What are you listening to?

GDCarrington said:
Gairdner said:
My wife snoring......
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Ahh, preprogrammed bliss ... FOR HER! ;)
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Aha, wait till I eventually nod off and the sleep apnoea kicks in. Apparently I can make snoring noises like a car trying but failing to start and after a period where my wife has observed me not breathing for sometimes more than thirty seconds, the spluttering back into life sounds like a near-death strangulation victim desperately and hoarsely sucking in air in sheer desperation. i often wake up alone to find that wifey has gone to sleep in our daughter's bed beside our daughter! Allegedly I sleep-fart with regular explosive abandon too.

So really, 'tis the least I can do to put up with her admittedly mild snoring even if I do find it annoying.

Music wise, today's highlight was Beethoven's Sixth Symphony (The Pastoral) performed by the most excellent, American Columbia SO conducted by Bruno Walter. Never been fussed with American classical composers (cannot stand Gershwin, Copland or Barber for example) but the Orchestras, wow! The Chicago SO, Philadelphia SO, Boston SO and Minneapolis SO to name but a few. The Chicago SO's legendary performances under the baton of Fritz Reiner out do the Russians at performing their own music! And Tchaikovsky's 1812 on the Mercury label with the Minneapolis SO remains the benchmark upon which all other performances are judged. None that I've ever heard have yet to match it. Even though the Reiner recordings on RCA and Mercury's Tchaikovsky are 1950's stereo recordings, such was the American advancement in recording technology, skill and technique that now remastered, these performances sound completely fresh and deliver a mighty impact even in today's all-digital sound world.

I can't find the Walter/Beethoven 6 on EweTube but here's that amazing 1812 in lieu:

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Went to see Back to front at the pictures last week, so bought the newish Peter Gabriel album Scratch my back which is pretty amazing his version of Heroes is superb.
 
Jefferson Starship: With Your Love

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Jefferson Starship - Miracles

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JEFFERSON STARSHIP - Runaway

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Jim Lauderdale "The Ghost Is In The Castle"

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Jim Lauderdale performing "The Ghost Is In The Castle" at Music City Roots Live From The Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival on 3.01.2014 at The Empire Music Hall In Belfast, Northern Ireland
 
Johnny Cash - Out Among the Stars

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine - Allmusic.com

If Out Among the Stars had come out when its sessions were completed, it would've appeared sometime in 1984, arriving between 1983's flinty Johnny 99 and 1985's slippery, sentimental Rainbow. Allegedly, this album -- discovered by Legacy and John Carter Cash during some archival work in 2012 -- was shelved because its Billy Sherrill production was just a little bit too pop for Johnny Cash's taste, but that reasoning isn't sound, particularly with the Chips Moman-produced crossover of sugar of Rainbow taken into consideration. Moman had been riding high on the hits he produced for Willie Nelson -- notably "Always on My Mind," Willie's last great crossover smash -- and he applied a similar heavy-handed touch to Cash, who at that point was several years away from his last Country Top 10 hit ("The Baron" went to 10 in 1981). Sherrill had a lighter touch with Cash than Moman, something that might surprise listeners who associate his name with his symphonic, string-heavy productions for George Jones, but the producer winds up simply sweetening Johnny without changing his core sound. Comprised of sessions from 1981 and 1984, Out Among the Stars is generally chipper and bright, containing a couple of spare, reflective moments -- the sentimental "After All," the June Carter Cash bluegrass duet "Don't You Think It's Come Our Time," and "I Came to Believe," the gospel-ish closer that ambles along nicely -- that add a little dimension to a cheerful album. "Out Among the Stars" nicely updates the signature Cash train-track rhythm, a cover of the Dave Edmunds/Carlene Carter duet "Baby Ride Easy" rolls along with spirit, Cash yucks it up with Waylon Jennings on a cover of the Hank Snow standard "I'm Movin' On," and "I Drove Her Out of My Mind" conjures some of the old outlaw magic. Every one of these seem like they could have some kind of potential on the charts, so the fact they were shelved is a bit of a mystery because, when taken together -- despite misguided novelties like "If I Told You Who It Was" -- it adds up to one of Cash's stronger '80s albums.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/out-among-the-stars-mw0002607162
 
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