John Coltrane. 58 prestige recordings. I really should buy this
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Bill Frisell & Petra Haden - Harmony
Haven’t played this in a while, but Mary Black led me here with the song Hard Times, which appears on an album of hers which I was playing earlier.
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I love Jimmy Cliff. His back catalogue is infuriatingly in disarray.
One can be forgiven on the basis of the number of ubiquitous “best of” compilations out there that all he ever did was songs like Harder They Come, Many Rivers To Cross, Wonderful World Beautiful People etc. Good as those songs are Jimmy made numerous excellent albums that stand on there own merit but hard to find except for quite lo fi streams. Including Give The People What They Want, Follow My Mind, Save Our Planet Earth and Special.
Give Thankx is one of those gems, released on Warners in 1978, opening with the lovely nyabhingi chant of Bongo Man, the militant call to Stand Up And Fight Back, strong and free woman on She Is A Woman, African pop on Meeting In Africa, the whole album is infused with Jimmy’s soulful and spiritual singing. Play this and the sun will shine.
Worth seeking out
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My last for the night. Haven’t played this for ages but promoted by @igahman post (I think) awhile back. Mike Oldfield Crisis
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Found this this week courtesy of Roon. Got a recommendation based on Ólafur Arnalds.
Oceanic by Niklas Paschburg.
Really nice blend of modern classical and electronic.
Love the cover, nice take on a popular theme.
More Ryan Adams on CD. Gold. 2001.
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It’as an absolutely fantastic album, Pete. So glad it’s getting reissued and hopefully it will find the wider audience it deserves.
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Joe Walsh - But Seriously Folks
Remember the summer of '79, saw and heard this everywhere. I think we were a little behind the times in the south-west.
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I might seek it out, cheers.
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Back to the 80s again, with this Sony/Universal compilation and this time Disc Three, which, as you can see, has a quite decent selection of tunes.
3-1 – Yoko Ono Walking On Thin Ice
3-2 –Frankie Goes To Hollywood Rage Hard
3-3 –Propaganda Dr Mabuse
3-4 –Soft Cell Soul Inside
3-5 –Simple Minds New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
3-6 –Dead Or Alive In Too Deep
3-7 –Stephen Duffy Icing On The Cake
3-8 –David Sylvian The Ink In The Well
3-9 –Furniture Brilliant Mind
3-10 –Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Genetic Engineering
3-11 –The Tourists So Good To Be Back Home Again
3-12 –Susan Fassbender Twilight Cafe
3-13 –Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson Left Of Center
3-14 –The Waitresses I Know What Boys Like
3-15 –The Go-Go’s* Our Lips Are Sealed
3-16 –Hipsway The Honeythief
3-17 –It’s Immaterial Driving Away From Home (Jim’s Tune)
3-18 –Lloyd Cole And The Commotions* Lost Weekend
3-19 –Julian Cope World Shut Your Mouth
3-20 –Iggy Pop Real Wild Child (Wild One)
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Mentioned by @Sloop_John_B and @Pete_the_painter a few posts above. LP reissue.
Thanks for the suggestion, I haven’t listened to Achtung Baby for a while, great alum.
Claude
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