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Time for another smattering of sounds.

Brian Wilson - Surf's Up



More music here )

Enjoy.
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Time to unwind - and you know what that means (unless it's sex) - music.

Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink



More music here )
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More classic prog rock - yep i am in that mood folks -


King Crimson - Epitaph



In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic and musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released".
The album was remastered and re-released on vinyl and CD several times during the 1980s and 1990s.

More proggers here )

Yes

Mar. 19th, 2016 11:39 pm
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One of the most awesome prog rock bands ever IMHO  - Yes


Yes - And You And I (Symphonic Live 2003)



Moe Yes )

PLAY LOUD!
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As a tribute to this king of the keyboard a couple of classic prog rock grooves from him and and his bands.

The Nice - Hang On To A Dream



The Nice - America



Emerson Lake and Palmer - Tarkus



TArkus still remains my favourite ELP album , esp. this long 20 min title track - it conveys what prog rock was all about with complex time signatures and , based on motifs and extemporization, plus an unfolding sound and groove similar to classical music and modern jazz, makes this one album alone a highlight.

I also played this vinyl LP as well.

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Feel a musical moment coming on so here are four tracks i have dug out of the archives. Dusted down the vinyl so here we go -

The B52's - Love Shack



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs&ab_channel=RHINO


Killing Joke - Love Like Blood



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnpwuRlXbhk&ab_channel=emimusic


John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_LA5XpF3og&ab_channel=FFM0594

Hot Butter -Popcorn



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBYjZTdrJlA&ab_channel=chco27

Enjoy.
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Rediscovering music with the lovely donation from [livejournal.com profile] cmcmck , so this is what i have played so far vinyl wise.




Trouble Funk - Still Smokin' 12"
Odyssey - Don't Tell Me Tell Her 12"
Stone City Band - Ladies Choice 12"
Al Green - Full Of Fire LP
John Knogos - Kongos LP
Tommy Smith - Peeping Tom
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I walked into teh town centre this morning and came back with some food items. Whilst going around the shops i presumed the charity shop and came out with these CD's for a quid each.



A double CD of the best of Yes.



That UK BUffy compilation on the Fox Music/EMI/Mutant Enemy/BBC co-label is worth thirty quid on Discogs! Yay!

Last two hours have been spent sunbathing in GC's garden.
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Final YES song of the day in my YES fest - appreciating that great bass work of Chris Squire , i chose this one from many i could have chosen.

Yes - And You And I



Enjoy.
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Another top fave Yes track -

Yes - Close To The Edge



Complex multi time signature prog rock at its best.
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For me, one of the seminal bands of the seventies was Yes. Yesterday , their base guitarist Chris Squire passed away.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33306933

As a tribute , here is one of their finest pieces.

Yes - Roundabout

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Apart from popping over to Rainham to sell books for a mere three quid (thankfully a free train ride in both directions) i have been mostly a man of leisure today. Yep, still awaiting that damn payment.

Anyhow, been listening to a smorgasbord of music , and a few items i had not listened to before during my charity shop scavenges. Top of the list goes to the discovery on Fat Cat Records, which is this one.



Gregory And The Hawk - Moeni and Kitchi

Albert Hammond Jr. - ¿Cómo Te Llama?
Nobody & The Mystic Chords Of Memory - Tree Coloured See
Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops





Of the four played so far try he most inventive and enjoyable is the Gregory CD.

Suntreader

Dec. 3rd, 2014 07:14 am
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Also from that old Cd i made of proggy and alt-rock sixties stuff was this psyched out classic from Pink Floyd, a track called Set The Controls For The Heart Of the Sun.



Enjoy.

Echoes

Dec. 3rd, 2014 12:30 am
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Final piece of music for the late night and a long LP side of a track from one of my favourite prog rock albums , Pink Floyd and Echoes from the album Meddle.



Enjoy.

It is also to educate Jon, [livejournal.com profile] thespian15,  about other Floyd music apart from The Wall.
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I walked into Sittingbourne this morning and found some bargain CD's  at the Demelza charity shop -

Doobie Brothers - Greatest Hits
George Benson - The Very Best Of ..
The Cooper Temple Clause - Make This Your Own
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium


The last two are particularly excellent , all four for a quid too.

From The Cooper Temple Clause i have chosen this track , All I See Is You.



The Mars Volta make loud prog rock and for the defining track from an album that just fizzles with inventiveness is this one, Cicatriz ESP , all 12 minutes of it.


I suggest you play these two tracks LOUD! Enjoy.

Tomorrow i shall be travelling early to Kings Hill, an area just south of West Malling for a potential vacancy in a market research company.and then up to Sevenoaks to do a mystery shop.




 
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Recently i was re-reading Arthur C Clarke's short story, The Sentinel, which years later became the basis for the film and novel 2001 A Space Odyssey. The ape like creatures at the beginning of the novel looked up at the stars, wondering much like us i guess, is their life out there in the universe. Then digging out a couple of early 70's prog rock albums by Genesis before they became , IMHO, substandard, with the leaving of Peter Gabriel and the emergence of Phil Collins, a track from Foxtrot , which although not related to the Clarke novel or short story, yet one of my favourite tracks, is called Watcher Of The Skies.



Enjoy.
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This morning i caught the bus
To Tunbridge Wells without a fuss
And then to leafy Sevenoaks.
Had a beer with some blokes,
Whom bought loads of cheap music.
So off i went at haste and quick
To the charity shop with the good stuff
Loads of cheap CD's , and just enough
For me to pick out four
Of groovy music to explore.
All four came only to a quid,
And I was like an excited kid.

Thus here are the four that i will explore.

timbalandshk
Compilation of hip hop, R&B and pop grooves by the producer.


marsvolta
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Crematorium , a heavy metal prog rock groove.

rioev

Various Artists - Rio Evolution Vol. 1 , cool funky house flavored jazzy Brasilia grooves. Awesome!

worldgiles

Giles Peterson - Worldwide 2 , my main man on a funky jazz tip groove.

Sound clips will be done tomorrow as i have yet to do a couple of reports to put online whilst listening to the music.
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Today, after listening to some world music this morning, i decided to dig into my prog past and played a couple of these classic tracks. Enjoy

Yes - Close To The Edge (Atlantic LP)



and finally some Jethro Tull "Aqualung" (Chrysalis LP) and the title track -


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