What have you been listening to?

[Psycho Circus]

JEFF HEALY BAND - See The Light

[Rev. Powell]

More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album
A collection of covers of Alexander "Skip" Spence's classic schizophrenic folk album, Oar.  With Robert Plant, Alejandro Escovedo, Robyn Hitchcock, Tom Waits, Beck, and several obscure bands. 

Rev, that SKIP SPENCE tribute looks interesting...?  I don't think I've heard SPENCE's Oar so I added it to my Amazon cart... I often come across gaps in my education.   

I would definitely get the original Oar album before the tribute.  Here's some critical commentary collected from Wikipedia:

"It was recorded after he had spent six months in Bellevue Hospital. The majority of the tracks were recorded using a three-track recorder. As described by Ross Bennett, "Combining the ramblings of a man on the brink of mental collapse with some real moments of flippancy and laughter, Oar is a genuinely strange record. Unsurprisingly, the journey from "Little Hands"' Grape-esque guitar grooves to "Grey/Afro"'s terrifying nine minutes of mantric drone, isn't an easy one. Even when Spence builds his songs around a familiar sound (primarily minimalist country-folk) unsettling oddities and ominous modulations creep in. ...at least he left Oar – more than most of us sane, functional people will ever manage. Just take a look at the tousled-haired, half-smiling figure gazing out from the record sleeve[1] and tell me you don't want to peer inside."[2] The album is viewed by Lindsay Planer as follows: "A common motif to this album is the presence of saints and demons. Even the straightforward narratives such as the love ballad "Broken Heart" or "Cripple Creek" — which feature vocal treatments reminiscent of folkie Fred Neil — are bathed in unusual chord sequences and lyrical double-entendre. The majority of the sounds on this long-player remain teetering near the precipice of sanity."

It's definitely an interesting record. 

[Pilgermann]

I really love The Shape of Jazz to Come, haven't listed to Davis' Filles De Kilamanjaro yet, and the double-dose of Klaatu is awesome.

Those first two are sweet... but I haven't heard of Klaatu before.  What are they like?

Sorry for the delayed response!  Apparently when Klaatu released their first album in '76 a rumor started that they were actually a new incarnation of the Beatles.  There were no band photos or credits, and the same rumor lasted through their second album.  There's a strong Beatles influence but for anyone who listened to the entire albums it should've been obvious that it wasn't them.

The CD I got has their first two albums the self-titled first one a.k.a. 3:47 EST and the follow-up Hope.  Aside from the Beatles influence it's a general mix of pop rock and progressive rock.  3:47 EST is kind of spotty but has some great stuff.  Hope is much better in my opinion, and is more of a sci-fi-ish concept album.  Here're some audio clips:

3:47 EST:
Calling Occupants (Of Interplanery Craft)
Sub-Rosa Subway
True Life Hero
Little Neutrino

Hope:
We're Off You Know
Madman
Loneliest of Creatures
So Said the Lighthouse Keeper

[Psycho Circus]

PANTERA - Cowboys From Hell [1990]

[Torgo]

SLAYER "Divine Intervention"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0ujYL3JuM
SLAYER "Sex.Murder.Art."   (live)

[Rev. Powell]

I really love The Shape of Jazz to Come, haven't listed to Davis' Filles De Kilamanjaro yet, and the double-dose of Klaatu is awesome.

Those first two are sweet... but I haven't heard of Klaatu before.  What are they like?

Sorry for the delayed response!  Apparently when Klaatu released their first album in '76 a rumor started that they were actually a new incarnation of the Beatles.  There were no band photos or credits, and the same rumor lasted through their second album.  There's a strong Beatles influence but for anyone who listened to the entire albums it should've been obvious that it wasn't them.

Thanks for the answer.  I has heard of the "2nd Beatles" band but I didn't recognize the name.  The clips are cool, but I don't get how people could actually think they were the Beatles.

If you enjoyed the Filles de Kilimanjaro album, you'd probably like the one I'm listening to now:



Miles Davis - Nefertiti

It's the same lineup as Filles (the "second classic quintet" with  Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams).  It's more accessible but still a bit "out there".

Sample: Fall

[Allhallowsday]

I really love The Shape of Jazz to Come, haven't listed to Davis' Filles De Kilamanjaro yet, and the double-dose of Klaatu is awesome.

Those first two are sweet... but I haven't heard of Klaatu before.  What are they like?

Sorry for the delayed response!  Apparently when Klaatu released their first album in '76 a rumor started that they were actually a new incarnation of the Beatles.  There were no band photos or credits, and the same rumor lasted through their second album.  There's a strong Beatles influence but for anyone who listened to the entire albums it should've been obvious that it wasn't them.

The CD I got has their first two albums the self-titled first one a.k.a. 3:47 EST and the follow-up Hope.  Aside from the Beatles influence it's a general mix of pop rock and progressive rock.  3:47 EST is kind of spotty but has some great stuff.  Hope is much better in my opinion, and is more of a sci-fi-ish concept album.  Here're some audio clips:

KLAATU may or may not have perpetuated the myth by not identifying themselves, the critics in the then much more recent wake of the BEATLES breakup took not kindly to KLAATU (my 1979 falling-apart trade paper Rolling Stone Record Guide is brief but merciless).  Their first album went to #32 in 1977 for 3 weeks on the Billboard Top 40 Albums chart.  They had no charting singles.  Once people started listening to them, they figured out that they were not the BEATLES reunited.  Pilgermann, you too have inspired me and I'm going for KLAATU two-fer too! 

[Psycho Circus]

WARRANT - Under The Influence

[Torgo]

[Rev. Powell]

Milt Buckner - Green Onions

Sample: Green Onions

[Allhallowsday]

THE STOOGES Raw Power 

[Torgo]

Al Di Meola "The Grande Passion"

[Torgo]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUG0GjdoGHE

[HappyGilmore]

The Singles 1992-3003 by No Doubt

[Allhallowsday]

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART and HIS MAGIC BAND Trout Mask Replica