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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:58 pm    Post subject: What have you bought this year? Reply with quote

Okay, since it's getting towards the end of the year and traditionally "Best of..." lists abound. Smile

List ten (or more if you're so inclined) CDs you've bought this year and think are really, really good (they don't necessarily have to have been released in 2006).

I'll kick off with mine: (in no particular order)

Tara Blaise: Dancing on Tables Barefoot
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dancing-Tables-Barefoot-Tara-Blaise/dp/B0009HL184/sr=8-1/qid=1166633260/ref=pd_ka_1/203-4362075-7781507?ie=UTF8&s=music

Anne McCue: Koala Motel
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Koala-Motel-Anne-McCue/dp/B000GTJUQK/sr=1-1/qid=1166633304/ref=sr_1_1/203-4362075-7781507?ie=UTF8&s=music

Laura Veirs: Year of Meteors
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Year-Meteors-Laura-Veirs/dp/B000A14OEC/sr=1-1/qid=1166633343/ref=sr_1_1/203-4362075-7781507?ie=UTF8&s=music

Gina Villalobos: Rock 'n' Roll Pony
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rock-Roll-Pony-Gina-Villalobos/dp/B0007DBXQA/sr=1-2/qid=1166633391/ref=sr_1_2/203-4362075-7781507?ie=UTF8&s=music

The Wreckers: Stand Still, Look Pretty
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stand-Still-Look-Pretty-Wreckers/dp/B0009F43V8/sr=1-1/qid=1166633439/ref=sr_1_1/203-4362075-7781507?ie=UTF8&s=music

Tift Merritt: Tambourine
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tambourine-Tift-Merritt/dp/B0002OPES2/sr=1-2/qid=1166633489/ref=sr_1_2/203-4362075-7781507?ie=UTF8&s=music

Nerina Pallot: Fires
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fires-Nerina-Pallot/dp/B000FAO9BQ/sr=1-1/qid=1166633512/ref=sr_1_1/203-4362075-7781507?ie=UTF8&s=music

Karine Polwart: Faultlines
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faultlines-Karine-Polwart/dp/B0001B3ZGY/sr=1-1/qid=1166633579/ref=sr_1_1/203-4362075-7781507?ie=UTF8&s=music

Michelle Branch: The Spirit Room
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spirit-Room-Michelle-Branch/dp/B0000638W1/sr=1-1/qid=1166633720/ref=sr_1_1/203-4362075-7781507?ie=UTF8&s=music

K T Tunstall: Eye to the Telescope
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eye-Telescope-Australian-K-T-Tunstall/dp/B0007V3P4K/sr=1-8/qid=1166633835/ref=sr_1_8/203-4362075-7781507?ie=UTF8&s=music

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bought that Tara Blaise album when it came out but didn't really play it much!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bought:-

Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue

Hayseed Dixie - Kiss My grass & A Hot Piece Of Grass

Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Road Running

Sting & Police - Very Best Of (Really for "Fields Of Gold")

Band From County Hell - Ghosts & Spirits

Woody (The String Man) - Picking Country Songs

ELP - Works Vol I & Vol II (To replace worn out vynil copies)

Tchaikovsky - Readers Digest Favourites From The Classics

Jools Holland & His Rhythm Blues Orchestra - Swinging The Blues, Dancing The Ska

Alison Kraus & Union Station - Forget About It

Rule Britannia & Other Music From Last Night At The Proms - Various

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OOPS! That should be vinyl not vynil! Confused
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On the floor at the minute:

Chet Baker - Plays It Cool
The Puppini Sisters - Betcha Bottom Dollar
Earl Bostic - Flamingo
The Who - Endless Wire
The Gram Parsons Anthology
The Fratellis - Costello Music
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whilst in Canada back in September, I took the opportunity to get Drive By Truckers A Blessing & A Curse and Tom Petty's Highway Companion Amongst others. Both stuff I'd heard on Bob Harris' show. And Johnnie Walker's too in the case of Tom Petty.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been keeping a weekly chart of my favourite tracks and of the 493 that have rated a mention this year I picked out a shortlist of my 40 favourites and ranked them as follows

01 Sidsel Ben Semmane - Twist of Love
02 Shakin' Stevens - I Hear You Knockin'
03 Texas - Sleep
04 Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker
05 Sugababes - Push The Button
06 Pussycat Dolls - Beep
07 Robbie Williams - Sin Sin Sin
08 Lily Allen - LDN
09 Pat Shortt - Jumbo Breakfast Roll
10 Kids From Fame - Friday Night (Live)

11 BlackEyedPeas - Pump It
12 Bob Sinclar - Rock This Party
13 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
14 BlackEyedPeas - My Humps
15 Bell X1 - Flame
16 Barry Manilow - Oh Julie
17 Jets - Love Makes The World Go Round
18 Shakira ft Wyclef - Hips Don't Lie
19 Antony Costa - It's A Beautiful Thing
20 McFly - Don't Stop Me Now

21 The Automatic - Monster
22 All Saints - Rocksteady
23 Paul Simon - All Around The World or Myth of Fingerprints
24 Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child
25 John Aldridge - Lily The Pink
26 Kaye Styles & Johnny Logan - Don't Cry
27 The Feeling - I Love It When You Call
28 KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
29 Lily Allen - Smile
30 Kinks - Come Dancing

31 Corrs & Laurent Voulzy - All I Have To Do Is Dream
32 David Hasselhoff - Jump In My Car
33 Bob Sinclar - Love Generation
34 Daz Sampson - Teenage Life
35 Orson - No Tomorrow
36 Brian Fahey - At The Sign of The Swinging Cymbal
37 Showaddywaddy - Multiplication
38 Shakin' Stevens ft George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
39 Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up
40 Son of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lord Evan Elpuss wrote:
Whilst in Canada back in September, I took the opportunity to get Drive By Truckers A Blessing & A Curse and Tom Petty's Highway Companion Amongst others. Both stuff I'd heard on Bob Harris' show. And Johnnie Walker's too in the case of Tom Petty.


Hmmm.... liked what I heard of the Drive-By Truckers that I heard on Bob Harris - is the rest of the album as good?

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think so, though if you read the lyric booklet that comes with the CD, they're not the happiest of songs! I find I'm playing 'Feb 14th' the most when I play it at the moment.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This year, I have been mostly buying...

Boz Skaggs - Silk Degrees

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon (to replace my vinyl)

Supertramp - Respectacle

Buena Vista Social Club

T. Rex - Electric Warrior

Jerry Goldsmith - Logan's Run original motion picture soundtrack
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Re T. Rex - Electric Warrior.

I bought that album when it first came out only for it to get pushed to the back of my changing record collection. I had 'got into bands like Family, Tull, Floyd and Zeppelin, so T.Rex were seen as a bit of an embarresment amongst my peer group.

I recently bought it on CD, along with Beard of Stars, what blindingly good pieces of work they are.

It's nice to be able to listen to whatever you like, without considering the opinions of a peer group.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Victor,

I have posted a welcome thread for you. Good to see you.

I was very fond of some T-rex tracks when I was at school but it was not seen as cool for blokes to like Bolan and I never bought any of his albums. Maybe now, at 53, I can safely revisit Marc Bolan Cool

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah! So this is where all the Children of the Revolution hang out........ Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Of that 'certain age'!
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lord Evan Elpuss wrote:
Of that 'certain age'!


Or older, in my case!
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

John W wrote:
Victor,

I have posted a welcome thread for you. Good to see you.

I was very fond of some T-rex tracks when I was at school but it was not seen as cool for blokes to like Bolan and I never bought any of his albums. Maybe now, at 53, I can safely revisit Marc Bolan Cool

John W



John, thanks for the welcome.

It seems that even at our age (I'm a bit younger than you, 4Cool that we still cannot escape riducule by our peer group when admitting to a liking of the mystical, pixie-like one.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PS, are you also a fan of Gentle Giant, John?

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Victor,

The first person to recognise my latest avatar as a Gentle Giant LP cover art. Yes i used to borrow LP's of them from other students, have three or four albums on CD acquired recently. I think their music was exceptional, very inventive.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As a treat to myself I replaced all my Pink Floyd CD's/tapes with newer versions plus bought some albums of this fantastic group I did not already have in my collection.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I missed GG when I was younger John, I was well into Curved Air (probably because they were better to look at) as well as the bands I mentioned earlier and Yes, Genesis (inc Gabriel only) ELP and all the other usual suspects.

I still listen to all that stuff but have also include bands I missed, like GG, Camel and Van der Graff.

Still prefer going back over than listening to some of the newer music.

This Xmas I was gifted the whole SAHB backcatalogue.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bought a load of CDs last year (2006)- none in 2007 yet!
I won't list all of them. This are just a few I can recall
Tom Petty's new one (forgot the title!)
Stand Still, Look Pretty- The Wreckers (sent from the States)
Fireflies-Faith Hill Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
Last of the Jewish Cowboys- the Best of Kinky friedman Cool
Back To Black-Amy Winehouse
LeAnn Rimes latest (forgot the title!)
American 5-johnny Cash
Men & Mascara-Julie Roberts
The Zutons' latest CD
Reflected- Tim McGraw
Some Hearts -Carrie Underwood (sent from the States)
Nashville-Solomon Burke
Moving Out To The Country- Jools Holland + guests

A bunch of others, too!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clive55 wrote:

Tom Petty's new one (forgot the title!)


It's called 'Highway Companion'.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lord Evan Elpuss wrote:
Clive55 wrote:

Tom Petty's new one (forgot the title!)


It's called 'Highway Companion'.

Yep, that's the one! Very Happy Thanks. good album
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clive55 wrote:
I bought a load of CDs last year (2006)- none in 2007 yet!

Stand Still, Look Pretty- The Wreckers (sent from the States)


In my list too, what did you think?

I acquired Michelle Branch's two solo albums beforehand after hearing her on the Santana single - her first, "The Spirit Room", being a very mature and assured start for someone who was only 17 at the time - apparently she had a lot of input into the production (which can be a bad thing but wasn't in this case).

"Stand Still, Look Pretty" was a bit of a departure for here but stemmed from her friendship with Jessica Hart - and the duo definitely work, IMHO.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clive55 wrote:
Lord Evan Elpuss wrote:
Clive55 wrote:

Tom Petty's new one (forgot the title!)


It's called 'Highway Companion'.

Yep, that's the one! Very Happy Thanks. good album

I thought it a pretty good album. I havn't any Michelle Branch CDs, so i can't compare it.
I really like their current US single "My, Oh, My", but there are alot of good tracks on there. I had not heard them before a friend in the States sent me that CD. He also sent Carrie Underwood "Some Hearts"- that album- some weak songs, but she can really sing
Sara Evans new one. Not a hundred percent sold on this one.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AndyAndy2 wrote:
This year, I have been mostly buying...

Boz Skaggs - Silk Degrees




I love that album and one of these days I'll get the cd now that I have no turntable to play my old vinyl copy on ! It's remarkable the original version of We're All Alone on that album is far and away the finest working of the song IMO and it was never a hit. Another must have LP by Skaggs is 'Down two then left' .. happy days.
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Apart from a few compilation albums.
I bought 1 (Nelly Furtado - Loose) and had 1 bought for my birthday(The Supertramp Retospective)
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cherskiy wrote:
Clive55 wrote:
I bought a load of CDs last year (2006)- none in 2007 yet!

Stand Still, Look Pretty- The Wreckers (sent from the States)


In my list too, what did you think?

I acquired Michelle Branch's two solo albums beforehand after hearing her on the Santana single - her first, "The Spirit Room", being a very mature and assured start for someone who was only 17 at the time - apparently she had a lot of input into the production (which can be a bad thing but wasn't in this case).

"Stand Still, Look Pretty" was a bit of a departure for here but stemmed from her friendship with Jessica Hart - and the duo definitely work, IMHO.

My lasyt post was a reply to this post. I quoted the wrong post!
The Wreckers have a great sound- very impressive. They are doing well in both the rock & country markets in the states. A fresh sound thast i think could fit neatly into almost any genre radio format
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The Wreckers have a great sound- very impressive. They are doing well in both the rock & country markets in the states. A fresh sound thast i think could fit neatly into almost any genre radio format


Pity there's been very little airplay on R2 - apart from the title track which Bob Harris has played once or twice last year. Tracks like "Leave the Pieces", "Rain", "Lay Me Down" and "Way Back Home" would be well-received, I'm sure, on normal weekday listening - they're all very strong tracks.
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Cherskiy wrote:
Clive55 wrote:
The Wreckers have a great sound- very impressive. They are doing well in both the rock & country markets in the states. A fresh sound thast i think could fit neatly into almost any genre radio format


Pity there's been very little airplay on R2 - apart from the title track which Bob Harris has played once or twice last year. Tracks like "Leave the Pieces", "Rain", "Lay Me Down" and "Way Back Home" would be well-received, I'm sure, on normal weekday listening - they're all very strong tracks.

Agreed. They'd fit nicely into the R2 playlist
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God, I feel SO boring after reading the lists on here! I only recognise one artist on Cherskiy's list! Shocked
I've bought Gwen Stefani, Cream reunion concert, Beatles Love album, Pink Floyd pulse, couple of Robin Trower albums for old time's sake and a collectors Frank Zappa boxed set....
Hardly keeping the music industry afloat am I?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SantaFefan wrote:
God, I feel SO boring after reading the lists on here! I only recognise one artist on Cherskiy's list! Shocked


And that would be, I guess, K T Tunstall? Smile I seem to be graviting towards female singer-songwriters as I've got older - started happening in a big way after I purchased Norah Jones' first album a few years ago - before that I was collecting all sorts of stuff. My Amazon wish list is terrifying - 335 albums long at the moment, with another 20 listed on Fish Records which aren't available through Amazon yet (or they haven't heard of them). Tracks from all the ones listed at the top of this thread, however, would be good on mainstream R2 programmes - all either alt-folk, alt-country or indie.

SantaFefan wrote:

I've bought Gwen Stefani, Cream reunion concert, Beatles Love album, Pink Floyd pulse, couple of Robin Trower albums for old time's sake and a collectors Frank Zappa boxed set....
Hardly keeping the music industry afloat am I?


Nothing wrong with that lot (quite like Zappa's "City of Tiny Lights" and "Valley Girls" plus was almost tempted to buy Stefani's latest album last year (it would therefore be #336 on my list!) and want to obtain at least one Pink Floyd album in 2007).... Smile

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On my original list I forgot to add An American Classic-duets- Tony benmnett- splendid stuff
& Jerry Lee Lewis. Last Man Standing. Probably his best ever
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Didn't buy very much in 2006 but one that I got on ebay was the Best of the Fourmost--a 60s Liverpool group of much, not quite realised potential. There's hardly any dross in its 33 tracks.

Also bought Vol 5 of English String Miniatures--a collection of light music items, many of which aren't well known. A real snip at Naxos price. As is a collection of pieces by the South American composer Ramirez, also out on Naxos and giving a South American and African take on Christmas and Easter. There are one or two well-known pieces here, such as La Peregrinacion from the Christmas work and the Kyrie from Misa Criolla (Desmond Carrington has been known to play this) but the whole CD is a haunting collection just waiting to be discovered.

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