Other than Death Metal, what are you listening to?

[Ayinger]

haha....I've got a best of BOC made up for Phil sitting here --- the very first track: "Stairway To The Stars" !!! That was MY song when that album came out!

Out of 17 tracks, only the last four are post-third album......(and yeah, I had a hard time editing out tunes from Tryanny)

[upinkzeppelin2]

Just listened to:




Laugh if you will. John Williams is a friggin genius. This is the greatest soundtrack I've ever heard and ever will hear, I'm quite sure. Still brings chills down my spine to this day and has a lot of nostalgic value too. I remember sitting in a dark room with my brother and neighbor listening to this and how scary the beginning of it was. "Adventure On Earth" which is the 15 minute track at the end, is about as passionate as I've ever heard music get. I used to consider this soundtrack a "guilty pleasure" so I guess I'm still guilty......of having stellar taste in music, I reckon.

[RocDoc]

cursed!
ALL of us cursed with stellar taste!!!

or is it extraterrestrial taste?
mine is definitely extraterrestrial lately...what with snakefinger/the residents weirdness i been listenin' to...ai, weird.

i won't even play that in the car for my kid.

he gets danko jones, dammit!
god, he LOVES danko jones.
has 'play the blues' memorized i swear.
great song, clean but with a bit of a misogynistic tone to it -
"if you wanna learn to play the blues
ya gotta
get
yourself
a
woman"

oh well....

soundtrack-wise, you need to here mark knopfler's long riders soundtrack, mistah thunk.

earlier:

ok, there has BEEN a gaggle of springsteen fans posting here over the years. holzman and jac spring instantly to mind.
too bad it seems like no-one's been around to proffer a few syllable on THIS masterpiece (or was this one the one i saw jac do a nearly endless gusher about, when my interest hadn't yet been piqued?)...the upshot - WOW!!!
time travel, perfected and right into the spot twixt the two greats, born to run and darkness. WOW!

np:

<sub>Eric Clapton - Asiaworld Arena
Hong Kong, China - January 17, 2007 - CD-R2 - Aud 3

Disc 1:
1.Tell the Truth
2.Key to the Highway
3.Got to Get Better in a Little While
4.Little Wing
5.Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad
6.Driftin' Blues
7.Outside Woman Blues
8.Nobody Knows You
9.Running on Faith
Disc 2:
1.Motherless Children
2.Little Queen of Spades
3.Anyday
4.Wonderful Tonight (edit)
5.Layla
6."Encore Call"
7.Cocaine
8.Crossroads</sub>


this IS one of the few boots i'd seen with derek trucks still in the band....and he and EC doing the sweeeet outro duet to 'why does love got to be so sad' is so absolutely PERRRFECT!

a gently singing, sIghing electric guitar nirvana, sort of ala albatross.

if you love guitar you've got to hear it.

[RocDoc]

NP:


Disc 2 of the 2 disc legacy edition - montreal spectrum august 17th, 1984, the LATE show!

holy crap what a HOT show!
SRV starts off with testify then rips into one of the best 'voodoo child sl return''s that i've ever heard...and the crowd is effing STUNNED. stevie's like 'hello? hello?' after he finishes...then you can hear some reaction.
i saw the man 3-4 times early on (a couple 3 more times later)and can attest, he'd come out of the box at you like that and everyone's 'holy shit! wtf was THAT?!'
absolutely wonderful sound allowing all his nuance to be heard.

Jan 18, 2011 17:57:08 GMT -5 Ayinger said:

haha....I've got a best of BOC made up for Phil sitting here --- the very first track: "Stairway To The Stars" !!! That was MY song when that album came out!

Out of 17 tracks, only the last four are post-third album......(and yeah, I had a hard time editing out tunes from Tryanny)

an impossible job, far as i'm concerned.
the latest editions (ie the remasters) of the BoC # 1 and 2 come with bonus tracks (live stuff if i'm not mistaken), but i ended getting a first pressing of the 1st and dl'd another basic copy of T&M. those 2 back to back went like 75 minutes. perfect.
and EVERY song is great, of course with my early associations of 'party time!'.

then there's the esteemed baistophe website doing them up like this. on TWO discs:

<sub>BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
R U READY TO ROCK ?
(1970-2001)

Don't trust any aspect. Blue Öyster Cult has always travelled through time with many rumors... First, they have been rapidly stamped "hard rock" band and "nasty" boys because of some themas in their songs but, if you listen to the music, it's just rock'n'roll ! while the nasty reputation, this is over estimated because they are one of the nicest people in rock history.
Some people have accused them to have neo-nazi thoughts (maybe because of their logo that reminds the swastika). If it were true, BÖC would be the first jewish nazi in history ever while the logo is simply made of three exclamation mark and a question mark gathered togther by the point.
As you may understand, unlike Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blue Öyster Cult have not the reputation people give them. It's just a good ol' rock band that went through almost 4 decades with almost no lack of talent. Enjoy !


CD1 :

1. St. Cecilia (by The Stalk-Forrest Group)
2. Then Came The Last Days Of May
3. Stairway To The Stars
4. She's As Beautiful As A Foot
5. Cities On Flame With Rock'n'Roll
6. The Red And The Black
7. Hot Rails To Hell
8. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters
9. Buck's Boogie
10. Subhuman
11. Haversters Of Eyes
12. Astronomy
13. Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf cover)
14. (Don't Fear) The Reaper
15. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
16. Tattoo Vampire

CD2 :

1. Godzilla
2. RU Ready To Rock
3. The Great Sun Jester
4. I Am The Storm
5. Black Blade
6. Monsters
7. Burnin' For You
8. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars
9. Dragon Lady
10. In The Presence Of Another World
11. The Siege And Investiture Of Baron Von Frankenstein's Cas
12. See You In Black
13. Harvest Moon
14. Cold Gray Light Of Dawn
15. The Old Gods Return
16. Stone Of Love</sub>


i'm wondering what your take is on this selection here, don.

i've gotten so many of their other collections which, though they missed some of my favorites (cat stevens, return to forever) were nonetheless stellar because some of the songs were just enough off the beaten path to make me want to hear their collections (aka 'baistophe'), which IS the idea innit?

[RocDoc]

i got a few of these alvin lee shows awhile back, though all from 3 consecutive show across italy...now the german shows are popping up - THIS is great one:

NP
<sub>Alvin Lee Band featuring Mick Taylor
Live in Kiel, Germany
11/03/1981
Excellent SBD

Tracks
01 Honey Pie
02 Slow Blues In "C"
03 Goin' Through The Door
04 Can't Stop
05 Just Another Boogie
06 Help Me
07 Love Like A Man

Download links bellow:
h**p://gratefulbreed.blogspot.com/20...e-in-kiel.html</sub>

and this ^ one is just 47-49 minutes and i was still needing a place to park the finale from THIS show so i dl'd it one more time. this a GREAT fucking show!:

<sub>11-28-2009, 10:48 AM #1
biniof
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Friends,here is a good bootleg.

Alvin Lee Band feat. Mick Taylor -
Rolling Stone,
Milano, Italy,
October 28th 1981,
complete show from master.

Disc One :

1. Intro
2. One Of These Days
3. Pecan Pie
4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
5. Slow Blues In C
6. Love Like A Man
7. Going Through The Door
8. Slow Down

Disc Two :

1. Can't Stop
2. I'm Writing You A Letter
3. Band introduction > Boogie All Night Long Jam
4. Sweet Little Sixteen
5. I'm Going Home > Baby Please Don't Go > Blue suede Shoes >
Shake Baby Shake > I'm Going Home

Really good recording, terrific show.Enjoy.

Link : h**p://www.zshare.net/download/69127353e0aea6ce/</sub>


right now, 'goin home' is sending me OUT!
and home naturally...i gotta go.

[upinkzeppelin2]

Top 25 Track One, Side Ones
1. Be Here Now – Ray LaMontagne
2. At Least That’s What You Said – Wilco
3. The First Song – Band Of Horses
4. Fisherman’s Blues – The Waterboys
5. Like A Fool – Superchunk
6. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead – Stars
7. Where The Streets Have No Name – U2
8. Dirty Boots – Sonic Youth
9. Warped – Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. Blue – The Jayhawks
11. Speak To Me/Breathe – Pink Floyd
12. Everything In Its Right Place – Radiohead
13. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
14. Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
15. Like A Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
16. Apocalypse Please – Muse
17. Teenage Riot – Sonic Youth
18. Fade Into You – Mazzy Star
19. Two Hands Of A Prayer – Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
20. [Untitled] – Interpol
21. Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones
22. The Song Remains The Same – Led Zeppelin
23. My Name Is Jonas – Weezer
24. Stop – Jane’s Addiction
25. Tom Sawyer – Rush

[RocDoc]

led zeppelin always had great leadoff songs on their albums - good times bad times, whole lotta love...

~

np:


this was from a mention by maarts, a long time ago..auzzies.
nice smoove reggae mon...a woman-fronted band.

not exactly a common thing.

a touch of rap/hiphop, but a blend similar to third world but without the faux-motown over-production.

i like.

[RocDoc]

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wonderful grOOvin' B3 jazz!

[Ayinger]

^ ^ see the name of Melvin Sparks there too.....he's put down some nice guitar on a few Hank Crawford discs. Check out the song "Blues For The Red Boy"....

[Ayinger]

a Mess of Moore since his death a week ago....in the making of my own anthology:

[RocDoc]

whoa! that's a heap of gary moore discs!
i see you're missing one here, one of my favorites with him - the BBM album w/jack bruce and ginger baker.
the one with them all wearing angel wings. i'm pretty sure it was their sole disc and it IS fucking great.

but look!
one of my 'sources' had THIS up a couple of days ago:

<sub>Gary Moore, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker -
Live in Stockholm 1994

Live at Circus, Stockholm
June 1st, 1994

Personnel:
Jack Bruce (vocals, bass)
Gary Moore (guitar, vocals)
Ginger Baker (drums)
Tommy Eyre (keyboards)

Tracklist:
01. Waiting In The Wings
02. City Of Gold
03. I Wonder Why You Are So Mean To Me
04. Sitting On Top Of The World
05. Glory Days
06. Naked Flame
07. Deserted Cities Of The Heart
08. Can't Fool The Blues
09. High Cost Of Loving
10. Tales Of Brave Ulysees
11. Rollin' And Thumblin'
12. Why Does Love Have To Go Wrong
13. The Politician
14. I Feel Free
15. Sunshine of Your Love

Total Running Time: 95:06

Download (MultiUpload):
h!!p://www.multiupload.com/087X1QFUDS

pass: stayrock</sub>

never have i seen a BBM live of any sort.
just burned it a minute ago - and this blurb gives no representations to it's quality...though it seems like LOTS of scandinavian boots are FM broadcasts for some reason.
here's hoping!

~

_{^ ^ see the name of Melvin Sparks there too.....he's put down some nice guitar on a few Hank Crawford discs. Check out the song "Blues For The Red Boy"....}

i'll be looking for 'groove master' the disc it's on.
but there is wonderful guitar all over this bryant disc as well.
i know melvin sparks' name but nothing more than that - til now.

~

NP:


charles lloyd has always been someone i've appreciated AND this quartet's got the incredible jason moran in it.

tho moran's a bit like marc ribot in that he sometimes 'goes all noise' on ya.
though with a jazz pianist, noise=avantgarde weirdness.
there's an alternating 'good ribot' and a 'bad ribot' on his discs....and jason moran's kinda the same way.

this is WAY listenable...hell, it's ECM, right?

[RocDoc]

don, you NEED to hear this live moore, baker & bruce!

off the charts. 100%

and the set here's like 90% of the songs from that 'around the next dream' album.

i just wrote this at that 'source':

_{oh. my. god!
what a HOT show - an absolutely great-sounding 'aud' recording.
and moore was being pushed in just the right directions by his superstar companions during this period.
like dimeola, satriani and some others, gary moore sometimes sounded just a touch too robotic for me. i could take him only in small doses. enjoyed what i heard but it became too much of a good thing.
zappa's the same to me.
but here with bruce and baker, sure he showboats, but he's ALSO playing for THEM.
nice touches everywhere.
thanks again pino.}

an amazon review of that studio disc:

<sub>5.0 out of 5 stars The Cream Comes To The Top...Again - Simply Outstanding, December 8, 2004

By Bill Appel (Ashburn, Virginia USA)
I am always blown away every time I hear this masterpiece. This album was released in 1994 when greats Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Gary Moore formed what would unfortunately be this great power trio's only album together. I still cannot believe to this day the degree of obscurity this gem has endured through the years without more deserved commercial recognition and appreciation.

Baker and Bruce provide heavy influenced Cream stylings in this power blues-rock set with former Thin Lizzy to solo rock axe ace to a now blues guitar extraordinare, Gary Moore, displaying some really sensational, energetic and heartfelt playing. Bruce never sounded so good with his wonderfully unique raspy-bluesy vocal and Baker explodes with his continued mastering of the skins.

This is British power-trio blues-rock at its best and though it kind of is a welcome extension of the great Cream (without Clapton of course, however, Moore is definitely no slouch at all), the all original (10) songs are not just Cream clones and have a very fresh, energetic and artistic flair and posture with a fine combination of sharp slower and mid-tempo bluesy ballads along with distinct, well-crafted, raw blues-rock assaults.

Each track has its well deserved moments as the first cut "Waiting In The Wings" kicks off with smokin' power of what is simply a classic set. Although all these tracks are superb, my personal favorite is 8+ minute "Why Does Love (Have To Go Wrong)" where Moore's 3:00 blistering, jaw dropping guitar solo to end this song is as good as any in recorded music.</sub>


i'm just now listening to that song the guy's talking about....whoaaaaaaaaa.

[Ayinger]

I know I've heard some of that BBM disc....can't recall just what I thought of it and don't know why I never picked it up. I found a site to download some 40+ CDs by him and would you believe that THAT one in not included! Also funny that I've never have purchased the first few albums from the 90's when he went heavily into his "blues" phase.....

I did trim my "anthology" down to just 4CDs and it came out pretty fair I think. Reached back to material from the 60's that was a mix of some sort of psychedelic/country-jazz --- REALLY intersting! Feel like I achieved a good mix of him from over the past 4 decades, including the jazz fusion of Colosseum II, his work with Greg Lake and even that tune with The Traveling Wilburys.

Did find on the web some songs that he was to release later this year on a new album. Hoping that it comes to light somehow....

[RocDoc]

that he did ANYthing with the traveling wilburys threw me off a bit...but ok, he was a journeyman just like he himself hired many a journeyman for his discs.

no don, you NEED this BBM live set, i swear.
the studio disc had/has the unmistakeable jack bruce vocals prob 80% of the time, but they're FAR from any sort of 'The Cream' wannabe, though the dynamics of song structure follow the wildest element of what cream did....OR the best of west bruce & laing for that matter. but here with a wonderfully semi-restrained gary moore taking a piece of their action.
and that's how the BBM studio disc comes off too - blues-based wild compositions where all 3 pieces show off their strengths within very nice song structure.
i found my copy of that disc and it turns out it's a dutch pressing that i picked up on our first trip to lithuania in '98 in a VERY interesting high-end stereo store (down in a dungeon-like cellar)which had used discs as a sidelight to their main business.
i talked my wife into going there twice even....i came back with probably 20-25 discs from there - back in the predownload days.

[Ayinger]

Feb 14, 2011 22:06:37 GMT -5 RocDoc said:

that he did ANYthing with the traveling wilburys threw me off a bit...but ok, he was a journeyman just like he himself hired many a journeyman for his discs.

oh ya gotta know this one doc! :



that ain't Lynne playing the solo's by noooooo way!

you also might even recall this single from the first Greg Lake solo album:



My reflective listening over the past week is making me want to draw some comparisions to Tommy Bolin....in like Moore too explored different avenues, poured his heart out and put the emotive touch to the strings that not all can achieve, and yet a lot of the time had a hard time coming across with 'the' perfect album.

I'll always have an affinity for his jazzier side, like with this old Colosseum II cut where he's channeling his Jeff Beck: