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

Prog Sothoth wrote: Renaissance - 'Scheherazade and Other Stories': Ya know, I actually think "The Vultures Fly High" is my favorite track off this release, followed by "Ocean Gypsy". Guess I'm really feelin' the shorter tracks. Renaissance - 'Ashes are Burning': Man the opener "Can You Understand" on this album is so damn DOPE. In fact the only song I really have trouble with is "Let it Grow". There's only so much 'lovey-dovey' I can handle. Lisa Loeb - 'Firecracker': I loved this woman in the mid-90's, though I didn't pay much attention to her music. This release is quite a mess, but there's a couple of goodies within. Feels like a rarities, demo & B-sides album.

Last two days:

Ozric Tentacles - Arborescence (easily one of their best albums)
The Gentle Storm – The Diary (heavy version)
Renaissance – Novella
My Home on Trees – How I Reached Me
Bad Acid - Revelations of the Third Eye
Weedpecker - II
Mantric Muse – s/t
Tangerine Dream – Official Bootleg: vol 1: Manheim set (me too, Sam. All those early concerts sound like their own albums, each one different to the last)
Alpha Wave Movement – Kinetic (latest AWM album)

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: ... Ozric Tentacles - Arborescence (easily one of their best albums) ...

Finnforest wrote: ^oh i love Plateaux of Mirror.....been ages since I've played any Eno ambient stuff.  Have to dig it out sometimes..

It's a good one for sure, it's growing on me. I've been in an ambient mood. Some of Eno's stuff just hits the spot.

^ The part two of the Mannheim set was probably my favourite, it's like an extended version of "Invisible Limits" in reverse. It also sounds very much like Trance near the end 

Atmospheres featuring Clive Stevens - Atmopsheres
Heldon - Électronique Guérilla

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden 

Brian Eno - "Another Green World"
Brian Eno - "Ambient 4: On Land"
The Lemon Twigs - "Do Hollywood"


Edited by Ozark Soundscape - November 10 2016 at 21:42

Thursday...

Magnum Vaeltaja wrote: Pentacle - La Clef Des Songes - I was SUPER surprised to find a copy of this at the local record store (which is now my favourite record store ever). I was really tempted to pick it up since I'd seen it get rave reviews on the site, and what are the odds of ever coming across it again? But then my conscience kicked in and I decided to give it a try on youtube first to see if it really was worthwhile. And from my inaugural listen, I can safely say that I'll be right back there on the weekend with La Clef Des Songes in my hand walking out the door! Great symphonic prog with some fine bluesy guitar work. Not groundbreaking stuff, but still enticing enough to make me want to head halfway across town to pick it up.

Mate, PLEASE tell me you rang the store and asked them to hold it for you?! You'll likely never come across it again, and I think it is an utterly essential symphonic album. I found it for $10 in an Australian store quite a while back (probably about twenty years ago now), at the time I didn't actually know what it was but I instantly recognised the name of the Ange frontman on the back cover (plus there was also THAT front cover!), so I simply blind-bought it.

It was sadly so cheap because someone had written on the front cover in thick black pen `File under French Section' (I'm assuming it therefore came from a radio host/DJ's library at some point?), but it played beautifully. I also picked up several prog-folk Malicorne albums at the same time with the same writing on the front, so obviously all from the same collection.

I have extra fond memories of the Pentacle one because I was back living at home briefly when I got it, and as I was playing it my Mother stuck her head in the door and said `What a wonderful singer that group has!', and of course she was right. I'll treasure that album forever and always think of that memory when she's gone.