Thursday, March 19, 2015

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.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

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 8th” 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

Thursday, February 5, 2015

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

Sunday, January 18, 2015

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.   


Saturday, January 10, 2015

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.  “Strange Strings” Sun Ra [Atavistic]
  13.  “Other Strange Worlds” Sun Ra [Roaratorio] LP
  14.  “Summer In The Southeast” Bonnie Prince Billy with Matt Sweeney [Sea Note SN11] LP
  15.  “Singer's Grave a Sea of Tongues” Bonnie Prince Billy [Drag City DC604] LP
  16. “Popular Hollow” Mike Gangloff [Blackest Rainbow Records BRR 257] LP
  17.  “Tell Tale Signs” Bob Dylan [Columbia]LP
  18. “Future Days” Can [Spoon] SACD
  19. “I Can Repay You” Bill Nace & Steve Baczkowski [Open Mouth OM 40] LP
  20.  “Love and Theft Bob Dylan” [Columbia CK86076] CD
  21.  “The Quest” Mal Waldron with Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin, Ron Carter, Joe Benjamin, and Charlie Persip [Prestige OJC-082] LP
  22. “Tago Mago” Can [United Artists UAS 29211] LP
  23.  “Orient” Don Cherry
  24.  “There's a Star above the Manager Tonight” Red Red Meat [Jealous Butcher JB114] LP
  25.  “Sitiches” Califone [Dead Oceans DOCO80] LP
  26. “Criss-Cross” Thelonious Monk with Charlie Rouse, John Ore & Frankie Dunlop [Columbia CK 63537] CD
  27. “The Burning World”  Swans  [Uni Records  UNI 601] LP
  28. “The Seerer” Swans  [Young God YG45] LP
  29.  “The Shape of Jazz to Come” Ornette Coleman with Don Cherry  Billy Higgins & Charlie Haden [Atlantic  SD 1317] LP
  30.  “Ride the Tiger” Yo La Tengo [Coyote Records TTC-8676] LP
  31.  “Sticky Fingers” The Rolling Stones [MFSL MFSL 1-060] LP
  32.  “Are You Experienced” Jimi Hendrix [MCA MCA2-11602] LP
  33.  “The Yellow Princess” John Fahey [Vanguard VSD-79293] LP
  34.  “Love Story” Love [Rhino R2 73500] CD
  35. “Earthquake Glue (2003)” Guided By Voices with Robert Pollard & Todd Tobias [Matador OLE-574 2] CD
  36. “Not in My Airforce” Robert Pollard [Matador OLE 215-2] CD
  37. “Shakti with John McLaughlin” John McLaughlin [Columbia  PC 34162] LP
  38. “A nod is as good as a wink...” Faces [Warner BS 2574] LP
  39. "Bad Music for Bad People” The Cramps [IRS] CD
  40. “Funeral at the Movies” Shudder to Think  [Dischord 54] LP
  41. LCD Soundsystem  [EMI]CD
  42. “Free Form Suite” Masayuki Takayanagi [Three Blind Mice TBM-XR-0010]
  43. “All Hail Western Texas” The Mountain Goats
  44. “Fuzzweed” MV & EE is Matt Valentine & Erika Elder [Three Lobed] LP
  45. “Monster” REM [Warner 9 45740-1] LP
  46. “Shleep” Robert Wyatt [Domino  DNO 207] LP+CD
  47. “Castles of Ghana” John Carter [Gramavision 18-8063-1] LP
  48. “The Madcap Laughs” & “Barrett” Syd Barrett [Capitol  SABB-11314] LP
  49. “Yellow Moon” Neville Brothers [A&M Records SP 5240] LP

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