What are you listening to in 2023 and why might anyone be interested?

[Tony]

[Cmax]

Bill Bragg - Life’s A Riot with Spy Vs Spy - CD 30th Anniversary Edition

[AndyP]

That has the wonderful ‘A13, Trunk Road to the Sea’

OK all together now - to the tune of Route 66

If you ever have to go to Shoeburyness
Take the A road, the okay road that’s the best
Go motorin’ on the A13

Well, if you’re looking for a thrill that’s new
Take in Fords, Dartford Tunnel and the river too
Go motorin’ on the A13

It starts down in Wapping
There ain’t no stopping
By-pass Barking and straight through Dagenham
Down to Grays Thurrock
And rather near Basildon
Pitsea, Thundersley, Hadleigh, Leigh-On-Sea
Chalkwell, Prittlewell
Southend’s the end

If you ever have to go to Shoeburyness
Take the A road, the okay road that’s the best
Go motorin’ on the A13

It starts down in Wapping
There ain’t no stopping
By-pass Barking and straight through Dagenham
Down to Grays Thurrock
And rather near Basildon
Pitsea, Thundersley, Hadleigh, Leigh-On-Sea
Chalkwell, Prittlewell
Southend’s the end

[YetiZone]

Steely Dan - Aja, on a fabulous sounding early UK pressing.

[Cmax]

It does indeed, Hope its brought back some memories

[Clive]

@anon70766008

I won’t be rushing out to buy a copy, though, as ‘Animals’ was the one Floyd LP that I didn’t ‘get’.

You said in March that you’d already purchased a copy.

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon, 50th Anniversary Box Set

I ordered the DSOTM Wembley ‘live’ LP and the ‘Animals’ remix LP, both of which turned uo late this afternoon. I’ll give them a spin tomorrow. (I hope that the ‘Animals’ pressing problems are well behind us.) I can’t be doing with box sets of multiple outtakes and studio run-throughs. I want to hear what the artist(s) produced, not how they got there.

[Tony]

@AndyP

It starts down in Wapping

Not according to the RAC and AA road atlas.

[Clive]

Thelonious Monk - Misterioso and In Action

Two albums on frequent rotation here at the moment.

[anon70766008]

Yes, I listened, didn’t enjoy much of what I heard, and decided to shelve it for another few tears.

[Neilb1906]

A travesty and missed opportunity that the original musicians weren’t invited to perform this masterpiece of an album.
Current lineup is,in my judgement, a circus act.

[Neilb1906]

That’s better.

[Collywobbles]

Pre 1977 Crash 3 X CD box set. Well the box set came later but you know what I mean.

[Cmax]

Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked - CD

[Deeg]

Some Witch of The Vale to kick off… prepping for an upcoming gig.

[A-Fin]

Patricia Barber - The Beat Goes On - Companion

[AndyP]

Jimmy Scott - The Source

From 1970 this album has a beautiful version of ‘On Broadway’

Nice that Jimmy had a resurgence in his career courtesy of David Lynch and Lou Reed.

[steviebee]

My experience of the remix was the opposite - like you I didn’t much like the original Animals (I did keep trying through several plays) but the remix was a revelation. Brought the music alive for me.

Bear in mind that I came very late to the album (and the later Floyd albums in general) so I had no years of listening memory that the original evoked.

Great remix imho👌

[Cmax]

John Prine - John Prine - CD

Another blast from the past, John is another long time fav, and sadly missed, I couldn’t make my mind up which to play, so went back to the beginning.

[Graeme]

Frank Sinatra - At The Sands.

[AndyP]

Brilliant album with some absolute classics ‘Hello in There’, ‘Sam Stone’ and the brilliant ‘Angel from Montgomery’.

Most artists would have been content with just one of those songs.