What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol.IX)

Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2013

Posted on: 25 March 2013 by dav301

On CD:-

Disc 1

Posted on: 25 March 2013 by Bert Schurink

Originally Posted by DenisA:

Disk 2 - live in berlin

First play and really enjoyed it. More 'live' e.s.t. buying I think after I consult my expert

...just realized again that there is a special edition with some live material, I only have the normal version - this has to change :-)

Posted on: 25 March 2013 by patk

Karen Lovely - Still The Rain

Blues, blues, and more blues.

Posted on: 25 March 2013 by patk

Posted on: 25 March 2013 by Lloydy

1st play - absolutely brilliant

Posted on: 25 March 2013 by Blueknowz

Originally Posted by Steve J:

New vinyl reissue. Nice...............

email from Burning Shed....mine has been posted

Posted on: 25 March 2013 by Lloydy

Posted on: 25 March 2013 by christian u

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I recently bought this and 2 other albums from the Sound Liaison label,and being very impressed with the sound stage. I asked them how they go about making such wonderful recordings.

this is the answer I got.

hi christian

We believe that when we get the musicians to play together in the same room,with out headphones,

it creates a number of musical and technical benefits. ......

the musicians interact much more as they would do in a concert situation,

as they are not ''separated'' by the headphones,

the musicians are forced to create a musical balance,

the need for compression to control levels is no longer necessary,

we can use a minimalist microphone setup and there by reduce phase problems,

since everybody is in the same room,the boxed sound which is so common in many modern recordings is absent,

and the sound of the room helps ''glue'' the sound of the recording.

This is all very well but there are also problematic aspects to this procedure:

the room,studio,has to have a good sound

the musicians have to be very good and well prepared as

it is very difficult to repair mistakes because of the ''cross talk'' between the instruments,

we have to be very precise when choosing and placing the microphones,

and the puzzle of placing the musicians at the right distance to the main stereo microphones and the right distance to each other,is also time consuming.

and when we have a live audience in the studio,as we do with our Studio Showcase Series,

we pray that they remembered to turn of their cell phones and the ones with the bad cold chose to stay home.

The room where the recordings has been done is the now legendary Studio Eleven situated in the basement of the building of the Dutch World Broad Casting Service.

The Studio was used extensively in the 60's by European and visiting American jazz musicians(Wes Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley,Dexter Gordon,Eric Dolphy.....)

The Dutch World Broad Casting Service asked Frans de Rond to bring the room back to life as a recording studio,and Frans after seeing and hearing the room jumped at the opportunity.

SoundLiaison has been allowed to use the room during off hours,for our audiophile project,and we are eternally great full to the Dutch World Service for the opportunity.

Posted on: 25 March 2013 by matt podniesinski

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by Bert Schurink

..one of the best in the genre..

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by osprey

Some more 1966 stuff, now from the other side of the pond

on 80's re-issue vinyl.

In the words of Brian Wilson himself, "I was in a loving mood for a while, and that love found its way onto tape."

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by tonym

Steve J. played me this on vinyl & I was very taken with it. Managed to pick up an older CD copy on Amazon & it sounds superb :-

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by osprey

Another from the other side ...

on 80's re-issue vinyl.

Blonde On Blonde is a cache of emotion, a well-handled package of excellent music and better poetry, blended and meshed and ready to become a part of your reality. Here is a man who will speak to you, a 1960s bard with electric lyre and color slides, a truthful man with X-ray eyes you can look through if you want. All you have to do is listen.

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by Chords

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyndHhDp5sQ

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by dav301

On vinyl:-

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by Tony2011

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by patk

Originally Posted by Tony2011:

Flashback! Need to give this a spin later!

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by patk

Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs - Medicine County

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by EJS

Mozart's requiem given a grave, solemn, slow performance. It definitely works better this way than with, e.g. Herreweghe. Böhm sounds very unlike himself, here.

Cheers,

Posted on: 26 March 2013 by Steve J

Originally Posted by tonym:

Steve J. played me this on vinyl & I was very taken with it. Managed to pick up an older CD copy on Amazon & it sounds superb :-

One of my favourite jazz albums Tony. I pleased you're enjoying it.

Have you tried this;