Weather Report - ‘I Sing The Body Electric’ (1972). Classic early Weather Report, more uncompromising in style that the later work. Side 1 is studio and side 2 is live including the track ‘Directions’ the Joe Zawinul composition which appears on a number of Miles Davis’ live fusion albums.
New release by DM of 40 year old material. The Vince Clarke era, which I have seriously warmed to recently.
It’s Bootsy, and his most recent (2020) album – and he’s here to funketize the galaxy and banish the beige!
Channeling his inner Bob Dylan,
I always think when he speak-sings.
Like the album, too.
Yes, that’s exactly what I was getting at, ‘speak-sings’! Thanks.
Now there’s a guy that puts a smile on your face 
‘What’s Bootsy Doin’?’ was my first foray, with Stevie ‘No Wonder’ Salas in the band. Legend.
Going to have to check it out now with that introduction!
Stevie is such a great guitarist - think I have pretty much everything he’s released.
Ryan Adams. Love is Hell. CD. A guy with an ear for a melody. I enjoy his stuff.
Now here’s an album
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung by Ryley Walker. He can be incredibly frustrating live but hoping he is back on form when I see him at End of the Road later in the year. This is my favourite album of his
Genesis-‘Archive #2 1976-92’ (2000). A 3 CD retrospective of the ‘Collins’ era. Some great rarities and prog material is here. There are B-sides from the ‘Wind and Wuthering’, ‘And Then…’ and ‘Duke’ eras such as ‘Vancouver’, ‘Open Door’ and others. There is great live material too ‘Ripples’, ‘Entangled’ to name but two. Also ‘It’s Yourself’ the B-side of ‘Your Own Special Way’. This single was the first Genesis I bought and upon listening I was interested in the middle section of this track which was pretty low key. Little did I know then that in a turbo charged form this was ‘Los Endos’ of course! Great stuff!
On CD:-
King Crimson - Islands
From the Who Can I Be Now? vinyl box set, a 2-LP record of The Tour I Was Too Young To Attend Much To My Regret, Isolar in '76. The band - especially the Davis/Murray rhythm section – is on fire and the song choices/arrangements are just brilliant.
