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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 18 2016 at 10:37
Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Nyl – s/t (1976) - Sagi, would you know this one? I recently bought a CD reissue of it
Of course man! everything connected to Jannick Top is my kind of thing, but as great as the music is I never understood why they made such short songs, I always thought they could have easily streched them out a little bit for greater effect. But never mind that, this album is a real gem, especially that killer zehulish first track ha?! 

I'm guessing you got that psych up melodies reissue?

Start thinking of a review LOL


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 18 2016 at 12:00
So far today (all randomly selected) -
Levin, Tony, David Torn, Alan White Levin Torn White 2011   1452 9/20/11 31 201
Bush, Kate Red Shoes, The 1993   213 1/1/01  65
Bowness, Tim Stupid Things That Mean The World 2015    1/13/16 3 51 (Currently listening to it)
 
Next up on the latest batch of 10 -
Heads, The No Talking Just Head 1996   336 1/1/01  152
Hof, Jasper Van't Live In Montreaux 1980    11/7/11 39 159
King Crimson ConstruKtion of Light, The 2000   544 6/10/00 34 190
Monade A Few Steps More 2005   1150 5/28/05 60 221
Phideaux Ghost Story 2004   1363 8/27/07 63 255
Phideaux the great leap 2006   1366 8/23/07 62 256
Phillips, Anthony Private Parts & Pieces VIII: New England 1992   868 3/24/03 17 257
 
I drew down the last of the Phideaux albums in this cycle that I hadn't listened to yet.
 
342 including those above to complete this cycle.  I may do a forward time travel for my next run. 
 
On a side note - I hit the 1600 titles and/or discs with Santana 4.
 


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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 18 2016 at 12:57
Yesterday and today:

Steve Roach - On This Planet.
Gang Of Four - Content.
Burnt Friedman with Daniel Dodd Ellis - Cease To Matter.
Magazine - Play Plus.
Boris Blank - Electrified.
Tokyo Jihen - Great Discovery.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Gone Girl Soundtrack.
David Bowie - David Live 1974.
Crystal Castles - II.
iLL - Force.
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again.
We Fell To Earth - We Fell To Earth.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 00:14
Wednesday...

Mother Engine - Absturz
Jakob - Solace
10,000 Russos - 10,000 Russos
The Lone Crows - The Lone Crows
The Orange Revival - Futurecent
Tales Of Murder And Dust - Hallucination Of Beauty 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 00:51
Vulfpeck - "Vollmilch"
Slayer - "Reign in Blood"
Bitchin Bajas - "Water Wrackets"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 01:24
Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Pendragon - Not of This World

What did you think of that one, Sam? I used to overdose on it when it first came out, although if I recall it's probably a little long in retrospect (about 70 minutes? The CD also added two bonus acoustic live tracks). I'm going to give in a new listen today, first time in years. I remember I loved most of it, some superb symphonic moments with great keys and guitars, except that wretched `Give it 'a me!!' interlude a few tracks in, just dreadful! At least it's really short!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 01:40
Originally posted by Sagichim Sagichim wrote:

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Nyl – s/t (1976) - Sagi, would you know this one? I recently bought a CD reissue of it

Of course man! everything connected to Jannick Top is my kind of thing, but as great as the music is I never understood why they made such short songs, I always thought they could have easily streched them out a little bit for greater effect. But never mind that, this album is a real gem, especially that killer zehulish first track ha?! 

I'm guessing you got that psych up melodies reissue?

Start thinking of a review LOL


Review in process!

Do you know, my friend, I simply bought it on recognition of the cover alone, knowing that it was some obscure psych/prog rarity, and it was only when looking in the CD booklet after it arrived I noticed `Jannick Top, cool...' Worked out well! Yeah, it's back and forth between the jammier energetic stuff and poppier/rock moments, but it's pretty great overall, barely 30 minutes that fly by....unless, of course, you count the bonus stuff on the CD reissue, which I haven't actually listened to yet, too busy enjoying the main album!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 03:53
The bonus material does not disappoint but just might be a little bit less interesting than the main album.
Plus there's no need for two more versions of the main track as fine as they are.

But I'll sure be waiting for your review...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 03:59
Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

The Orange Revival - Futurecent
How's that one? Smile

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:


What did you think of that one, Sam? I used to overdose on it when it first came out, although if I recall it's probably a little long in retrospect (about 70 minutes? The CD also added two bonus acoustic live tracks). I'm going to give in a new listen today, first time in years. I remember I loved most of it, some superb symphonic moments with great keys and guitars, except that wretched `Give it 'a me!!' interlude a few tracks in, just dreadful! At least it's really short! 
It's good but it's really long, about 78 minutes without the bonus tracks. I was already tired of it when the last epic started Confused

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Vangelis - Opéra Sauvage
Mother Engine - Muttermaschine
Minami Deutsch - s/t
10000 Russos - s/t
Eskaton - 4 Visions
Weidorje - s/t
Hiroshi Suzuki - Cat
Fire! Orchestra - Exit
Quarteto 1111 - s/t
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 04:01
Originally posted by Sagichim Sagichim wrote:

The bonus material does not disappoint but just might be a little bit less interesting than the main album.
Plus there's no need for two more versions of the main track as fine as they are.

But I'll sure be waiting for your review...

I'll be honest, I usually just skip the bonus tracks on most of these sort of things. I'm there for main course, not the leftovers! I tend to also just review the proper album, which has lead me to discover something VERY annoying for me just now - they completely changed the album.

That CD reissue only includes eight of the nine original LP pieces (a massive mistake), as well as completely rearranging the order of the pieces (strike two) and giving one or two a remix (bingo, strike three). This sort of `re-writing’ of history should never happen, as the original LP format should be replicated as closely as possible, no matter even if an particular track doesn’t quite measure up to today’s audio standards. Besides, those so-called `imperfections’ on these rough-around-the-edges, shambling psychedelic discs are exactly what fans expect and want to hear preserved.

Just means I'll re-burn it in as close to the order as the original album anyway!

Lucky the album is terrific anyway with what's left here, so do expect a positive review overall!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 04:10
Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

</span><br style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">What did you think of that one, Sam? I used to overdose on it when it first came out, although if I recall it's probably a little long in retrospect (about 70 minutes? The CD also added two bonus acoustic live tracks). I'm going to give in a new listen today, first time in years. I remember I loved most of it, some superb symphonic moments with great keys and guitars, except that wretched `Give it 'a me!!' interlude a few tracks in, just dreadful! At least it's really short! </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">
It's good but it's really long, about 78 minutes without the bonus tracks. I was already tired of it when the last epic started Confused

You know, funny you mention that, because an hour ago I just finished playing the album after transferring it onto my Ipod again, and directly after `Man of Nomadic Traits' and it started to launch into that final two-part epic, I literally went `Ah f**k it, I'm sick of this...' and put on something else!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 04:19
LOL They just don't know when to stop Wacko
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 05:40
That's what I love about the good old days: albums around 40 minutesApprove 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 05:44
Word, Dave! I'm listening to that above-mentioned Nyl album and it barely runs 30 minutes!

And is it just me, or is this track seriously sexy:

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 05:58
^ Groovy Cool

I don't understand why these artists make such long albums and then take a few years to release the next one when they could make two concise albums and release the second one year after the first, for example.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 06:07
Groovy like sauce, indeedCool 
The future woman that dances to this with the same vigour and gusto that most modern popsingers do is also my future wife.

Agreed Samuel and aside from splitting 80 minutes worth of music into two albums, the band also has the opportunity to play around with a different sound - a different palette. That's what I loved about the late 60s early 70s. During the time span of a mere year you could purchase two new albums from the same group...and they sounded nothing alike! Fast forward to today and you see all these new studio trickeries and whatnot....yet most new releases sound remarkably close what came before - at least from a production stand point and the choice of sound for the instruments. That bugs me.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 06:46
^ Music recording and production became so much easier with much less variables than in the past. I think there are a lot of hidden possibilities in these newer technologies though, but producers prefer the easy way.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 06:49
I agree. All these new possibilities in the studio should preferably translate into albums that manage to sound different from one another...not the other way around. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 07:54
Tonight's choices:

Pendragon – Not of this World
Camel – Rain Dances
Dzyan – Time Machine
Nosferatu – s/t
Nyl – s/t (played it about six times! )
Ash Ra Tempel – Starring Rosi
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2016 at 19:45
Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

^ Music recording and production became so much easier with much less variables than in the past. I think there are a lot of hidden possibilities in these newer technologies though, but producers prefer the easy way.


Indeed. Nowadays a band can record an album without even having to all be in the studio Together.... Conference calls...cutting and splicing with the use of digital pro tools etc.
not much intact intimacy and more often than not you can really hear the difference in the recording process itself.   
This is exactly why we should appreciate albums like the selling England by the pounds, crime of the century and APP's Pyramid.

Today's listening. Not much. Had to help out the parents move. Lol.

Unreal City-- II Paese Del Tramonto ( definitely more emotional and engaging guitar work on this one. ;)
Prince-- Batman: original motion picture soundtrack 1989 ( we all need a little Batdance now and then.)
Disturbed-- Believe. ( a sonic pleasure. Well mixed too!)
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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