Pekka Pohjola - Harakka Bialoipokku (B the Magpie)

Pohjola, Pekka. Finland. Bassist. Multi-instrumentalist. I guess he has prog roots and was in the band Wigwam.
This album is his no. 2 and my favorite. It has—along with some of the songs from some of his other albums—an odd European folk like sound that I can't do too well in the way of the explanation. Think East-ish Europe, but don't do too much consideration, please.
This could be filed as a type of fusion music, you know like jazziness.
There is a lot of repetition used here and is characteristic of his style.

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Tosca Tango Orchestra - Waking Life Soundrack

"Orchestra" from Texas, Austin.
Tango at times I suppose (Duh), classical at others—notably Chopin's Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat major, Op.9—but overall very moody, fitting for the film. The film is a set of dreams featuring monologs as well as dialog, even some scenes with no words. Thoughtful subjects. Animated. This is an interesting film worth checking out if you can. Even the band makes an appearance in the film.
As a soundtrack this is great, good consistency of theme. As music more generally this holds up too, a few weak spots, I feel, but these are few and nothing bad at all.
The best part of all of this is the accordion.

ACCORDION by GLOVER GILL
and
here is a scene from da movie. [Via youtube]

Casiopea - Super Flight

Casiopea (カシオペア).
See previous post. . . this is (primarily) Issei Norro's jazz fusion group, very famous in Japan.

Super Flight.
Album the second. Late '79. Same band as the first album, similar style, still less funky, more jazzy. Norro plays a bit of fretless guitar. The first 3 songs make a strong opening, mostly good throughout. I Love New York is a bit more divisive, but I think it's okay—funny.

RIPPED AT SUPER PREMIUM 128KPS! ! ! (sorry) [2015 03 15 - Re-Uped @320kbs]

Here they are, CASIOPEA!
Issei Noro - Guitar
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards
Tetsuo Sakurai - Bass
Takashi Sasaki - Drums

Casiopea - Casiopea (カシオペア)

Casiopea (カシオペア).
Japan's most famous early fusion band (probably)! Notable musicians include Issei Noro and Akira Jimbo (Not featured on this album). Aside from 2006-2012, they have been active since 1976.

Casiopea (カシオペア).

First and best album. More intensity than on the albums to follow. There is less preoccupation on disco/funk/pop or whatever it is they evolved into. This is good. Space Road is a classic and Swallow is a great song too, an example of the "intensity" aforementioned. All the instruments are very strong

on this release.

 ♥♥♥ THIS カシオペア IS JUST FOR YOU ; ) ♥♥♥

Chrono Trigger OST (Yasunori Mitsuda)

Chrono Trigger.
Game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. 1995. Pretty classic actually.

Chrono Trigger OST.
Composed mostly by Yasunori Mitsuda, but with some by Nobuo Uemastu of Final Fantasy fame. This is the 3 disc original sound edition (not from 2009), which is most premium.

GIVE THIS [REAL?] MUSIC A CHANCE, WILL YOU?

Chopin - Complete Preludes and Nocturnes

Chopin.
Polish composer. Lots of piano. Great.

Complete Preludes and Nocturnes.
Op. 28 is the well known piece here, rightfully so. Some very great piano work. Op. 28, like the previous Bach piece, is also in all 24 keys, major and minor. The Nocturnes I am less familiar with, but are also good. Nos. 2 and 3 may be familiar to you. This is the piano work of Garrick Ohlsson, I think he does a good job, how about you?

¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡YOU HATE CHOPIN! ! ! ! !

J.S. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk 1

Bach.
German.

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk 1.
Solo piano. Completed by Bach in 1722. 24 Preludes coupled with 24 fugues in each of the conventional keys. Some are well known, such as Prelude no. 1 in C major, while others are lesser known and considerably better—one might think of Prelude and Fugue no. 19 in A major. The piano on this album is here performed by Fredrich Gulda.

THIS IS BACH | | | THIS IS BACH | | | THIS IS BACH

A note on the performer and the performance:
"Friedrich Gulda (FG): FG, who was an Austrian pianist that published both Beethoven's 32 and JSBs 48 in early days of the modern recording industry, has left behind a very consistent interpretation of the WTC, to which one has to get used to, but, once this is accomplished, which provides a very deep insight into the works. FGs approach is to use a very dry piano sound and to bank on his precise technique, which enables him to ;nail' certain passages that often get blurred with other performers. However, he also has a very subtle and almost "considerate" tone when it comes to some of the slower and more thoughtful pieces, which makes their interpretation equally convincing."

— bachwelltemperedclavier.org

Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo

Picchio dal Pozzo.
"PICCHIO DAL POZZO are considered to be one of the very few 'Canterbury' inspired bands that emerged from Italy's fertile 1970's progressive rock musical scene. The sextet known as 'Picchio dal Pozzo' surges forth via romantically melodic overtones, swiftly implemented time signatures and jazzy interplay in concert with the proverbial peaks, valleys, knotty twists and circuitous turns."

—excerpt from Progarchives

Picchio Dal Pozzo.
First album. I rate this as very good. This is their only work I've yet heard. Unfortunate, very.

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Tapeworm - Break My Face

Tapeworm.
Connecticutian punkers.

Break My Face.
The lone work from this troupe, recorded 1978. This upload even has the "bonus track" Fuzz Bassolo, a very understimulating work compared to these other hard rocking songs.

B R E A K M Y F A C E . . . T A P E W O R M

Read more here: http://www.breakmyface.com/bands/tapeworm.html

The De-Fenders - Drag Beat

The De-Fenders.
'Surf' band? These guys are probably from the United States of America. I don't feel the need to look into these guys really, perhaps they will be for you, , , ?

Drag Beat.
More automobile rock than surf rock, which, sadly, is what a good portion of 'surf' rock actually is. Title song is pretty rocking, being focused primarily on a drum beat with added variations, it's good. The rest of the album falls into something of an 'alright' category. I must say this is not really phenomenal work.

DDDDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGG

The Atlantics - Bombora

The Atlantics.
Australian surf rock band from Sydney. They go a little more out than other surf bands I've heard. Nice guitar work from these gentlemen.

Bombora.
This is the best surf album I've yet heard, better than anything by the Ventures (Yes, even In Space). The title track is really the only thing they were known for, I'm pretty sure.

BOMBORARARARARARARARARARARARAROBMOB

1. Bombora
2. Adventures In Paradise
3. The Gremlin King
4. Dark Eyes
5. Glassy Walls
6. Turista
7. Surfer's Paradise
8. Bluebottles
9. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
10. Free Fall
11. Greensleeves
12. Moon Man

Ginsburg, Allen - Student Love

Student Love

The boy's fresh faced,18, big smile
underwear hangs below his shorts, he's a kid
                                                     still growing
legs strong, he hugs me, steps away—
In twenty years thick bellied,
           bright eyes dulled with office work,
      his children'll pout in the
                                   bathroom—
Better get in bed with him on top of me now
              laughing at my pot belly
before decades pass, bring our bony skulls whispering
                                         to the hospital bedside.