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
Theiron live in Budapest 2007
Why - the kids took over the system tonight
Let's rip this joint...
Basia Bulat "Tall Tall Shadow" (iTunes download)
One of my favourite ELP albums.
Double cassette set from Auntie Beeb. Played on the Nak there is no hiss on this whatsoever. Cassette is a great medium for spoken word and comedy.
Kevin, I'm surprised John Shuttleworth appeals to "southern softies" 
Spot on... on some girls, if you've been around!
A soft start to a Friday Night and the Weekend
A little more light Jazz
My first exposure to both Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues as well as the pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva.
I am liking these tunes very much. Even hypnotic and comforting under the façade of austerity. Nikolayeva does not beat around the bush much and there is a cool objectiveness similar to Richter. Her direct communication penetrating straight to the core essence of the tunes. Remarkably there are plenty of colours and expressions in her short and curt phrasing.
Deb,
If you are reading this post, the sound of this CD is pretty good. Close mic'd studio recording but decent for the 80s digital. Natural and minimum distortions and good dynamics.This set was recorded all digital in 1987 originally by Melodiya but I see on the CD container that this reissue has been remastered by Paul-Arden Taylor. No other production credits are given but safe to say, this set sounds better than your Kempff Mono box set.
Dire Straits. On vinyl from 1978.
George Harrison. Brainwashed. Posthumous release on CD from 2002.
Purchased back in 2011 when it was released finally getting around to listening to it.
Interesting that he's more lyrical than Nikolayeva!
Startling dynamics and wide expressions. Not so *governmental* or stark and has a flamboyant flair.
"We don't have no gimmick, I ain't no gimmick man. You see the Clash on stage and they're all high on some kind of speed.If I want some energy, I just drink some orange juice and go out and rock harder than all of them." -Darryl Jenifer
One of my favourite ELP albums.
Tarkus and Trilogy are much better IMO. They went over the edge with this one.
Brain Salad Surgery
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Format: Vinyl
One of my favourite ELP albums.
Tarkus and Trilogy are much better IMO. They went over the edge with this one.
Nah, I would say that only this would fulfil the definition over the edge 
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