On the Ripple Desk - A Vinyl Excursion; Featuring K÷93 EP and Mountain

 Another run through the vinyl stacks.  Keeper or Tosser?  We'll decide.

K÷93 EP

Just finished listening to this one.  For those amongst you who, like myself, are huge fans of the early 80's post-punk world, you may want to dig into this.  A spontaneous collaboration between Jaz Coleman and Geordie of Killing Joke, with Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order.  Recorded in 1993 at Peter Hook’s studio, as Hook was getting ousted from New Order, the recordings were lost until November 2019 when Chris Kettle (formerly of E.G. Records) handed Jaz a DAT cassette at a record signing in a London record store, remarking “look what I found“

The K÷93 EP is released as numbered 10″ on clear vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. Limited to just 2000 copies worldwide, this beautifully presented release also includes a gig flyer postcard and exclusive sleeve notes by Jaz Coleman and Peter Hook.

I just finished spinning it, and it's more meditative than you might expect, buy Hooky's bass sounds great, and I've never really heard Jaz sing better.  Worth checking out for you Post-punk aficionados. Verdict: Keeper

https://www.kd93.co.uk/

Mountain - Go For Your Life

We don’t talk too much about classic 70’s band output in the 80’s.  Usually that decade wasn’t favorable for the legends as they tried to adapt to the younger sounds and new technology which often resulted in some truly horrendous albums.  Not so here. 

Mountain is Mountain, and while there is definitely more of an 80’s metal sheen to these old schoolers 1985 reunion release, it still rips.  Mainly because right there in your face, front and center, is the man mountain himself, Leslie West,  and his guitar simply screams!  The man was a class act and despite 80’s flourishes in production like sequencers and Mini Moog, this album still beats with a solid rock n roll heart.   And right by his side is trusty sideman, Corky Laing who sounds strong.   

Definitely an 80’s metal album but I’d hold it up to many others of that time and choose this one to start the Friday night.  Verdict - Keeper