What are you listening to right now? (VOL II)

26 years old! Life is way too short!

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Originally posted by ewemon:


This lot was from a late listening session last night.

Hi Ewen,

Bob Seger is one of of my dads favourite artists. Can you recommend a few albums as i would like to treat him to a few CD's. He gave me a few un-playable LP's but i wasn't going to risk it!

ATB

KK

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Rotf,
It sounds great through the new system.
The big black monitors are something else.
Munch

Do you like the Studio 1s? Very good speakers IMHO perhaps a little slower than Naim speakers, but the bass is ace - you need something like a Tresham to drive them

BTW Chas n Dave sound fantastic through them.

ATB Rotf

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Can you recommend a few albums

KK
If I may butt in...your dad had great taste! "Night Moves" is a classic. I'd also recommend "Live Bullet" and the later live album "Nine Tonight". There are also two volumes of "Greatest Hits" which cover the essential Bob Seger pretty well.

New Black Eagle Jazz Band [Import]

1. Weary Blues
2. Sidewalk Blues
3. The Chant
4. Sweet Like This
5. Potato Head Blues
6. Buddy's Habit
7. My Journey To The Sky
8. There'll Come A Day
9. Algiers Strut
10. The Mooche
11. Gatemouth
12. Red Wing
13. Kansas City Man Blues
14. Le Marchand De Poissons

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1. Court And Spark - with Norah Jones

2. Edith And The Kingpin - with Tina Turner
3. Both Sides Now

4. River - with Corinne Bailey Rae

5. Sweet Bird

6. The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) - with Joni Mitchell

7. Solitude

8. Amelia - with Luciana Souza

9. Nefertiti - with Wayne Shorter

10. The Jungle Line - with Leonard Cohen

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Complete Chamber Music [Import] [Box set]

(Playing cd 5 of 7 cd-set)

8 Suites for the harpsichord

Pieter-Jan Belder on Flemish harpsichord
(after Ruckers, Cornelis Bom)

Recorded in 2007 in the Doopsgezinde kerk Deventer
[DDD] Brilliant Classics

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Excellent tonal qualities on that harpsichord, especially down the bass end, it‘s so much easier to enjoy when they put the microphones in all the right places : )

nymph

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Hey Oliver, was wondering about this disc as I think I was going to buy it some time ago then forgot about it. Havn't been around here much of late and no music cause the 552 is back at naim. Hope you are well mate!

Still stunned by the concert...

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Originally posted by Chris Kelly:

quote:

Can you recommend a few albums

KK
If I may butt in...your dad had great taste! "Night Moves" is a classic. I'd also recommend "Live Bullet" and the later live album "Nine Tonight". There are also two volumes of "Greatest Hits" which cover the essential Bob Seger pretty well.

Keano don't totally agree with Chris. Think Night Moves and Stranger in Town are essential. In the case of Night Moves you have to get a copy of the DCC excellent sounding. For Stranger in Town the remaster will do.

The Live Bullets album which is a great live album (but I don't listen to it much these days)is where it really started going big for Seger. If you plan to buy that, do not I repeat do not buy the current remaster. It is awful, one of the worst I have heard, get an original disc.

This is where I differ from Chris in so much as I have never liked Nine Tonight.

The Distance and Against The Wind are also not bad albums.

Of the earlier albums I like Beautiful Loser, Mongrel, Seven and Back in '72 (which has never been released on cd). I have a cd copy of it that I bought off a seller on eBay in the States. All they did was neeedledrop the vinyl. I had them all on vinyl but never got around to replacing them which to be honest I probably won't do anyway.

I seriously can't recommend any of his later discs. They do have some excellent trax on them but overall never liked them.

As Chris mentioned you could also buy the Gt Hits for an overall picture of what Bob was about. But certainly you have to pick up Night and Stranger.

Should still have my copy of the original Back in '72 album in the house as I don't think I gave it away with the rest of my vinyl.

Had tickets to go and see him in concert once but he cancelled his UK tour. Would have love to have seen him

Thanks Ewen and Chris. Just loading up Amazon as i type.

Thanks again

KK

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Originally posted by munch:

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Originally posted by ROTF:

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Rotf,
It sounds great through the new system.
The big black monitors are something else.
Munch

Do you like the Studio 1s? Very good speakers IMHO perhaps a little slower than Naim speakers, but the bass is ace - you need something like a Tresham to drive them

BTW Chas n Dave sound fantastic through them.

ATB Rotf

Tresham PSU/Pre Amp/PowerAmp.
The speakers are Bwire with PC-OCC FS-2T20P FURUKAWA leads

Can sound best with a vinyl source such as Rega Planar 2 with S-Shaped arm and, say a Linn K9 cartridge - ideally for spinning up some nice tranquil sounds like Deep Purple In Rock.

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Originally posted by Mario:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Hey Oliver, was wondering about this disc as I think I was going to buy it some time ago then forgot about it. Havn't been around here much of late and no music cause the 552 is back at naim. Hope you are well mate!

Mario,

time for you to come over and I will play it for you - got a few new HDCD goodies as well.

Cheers ... Oliver

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Originally posted by naim_nymph:


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1. Court And Spark - with Norah Jones

2. Edith And The Kingpin - with Tina Turner
3. Both Sides Now

4. River - with Corinne Bailey Rae

5. Sweet Bird

6. The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) - with Joni Mitchell

7. Solitude

8. Amelia - with Luciana Souza

9. Nefertiti - with Wayne Shorter

10. The Jungle Line - with Leonard Cohen

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Playing it down under as well.

Machinefabriek - Dauw

http://www.myspace.com/pivotpivot

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1. Communication Breakdown
2. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
3. Good Times Bad Times
4. Dazed And Confused
5. Whole Lotta Love
6. Heartbreaker
7. Ramble On
8. Immigrant Song
9. Celebration Day
10. Since I've Been Loving You
11. Black Dog
12. Rock 'n' Roll
13. Battle Of Evermore
14. Misty Mountain Hop
15. Stairway To Heaven
16. Song Remains The Same
17. Rain Song
18. D'yer Mak'er
19. No Quarter
20. Houses Of The Holy
21. Kashmir
22. Trampled Underfoot
23. Nobody's Fault But Mine
24. Achilles Last Stand
25. All My Love
26. In The Evening

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Canadian night in my household.

now this

but previously

and before that

always groovin' in vinyl paradise

Another excellent Adam Carroll disc. Underrated singer songwriter.