not much fanfare, just my favorites as i consider them in this moment in time, or rather a sliver thereof - there were many titles i previously recommended that i feel deserved to make the cut, and others still that fell victim to "too many tapes, too little time to blog about them all" - and though in general i'm not one to entertain a "grocery list" of favorites sans comments, i find it redundant to rehash my thoughts
for the sleepers and seasonal hunter-gatherers - "+" indicates titles still available from their sources or else readily available from reliable distros -- somehow a couple copies of FIVE GUITARS popped up on AUASCA recently, it was sold out for a while i think, surely these are the very last copies out there
CASSETTES
01. FIVE GUITARS FOR TONY CONRAD - five guitars for tony conrad (auasca) [REC #88] +
02. JON COLLIN, TOM SETTLE & IRMA VEP - manchester, 31 october 2015 (early music) [REC #110]
03. ROB COLLIER - ten simple pieces for piano (auralgami sounds) [REC #123] +
04. ANDREW WEATHERS - rock & roll can and will heal us (ftam) [REC #135] +
05. DANNY CLAY & GREG GORLEN - brittle (canti magnetici) [REC #142]
06. DELPHINE DORA - parallel world (power moves library) [REC #157]
07. YERBA MANSA - the other thing (very bon) [REC #100] +
08. REST YOU SLEEPING GIANT - spirits (self released) [REC #163] +
09. KYLE LANDSTRA - jeweled moon codex (inner islands) [REC #119]
10. STEVEN R. SMITH & DIRK SERRIES - hymnal (cassauna) [REC #96]
NON-CASSETTES
01. IAN WILLIAM CRAIG - centres (130701) [REC #167] +
02. SEAN MCCANN - music for public ensemble (recital) [REC #165] +
03. EXPO 70 - america here & now sessions (essense music) [REC #166] +
04. DESMADRADOS SOLDADOS DE VENTURA - the grand celestial purge (golden lab) [REC #133] +*
05. BURNT HILLS - live at the low beat (golden lab) [REC #107] +
06. AARON MARTIN & LEONARDO ROSADO - in the dead of night when everything is asleep (fluid audio) [REC #151]
07. THE LOST TRAIL ORCHESTRA - the lost trail orchestra (shimmering moods) [REC #161] +
08. WILLIE LANE - a pine tree shilling's worth of willie lane (cord-art) [REC #162]
09. KJ - wake (38) [REC #138]
10. C. DIAB - no perfect wave (injazero) [REC #164] +
* DSDV 4lp boxset was eventually delayed and is due january 12, but it has been a fully streaming pre order via DSDV's bandcamp since july or so and i had already played through it a few times by then, so it didn't seem right to wait til -next- december to year end list it
REISSUES
01. JIMMY CARTER AND DALLAS COUNTY GREEN - summer brings the sunshine (numero) [REC #102]
02. LEE MOSES - time and place (future days) +
03. TRAD GRAS OCH STENAR - trad gras och stenar boxset (anthology) [REC #111]
04. ABUL MOGARD - works (ecstatic) +
05. EXPO 70 - exquisite lust (sonic meditations) +
COMPILATIONS
01. THE WORLD IS GOING WRONG (death is not the end) +
02. ULTIMATE BONEHEAD VOL. 5 (belter) +
03. BROWN ACID: THE THIRD TRIP (riding easy) +
04. SIX FEET UNDER VOL. 2: GHOST MEMORIES (mississippi) +
05. STAND WITH STANDING ROCK (sky lantern)
