George Harrison - Cloud 9 Heart - Greatest Hits Starship - Greatest Hits (Ten Years & Change: 1979-1991) Genesis - We Can't Dance
Alice Coltrane, A Monastic Trio. Her first album as group leader after the death of John Coltrane, and the only record of hers I like at all. -- Ian
Purple live in London, best version of Mistread I've heard them do Dream Threate live at the Budenken Rush Farewell to Kings Jeff Beck Guitar shop
The Virgin Prunes, If I Die I Die. Gavin Friday's archetypal early-80s glam-industrial group, Mute have just reissued their back catalogue, nicely remastered. I haven't heard this for nigh-on 20 years, and it's still pretty good. http://www.mute.com/artists/publicArtistLoad.do?id=41056 -- Ian
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines. Sublimely good, ancient-egypt themed death metal. Very good recording, the blast beats would provide a hefty challenge to any system. 'Brutal' I think is the word commonly used to describe this stuff...brutal indeed! :slayer:
Kraftwerk, Electric Cafe (of course, that should be a sophisticated coffee- and-ciabatta European 'cafey' and not a British egg-and-chips caff, but I can't seem to get the accent on the e). Far from their best, but still better than most. Boing tschak boom indeed.
I always used to be asked to play "Dave-Id is dead" when I was a dj (many years ago!).. After that I put it on every week as it completely emptied the floor apart from one complete crazed loon leaping about In A Dark Way.. Anyway, today was rock-ish: PiL - Metal Box Magazine - Correct Use of Soap AC/DC - If you want blood (still a peculiarly shrill recording, with only some very deep bass..) AudioSlave - whatever it's called, but it's a darned sight better recorded than If You Want Blood! Albert Collins - The Ice Man Cometh Porcupine Tree - can't remember the name either.. I find bad weather means much more music!
Today it's been: Wilko Johnson - Back in the night Jacques Loussier - Play Bach Chet baker - plays cool Deadline - Down by law
ATM it's Sonic Youth, Sonic Nurse. I have an irrational dislike of Thurston Moore, have never been that convinced by SY, and wish Kim Gordon would STFU and stop trying to sing, but this has some nice intricate layered guitar on it. -- Ian
today its been: Zakir Hussain/Mclaughlin/Chaurasia/Garbarek Making Music Groove Armada - Love Box Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
Kraftwerk for me as well - Showroom Dummies, the Model and Neon Lights 12"s Qualitatsmuzik! Also: Mahavishnu - Birds of Fire Gap Band - Funkin' in the year 2000 And still to come: Miles Davis - Agharta James Blood Ulmer - Phalanx. Nice!!
Suzane Vaga<>Retrospective Meatloaf<>Live Wembley 87' Whitesnake<>Lovehunter Deep Purple<>Burn 2004 Remaster (excellent) Micky Moody & Paul Williams Smokestacks, BroomDusters & Hoochie Coochie Men
Radio 1, for the first time in years. An evening devoted to John Peel. The Damned's "New Rose" is on at the moment, f*cking ace. -- Ian
