What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. X)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2013
On the cusp of 2014, we start a new thread...
Anyway, links:
Volume IX: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...16#22826037054683416
Volume VIII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...nt/12970396056050819
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290
Klemperer's chilly Tristan und Isolde.
The Small Faces. The Immediate Story Volume Two. On vinyl from 1975. Enjoying my first listen to a used copy I bought on the weekend.
On vinyl...
Original vinyl.
iMac/iTunes:-
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Guilty Pleasure 1988 CD ,, would anyone reccomend the 2009 Stereo version ?
She & Him - Volume 3
(CD ripped to Apple Lossless)
Tennis - Young & Old
Sophomore album from the band. One of my favorites from 2012.
(CD ripped to Apple Lossless)
Enya - Watermark
Warpaint - Exquisite Corpse EP
(CD ripped to Apple Lossless)
"Utterly gorgeous" was the immediate reaction from Ian Anderson, editor of fRoots magazine, to this disc by Quercus, the trio formed by legendary folksinger June Tabor (making her ECM debut here), Welsh jazz pianist and composer Huw Warren, and English saxophonist Iain Ballamy, well-known to ECM listeners as co-leader of the band Food. This is the first Quercus album but the trio, very much a collaborative band, has existed for several years, patiently developing its unique idiomatic blend.
Second spin for this 2 x 45rpm vinyl issue:
1st play. Been looking forward to this.
Following their debut award-winning album Moonfire, Boy & Bear released Harlequin Dream, their bold and brave 2013 album recorded in their hometown of Sydney at legendary Alberts Studio and mixed by Phil Ek (Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Modest Mouse). The lead single, "Southern Sun," has a powerful urgency not unlike the best of Bruce Springsteen or Fleetwood Mac, while a sprinkling of strings and brass brings life and color to such standouts as "Back down the Black," "Old Town Blues" and "Stranger." Boy & Bear's debut record Moonfire won five ARIA awards, including Album of the Year.
This is really growing on me.
Streaming ripped FLAC. Always preferred the earlier albums but thought I'd give it another listen and it sounds completely different on the Qute. It really comes to life, especially Neil's drumming.
followed by
Guilty Pleasure 1988 CD ,, would anyone reccomend the 2009 Stereo version ?
I think it is one of the few things we nearly all agree about, the superiority of the 2009 remasters.
I have even even decided not to rip the 1998 masters even though I have 4 versions of DSOTM ripped, 3 versions of a lot of Rory Gallagher's albums and 2 of most of Van's as there are the odd track that sounds better on some of the masters, but for the Betales, no contest.
SJB
it has arrived, 2 CD 96/24 for $23,41
http://www.eclassical.com/harm...erers-nachtlied.html
Cheers
Aleg
On CD:-
David Crosby - Croz