By john dixon (205.188.209.38) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 02:44 pm:

I admit that it looks silly in print, but that's what I call soft, introspective music that I usually want to hear on Sunday mornings or whenever I wish to hear music, but not very amplified: hold the rumbling bass, flashy brass, rock and roll guitars,and shouting/screaming vocals. Not particularly romantic music, just mellow...

What do YOU call this type of music and what fits the bill for you?

I might get Smokey & the Miracles "Ultimate Collection" and program out "Going To A Go Go", "Mickey's Monkey", etc. and just enjoy the soft ones like "Ooh Baby Baby", "More Love", "The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage", "I'll Try Something New", "Baby Baby Don't Cry", etc.

One of my favorite foreign films is "Cinema Paradiso" and I love the Ennio Morrocone score. I play that soundtrack to "peace out".

Another favorite is "Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich". Disc two is all low key soul with jazzy underpinnngs like Ivy Jo Hunter's "I Almost Lost My Mind" and "Life's Little Ups And Downs". This music has such a calming influence while re-connecting me with my southern roots.

Probably my most dependable stand-by in the peace out category is anything by Nick Drake. This English folk singer died very young in the early 70's but his music hasn't aged a day. Volkswagon used a bit of his song "Pink Moon" just a couple of years ago in a commercial to lure young people who weren't even born when he died! I hear little, if any, r&b in Nick's vocals but, in an English way, he is nevertheless one the most soulful singers I've loved for 25 years now.

By Lynn Bruce (65.60.200.153) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 03:26 pm:

For me on early sunday morning,classical music does it. All I need is a little champagne and orange juice and I'm transported to a classy little resturant in San Diegos Balboa Park for their sunday brunch. Vivaldi is my favorite. Any other type of music playing and I start to get into the music more than the paper and start reading the same paragraph more than once.

By fayette (152.163.194.211) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 03:36 pm:

i like hugh masekla for relaxing music

By LTLFTC (12.210.76.205) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 04:36 pm:

John;
I made up a full length cassette of this stuff several years back and labelled it "Steve Lite".
I haven't run across it in years but I think I remember most of it
Brand New Me - Jerry Butler
Anyone Who Had A heart & Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
Birds - Neil Young
I Misjudged You - Parliament
Only Love Can Break A Heart - Chairman of the Board
It Dont Matter To me , Everything I own and Guitar Man - Bread
In The Rain - Dramatics
Dark End of the Street - Percy Sledge
The Time It Is Today & Everything that Touches You - Association
For Your Precious Love & I'm So Proud - Impressions
People Get Ready - Chambers Bros.
Sunday Morning & Sunday Will Never be the Same - Spanky & Our gang
Up The Ladder to the Roof - Supremes
Take Care - Big Star

cool thread , John - thanks for reminding me of that tape ; it helped me through a stressful time.

SteveK

By STUBASS (205.188.209.38) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 04:36 pm:

ANY SUNDAY...BREAKFAST WITH "SINATRA"...LISTENING TO ANY AND ALL OF FRANKS OLD STANDARDS FROM THE 50'S AND 60'S..."COME FLY WITH ME"..."AUTUMN IN NEW YORK"..."I GET A KICK"...ETC...ETC!!!...ALSO LIKE LYNN'S SELECTION...PARTICULARLY KICKING BACK AND LISTENTING TO ALL"FOUR SEASONS" (NOT THE FRANKIE VALLI ONE'S...ALTHOUGH I LIKE THOSE TOO)..."WINTER" BEING MY FAVORITE VIVALDI MOVEMENT...EERIE VIOLINS...ALTHOUGH "SPRINGTIME" WAS MY FAVORITE TO PLAY WHEN I PLAYED WITH AN ORCHESTRA!!!...AS FOR THIS SUNDAY...ANYTHING WITH "THERA-FLU" IN IT...AS TO ENSURE MY OWN MOVEMENT!!!...STU

By Mark Speck (65.56.217.197) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 08:23 pm:

I've been zoning out all day with the CD player on. Listening to a couple of Fats Domino discs that I picked up yesterday (2 discs from the "They Call Me the Fat Man" anthology), the remastered "Aerial Pandemonium Ballet" by Nilsson, and some classical and relaxation stuff (i.e, ocean sounds with music).

There are countless other CDs that I listen to when I'm relaxing.

Best,

Mark

By Vickie (152.163.207.53) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 10:21 pm:

Jazz on Sundays, all the way..
The Wave 94.7 LA Jazz Sundays is so wonderful after a long week....

Vickie

By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 10:28 pm:

Phillip Mitchell's debut album on Atlantic.

By Nish (170.224.224.134) on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 11:30 pm:

Any Sunday, I have to play my cry music...

Soul Stirrers - "One More River To Cross," "Jesus Wash Away My Troubles," and "Stand By Me Father"
Shirley Caesar - "Faded Rose"
Tramaine Hawkins - "Goin' Up Yonder"
"God Cares" (Forget the singer)
The triple dose of "How I Got Over" - Clara, Mahalia, and 'Retha.
James Cleveland - "I Will Do His Will" and "God Has Smiled On Me"
Inez Andrews - "Just For Me."

Now, when I'm just trying to Mellow out on a boring Saturday nite, time to pull out Disk 3 from the 35th Anniversary Miracles Collection, the Carpenters "Love Songs" CD, "Flamingos Serenade," or Miles Davis Quintet's "Round About Midnight." The world is my own perfect fairy tale listening to those records/cds.

By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:01 pm:

HEY JOHN,NOW YOU'RE TALKIN,AS MUCH AS I LOVE MY OLDIES,NOTHING GETS MY DAY STARTED LIKE SOME SOFT JAZZ AND NOTHING ELSE!

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:14 pm:

Smooth Jazz is 98.7 FM.

Anita Baker - Rapture

David Sanborn - Pearls

Tramains Hawkins - Holy One; Changed; He's That Kind of Friend;

Walter Hawkins - Marvelous

Canton Spirituals - Live in Memphis, 1993.

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:16 pm:

The Love of God - Soul Stirrers featuring Willie Rogers.

By Eli (151.197.37.147) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:26 pm:

Hey Nish,
What about Dont Cry by CC Winans on the Heaven CD.
I wore it out many times.

Also my chillout times inclue Sade, Carpenters,
Nat King Cole, The Waiting to exhale soundtrack,
The Donny Hathaway collection, Roberta Flacks collection, early sixties Drifters,Brian Mc Night and Snoop.

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:31 pm:

Check this out and listen to some of the clips. (I hope)

http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?sourceid=00401402266812567706&ean=081227816025&bfdate=02-21-2003+16:30:50

By Dick Gamble (216.93.58.229) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:52 pm:

I would have to say that Gordon Lightfoot would be my best mellow out music on Sunday.

Summer side of life
Looking at the Rain
Early Morning Rain
Softly

Next would be Earl Bostic "Altotude Album"
Followed up by Roy Hamilton "You'll Never Walk Alone" album

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:55 pm:

Roy Hamilton - wow, that is a great LP.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:59 pm:

Wes Montgomery's albums "Tequila" and "A Day In The Life".

Enya - "Watermark"

Stanley Turrentine - "Pieces of Dreams"

Sade - "Promise" & "Stronger Than Pride"

Four Tops - "Still Water" album

Temptations - "Sky's The Limit" album (side one)


Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Chancellor of Soul (66.207.40.18) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 05:26 pm:

Walk Around Heaven All Day by The Caravans
(1964)

He's A Friend- Eddie Kendricks (1976)

Peace,
Mike Boone
(Chancellor of Soul)

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 05:54 pm:

Dick Gamble:
You mentioned two of my favorite Gordon Lightfoot songs - "Softly" and "Early Morning Rain."
Gord's United Artists albums contain some of his finest work (I own three studio albums & a live concert LP from that period).
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Dick Gamble (216.93.11.121) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 06:04 pm:

KevGo, I was hooked on Lightfoot the moment I heard "Summer Side of Life" and I have just about all of his albums. It's his song writing ability that got me hooked.

Dick

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 06:13 pm:

Dick Gamble:
Agreed. Gordon is a wonderful storyteller & his writing is a reflection of that. I first got into Lightfoot when I heard his "Don Quixote" album (which I bought while in high school). His ballad "Beautiful" is one of the best love songs I've ever heard - poignant without the mush. I also enjoy his version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" from the "Lightfoot" album. His concert album released through UA is my favorite Lightfoot album - captures him in his element, in front of a live audience.
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By STUBASS (206.135.204.2) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 06:19 pm:

KEVGO & DICK: WHO ELSE WOULD WRITE A SONG ABOUT AN INNOCUOUS SHIPWRECK IN THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES AND MAKE A HIT OUT OF IT!!!...THE SONG DID INTEREST ME ENOUGH TO SIT AND WATCH A TWO HOUR DOCUMENTARY OF THE EVENT ITSELF...AND THE SONG DID SUMMARIZE IN THREE AND A HALF MINUTES VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON DURING THE ENTIRE ORDEAL=GREAT SONGWRITING!!!...I SAW HIM AT THE "GREEK" MANY YEARS AGO...AND IT AMAZED ME JUST HOW MANY FAMILIAR SONGS HE HAD WRITTEN!!!...STU

By Nish (216.148.246.134) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 07:47 pm:

Eli - you managed to mention my absolute FAVORITE CC Winans tune!!! Let me play it NOW!

By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 10:32 am:

HEY KEV,YOU MENTIONED{A DAY IN THE LIFE,WES MONTGOMERY}THAT'S IT MAN THAT'S IT!!

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 12:43 pm:

R&B:
Thanks for the response. Wes' A&M/CTI work contained some fine playing and arrangements even thought "pundits" in the jazz community thought that Wes had sold out (which was so ridiculous considering that Wes had almost a half-dozen kids & wife to support).
Kevin Goins - KevGo