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What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report

I enjoy vinyl and digital (lately, with recent changes, vinyl actually sounds better than digital to me), BUT given what seems an overall preference for analog/vinyl on A'gon, I'm curious what the non-vinyl "1/2" is listening to. I tried to see if this was a previously posted question. Did not seem so.

This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".

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jafant
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Looking forward to the new discs from;
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Radio head
loomisjohnson
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bdp, i only know emmitt rhodes' first record, but i got the new one queued up. also the wondermints first (curiosly not on spotify), which i haven't heard for a long while. you obviously lead a more interesting life than i do...
in the same vein, check out cotton mather's kontiki, which is something of a masterpiece of the genre--tuneful and really, really smart
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Bersarin Quartett III.  Call it Modern Composition or Dark Ambient...it has elements of both.  Moody and engaging with interesting sound textures. Melodic at times but not melody driven.  Highly atmospheric.  Works as background but rewards attentive listening as well.  A nice addition to his I & II.  From the excellent Denovali label.



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Agreed Loomis, about Kontiki. The cover of Emitt’s new one disturbs me; what’s with the crying face?! He’s a pretty miserable guy (his original contract, ex-wives), but c’mon, that’s no way to present him! I listened to the samples of it on Amazon, and it sounds pretty good, I'll get it. I think the producer may have helped Emitt with it somewhat, ’cause Emitt played Ray Paul and myself the stuff he was currently working on when we recorded with him at the time of the show, and the songs were in a sophisticated, Jazz-chord Steely Dan kinda style, not exactly what he is known and liked for. Can you imagine McCartney songs incorporating Jazz chords?!

Since you like Kontiki, give Chewy Marble a listen. Brian Kassan was The Wondermints original bassist/songwriter, leaving them right before they hooked up with Brian Wilson, becoming his touring and sometimes-recording band. Doh! He left because he wanted to do more of his songs, so he started Chewy Marble as a vehicle for his songwriting career. Great Pop songs, very Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney influenced---melody and harmony. I'm on about half of the second album (Bowl of Surreal); all Brian wanted was Ringo Starr fills!

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bdp, what bands were you in?
i did listen to the emmitt rhodes on spotify--it's quite a bit removed from the mccartney-ish stuff i remember, and sorta downcast/sad--his divorce record? also the chewy marble (i remember them from my not lame period)--vg, much more straightforward power pop than the wondermints. not sure, of course, which tracks you played on, but i like the drum sound
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