Playlist, Week of 2026-05-24

 

Always nice to return to the lethargic majesty of Robert Wyatt's masterpiece.... with the always important underpinning of two great bassists, Richard Sinclair and Hugh Hopper... My original vinyl of Tales from Topographic Oceans sounds so much better than the Steven Wilson remix... that doesn't take away from the fun in hearing different details in the remix, though... I need to check out Vol. 1 of Ayumi Ishito's Roboquarians, because Vol. 2 is fantastic... 

Playlist 2026-05-25:

*[Ahmed]: Play Monk (disc 1)
*Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion
*Ayumi Ishito: Roboquarians, Vol. 2
*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (England) 1985 (disc 5)
*Bruford: Gradually Going Tornado (side 1)
*Caravan: In the Land of Grey and Pink (side 1)
*Nels Cline Singers: The Giant Pin
*Nels Cline Singers: Macroscope
*John Coltrane: Live Trane: The European Tours (disc 1)
*Richard Dawson: The Ruby Cord
*Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Masterpieces by Ellington (side 3)
*Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Ellington at Newport (side 1)
*Duke Ellington: Dance Date Air Force U.S.A. March 1958 (side 1)
*Emerson Lake and Palmer: Emerson Lake & Palmer
*Entropic Hop: Entropic Hop
*Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (side 3)
*Goal Weight: Keep Telling Yourself That
*Grateful Dead: 1978-04-11 Atlanta (CDR) (discs 2, 3)
*Grateful Dead: Formerly the Warlocks (disc 5) "Dark Star," "Space"
*Grateful Dead: 1989-10-16 East Rutherford NJ (CDR) "Dark Star"
*Grateful Dead: 1989-10-26 Miami (CDR) "Dark Star"
*Grateful Dead: 1989-12-31 Oakland CA (CDR) "Dark Star"
*Kip Hanrahan: 1991 Stuttgart (CDR)
*Happy the Man: Happy the Man (sides 1, 2)
*Joe Henderson: The State of the Tenor: Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (side 2)
*Hyper Gal: After Image
*Lazro/Léandre/Lovens: For Baritone Sax, Double Bass & Drumset
*Matching Mole: Matching Mole (side 1)
*Merzbow/Mats Gustafsson/Balázs Pándi: Cuts Cut
*Muffins: Baker's Dozen (disc 10)
*New Ting: 2026-05-11 "Battering Wham" (wav)
*Nico: 1980-09-26 Squat Theater, NYC (CDR)
*OOIOO: The Horizon Spiral
*Jimmy Reed: Mr. Luck: The Complete Vee-Jay Singles (disc 3)
*Tomeka Reid Quartet: 3+3 (side 2)
*Residents: Eskimo (side 2)
*David Sancious: Forest of Feelings (side 2)
*Michael Sarian: The Sea, the Space, and Egypt, Vol. 1
*Sun Ra and His Inter-Galactic Research Arkestra: Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (side 2)
*Sun Ra: Crystal Spears (side 1)
*Sun Ra: Strange Celestial Road (side 1)
*Sun Ra and His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra: 1980-12-29 Detroit (CDR) (disc 1)
*Test: Ecstatic Peace 
*Various artists: Bollywood Movie Title Music
*Various artists: Telugu Connection (CDR)
*Various artists: WSAM: Dark Star and Behind (CDR compilation)
*Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom (sides 1, 2)
*XTC: Apple Venus, Vol. 1
*Yes: Tales from Topographic Oceans (sides 2, 4)
*Yes: Going for the One 

Playlist, Week of 2021-01-03

Being amazed all over again by Robert Wyatt's drumming... especially on Little Red Record... especially on "Brandy as in Benj"... especially on the solo drum break around 3:42 where he plays the tricky convoluted head...

Playlist 2021-10-04:

*Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton (disc 4) "Opus 76 (Version Two)"
*Anthony Braxton: Octet (New York) 1995
*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (disc 2)
*Anthony Braxton: 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017 (Comp. 420)
*Burial: Untrue
*Burial: Tunes 2011-2019 (disc 2)
*Clash: Sandinista! (discs 1, 2)
*John Coltrane: Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Edition) (disc 1)
*Connie Crothers/David Arner: Spontaneous Suite for Two Pianos (discs 3, 4)
*Chris Cutler & Fred Frith: Live In Moscow, Prague, & Washington
*Duke Ellington: The Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA-Victor Recordings (disc 14) (selections)
*Michel Edelin's Flute Fever Orchestra: Kalamania (disc 1)
*Eloping with the Sun: Counteract This Turmoil Like Trees and Birds
*Gilgamesh: Arriving Twice
*Gilgamesh: Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into
*Hatfield and the North: Hatfield and the North
*Hatfield and the North: The Rotter's Club
*Joe Henderson: The Kicker
*Joe Henderson: Tetragon
*Joseph Jarman: As If It Were the Seasons "Song for Christopher"
*Matching Mole: Matching Mole
*Matching Mole: Matching Mole’s Little Red Record (expanded ed.) (discs 1, 2)
*Jackie McLean: Jacknife
*Jackie McLean: Consequence
*Medeski Martin & Wood: 2004-11-04 Seattle (CDR)
*Monstrance: Monstrance (disc 1)
*Joe Morris/ Tomeka Reid: Combinations
*Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
*Mustafa Özkent: Gençlik İle Elele
*Jeff Parker/Rob Mazurek: Some Jellyfish Live Forever
*Don Pullen: Mosaic Select (disc 2)
*Soft Machine: Third
*Tyshawn Sorey: Unfiltered (disc 2)
*Sparks: Hippopotamus
*Craig Taborn's New Trio: 2020-11-06 NYC (CDR)
*Cecil Taylor: Spring of Two Blue-J's
*Neil Young: Oh Lonesome Me (CDR compilation)