Xann Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Was minded to spin this by a pic seen here a few days back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Gallops - Yours Sincerely, Dr. Hardcore Chunky, glitchy Errors-esque math-rock debut from Wrexham's chief noisemakers (produced by Matt 'Three Trapped Tigers' Calvert) and it is ginormagantuan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Sun Devoured Earth - Sounds of Desolation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime. 45 songs, not one over 3:05 long, and containing a massive contender for my favourite song of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4_dqZA4v00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 17, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Vince Guaraldi Trio - 'A Boy Named Charlie Brown' I'd get lynched for putting Pinnock on at work Mike - Jacobs or maybe McCreesh for the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2012 In a record shop you have the advantage of having a lot to choose from (and a shit hot sound system). I bought the Pinnock Messiah about 20 years ago, I play it once a year - in the car - and to these ears it sounds fine. But then you know my notorious lo-fi attitudes, and I'm not particularly a baroque geek anyway. It works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 It's not high geekery really, it's just following the instructions properly. You really wouldn't want one of these... To play a part written for this. That's quite a mild example tbh. I'll send you something, doing the 2012 comp anyway. Back on topic... Spanish soundtrack composer Alfonso Santisteban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 20, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2012 Hang about. Pinnock is period instruments. HE'S the Telecaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 It's way more than that though. Their instruments are nearer the mark but still a fair bit off, particularly the brass. Playing the Baroque trumpet is hard, there were just two holes: one you blow in, one the sound comes out of. Hybrids were used with the notes drilled in. Pinnock and his players didn't really get how this stuff should be played either. It's still true for most Brit ensembles today, sadly. Your soloists should be flash, your stereo bass players free to swing and improvise and your singers capable of ornamentation. Baroque music has much in common with jazz. If it tickles your fancy try YouTubing Jordi Savall, Fabio Biondi or Diego Fasolis sometime. I'll send you a CD of the guy that was playing with the Frog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 20, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2012 But there's another thing. Generally, the first version I hear of any classical piece is the one I get used to and like the best. Like my favourite Brandenburg Concertos are by Adrian Boult. Not remotely "authentic", but my introduction to the piece, so remain favourites. Same with Beethoven 9 - first heard in the 1976 Von Karajan version. Still like it the best. I don't have the time, money or interest to spend on multiple versions of classical stuff, TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I don't have the time, money or interest to spend on multiple versions of classical stuff, TBH. We'll see. You know you're going to get well into this when you retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 20, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2012 My music spend is probably peaking right now, on the basis that I won't have the cash when I retire. I'm more about having a core collection, with simply "an" example of each piece. I very, very rarely actively dislike a particular version of anything. And classical has to share time and money with pop and jazz. One notable exception was the Naxos version of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue by the Slovak Philharmonic. It actually sounded more like Bratislava than New York. Truly horrible. Replaced it with the Andre Previn one, which is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 You've got a mild form of the bug already, it's just which direction it's going to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Global Communication - 76:14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Alt-J - An Awesome Wave Really getting into this one now, is quite poetic in places and makes for very easy listening. Just started listening to this at the start of the week, it really is terrific. Reminds me a bit of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I'm so ghey for Buble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eames Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Haha so he is!!! Look at his mid 90s floppy hair..... Haha so he is!!! Look at his mid 90s floppy hair..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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