What Are You Listening To?

[Jerome]

Level 42 - The Collection - like the 'Leaving Me Now' track. Some of the others don't sound as good as I remembered them from years ago. After that Talk Talk - The Party's Over - a fave of mine.

[SteveO]

Dug out some Cramps albums..... Love this live album from 1987 !!!!!

THE CRAMPS - ROCKIN and REELIN in AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND

[Jerome]

Next up is going to be Sade's 'Diamond Life'. The production is slick, the sounds are fantabulous and the girl is just .......(add your own description). A class act if ever there was one. To be followed by Vaya Con Dios, whom I had the privelege of seeing in Cape Town many moons ago. Thx to Charlie for convincing me to go to the concert. I was mesmerised. Ay yai yai yai yai yai - Puerto Rico - classic!http://youtu.be/1ezoHD_FynQ

[Jerome]

Going way back today to the Moody Blues - a random selection of 3 CD's - To Our Children's Children's Children, In Search of the Lost Chord & Seventh Sojourn. After that 'Wrong Way Up' - Eno/Cale

[Tiggi]

Latest release, from 2011.

My own copy on shiny silver disc.

Marianne has never been a technically accomplished singer, but with her advancing years she's become almost the female equivalent of His Bobness, in that what she does bring to the table is a voice soaked in the experience of life, and that voice is a wonderful thing in 2011.

Never a strong songwriter either, but as ever her choice of covers is impeccable; The Gutter Twins, R.B. Morris, Jackie Lomax, Lesley Duncan, Goffin & King, The Shangri-Las, & Allen Toussaint. A clutch of decent originals are included, and the whole is a beautifully played, and hugely musical tour de force.


Not scored by AllMusic.

[Jerome]

Latest release, from 2011.My own copy on shiny silver disc.Marianne has never been a technically accomplished singer, but with her advancing years she's become almost the female equivalent of His Bobness, in that what she does bring to the table is a voice soaked in the experience of life, and that voice is a wonderful thing in 2011.Never a strong songwriter either, but as ever her choice of covers is impeccable; The Gutter Twins, R.B. Morris, Jackie Lomax, Lesley Duncan, Goffin & King, The Shangri-Las, & Allen Toussaint. A clutch of decent originals are included, and the whole is a beautifully played, and hugely musical tour de force.Not scored by AllMusic.

Think her 'Child's Adventure' is fantastic.

[SteveO]

An absolute favorite of mine ever since I bought Broken English away back on vinyl !

I'll have to check out her new one !

[mtthwibrahim]

Gilded Palace of Sin-Flying Burrito Brothers

A country rock classic. Before I ever heard the stuff Gram Parsons did (solo career, Flying Burrito Brothers, the Byrds) I thought all country was boring twanging redneck rubbish. Boy, did Gram ever prove me wrong

[SteveO]

THE LEVELLERS - HEADLIGHTS, WHITE LINES , BLACK TAR RIVERS (BEST LIVE -1996)




[SIZE=2]I'm on a little Live album kick lately. I discovered this one at my favorite cd store ( CD Heaven) and I am very very glad I did !!!!

The Levellers are dynamite to listen to in this live setting featuring tracks from their 1995-96 European Tour. Jon Kelly (executive producer) and the band themselves deserve tremendous praise for one of the best produced live albums I've heard in years !

The sound is clean and crisp similar to a studio album. Rock, alternative rock, English folk, folky punk...it's all here in a highly entertaining uptempo album.

Track Listing:

1. "Sell Out" – 4:57 **
   
2. "Hope St" – 4:24 ****
   
3. "Fifteen Years" – 3:19 ***
   
4. "Exodus" – 4:08 ****
   
5. "Carry Me" – 4:42 *
   
6. "Boatman" – 4:20 **
   
7. "Three Friends" – 4:07 *
   
8. "Men-An-Tol" - 4:43 ****
   
9. "The Road" – 4:01 **
   
10. "One Way" – 6:17 **
    
11. "England My Home" – 3:57 *
    
12. "Battle of the Beanfield" – 3:19 **
    
13. "Liberty" – 4:57 **
    
14. "Riverflow" – 3:28 **
    

Total time: 65:38

THE LEVELLERS from Brighton, England ( England band again !!! ???)

• Mark Chadwick (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
  
• Simon Friend (1990 to present: guitar, banjo, vocals, mandolin, harmonica)
  
• Jeremy Cunningham (bass guitar, vocals)
  
• Charlie Heather (drums)
  
• Jonathan Sevink (fiddle)
  
• Matt Savage (2003 to present: keyboards, backing vocals)
  

Sometimes supported by Stephen Boakes (didgeridoo).

ALLMUSIC rating - 4/5 I LOVE THIS ALBUM - 5/5


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[Tiggi]

[SIZE=2]Jon Kelly (executive producer) and the band themselves deserve tremendous praise for one of the best produced live albums I've heard in years !
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Absolutely agree Steve. The sound of the rhythm section on this album has to be the closest thing I've heard to the sound at a live gig, where the sound crew know exactly what they're doing.

I went to college with their manager !!

Great band...