Kevin Bresnahan Posted April 16 Report Posted April 16 David Binney - In The Arms Of Light (Diese Onze) Ambient stuff that I like to veg out to on occasion. Quote
BFrank Posted April 18 Report Posted April 18 Haven't listened to this in a long time. Ex-Beefheart musicians, with Sam Galpin on vocals (sort of a cross between Beefheart and Lowell George). Mallard released 2 albums in the mid-70s. Worth tracking down! Quote
Aggie87 Posted April 22 Report Posted April 22 11 hours ago, BFrank said: I wish this had resulted in a full-blown, ongoing Japan reunion. np: Cowboy Junkies - Songs of the Recollection Quote
jazzbo Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 Yes “Tales of Topographic Oceans” Atlantic 2 LP, LP 1 I have a long history with this 2 LP set. I was in a band with a great guitar player that I had spent a year beforehand just jamming with and helping him work out his original songs and favorite covers. We were blues guys who had that as our bedrock, but when he launched the band he wanted to branch out into more rock territory. Before he had urged me into a Mitch Mitchell style, and I had been practicing to Kenny Clarke and Jack DeJohnette drumming and shifted some of that into my “style.” All of a sudden he asked me to study this Yes release because he thought he and I both needed to “reign in our busy playing” and he also liked how Alan White had a bit more of a laid back “feel” and how he structured the drum patterns for each segment of these long full-side recordings. I liked Yes, but I was mourning the departure of Bill Buford, and I didn’t “get” what my friend was after for a while. I made tapes of the four sides here and did practice to them, and listen to them over and over and then tried a new approach in practices and what I thought was not a great idea at first became a good thing for us. And then the bass player quit. The first bass player that quit. It seemed with this band every time we would get “there” and get a gig someone LEFT. Sigh. That was a long time ago! My vinyl playback is the best it’s ever been and I’m enjoying revisiting this music and hearing it so well reproduced. Quote
JSngry Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 16 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Yes “Tales of Topographic Oceans” Atlantic 2 LP, LP 1 I have a long history with this 2 LP set. I was in a band with a great guitar player that I had spent a year beforehand just jamming with and helping him work out his original songs and favorite covers. We were blues guys who had that as our bedrock, but when he launched the band he wanted to branch out into more rock territory. Before he had urged me into a Mitch Mitchell style, and I had been practicing to Kenny Clarke and Jack DeJohnette drumming and shifted some of that into my “style.” All of a sudden he asked me to study this Yes release because he thought he and I both needed to “reign in our busy playing” and he also liked how Alan White had a bit more of a laid back “feel” and how he structured the drum patterns for each segment of these long full-side recordings. I liked Yes, but I was mourning the departure of Bill Buford, and I didn’t “get” what my friend was after for a while. I made tapes of the four sides here and did practice to them, and listen to them over and over and then tried a new approach in practices and what I thought was not a great idea at first became a good thing for us. And then the bass player quit. The first bass player that quit. It seemed with this band every time we would get “there” and get a gig someone LEFT. Sigh. That was a long time ago! My vinyl playback is the best it’s ever been and I’m enjoying revisiting this music and hearing it so well reproduced. Waaaaay back in the day, this was the one Yes record that I really dug. Come to find out that today it's the one OG Yes record that people hate. Go figure that. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 Yes' Topographic Oceans was never a favorite of mine but it's been many decades since I've heard it. Back in those days, "Fragile" & "Yessongs" got onto the turntable quite a bit, with "Yessongs" being a sort of a live "Greatest Hits" package. Quote
JSngry Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 I forgot about Relayer. I recall liking that one too. But that was it. Quote
Dub Modal Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 6 minutes ago, JSngry said: I forgot about Relayer. I recall liking that one too. But that was it. Patrick Moraz on that one, added something beneficial imo Quote
BFrank Posted April 27 Report Posted April 27 Excellent new album from the former "db", "Contental Drifter" and producer of indie rockers like REM, etc. Quote
HutchFan Posted April 28 Report Posted April 28 Just picked up this gem: Mickey Newbury - Live at Montezuma Hall / Looks Like Rain (Elektra, 2 LPs, 1973) I love Mickey Newbury's music. Quote
Rabshakeh Posted May 2 Report Posted May 2 Porter Wagoner – The Cold Hard Facts Of Life Carlos Paredes – Guitarra Portuguesa Cameron Winter – Heavy Metal Exuma – Exuma Quote
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