I've been driving a lot recently and have picked out a batch of "best of" albums to listen to (yes, I still have a CD in the car). ELO, Roxy, Squeeze, Prince, Larry Carlton etc. etc. I also took a few of Bill's CDs that I haven't listen to for a while and when I put Illuminated at Dusk on, it just confirmed to me why I love Bill's work. The playing and recording are pure quality. As much as I enjoy listening to the other work, this, in my opinion, was way above anything else.
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Why not try creating a modern version of the old 'mixtape' you might have played in your car in the 80s! I combine tracks of many different genres often randomly on to a playlist on my computer and stream the music around the flat. If it works; i.e. sounds good and blends together, I will copy it to an SD card and play it in the car. There is usually something by Bill, but he might be next to A Winged Victory For the Sullen, Stars of the Lid, Mogwai, Tim Hecker, Low or Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood. They often work and sound great!
I have shared that I have transferred my discs to digital, transferred them to a zip drive / data stick and play them in the car via the usb port. Sometimes alphabetical and mostly random. The sound and the quality jump all around to all eras and all instruments. It is amazing to hear / experience the talent given the limitations of the technology. One may forget how the sonics jumped with the Mackie.
I may have mentioned, All Bill, All the Time, once or twice.
I continue to buy everything as I want to be amazed daily.
Coincidentally, I have been doing something similar. I have 58 Bill CD's and the most part, I play them a couple of times and file them away. For some reason I decided to play them all back to back, thoroughly enjoying myself. Ive said before on this forum that I prefer the instrumental albums to the vocal stuff, but it's all good stuff!
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Illuminated is one of the great ones. One of my favorites. Along with Silvertone Fountains and And We Fell into a Dream, it forms what I consider to be a trilogy of 'nighttime' music. I enjoy them best in the quiet of the evening or after dark.