Playlist, Week of 2021-01-16

Catching up on Christmas goodies.... the XTC Steven Wilson remix of Drums and Wires is wonderful: full-bodied and punchy... the Ape vinyl version sounds damn good too... Lots of excellent Sun Ra vinyl out there... since I am not lucky enough to own a single Saturn, this is a way to vicariously pretend... Two standout albums of the last few years: We Are on the Edge and Radum Calls, Radum Calls... Devil Kids has Deerhoof kicking ass and taking no prisoners, with a quick overview of at least one song from most of each of their albums... Greg Saunier sounds as good as he ever has... 

*Susan Alcorn/Leila Bordreuil/Ingrid Laubrock: Bird Meets Wire

*Art Bears: Hopes and Fears

*Art Ensemble of Chicago: We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (discs 1, 2)

*Billy Bang: A Tribute to Stuff Smith

*Beatles: With the Beatles (2009 stereo remaster) (side 1)

*Borderlands Trio: Wandersphere (disc 2)

*Anthony Braxton: Nine Compositions (Hill) 2000

*Anthony Braxton Large Ensemble: 2008-12-03 Wesleyan (CDR) "Comp. 173 & 102"

*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (disc 4)

*Chicago: Chicago at Carnegie Hall Complete (selections CDR) (disc 5)

*Rodger Coleman/Sam Byrd: Who Doesn't Fade? "What Remains"

*John Coltrane: A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle

*Decoy & Joe McPhee: Oto "Opening Night"

*Deerhoof: Devil Kids

*Duke Ellington: 1899-1974 (sides 1, 4)

*Duke Ellington: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (discs 2, 3)

*Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 4 (1970-02-13 Fillmore East) "Dark Star"

*Grateful Dead: Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73 (disc 20) "Dark Star"

*Jimi Hendrix: Hendrix Live In Hawaii - 1970 (sides 1, 2)

*Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: Stir Crazy (CDR compilation) (disc 12)

*Hank Mobley: The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions (disc 2)

*Hank Mobley: Soul Station

*Sean O'Hagan: Radum Calls, Radum Calls

*Pere Ubu: Datapanik in the Year Zero (disc 4)

*RAIC: Lamentations

*Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra: The Magic City (remastered and expanded stereo version) (side 1)

*Sun Ra: Astro Black (side 1)

*Sun Ra: Pathways to Unknown Worlds (side 2)

*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Omniverse (side 2)

*Sun Ra and His Cosmo Love Adventure Arkestra: Pine Street Theatre, October 28th 1988 (side 1)

*Craig Taborn: Light Made Lighter

*Keith Tippett Tapestry Orchestra: Live at Le Mans (disc 2)

*Umlaut Big Band: Mary's Ideas (disc 1)

*Anna Webber: Clockwise

*Dan Weiss: Starebaby

*New Tony Williams Lifetime: Believe It

*Tony Williams: The Joy of Flying

*Brian Wilson: At My Piano

*Amy Winehouse: Back to Black (sides 1, 2)

*XTC: Drums and Wires (Surround Sound Series) (disc 2) (selections)