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April 2015 Listening

1. "A Rock in the Snow" Paul Flaherty, Chris Corsano & C. Spencer Yeh [Important IMPEC095]
2. "Trio (London) 1993" Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton & Paul Rutherford [Leo LR 197]
3. "Off-Road" Mats Gustafsson & David Grubbs [Blue Chopsticks BC 11]
4. "Second Edition" PIL [Island 2WX 3288]
5. "BBC Sessions" Led Zeppelin [Atlantic 83061-2]
6. "Reverse Blue" Mary Halvorson, Chris Speed, Eivind Opsvik & Tomas Fujiwara [Relative Pitch RPR1025]
7. "Carpal Tunnel (2005)" Derek Bailey [Tzadik TZ 7612]
8. "Raag Manifestos" Jack Rose [VHF vhf#85]
9. "Trio and Duo in New Orleans" Kidd Jordan, Peter Kowald & Alvin Fielder [No Business]
10. "Des Pas Sur La Neige" Eve Risser [Clean Feed CF323CD]
11. "Painter's Spring" William Parker, Hamid Drake & Daniel Carter

1. "Isolation Drills" Guided By Voices [TVT Records TVT 2160-2]
2. "Snakeoil" Tim Berne, Ches Smith, Oscar Noriega & Matt Mitchell [ECM 2234]
3. "Ege Bamyasi" Can [Spoon]
4. "Solo (Pisa) 1982" Anthony Braxton [Leo GY 28]
5. "Duets (1995)" Anthony Braxton & Joe Fonda [Clean Feed CF079CD]
6. "Bendowa" Nobuyasu Furuya, Gabriel Ferrandini & Hernâni Faustino [Clean Feed CF194]
7. "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - LA's Desert Origins (2004)" Pavement [Matador ole 610-2]
8. "One Beat" Sleater-Kinney [Kill Rock Stars KRS387]
9. "Rise Above it All" Bardo Pond [Fire BLAZE207]
10. "Green Blues" MV & EE with Matt Valentine & Erika Elder [Ecstatic Peace! E.109]
11. "Castles of Ghana" John Carter [Gramavision 18-8063-1]
12. "Dauwhe" John Carter Octet  
13. "Hollow Lake Open Graves" Paul Kikuchi & Jesse Olson [Perfecture 001]
14. "Go" Dexter Gordon, Sonny Clark, Billy Higgins & Butch Warren [Blue Note 84112]
15. "Post-Mersh Vol. 1" Minutemen [SST Cd 138]
16. "Let England Shake" PJ Harvey [Island VR 352]
17. "Sun Worship Tiger Hatchery" Mike Forbes, Andrew Scott Young & Ben Billington [ESP 5003]
18. "First and Last" Glenn Spearman, Rashid Bakr & Matthew Goodheart [Eremite MTE015]
19. "A Jackson in your House/ Message to Our Folks" The Art Ensemble of Chicago with Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Malchi Favors & Joseph Jarman  
20. "Ultimate Nina Simone" Nina Simone [Verve]
21. "Homeless" Charles Gayle, Sinore & Dave Pleasant [Silkheart SHCD 116]
22. "The La's" The La's [London 828 202-2]
23. "London Calling" The Clash [Epic E3K92923]
24. "Talking Timbuktu" Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Toure [Hannibal HNCD 1381]

March 2015 Listening

1.       Ottawa” Paul Flaherty & Randall Colbourne [Zaabway 2006] CD

2.       “NCAT” Nate Wooley, C Spencer Yeh, Audrey Chen & Todd Carter [Monotype] LP

3.       “Vaincu.Va! (Live 1978)” Evan Parker [Western Front Music] LP

4.       “Boerum Palace” Steve Gunn [Three Lobed] LP

5.       “Summit Conference” Reggie Workman, Sam Rivers, Andrew Hill, Julian Preister and Pheeroan Aklaff

6.       “Dragnet” The Fall [IRS]

7.       “Metal Box” PIL [Virgin] CD

8.       “A Thousand Leaves” Sonic Youth

9.       “Brotzmann Trio” Peter Brotzmann, Peter Kowald and Sven Ake Johansson [Cien Fuegos CF 008] LP

10.   “Roswell Rudd” Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, Louis Moholo & Finn Von Eyben[ American  #10] CD

11.   “The Other Village Vanguard” John Coltrane with Elvin Jones Jimmy Garrison, Workman, Dolphy, Garvin Bushell,  Ahmed Abdul-Malik & McCoy Tyner [Impluse! AS-9325] LP

12.   “Mr Face” Ty Segall

13.   “Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions” David Bowie

14.   “Live” Virginia Genta, David Vanzan & Chris Corsano [Troglosound 033] LP

15.   “Psycho Candy” The Jesus and the Mary Chain [Reprise 9 25383-1] LP

16.   “Earth Passage” Joseph Jarman, Don Moye, Craig Harris & Rafael Garrett [Black Saint BSR 0052] LP

17.   “The Rest” Steve Lacy & Joe McPhee [Roaratorio - roar28] LP

18.   “Two Raga Moods” Ravi Shankar, Kanai Dutt, Gopi Mohan & Niran Roy [Capitol  SP-10482] LP

19.   “Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990)” Guided By Voices

20.   “Under the Bushes, Under the Stars” Guided By Voices [Matador]LP

21.   “Set & Setting” Bardo Pond

22.   “The Gift” The Jam

23.   “The Giant is Awakened” Horace Tapscott with Black Arthur Blythe and others [International Phonograph Inc]  CD

24.   “Content Nausea” Parquet Court

25.   “Knife Play” Xiu Xiu [5 Rue Christine]CD

26.   “Allehujah Don't Bend Ascend” Godspeed You Black Emperor  [Constellation Records CST081] LP

27.   “Hell” James Brown [Polydor PD 2-9001] LP

28.   “Best Wishes” Jad Fair [Iridescence I-16] LP

29.   “Journey” Joelle Leandre & India Cooke [NoBusiness NBLP 25] LP

30.   “Concerto for Two Violins – Bach” Heifetz [RCA LSC-3266] LP

31.   “Haydn & Boocherini Cello Concertos” Janos Starker [Angel  S 35725] LP

Ida's Sound World

I find myself listening to more CDs because I don't need to get up to change sides. Also, pulling out a record and putting it on the turntable while holding a baby is risky business.

1. Cecil Taylor, One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (HatHut 2CD): Listened to while Ida played on her "jungle gym," a forest-themed playmat.
2. Morton Feldman, Early Piano Works (Hat Art CD): Enervating for Mom, enthralling for Dad. Baby nonplussed.
3. Dennis Johnson, November (Irritable Hedgehog 4CD): A crowd-pleaser in our household. Sweet dreams, baby.
4. Cecil Taylor, Conquistador (Blue Note CD): Baby immediately stopped crying. Doesn't annoy Mom. Bill Dixon does some great stuff on this session.
5. Various Artists, God's Power (Tabs Out CS): The latest exclusive release from the world's best cassette podcast.
6. Broken Trap Ensemble, Upes (Astral Spirits CS): Some lovely improvisation from Aram Shelton et al. Probably the first time baby heard a cello outside of the womb.
7. Ballister, The Ballister Monologues (Astra Sprits CS): Blistering free-jazz set for a boisterous audience. Very lo-fi and primal. Baby didn't seem displeased. Wonder if this is what free jazz sounds like filtered through the womb?
8. Tashi Dorji, Tashi Doji (Headway CS): Listened to after our email exchange. I still dig this, but Ida started screaming when it came on.
9. Cecil Taylor, The Eighth (HatHut CD): More Cecil for Ida. Helped her to get through Mom's return to part-time work and enabled Dad to get some stuff done.
10. Yo La Tengo, I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One (Matador CD): Didn't engender much of a response.
11. William Cody Watson, Seafoam (No Kings CS): Morning Drone.
12. Coyote Image Classic, Coyote Image Classic (Hooker Vision 2CS): Soothing drones calm baby and allowed Dad to do some work.
13. Ornette Coleman, Complete Science Fiction Sessions (Columbia 2CD): Great variety for baby to enjoy. Baby started crying when first disc ended. Fortunately, there's a second disc for her pleasure.
14. Jimmy Lyons, Push Pull (HatHut 3LP): The Baby Bjorn carrier gives me the power of hands-free listening. The interplay between Borca and Lyons is awesome.
15. Beast Nest, Songs for Puppies (Full Spectrum CS): Excellent soundscapes and compositions. Highly recommended
16. Pierrot Lunaire, This Love of Mine (Sic Sic 2CS): Gauzy parlor music.
17. Glover/Perrault, Freight 1110 through Greensboro (Full Spectrum CS): Spiritual descendants of Henry Flynt.
18. Aaron Dilloway & Jason Lescalleet (Glistening Examples LP): A much different outing than Grapes and Snakes. Also enjoyed this one a lot. Lescalleet has been on fire of late.
19. Mind over Mirrors, The Voice Calling (Immune CS). One of Id'a favorite recordings.
20. Catherine Lamb, Matter/Moving (Winds Measure Recordings 2CS): A favorite from last year.
21.夕方の犬(U ･ｪ･), ʕ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ♡ (Constellation Tatsu CS). Screwed and chopped weirdness. with a bit of a doo-wop vibe.

22. Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Matador CD): Listened to in the car. Good, but doesn't do much for me these days.
23. Various Artists, Swim Trunks (Space Slave Editions 2CS): Four-way split. The Kyle Landstra and Gunter Schlienz tracks are perfect jams for 80-degree weather.

24. Roscoe Mitchell, Nonaah (Nessa 2CD): So good.

25. Archers of Loaf, Vee Vee (Alias CD): I feel old.

February 2015 Listening

1.       “Cellar Door Sessions” (1974) Miles Davis with John McLaughin, Michael Henderson, Gary Bartz, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette and Airo Moreira

2.       “Indigo Trio” Hamid Drake with Harrison Bankhead & Nicole Mitchell [Rogue Art ROG-0018] CD

3.       “Patterns in a Chromatic Field” Morton Feldman with Charles Curtis: Cello & Aleck Karis: Piano [Tzadik 8002] CD

4.       “The Music Improvisation Company” Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Jamie Muir, Christine Jeffrey and Hugh Davies [ECM 1005 ST] LP

5.       “Extricate” (1990) The Fall [COG-Sinister Fontana D 143261] CD

6.       “3:Hey!Luciani” The Fall [Beggar s Banquet Bega 176 T] LP

7.       “Calling it the 8^th” Cecil Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, William Parker and Rashid Bahr [hat Musics 3508] LP

8.       “I” (1968) Led Zeppelin [Atlantic R1-536123] LP

9.       “Daydream Nation” Sonic Youth [DGC DGCD-24515] CD

10.   “Alarm” Peter Brotzmann

11.   “For Adolphe Sax” Peter Brotzmann with Peter Kowald, Sven-Ake Johansson and Fred van Hove [Cien Fuegos CF009] LP

12.   “Funny Rat/s 3” (2009) Peter Brotzmann and Shoji Hano [Heart Lord Studio Disc HLSCD-006] CD

13.   “Illusionary Sea” Mary Halvorson with Ingrid Laubrock, Irabagon, Garchik, Hebert, Finlayson, & Ches Smith [Firehouse 12 Records FH12-04-08-017] LP

14.   “Now Is - Ingebrigt Haker Flaten New York Quartet” Joe McPhee, Nate Wooley, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Joe Morris [Clean Feed CF263CD] CD

15.   “Journey in Satchidananda” Alice Coltrane with Pharoah Sanders, Rashid Ali, Charlie Haden, and others [Impluse! IMP 12282] CD

16.   “The Other Village Vanguard” John Coltrane with Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, Workman, Dolphy, Garvin Bushell, Ahmed Abdul-Malik & McCoy Tyner [Impluse! AS-9325] LP

17.   “Cymbals” (1973) Sun Ra [Troglosound ‎ 2000] LP

18.   “Passport to Satori” Greg Kelley & Alex Neilson [Golden Lad Records ROWF6] LP

19.   “Bodies & Soul” Frank Lowe with Charles Moffett & Tom Flood [CIMP 104] CD

20.   “Ege Bamyasi” Can [Spoon] SACD

21.   “Symphony for Improvisers” (1966) Don Cherry with Ed Blackwell, Henry Grimes, Gato Barbieri, Pharoah Sanders, Karl Berger, and Jenny Clark [Blue Note B1 7243 8 28976 1 3] LP

22.   “Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People” (2000) Califone [jealous butcher jb100] LP

23.   “Genius of Modern Music - Volume 1” Thelonious Monk [Blue Note BST 81510] LP

24.   “Turn” Roscoe Mitchell with Craig Taborn, Corey Wilkes, Jaribu Shahid, and Tani Tabbal [Rogue Art Rog-0063” CD

25.   “Toc Sine” Jean-Luc Guionnet & Pascal Battus [Cathor Cath011] CD

26.   “My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky” Swans [Young God YG43X] LP

27.   “Marquee Moon” (1977) Television [Rhino R1 1098] LP

28.   “Winterreise” Alexander von Schlippenbach with Evan Parker & Paul Lovens [Psi 06.10] CD

29.   “End of the Century” (1980) Ramones [Sire SRK 6077] LP

30.   “Antiquity” Jackie McLean & Michael Carvin [Inner City 2028] LP

31.   “Regeneration” Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Mengelberg, Kent Carter and Han Bennink [Soul Note SN 1054] LP

32.   “Destiny Street” Richard Hell with Robert Quine & Fred Maher [Celluliod CEL 6619] LP

33.   “Painful” (1993) Yo La Tengo [Matador 92298-2] CD

34.   “Dig Me Out” (1996) Sleater-Kinney [Kill Rock Stars KRS279] LP

35.   “Refulgo” (2009) Bardo Pond [Three Lobed] LP

36.   “The Emerald Tablet” Rhyton [Three Lobed] LP

37.   “Juju” (1981) Sioxsie & the Banshees [PVC 8903] LP

38.   “Bandwidth” (2009) Circulasione Totale Orchestra with Frode Gjerstad [Rune Grammofon RCD 2089] CD

39.   “Compact Snap!” The Jam [Polydor 821 712-2] CD

40.   “Squirrel Bait” Squirrel Bait [Homestead Records HMS028] EP

41.   “The Moon & Antarctica” Modest Mouse [Epic ek83871] CD

42.   “Disallow” High Rise [Squealer Revisted SQLREV 1003] LP

43.   “Terraform” (1998) Shellac with Steve Albini, Bob Weston and Todd Trailor [Touch and Go TG200] LP

44.   “European Echoes” (1969) Manfred Schoof with 16 performers including Evan Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Derek Bailey, Kowald, Van Hove [Cien Fuegos CF 008] LP

45.   “Water Music” Handel  performed by Nicholas McGrehan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra [Harmonia Mundi HUM 7010] LP

46.   “Not the Spaces You Know, But Between Them” Bardo Pond, Steve Gunn, Sonic Youth, Sun City Girls, Mouthus, Comets on Fire, Wooden Wand and Eternal Tapestry [Three Lobed Recordings TLR-080] LP

47.   “Iorxhscimtor” (2001) Orthrelm -‎ Mick Barr and Josh Blair [Tolotta Records TOL 09V] 12"

48.   “Time for a Witness” (1991) The Feelies [A&M 75021 5344 2] CD

49.   “Jane's Addiction” Jane's Addiction [Triple X Records 51004-2] CD

50.   “Too Much Too Soon” New York Dolls [Mercury SRM-1-1001] LP

January 2015 Listening

1.       “Porcupine” Echo and the Bunnymen [Sire 9 23770-1] LP

2.       “Low Cost Space Flights (2013)” Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano [Feeding Tube Records FTR152] LP

3.       “Live at Spectacle” Steve Baczkowski, Chris Corsano, Bill Nace and Greg Kelley [Open Mouth 34] LP

4.       “Key Cutter” Vampire Can't with Chris Corsano, Bill Nace and Jessica Rylan [Load Records 073] LP

5.       “Quadrologues” Transit with Nate Wooley, Reuben Radding, Jeff Arnal and Seth Misterka [Clean Feed CF143CD] CD

6.       “Quintessence (1973-74)” Spontaneous Music Ensemble with Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Tervor Watts, Kent Carter, and John Stevens [Emanem 4217] CD

7.       “Topography of the Lungs” Evan Parker, Derek Bailey and Hans Bennik [OTOroku ROKU(RE)001] LP

8.       “Sum and Differences” Peter Evans, Sam Pluta Jim and Altieri [Carrier 008] CD

9.       “Dark to Themselves” Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, David S Ware, Mark Edwards and Raphe Malik [Inner City 3001] LP

10.   “Live at Nefertiti” Peter Brotzmann, Peeter Uuskyla and Peter Friis Nielsen [Ayler Records aylCD-004] CD

11.   “Fox Fire” Ken Vandermark, Barry Guy and Mark Sanders [Maya MCD0901] CD

12.   “Broda” Ben Chasny & Gala Drop [Gala Drop Records] LP

13.   “Ascension (1965)” John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Marion Brown, Archie Shepp, and Dewey Johnson [Impluse! AS-95] LP

14.   “Other Planes of There (1964)” Sun Ra [Saturn Records KH-98766] LP

15.   “Disco 3000” Sun Ra Art Yard [LP 001] LP

16.   “Heraldic Beasts (1998-2001)” Pelt with Jack Rose, Mike Gangloff & Patrick Best [Eclipse Records ECL-050] LP

17.   “Time's Vibes” Neokarma Jooklo Trio with Virginia Genta, David Vanzan and Maurizio Abate [Conspiracy Records CORE076] LP

18.   “Evo Magico” Neokarma Jooklo Trio with Virginia Genta, David Vanzan and Maurizio Abate [Troglosound Troglosound ‎– 1000] LP

19.   “Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc (1987)” Nikki Sudden & Rowland S Howard [Creation Records CRELP 022] LP

20.   “Half Smiles of the Decomposed” Guided By Voices [Matador OLE 612-2] CD

21.   “Isolation Drills” Guided By Voices [TVT Records TVT 2160-2] CD

22.   “Get Happy!(1980)” Elvis Costello and the Attractions [Columbia PC 36347] LP

23.   “Unwound” Bloodcount with Tim Berne Chris Speed Michael Formanek & Jim Black [Screwgun] CD

24.   “Sun Zoom Spark” Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band [Rhino Records R1 541728 / 8122795862} LP

25.   “Spiderland” Slint [Touch and Go TG 64] LP

26.   “Science Fiction” Ornette Coleman [Columbia C2K 63569] CD

27.   “Second Album” The Beatles [Capitol ST 2080] LP

28.   “The Condor” Steve Lacy with Steve Potts Bobby Few, Jean-Jacques Avenel; Oliver Johnson; Irene Aebi; & Sam Woodyard [Soul Note SN 1135] LP

29.   “The Kinks Kronikles (1972)” The Kinks [Reprise 2XS 6454] LP

30.   “Smokin” Humble Pie [A&M SP 4342] LP

31.   “Brown Submarine” Boston Spaceships with Robert Pollard [Guided By Voices Inc GBVI-3] CD

32.   “Life Stars Here (2002)” Airport 5 with Robert Pollard

33.   “My Goals Beyond” John McLaughlin [Elektra E1-60031} LP

34.   “A Date with Elvis (1984)” The Cramps [Big Beat Wika 46] LP

35.   “Gris-Gris” Dr John [Atco 33-234] LP

36.   “Amok! EP” Ledernacken  EP

37.   “Mosiac Select: Grachan Moncur III” Grachan Moncur III [Mosaic MS-001] CD

38.   “Switched On” Stereolab [Slumberland 22] CD

Changes in the Sound Room

There were some changes to my downstairs stereo in 2014.  The Rega CD player was moved upstairs and replaced with an Oppo 103 CD/DVD Player.  The Oppo acts a music server to a Synology DS411slim NAS (Network Area Storage).  This allows me to tap into my over one TB of digital music.  It has redundant disk storage and back up.  This is actually a step back in digital sound but a step forward in digital music convenience and management.  The future may lead to adding a used DAC (Digital Audio Converter).

On the analog side, added a Zu Audio’s Denon DL-103 R Mk.II cartridge with a Bob’s Devices CineMag 3440 AH (Blue) Transformer (MC) Step-Up Device. Wow, what a change this made.  The system has included moving coils from Adcom, Sumiko, and Ortofon but this has quantum change in getting dynamic and low level percussion & bass information from the groves.  This magical combination has been featured many times at the Capital Audio Show.  Still looking to upgrading the pre-amp, phono pre-amp, turntable and tonearm

At the back-end of the system, an old pair of Sennheisers have been replaced with Mr. Speaker Alpha Dog Headphones.  Again, big “wow” reaction.  The bass and smoothness across the spectrum makes it a huge improvement.  This can also be attributed to Burson SoloistHeadphone Amp / Pre Amp with is high quality build solid state that is very versatile. 

There are a lot of big plans hopefully in the near future including speakers and turntable, will be trying to make those dreams a reality.   

December 2014 Listening

1. “Bitches Brew” Miles Davis [Columbia PG 26] LP
2. “Secret Measure” John Butcher & Phil Durrant [Wobbly Rail  WOB 006] CD
3. “The Quest” Sam Rivers, Dave Holland & Barry Altschul [Fabbri Editori GDJ 15] LP
4. “Sparks” Peter Evans & Tom Blancarte [Creative Sources  CS 119] CD
5. “Live in Lisbon” Peter Evans, Tom Blancarte, Kevin Shea and Ricardo Gallo [Clean Feed  CF179CD] CD
6. “First Issue” PIL [Light in the Attic] LP
7. “Mollie's in the Mood” Peter Brotzmann & Jason Adasiewicz [Eremite BRO-9] LP
8. “Boanerges” Jim Sauter & Kid Millions [Doubtmusic DMF-149} CD
9. “Milwaukee Volume” Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love [Smalltown SuperJazz STS/180CD] CD
10. “The Black Dirt Sessions” Jack Rose [Three Lobed Recordings  TLR 066] LP
11. “Huntington Ashram Monastry] Alice Coltrane, Rashied Ali & Ron Carter [Impluse! AS-9185] LP
12. 
13.  “Strange Strings” Sun Ra [Atavistic]
14.  “Other Strange Worlds” Sun Ra [Roaratorio] LP
15.  “Summer In The Southeast” Bonnie Prince Billy with Matt Sweeney [Sea Note SN11] LP
16.  “Singer's Grave a Sea of Tongues” Bonnie Prince Billy [Drag City DC604] LP
17. “Popular Hollow” Mike Gangloff [Blackest Rainbow Records BRR 257] LP
18.  “Tell Tale Signs” Bob Dylan [Columbia]LP
19. “Future Days” Can [Spoon] SACD
20. “I Can Repay You” Bill Nace & Steve Baczkowski [Open Mouth OM 40] LP
21.  “Love and Theft Bob Dylan” [Columbia CK86076] CD
22.  “The Quest” Mal Waldron with Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin, Ron Carter, Joe Benjamin, and Charlie Persip [Prestige OJC-082] LP
23. 
24. “Tago Mago” Can [United Artists UAS 29211] LP
25.  “Orient” Don Cherry
26.  “There's a Star above the Manager Tonight” Red Red Meat [Jealous Butcher JB114] LP
27.  “Sitiches” Califone [Dead Oceans DOCO80] LP
28. “Criss-Cross” Thelonious Monk with Charlie Rouse, John Ore & Frankie Dunlop [Columbia CK 63537] CD
29. “The Burning World”  Swans  [Uni Records  UNI 601] LP
30. “The Seerer” Swans  [Young God YG45] LP
31.  “The Shape of Jazz to Come” Ornette Coleman with Don Cherry  Billy Higgins & Charlie Haden [Atlantic  SD 1317] LP
32.  “Ride the Tiger” Yo La Tengo [Coyote Records TTC-8676] LP
33.  “Sticky Fingers” The Rolling Stones [MFSL MFSL 1-060] LP
34.  “Are You Experienced” Jimi Hendrix [MCA MCA2-11602] LP
35.  “The Yellow Princess” John Fahey [Vanguard VSD-79293] LP
36.  “Love Story” Love [Rhino R2 73500] CD
37. “Earthquake Glue (2003)” Guided By Voices with Robert Pollard & Todd Tobias [Matador OLE-574 2] CD
38. “Not in My Airforce” Robert Pollard [Matador OLE 215-2] CD
39. “Shakti with John McLaughlin” John McLaughlin [Columbia  PC 34162] LP
40. “A nod is as good as a wink...” Faces [Warner BS 2574] LP
41. "Bad Music for Bad People” The Cramps [IRS] CD
42. “Funeral at the Movies” Shudder to Think  [Dischord 54] LP
43. LCD Soundsystem  [EMI]CD
44. “Free Form Suite” Masayuki Takayanagi [Three Blind Mice TBM-XR-0010]
45. “All Hail Western Texas” The Mountain Goats
46. “Fuzzweed” MV & EE is Matt Valentine & Erika Elder [Three Lobed] LP
47. “Monster” REM [Warner 9 45740-1] LP
48. “Shleep” Robert Wyatt [Domino  DNO 207] LP+CD
49. “Castles of Ghana” John Carter [Gramavision 18-8063-1] LP
50. “The Madcap Laughs” & “Barrett” Syd Barrett [Capitol  SABB-11314] LP
51. “Yellow Moon” Neville Brothers [A&M Records SP 5240] LP

Daniel Bachman at St. George's Episcopal Church, Fredricksburg VA, December 14, 2014

Incredible show

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 

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

Pairing #5 - San Diego via New Zealand - Green Flash Green Bullet with Drive Like Jehu & Dead C

This one is not going to be too complicated.  This is a San Diego beer with New Zealand hops.  In anticipation of this combination, I pulled from the library music synonymous with both these locations.   Rocket from the Tombs & Drive like Jehu (who recently reformed for one show) hails from the San Diego area.  I was lucky to catch both of these bands led by David Reis with the high power guitar output.  Dead C is from New Zealand and they have a noise tag on them.  Their primitive aesthetic plays into an early Sonic Youth comp but there are stronger punk ties but from the New Zealand perspective.  Who knows what the punk scene would be like in New Zealand and how it was influenced by social impact and music.  This compilation called “Vain, Erudite, and Stupid: Selected Works 1987-2005” on Ba Da Bing! is a mystery to me and keeps me coming back. 

Green Flash has been a brewery that makes a lot of variation on the IPA in the “bomber” format or crack for hop heads.  Bomber format are a lot like box sets to me, but they don’t pack the value box sets give you but there is usually something rare in there.  The Green Bullet has New Zealand grown Pacific Gem and Green Bullet hops to create a big Triple IPA (10.1 % ABV ; 100 IBU). It has complex fruit flavors like mango and pineapple and an earthiness.  Very yummy!

Lately Listening

1. Henry Flynt, Ascent to the Sun (Recorded CD): One of my favorites from Flynt.
2. Joe McPhee, Tenor & Fallen Angels (HatHut CD): Solo McPhee
3. Joe McPhee, Nation Time (Atavistic UMS CD): Feeling the spirit.
4. Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love (Laurence Family 2LP): A really nice package. Music is good, too.
5. Sun Ra, Space Aura (Art Yard 10" LP): Recorded at SUNY Buffalo. Some good stuff here, but probably not essential. Looking forward to hearing that shelved ABC-Impulse! album that Roaratorio plans to release.
6. The End of the World Championship, Balance Beam (Sacred Phrases CS): Really intense drones.
7. Tom Blancarte, The Shortening of the Way (Tubapede LP): So much more than a solo bass record.
8. Nate Wooley/Hugo Antunes/Chris Corsano, Malus (NoBusiness LP): Very atmospheric. Lots of breathing room.
9. Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Ballades (Hooker Vision 6CS): Beautiful. Very happy to have this.
10. John Dikeman, The Double Trio (Astral Spirits CS): A mixed bag. Some strong stuff on the B-side. Jeb Bishop is the man.
11. Sound Out Light, I'm Leaving This World (Digitalis CS): The title says it all.
12. Dylan Golden Aycock, Guitar Meanderings (Cabin Floor Esoterica CS): Pretty much.
13. Grasshopper, Dark Sabbath: Symbols of Evil (Hausu Mountain LP): Bow your heads.

Box Set Fever #1 - John Fahey "The Transcendental Waterfall - Guitar Excursions 1962-967"

New series of posts called “Box Set Fever”.  There some serious vices going on in this blog but one that is not as transparent are the need to acquire box sets.  They are not just another LP/CD they are an historical artifact, a knowledge base and very cool to own.  Now the problem comes when you justify anything to get the box set no matter what.  Unlike a single LP/CD box sets have a lot more to be judged on.  Packaging and contents are much more important.

The first in this series is John Fahey’s Transcendental Waterfall six LP set.  This is the heart of Fahey’s early career and defines him as a player.  It is mainly acoustic guitar and sparse accompaniment.  The material is sublime and I have been listening to this music for at least a decade plus.  The packaging includes replicated sleeves of the original album, each album has a couple pages of write up associated with it, a single double-sided liner notes of the box, a poster, a post card and EVEN a t-shirt.  The feel of the box construction and material is barely passable. There is a lot of space when you take the t-shire out and thus I don’t think it is going to wear well over time.  The albums are pressed on blue vinyl and the surface noise level is high.  I do believe that colored vinyl is not as good sounding and choose black when that option is available.  I can’t tell if the material is re-mastered but I would not give this box set high mark in that category.  I really glad I got the box just wish it was a little higher quality given the importance of the material.  

Happy 65th Birthday David S. Ware

David S. Ware dies in 2012 but his music and his energy live on.  He would have been 65 on Nov 7, 2014.  A true fire breather with the horn and his skill and range made him a giant in free jazz.

Ware's discography is on a variety of labels.  There are some Columbia releases that are easy to get compared to the DIW, Silheart, and HatHut.  Anything with Matthew Shipp is a must have.  Shipp really is up for Ware's challenge.  My library includes some good vinyl, including a rare copy of "Birth of a Being" on Hat Hut.  Also, be on the look out for the Andrew Cyrille & Maono releases with him and the Cecil Taylor release "Darkness Unto Themselves"