What albums did you listen to today?...continued

National Lampoon | Lemmings
Lou Reed & Metallica | Lulu
Jack Bruce | More Jack Than God
Savoy Brown | Blue Matter
Blur | Think Tank
Elvis Costello & the Attractions | Goodbye Cruel World
Chicago | Chicago (II) (Steven Wilson Remix)
Cream | Disraeli Gears
Elvis Costello | Taking Liberties
The Fall | Slates EP
Latin Playboys | s/t
Carla Bley | Escalator Over the Hill
Magma | Zëss
Cheech & Chong | Up in Smoke (Soundtrack)

Highly recommend that National Lampoon album if you’re a fan of Woodstock (the movie, the bands, or the “legend” of it all). It was part of a stage show and there’s original footage on YouTube. I had it on cassette years ago but finally repurchased a used vinyl copy. Dark humor parody with some really great songs, including a perfect Bob Dylan impression by Christopher Guest.

Edited by HolyMoly - March 26 2022 at 15:26

Killing Joke— Lords of Chaos (EP) 2022

Killing Joke— Pylon (2021 Remaster 2CD deluxe) this release flew right under the radar for me. Bought it today and I like the new remaster. It is a bit brighter but not in a bad way. Original still sounds best though. Highly recommended!!

Kevin Rieple— Gears of War ( Original video game soundtrack.)

@David, re Lulu:

I think the biggest mistake people made at the outset was to think of it as a Metallica album. It’s 100% Lou, which means be ready for the occasional surprise (looking through his career, he’s done some baffling stuff here and there). I don’t think he even needed Metallica for this, but by using them and giving them co-top-billing I think he had to have been trolling. The band must have known too, and been ok with it, for reasons of their own.

Next time you put it on, try putting on disc 2. Much of that material is fairly moody and not annoying at all. In fact the last song Junior Dad is the best on the album. Disc one can be a little hard to take at times, but disc 2 is more subtle and deep, I think.

Not a great album by any means, but as a Lou fan I have no real problem with it.

Edited by HolyMoly - March 28 2022 at 15:39

^^ I have that Jethro Tull five-fer! Quite a great deal for a very strong run of albums.

Last night & Today:

George Harrison | All Things Must Pass
George Harrison | Living in the Material World
Queen | Queen II
Vak | Budo - excellent Zeuhl discovery from 2020 virtual Prog Day. Hoping for the festival to return this year.
Guerilla Toss | Famously Alive - brand new, did not disappoint
Hurdy Gurdy | Hurdy Gurdy - Claus Bøhling’s early 70s psych power trio. He is the man.
Genesis | Genesis
Soft Machine | Facelift: France & Holland — brand new 2 CD + DVD, nicely restored 1970 footage.

HolyMoly wrote: @David, re Lulu: I think the biggest mistake people made at the outset was to think of it as a Metallica album. It’s 100% Lou, which means be ready for the occasional surprise (looking through his career, he’s done some baffling stuff here and there). I don’t think he even needed Metallica for this, but by using them and giving them co-top-billing I think he had to have been trolling. The band must have known too, and been ok with it, for reasons of their own. Next time you put it on, try putting on disc 2. Much of that material is fairly moody and not annoying at all. In fact the last song Junior Dad is the best on the album. Disc one can be a little hard to take at times, but disc 2 is more subtle and deep, I think. Not a great album by any means, but as a Lou fan I have no real problem with it.

You actually made it fairly easy for me in that nowadays I am far more of a Lou fan than a Metallica one…which is completely opposite David ca. 13 years old
Anyhoo thanks for the info. I think I’ll lend it my ears at some point.

Btw Hi Jim! Looks like you’ve been looking hard at those incredibly cheap 5 classic albums compilations…just like me Edgar Broughton Band, Soft Machine, Parliament, Kevin Ayers, Dr John, Echo & The Bunnymen, Passport, Paul Simon etc etc.. There are many of these out there..and well the sound is awesome too. Part of me thought I would be getting some poor remaster or something to that effect back when I first got one of these through the door…but nahh they sound great! Methinks Steve Hackett is calling me when I get home from work.

Me yesterday:
The Cure - Faith
Delirium - lll
Black Midi - Cavalcade
John Coltrane - Sun Ship
Cluster - Zuckerzeit
Amon Düül ll - Vive La Trance
Jean-Paul Prat - Masal

Edited by Guldbamsen - March 29 2022 at 09:25

Genesis Seconds out CD2
David Gilmour Live in Gdansk CD2
Genesis The complete BBC sessions 1970 1972
Orford Martin : Classic music and popular songs
Alphataurus : Alphataurus
Hawkiwind : Hall of the mountain grill
IQ : The 7th house

Meltdowner wrote: I have the 5CD set of Santana, from Caravanserai to Amigos. I have yet to hear the last disc. Guldbamsen wrote: Jean-Paul Prat - Masal I bought that album a while ago and there's a track near the end that always cracks me up. They constantly repeat apparently meaningless vocals but in Portuguese means "Look, it smells like dogs in here. Yeah, it does!"  Last few days: Propaganda - A Secret Wish Breidablik - Alduorka Motorpsycho - Black Hole /Black Canvas

I am most definitely going to remember that for my next spin. What somewhat surprises me is the fact that it seems to make perfect sense in Portuguese..

Me yesterday:
Darkside - Spiral (Really nice find for me. Psychedelic artpop teams up with Krautrock, electronic and some suave progressive ideas thrown in for good measure. First spin and later on today I’m jumping aboard for another one.)
Peter Gabriel - 4
The Orb - Orblivion
Steve Hackett - Please Don’t Touch
Dungen - Tio Bitar
Gorguts - Obscura
Tim Buckley - Lorca

of Montreal | The Early Four-Track Recordings
Espiritu | Crisalida
PFM | Suonare Suonare
Elliott Smith | Figure 8
Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Style
Sigur Ros | Ágætis Byrjun
Eloy | Inside
Blue Öyster Cult | Fire of Unknown Origin
Giles, Giles & Fripp | The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp
King Crimson | In the Court of the Crimson King