December 23, 2024

Jethro Tull – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album / Live - Christmas At St Bride's 2008 (2009, 2xCD, England)



The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
1 Birthday Card At Christmas 3:37
2 Holly Herald 4:16
3 A Christmas Song 2:47
4 Another Christmas Song 3:31
5 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 4:35
6 Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow 3:37
7 Last Man At The Party 4:48
8 Weathercock 4:17
9 Pavane 4:19
10 First Snow On Brooklyn 4:57
11 Greensleeved 2:39
12 Fire At Midnight 2:26
13 We Five Kings 3:16
14 Ring Out Solstice Bells 4:04
15 Bourée 4:25
16 A Winter Snowscape 4:57

Musicians:
Bass Guitar – Jonathan Noyce
Bass Guitar, Mandolin – David Pegg
Cello – András Sturcz
Drums, Percussion – Doane Perry, James Duncan
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Martin Barre
Flute, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Piccolo Flute, Percussion – Ian Anderson
Keyboards, Accordion, Bass [Keyboard Bass] – Andrew Giddings
Strings – The Sturcz String Quartet
Viola – Gyula Benkö
Violin [1st] – Gábor Csonka
Violin [2nd] – Péter Szilágyi

Jethro Tull Live - Christmas At St Bride's 2008
1 Weathercock 4:41
2 Introduction: Rev. George Pitcher/Choir: What Cheer 3:32
3 A Christmas Song 3:19
4 Living In These Hard Times 3:44
5 Choir: Silent Night 3:06
6 Reading: Ian Anderson, Marmion 2:17
7 Jack In The Green 2:33
8 Another Christmas Song 3:56
9 Reading: Gavin Esler, God's Grandeur 1:50
10 Choir: Oh, Come All Ye Faithful 3:50
11 Reading: Mark Billingham, The Ballad Of The Breadman 3:33
12 A Winter Snowscape 3:39
13 Reading: Andrew Lincoln, Christmas 3:12
14 Fires At Midnight 3:38
15 We Five Kings 3:19
16 Choir: Gaudete 3:39
17 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Thick As A Brick 10:25

Musicians:
Acoustic Bass – David Goodier (2-1 to 2-17)
Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin – Martin Barre (2-1 to 2-17)
Cajón, Percussion – James Duncan (2-1 to 2-17)
Choir – Andrew Watts (2-2, 2-5, 2-10, 2-16), Members Of The St Bride's Choir (2-2, 2-5, 2-10, 2-16), Claire Seaton (2-2, 2-5, 2-10, 2-16), Phil Tebb (2-2, 2-5, 2-10, 2-16), Stuart Jackson (2-2, 2-5, 2-10, 2-16)
Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Ian Anderson (2-1 to 2-17)
Keyboards, Accordion – John O'Hara (2-1 to 2-17)
Organ – Robert Jones (2-1 to 2-17)

Jorge Amado – Guia Das Ruas E Dos Mistérios Da Cidade Do Salvador Da Bahia (1980, 2LP, Brazil)




Disco 1
A1 - Título / Pequena biografia / Dedicatória 2:08
A2 - Convite 3:32
A3 - Quem guarda os caminhos da cidade 1:51
A4 - Mãe Menininha do Gantois 2:42
A5 - A força do povo / Festa de S.Bárbara ou festa de Iansã / Baiano é um estado de espírito 4:07
A6 - A Bahia se leva na cabeça / Cais e saveiros / Encontro do pintor Mirabeau Sampaio com a condessa Papalina / Importância da cultura popular / Os perfumes vieram do Oriente 7:31
B1 - Poeta e cantor das graças da Bahia 2:52
B2 - Festa da Conceição da praia / Calá e a madeira 2:23
B3 - Capoeira Angola / João Gilberto em Nova Iorque 3:25
B4 - Para um samba de roda, um prato basta 1:08
B5 - Olga do Alaketu e Stela de Oxóssi / 2 de julho-Glauber Rocha 6:10
B6 - O forte do mar / Procissão de N.S.Bom Jesus dos Navegantes 2:29
B7 - Dois netos do Boca do Inferno 3:44

Disco 2
A1 - Pelourinho 1:49
A2 - Os alagados / Tapeceiro, Pintor, Poeta / Lavagem da Igrefa do Bonfim 7:05
A3 - Gil no afoxé / Avenidas 2:27
A4 - Ex voto / Caetano de Matos Castro Alves Veloso / Igreja de São Francisco 4:19
A5 - Iemanjá / Miguel Satana Obá Aré 5:09
B1 - Batidas e lambretas / Cozinha baiana 5:48
B2 - Dadá, viúva de Corisco / Barba & poesia 4:40
B3 - Caribé e a memória da Bahia 2:02
B4 - Camafeu de Oxóssi (no velho mercado) 1:00
B5 - D.Carlos Bastos, Príncipe da Bahia / Os capitães da areia / Ferreiro de Exú, vulgo Mário Cravo / Adeus moça 8:00

Musicians:
Music By, Arranged By, Conductor – Egberto Gismonti
Acoustic Bass – Zeca Assumpção
Drums, Percussion – Nenê
Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Flute – Egberto Gismonti
Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Mauro Senise

December 21, 2024

Pavol Hammel & Marián Varga – Zelená Pošta (1972, LP, Czechoslovakia)



Tracklist:
1. Domáca Úloha 1:16
2. Z Ďatelín 3:32
3. Tenis 4:41
4. Smutná Ranná Električka 5:26
5. Krajina Bielych Dievčat 6:49
6. Páví Ples 6:11
7. Cesty Bláznov 3:36
8. Nechtiac 1:46
9. Slnečnice 3:27
10. Posta 7:09

Musicians:
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Fedor Frešo
Drums – Dušan Hájek
Ensemble, Brass – Bratislavské Dychové Kvinteto
Guitar – Rastislav Vacho
Guitar, Vocals – Pavol Hammel
Orchestra, Strings – Sláčikový Orchester Československého Rozhlasu V Bratislave
Organ, Piano, Synthesizer  – Marián Varga

Marián Varga & Collegium Musicum – Marián Varga & Collegium Musicum (1975, LP, Czechoslovakia)



Tracklist:
1. Mikrokozmos 7:23
2. Nech zije clovek ~ Long live man 16:29
3. Preludium in C Dur (a cast z baletu Romeo a Julia) 8:40
4. Hudba k vodometu C.1 ~ Music to the fountain no 10:38
5. Nesmierny smutok hotelovej izby ~ An immense sadness of Ti 2:37

Musicians:
Bass Guitar – I. Belák
Drums – D. Hájek
Lead Guitar – J. Farkaš
Organ, Piano – M. Varga

Pavol Hammel, Marián Varga, Radim Hladík – Na II. Programe Sna (1977, LP, Czechoslovakia)





Tracklist:
A1 Na Druhom Programe Sna 3:28
A2 Náhle 1:40
A3 Letia Husi 3:51
A4 Voda 1:03
A5 S Chodníkom Na Chrbte 7:09
A6 Ľalia Poľná 4:09
B1 Papageno Z Novej Vsi 2:13
B2 V Zelenej Pamäti 2:56
B3 Na Schodoch Gymnázia 2:44
B4 Správne Žiť 2:24
B5 Z Ofsajdu 2:44
B6 Lodička Z Papiera 4:12
B7 Až Túto Moju Pieseň Dohrajú 3:42

Musicians:
Bass Guitar – Ivan Belák
Chorus – Miešaný Zbor "Vivat" (A3, A6, B1, B2, B4 to B7)
Drums – Dušan Hájek (A2, A4, B1 to B3), Pavol Kozma (A1, A5, B6), Peter Szapu (A3, B4, B5)
Electric Guitar – Tomáš Rédey (B2 to B4)
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Radim Hladík
Electric Piano [Fender Piano] – Fedor Letňan (B2)
Ensemble – Sláčikové Kvarteto J. Bílinka (A2)
Lead Vocals, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Pavol Hammel
Organ, Piano, Synthesizer – Marián Varga
Trumpet – Juraj Lehotský (B4)
Vocals – Fedor Letňan (B1)

December 13, 2024

Quincicasm – Quincicasm (1973, LP, England)



Tracklist:
A Time & Motion 22:53
B1 Trent Park Song 7:30
B2 Winds Of Change 9:09
B3 Karen 4:40

Musicians:
Bass Guitar, Flute – Malcolm Bennett
Drums, Percussion – Michael Ormerod, Nigel Smith
Flugelhorn – Dick Pearce
Saxophone – Ken Eley
Vibraphone, Keyboards – Julian Marshall
Vocals – Katy Zeserson (B1)