What Are You Listening To?

[strider]

Vivaldi Concertos with Organ

Deutsche Grammophon 2530 652

Trying to expand my horizons into the classical genre. So far, not so bad. May take a couple of listens to really get into it. My memories from music appreciation classes in high school and college are starting to resurface.

[hearingimpared]

Vivaldi Concertos with Organ

Deutsche Grammophon 2530 652

Trying to expand my horizons into the classical genre. So far, not so bad. May take a couple of listens to really get into it. My memories from music appreciation classes in high school and college are starting to resurface.

Excellent choice!!! I love Vivaldi. Even his early stuff that kind of sounds all alike.

[pearsall001]

The Phillies game!

[hearingimpared]

The Phillies game!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA you jackass!!!! LOL ROTFLMAO!!!!

[pearsall001]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA you jackass!!!! LOL ROTFLMAO!!!!

What can I say!!!

[strider]

Excellent choice!!! I love Vivaldi. Even his early stuff that kind of sounds all alike.

Why thank you. I've gotten some good advice recently ;)

I also listened to some of the MHS releases; I forget exactly which ones, but I wasn't very impressed with their quality. Grandad seemed to be a member as well, he also had a bunch from the Columbia, Phillips, and Nonesuch labels.

[halo]

Ani di Franco: Living in Clip

Amazing, AWESOME, almost knocked me outta my chair:

[NeilGabriel]

At this very moment, Ben Tavera King..then Gotan Project, then Lisa Gerrard...then just to prove my man card, some Jewel. If you hear Jewel coming from my system, please shoot me. Apologies to Jewel fans.

[NeilGabriel]

Vivaldi Concertos with Organ

Deutsche Grammophon 2530 652

Trying to expand my horizons into the classical genre. So far, not so bad. May take a couple of listens to really get into it. My memories from music appreciation classes in high school and college are starting to resurface.

In my book, classical is Beatles, Pink Floyd, Who, Vanilla Fudge, Clash, MC5, etc. etc. That's what they should be teaching kids in school. To quote Bruce, "I learned more from a 3 minute record than I ever learned in school."

[hearingimpared]

Why thank you. I've gotten some good advice recently ;)

I also listened to some of the MHS releases; I forget exactly which ones, but I wasn't very impressed with their quality.

As with other labels MHS had some really great stuff and some real garbage and I mean garbage. Even the vinyl itself on the bad stuff was awful. As I said sometimes it's a crap shoot but when you come across that gem you really know it.

[MillerLiteScott]

Listening to Toad the Wet Sprocket "Dulcinea" Excellent guitar work. Seems to be a pretty good recording. I have actually been listening to several of their cd's and I have forgotten how good they were. I did see them live last fall and I will say they sound even better live.

[BlueMDPicker]

More Albert Cummings. Rock solid and backed/produced by Layton and Shannon of Double Trouble with Reese on B3.

[hearingimpared]

Got four already,
and now we're steady,
and then we played,
one, two, three, four!


Led Zepplin; The Complete Studio Recordings

Led Zepplin V; Houses of the Holy

What a great album and an awesome follow up to Zoso!!!


Where's that confounded bridge?

[Jim Shearer]

I have been looking for this since I heard it reviewed on The Record Shelf w/ Jim Svade (on NPR.) Amazon finally had it available from Rhinebeck Records.

Gareth Farr--Symphonic Works

Not the greatest recording technically. On tracks 1 & 2 (From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs) the bulk of the orchestra sounds distant(?) while the precussion is really enjoyable. (And percussion is what Farr seems to do best.)

I think 'Queen of Demons' is my favorite track.

http://www.amazon.com/Gareth-Farr-Or...0788966&sr=1-1



Cheers, Jim

[BlueMDPicker]

Brook Benton - Golden Hits
Mercury SR60607, LP

What a voice!

[BlueMDPicker]

Earth, Wind & Fire - Spirit
1976, Columbia PC34241, LP

[BlueMDPicker]

James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
1971, Warner Brothers BS 2561, LP

[hearingimpared]

James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
1971, Warner Brothers BS 2561, LP

There is a 180gm release of this on the way out, I have mine back ordered.

I'm gonna be in your neighborhood tomorrow Bro. . .better hide the women and lock the doors!!! LOL!

[engtaz]

Rush Snakes and Arrows

[heiney9]

Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes - Live at the Greek



A blistering live 2 cd set of mostly Zep tunes with a few blues standards thrown in. No Crowes songs because of contractual issues. This one of my favorite live rock cd's the sound is amazing and full.

This is superb SDA recording. This show used 3 guitarists and in the past it was always difficult to discern each guitar and who was playing what because the guitars seems to come from the same location.

The way the recording was made has Audley Freed in the left channel; Rich Robinson in the right channel; and Jimmy Page in the center (actually slightly off center to the right). On the SDA's both the L and R are way out off the sides and Jimmy is just right of Chris Robinson's vocals which are dead center.

This sounds so full on the SDA's, my buddy even mentioned that it sounded like I had a surround system on while we were listening. All the instruments are so fleshed out and you can hear every little nuance of the recording. The organ, toms, cymbals were all in the mix in different spots R/L and F/B. It really sounded like I was right in the middle of the concert.

If you like Zep get this cd. If you have SDA's and like Zep this is a must have. While this band could never replace Zep they do a damn fine job and Jimmy for the most part is on fire. I have a bootleg video of a show from this mini-tour and they take a no nonsense approach. It was easy to visualize the whole show while listening to this fantastic recording.

H9

[hearingimpared]

Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes - Live at the Greek



A blistering live 2 cd set of mostly Zep tunes with a few blues standards thrown in. No Crowes songs because of contractual issues. This one of my favorite live rock cd's the sound is amazing and full.

This is superb SDA recording. This show used 3 guitarists and in the past it was always difficult to discern each guitar and who was playing what because the guitars seems to come from the same location.

The way the recording was made has Audley Freed in the left channel; Rich Robinson in the right channel; and Jimmy Page in the center (actually slightly off center to the right). On the SDA's both the L and R are way out off the sides and Jimmy is just right of Chris Robinson's vocals which are dead center.

This sounds so full on the SDA's, my buddy even mentioned that it sounded like I had a surround system on while we were listening. All the instruments are so fleshed out and you can hear every little nuance of the recording. The organ, toms, cymbals were all in the mix in different spots R/L and F/B. It really sounded like I was right in the middle of the concert.

If you like Zep get this cd. If you have SDA's and like Zep this is a must have. While this band could never replace Zep they do a damn fine job and Jimmy for the most part is on fire. I have a bootleg video of a show from this mini-tour and they take a no nonsense approach. It was easy to visualize the whole show while listening to this fantastic recording.

H9

Thanks for the info. I wonder if this offering has been put to vinyl. How old is this one?

[heiney9]

Thanks for the info. I wonder if this offering has been put to vinyl. How old is this one?

This was released in '00 and don't hold me to it but I believe you should be able to find this on LP with some searching. If not get the cd you won't be disappointed. Chris Robinson does the best job to date on the Zep vocals. I think he is even better than David Coverdale (I have a few boots of the Coverdale/Page tour in Japan way back when). Throughly enjoyable!!

[BlueMDPicker]

Nancy Wilson - Just For Now
1967, Capitol ST2712, LP

Amazing arrangements and sound quality from this 40 year old disc.

[BlueMDPicker]

Switching medium and spinning Mayall's "Back to the Roots" double album @ 7 1/2 IPS with the new (to me) Akai 280D-SS R2R deck. Sound quality, dynamics, bass extension, and depth/width of the soundstage simply get no better than this. Larry Taylor does a bass run in the intro to "Home Again" that could never be reproduced as faithfully on LP or CD. Mayall's honky tonk blues piano style rolls of the manual and into time and space with an intimacy and urgency of its own. As close to first generation "being there" as I've heard.

[W WALDECKER]

The Smith's- Meat is Murder

[BlueMDPicker]

Grand Funk Railroad - Born to Die
1976, Capitol ST-11482, LP

Originally intended as their last album, they reunited shortly after its release to record with Frank Zappa on "Good Singin' Good Playin'". Side B is some of my favorite work by Farner with Craig Frost on keyboards and vocals a big plus.

[BlueMDPicker]

Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
1974, Chrysalis CHR 1057, LP

James Dewar was, IMHO, the best rock vocalist of the era and a bassist with few equals. This album is a showcase for his talents, Trower's guitar work is just extra icing. Sadly, he passed away in 2002 at the age of 60.

[DAGLJAM6]

Two fer....Roy Buchanan- "American Axe-Live in 1974" and Luther Allison-"Bad News Is Coming". The Luther Allison cd is a huge winner an excellent Blues album.

[THX 3417]

How can I possibly listen to any music WITH THAT DAMN BLEEP BLEEP NOISE OUTSIDE!

[dudeinaroom]

RUN DMC Raising Hell !!!

So how does that sound on Ben-DAs, Or the frankenDAs, or what ever the hell you call those monoliths you know the fun,
Super Distracting Audio project u was bein' workin' on n stuff