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

Guldbamsen wrote: Catcher10 wrote: Afternoon of yard work, hosed myself off....Sat down at around 5pm and just finished up the following records about 6 hours later!!  (Sides 3&4) Hi José That’s actually one of my favourite things: listening to music after a shower. The experience is even heightened if you end the shower with COLD water...like a minute or so. Trust me on this, it’s actually quite thrilling I think it’s to do with all the endorphins that let lose under the cold water kickstarting your whole nervous system...which then awards you with an increased sense of clarity and musical involvement. Also why I absolutely adore listening to music by the seaside. Music sounds brilliant after a quick and cold dip

Edited by Catcher10 - May 30 2020 at 22:02

Leprous - Malina

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Guldbamsen wrote:   Btw seeing as you dig the Ozrics and Gong...any chance you’ve ever heard the “lost” Gong album ‘Obsolete’? Sure it’s listed under some French fella named Dashiell Hedayatt..but it’s pretty much Gong via members AND most importantly the music.   You know, i have admit that until you mentioned it, that lp completely passed me by! Ive read (yours and others) review here and went straight on YouTube and am listening to it now!!!! WOW how have I missed this album?? Certainly musically its miles out there beyond 'Magic brother..' and 'Continental Circus' and sounds (in sections) much more advanced than 'Camembert..' and has a rawness that Gong lost a bit after Camembert.. mind you some of the more obscure live bootlegs etc with long improvised work-outs show they could still do it.. but not really there till Planet Gong Floating Free Anarchy.. Ive been looking to see if I can find a physical copy of this and have drawn a complete blank.. has it been re-issued at any time recently?? I bet original copies fetch a frightening amount!! WOW again.. i'm genuinely shocked that ive not heard this before but that's the REAL joy of this forum, you can ALWAYS find something new by recommendation or research. You've made my day!! i'm a very happy man! Many thanks xxx  P.S I think it would be very hard to plough straight furrows with this on in the tractor!! Sweet I’m always on about this album over the forum so it warms my heart to see that someone picked up on the rec. It is a wonderful album, and no sadly it has not been re-released to my knowledge...which is both criminal and somewhat odd imo. I mean, there are quite a few of these specialised labels that go out of their way to find some of the most obscure prog/psych known to man...and when you then think about the players involved it makes even less sense Oh well we can always hope. I vividly remember feeling the exact same about another French band called Plat Du Jour who made one selftitled album back in 1977, a masterpiece no less..yet lo and behold if it didn’t get a re-release after a couple of very very positive reviews over PA   After a bit more research I found out that it was re-released 1n 1977 on the same label and catalogue numbers and the few copies I found on Discogs were these and were either ropey condition or massively over priced! But then I found its been re-issued by Replica records which specialize in French Prog and Avant garde re-issues and on their site it says its in stock for 20 Euros + P&P so I shall certainly be ordering that!!!  That is quite simply brilliant Truth be told I never did a search Now that I do know it’s available and doesn’t cost a small fortune, I hope more people like yourself who are into Gong/Hillage will latch onto it..because well it is perhaps one of the finest Gong albums (with a French vocalist mind you) that nobody seems to know about!   Hey Hey it arrived today!! Super quick dispatch from those Replica/ Musea guys in France and i'm now giving 'Obsolete' by Dashiell Hadayat GONG its 3rd blast this evening, just what I need after a day moving irrigation about most of the day in the boiling hot sunshine!! It says it needs to be listened to as loud and as stoned as (im)possible.. I can achieve the first part, sadly not the secondxxx

I do enjoy the latter quite regularly because of my back, but I feel it is way better for my overall health than the opioid derived pills I get from the doc (the latter almost made me a junkie inside a week before I threw those badboys in the trash).
I do remember when I first got a hold of this record almost instantly feeling that I had found something truly special..and like you ended up spinning the thing several times during the day. It also spurred me on to check out similar lesser known stuff under the Gong umbrella, which then lead me to the Peel Sessions (another fairly easy recommendation if you don’t own it already)

This morning:
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (Really just as much of a Vannier album. Most old school pork fans should dig this methinks..I certainly do)
David Axelrod - Song Of Innocence (I really dig this sort of warm almost 60s television score-music..yet it’s jazzy like Nilovic..and then not really. More lofty and melodic)
The Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities (Yep. Never fails. With summer comes a craving for electronic music. I often start out with the IDM scene, and this one is just awesome right this minute over my Hifiman headphones whilst watching a blue sunlit sky. Feels like summer)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band | 50th Anniversary Collection (disc 1)
Seaside Lovers | Memories of Beach House
However | Calling
However | Sudden Dusk
Stevie Ray Vaughan | Live Montreal 8/17/1984 (bonus disc, Couldn’t Stand the Weather deluxe CD)
iNFiNiEN | Light at the Endless Tunnel
Guerilla Toss | Jay Glass Dubs vs Guerilla Toss (trippy remixes of tracks from GT Ultra)

Terje Rypdal | Chaser
Genesis | Genesis
Phil Collins | Face Value
Serge Gainsbourgh | Histoire de Melody Nelson
Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Journey | Escape
Simple Minds | Once Upon a Time
Tomita | Pictures at an Exhibition
Anthony Phillips | Private Parts & Pieces IV
Phish | Rift

Last couple of days:

REM - And I Feel Fine...The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (2 CDs Edition)
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Le Grand Sbam - Vaisseau Monde
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska

Grumpyprogfan wrote: Listened to music I enjoy. Not telling what it is.

bet it was awesome though :o

@Sam re: ABC, Of their early albums, Alphabet City comes probably the closest to Lexicon In terms of style, but it’s not in the same league song-wise, good though it is. Beauty Stab would be a good one for you to try - it’s more guitar based and the songs are just as good as the debut.

Today und yesterday:

Todd Terje | It’s Album Time
Faust | The Faust Tapes
Adam & the Ants | Dirk Wears White Sox - pre-fame debut, fine post pubk, try it!
Emerson Lake & Palmer | Isle of Wight Festival 1970
ELO | Eldorado - never really warmed up to this one for some reason
Bloodrock | s/t - great 1970 hard rock with slightly artsy leanings
Edgar Froese | Aqua
James Ferraro | Jarvid 9: Flushpipe
Throbbing Gristle | 20 Jazz Funk Greats
REM | New Adventures in Hi-Fi - bored me to tears. I want to like post-IRS REM, but ehhhhghhh
Colosseum | Live
Ty Segall | Melted
Todd Rundgren | Back to the Bars
Cocteau Twins | Blue Bell Knoll
The Fall | Middle Class Revolt
Crevice | Think of Pleasant Things - cool droney ambient thing from the 90s I once reviewed. Sounded great today.
Effigies | For Ever Grounded

Edited by HolyMoly - May 27 2020 at 22:15

Listened to music I enjoy. Not telling what it is.