Discussion on Aural Moon updates

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Am I right to guess that we'll be seeing more and more Popol Vuh in the future, Jim?

I didn't realize Grace Under Pressure WASN'T in the library! Now if we can just convince him to add Presto and Counterparts...

Grace Under Pressure was here, but it predated me and was ripped at 64K - i.e. BAD quality. I just re-ripped it off of my CD.

More Popol Vuh is likely. I would call them my favorite Krautrock band, keeping in mind I put Tangerine Dream in their own category.

No need for donations of Presto - I have it; or Counterparts - I used tohave it and traded it in I liked it so little. And I pretty much NEVER trade in CDs... Point being I'm not likely to add it.

RnR - what Tull are we missing? I think we have most of the prime stuff. I know we're missing Under Wraps, which I don't think much of...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Not the Counterparts again! I'll just have to play it myself.

Term - beat me to it, that's a funny line of Roger's! A classsic!!!!!

It's very late in my neck of the woods.....tell you what Jim....can you list what you do have....and I'll list what I think should come next in order all the way to the very last one.....I'll even list the crappy one(s)......

next week - I'm off to New Orleans for a bachelor party - yikes!

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
It's very late in my neck of the woods.....tell you what Jim....can you list what you do have....and I'll list what I think should come next in order all the way to the very last one.....I'll even list the crappy one(s)......

From memory, I think we have:

Stand Up, Living In The Past, Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Passion Play, War Child, Minstrel In The Gallery, Too Old To Rock and Roll, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses, Stormwatch, A, Crest Of A Knave, Rock Island, Roots To Branches, J-Tull Dot Com, and I think there's one more really old one (Stand Up/This Was era, but I'm spacing on the title) on the list -- Benefit!

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
We've got TWO pieces of WONDERFUL! AMAZING! NEWS! to bring the loyal listeners here at Aural Moon:

1. We're violently wrenching the topic of this thread BACK to where it should be!
2. We've got TONS of new updates! This puts us at over 12400 songs total! (so you don't have to request Tubular Bells every day)

So, without further ado or spewage:

• Ain Soph - A Story Of Mysterious Forest
• EKO - Future Primitive
• Fauconnier, Jean-Marc - Les Cites Inerieures
• FSB - II
• Hidria Spacefolk - Symbiosis
• KBB - Four Corner's Sky
• Mats-Morgan - Trends And Other Diseases
• Munju - Moon You
• Priam - Diffraction
• Samla Mammas Manna - Maltid
• SBB - Nowy Horyzont
• SBB - Pameic
• Tabula Rasa - Tabula Rasa
• Tako - Tako
• Wigwam - Being

Roger -Dot- Lee, amazed at how much good news and other cool stuff can be crammed into one posting.

much of this stuff is fulfilling requests from the music suggestions thread, including some old ones; and note the geographic diversity: Japan, France, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, Poland, Yugoslavia, Germany and Ireland. Have fun requesting!

[progdirjim(Admin)]

hehehehe

haven't had this much morning forum activity in awhile.

Yes, the DT additions are individual tracks. They are a subset of those Tommy (he of Extended Play fame) hand picked awhile ago. I pared a few out, and I'm comfortable with the ones added. If all DT sounded like these, we'd have more of them.

That Steve Stevens is a find. I knew he was a reasonably talented guitarist when he played with Billy, but his work with Bozzio-Levin-Stevens was a pleasant surprise. A friend turned me on to this solo album, and I really like it. Feedback is welcome.

Billy Idol being added? If you thought DT was a long shot...

and no other comments on Pain Of Salvation? Some people call them prog-metal. My description to Avian awhile back was this: DT is a prog band playing metal music. POS is a metal band playing prog music. It may sound subtle, but it's a significant difference. At least in my opinion...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Wojtek
For the moldy used as cannon fodder beef roulade's sake!!!!!!!!

that is the quote of the year, perhaps.
is English your second language Woj? If so, I'm impressed. Hell, even if it's not, I'm impressed.

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
A Modest Proposal:

Get your favorite drink,

that better be one hell of a drink...

turn the lights low, sit in your favorite listening spot, put your new copy of "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" on, open your mind for a fresh listen, and give that whole album a listen. Then post what you think. I'm really interested to find out your response.

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Roger Lee


[*] Tenn Jin - As On A Darkling Plain


Roger -Dot- Lee, makin' room on his dance card for some more of that Esperanto.

clarification - we had Tenn Jin already, but I re-ripped the "As On A Darkling Plain" suite as two side-long pieces, rather than the 8 separate tracks it was previously...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

I picked up that It Bites collection in Japan for $9 - based on it, I may pick up more of their stuff. Some of it is uncomfortably close to middle o fthe road rock, but most of it I liked quite a lot. Any feedback on which of their original albums are most or least prog would be appreciated...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
But what about Mogwai's "My Father My King?"

is that an individual song? if so, I just haven't gotten to it yet. I did the complete albums first...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by podakayne
i'll be requesting new stuff all day tomorrow (my head's not quite clear today!)

thanks jim...hope you didn't spend all your time shopping...what a bore that would've been

actually, the Mogwai was a donation from Ben, nee Yesspaz... and Wim Mertens has been sitting in my collection for years, I just forgot to add it before...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Keith Waye
Jim,

I had a little bit of luck and won a couple of quid on a bet.

I've arranged for the It Bites album "Once Around the World" and Khan's "Space Shanty" to wing their way to you. Not sure how long they'll take but they will get there eventually.

Damn, this'll cost me - seems only fair that I owe you a pint for this, so I'll have to fly to London to deliver it. Of all the rotten luck!



Thanks mate, and I'm serious about the pint. Not sure when exactly, but I'll deliver in person...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

And once again, I should clarify, a few of these (Toccata, Finneus Gauge and Alamaailman) are single songs I picked up off the web (legally I'm proud to say)

Originally posted by Roger Lee
Well, Jim might have thought he could sneak another update by me, but I was on top of things this time!

(Actually, to be honest, he dropped me an email letting me know they were there. So I like to embellish. Sue me.)

Anyway, they are:

• Alamaailman Vasarat - Vasaraasia
• Finneus Gauge - More Once More
• Finneus Gauge - One Inch Of The Fall
• French TV - Pardon Our French
• French TV - The Case Against Art
• Infinity - Infinity
• Theory Of One - Antithesis
• Toccatta - Anonima Existencia
• Trap - Insurrection

Enjoy!

Roger -Dot- Lee, liking that Toccatta....

[progdirjim(Admin)]

and as usual, a caveat - the Mystery and Martin Maheux are individual tracks from a sampler. The rest are complete albums. Enjoy!

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
How about three or four of the thus-far unheard selection from Chance? As far as community chest, I'd have to veto that, as the only community chest group I've ever heard of is a polka/dance group out of southwestern Wisconsin. Definitely not prog.

Roger -Dot- Lee, opinions 'r' us!

you won't go too far wrong with Chance - I would suggest "This Mystic Time", "Past To Present", or "Aquatic Fiction" - but all of it is pretty good.

Any other artist from that December 8 upload is going to make lots of people happy...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

what I think Stan meant, (and if not, then I mean it) was when you (Roger-dot-lee) post here in the forums, make the band or album name a link to the playlist. Something like <a href="http://www.auralmoon.com/html/pnplaylist.php?search=band1"> band1 </a>

I know that href url is bogus, but you get the idea...don't you?

We will be somewhat limited by the behavior of the search script - but I think it will be cool if you can take the time to include a link or links...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
Actually, I'm liking that idea too. Putting search links in the posting is likely to be more do-able with a little experimentation...

Roger -Dot- Lee, at least more so than going straight to my posting from the front page...

Yeah, I tried to figure out how to go to the last post - and it ain't easy if it's even possible...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Don't know how, but all of Kenso II, FSB II and Polifemo II got relabeled as Styx II. I fixed the artist, but Roger, I didn't correct the cover since I'm not sure how to and didn't want to create a bigger problem. (Which I am oh so capable of doing....)

oh yeah, the year is wrong on those now too, but I don't have the CDs with me to check the proper year...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Roger Lee


And besides, I was thinking of restarting once we'd filled up page 10.

Since we're now on page 20, whaddya think?

[Bob Lentil]

Wasn't Elf Tales already on the playlist?