Power Of Soul - Idris Muhammad
Slinky smooth, jazzy with an edge of funky soulfulness. When Randy Brecker’s flugelhorn infusion seeps in all is well in the world.
The quieter passages are really quite beautiful.
Original home too of the brilliant opening to side one of The Beastie Boys’ masterpiece, Paul’s Boutique.
The Avett Brothers - The Gleam II - aka The Second Gleam
Some gentle county folk with a hint of bluegrass, beautifully and effortlessly performed.
Marc Broussard - S.O.S.: Save Our Soul
If you like a bit of Soul why not give this a whirl. Marc expertly works his way through some classics, and boy he belts ‘em out with…err…soul.
Joyous.
It’s Dylan time!
Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind.
Another favourite of mine, this album finds Dylan exploring mortality and solitude. Not Dark Yet is possibly the best song Dylan has ever written, and the production on this album is lovely. Highly recommended.
We are having an easy listening evening with Amazon HD stream of DK. Created a playlist of many of her albums played at random. This one is stand out for it’s raw gutsy feeling.
Sat outside on the patio, bottle of red and this playing
My original still sounds great, way better than the cd.
I’ve spent fair amounts on special pressings on particular labels of albums I play and love a lot less than this.
This copy is a standard early-ish pressing and does sound great - how could it not really? - but not as spectacular as other standard Dan vinyl.
Which pressings (vinyl only, of course) would anyone recommend to optimise the sonic heights of this peerless album?
Aja - Steely Dan
