The Listening Club - 7th February 2025

Hey folks,

Hope you're all doing okay. Nice end-of-summer freaky v.warm wave crossing Amsterdam this weekend, so today we've mostly been hanging out on the stoop, chatting to neighbours about local happenings, eating tapas-esq bits and bobs and drinking iced beverages. A gentle Sunday relaxation after a couple of busy cultural days enjoying the Concertgebouw's free open day (a bit of everything from Mahler to light opera to jazz to Indian classical), and a wonderfully noisy show from Austin's current finest export Water Damage ("Maximal Repetition, Minimal Deviation", they say, and they're not joking). Really, it's been a very good one, and it will continue as soon as this is tapped out so...

PSA again : Still looking for someone to volunteer to host this blog next Sunday, as I'm away visiting family. Help a person out, let me know!

Last Sunday we celebrated the end of the month as only we know how with a #TruerWordsHaveNeverBeenSpokenVortex, and by 'eck it did exactly what it said on the tin, in finest style. Thanks to everyone for chipping in tunes, and to @JimMcCauley for taking time out from their directorial debut to do the mixwork. Looking back in time we see @akx with the frisb, and here's his intro for tonight...

"Took a while to figure out what to play this time, staring at the CD shelf, then the vinyl shelf, and then both of them virtually on Discogs, before deciding on something that's kind of been on my shortlist for a while.

So: This is the 2024 remaster of a somewhat celebrated 2000 album with a name that quotes William Wordsworth from 1798. It was made by these blokes Martin, Simon and Greg (some of whom have been played on LC before, about a decade ago).

I might recommend a relaxed listening position, or maybe something idle enough to do (like building Legos? that might be fun) while you listen, if you're so inclined.

#drinkingclub: herbal tea, possibly?"

Right then, download's here (right click, save as), stream's below:

See you later today, 20:00 BST (GMT+1) I hope!