Friday 29 December 2017

Day 277: The spiderman is having me for dinner tonight...

Christmas Day 2017

 Album 997/1031

 Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Gershwin Songbook (1959)


All Tracks composed by George Gershwin and all lyrics written by Ira Gershwin, unless otherwise indicated.
Disc One
  1. Ambulatory Suite (Instrumental) (George Gershwin)
    • "Promenade (Walking the Dog)" – 2:31,
    • "March of the Swiss Soldiers" – 2:04,
    • "Fidgety Feet" – 2:46
  2. The Preludes (Instrumental) (G. Gershwin)
    • Prelude I – 1:36,
    • Prelude II – 3:48,
    • Prelude III – 1:13,
  3. "Sam and Delilah" – 3:15
  4. "But Not for Me" – 3:31
  5. "My One and Only" – 2:36
  6. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" – 4:26
  7. "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" – 3:08
  8. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" – 3:58
  9. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" – 3:32
  10. "Things Are Looking Up" – 3:03
  11. "Just Another Rhumba" – 5:34
  12. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" – 3:45
  13. "'S Wonderful" – 3:28
  14. "The Man I Love" – 3:50
  15. "That Certain Feeling" – 3:07
  16. "By Strauss" – 2:29
  17. "Someone to Watch Over Me" – 4:30
  18. "The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)" – 3:43
Disc Two
  1. "Who Cares?" – 3:05
  2. "Looking for a Boy" – 3:02
  3. "They All Laughed" – 3:02
  4. "My Cousin in Milwaukee" – 3:07
  5. "Somebody from Somewhere" – 3:06
  6. "A Foggy Day" – 3:50
  7. "Clap Yo' Hands" – 2:28
  8. "For You, For Me, For Evermore" – 3:23
  9. "Stiff Upper Lip" – 2:50
  10. "Boy Wanted" – 3:33
  11. "Strike Up the Band" – 2:33
  12. "Soon" – 2:20
  13. "I've Got a Crush on You" – 3:26
  14. "Bidin' My Time" – 2:40
  15. "Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?" – 3:28
  16. "Of Thee I Sing" – 3:07
  17. "'The Half of It, Dearie' Blues" – 3:45
  18. "I Was Doing All Right" – 3:25
  19. "He Loves and She Loves" – 2:46
  20. "Love is Sweeping the Country" – 3:24
  21. "Treat Me Rough" – 2:54
Disc Three
  1. "Our Love Is Here to Stay" – 3:52
  2. "Slap That Bass" – 3:23
  3. "Isn't It a Pity?" – 3:23
  4. "Shall We Dance?" – 3:08
  5. "Love Walked In" – 3:52
  6. "You've Got What Gets Me" – 2:13
  7. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" – 3:07
  8. "Embraceable You" – 4:49
  9. "I Can't Be Bothered Now" – 2:48
  10. "Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!" – 3:46
  11. "Fascinating Rhythm" – 3:22
  12. "Funny Face" – 3:23
  13. "The Lorelei" – 3:21
  14. "Oh, So Nice!" – 3:40
  15. "Let's Kiss and Make Up" – 3:49
  16. "I Got Rhythm" – 3:07
Disc Four - Tracks 3 to 16 are Alternate Takes and Remixes
  1. "Somebody Loves Me" (G. Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald) – 2:36
  2. "Cheerful Little Earful" (Harry Warren, Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose) – 2:06
  3. "But Not for Me" – 2:05 (45 rpm Take)
  4. "The Lorelei" (Alternate Take) – 3:00
  5. "Our Love is Here to Stay" (Partial Alternate Take) – 3:51
  6. "Oh, Lady be Good!" (Alternate Take) – 4:04
  7. "Oh, Lady be Good!" (Alternate Take) – 3:56
  8. "Oh, Lady be Good!" (Alternate Take) – 4:12
  9. "But Not for Me" – 2:05 (Mono Mix)
  10. "Fascinating Rhythm" – 3:21 (Mono Mix)
  11. "They All Laughed" – 3:02 (Mono Mix)
  12. "The Man I Love" – 3:50 (Mono Mix)
  13. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" – 3:32 (Mono Mix)
  14. "Clap Yo' Hands" – 2:29 (Mono Mix)
  15. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" – 4:26 (Mono Mix)
  16. "I Was Doing All Right" – 3:25 (Mono Mix)
  17. "He Loves and She Loves" – 2:46 (Mono Mix)
  18. "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" – 3:07 (Mono Mix)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald_Sings_the_George_and_Ira_Gershwin_Song_Book

 Golf's verdict: Spent the whole morning (3 hours plus) eating, drinking and prepping Christmas lunch to this absolutely solid gold HIDDEN GEM! 
Máire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! A wonderful way to spend Christmas Day morning. Such a gorgeous voice.

 Album 998/1031

Fats Domino - This is Fats (1957)


Tracklist

Blueberry Hill2:08
Honey Chile2:20
What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You1:47
Blue Monday2:27
So Long2:03
La La2:10
Troubles Of My Own2:05
You Done Me Wrong1:56
Reeling And Rocking2:05
The Fat Man's Hop2:00
Poor Poor Me2:06
Trust In Me2:15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Domino

 Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Both Chuck Berry and Fats left us in 2017. Without them there would have been a VERY different musical landscape in the 60s and onward. Whilst Fats only really played one riff, what a riff it was!

 Máire's verdict: Another great voice and some classic songs.


Album 999/1031

Fred Neil - Fred Neil (1966)
All tracks composed by Fred Neil, except where noted
  1. "The Dolphins" – 4:06
  2. "I've Got a Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree)" – 4:40 (Elizabeth Cotten)
  3. "That's the Bag I'm In" – 3:37
  4. "Badi-Da" – 3:39
  5. "Faretheewell (Fred's Tune)" – 4:03
  6. "Everybody's Talkin' " – 2:45
  7. "Everything Happens" – 2:20
  8. "Sweet Cocaine" – 2:03
  9. "Green Rocky Road" – 3:40
  10. "Cynicrustpetefredjohn Raga" – 8:16

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil_(album)

 Golf's verdict: 'The Dolphins' and 'Everybody's Talkin'' are classics, the others not so much. Now better known for mentoring some of Greenwich Village's more famous folk exports like Dylan and Baez, Fred ended up walking the talk and retired from music to work in dolphin conservation in Florida.

 Máire's verdict: Pleasant but not sure why it’s part of the challenge.

 Album 1000/1031

 Mylo - Destroy Rock n' Roll (2004)
All tracks written by Mylo (aka Myles Macinnes); additional songwriters are mentioned in parentheses.
  1. "Valley of the Dolls" (Stu Phillips, Bob Stone) – 3:26
  2. "Sunworshipper" (Maxime Le Forestier, Hubert Rostaing) – 3:26
  3. "Muscle Cars" – 3:39
  4. "Drop the Pressure" – 4:15
  5. "In My Arms" (George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Jackie DeShannon) – 3:46
  6. "Guilty of Love" (George Duke) – 3:06
  7. "Paris Four Hundred" – 3:32
  8. "Destroy Rock & Roll" – 4:07
  9. "Rikki" – 3:18
  10. "Otto's Journey" – 3:58
  11. "Musclecar (Reform Reprise)" (Anu Pillai) – 3:53
  12. "Zenophile" (Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) – 4:08
  13. "Need You Tonite" (Judie Tzuke, Mike Paxman) – 4:51
  14. "Emotion 98.6" – 5:36

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroy_Rock_%26_Roll

 Golf's verdict: If it's all the same to you, I'd really rather you didn't.

 Máire's verdict: This is the 1000th album we’ve listened to as part of the challenge! Unfortunately it’s bland (and not a chance it will destroy rock & roll).

 Album 1001/1031

 The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
All lyrics written by Robert Smith; all music composed by Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, and (officially, in credits) Lol Tolhurst.
No.TitleLength
1."Plainsong"5:12
2."Pictures of You"7:24
3."Closedown"4:16
4."Lovesong"3:29
5."Last Dance"4:42
6."Lullaby"4:08
7."Fascination Street"5:16
8."Prayers for Rain"6:05
9."The Same Deep Water as You"9:19
10."Disintegration"8:18
11."Homesick"7:06
12."Untitled"6:30

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disintegration_(The_Cure_album)

 Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! The Cure's best album and the high-water mark for one of Britain's greatest and most distinctive bands.

 Máire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! One of the most beautiful albums ever made.

 Album 1002/1031

 King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic (1973)
Side one
No.TitleWritersLength
1."Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" (Instrumental)David Cross, Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Jamie Muir13:36
2."Book of Saturday"Fripp, Wetton, Richard Palmer-James2:53
3."Exiles"Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James7:40
Side two
No.TitleWritersLength
4."Easy Money"Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James7:54
5."The Talking Drum" (Instrumental)Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir7:26
6."Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" (Instrumental)Fripp7:07

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larks%27_Tongues_in_Aspic

 Golf's verdict: This is pretty darned proggy, even for someone with quite well-developed ears for prog as I. Prog novices should approach with care.

 Máire's verdict: Bloody awful.


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