Thursday, October 31, 2019

Another month away...

Playlist
Carlos Perón - 11 Deadly Sins : Music for Fetish and Erotic Sessions
Various Artists - The Man Who Fell To Earth
Udo Lindenberg - MTV Unplugged 2 Live vom Atlantik
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Various Artists - Total Reggae: Greensleeves 40th (1977-2017)
Various Artists - Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown
Gaika - Security
Krzysztof Lenczowski - Internal Melody
10,000 Maniacs - Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings
Ulrich Schnauss - A Long Way To Fall (CD)
Porya Hatami & Arovane - Kaziwa
Lee Hazlewood - Cake Or Death
Tangerine Dream - Encore (Remastered 2018 / Deluxe Version)
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Kronos Quartet - Released & Unreleased (1985-1995)
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
Various Artists - C.Sides Compilation 2006
Various Artists - Singerman!
Haydn - Piano Trios Complete
Christopher Wilson - Holborne; Robinson: Pavans & Galliards
Fallen - drømmende
Pärt - Cello Concerto, Perpetuum Mobile, Symphonies #1-3
Szymanowski - Complete Piano Music
McCabe - String Quartets #3, 4 & 5
Gaika - Basic Volume
Ackerman - Interplay Classical (The World of Robert Ackerman, Box 1)
loscil - Plume
Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
Kim Walker & Leonard Hokanson - Beethoven, Schumann & Brahms: Pieces for Bassoon and Piano
Umphrey's McGee - The Bottom Half
The Upsetters - Build The Ark; With Lee Perry & Friends
Kansas - Leftoverture Live & Beyond
Various Artists - Funked!: Volume 1 1970 - 1973
Beastie Boys - The Sounds Of Science
Rheostatics - Here Come The Wolves
Brodsky Quartet - String Quartets, Op. 18
Taylor Swift - Lover
The Temptations - Psychedelic Soul
Malia & Boris Blank - Convergence
Hollywood Vampires - Rise
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet (Live / Deluxe Version)
Arovane & Porya Hatami - C.H.R.O.N.O.S
The Undisputed Truth - The Collection
The Versatiles - The Treasure Isle Story
Various Composers - Wergo 40 Years : Music of Our Time
Gregor Schwellenbach - Spielt 20 Jahre Kompakt
John Ogdon - Virtuoso
Various Artists - Do The Reggae: Skinhead Reggae In The Spirit Of '69
Larcher - Ixxu
Subramaniam - L Subramaniam & the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Andrew Hill - Black Fire
The Doors - Strange Days
Andrew Hill - Point Of Departure
John Coltrane - Coltrane
Satie - Piano Music
Jeff Beck - Beck-Ola
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You
Ornette Coleman - Change Of The Century
Françoise Hardy - Françoise Hardy In English
John Coltrane - Stellar Regions
Love - Forever Changes
Scott Walker - Scott 4
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence
Miles Davis - Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
Charles Mingus - Oh Yeah
The Temptations - Cloud Nine
Richie Havens - Richard P. Havens, 1983
Jackie McLean - Swing, Swang, Swingin'
The Beatles - Help!
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
George Benson - It's Uptown
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Further Out
Soft Machine - The Soft Machine Volume One
Pink Floyd - More
Françoise Hardy - Frag' Den Abendwind
Larry Young - Into Somethin'
Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk
Nico - Chelsea Girl
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Cruising With Ruben & The Jets [2012 Remaster]
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears
The Upsetters - The Upsetter
Tony Williams' Lifetime - Emergency! (Verve Remaster)
Bobby Hutcherson - Oblique
Bill Evans - Trio 64
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
Joni Mitchell - Clouds
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic
The Beatles - Please Please Me
Flying Colors - Third Degree
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Gong - Angel's Egg
Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
Weather Report - Mr Gone
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Love Songs
Efterklang - Magic Chairs
Betts/Sappow - Asahi (Sappow Remix)

October away for another year...


Up and "working"...


At lunchtime, this from the BHF shop - there is no place for vocals in jazz but, for 50p...



Home and the tree is decimated...


The first of two awaited albums by new Danish faves Efterklang arrived...


..and a new download from Japanese ambient fave Betts with a minimal techno twist was also enjoyed...

As was tasty pasta from the EP...

Lights out...

Highlight of the Day : New music...

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

The beast returns to the fray, pt 683...

Playlist
Glasperlenspiel - Tag X
Loscil - Equivalents
IQ - Resistance
Christopher Wilson - Holborne; Robinson: Pavans & Galliards
Porya Hatami & Arovane - Kaziwa
Bottesini - Works for Double Bass and Piano
Zemlinsky - Rustic Dances, Op. 1, Four Fantasies, Op. 9 In A Ray Of Light
Gaika - Security
Various Artists - C.Sides Compilation 2006
McCabe - String Quartets #3, 4 & 5
Beastie Boys - The Sounds Of Science
Rihm - Klavierwerke 1966-2000
Haydn - Piano Trios Complete
The Temptations - Psychedelic Soul
The Upsetters - Build The Ark; With Lee Perry & Friends
Taylor Swift - Lover
Brodsky Quartet - String Quartets, Op. 18
Kodály - Kodály Sonatas for Cello
Umphrey's McGee - The Bottom Half
Szymanowski - Complete Piano Music
Pärt - Cello Concerto, Perpetuum Mobile, Symphonies #1-3
Various Artists - C'est Chic! French Girl Singers Of The 1960s
Ackerman - Interplay Classical (The World of Robert Ackerman, Box 1)
The Undisputed Truth - The Collection
The Jiving Juniors - The Treasure Isle Story
Udo Lindenberg - MTV Unplugged 2 Live vom Atlantik
Simpson - String Quartets #1 & 4
The Bad Plus - Activate Infinity
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Infinity
The Steve Howe Trio - New Frontier
Tezce - Reject/Cycle
Various Artists - Do The Reggae: Skinhead Reggae In The Spirit Of '69
Various Artists - Total Reggae: Greensleeves 40th (1977-2017)
Various Artists - The Man Who Fell To Earth
Brian Eno - Sisters
Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
Various Artists - Singerman!
John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Version)
Sonar - Black Light
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Carlos Perón - 11 Deadly Sins : Music for Fetish and Erotic Sessions
Hollywood Vampires - Rise
Rammstein - Mutter
Rasch - Mein Herz brennt

The view from the window has been changed irrevocably...


Another week is flying by...

Listening today comprised my albums of the month for 2019 so far...

This evening, as I made my down from the terminus, the change to the skyline continues...


Back to 5 a sides tonight...


...it's a big hall...


Very enjoyable, even if the teams were a bit one-sided and mine ended up being thrashed by a younger, fitter, five...

I managed a goal though, a header, indeed...

Pity it was at the wrong end...

Oh well...

And, almost inevitably, I fell over at one point...


Never mind, I was rewarded by a tasty aubergine stew from the EP...




...and some TV and some listening...

Lights out on a good day...

Highlight of the Day : Footballing...

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Typical Tuesday...

Playlist
Reid Anderson - Dirty Show Tunes
Roxy Music - The Thrill of It All
Chad Wackerman - Scream
Weinberg - Weinberg String Quartets 1 & 4
Weinberg - Weinberg String Quartets 13, 16 & 17
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
The Rolling Stones - The London Years
Cage - Complete Piano Music
Poulenc - Piano Music, Chamber Music
Reich - Phases
Chicago - Chicago VII
Haydn - Complete String Quartets
Trees - The Garden Of Jane Delawney
The Church - Magician Among The Spirits
John Cale - The Island Years
Hank Mobley - No Room For Squares
Gentle Giant - Edge Of Twilight
Dar Williams - Promised Land
Herman Van Veen - A Souvenir
Morrissey - Viva Hate
Various Composers - Vivarte 60CD Collection
John Grant - Queen Of Denmark
Kansas - Drastic Measures
Beethoven - Beethoven: Complete String Quintets
Dutch Uncles - Out Of Touch In The Wild
Guilt Machine - On This Perfect Day
The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze: The Best Of The Isley Brothers
Various Composers - Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr Vol 22
Miles Davis - In Person Saturday Night At The Blackhawk
Weather Report - Forecast : Tomorrow
Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 25
Miles Davis - The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven On Earth
Various Composers - Edition Zeitgenössische Musik Vol 5
Sumner McKane - Two If By Sea
The Tubes - Goin' Down
Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
The Upsetters - Scratch The Upsetter Again
John Lennon - Imagine
Roberta Flack - First Take
Nina Hagen - Definitive Collection
Godley & Creme - L
Max Richter - Sleep
Miles Davis - Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud
Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks
The Doors - Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine
Allan Holdsworth - Wardenclyffe Tower
The Byrds - Greatest Hits (Remastered)
Kansas - Masque
Craig Armstrong - The Space Between Us
Long Distance Calling - Satellite Bay
The Turtles - 25 Classic Hits
Cage - Sonatas & Interludes For Prepared Piano
Nico - Chelsea Girl
Various Composers - The History of the String Quartet
2raumwohnung - 36 Grad
Bill Evans - Trio 64
Alban Berg Quartett - Hommage
Earthworks - A Part, And Yet Apart
Lucy Kaplansky - The Red Thread
Miles Davis - The Real Miles Davis
2raumwohnung - Kommt Zusammen
Elton John - Elton John
Matthew Bourne - Montauk Variations
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Blue Nile - Hats
Jason Falkner - Jason Falkner Presents Author Unknown
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Stereo)
Isaac Hayes - The Ultimate Isaac Hayes 1969-1977
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
Various Artists - Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown
Krzysztof Lenczowski - Internal Melody
The Bad Plus - Activate Infinity
Various Artists - Dancing In The Streets - Motown's Greatest Hits
Beethoven - Diabelli Variations
Gregor Schwellenbach - Spielt 20 Jahre Kompakt

Up early as always...


A huge listening list today as I sampled tracks currently on the phone which iTunes reckons haven't been played since at least September 2013...

At lunchtime, this found at the BHF shop...


...a tasty reggae selection indeed...

In the evening, sampling that then the second episode of the week of "The Dublin Murders" and ended the day with another decent "Holby City"...

That was it...

Typical Tuesday...

Highlight of the Day : New reggae...


Monday, October 28, 2019

There is something deeply wrong with our world...

Playlist
Jens Rachut - Der Seuchenprinz
Public Image Limited - The Greatest Hits, So Far
Del Amitri - Some Other Sucker's Parade
Miles Davis - Live In Europe 1967 - The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
Rodrigo - Complete Piano Works
Ornette Coleman - Chappaqua Suite
Chris Lyons - The Ill Tempered Klavier
The Church - Russian Autumn Heart [EP]
The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze: The Best Of The Isley Brothers
The Beatles - Please Please Me
Pet Shop Boys - Pop Art
Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970-2002
Jethro Tull - WarChild (A New Steven Wilson Stereo Remix)
Glasperlenspiel - Tag X
Ben Christophers - Spoonface
Various Artists - Dune OST
Various Artists - 70s School Days
Yello - Yello By Yello Anthology
The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason
Matthew Florianz, Bill Brissette, Stan Linders, Ivo Selder - Openstage
Thomas Leer - Contradictions
Lucy Kaplansky - The Red Thread
Yes - Yesshows
Kiss - Dressed To Kill
Miles Davis - Seven Steps To Heaven
Poulenc - Piano Music, Chamber Music
Lucifer's Friend - Where The Groupies Killed The Blues
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
OK Go - Oh No
Feldman - Early Piano Pieces
Uriah Heep - Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble
Various Artists - 100 Hits: Boogie Nights
Jethro Tull - Benefit [Bonus Tracks]
Francis Dunnery - Let's Go Do What Happens
The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs
Hindemith, R - Rudolf Hindemith, Vol. 2
The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel
Kansas - Point of Know Return
Rammstein - Mutter
Japan - Oil On Canvas
Michael Rother - Esperanza
Hindemith - Das Klavierwerk Vol. IV
Herman Van Veen - Herman van Veen 100
Edgar Winter - Shock Treatment
Craig Armstrong - Film Works 1995-2005
Back Street Crawler - The Band Plays On
Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 25
Starcastle - Fountains Of Light
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Die Krupps - Volle Kraft Voraus!
Happy Apple - The Peace Between Our Companies
Lucy Kaplansky - The Tide
Hatfield & The North - The Rotters' Club
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey/ Garvey's Ghost
Burning Spear - Reggae Greats
Leo Kottke - The Best
Reid Anderson - Dirty Show Tunes

Another good, cold morning...

Far better bitterly cold than wind and rain...

Good views on the walk down the hill...




The beast was about its business, silhouetted on a hedge...


At lunchtime, a trip along to Dalry but nothing of any interest...

Then, back at Shandwick, these found in the new Bernardo's shop at £2 each...



In the early evening, a walk eastwards along Rose St...


...to Bonhams auction house for some chat re the United States of America...

On display, some whisky - the two bottles at the bottom of the case were apparently sold to a Chinese gentleman for £100,000 each....


There is something deeply wrong with our world...

Home in the dark...


...and a noted a longstanding tree is being taken down...


...always a sad scenario...

A tasty tea form the EP and, despite being on fire for "University Challenge" we still came third with 110 points...

Oh well...

Later "The Dublin Murders" continued to improve...

Hihglight of the Day : Old music soundtracking...

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Sorting clocks, a telly and hearing aids...

Playlist
Chicago - Forever Gold
Soft Cell - The Singles: Keychains & Snowstorms
Filippa Giordano - Filippa Giordano
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
Leonard Cohen - Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979
Various Composers - The Naxos Collection : Classical Piano Music
Rivka Golani; András Ligeti, Budapest Symphony Orchestra - Bartok Serly Viola Concertos
Kristian Schultze - Born to Breathe
Andreas Scholl - A Musicall Banquet
Various Artists - 100 Hits: Boogie Nights
Various Composers - Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr Vol 14
Various Composers - Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr Vol 26
Mike Stern - Give And Take
Various Composers - Classic Experience III
Andrew Davis: BBC Symphony Orchestra - Great British Music : Britten/Delius/Elgar/Holst
Jens Rachut - Der Seuchenprinz
Telemann - Trumpet Concerto, Suites and Overture
Various Artists - 70s School Days
Various Artists - The 60s U.S. Playlist
Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 51
Giovanni Antonini: Il Giardino Armonico - Viaggio Musicale
Various Composers - Millenium (1910-1930): Klangreise durch 1000 Jahre Musik
Various Composers - Klara Top 75 2009
Frank Niehusmann - Day Tracks 2
Leftfield - A Final Hit: Greatest Hits
Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 45
Various Artists - Anthems: Electronic 80s
Gambaro - Wind Quartets
Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 44
Cage - Music for Piano and Percussion
Byrd - Consort & Keyboard Music, Songs & Anthems
Andreas Dorau - Hauptsache Ich
Beethoven - Complete String Quintets
Rameau - Pigmalion, Platée & Dardanus Ballet Suites
The XX - Coexist
Jan Delay - Mercedes Dance
Pasculli - Character Pieces and Opera Fantasias for Oboe and Piano
Various Composers - The Score
Various Artists - Jackie Brown OST
Paul McCartney - Egypt Station [Explorer's Edition]
City And Colour - The Hurry And The Harm
Mozart - Symphonies #38-41
Ulrich Schnauss - A Long Way To Fall (CD)
Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 43
Andreas Scholl - A Musicall Banquet
Laura Pausini - Fatti sentire ancora
T Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow
Sumner McKane - In The Blood
The Cure - Greatest Hits
Haydn - The Seven Last Words Of Jesus Christ
Cockney Rebel - Cavaliers
Scott Walker - Boy Child: 67-70
Can - Out Of Reach
Euan Stevenson - Portraits, Preludes And Landscapes
Miles Davis - The Real Miles Davis
Hatfield & The North - The Rotters' Club
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentynineteen
Eddie Harris - E.H. In The U.K.
Ian Hunter and Mott the Hoople - The Journey: A Retrospective Of Mott The Hoople And Ian Hunter
Herman Van Veen - Herman van Veen 100
Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame
The Church - After Everything Now This
Klaus Schulze & Peter Namlook - Dark Side of the Moog Vols 5-8

A pile of new music awaited, as it always seems to do...

I have now bought almost 300 £1 CDs in 18 visits to Mixed Up, including 110 classical discs, since first discovering their "special room" three and a half years ago...


Out for provisions pre breakfast having gained an hour overnight...


Anne took to some painting while I caught up with this and with the new acquisitions...


I had thought we were off to Glasgow again today for Anne to attend a football match but that's next Sunday...

A visit to my mum in the afternoon, sorting her clocks, her TV and, indeed her hearing aids...

Then, home to cook...

I went solo tonight on our joint chicken and cauliflower dish from last weekend...







...and it seemed to go well...



And there you go, before you know it, another weekend has gone...

Highlight of the day : Cooking...

Saturday, October 26, 2019

A good day, despite not getting to play...

Playlist
Roxy Music - Roxy Music Live
Various Artists - Jackie Brown OST
Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Upsetters - Build The Ark; With Lee Perry & Friends
Yes - The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection (Complete)
Giovanni Antonini: Il Giardino Armonico - Viaggio Musicale
Various Composers - Klara Top 75 2009
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Jellyfish - Bellybutton
Isaac Hayes - The Ultimate Isaac Hayes 1969-1977
Various Artists - Anthems: Electronic 80s
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Collection
The Bad Plus - Activate Infinity
Tal Bachman - Tal Bachman
Longpigs - The Sun Is Often Out
Adrian Belew - Inner Revolution
Jane Siberry - Bound By The Beauty
System 7 - System 7 (US 777)
Rheostatics - Whale Music
Trevor Rabin - Enemy of the State
Jason Falkner - Can You Still Feel?
Space Needle - The Moray Eels Eat The Space Needle
Tony Geballe - Native of the Rain
Fred Schneider - Just Fred
David Cross - Exiles
Cry Cry Cry - Cry Cry Cry
John Wetton & Phil Manzanera - Wetton/Manzanera
Alice Cooper - The Life And Crimes Of Alice Cooper (Rarities)
Ralph Towner/Paolo Fresu - Chiaroscuro
Mott The Hoople - The Ballad Of Mott: A Retrospective
LaSalle Quartet - Zemlinsky: The String Quartets (LaSalle)
Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow
Various Artists - C'est Chic! French Girl Singers Of The 1960s
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - Labyrinth
Frost - Through The Eyes Of Love
Alice Cooper - A Nice Nightmare
Spock's Beard - Day For Night
Various Artists - A cat-shaped hole in my heart
Various Artists - Virtually Alternative #077
Adès - Life Story
King Crimson - Epitaph
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
David Sylvian - Dead Bees On A Cake
Leila Josefowicz, John Novacek - For the End of Time
Tin Star - The Thrill Kisser
Del Amitri - Some Other Sucker's Parade
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentynineteen
Various Artists - Divine Music Centre • Volume 16
Chicago - Forever Gold

Up late...



 ....and had to wait until the EP emerged before being able to record the podcast links...

However, this went up re Cloudland Blue Quartet not playing at Club Nitty Gritty tonight...

"What I should have been doing tonight...available for the next seven days..."

https://we.tl/t-z4It9Vbaac

The stream/download at the link is only available until 2 November...



Then, prompted by a Twitter chat with a chum in the USA who recently visited New York and Boston, I set about putting togetehr a new playlist of all the CDs I bought on our trip there back in 1999, for my 40th birthday...

I consulted the "Red Book of CDs I Own" for the content...


...and found all but three on the hard drives...

A search ensued...



...including a visit to the attic...

Soon I had them all and was able too to recreate the CD compilation I put together on our return home...




Meanwhile, as I finally put the podcast together, Bob arrived to put the new blind up in the new bathroom...


Some further work is required...

The torture is nearly over...

It's only around six months since that very small part in the fire went wrong and set off the whole chain of events... 

Into the car post blind work and off to Glasgow for Count Arthur Strong, the reason I could not perform this evening...

Parked near Byres Road and Anne went for a coffee while I had a quick look around Fopp and picked this up to compliment yesterday's purchase - it has two new tracks on it which made the £3 outlay worth it (in my head)...


It was certainly more worth it than the coffee - which was good but, relative to music, very expensive...

I'm sure Anne thinks I'm mad...


Out for a walk along Great Western Road...


...erm...


...to Mixed Up Records on Otago Lane...


...where these were assimilated into the collection at £1 a pop...










One of my favourite rooms in Glasgow - if not thee favourite...


Out and on the search for dinner...


...after a walk in the cold and rain, Tony Macaroni's was given our first ever visit...



Not bad, said the beast...


...while his EP texted our nephew...


Yumtastic...


Not hipsterish...


A subway trip to the town centre...



...and to the Pavilion Theatre for the show...




...which was very funny indeed, quite brilliantly done in fact, as Count Arthur went on and on about Professor Brian Cox...

Tangential is the word...

There was ice cream at half time...


Just before 10, out we came and another subway back to the car...


...and the journey home was soundtracked by the set I ought to have played tonight...


The EP's verdict was "the usual depressing stuff"...

Oh well...

A good day, despite not getting to play...

Highlight of the Day : The Count...