Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Saturday, December 13, 2014
November 2014 Listening
1.
“Heaven Up Here” Echo and the Bunnymen [Rhino
2564-61162-2] CD
2.
“Wrong Number” Paul Flaherty with Chris Corsano,
Bill Nace, Steve Baczkowski, & Dredd Foole [Open Mouth OM 38] LP in edition
of 250
3.
“Rejuvenation” Flow Trio with Joe Morris, Louie
Belogenis and Charles Downs [ESP-Disk ESP 4052] CD
4.
“Sweatshop” Joe Morris with Sebastian Steinberg
& Jerry Deupress [Riti] CD
5.
“Either or And” Evan Parker & Sylvie
Courvoisier [Relative Pitch RPR-1024] CD
6.
“Melodies for a Savage Fix” Steve Gunn &
Mike Gangloff [Impreac] LP
7.
“Desert Heat” Steve Gunn with John Truscinski
& Cian Nugent [MIE 020] LP
8.
“Way Out Weather” Steve Gunn
9.
“Daydream Nation Deluxe Set” Sonic Youth
[Goofin' Records] 4 LPs with live and rare b sides
10.
“I Am Here Where Are You (2013)” Peter Brotzmann
& Steve Noble
11.
“Opened, But Hardly Touched” Peter Brotzmann
with Henry Miller & Louis Moholo [Cien Fuego CF010] LP – this is the finest
Brotzmann vinyl reissue to date. I know that
Machine Gun is more important but if you are tracking with the reissues you
probably already have Machine Gun. After
Machine Gun get this one.
12.
“A History of Every One” Bill Orcutt [Editions
Mego eMego 173] LP
13.
“Cats and Dogs” Royal Trux [Drag City DC32] LP
14.
“Dr. Ragtime And His Pals” Jack Rose [Tequila
Sunrise 12007] LP Limited Edition 960
15.
“Jack Rose & the Black Twig Pickers” Jack
Rose [Klang Industries Klang 008] LP
16.
“Afro Blue Impressions” John Coltrane with Elvin
Jones Jimmy Garrison & McCoy Tyner [Pablo 2620 101] LP
17.
“Giant Steps” John Coltrane [MFSL UCDC 605] CD
18.
“Offering-Live At Temple University” John
Coltrane with Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders and Rashid Ali [Resonance Records]
LP Mitten Hall - 11/11/1966. •180-gram vinyl pressed by R.T.I. Hand # 179 of 4000 – A little
overrated after the first listen
19.
“The Mastery of John Coltrane Vol. III” John Coltrane [Impluse! IA 9360] LP
20.
“Expressions” John Coltrane with Alice Coltrane,
Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison and Rashid Ali [Impluse! GRD 131] CD and [Impluse! A-9120] LP orginal mono copy
21.
“Going for the One” Yes [Atlantic SD 19106] LP –
this is definitely a guilty pleasure
22.
“Massey Hall 1971” Neil Young [Reprise 43328-1]
LP
23.
“Manipulator” Ty Segall [Drag City DC600 LP]
24.
“Wild thing on Sunday” Pelt &Gate [MIE023 LP]
25.
“Effigey” Pelt which is Nathan Bowles, Mike
Ganglof & Patrick Best [MIE015] LP
26.
“Complete Basement Tapes” Bob Dylan [Columbia CD
6]
27.
“Rising Above” Jooklo Duo which are Virginia
Genta & David Vanzan [Qbico 12"], Single Sided Limited edition of 99 copies
28.
“Another Side of Bob Dylan” Bob Dylan [Columbia
Mono Lp 5121] LP
29.
“Out to Lunch” Eric Dolphy with Freddie Hubbard,
Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis and Tony Williams [Blue Note RVG edition 7243 4
98793 2 4] CD and [Music Matters MMBST-84163] LP 45 RPM – Spent the extra cash
on the 45 rpm totally worth it.
30.
“Bee Thousand” Guided By Voices [Scat SCAT36] LP
31.
“Exotic Heartbreak” Frank Lowe with Butch Morris
Amina Myers, Wilber Morris, & TIm Pleasant [Soul Note SN 1032] LP
32.
“Monster Movie” Can [Spoon] LP
33.
“Bunny Get's Paid” Red Red Meat [Sub Pop SP 318
B] CD
34.
“Polar Satellites” Nathan Bowles & Scott
Verrastro [MIE 019] LP
35.
“Lick My Decals Off Baby” Captain Beefheart
& His Magic Band [Straight RS 6420] Vinyl
36.
“To Be Kind” Swans [Young God YG45] Vinyl
37.
“Skies of America” Ornette Coleman [Columbia KC
31562] LP
38.
“Chappaqua Suite” Ornette Coleman with Pharoah
Sanders, Charles Moffett and David Izenzon [Columbia] LP Very very underrated
Ornette album. The strings and the trio
are very integrated and his horn works so well in this setting.
39.
“Tied to a Star” J Mascis [Sub Pop SP 1083] LP
40.
“Solos Duos Trios” Steve Lacy [Black Saint/Soul
Note 8XS 1013] CD
41.
“The Flame” Steve Lacy with Dennis Charles &
Bobby Few [Soul Note SN 1035] LP – Charles is one of the more amazing
drummers. He doesn’t have a large
discography but he is so lyrically and rhythmically interesting
42.
“Phallus Dei” Amon Duul
43.
“Czech Music for Violin” Dvorak, Janacek &Smetana
[Nonesuch H-71350] LP
44.
“Drive Like Jehu” [Cargo Records #008] LP
45.
“Exile on Main Street” The Rolling Stones [EMI
142013-01] LP 180g
46.
“His Band and Street Choir” Van Morrison [Warner
WS 1884] LP
47.
“Alternation” Exceptor
48.
“Hit and Run” Jack Ruby
49.
“Soused (2014)” Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
50.
“Monoliths & Dimensions” Sunn O))) [Southern
Lord Sunn100] LP
51.
“Babi (1976)” Milford Graves - Arthur
Doyle,reeds Hugh Glover,reeds [IPS 004]
52.
“Birth of a Being” David S Ware with Marc
Edwards & Geney Ashton [hathut] LP
53.
“Onecept” David S Ware with William Parker and
Warren Smith [Rank & File RFS-33-203] LP
54.
“Exploring the Axis” Thin White Rope [Frontier
Records FLP 1015] LP
55.
“Traffic” [Island 7 90059-1] LP
56.
“Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts” Velocity Girl
[Sub Pop SP 350] LP
57.
“Pretty in Pink” VA [A&M SP 5113 LP]
58.
“Fruit Tree (includes: Five Leaves Left, Bryter
Layter, Pink Moon & Time of No Reply)” Nick Drake [Hannibal HNBX 5302] LP
59.
“The Transcendental Waterfall - Guitar
Excursions 1962-1967” John Fahey [4 Men with Beards] 4m600 LP 6 limited #138 of
3000
60.
“Discipline” King Crimson [Warner BSK 3629] LP
61.
“People's Historia” Estamos Trio with Thollem
McDonas Milo Tamez & Carmina Esocbar [Relative Pitch RPR1013] CD
62.
“Disreali Gears” Cream with Eric Clapton, Jack
Bruce and Ginger Baker [Reaction 594 003] LP
63.
“Bee Thousand” Guided By Voices [Scat SCAT36 LP]
64.
“The Complete Decca Recordings” Billie Holiday [GRP
D217027] CD
65.
“III” Sebadoh [Domino DNO 089] CD
66.
“A Brief History of the 20th Century” Gang of
Four [Warner 9 26448-2] CD
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Remembering Jack Rose, Ian McLagan and Bobby Keys
Jack
Rose made me hear the guitar differently.
He pasted on December 9, 2009 at the age of 38
Bobby Key sax solos for the Stones are part of my musical memory forever.
Ian
McLagan defined the language of the keyboard for Rock and Roll
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