Playlist, Week of 2017-08-20

In the 1975 Henry Cow show with Robert Wyatt at the New London Theatre, Wyatt is not just a guest; he is fully integrated with the band... part of this show was excerpted on the LP Concerts, but it's especially nice to hear Wyatt performing on Cow classics like "Beautiful as the moon; Terrible as an Army with Banners" and "Living in the Heart of the Beast"... the whole show is quite extraordinary, actually... The new Guided By Voices album sounds to my untutored ears like some of the most cohesive stuff Robert Pollard has put out in recent years... some great gems here... love the crossfading and quick transitions too... I hadn't forgotten about it, but it'd been a while, so it was nice to return to Antony Braxton's Echo Echo Mirror House Music... deep and nourishing... the unedited odyssey of Big Star's third album as documented in Complete Third shows that things weren't necessarily as incoherent or chaotic as legend sometimes has it... the early demos perhaps capture its spirit best...

Playlist 2017-08-21:

*Anthony Braxton: Trillium E (disc 2)
*Anthony Braxton: 3 Compositions (EEMHM) 2011 (disc 2)
*Nels Cline Trio: Ground
*Duke Ellington Small Groups: Back Room Romp
*Duke Ellington: The Great Ellington Units
*Sun Ra: selections (Bandcamp streaming)
*Sun Ra: Spaceways
*Sun Ra and His Astro Ihnfinity Arkestra: The Intergalactic Thing
*Sun Ra and His Mythic Science Arkestra: The Paris Tapes: Live at le Theatre du Chatelet 1971
*Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra: Sign of the Myth
*World Saxophone Quartet: Requiem for Julius
*Big Star: Complete Third (discs 1, 2)
*Dreamhead: 1991-04-28 Harp Studio, MA (selections)
*Bob Dylan: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Volume 12 (disc 2)
*Mike Elder/Harry Forrest/Greg Jordan/Sam Byrd: 2017-06-17 (wav)
*Mike Elder/Harry Forrest/Greg Jordan/Sam Byrd: 2017-07-15 (wav)
*Gong: Angel's Egg
*Grateful Dead: Dark Star 1972 version 1 (in progress, 05:07:00-06:00:00)
*Guided By Voices: August by Cake
*Henry Cow & Robert Wyatt: 1975-05-21 London (wav)
*Neu!: Neu!
*Tito Puente: The Essential Tito Puente (disc 1)
*UYA: 1991-05-05/27 The New Hippies (wav)
*Various artists: She's So Fine: The Rise of the Girl Groups (disc 1)
*Yes: Going for the One