GRAND FUNK RAILROAD

Posted by: David Ng on 15 October 2002

The first few GFR CDs has been remastered. I bought the red album and the new live album. The clarity of Mel's bass playing and Don's kick drum is awesome. They truely are one of the pioneers of Heavy Metal alongside Sabbath, Purple and Zep.

Try it.

david
Posted on: 18 October 2002 by David Ng
Judging from the lack of response, it seems there are not many hard rock fans here. I'm surprised because I was turned on by naim's ability to play rock at realistic volume without distortion. No other hifi I know comes close to naim in that aspect. I once went to test a pair of thiel speakers driven by Mark Levinson, and when I tried to whack that sucker, the dealer immediately turned the volume down, giving me all kind of crap reasons etc etc. When I went to naim, the dealer keep cranking it up, the louder it goes, the better it gets ! Awesome.

david
Posted on: 18 October 2002 by Ross1
I agree with David - GFR was really somethin' special when the Red Album came out..in fact it was at the same period as "In a gadda da vida" (Iron Butterfly)

It was ... I think in 68; at that time that kind of music was playing only in "underground" discos with illuminated floor and smoke all around..

I can tell you that when 'Inside lookin out' was playing, we were like crazy...

I still adored this album.
Posted on: 18 October 2002 by David Stewart
Strange this thread should crop up just now as I've recently been busy cataloguing all my old 60s/70s vinyl (deeply, deeply anorak and very worrying I know), but I came across some real pearls I'd forgotten all about inc., In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Book of Talisyn (DP), Larks Tongues in Aspic (King Crimson), Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw (Butterfield Blues Band) and Boogie With Canned Heat (by Guess Who?)- no GFR though - I wonder why?
I'm going to try and reintroduce them to the LP12 this weekend.

David
Posted on: 18 October 2002 by David Ng
Er..I also happen to adore KISS.

david
Posted on: 19 October 2002 by David Ng
Kit,

I guess its the sound they were aiming for at that time. Actually the rest of B Sabbath lps are not too bad, especially Paranoid. I have it on vinyl and the kick drums on Rat Salad can really rock your guts.

I think the worst sounding B Sabbath lp is Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Its a shame because there's some great riffs in there. I have had numerous different press of the lp and remastered CD, but it just didn't help. I guess the problem lies with the mix on the master tape.

As matter of fact, I kinda enjoy how naim allows one to hear the differences between the production say, between a 70s, 80s and 90s recording.

Its also great to have a naim dealer that likes all kind of rock music.

Guys, how about using this thread to discuss hard rock music. I'm always keen on discovering obscure hard rock bands.

david
Posted on: 21 October 2002 by Keith Mattox
quote:
Originally posted by Kit:
I was listening to the first, eponymous, Black Sabbath album the other day.

A classic, with quite strtlingly fine production. How come all of their other albums sounded shite? confused
One aspect of the sound of that great album is the mild echo - or something to that effect - that they added, giving a 'live' feel to it. "Paranoid" and "Masters of Reality" don't have that sound. I think that they brought it back for "Sabotage" - but the guitars don't have the same crunch as they do in the older albums.

I wonder if they were affected by the glam rock scene coming out then when they recorded "Sabotage". Look at the album's cover to wonder about it even further.

"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" sounds like they were recorded in a closet. cool

Cheers

Keith