Thursday, May 31, 2018

Music is a time machine, pt 342...

Playlist
Various - The Best of Blaxploitation - Cinematic Soul and Bad Ass Funk Classics
Long Distance Calling - Trips
The Church - Gold Afternoon Fix
Plenty - It Could Be Home
Various - Pulp Fusion [15th Anniversary Crystal Edition - 2CD]
Takemitsu - Takemitsu: Complete Solo Guitar Works
Laurent Garnier - Misch Masch
Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
Roger Waters - Amused To Death
GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
The Dead Daisies - Burn It Down
David Bowie - Scary Monsters and Super Creeps
Gabrieli, G - Music For San Rocco
Yes - Magnification
Ohio Players - Funk On Fire: The Mercury Anthology
Various - Pulp Fusion Vol. 6 - Magnum
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth
Various - Funk Soul Classics (Ministry of Sound)
Tuber - Out Of The Blue
Gentle Giant - Super Star (Italian Compilation)
Johnny Clarke - The Front Line
Arovane & Porya Hatami - Organism
Françoise Hardy - Golden Hour Presents the Best of Françoise Hardy
Michał Milczarek Trio - Ambient Works
Donald Byrd - Blackjack
The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy,
Passengers - Miss Sarajevo [EP]
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (Limited Deluxe Version)
Andrea Belfi - Ore
Various - 101 Northern Soul Anthems
Tangerine Dream - Genesis of Precious Thoughts (Live in Budapest 2017)
Jellyfish - I Wanna Stay Home [Single]
Brad Mehldau Trio - Seymour Reads the Constitution!
Noël - Is There More to Life Than Dancing?
Ulrich Schnauss - For Nothing EP
The Fierce and the Dead - The Euphoric
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Genesis - The Best...Genesis
Tuber - Desert Overcrowded
Alison Wonderland - Awake
Evie - Balades électriques
Jeff Beck - Truth
Nazareth - Razamanaz
Various - Wow! That Was The 70's
Various - Now That's 1973-05 - 1973-09
T Rex - The T Rex Wax Co. Singles - A's And B's, 1972-77
Various - 101 Disco Anthems
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
Various - The Sound Of The 70's
Slade - Sladest
Status Quo - Dog Of Two Head
Cliff Richard - The Whole Story
Anne-Marie David - Tu te reconnaîtras [Single]
Various - Original Soul Classics
Argent - In Deep
Various - Sound Of The 70s : Glam Rock

May, away...


Some stuff on Twitter, once again, led me to consult my diaries as to when a particular LP might have been acquired...


In the evening, some good TV (exactly what, now forgotten, as is the way)...

Again, the Twitter led me to a stupid project...

It;s said that what was the N01 single on your 14th birthday defines you...

Can't remember by whom but, hmmm...

Anyway, here's the Top 50 from mine...

Which of course I had to create as a playlist...


Turns out I have 30 of the UK Top 50 for the week of my 14th birthday and probably had bought around 16 of those at the time...


Music is a time machine, pt 342...

Today's artwork, "December 1974"...


Highlight of the Day : Looking back and listening...

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

The man in black, or, rather, sky blue...

Playlist
Neal Morse - Lifeline
Various - Can You Dig It? - The '70s Soul Experience
DJ Hell - Zukunftsmusik
Mindgames - Paradox Of Choice
The Blue Nile - Peace At Last
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer
Various - NOW That's What I Call Country
Rose Royce - Greatest Hits
Susanna - Wild Dog
36 - Circuit Bloom
Various Composers - Expo 1
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Ali Akbar Khan - The 80 Minute Raga
deadmau5 - where's the drop?
Françoise Hardy - Golden Hour Presents the Best of Françoise Hardy
Scott Walker - Scott
Bryan Ferry - Frantic
Scott Walker - Scott 3
Alice Cooper - Killer
Bidiniband - The Motherland
W.E.T. - Earthrage
GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
Various - Eurovision 2018
Sainte-Colombe Le Fils - Les Six Suittes Pour Basses De Viole Seule
Bill Frisell - Music IS
Gregson - Quartets: Two
Monk Higgins - Extra Soul Perception
Mindgames - Paradox Of Choice
Delta Saxophone Quartet - Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening - The Music Of Soft Machine
Various - Pulp Fusion Vol. 10 Africa Funk
Isaac Hayes - Truck Turner Soundtrack
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Defecto - Nemesis
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet - Landfall
David Sylvian - Gone To Earth (Remaster)
CB3 - From Nothing to Eternity
deadmau5 - where's the drop?
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy

A return to the fray, kind of, this evening, as MB5's (Meadowbank 5's), founded by Mr CBQ (then known as Sombre Reptiles) and some workmates back in 1982, had a special derby challenge of the "oldies" (darks) v "newbies" (lights) and I, as the so-called "Godfather" of the squad ,which has seen, probably, hundreds of players take part over the last 36 years, was invited along to be referee...



I had my whistle, my stopwatch, a pen, some notepaper and my cards...



A thrilling game ensued...



4-1 for the darks at half-time...


...soon thereafter to be 8-1...


A late comeback saw the final score at 8-3 - with the lights winning the last 10 minutes 2-0 - and, as one wag advised, "last goal the winner"...

Ah the banter...
 
Lights were : Matt, Marcin, Dami, Tolga, Chibs, Wind, Steven and Essom...

Darks were : Jamie, Connor, Nigel, Mickey, Grant, Gav, Lloyd and Ed...


I gave up probably over five years ago now - Nigel and Mickey were the only two I've played alongside, although I met a few of the others at the awards night earlier this year...

Even though just strolling around, blowing the whistle occasionally, has badly affected the old legs, it was very enjoyable indeed to be back...


All too soon it was over...


A bus and a lift up the hill from a post Zumba Exec Producer and some TV and some listening and the day was gone once more...

Today's artwork, "Back in the Fray"...


Highlight of the Day : Refereeing...

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

A small request begets a large project...

Playlist
Various - Karl Marx's 200th!
Tuber - Out Of The Blue
Gentle Giant - Super Star (Italian Compilation)
Various - The Front Line
Françoise Hardy - Golden Hour Presents the Best of Françoise Hardy
Michał Milczarek Trio - Ambient Works
Donald Byrd - Blackjack
The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy,
Passengers - Miss Sarajevo [EP]
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (Limited Deluxe Version)
Andrea Belfi - Ore
Various - 101 Northern Soul Anthems
Tangerine Dream - Genesis of Precious Thoughts (Live in Budapest 2017)
Jellyfish - I Wanna Stay Home [Single]
Brad Mehldau Trio - Seymour Reads the Constitution!
Noël - Is There More to Life Than Dancing?
Ulrich Schnauss - For Nothing EP
The Fierce and the Dead - The Euphoric
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Genesis - The Best...Genesis
Tuber - Desert Overcrowded
Laura Pausini - Fatti sentire
Laura Pausini - Hazte sentir
Love Unlimited Orchestra - White Gold
Willie Hutch - Soul Portrait
Bryan Ferry - Frantic
Various - NOW That's What I Call Country
Hinds - I Don't Run
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Various - Funk Soul Classics (Ministry of Sound)
Grouper - Grid of Points
deadmau5 - where's the drop?
Scott Walker - Scott
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Various - Pulp Fusion Vol. 4 - Fully Loaded
Neal Morse - Lifeline
The Ohio Players - Pleasure
The Bad Plus - Ronnie Scott's 2017-07-27
Erik Honorè - Heliographs
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
Various - Pulp Fusion Vol. 1 - Funky jazz classics & original breaks from the tough side
David Bowie - Blackstar
Arovane & Porya Hatami - Organism
The Bad Plus - Prog
Barry White - Just Another Way to Say I Love You
Federico Albanese - By the Deep SeaGolden Earring - On the Double
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn
Free - Tons Of Sobs
Free - Free
King Curtis - Instant Groove
Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
The Move - Shazam
Tom Paxton - The Things I Notice Now
Alice Cooper - Pretties For You
Keef Hartley Band - Halfbreed
The Idle Race - Idle Race
Genesis - From Genesis To Revelation (2008 Remastered)
Traffic - Last Exit
Willie Hutch - Soul Portrait
Santana - Santana
Privilège - Privilège
Joni Mitchell - Clouds
Jeff Beck - Beck-Ola
Cream - Goodbye
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
Sly & the Family Stone - Stand!
Yes - Yes
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Humble Pie - As Safe As Yesterday Is
Tony Williams' Lifetime - Emergency! (Verve Remaster)
The Who - Tommy
Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room
Procol Harum - Novum
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet - Landfall
Various - Can You Dig It? - The '70s Soul Experience
DJ Hell - Zukunftsmusik
Mindgames - Paradox Of Choice
The Blue Nile - Peace At Last
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer

The view on the hill this morning at 8:05... 


The view this evening on the hill at 17:50...


It took a while to become a scorcher...


The beast was about its business, having visited Fopp at lunchtime and, once again, partaken of nothing...


Music listening comprised this week's podcast shortlist followed by the Italian and Spanish versions of the latest Laura Pausini then the iPod on shuffle - albums of the year 1967-2018 plus around the last 150 or so acquisitions...

And then, music from 1969...

On Twitter, Sid Smith was asking people for their one fave LP of 1969...

I chose "In the Court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson...

My 10 from that year are in this chat-less podcast...


Some of the suggestions led me to check all my 1969 albums, around 85 in all but some suggestions which I knew I had weren't in this selection...


Turns out I have around 5,000 LPs in my iTunes without a release date recorded...

So I made a playlist of those, deleted all classical and various artist collections then went through the rest, painstakingly removing live LPs and compilations...

Now I have 1,432 LPs of which I "have to" determine the release year...

And this is how a new project arises...

Prior to this, this week's "Agents of Shield" was enjoyed while Anne cooked an excellent pasta...

Ended the day with a particularly ungood episode of "Holby City"...

Today's artwork, "The Beast About Its Business"...


Highlight of the Day : Mucking about with my music collection...

Monday, May 28, 2018

Honing and droning...

Plyalist
Capital Models - 2018-05-27
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Brad Mehldau Trio - Seymour Reads the Constitution!
Andrea Belfi - Ore
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Fifty Five Songs - A Selection of Songs from the Concert Series
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Bitter Sweet Covers
Disco Complex 99 - Funtime
Cloudland Blue Quartet - The Virginia Man EP
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Jaffa Cake April Tutu
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Starlightlive
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Starlightnight
Michał Milczarek Trio - Ambient Works
Tuber - Out Of The Blue
Various - Blaxploitation : The Payback : Volume Three
Genesis - The Best...Genesis
Various - The Front Line
Arovane & Porya Hatami - Organism
Arovane & Porya Hatami - Organism_evolution
Gentle Giant - Super Star (Italian Compilation)
Françoise Hardy - Golden Hour Presents the Best of Françoise Hardy
Donald Byrd - Blackjack
The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy,
Passengers - Miss Sarajevo [EP]
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (Limited Deluxe Version)
Various - 101 Northern Soul Anthems
Tuber - Desert Overcrowded
Ulrich Schnauss - For Nothing EP
Various - Karl Marx's 200th!

Up super early and splitting the recordings from yesterday into individual MP3s and e-mailing them to the boys...


At lunchtime, a trip to the closing down Maplins - nothing found...

Back home, a disappointing attempt at playing along with yesterday's recordings, which had soundtracked the day...


Comparing Ligeti collections with Ethan Iverson, late of The Bad Plus, on the Twitter...


His monolith trumped my handful - although only by 5 discs...

He reckoned my selection was pretty good...

Then to re-compiling this week's podcast...


No TV watched...

Today's artwork, "A Handful of Ligeti"...


Highlight of the Day : Honing the podcast...

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Home cooking can be the best...

Playlist
Cloudland Canyon - Lie In Light
Disco Complex 99 - Funtime
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2017 Live Set
Capital Models - 2018-05-13
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple
Camel - The Snow Goose
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Disco Complex 99 - Funtime
Various - Milano Jukebox 2017
Noël - Is There More to Life Than Dancing?
The Fierce and the Dead - The Euphoric
Capital Models - 2018-05-27

Reasonable early start but no gym today due to painful knee - ironically from putting my trainers on yesterday morning...


Plenty other rubbish to be getting on with though - for example, recreating this LP digitally...


...a companion LP of sorts to one of my 1979 faves...


In the afternoon out to Roslin to play covers with the boys - Chloe was shy...



...but the cake was good...


... and the playing was probably the best so far - coming together...


Back home and Anne suggested some wine out the back, before I got work with listening back...






Burgers were expertly prepared...






Uh oh, more wine...



...but work too, of sorts...






Ready...


Yum...


As the sun went down, I passed up on a visit to The Listening Room, where old chum Ian Sclater was the main act, looking instead to work on the covers recordings...

Quite possibly, a little too much vino rosso was clouding my brain as much as the clouds were clouding the sun in the pic above...

Sleep beckoned...

Today's artwork, "Playback"...


Highlight of the Day : Wine and burgers with Annie Milannie...