What albums did you listen to today?...continued

Rush — Clockwork Angels ( I hope one day this album gets remixed and remastered. )

Zombi— 2020

FTV - Stories Without Fingerprints

TMR - Don't Pick Your Noise

Caravan | Cunning Stunts
Family | Family Entertainment
Sonic Youth | Daydream Nation
Cheer-Accident | No Ifs, Ands or Dogs
Magma | Inedits
Oregon | Oregon
Robert Fripp | God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners
Guided by Voices | August by Cake
Armageddon | Armageddon
Spacemen 3 | Playing with Fire
Guided by Voices | Zeppelin Over China

La Batteria - Fegatelli
Ozric Tentacles - Arborescence
Area - 1978: Gli Dei se ne Vanno, gli Arrabbiati Restano
Esperanto - Last Tango
Spirogyra - Bells, Boots and Shambles
Meshuggah - I (special edition)

A fruitful day which actually included a lot of prog for once:

Earth & Fire | Andromeda Girl — I’ve been an outspoken fan of this group for a while, even for their 80s Europop phase of which this is arguably the peak. This is more for ABBA fans than prog fans. But I love that stuff too.

Royal Trux | Twin Infinitives — disturbingly weird. They eventually turned into a dirty-ass rock and roll band like a gutter version of the Stones, but this early double album is all scary weird noises and (so I’ve heard) lots and lots of drugs. The result is so weird I’m at a loss to describe it. Kind of like the early Residents if they adopted a rock attitude.

The Proletariat | Voodoo Economics & Other American Tragedies — excellent Boston punk band from early 80s. This is a 2 CD anthology which may or may not be their complete works. Very sharp and intelligent. If you like Gang of Four and wouldn’t mind hearing them play faster and louder (but just as precise), check em out.

Sahara | Sunrise - German band some of you probably know. Really solid album. Reminds me a lot of Nektar, but more aggressive in spots.

Phil Manzanera | Diamond Head - Robert Wyatt and Brian Eno guest on vocals. I’m not as crazy about this album as I could be (the 801 Live album is better, IMO), but still quite an adventurous outing for the Roxy guitarist.

Lift | Caverns of Your Brain - first release on the Syn-Phonic label. Really high energy, 4 lengthy tracks that never get boring. Heavily influenced by early Yes. Recorded in 1974 but remained unreleased until Greg Walker released it in 1990.

Cathedral | Stained Glass Stories - another Syn-Phonic release, also influenced by Yes (more like Relayer) but I hear some VdGG in here too. Recorded in 1978.

Happy the Man | 3rd - Better Late... - the last recordings (recently found an original vinyl on the Azimuth label!), including Eye of the Storm, one of the 10 most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard.

Focus | Hamburger Concerto - long time since I spun this! Really kicks ass. Nice.

Wigwam | Fairyport - ditto for this! Awesome piano/organ arrangements and dramatic tunes. Glad I got this out again. Sounds amazing.

Bloodrock | s/t — the early 70s were so cool that even some redneck bands couldn’t help but get a little proggy. Love this album. Bunch of shirtless longhairs from Texas with a singing drummer. Some great riffs and some pretty mysterious and surprising moments in here.

Magma | Live — this is like church for me. Magma is the most spiritual band in my listening sphere, and listening to them (to me) is like being one with the Godhead. Go ahead and laugh. This is the sh*t.

Edited by HolyMoly - July 27 2020 at 19:28

HolyMoly wrote: Thanks for all the support, folks. The nightmare lives on for all of us, but it still feels good to dodge a bullet like that. Ironically, once I hit the high fever, it almost immediately went down, and I actually felt better in the next three days than I had in the previous two weeks. It kind of “reset” me in a way. As for the Steely Dan, it was inspired by this book I’m reading called “Major Dudes: a Steely Dan Companion”, which chronologically compiles published articles, album reviews, and interviews with (mostly) Becker & Fagen. I like the interviews best. Those guys can finish each others’ sentences and they’re hilarious, if a bit snotty. I’ve been listening to the Dan as long as I can remember. My dad (named Dan, how bout that?) had all their albums and played them a lot throughout the seventies, when I was elementary school age. So they’re really a part of me, and it was definitely comforting to hear in my cocoon while I awaited test results. Recent listens: Amen Dunes | Through Donkey Jaw Amen Dunes | Love Robert Pollard | Coast to Coast Carpet of Love

That is beautiful man. And you are inspiring to us all by how you reached to your sonics to help you through a tough fever. Back In January I had a fierce fever and was sick for 2 weeks straight cause I couldn’t get quality sleep cause of my son. That was the toughest sickness I’ve ever went through.. Tangerine Dream helped pull me through.
Glad mr. Dan helped you.

Had a nice little morning with a small crop of CDs.
Got up super early to have this time.

Deep Purple— Shades of Deep Purple. (Disc 1 and 4). New favorite Deep Purple song? Bad Attitude. So brilliant.

ZOMBI—2020 ( I like it. Same old from these guys but they do it so well. Really got the Goblin thing going. )

Grandmaster Flash— They say it couldn’t be done. ( awesome album. Hiphop at its finest. )

HolyMoly wrote: Went through a bit of a COVID scare this week - hit a high fever out of nowhere (well, 3 days of panic/anxiety attacks, but other than that...) and went into quarantine away from my family (and kitties!) for 3 days before finding out my test result was negative. Imagine my relief. In my isolation, I had plenty of music; however, 3 bands formed the bulk of my listening. Many hours of each: Steely Dan (all the albums thru Gaucho) Guided by Voices (shuffle of umpteen albums, EPs, singles, outtakes, etc nearly 500 tracks in the mix) Frank Zappa (the newest 1970 box set and the Zappa in New York box set)

 

HolyMoly wrote: Went through a bit of a COVID scare this week - hit a high fever out of nowhere (well, 3 days of panic/anxiety attacks, but other than that...) and went into quarantine away from my family (and kitties!) for 3 days before finding out my test result was negative. Imagine my relief. In my isolation, I had plenty of music; however, 3 bands formed the bulk of my listening. Many hours of each: Steely Dan (all the albums thru Gaucho) Guided by Voices (shuffle of umpteen albums, EPs, singles, outtakes, etc nearly 500 tracks in the mix) Frank Zappa (the newest 1970 box set and the Zappa in New York box set)

That sucks, glad to hear you're ok now.