PLAYLISTS 2015

Dream Theater - Images and Words
Radiohead - OK Computer
Savatage - Handful of Rain
Tesseract - Altered State
Rush - Power Windows
Jose Gonzalez - Veneer
John Martyn - Bless the Weather

Someone posted that album on the Jazz Vinyl Lovers Facebook group. I can't remember if they said it was a new release........

S.D. wrote:

Kamasi Washington - The Epic

manny wrote:

That's a pretty decent ProgPop album. Desde La Vida is a really cool tune. This album used to get a lot of airplay on the Prog show because Robert Berry is a local guy.

Artillery - Legions
Death Angel - The Dream Calls for Blood

Anathema - Distant Satellites
Sorcerer - S/T

chewie wrote:

Someone posted that album on the Jazz Vinyl Lovers Facebook group. I can't remember if they said it was a new release........

S.D. wrote:

Kamasi Washington - The Epic

It's a 2015 release, the debut album from saxophonist Kamasi Washington from Los Angeles. The reason it's called "The Epic" is because it's a 3-CD set clocking in at 2 hours, 53 minutes. It's one of the most impressive new jazz albums I've heard in a long stretch.

Armored Saint: Symbol of Salvation 
Nightwish: Once
Rez: Between Heaven and Hell

On the elliptical today :

Nuclear Assault - Cross Of Iron
Armored Saint - Nervous Man
Savatage - Lights Out
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
Vicious Rumors - Dreaming
Megadeth - Blessed Are The Dead
Nevermore - This Sacrament
Judas Priest - Rapid Fire
Overkill - Drop The Hammer Down

Captian Beyond

Bloodgood: Dangerously Close 

This album has really grown on me

I finally broke down and put in TSO's Christmas Eve and Other Stories.

I really like the Christmas Eve/Sarajevo track. The foreboding nature of "Carol Of The Bells" has always made it my favorite Christmas song. And here it's combined with God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen which also has kind of a downer vibe to it despite its lyrics.

So as I was running short errands today (like taking Tux to the vet again) I just kept playing that track. Most of the rest of the album is syrupy schlock to me but I really love the Sarajevo track.

tohostudios wrote:

I finally broke down and put in TSO's Christmas Eve and Other Stories.

I really like the Christmas Eve/Sarajevo track.  The foreboding nature of "Carol Of The Bells" has always made it my favorite Christmas song.  And here it's combined with God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen which also has kind of a downer vibe to it despite its lyrics.  

So as I was running short errands today (like taking Tux to the vet again) I just kept playing that track.  Most of the rest of the album is syrupy schlock to me but I really love the Sarajevo track.

That's one of the only versions of Carol of the Bells I like. I hate any version with lyrics.

I agree. I've always liked the instrumental versions much better. The lyrics just seem sort of shoehorned in there to fit the overall rhythm.

Camel - A Live Record (2LP)

Helloween: 7 Sinners

Excellent prog supergroup featuring members of IQ and Arena.

Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper-s/t

On the elliptical today :

Vicious Rumors - Ballhog
Black Sabbath - Supertzar
Stratovarius - Hunting High And Low
Loudness - Sick World
Queensryche - Waiting For 22
Helloween - How Many Tears
Overkill - The One
Fastway - Stand Up
Testament - Let Go Of My World
Artillery - Chill My Bones (Burn My Flesh)