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Black Cream by The Harold Wheeler Consort (1974) https://album.link/i/1294912180 Example: Smooth 70 soul - right on the edge of being disco. One and only Album.

Documentary Inspired. (thx ric) Roxy Music by Roxy Music (1972) https://album.link/i/724922081 Example: I had an idea of Roxy - but it was not this. I remember the polished 80s Avalon (more in my era, and way past the Eno version). But I really like this eclectic and more raw version of their musical ideas at the time.

From Zero by Linkin Park (2024) https://album.link/i/1766137049 Example: I thought I should listen to this while it was still in the zeitgeist. I was looking for some new music here and it is there (like the example). I am more interested in a 2024 sound for them than rehashing a 2003 sound. A tight 31 minute album with some bangers. Well done.

Pork belly mash

65% off?! - they must have low overhead....

Wishing you a happy Birthday Byran - Cheers.

A little more on the PG side of life. The Curtis Family C-notes weekly rehearsal. And for any Bay Area peeps that dig it, they play locally around the area. Checking out: https://album.link/i/1757976285

Ah 18 years ago when the internet was a simpler place.

waiting all day for this post. I want some fried rice balls!!

Living in the Material World by George Harrison (1973) https://album.link/i/1767451756 Example: A message I think we need. Anyway - 50yo release (not sure why, cause it was released in 73). I don't think I have every just listened to the album before, even though I can sing along with almost all the songs. Slight variations being a mix not remaster. It is packaged with a set of studio takes which of course are interesting, to a point. Now I am finding other 50yo releases in my queue.

Wicked: The Soundtrack by Wicked Movie Cast (2024) https://album.link/i/1772364192 Example: I have not seen the musical or the movie of the musical. But I thought I would check it out. I know the Defying song like most people. I like the music and I thought the cast and performances were good. There are a couple of tracks where it gets a bit shouty. I could see it in a stage production and it may work in the movie as well, where the character is fully committed and belting, but it does not work for me as well as a listening experience. Preferring Cynthia over Ariana performances. I don't know if I will see the movie, but I am not afraid to see it.

We've Just Begun by Sinne Eeg (2020) https://album.link/i/1494993623 Example: New to me. Well recorded albums, I am poking around some of the others, I like the combo of big band and more intimate vocals.

So you take a slab of smoked pork belly, cube it up, and then deep fry it. Making them cracklin like.

Maurice Moss inspiration - Approved...

Just catching up on Birgir's neighborhood...

Updates

Happy Birthday Nums - cheers --

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Sr. Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (1969) https://album.link/i/1440760209 Example: Classic version of a classic. I tend to forget Vivaldi lived during the baroque period with Bach. I think mainly that I hear too many modern recordings that change it too much. But getting back to this 1969 Sr Neville and the Academy, it sounds right, and sounds baroque. It works well when it looks like this outside.

Yessonata by Rick Wakeman (2024) https://album.link/i/1776904691 Example - well there is only two songs 20min each - this is the first one: Must be my birthday - again.. If you like Yes themes - which I do, on piano - which I do, you too might like - like I do.

Complete Concerto Recordings by Martha Argerich & Claudio Abbado (2015 box set) https://album.link/i/1452345247 Example - No way to pic a sample - so here is the ad: Just under 5 hours - includes: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 (Sergei Prokofiev) Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 (Maurice Ravel) Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 (Frédéric Chopin) Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124 (Franz Liszt) Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 (Maurice Ravel) Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (Ludwig van Beethoven) Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) I am not sure how many would rank at the top of my lists for these works, but all would be very high. The recordings from 1967,1968 are really fun. And I of course have to not spend my time listening to the mixing and mastering differences from DG over the decades.

November Basho Time!!! I will have to look for some streaming - but for now - highlights (three days so far) They don't allow embedding - so for the one person interested - link to day one: https://youtu.be/BeLHG5VuSjY?si=qygeCLPePOVTJMwI

Duets by Kevin Eubanks & Stanley Jordan (2015) https://album.link/i/960015276 Example: I lost track of Stanly in the 90's he stopped for about 12 years or so, and I didn't pickup that he started again in the 2000's. Anyway my friend let me know that he listened to the "Friends" album (2011). Which I will get to, but I was more interested in this colab first. I really liked this mellow album.

I couldn't wait too long - just had a sample - super yummy - super happy.