NWR The "What are we listening to?" Thread

[Mark Carrington]

Finally got my hands on 1-2-3-4 Punk & New Wave 1976-79. Arguably, the finest compilation, ever. And superbly packaged.

 

[Andrew Blunsden]

Finally got my hands on 1-2-3-4 Punk & New Wave 1976-79. Arguably, the finest compilation, ever. And superbly packaged.

Is it just me, but the thought of punk on anything but vinyl just seems wrong? (I assume the compilation is on CD)

 

[Andrew Blunsden]

This weekend I am besotted with a new album by a young singer with real soul and a gift for powerful lyrics. Here is a taster:

 

[Mark Carrington]

Is it just me, but the thought of punk on anything but vinyl just seems wrong? (I assume the compilation is on CD)

I know exactly what you mean. I transferred plenty of my vinyl & the pops ‘n’ crackles add to the nostalgia. But it is superbly packaged including a detailed booklet which would never have been part of vinyl package.

 

[Raymond Tilney]

For anyone who likes the mid- late 70’s vibe this is so evocative The opening of “Who needs words” is particularly Steely Dan..
The group are Young guns silver fox and the album from 2020 is “Canyons”
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[Raymond Tilney]

With all the recent press stuff commemorating the 50 years since Carole King’s Tapestry I am giving it a whirl, having not really played it in complete format since my youth club vinyl days.
Mmm....
Lovely album and reminds me of innocent times.
But she really is not much of a singer, “Beautiful” is a particularly poor vocal.
Not as bad as Sandie Shaw mind who keeps popping up on Tony Blackburn’s shows.

 

[Thom Blach]

As with everything from this period it only reveals its full glory in the eight-track cartridge format. All other music reproduction systems are second best, though possibly a little more practical.

 

[Dan Baillie]

Thanks. Right up my street!

 

[Andrew Blunsden]

I’ve never been a huge fan of Seven Wilson but I am loving his new album, especially this track:

 

[Jeremy Caan]

The Naked remaster of the Let It Be album

 

[Christopher Piper]

This weekend I am besotted with a new album by a young singer with real soul and a gift for powerful lyrics

Andrew, absolutely agree. Amazing stuff but my eighteen year-old daughter tells me that I'm bit behind the curve (as usual!) as she saw her live in Exeter two years' ago, when she was supporting Loyle Carner.

 

[Nigel Palesford]

Yesterday and today the amazing remix of 'Stage Fright' by the Band and even better is the Live at the Albert Hall gig from 1971. Incredible stuff.

 

[Alistair Scott]

I may be very late with this, but confess to a modicum of excitement:

 

[Peter Webb]

I know exactly what you mean. I transferred plenty of my vinyl & the pops ‘n’ crackles add to the nostalgia. But it is superbly packaged including a detailed booklet which would never have been part of vinyl package.

I bit on this and found a copy via Discogs - the booklet is very extensive indeed and having CDs means I can rip to multiple devices.

 

[Mark Palmer]

As with everything from this period it only reveals its full glory in the eight-track cartridge format. All other music reproduction systems are second best, though possibly a little more practical.

Wandering the streets of Barnes yesterday past the small record shop related to the Olympic Studios/Cinema and there in the window display staring me in the face was an eight track cartridge sitting half in and half out of an eight track cartridge machine. Haven’t seen one for at least forty years. So long ago I couldn’t even recall the name of the format.

 

[Mark Carrington]

I bit on this and found a copy via Discogs - the booklet is very extensive indeed and having CDs means I can rip to multiple devices.

I note that it's Restricted Code's 40th anniversary for your John Peel session, next month.

 

[Chiu Lin]

 

[Jonathan Kalman]

I was there that night and it was great.

 

[Jonathan Kalman]

As with everything from this period it only reveals its full glory in the eight-track cartridge format. All other music reproduction systems are second best, though possibly a little more practical.

The eight-track was invented by Bill Lear as a convenient music music source for his jets, this doesn't however absolve him of naming his daughter Shanda.

 

[Alex Lake]

The eight-track was invented by Bill Lear as a convenient music music source for his jets, this doesn't however absolve him of naming his daughter Shanda.

Bloody hell - I assumed that was a joke. Well, I mean your joke!

 

[Chiu Lin]

I was at there that night and it was great.

I have only attended his live performance once, Orange Bowl in Miami in the 80s, heck of performance for almost 4 hours.

 

[Jonathan Kalman]

Bloody hell - I assumed that was a joke. Well, I mean your joke!

No joke ( on my part), verifiably true.

 

[Alex Lake]

No joke ( on my part), verifiably true.

Yes! I did that... Quite a sense of humour.....

 

[Dan Vyvyan]

Periodically my children ask me what it was really like, being young in the 1970s, and I am happy to oblige

 

[Saina Nieminen]

I've been listening to the super-slow interpretations of Bruckner conducted by the old Celibidache. I know they have received mostly negative reviews because of the slow tempos but I love them for precisely that reason.