What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

^^
yes it is
little known here

but we know Odessa tops all

[CRAZY-HORSE]

^^

haven't heard Life In A Tin Can, sounds like I should
Wiki'd it, cant recall anything from it neither??

[Jerome]

Must give it a try Crazy Man - one of my late brothers favourite albums. I would be VERY surprised if you do not like it.

here is the whole album - https://youtu.be/Eu9trxBUAww

[Jerome]

And I am going to start off the new year with the album that woke me up to how powerful music can be - still waiting for someone to come up with something even close to this - https://youtu.be/YLIy2t-KAc0

[Ruby]

Shawn Phillips is my listening pleasure to end off the very challenging year that was 2019 - Rumpelstiltskin's Resolve. Never not gonna love his music (most of it anyway!). Incredible songs on this album, "Early Morning Hours", "Serendipity Peace" and "Wailing Wall" which is really speaking to me today ... crackles and all. 

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE KINKS "Arthur (or the decline and fall of the British Empire)" cd, 1969/2019

a Christmas gift from my sister
the 2019 remaster/reissue of this forgotten classic Kinks album from 1969.
based on the heartbreak both Ray and Dave felt when their sister and her husband, Arthur, emigrated
to Australia in the late 1960s.
album flopped everywhere, only charted in the US at a lowly #105
four singles issued, with the only charting one being "Victoria" which barely scraped the top40 anywhere
another glorious hidden gem in the Kinks arsenal
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

the title track:





the lyrics:

Arthur was born just a plain simple man
In a plain simple working class position
Though the world was hard and its ways were set
He was young and he had so much ambition
All the way he was overtaken
By the people who make the big decisions
But he tried and he tried for a better life
And a way to improve his own condition
If only life were easy it would be such fun
Things would be more equal and be plenty for everyone
Arthur the world's gone and passed you by
Don't you know it, don't you know it
You can cry, cry all night but it won't make it right
Don't ya know it, don't ya know it
Arthur we know and we sympathize
Don't ya know it, don't ya know it
Arthur we like you and want to help you
Somebody loves you don't you know it
How is your life and your Shangri-la
And your long lost land of Hallelujah
And your hope and glory has passed you by
Can't you see what the world is doing to ya
And now we see your children
Sailing off in the setting sun
To a new horizon
Where there's plenty for everyone
Arthur, could be
That the world was wrong
Don't ya know it, don't ya know it
Arthur, could be
You were right all along
Don't ya know it, I hope ya know it
Now we know and we sympathize
We'd like to help you and understand you
Don't ya know it, don't ya know it
Somebody loves you, don't ya know it
Don't ya know it, don't ya know it
Arthur the world's gone and passed you by
Don't ya know it, don't ya know it
You can cry, cry all night
But it won't make it right
Don't ya know it, don't ya know it
Arthur we read you and understand you
Arthur we like

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Must give it a try Crazy Man - one of my late brothers favourite albums. I would be VERY surprised if you do not like it.

here is the whole album - https://youtu.be/Eu9trxBUAww

okay so I listened
i swear those guys could take a dump in the can and it would sound like a symphony!
I was always going to love it, theres not a single album of theirs 
ive listened to that I don't love and this is no exception.
I just wish their back catalogue was easily available on cd!
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

two favourite tracks are the ones that bookend the album:

"saw a new morning"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygOQnbXj0Q  tv performance

"method to my madness"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfE8w5aXq_s  audio

[Ruby]

Jorma Kaukonen - Quah 



Guitarist and vocalist from Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna before embarking on a solo career which kicked off with this debut album. Not sure where the weird owl thing on the cover comes from!! From what I can gather it was designed by his wife at the time who was a frustrated artist and who descended into psychedelia very heavily - things didn't end well. Anyway - his voice sometimes reminds me of Cat Stevens and oddly, Rodriguez. Very listenable I thought - I'd pick it up if it shouted at me - folk/rock - he's got a lot more bluesy since then - the signs were clear. He's a really excellent guitarist and there is a nice string section on here for occasional songs. Tom Hobson provides lead vocals on two tracks, one of which is one of my favourites on a first up listen ... 

"Blue Prelude" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nUfc67puhw - kinda messy by strangely appealing

"Flying Clouds" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Lyw2klBtE

"Hamar Promenade" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JHNi40TlMM

The lead track ...

[Jerome]

My neighbours called the cops because I was playing this too loud. They got arrested.
https://youtu.be/hZ8QtwH7r80

[CRAZY-HORSE]

JIMMY BARNES  "flesh and wood" cd, 1993

his seventh solo set
an acoustic set that are stripped down versions of his own songs,
Cold Chisel songs and a few covers.
album was a failure by his standards, only reached #2 on the Aussie charts and
was only certified 2x platinum also.
half of the fifteen tracks are duts with other Aussie vocalist.
album shows a more mature side to Barnes that his blues rock sound
songs stripped down like this make it easy to hear the lyrics clearly
nothing on here matches the originals but its a nice one to listen to whilst driving
I LIKE THIS ALBUM