Crispycat Recordings: Jack's back...

Monday, November 15, 2010

Jack's back...

Playlist
Cloudland Blue Quartet – 60 Minute Set
Various – Last 13 Months on Shuffleplay
William Orbit – Pieces in a Modern Style Vol. 2
Oceansize – Myspace Player
Black Country Communion – Black Country
Chroma Key – Dead Air for Radios
Chroma Key – You go Now
Chroma Key – Graveyard Mountain Home
Kevin Moore - Ghost Book

Lovely cold, bright, frosty morning...

New music came into the CBQ sphere today from two sources...

Prog Rock Willie surprised me with four discs (three under the name Chroma Key) by ex-Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore - and the new album by “supergroup” Black Country...

The Moore albums put me in mind of Porcupine Tree and Steven Wislon - while Black Country Communion rock in a way you would expect a band with a Deep Purple/Led Zep/Dream Theater pedigree and the inclusion of one of the modern day masters of the blues guitar to do...

Meanwhile, a text from Macclesfield Craig gave me the heads up re Manc prog band Oceansize whose music I enjoyed on Myspace...

Craig texted me from the band’s gig tonight in Manchester - my query as to whether he had his earplugs in to counter the heavyosity of the music was met with the reply that he was up the back with "the parents"...

Rock and, indeed, roll...

And an unexpectedly buoying e-mail from old music chum Peri Urban, who is to cover three CBQ songs on YouTube - I will post a link once they are completed and up - I must say I'm looking forward to that...

Home made chicken pie for tea courtesy the talented Exec Producer...

Other than that, a new series of “Miranda” entertained, while a visit to the gym strangely failed to do so...

Meg still a bit under the weather and out of sorts – she was doing so well too...

Highlight of the Day : Unexpected new music...

3 comments:

Sid Smith said...: Fantastic pictures of the trees and sky!

Oh, and the food looks nice as well.; 9:40 am
Cloudland Blue Quartet said...: Trees, sky and home-made chicken pie...

Could be a new song...; 3:40 pm
Cloudland Blue Quartet said...: PS - Sadly, those trees are more than likely going to be chopped down soon - they are in the grounds of what was once a college of further education and which is now a building site...; 5:44 pm

Crispycat Latest Release

"I know I produce an awful lot of music, which can make it hard to keep up. But, at the end of each year since 2021, I've produced a tasty compilation ("The Originals") featuring one track from each release. So, every year, if you're only going to buy one CBQ album, make it that one!" "Twentytwentyfour: The Originals" is a 130 minute selection of tracks from the fifteen 2024 releases by Cloudland Blue Quartet. The collection is issued in anticipation of (and includes a track from) the fifteenth and final record of the year, "Twentytwentyfour", a multi disc compilation of rare and previously unreleased recordings made by CBQ throughout 2024, which is due on 31 December.

Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection

In a one-man crusade to encourage the world to broaden its musical horizons, David has been broadcasting a weekly Eclectic Selection of music from across his vast record collection since 2014. On the programme each week, you'll hear 25 Tracks, kicking off with David's LP of the Week, followed by his six other LPs of the day, three or so CBQ, or CBQ related, tracks, a single of the week (if there is one), a couple more singles (if there are any) and a further eclectic mix of other things new into the collection... It's eclectic!