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50 Questions about your top 50 artists

Jun 7 2009, 13h55 por Rayashi

50 Questions about your top 50 artists

1. How did you get into no.29?
Black Label Society - I heard that Zakk Wylde rocks and what he said 'bout Limp Bizkit ;)

2. What's the first song you ever heard by no.22?
(hed) Planet Earth - Suffa

3. Whats your favourite lyric by no.33?
"We Light the Fire, To Watch It Burn" (Lostprophets - Ride)

4. How did you get into no.49?
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5. How many albums by no.13 do you own?
Sean Paul - 2 albums: Stage One,The Trinity

6. What is your favorite song by no.50?
Kyo - Contact

7. Is there a song by no.39 that makes you sad?
Ten Typ Mes - no, there isn't.

8. What is your favorite song by no.15?
Rancid - Time Bomb

9. What is your favorite song by no.5?
Pitbull - Go Girl

10. Is there a song by no.6 that makes you happy?
Charlie Parker - no, there isn't

11. What is the worst song by no.40?
Danzig - they have only good songs ;)

12. What is your favorite song by no.10?
Nickelback - Old Enough

13. What is a good memory you have involving no.30?
Fun Lovin' Criminals - hmm... chillin' with my homies? xD

14. What is your favorite song by no.38?
Hellyeah - Hellyeah
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllyeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! >:D

15. Is there a song by no.19 that makes you happy?
DJ Krush - emmm.... no, I don't think so.
Beastie Boys - Girls "Girls ... to clean up my room [...]" :D
(both on no. 19)

16. Is there a song by no.25 that makes you sad?
2Cztery7 - no.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Molesta - Będzie dobrze dzieciak

18. What's your favorite lyric by no.11?
Demons & Wizards - I don't have one.

19. Who is a favorite member of no.1?
Dropkick Murphys - I don't have one.

20. Is there a song by no.14 that makes you happy?
W.A.S.P. - definitely On Your Knees (don't ask why :D)

21. What is a good memory involving no.27?
Flogging Molly - hangin' out with my friends from high school

22. What is your favorite song by no.16?
The Analogs - Dzieciaki atakujące policje

23. What is the first song you ever heard by no.47?
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24. What is your favorite album by no.18?
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill

25. What is your favorite song by no.21?
Gentleman - Superior

26. What is the first song you ever heard by no.26?
Kanye West - don't remember exactly ... maybe it was Jesus Walk

27. What is your favorite album by no.3?
Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah 3

28. What is you favorite song by no.2?
O.S.T.R. - Czarna Miłość

29. What was the first song you ever heard by no.32?
Soulfly - Jumpdafuckup

30. What is you favorite song by no.8?
Black Stone Cherry - Crosstown Woman

31. How many times have you seen no.17 live?
Creed - 0 :(

32. Is there a song by no.44 that makes you happy?
Nelly Furtado - hmm... no :P

33. How did you get into no.12?
Metallica - i don't remember ... it was so long time ago ;)

34. What is the best song by no.45?
L.A. Guns - dunno...

35. What was the first song you ever heard by no.34?
Ice Cube - Why We Thugs, but I'm not sure

36. What was the first song you ever heard by no.48?
Tech N9ne - Absolute Power
Mötley Crüe - I don't remember :(
(both on no. 48)

37. How many times have you seen no.42 live?
Nekromantix - 0

38. What is you favorite song by no.36?
Nas - I Can

39. What was the first song you ever heard by no.28?
Massive Attack - Teardrop

40. What is you favorite album by no.7?
Blind Guardian - A Twist In A Myth

41. Is there a song by no.31 that makes you happy?
Bonobo - emm, nah.

42. What is your favorite album by no.41?
L'Arc~en~Ciel -REAL

43. What is your favorite song by no.24?
Linkin Park - 1Stp Klosr

44. What is a good memory you have involving no.46?
Justin Timberlake - prom :P
Bob Marley & The Wailers - every day during the summer ;p
(both on no. 48)

45. What is your favorite song by no.35?
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46. Is there a song by no.9 that makes you happy?
Chingy - no, there isn't.

47. What is your favorite album by no.4?
Jamiroquai - Dynamite

48. Who is your favorite member of no.37?
Fatal Bazooka - Michael Youn :D

49. What is the first song you ever heard by no.43?
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50. What is your favorite song by no.20?
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"----" means that I don't have this number on my top 50 list.

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100 chansons appréciées.

Jun 1 2009, 11h56 por Alexi7

Ce qui devait être au départ un top 100 précis est en vérité une agrégation de chansons qu'il me plaît d'écouter, avec un vague ordre plus ou moins précis. L'opération est d'ailleurs compliquée par le fait que pour certaines chansons, j'ai choisi des versions bien précises qui perdent de tout leur charme interprétées d'une autre façon voire par un autre artiste.
Enfin bref, enjoy !

100ème : Funky Blue Note - Madlib
99ème : Soleil d'Ork - Magma
98ème : Vein - Cannibal Ox
97ème : Waiting in Vain - Bob Marley
96ème : Contort Yourself (first version) - James Whites and the Blacks
95ème : All of You - Miles Davis
94ème : So long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen
93ème : Nodamnbrakes - Manes
92ème : Don't Call Me Nigga, Whitey - Sly and the Family Stone
91ème : You Really Got Me - The 13th Floor Elevators
90ème : Eléanor - The Gathering
89ème : I'm a Man - The Yardbirds
88ème : The Modern Bass Guitar - Squarepusher
87ème : Love Buzz - Nirvana (sic)
86ème : Secret Song - maudlin of the Well
85ème : Sea Song - Robert Wyatt
84ème : On Broadway - George Benson
83ème : Scratch'n'Sniff - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
82ème : Road - Virus
81ème : Beat 70 - Pat Metheny Group
80ème : Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
79ème : Airegin - Wes Montgomery
78ème : Porn Piece or the Scars of Cold Kisses - Ulver
77ème : Brand New You're Retro - Tricky
76ème : Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
75ème : A Quick One, While He's Away - The Who
74ème : White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
73ème : Ca Fait Partie de mon Passé - Fabe
72ème : Rainy Day Dream Away - Jimi Hendrix
71ème : Tutu - Miles Davis
70ème : Vital Transformation - Mahavishnu Orchestra
69ème : Lazy Bird - John Coltrane
68ème : Midnight In a Perfect World - DJ Shadow
67ème : Better Git It In Your Soul - Charles Mingus
66ème : Apelo - Baden Powell
65ème : Peg - Steely Dan
64ème : Michelle - The Beatles
63ème : Chez les Yé-yé - Serge Gainsbourg
62ème : It Could Be Sweet - Portishead
61ème : Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - Miles Davis
60ème : Water No Get Enemy -Fela Kuti
59ème : Crystal Mountain - Death
58ème : Olha Maria - Chico Buarqué
57ème : It's Only a Paper Moon - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
56ème : Just Friends - Charlie Parker
55ème : Penetration - Steve Khan
54ème : Method Man - Wu-Tang Clan
53ème : Heart of Gold - Neil Young
52ème : Horizon - Cinematic Orchestra
51ème : Donna Lee - Charlie Parker
50ème : The Stumble - Freddie King
49ème : Song for my Father - Horace Silver
48ème : Sleep is a Curse - maudlin of the Well
47ème : Lady Godiva's Operation - The Velvet Underground
46ème : Concerto for Cootie - Duke Ellington
45ème : Big Swifty - Frank Zappa
44ème : Zimbabwe - Bob Marley
43ème : I'm So Green - Can
42ème : Andmoreagain - Love
41ème : The Wizard - Al Di Meola
40ème : La Cancion de Sofia - Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola & Jean-Luc Ponty
39ème : Katve - Tenhi
38ème : Pushin too Hard - The Seeds
37ème : Michelangelo' 70 - Astor Piazolla
36ème : Right Off - Miles Davis
35ème : The Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake
34ème : Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground
33ème : Ad Astra - Arcturus
32ème : You Don't Know Me - Caetano Veloso
31ème : Bluebird - Buffalo Springfield
30ème : Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker
29ème : La Cathédrale Engloutie - Naked City
28ème : I Was Made to Love Magic - Nick Drake
27ème : Remembrance of Things Past - Ved Buens Ende
26ème : Heatwave - Univers Zero
25ème : Reflections - Thelonious Monk
24ème : Yes the River Knows - The Doors
23ème : Peaches En Regalia - Frank Zappa
22ème : Lover Man - Django Reinhardt
21ème : Live and Let Live - Love
20ème : It is not Sound - Ulver
19ème : Blueberry Boat - The Fiery Furnaces
18ème : Giant Steps - John Coltrane
17ème : Stardust Hotel - Jaga Jazzist
16ème : Excursions - A Tribe Called Quest
15ème : First Movement - Diabolical Masquerade
14ème : Always - Amon Tobin
13ème : Rhinestone Cowboy - Madvillain
12ème : Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever
11ème : The Drum Thunder Suite - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

10ème : Saint-Thomas - Sonny Rollins
09ème : She's a Woman - Jeff Beck
08ème : Monk's Dream - Thelonious Monk
07ème : La Mère de la Mer - Mahavishnu Orchestra
06ème : All The Things You Are - Charlie Parker
05ème : Deixa - Baden Powell
04ème : Adios Nonino - Astor Piazzolla
03ème : I'm on my Way to Atlanta - Freddie King
02ème : Autumn Leaves - Ved Buens Ende

1er : Counter Strike - Taille Crayon
Non je déconne, non mais qui écoute ce groupe ? ^.^
1er : Oro, Incienso Y Mirra - Dizzy Gillespie

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Joel Plaskett, Massey Hall, Toronto, Saturday, May 23, 2009

Mai 26 2009, 21h02 por Rockstar_Aimz

Sat 23 May – Joel Plaskett Emergency, Ana Egge, Rose Cousins, Bill Plaskett

Massey Hall is arguably the most famous stage in Toronto. The acoustics are spectacular, and the majority of the seats have excellent site lines. Opened in 1894, and designated as a Heritage Property in 1975, Massey Hall has hosted such venerable performers and dignitaries such as King George V and his wife Queen Mary, Winston Churchill, the Dalai Lama, Luciano Pavarotti, George Gershwin, Oscar Peterson, and Bob Dylan among many, many others. Many famous live albums have been recorded there, including Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie Complete Jazz at Massey Hall (1953), Rush’s 1976 live album All the World's a Stage, and more recently Neil Young’s Live At Massey Hall 1971 release in 2007. Massey Hall is also where Jeff Tweedy of Wilco infamously called the staid Toronto crowd “motherfuckers” for not dancing during their rock show. In the crowd’s defense (I was at that Wilco show too) Massey Hall isn’t exactly conducive to rockin’ out, but that didn’t stop Joel Plaskett from bringing the house down on Saturday, May 23.

Horseshoe Tavern owner/president “JC” introduced Plaskett and called him a musical “genius” and his “favorite singer and songwriter in the whole world.” Having never seen Plaskett perform before, I could only think, “Whoa. The owner of the Horseshoe, who has seen hundreds, if not thousands, of amazing musicians, is calling Joel Plaskett a ‘genius.’ I am in for a treat.”

Plaskett performed his first set mostly acoustically. He was joined on stage with his father Bill, and fellow musicians Ana Egge and rose cousins, all three of whom back him on his outstanding new triple album Three. Bill Plaskett and Cousins played acoustic guitar, while Egge rocked the mandolin, and Joel Plaskett flipped between acoustic and electric guitars, his “$7 Value Village” mini keyboard, and even percussion instruments. Joel backed each of the ladies as they performed original solo pieces. The vocal harmonies were spectacular, especially between Bill and Joel in the song Nothing More to Say. Joel Plaskett assured the crowd that the lyrics of this song had nothing to do with his relationship with his father while on the road, and the entire time I was thinking, “Wow. What an amazing relationship. If I traveled or worked with either of my parents, blood would be shed.”

Joel Plaskett in person comes off as such a normal nerdy dude, but at the same time cool as hell. He frequently showed off his slick dancing moves, and played to and with the crowd. A recurring joke through the night came at the expense of his father. While Bill was taking a while to tune his guitar, Joel quipped, “This is my secret B-side called ‘Tuning, Tuning, Tuning.’” And later on he joked that he registered “Tuning, Tuning, Tuning” with SOCAN so that he “gets paid every time someone tunes on stage.” Can you imagine the poor bastard in a bar trying to tune a 12-string and having to pay Plaskett for the privilege of “Tuning, Tuning, Tuning.” Hysterical!

For the second set Plaskett brought out his band The Emergency, drummer Dave Marsh, bassist player Chris Pennell, with Peter Elkas joining in on backup guitar and keyboards. They blasted Massey Hall into next week opening with Work Out Fine, and kept the rock intensity soaring for the rest of the show. Egge and Cousins soon joined in for backup vocals. And, unlike the aforementioned Wilco show, fans were freaking out in their seats, dancing in the aisles, and charging the stage. Fans ages 7 to 70 were having an awesome time, and it was great to see entire families together at the show. From my seat in the upper right gallery I could see Horseshoe owner “JC” freaking out backstage, dancing and clapping up a storm.

Plaskett cooled it down just slightly for the solo acoustic track Spinning For You, available as a password-protected download on his website (you probably can guess the password). Then he lead the audience with his 12-string in a sing-along to his hit Nowhere With You. The Emergency and the other musicians rejoined Plaskett for a rousing version of A Million Dollars and Wishful Thinking. The crowd went crazy. For the encore, Plaskett surprised the audience with the old Thrush Hermit song, Before You Leave, then rocked the crowd with the fan-favorites Love this Town and Fashionable People.

Plaskett started Thrush Hermit in 1992, and has been playing solo and with The Emergency since 1999. Seventeen years is huge longevity in the music business. At one point in the show Plaskett said, “I still can’t believe I’m in this room!” in reference to the legendary Massey Hall. After 17 years, you earned it buddy. Such a great performance. I can’t believe I waited this long to see Plaskett live.

First Set
1. Happen Now - La De Da (2005)
2. Deny, Deny, Deny - Three (2009)
3.Pine, Pine, Pine - Three
4. In The Blue Moonlight - Three
5. Farmer's Daughter, Ana Egge solo - Road To My Love (2009)
6. Nothing More to Say - Ashtray Rock (2007)
7. Heartless, Heartless, Heartless - Three
8. Rewind, Rewind, Rewind - Three
9. lost in the valley, rose cousins solo- If You Were Me (2006)
10. Rollin', Rollin', Rollin' - Three

Second Set
1. Work Out Fine- Truthfully Truthfully (2003)
2. Extraordinary - Truthfully Truthfully
3. Through & Through & Through - Three
4. Gone, Gone, Gone - Three
5. Sailors Eyes - Three
6. You Let Me Down - Three
7. Precious, Precious, Precious - Three
8. Ashtray Rock - Ashtray Rock
9. Run, Run, Run - Three
10. True Patriot Love - Down at the Khyber (2001)
11. Spinning For You - website download
12. Nowhere With You - Make a Little Noise EP (2006)
13. Lazy Bones - Three
14. A Million Dollars - Make a Little Noise EP
15. Wishful Thinking - Three

Encore
16. Before You Leave, Thrush Hermit - Clayton Park (1999)
17. Love This Town - La De Da
18. Fashionable People - Ashtray Rock
19. On & On & On - Three

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My next 2 favourite Bob Dylan Theme Time Radio Hour: BIRDS & MORE BIRDS

Mai 22 2009, 15h37 por BlackCoffeeDuck

I wrote a journal about Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan not that long ago with the themes Coffee and Dogs which both were season one episodes. Coffee episode was one of the first being episode 5 which was first aired on May 31, 2006 and Dogs was episode 16 first aired on August 16, 2006. Season one had 50 episodes but we are up to season 3. With the theme episode Goodbye on April 15, 2009 which was the 100th original episode. It is unknown whether Theme Time Radio Hour will continue into a Season 4 but Dylan himself, during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine implied that his contract had ended. No official announcement about the show's future has been made at this time.

The new Bob Dylan album Together Through Life which is a cool album. I might have to listen a few more times. The bonus disc is the Friends & Neighbors episode but you can hear the Theme Time Radio Hour songs rubbing off on his new songs. I hope they official released all 100 episodes (somewhere or sometime). It's really great listening to Bob talk away about well, whatever the hell he wants too.

I'm going back to season 2 with the episode 71 and 72 Birds and More Birds shows. In the previous journal I wrote "I wish he would do Flying or Birds show" and he has on March 5, 2008 and March 12, 2008. I'm going to link all the songs here on last.fm that Bob plays on these shows.

Theme: Birds
The Rooster Song — Fats Domino (1957)
Chicken Rhythm — Slim Gaillard (1939)
Cooing to the Wrong Pigeon — Merrill Moore (1956)
Bluebird — Buffalo Springfield (1967)
Chicken — Mississippi John Hurt (1966)
The Coo Coo Bird — Clarence Ashley (1961)
Serenade To A Cuckoo — Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1964)
Bird On The Wire — Leonard Cohen (1969)
When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along — Al Jolson (1926)
Buzzard Pie — Rudy Green & His Orchestra (1947)
Daffy Duck's Rhapsody — Mel Blanc (1950)
Ice Cream For Crow — Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band (1982)
Great Speckled Bird — Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans (1936)
Night Owl — Tony Allen & the Champs (1955)
Wings Of A Dove — The Blues Busters (1965)
Shake a Tail Feather — The Five Du-Tones (1963)

Theme: More Birds
The Red Rooster — Howlin Wolf (1971)
Little Wing — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
Bye Bye Blackbird — Miles Davis (1957)
Bye bye blackbird — Charlie & His Orchestra (1942)
Skylark — Anita O'Day (1941)
Little Bluebird — Johnnie Taylor (1966)
Listen to the Mockingbird — Light Crust Doughboys (1936-41)
Mockingbird — Inez & Charlie Foxx (1963)
Bluebirds Over the Mountain — Ersel Hickey (1958)
Why Is Woody Sad? — Bobby Pauneto (1960)
Chicken & The Hawk — Big Joe Turner (1956)
The Bird's the Word — The Rivingtons (1963)
Surfin' Bird — The Trashmen (1963)
Big Bird — Eddie Floyd (1968)
Yellow Bird — Arthur Lyman (1961)
Bird Gets the Worm — Charlie Parker (1947)
The White Dove — The Stanley Brothers (1949)
When Doves Cry — Prince & The Revolution (1984)

So there is Bob's Bird Theme Time Radio Hour, what do you think? What is you favorite bird song or song with a bird theme? Why not add it in the comments?

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Variations on a theme

Mai 20 2009, 11h34 por magnuscanis

One of the benefits I find with using last.fm and spotify is the ability to listen to multiple versions of the same piece by different musicians (or even by the same musicians). This is particularly good for folk and jazz pieces where interpretations can vary wildly.

This morning I've been listening (via spotify) to about 15 different versions of Donna Lee, a bebop standard. Apparently the piece was actually written by Miles Davis, although I tend (along with many people, I think) to associate it with Charlie Parker. In any case, both of them produced very fine versions of it.

Prior to this morning, the only other version I was particularly familiar with was the solo bass version by Jaco Pastorius.

Several of the other versions I've listened to today, such as the one by Clifford Brown, stick fairly closely to the tune's bebop roots. Others, such as a Latin version by Tito Puente, rework it in different styles. Just about the most far-out one I listened to was by an artist called isabelle olivier, whom I've never previously come across. I quite enjoyed that one so I'll probably check out some of her other stuff soon.

Most of the versions I've listened to have been instrumental but a few of them have featured vocalisation/scat singing. Of these, my favourite is one by Uraguayan musician
Leo Maslíah. In fact this one finishes with some recognisable words, although my Spanish wasn't quite good enough to actually understand much of what was said.

One of the pieces entitled Donna Lee that I listened to, by The Lisa Marr Experiment, turned out to be unrelated (as far as I could tell) to the Davis tune. This one was a song and seemed more folk than jazz based, although I don't know if it is actually a traditional folk song at all. It was good, though, and is a lead into another band I'll definitely be checking out further.

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TOP 90 MUSICIANS FROM U.S.A

Abr 16 2009, 19h49 por selcukalhan

TOP 90 MUSICIANS FROM U.S.A

1. Bob Dylan
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Louis Armstrong
4. Johnny Cash
5. Frank Sinatra
6. Ella Fitzgerald
7. Miles Davis
8. Billie Holiday
9. The Doors
10. The Velvet Underground
11. Simon and Garfunkel
12. Nina Simone
13. The Beach Boys
14. John Coltrane
15. Elvis Presley
16. Creedance Clearwater Revival
17. Duke Ellington
18. Aretha Franklin
19. Pixies
20. James Brown
21. R.E.M.
22. Bruce Springsteen
23. Ramones
24. Red Hot Chili Peppers
25. Metallica
26. Stevie Wonder
27. Nirvana
28. Marvin Gaye
29. Thelonious Monk
30. Tom Waits
31. Chuck Berry
32. Charles Mingus
33. Dave Brubeck Quartet
34. Otis Redding
35. Nat King Cole
36. Lynyrd Skynyrd
37. Santana
38. John Williams
39. Ray Charles
40. John Lee Hooker
41. Al Green
42. Leadbelly
43. Peggy Lee
44. B.B. King
45. Count Basie
46. Frank Zappa
47. Muddy Waters
48. The Stooges
49. Janis Joplin
50. Aerosmith
51. Lou Reed
52. Paul Simon
53. Sam Cooke
54. Buddy Holly
55. Charlie Parker
56. Talking Heads
57. Blondie
58. Sarah Vaughan
59. Alice Cooper
60. Bill Withers
61. Bernard Herrmann
62. The Smashing Pumpkins
63. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
64. Curtis Mayfield
65. Herbie Hancock
66. Prince
67. Michael Jackson
68. Iggy Pop
69. Jeff Buckley
70. The Flaming Lips
71. Guns N'Roses
72. The Byrds
73. Dinah Washington
74. Parliament-Funkadelic
75. Pavement
76. Sonic Youth
77. Hank Williams
78. Elliot Smith
79. Bing Crosby
80. The Temptations
81. Grateful Dead
82. Julie London
83. Roy Orbison
84. Samuel Barber
85. Etta James
86. Beck
87. The Allman Brothers
88. Bill Evans
89. Neutral Milk Hotel
90. Tori Amos

Comment about missed names which deserve to be in the Toplist.

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Charlie Parker sets my mind on fire... when will I switch artists?

Mar 17 2009, 19h47 por Jordan_C_Darwin

I just can't get started on getting off Charlie Parker, and quite frankly I don't really care much if I never move away from him. Whenever I plug in my earphones I just drift away into some blissful reverie, and I can't explain why my heart seems to beat markedly faster than it did before.

The orchestra, the progression up to those high notes and the orchestra behind him laying down the foundations whilst Charlie built a skyscraper above them. "Charlie" my tutor says with a smirk that recedes into a saddened demeanour, as if he knows him -- a fish to water, a towering colossus, the progenitor, creator; father of bebop -- just as everyone else seems to.

Such a shame, that the bird flew too few journeys, his vices getting the better of him, and perhaps giving the better. "Imagine, the mind on him and how even crippled ... he managed to set every place on fire", a friend would say after hearing my heaped praise of his talents, and not a truer word spoken.

Whenever I had seen Charlie in any rare footage that featured him or the few pictures taken of him in the late 1930's -- around the time bebop drifted into his head -- I seem to think of a time in which people rejoiced, and this music was celebrated as new. People would actually go and see him, and other Jazz artists play in theatres, bars, clubs and other venues - and I guess, it was pop.

To think of the wonder, but also the effort is something along the lines of a day-dream. The technical difficultly of bebop itself is something which makes me simply wonder at the mind of those who were really pushing it's "envelope" so to speak, and also recourse to infinite dismay when I see the venal artists of this day hammer 3-crotchet rhythms out to the masses.

I first heard of Charlie through my tutor, and was struck with a sense of awe at the first track I listened to. It wasn't any of the many popular ones that you might think - it was Jamey Aebersold's rendition of "Billies Bounce" that was seemingly the instigator of this trend, and I guess I have to thank him for it.

Ordered the "Now's The Time" box from Amazon rather quickly after that, noting the sacrilege of selling a 10 CD volume for less than £12, and, one Saturday proceeded to listen to them. With the exception of the wonderful Nelson Rangell and a few others, I haven't really been able to get Charlie out of my head.

Funny, that now I can't seem to listen to any other type of music without thinking of bebop. I listen to a token few tracks from bands of varying genre but they still make me long for the sound of that cheap saxophone first Charlie inspired me with.

Til then, Charlie, I still get a kick out of you... all the time.

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Albums

Fev 20 2009, 21h38 por jazzwhiz

A friend did a similar thing and although I wanted to do the same, I realized there was a problem: not very many people would be familiar with my music. Thus listing off the top x albums as my favorite would be silly. So I explained each. Sometimes to a general audience, and sometimes to a more familiar audience.
These are listed in no particular order (not entirely true - I listed off some as they came to mind, but generally went through my music alphabetically so as to not miss anything). There are many great albums out there that I love that I haven't included.
Oh, and I guess if I tagged you you're all supposed to do the same, or something.

A Tribute to Jack Johnson (Miles Davis): Miles Davis once claimed that he could create "the greatest rock band you ever heard." Miles Davis was a lot of [ridiculous] things, but he was never frivolous [as can be easily seen by the style he matured into]. Obviously, questions like this will never be settled, but if he did do it, it was this album, and not undeserving either. This will make casual jazz listeners question what they think of both jazz and rock as genres - separate, and fused.

Kind of Blue (Miles Davis): I could probably include nearly every Miles album I have, but I guess that defeats the purpose. I can't say how many times I've listened to this - in a row. Probably the most precise jazz album I've ever heard, strange because it is both the most revolutionary [arguably] and one of the most open as well. Yet every note is where it should be.

Just Feelin' (McCoy Tyner): McCoy Tyner in a comfortable setting in a trio. Certainly not his most technical work, but for some reason, the song Manha De Carnaval moved me almost immediately like nothing I've heard before - enough to make the list. I'm not entirely sure why, but this is one I won't be forgetting any time soon.

Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber): To be fair, I deserve at least one guilty pleasure. And if so, then this is it. The concept of the show is fantastic, but it's the music that, every time I hear it, I concoct ridiculous plans to put it on here at school. It's fun, serious, blah blah, all the things a musical should have, it has. But just right, not too much either.

Carnegie Hall 1938 (Benny Goodman): Perhaps I'm just trying to be elitist, but this concert was really good. I mean, really. Regardless of the hurdles and challenges they faced to pull it off, it's a swinging show.

Keep the Customer Satisfied (Buddy Rich): This is what swing is all about. Buddy Rich drives the band and the audience through the wall. Nothing else by him has come close.

Paris Jazz Concert (Cannonball Adderley): Cannonball, his brother, and Joe Zawinul have all never sounded better. It's energetic, and let Cannonball open up. Plus I'm particularly weak for Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.

The Enchantment (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck): Yes, I saw this live, but the melodious nature of the compositions is so fresh and relaxing. It's not in your face, but then again, that's hard without a drummer or a bass. In fact, much of anything is hard without a drummer or a bass, but they pull this one off. Perhaps a bit too well - the studio nature and obvious rehearsal time would be the only drawbacks, but if you listen to the notes played, the rest won't matter.

Count Basie at Newport: The energy is not only unmistakable, but massively transforming. Not that Basie's band lacks anything in studio recordings per-se, their precision performance is plenty for me, but they don't even lose any of that in front of a wild audience.

The Complete Atomic Basie: Perhaps to contrast Basie at Newport, this time they play the songs as they're meant to be. Not that Newport was incorrect, but the Atomic Basie is almost like a library - a guide, no the guide, on how to play the Basie standards. A title like that isn't given lightly.

The Far East Suite (Duke Ellington): There are obviously a lot of choices for Duke, but I decided to go with something outside the standard repertoire. While maintaining the same band as always, Duke manages to still send us to places we've never been. There are, perhaps, better choices for his writing, but nothing better for his arranging. And an entire album of it makes it a truly impressive work.

Red Clay (Freddie Hubbard): I have some other earlier Freddie Hubbard that establishes him as a solid player, but Red Clay puts him above the rest. Not only does Freddie play fabulously, the band is no sideshow. Joe Henderson does an impressive job, but Stanley Turrentine on the live take of the title track is phenomenal. Not to mention Herbie Hancock plays the set so comfortably.

Song For My Father (Horace Silver): Joe Henderson just keeps showing up, and he almost steals the show here and would have, had it been with anyone other than Horace Silver.

Giant Steps (John Coltrane): Yes giant steps. For anyone who has played the title track, they know that it's hard. But almost more importantly than that, the chords are brilliant. Moving through flatted fifth progressions creates a tonality that is simply unmistakable, as are all the tracks. Moreover, his solos promptly polarized saxophones and general jazz followers alike. The so-called "vertical" style of soloing is, new. But jazz is about more than new, it still has to sound good and he does that first. The reason for his vertical solos is, I feel, connected back to the chords themselves. Moving linearly or "horizontally" across them, particularly at the speed he played it at would be a muddled mess no matter who's horn it comes out of.

A Love Supreme (John Coltrane): This was the first album I ever purchased so it obviously hold a special place in my collection. I had a project for English class and chose a poet to write about because in the one sentence description about him, it said he wrote about jazz, and I had figured out that much about myself thus far, so I decided to choose him. One of the poems was an ode to Coltrane focusing on this album. I figured I ought to give it a listen. And listen I did. And listen I do. This is one of those albums that when I hear alternate takes put together in a hodgepodge format elsewhere, or even the final takes, I skip them. I can't listen them without listening to the whole thing. The progression from section to section is essential in this massive single work. While there are perhaps other albums I might like to place here (notably Blue Train), I feel that these two present Coltrane expertly well.

Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival (John Handy): I know nothing about the artist or the even [I'm not even sure where the album turned up from] and two long tracks of extended open soloing wouldn't have been my thing in most cases. But John Handy pulls it off. Rather, he blows it away in every sense. It includes exceptional work by the whole band (I recall the bass in particular) but his solos are what I listen to when I feel I need more passion - more individualism, infused in my own work.

The Koln Concert (Keith Jarrett): It may be cliche, and I could probably select another Keith Jarrett album as well (I won't) but I have honestly never seen, heard, or experienced in any way anything like this. Had someone told me before hand the names of the songs and the composers, this concert would have still made the list. My mind is blown every time I hear it.

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane: Older and generally less popular than the "recently discovered" work between the two, I also feel better. While recorded in the studio as opposed to live (and at Carnegie Hall at that), as far as I can tell, Coltrane wouldn't really know the difference. Miles once said that a woman could start dancing in front of him while soloing and the rest of the band would stop, but Trane would keep on playing none the wiser. On Monk, I feel the work is incredibly inventive and declarative - especially considering how early it was.

Notable Exceptions:
Charlie Parker - Obviously one of the greatest alto players ever, his short life hindered his potential tremendously. I have yet to find an album of him that, I feel, really showcases his work. I certainly have some nice songs, but nothing cohesive yet.
Oscar Peterson - I love Oscar Peterson, I just haven't found THE Oscar Peterson album. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

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Concert Review: John Patitucci at the Carver Center

Fev 17 2009, 16h20 por Retronius

Fri 13 Feb – The Redeemer Fine Arts Series presents John Patitucci

To be pubished in African-American Reflections

Concert Review: The Redeemer Fine Arts Series Presents John Patitucci
Anthony Dean-Harris
Contributing Writer
anthonydeanharris@gmail.com

On February 13, Redeemer Presbyterian Church threw a spectacular concert featuring Grammy Award winning jazz bassist John Patitucci at the historic Carver Cultural Community Center. The audience consisted of mixed ages and races, many of whom started the Valentine's Day spirit early. Yes, spirits were high while tempers were calm for an evening of soothing, innovative albeit inspirational jazz.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a rather clean cut septet aging in their 20s and 30s, were the opening act. They played jazz standards with the kind of love and respect one would expect of any jazz band. It was apparent through the arrangements and solos that the band holds one another with great respect.

Soon after the Grenadines closed, Patitucci took the stage accompanied by pianist Jon Cowherd. Patitucci began with Charlie Parker's "Dexterity," befitting considering Parker played in the historic Carver Center in the past. Patitucci and Cowherd danced about one another in tune, both to their own melodies but altogether in sync. Cowherd managed the tenuous task of playing both in his own voice and complimenting Patitucci's vibrant bass at the same time, thus making the pairing quite ideal for this performance and likely in other performances. The evening was indicative of the two sharing a good working relationship.

As Patitucci played the solo piece, "Mediation," dedicated to John Coltrane, one almost expected Pat Metheny to walk out on stage to start along with the title track to the classic album Bright Size Life. It was indicative of Patitucci’s style, somewhat akin to Stanley Clarke with all his talent but not the funk. It's like what would happen if Jaco Pastorius had never died, but perhaps without the dynamism. It makes sense that Patitucci worked alongside Chick Corea earlier in his career.

Later, vocalist Ruth Naomi Floyd joined the duo, adding a flavorful sass to the flowing lyrics; still, she seemed to be holding back her true power that the trained ear could tell lied dormant throughout the evening. Floyd's spacing between hearty moans and deafening silences in the tune "Calvary" displayed a great talent that demanded and captured attention.

When the trio played the classic, "My Funny Valentine," it almost seemed required considering the occasion, but the audience didn't begrudge the musicians for performing it.

Witnessing Patitucci is entirely different from merely hearing one of his albums. His head flails as vividly as his hands. His fervor is as present in his smile as it is in the notes he plays. His laughter, as buoyant as his modality.

The concert had Christian overtones but mostly felt more like Sufjan Stevens than Andre Crouch, although, by the end of the night as the band closed with Cowherd's arrangement of the classic spiritual "I Need Thee Every Hour," it started to feel a bit like Kirk Whalum's various gospel albums. Altogether, the evening was an enjoyable experience, subtle proselytizing or no. The nearly full house and cheerful expressions throughout the evening were a clear indicator.

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Skivsamling!

Jan 22 2009, 19h46 por SebbeZw

Listan gäller enbart fysiska CD-skivor. Promoplattor, LP och MP3:or är inte medräknade.

7 Sins – Forever Winter Nights
Abramis Brama –Rubicon
AC/DC – High Voltage
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
AC/DC - Powerage
AC/DC - Back in Black
AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak
AC/DC - Live 2CD
AC/DC - Ballbreaker
AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip
AC/DC - Black Ice
Bryan Adams - The Best of Me
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Aggregate - Feel the Pain
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged
Amon Amarth - The Crusher
Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns
Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
Amorphis - Eclipse
Annihilator - Alison Hell
Annihilator - Never Neverland
Annihilator - Set the World on Fire
Annihilator - Remains
Annihilator - Schizo Deluxe
Annihilator - Metal
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
Louis Armstrong - Swing That Music
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
Baskery - Fall Among Thieves
Bathory - In Memory of Quorthon
Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles - Abbey Road
Beatles - 1
Beatles - Let It Be Naked
Behemoth - Demigod
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Blind Guardian - Somewhere far Beyond
Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side
Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth
Bloodbound - Nosferatu
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Bullet - Heading for the Top
Bullet - Bite the Bullet
Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
Candlemass - Nightfall
Candlemass - King of the Grey Islands
Cannibal Corpse - Kill
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Johnny Cash - Unchained
Johnny Cash - American Recordings III: Solitary Man
Johnny Cash - American Recordings IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash - American Recordings: A Hundred Highways
Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted
The Change - The Deer Moss Murders
Chimaira - Impossibility of Reason
Chimaira - Resurrection
Clawfinger - Use Your Brain
Clawfinger - Hate Yourself With Style
Construcdead - Grand Machinery
Creedence Clearwater Revival - s/t
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willie and the Poor Boys
Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
Danko Jones - I'm Alive and on Fire
Danko Jones - Born a Lion
Danko Jones - We Sweat Blood
Danko Jones - Sleep is the Enemy
Danko Jones - Never Too Loud
Danko Jones - B-Sides
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
Dark Tranquillity - Minds I
Dark Tranquillity - Character
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Deathstars - Synthetic Generation
Deathstars - Termination Bliss
Deep Purple - In Rock
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Deep Purple - Knocking On Your Back Door: Best of the 80s
Deep Purple - 30: Very Best of
Deep Purple - Collection
The Defaced - Domination Commence
The Defaced - Karma in Black
The Defaced - Anomaly
Deftones - Adrenaline
Deftones - White Pony
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Dimma - På Grund Av
Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli
Dio - Holy Diver
Dio - Inferno: The Last in Live
Dio - Collection
Discipline - Old Pride New Glory
Dissection - Reinkaos
Disturbed - Believe
Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
The Doors - The Best of
Draconian - Turning Seasons Within
Dream Evil - Evilized
Dream Evil - Children of the Night
Dream Evil - The Book of Heavy Metal
Dream Evil - United
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Duffy - Rockferry
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Bob Dylan - New Morning
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan - Shot of Love
Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Duke Ellington - A Portrait of
Elvis Presley- 30 #1 Hits
Elvis Presley - 2nd to None
Endstille - Operation Wintersturm
Enter the Hunt - For Life Til Death To Hell With Love
Europe - Rock the Night: The Very Best of
Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse
Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Fistula - Burdened By Your Existence
Fleetwood Mac - The Best of
Flogging Molly - Float
John Fogerty - The Blue Ridge Rangers
Fuelhead - s/t
Paul Gilbert & Freddie Nelson - United States
Gillmore - Rigor Mortis of Souls
Green Day - American Idiot
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Guns N' Roses - Lies
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
Guns N' Roses - Live Era: 87-93
Guns N' Roses - The Spaghetti Incident?
Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
Hardcore Superstar - Bad Sneakers and a Pina Colada
Hardcore Superstar - s/t
The Haunted - Made Me Do It
The Haunted - rEVOLVEr
The Haunted - The Dead Eye
The Haunted - Versus
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys II
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys the Legacy
Jimi Hendrix - The Best of
In Flames - Lunar Strain
In Flames - Colony
In Flames - Clayman
In Flames - Reroute to Remain
In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
In Flames - Come Clarity
In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
Iron Maiden - s/t
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years/Stranger in a Strange Land
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness/The Evil That Men Do
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden - The X Factor
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
Isis - Panopticon
Jamiroquai - Syncronized
Jesaiah - Burning Bridges Building Bunkers
Judas Priest - British Steel
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Judas Priest - Simply the Best
Kent - s/t
Kent - Verkligen
Kent - Isola
Kent - Vapen & Ammunition
Kent - Hagnesta Hill
Kent - Du & Jag Döden
Kent - Tillbaka till Samtiden
BB King - Let the Good Times Roll
Kiss - The Best of
Korea - For the Present Purpose
Korn - Untouchables
Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn
Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
Lamb of God - Sacrament
Lamb of God - Wrath
Led Zeppelin - s/t
Led Zeppelin - II
Led Zeppelin - III
Led Zeppelin - IV
Lemmy - Damage Case
Machinae Supremacy - Overworld
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
Machine Head - Through the Ashes of the Empire
Machine Head - The Blackening
Mandylon - A Good Excuse and a Yellow Sun
Masterplan - s/t
Masterplan - Aeronautics
Masterplan - MKII
Mastodon - Leviathan
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Meldrum - Loaded Mental Cannon
Metallica - Kill 'em All
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - s/t
Metallica - St. Anger
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Ministry - Psalm 69
Ministry - The Last Sucker
moloken - We All Face the Dark Alone
Morbidity - Towards a Frozen Time
Motörhead - On Parole
Motörhead - s/t
Motörhead - Overkill
Motörhead - Bomber
Motörhead - Ace of Spades
Motörhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith
Motörhead - Iron Fist
Motörhead - Another Perfect Day
Motörhead - Orgasmatron
Motörhead - Rock 'n' Roll
Motörhead - No Sleep At All
Motörhead - 1916
Motörhead - March ör Die
Motörhead - Bastards
Motörhead - Sacrifice
Motörhead - Overnight Sensation
Motörhead - Snake Bite Love
Motörhead - Everything Louder Than Everyone Else
Motörhead - We Are Motörhead
Motörhead - 25 & Alive: Böneshaker
Motörhead - Hammered
Motörhead - Inferno
Motörhead - Kiss of Death
Motörhead - Motörizer
Motörhead - Live
Mustasch - The True Sound of the New West
Mustasch - Ratsafar
Mustasch - Powerhouse
Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying
My Minds Weapon - The Carrion Sky
Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption
Willie Nelson - (obetitlad samling)
Nevermore - s/t
Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
Nevermore - Enemies of Reality
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Nifelheim - s/t
Nifelheim - Devils Force
Nifelheim - Envoy of Lucifer
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
Nine - Killing Angles
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails - Broken
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Nordman - s/t
Nordman - Ingenmansland
Nordman - Här och Nu
The Offspring - Americana
One Man Army and the Undead Quartet - 21st Century Killing Machine
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Opeth - Watershed
Our Last Night - The Ghosts Among Us
Ozzy Osbourne - Prince of Darkness
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Paradise Lost - Shades of God
Paradise Lost - In Requiem
Charlie Parker - The Cole Porter Songbook
Charlie Parker - Jam Session
Pretty Whores - Teens of USA
Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
Queen - Greatest Hits
Rainbow - Rising
Rainbow - Pot of Gold
Ravens Creed - Militia of Blood Sacrifice
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Reissue - s/t
Rush - Permament Waves
Sabaton - Metalizer
Sabaton - Primo Victoria
Sabaton - Attero Dominatus
Sabaton - The Art of War
Saxon - s/t
Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed
Saxon - Power and the Glory
Saxon - Killing Ground
Saxon - The Inner Sanctum
S-Core - Gust of Rage
Scorpions - Live Bites
Scorpions - Pictured Life: Best of
Scorpions - Classic Bites
Scorpions - Unbreakable
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
Sepultura - Arise
Sepultura - Chaos AD
Sepultura - Roots
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
Sikh - One More Piece
Sins in Vain - s/t
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
Skid Row - s/t
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Slayer - South of Heaven
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Slayer - Divine Intervention
Slayer - Undisputed Attitude
Slayer - Diabolus in Musica
Slayer - God Hates Us All
Slayer - Christ Illusion
Slipknot - s/t
Slipknot - Iowa
Slipknot - Vol. 3 The Subliminal Verses
Slipknot - 9.0 Live
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
Sodom - Obsessed By Cruelty
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Soilwork - Stabbing the Drama
Soilwork - Sworn to a Great Divide
Status Quo - The Essential vol 1
Status Quo - The Essential vol 2
Status Quo - The Essential vol 3
System of a Down - s/t
System of a Down - Toxicity
System of a Down - Steal This Album
System of a Down - Mezmerize
System of a Down - Hypnotize
Testament - Souls of Black
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Thursday - Common Existence
Tiamat - Wildhoney
Tiamat - Prey
Tiamat - Amanethes
Tool - Aenima
Tool - Lateralus
Tool - 10 000 Days
Twisted Sister - Big Hits and Nasty Cuts
Traktor - Sequence the Sequence
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
Type O Negative - Dead Again
Tystnaden - Sham of Perfection
Vader - Impressions in Blood
Vanity Dies Hard - When Torching the Day
Velvet Revolver - Contraband
Velvet Revolver - Libertad
Venom - Welcome to Hell
Venom - Black Metal
Venom - At War With Satan
Venom - Metal Black
Voivod - s/t
Volbeat - The Strength / The Sound / The Songs
Volbeat - Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil
Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood
Wilmer X - Primitiv
Wolverine - Still
V/A - Mama Take Me Home To Malmö
V/A - Rockklassiker
V/A - Swingsation
V/A - Ultimate Rock

Notering:
Alla blandskivor och "best of"-varianter inhandlades när jag var yngre. Några sådana skulle jag med andra ord aldrig betala för idag.

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