What Are You Listening To?

[Dennie]

B.W. Stevenson

Is that Hurley's father? From the Weezer album...

YES! :teasing-tease: But because he is part Russian, he is also a little Grumpy! :angry-tappingfoot: LOL!



Dennie

 

[Kazaam]

Hey Topper... I just noticed your avatar.

That alien-looking dude rocks! The spray paint color blends in perfectly with the gray background on the forum.

 

[topper]

Hey Topper... I just noticed your avatar.

That alien-looking dude rocks! The spray paint color blends in perfectly with the gray background on the forum.

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:text-offtopic:
Thanks, K

Yeah, I got lucky with that one . . .

kind of like he was made for this place.
:text-nocomment:

 

[PaulyT]

 

[Kazaam]

I'm giving the ol' hard drive platters a "spin" tonight. They're playing the 5.1 mix of Jeff Trott's "Dig Up The Astroturf". And it sounds fairly decent. Some songs are a little mellow, a little spacey; but definitely some form of "rock".

Trott's biography: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeff-trott-p132878

 

[smgreen20]

It arrived today and I'm giving it a good listen, discs 2 & 3. Disc 2 is the CFH album live and disc 3 were the demos, rough draft if you will, of the CFH album.

 

[Dennie]

He sure sounds like his Grandpa.......... :handgestures-thumbup:

Risin' Outlaw -- CD :handgestures-thumbup:

Hank III

1999 Curb Records

Amazon.com

This is what rockin' country is supposed to sound like. Shelton Hank Williams, grandson of the country music icon, shows everything he's got on "I Don't Know," his debut's opening track: breakneck fiddle; fancy picking, equal parts Nashville and Macon; flexible rhythm section; wounded, piercing vocals; and unforgiving songs of rage, recklessness, and rejection. He then spends the rest of the CD refining it, song by song. As a writer, he has a real flair for imagery and the sturdy hook, and he also has good taste in remakes. Yes, there is some posturing; occasionally it feels like his nose for trouble, sense of despair, and wild eyes spring from listening to all the right records rather than out of anyone's real life. But for the most part, Hank III seems to come by these things the old-fashioned way: he earns them. Already. If he doesn't earn too much, he's going to do great things. --John Morthland

1. "I Don't Know" (Howard) – 3:23
2. "You're the Reason" (Edwards, Fell, Hanley, Ives) – 2:49
3. "If the Shoe Fits" (Denny, Williams) – 2:54
4. "87 Southbound" (Hancock) – 2:52
5. "Lonesome for You" (Miller) – 3:17
6. "What Did Love Ever Do to You" (Kostas, Miller) – 3:01
7. "On My Own" (Williams) – 2:55
8. "Honky Tonk Girls" (Kostas) – 2:42
9. "Devil's Daughter" (Pleasant, Kostas, Williams) – 3:17
10. "Cocaine Blues" (Arnall) – 3:53
11. "Thunderstorms and Neon Signs" (Hancock) – 4:21
12. "Why Don't You Leave Me Alone" (Hancock) – 5:03
13. "Blue Devil" (Williams) – 3:19

 

[Dennie]

It arrived today and I'm giving it a good listen, discs 2 & 3. Disc 2 is the CFH album live and disc 3 were the demos, rough draft if you will, of the CFH album.

Damn! Nice Box Set!!! :text-bravo:


Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Roses In The Snow -- :handgestures-thumbup: :banana-dance: :text-bump: :banana-rock: :handgestures-thumbup:

Emmylou Harris :bow-blue:

1980 Warner Bros. Records

Roses in the Snow was a 1980 album by Emmylou Harris. While Harris' previous release, 1979's Blue Kentucky Girl featured traditional, straight-ahead country (as opposed to the country-rock of her prior efforts), Roses in the Snow found Harris performing Bluegrass-inspired music, with material by Flatt and Scruggs, Paul Simon, The Carter Family, and Johnny Cash. Cash, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice made guest appearances. "Wayfaring Stranger" was released as the first single in 1980 and went to #7 on the Billboard Country charts. The second single, a remake of a Simon & Garfunkel song, "The Boxer" reached #13. Backing musicians included Albert Lee and Jerry Douglas.

1. "Roses in the Snow" (Ruth Franks) – 2:32
2. "Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern) – 3:26
3. "Green Pastures" (Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern) – 3:08
4. "The Boxer" (Paul Simon) – 3:16
5. "Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn" (Ralph Stanley) – 3:22
6. "I'll Go Stepping Too" (Tom James/Jerry Organ) – 2:16
7. "You're Learning" (Ira Louvin/Charlie Louvin) – 2:57
8. "Jordan" Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern) – 2:07
9. "Miss the Mississippi and You" (Bill Halley) – 3:40
10. "Gold Watch and Chain" (A.P. Carter) – 3:12

 

[Dennie]

Only The Lonely -- :text-bravo:

Mavis Staples

1970 VOLT/STAX Records

Nothing lonely here – as Mavis Staples hits a newly sophisticated groove that's set up in full arrangements from the great Horace Ott, and produced with a nicely sweet touch from Don Davis! The sound is a great example of the changes going on at the new Stax at the end of the 60s – a more mature, adult sort of sound that goes way beyond simple soul – especially the too-sweet style that sometimes dominated female acts during the Stax/Atlantic years. Ott's backings have never sounded better, and at points Mavis almost brings an Aretha-like depth to her vocals – or even better, hits a range that really ranks right up there with some of the best indie female southern soul acts of her generation. Titles include "Don't Change Me Now", "It Makes Me Wanna Cry", "I Have Learned To Do Without You", "You're The Fool", "What Happened To The Real Me", and "How Many Times".

01 I Have Learned To Do Without You
02 How Many Times
03 Endlessly
04 You're The Fool
05 Since I Fell For You
06 What Happened To The Real Me
07 Since You Became A Part Of My Life
08 It Makes Me Wanna Cry
09 Don't Change Me Now

 

[Dennie]

Comes A Time

Neil Young

1978 Reprise Records

Comes a Time is a 1978 album by Neil Young, and a return to the country/folk rock sound of Harvest (1972). Many of the tracks are highlighted by harmony vocals from Nicolette Larson. Originally, it had started out as a solo record, but when Young played it for Reprise executives they asked him if he wouldn't mind adding rhythm tracks to what he already had. Young agreed to this, and the end product was the Comes a Time that was released. Two songs had Young backed by Crazy Horse, resulting in them having a rawer sound to the smooth production of the rest of the album.
Side one

1. "Goin' Back" – 4:43
2. "Comes a Time" – 3:05
3. "Look Out for My Love" – 4:06
4. "Lotta Love" – 2:38
5. "Peace of Mind" – 4:11

Side two

1. "Human Highway" – 3:09
2. "Already One" – 4:53
3. "Field of Opportunity" – 3:08
4. "Motorcycle Mama" – 3:08
5. "Four Strong Winds" (Ian Tyson) – 4:07

 

[PaulyT]

Really good surround SACD demo material! Was just checking my system since I think one of my cats managed to change something on my surround amp... wanted to make sure all sounds as it should. Fortunately, it does! Though I may do a complete re-tune of the whole system over the holiday, just for fun! :happy-smileygiantred:

 

[Kazaam]

The "Yellow Brick Road" and "Captain Fantastic" SACDs also have really good sound and good surround mixes, IMO. (Though, all of the other Elton SACDs are fairly decent, too.)

 

[Botch]

Three more added to the list... :angry-tappingfoot:

(Elton John was my idol as far as learning to play rock piano...) :handgestures-thumbup:

 

[Dennie]

A Classic............

Fleetwood Mac :text-bravo: :text-bravo:

Fleetwood Mac

1975 Reprise Records

Amazon.com essential recording

With the "classic" Fleetwood Mac and departed guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer a fading memory, namesakes and rhythm section Mick Fleetwood (drums) and John McVie (bass), along with second generation survivor Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards), let go of their British blues heritage and linked with a failed Californian pop-rock duo, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. That move, born of desperation, yields this 1975 classic: unveiling a taut, well-oiled pop rock band boasting three distinctive singers and songwriters in Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie; Buckingham's extraordinary arrangements and versatile acoustic and electric guitars; and the undeniable horsepower of the founding fathers' rock-solid rhythm work. Buckingham's rave-ups, Nicks's sultry rock ballads, and Christine McVie's soulful, sunny pop form the template for Rumours, which would follow two years later. --Sam Sutherland

1. "Monday Morning" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 2:48
2. "Warm Ways" (Christine McVie) – 3:54
3. "Blue Letter" (Rick Curtis, Mike Curtis) – 2:41
4. "Rhiannon" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:11
5. "Over My Head" (C. McVie) – 3:38
6. "Crystal" (Nicks) – 5:14
7. "Say You Love Me" (C. McVie) – 4:11
8. "Landslide" (Nicks) – 3:19
9. "World Turning" (Buckingham, C. McVie) – 4:25
10. "Sugar Daddy" (C. McVie) – 4:10
11. "I'm So Afraid" (Buckingham) – 4:22

 

[Dennie]

Pure Prairie League

Pure Prairie League

1972 RCA Victor

1. "Tears" (Craig Fuller) – 2:43
2. "Take It Before You Go" (Fuller) – 4:05
3. "You're Between Me" (Fuller) – 5:35
4. "Woman" (Adam Taylor) – 3:40
5. "Doc's Tune" (George Powell) – 1:22
6. "Country Song" (T. P. Waterhouse) – 7:37
7. "Harmony Song" (Fuller) – 5:20
8. "It's All on Me" (Powell) – 2:30

 

[Botch]

Pure Prairie League

Pure Prairie League

1972 RCA Victor

1. "Tears" (Craig Fuller) – 2:43
2. "Take It Before You Go" (Fuller) – 4:05
3. "You're Between Me" (Fuller) – 5:35
4. "Woman" (Adam Taylor) – 3:40
5. "Doc's Tune" (George Powell) – 1:22
6. "Country Song" (T. P. Waterhouse) – 7:37
7. "Harmony Song" (Fuller) – 5:20
8. "It's All on Me" (Powell) – 2:30

Not on that particular album, but PPL's "Amie" is what actually started me on my bar band journey. My roommate at SDSU played guitar, I sorta played fiddle and harmonica, and we did "Amie" at a local "open mic" night, taking second place and winning a t-shirt apiece. Two weeks later a guy grabbed me in the supermarket, said he played in a band and offered me a job, and it's been onward since then.

 

[Dennie]

Pure Prairie League

Pure Prairie League

1972 RCA Victor

1. "Tears" (Craig Fuller) – 2:43
2. "Take It Before You Go" (Fuller) – 4:05
3. "You're Between Me" (Fuller) – 5:35
4. "Woman" (Adam Taylor) – 3:40
5. "Doc's Tune" (George Powell) – 1:22
6. "Country Song" (T. P. Waterhouse) – 7:37
7. "Harmony Song" (Fuller) – 5:20
8. "It's All on Me" (Powell) – 2:30

Not on that particular album, but PPL's "Amie" is what actually started me on my bar band journey. My roommate at SDSU played guitar, I sorta played fiddle and harmonica, and we did "Amie" at a local "open mic" night, taking second place and winning a t-shirt apiece. Two weeks later a guy grabbed me in the supermarket, said he played in a band and offered me a job, and it's been onward since then.

Wow! Very cool story, Botch. Thanks for sharing it! :handgestures-thumbup:

Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Changes In Latitudes Changes In Attitudes :text-bravo:

Jimmy Buffett

1975 ABC Records

Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes is the breakthrough 1977 album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. The album, his eighth, remains the best selling album of Buffett's career, and contains his biggest single, "Margaritaville". It was initially released in January 1977 as ABC AB-990 and later rereleased on its successor label, MCA.

Changes was very popular and critically well received and was a transitional album on several levels for Buffett. In a commercial sense, it ushered in Buffett's greatest period of chart and airplay popularity - changing him from an FM cult favorite and minor hitmaker to a top-draw touring artist whose albums sold in the millions, receiving regular AM airplay at the time. Changes would be followed by equally popular and more grandiose expressions of Buffett's "Caribbean Soul" on Son of a Son of a Sailor (1978) and Volcano (1979). All of these albums would combine pop, bar-band rock, country, folk, and reggae influences with the professional production of Norbert Putnam.

1. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" (Buffett) – 3:15
2. "Wonder Why We Ever Go Home" (Buffett) – 3:51
3. "Banana Republics" (Burgh/Goodman/Rothermel) – 5:11
4. "Tampico Trauma" (Buffett) – 4:35
5. "Lovely Cruise" (Johnathan Baham) – 3:54
6. "Margaritaville" (Buffett) – 4:09
7. "In the Shelter" (Buffett) – 4:00
8. "Miss You So Badly" (Buffett/Taylor) – 3:41
9. "Biloxi" (Winchester) – 5:38
10. "Landfall" (Buffett) – 3:14

 

[Dennie]

We're goin' Live in 5, 4, 3, 2..........

'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!'

The Rolling Stones In Concert

1970 London Records

`Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!´: The Rolling Stones in Concert is a live album by The Rolling Stones, released 4 September 1970 on Decca Records in the United Kingdom and on London Records in the United States. It was recorded in New York and Maryland in November 1969, just before the release of Let It Bleed.

Side one

1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"– 4:02

2. "Carol" (Chuck Berry) – 3:47

3. "Stray Cat Blues" – 3:41

4. "Love in Vain" (Robert Johnson; originally credited as "traditional" with arrangement by Jagger and Richards) – 4:57

5. "Midnight Rambler" – 9:05

Side two

1. "Sympathy for the Devil" – 6:52

2. "Live with Me" – 3:03

3. "Little Queenie" (Chuck Berry) – 4:33

4. "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:35

5. "Street Fighting Man" – 4:03