Level 42 Digest for Saturday, January 13, 2007

Saturday, January 13, 2007

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Topics for Saturday, January 13, 2007

    1.  Andrew Goodwin Awakes - Fred Simpson
    2.  Five Alive - steve whyte
    3.  my favorites!!!!! - Trav Baker
    4.  RE: Mark King in First Magazine - Nick Lauro
    5.  desert island disks - M Rice

1. Andrew Goodwin Awakes
From:	Fred Simpson <fred.simpson @ tiscali.co.uk>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:56:00 +0000	[top]
Morning All, For what it's worth I agree with Mike?s observation earlier this week that this forum is very good at throwing up new avenues for we music lovers to explore. I have said the same in the past about some of the artists that Lolita has recommended and now Andrew hits me with a list containing three people I had never heard of. I have to take any recommendations from a fellow Steely Dan fan seriously, although I must admit I fail to appreciate Stevie Wonder even now. Although I believe he did write a really good song for Incognito once. Lyrics .. As I watch your face I can see my life go by You mean everything to me Just can't take no more Throw a smile my way And the pain I feel inside Turns to love for you And I'm yours Simple and brilliant. Fred PS - No responses about my search for the Airwaves album then? ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband only 9.99 a month for your first 3 months! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/

2. Five Alive
From:	steve whyte <sjwhyte @ hotmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:42:01 +0000	[top]
> > From: mikethepom > > > > "Can any Digestives share any non-L42 > > albums that move them, or take them to another > > place? Maybe imagine you can only have 5 CDs, > > apart from your Level 42 collection, an a desert > > island?" I've been thinking about this for a while and it's tougher than i first thought. "Move me or take me to another place", eh? OK, with that in mind here goes, and i'm not going to try and be all obscure. In no particular order... The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Behind The Music. I was blown away by these guys when i saw them support The Hives about 5 years ago. The lead singer looks like a viking and sings with a voice to match. This is their second album and has 15 awesome guitar and piano influenced rock songs. Not an old album at all, but without doubt one of my all time favourites. Apparently one of Noel Gallacher's favourite bands, but don't let that put you off. Pearl Jam - Ten Pearl Jam's songwriting and playing has matured as they've got older, but Ten remains an untouchable debut. Anyone who thinks PJ are "Alive" and nothing more should listen to "Black" and "Release" from this album. Gives me goosebumps just to think of them. Oasis - Definitely Maybe Love them or loathe them - and i'm sure for most here it's the latter - Oasis's debut album was a breath of alcohol-tinged air to me and many in my age group at a time when the charts were full of soul-destroying dross like 2 Unlimited, Ace Of Base and Dr Alban. Was released the year i went to Uni so takes me to the dirty student bars and clubs of Edinburgh everytime i hear Liam's exaggerated drawl. They were good times for me. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Have to agree with AG on this. Obviously i wasn't buying records at the time it was released, but i believe an album can only be released at the time you discover it. U2 - Achtung Baby The first CD i ever bought, played the poor thing to death and as a result I know every track by heart. Not necessarily original choices, but all 5 move me and take me places... steve _________________________________________________________________ Communicate instantly! Use your Hotmail address to sign into Windows Live Messenger now. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

3. my favorites!!!!!
From:	Trav Baker <trav42 @ gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:28:03 +1100	[top]
If it was too be that i Had to choose from them it would be the latest ones. I havent not heard retroglides yet so I am canot make the verdicts. maybe I can bye one!!!!!! my fav-rites are from Running in the families and world Machine anbd Stareing at the suns and I love all of them. from Trav your Good man from the strom.

4. RE: Mark King in First Magazine
From:	Nick Lauro <thedrumdoctor @ nlauro.f9.co.uk>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:20:09 -0000	[top]
To quote: "Just you know 'First' is a weekly mag for women who do not get a chance to read a paper or watch the news..." But have plenty of time to absorb such milestones in British Television broadcasting such as "Big Brother", "Pop Idol", "Soapstar Superstar", "X Factor" etc... Sorry, I couldn't resist it seeing as British society now resembles something like the last days of the Roman Empire.

5. desert island disks
From:	M Rice <rice @ geog.ucsb.edu>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:37:06 -0800	[top]
I've received a lot of VERY good music recommendations on this little email digest (stretching all the way back to 1994), so here are my pics, hoping the rest of you contribute. Sorry for the way the post disintegrates at the end. I can never finish a list like this cleanly. 1) Donald Fagen, "The Nightfly" - Simply a GREAT piece of work and my favorite recording to listen to, period. 2) Julian Bream, "Highlights from the Julian Bream Edition" This is a greatest hits sampler of great tracks from Bream's entire career. He is of one of greatest classical guitarists/lutenists of all time and an enjoyable listen anytime. Similarly, I enjoy Christopher Parkening's "The Artistry of Christopher Parkening", and anything by Manuel Barrueco or Sharon Isbin. 3) Ritmo Alegria, "Cafe Salsa" This is a studio recording put together by Fayyaz Virji (of Incognito, Jazz Warriors, Jules Holland Big Band, etc. . ) and is best characterized as a horn-heavy jazz salsa recording of both original and classic music. Since Fayyaz Virji is well-known as a jazz/fusion trombone player, the recordings quirks aren't a surprise. It is just a great salsa recording. I love to listen to it and that my kids love it as well. You can find the Ritmo Alegria recordings in many of generic salsa compilations, but I prefer the Cafe Salsa on referenced here. This will take you to one for sale: http://www.sternsmusic.com/disk_info/METRCD137 If you are a horn player and like salsa, you will like this CD guaranteed. 4) Ahmad Jamal, "Ahmad's Blues" of "Poinciana" Two early recordings from a very influential American jazz pianist. Miles Davis cited Jamal's sparse/careful style as a major early influence. When I was 15 (1985) I accidentally failed to return the RCA/BMG music club monthly recording postcard and ended up receiving the Jamal's "Digital Works" recording on vinyl. I loved the record so much that I now own his entire catalog on CD. "Poinciana" is recorded with a very simple 3 piece jazz group (guitar, keys, bass) with no drums and is a classic jazz recording. "Poinciana" is our favorite mellow morning music CD. 5) It is alway tough to name the last pick, particularly for someone without any self-discipline and respect for rules and convention. I'm tempted to name a really good world music sampler, i.e., Hannibal World Music's "The Best of Both Worlds -- The Hannibal World Music Sampler & the Ryko World Music Sampler" (2 cds), or perhaps B92's "Belgrade Coffee Shop Sessions" Vol.1,2,3, or maybe Toumani Diabate-Ketama-Danny Thompson's "Songhai" (nice Jazz/Flamenco/West African fusion), or Mouth Music's "Mo-Di" (Celtic-African-Electronica fusion), but in the end it is probably going to be one of these: a) The Real Group, "Live in Stockholm" [vocal jazz] This group is a bit like Manhattan Transfer, but they are Swedish. Think of the IKEA version of Manhattan Transfer. b) Chanticleer, "Magnificat - A Capella Works" [Renaissance/early Baroque vocal music] c) Steely Dan, "Aja" d) Steely Dan, "Gaucho" e) The Phil Hendrie Show audio archives [see http://www.philhendrieshow.com/ ] Phil is an American radio personality that had a quirky satire show with self-created character skits. You either love it or hate it. f) Bela Fleck / Edgar Meyer, "Perpetual Motion" Grammy winning classical cross-over CD. Track 18 (version of "God Save the Queen" is excellent). g) Christopher Cross - self-titled debut. This won several Grammy awards in 1980 and is a really great album. It features a lot of great players (Larry Carlton, Michael McDonald, Eric Johnson, etc. . .) and at the time was considered to be completely contrary to the trends (big over-produced arena rock, i.e., Journey, Styx, Foreigner, and disco). It is just a great record. -- Matt Rice, Postdoctoral Research Fellow National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis UCSB Department of Geography +1 805 893 8652 (phone) Santa Barbara, CA 93106 +1 805 893 3146 (fax) rice @ geog.ucsb.edu http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~rice

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