - by the Austin, TX roots-rock band (the)Tailgators (as G. calls them - not to be confused with the British psychobilly band of the same name).
Ditto on the 8. Have been looking at some blues, and although the Search aspect is an unholy mess, there is a fair representation of artists/albums from the Black Top label (Amazon link for reference), and at least some from Bullseye (link) as well. G. has numerous albums by Roomful of Blues but the one I rec most highly is the first, The First Album, that Duke Robillard was on. From the Black Top/Bullseye family some of the talents are Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, Robert Ward, any Ronnie Earl, the James Harman Band. Some of the comp albums don't come up by title and have to be accessed through the artists, but there are some good ones.
Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets
Arcady
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers,or & the Jazz Messengers
Art Farmer Quintet with Gigi Gryce
Art Tatum (the Group Masterpieces)
Bela Fleck
Ben Webster
Billy Sheehan
Bryan Sutton
Cannonball Adderley
Charlie Byrd
Coleman Hawkins
Colosseum
David Grisman
Dexter Gordon
Dizzy Gillespie
Donald Byrd
Eric Dolphy
Fania All-Stars
Gary Moore
Gene Ammons/Richard "Groove" Holmes
Harry "Sweets" Edison
Holmes Brothers
Imelda May
Jethro Tull
Joe Pass
John Coltrane
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Smith
Lionel Hampton
Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson Trio, Quarter, and & Roy Eldridge
Paul McCartney
Philip Catherine Trio
Pink Floyd
Roy Eldridge
Sonny Rollins
Stan Getz and Cal Tjader
Teisco Del Rey
Thad Jones
V.A. - Complete JATP
Wynton Kelly
A Place To Bury Strangers
Adebisi Shank
Air
Alex Clare
Alison Krauss And Union Station
AlunaGeorge
Alva Noto
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Anouar Brahem
Armand Van Helden
Band Of Skulls
Basement Jaxx
Blind Faith
Bobby Hutcherson
Brave Old World
Brian Eno
Brigitte Bardot
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Byetone
Captain Beefheart
Carla Bley
Carly Rae Jepsen
CeCe Peniston
Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul
Choir Of Young Believers
Cibelle
Circle
Crystal Castles
Dave Holland
Dave Holland Quartet
Dave Holland Sextet
David Byrne
David Holland, Barre Phillips
Death From Above 1979
DJ Shadow
Dr. Dog
Dr. John
Duck Sauce
Egberto Gismonti
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
Ellie Goulding
Elton John
EMF
Eric Clapton
Erykah Badu
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
fIREHOSE
First Aid Kit
Florence + The Machine
Flying Lotus
France Gall
Frank Bretschneider
Frank Ocean
Fun Boy Three
Gabby Young and Other Animals
Gal Costa
Gateway
Genix
Gin Blossoms
Golem!
Grizzly Bear
HTRK
James Blake
Janet Jackson
Josephine Foster
Kaskade
Katy Perry
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Wheeler
Keren Ann
Klaxons
Kylie Minogue
Lana Del Rey
Langhorne Slim
Laurel Halo
Le Butcherettes
Les Savy Fav
Lights
Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars
Low
Luomo
Lyle Lovett
M83
Madvillain
Magazine
Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch
Maroon 5
Me & You
Michael Kiwanuka
Michel Polnareff
MIKA
Minus The Bear
Minutemen
Moby
Mystery Jets
Naná Vasconcelos
Neu!
Now, Now
Oingo Boingo
OK Go
Orbit
Pacifika
Paula Abdul
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Pere Ubu
Primal Scream
Remember Shakti
Rihanna
Saint Etienne
Sarah Jaffe
Scissor Sisters
Serge Gainsbourg
Seu Jorge
Sky Ferreira
Smashing Pumpkins
Solange
Sonic Youth
Sparks
Steve Kuhn
Steve Martin
Stevie Wonder
Supergrass
Surfer Blood
Taio Cruz
Technotronic
Tera Melos
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal, Miroslav Vitous, Jack DeJohnette
Terry Callier
The Chemical Brothers
The Dodos
The Dukes Of Stratosphear
The Klezmatics
The Knife
The Proclaimers
The Rapture
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Wailers
The Wedding Present
The Who
Thee Oh Sees
Tiga
Tom Cochrane
Tony McManus & Alain Genty
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Underworld
Uusitalo
Van She
Vladislav Delay - Multila
We Were Promised Jetpacks
White Denim
XTC
Yann Tiersen
Yelle
More good hunting on older reissues:
Burning Spear was one of the first thing I wanted after the UMG drop at the other place, never got it because of the Fraunhofer thing.
Earlier, brighternow mentioned a Kancheli disc on ECM New Classics; that one's not on Guv., but this one is:
Among others...
Six Degrees Records is on Guvera. There's a list of their artists here, and most of it seems to be on Guvera. Some interesting things here. The album Lost in a Moment by Shrift is one I paid money for on emusic and enjoyed. Issa Bagayogo's remixed album is fun. The Real Tuesday Weld languished for a while on my SFL and never got purchased - listening to it now: quirky and enjoyable.
If anyone else knows those artists and has pointers, do speak up.
ETA, Ojos de Brujo has been recommended to me a couple of times by a colleague, as I now recall seeing the name on that list.
GP - Vieux Farka Toure - but I am sure you know him, and Ballake Sissoko, paricularly Chamber Muisc with Vicent Segal, are the two names that I immediately know. Others include two feamle Brazillian vocalists - Ceu and Bebel Gilberto - Bebel is my preference of the two.
Comments
And I second (or third?) the Dukes rec. Consistently good XTC stuff.
A Band of Bees
John Abercrombie
Bebel Gilberto
Ben Webster
Bill Evans and Jim Hall
Billie Holiday
Bobby Hutcherson
Carla Bley
Chaka Khan
Chet Baker
Circle
Dave Holland
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Dino Saluzzi
Esa-Pekka Salonen
George Russell
Gil Gilberto
Ginger Baker
Gong
Grant Green
Hank Mobley
Horace Silver
Jan Garbarek
Joe Lovano
John McLaughlin
Johnny Adams
Johnny Thunders
Jon Hassell
Kenny Drew
Kenny Wheeler
King Sunny Ade
Lloyd Cole
Marcia Ball
Muddy Waters
Nick Cave
Norah Jones
Ornette Coleman
Patato & Totico
Porcupine Tree
Pretty Things
Quantic
Residents
Rick James
Toots and the Maytals
Roswell Rudd & Toumani Diabate
Rufus
Scott Walker
Serge Gainbourg
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Stan Getz
Stanley Turrentine
Terry Callier
Thad Jones
The Beach Boys
The Creatures
The Dells
The Future Sounds of London
The Jam
The Move
The Residents
War & Eric Burdon
X
XTC
Some of these are replacements of cassettes that I had (the Jam, XTC...). Some are artists I''m trying to complete discographies (Carla Bley, Bobby Hutcherson). I gorged on Blue Note on the first gorging. Malicool by Roswell Rudd (with Diabate) is incredible, and the two GInger Baker's I picked up are produced by BIll Laswell (I recommend Hear No Evil by Laswell). The Black-Man's Burdon is over the top and fun.
Syd Barrett
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
Magazine
Taylor Swift
John Martyn
The Who
Rihanna
Vangelis
Air
Minutemen
The Orb
The Buggles
Brian Eno
George Harrison
Scott Wallker
Jay-Z
Mos Def
Lana Del Rey
Art Tatum
Cybotron
Cannibal Ox
Billy Preston
Bruce Haack
The Yardbirds
Elton John
The Saints
Richard & Linda Thompson
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Arabian Prince
Killing Joke
Fairport Convention
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Lee Konitz
Dizzy Gillespie
Tornados
Donna Summer
Marion Brown
Massive Attack
Loretta Lynn
Tiamat
Wadada Leo Smith
Rolling Stones
Lynrd Skynrd
Hmm, not sure itunes can tell me everything I got from Guvera. Most of the tracks have guvera in the comments, but the ones missing track #1 do not. And I can't remember which ones....
The failed tracks are still being recorded, anything coming through to CS goes into a huge spread sheet they are working their way through.
Think at the moment though the new stuff is taking priority and the older fixes will come in one large update.
Happy New Years all...
@dddanmar - Good to hear. I'll start sending my list of failed d/ls over to CS.
Here's a good one, though missing a couple tracks. Hoping the Texas Tornados stuff will show up!
ETA: Discovered the TX Tornados are on Warners - along with a ton of other stuff, notably including Neil Young. Could that be among the new additions??? We shall see...
It has been the same for at least two years!!!
If an exception were made for the two of us, we promise that we won't tell anyone, right ?
On the 2nd account it is similar, showing "Login" on the top right, but when I try to login, it tells me I'm already logged in. I was still able to download, though.
Finally a refresh gave me the # of credits.
Not really a problem, I guess; just very odd, and I was curious if anyone else saw this.
ditto....
ditto ditto
Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets
Arcady
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers,or & the Jazz Messengers
Art Farmer Quintet with Gigi Gryce
Art Tatum (the Group Masterpieces)
Bela Fleck
Ben Webster
Billy Sheehan
Bryan Sutton
Cannonball Adderley
Charlie Byrd
Coleman Hawkins
Colosseum
David Grisman
Dexter Gordon
Dizzy Gillespie
Donald Byrd
Eric Dolphy
Fania All-Stars
Gary Moore
Gene Ammons/Richard "Groove" Holmes
Harry "Sweets" Edison
Holmes Brothers
Imelda May
Jethro Tull
Joe Pass
John Coltrane
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Smith
Lionel Hampton
Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson Trio, Quarter, and & Roy Eldridge
Paul McCartney
Philip Catherine Trio
Pink Floyd
Roy Eldridge
Sonny Rollins
Stan Getz and Cal Tjader
Teisco Del Rey
Thad Jones
V.A. - Complete JATP
Wynton Kelly
A Place To Bury Strangers
Adebisi Shank
Air
Alex Clare
Alison Krauss And Union Station
AlunaGeorge
Alva Noto
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Anouar Brahem
Armand Van Helden
Band Of Skulls
Basement Jaxx
Blind Faith
Bobby Hutcherson
Brave Old World
Brian Eno
Brigitte Bardot
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Byetone
Captain Beefheart
Carla Bley
Carly Rae Jepsen
CeCe Peniston
Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul
Choir Of Young Believers
Cibelle
Circle
Crystal Castles
Dave Holland
Dave Holland Quartet
Dave Holland Sextet
David Byrne
David Holland, Barre Phillips
Death From Above 1979
DJ Shadow
Dr. Dog
Dr. John
Duck Sauce
Egberto Gismonti
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
Ellie Goulding
Elton John
EMF
Eric Clapton
Erykah Badu
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
fIREHOSE
First Aid Kit
Florence + The Machine
Flying Lotus
France Gall
Frank Bretschneider
Frank Ocean
Fun Boy Three
Gabby Young and Other Animals
Gal Costa
Gateway
Genix
Gin Blossoms
Golem!
Grizzly Bear
HTRK
James Blake
Janet Jackson
Josephine Foster
Kaskade
Katy Perry
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Wheeler
Keren Ann
Klaxons
Kylie Minogue
Lana Del Rey
Langhorne Slim
Laurel Halo
Le Butcherettes
Les Savy Fav
Lights
Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars
Low
Luomo
Lyle Lovett
M83
Madvillain
Magazine
Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch
Maroon 5
Me & You
Michael Kiwanuka
Michel Polnareff
MIKA
Minus The Bear
Minutemen
Moby
Mystery Jets
Naná Vasconcelos
Neu!
Now, Now
Oingo Boingo
OK Go
Orbit
Pacifika
Paula Abdul
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Pere Ubu
Primal Scream
Remember Shakti
Rihanna
Saint Etienne
Sarah Jaffe
Scissor Sisters
Serge Gainsbourg
Seu Jorge
Sky Ferreira
Smashing Pumpkins
Solange
Sonic Youth
Sparks
Steve Kuhn
Steve Martin
Stevie Wonder
Supergrass
Surfer Blood
Taio Cruz
Technotronic
Tera Melos
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal, Miroslav Vitous, Jack DeJohnette
Terry Callier
The Chemical Brothers
The Dodos
The Dukes Of Stratosphear
The Klezmatics
The Knife
The Proclaimers
The Rapture
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Wailers
The Wedding Present
The Who
Thee Oh Sees
Tiga
Tom Cochrane
Tony McManus & Alain Genty
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Underworld
Uusitalo
Van She
Vladislav Delay - Multila
We Were Promised Jetpacks
White Denim
XTC
Yann Tiersen
Yelle
This compilation is on Guv and might interest some people. Icelandic artists including Sigur R
Burning Spear was one of the first thing I wanted after the UMG drop at the other place, never got it because of the Fraunhofer thing.
Earlier, brighternow mentioned a Kancheli disc on ECM New Classics; that one's not on Guv., but this one is:
Among others...
If anyone else knows those artists and has pointers, do speak up.
ETA, Ojos de Brujo has been recommended to me a couple of times by a colleague, as I now recall seeing the name on that list.