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
funny, listening to this version of 2013 and ripping the normal old version for my NAS :-)
For those who like the music, the 2013 version is absolutely a delight and a huge improvement on the original...
The Who-Tommy on Track vinyl.
OK my wife got through the The Wall from start to finish.Now this will be a challenge because she hates The Who.
G
![Man & Guitar [Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 31 October 2013) [Explicit]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51s5a7A9QTL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
Elbow
"Cast Of Thousands"
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Led Zeppelin III first press with Peter Grant credit.
Villagers
{Awayland}
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The Who-Tommy on Track vinyl.
OK my wife got through the The Wall from start to finish.Now this will be a challenge because she hates The Who.
Are you still on speaking terms? I rather like the Who and Pink Floyd, but both The Wall and Tommy can be quite a challenge. Possibly overplayed in my youth. I think you have to be in a certain mood for both those albums.
Clive she actually enjoyed both albums. Must be the new turntable that's made the difference. She put her foot down at Quadraphenia 
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Maybe next weekend.
Shes not complained about Rush so far but we of the pub in minute to watch the Hammers beat City and Liverpool win.
just finished one of the CD - streamed of course...
Clive she actually enjoyed both albums. Must be the new turntable that's made the difference. She put her foot down at Quadraphenia .
Maybe next weekend.
Shes not complained about Rush so far but we of the pub in minute to watch the Hammers beat City and Liverpool win.
But IMHO Quadrophenia beats the pants off either the Wall or Tommy. Such great songs: The Real Me, Drowned, I'm One, Sea and Sand, Love Reign O'er Me etc.. I think I might have to cue that one up next. (Currently still wallowing in a Wagner fest, although withdrawing gradually with Siegfried Idyll at the moment).
Sarah McLachlan
"Shine On"
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I have re-tagged and reorganized the whole collection and moved the huge collection to my NAS, just started with the 1st one of the pleasant Liszt journey....
Didp
"Life For Rent"
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I have re-tagged and reorganized the whole collection and moved the huge collection to my NAS, just started with the 1st one of the pleasant Liszt journey....
Bert, this sure brings back some memories for me. I would have bought this volume 26 about 20 years ago. I was one of those guys that bought each disc as they came out over maybe 14 or 15 years. Back then single discs were about $28 each and a double was $56. That was 57 volumes or 95 discs and 117 hours. Then came another 3 discs of "New Discoveries." For waiting, you got 99 discs for a very nice price.
Not sure if your set is arranged chronologically? It is a lot to chew but when you find something you like then it is wise to make note and eventually add some alternate interpretations. The worth of this set for me is that it allows me to hear all the rare or never recorded gems that I never would have found in any other way. Actually the rare stuff that I like in here (not the top 40) probably adds up to more music than some other composers entire output.
On this disc, The Young Liszt, means most of this was written before he was 16 years old. It is kind of neat to hear things like the "Étude en douze exercices" which of course eventually morphed into "Douze Grandes Études" and then finally "The Transcendental Études." It is kind of like a reverse transcription. Although the early stuff is charming you can see the improvements made over the years with the later versions but I think listening to all variations strengthens ones connection with the music. For instance, the Apparitions are largely all there and connect the future with the creative mind of a precocious youthful mind that was already mature beyond his years.
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
And may your song always be sung
And may you stay forever young
Richard
Elton John - Honky Chateau
one of his great albums of the 70s
The Who-Tommy on Track vinyl.
OK my wife got through the The Wall from start to finish.Now this will be a challenge because she hates The Who.
Are you still on speaking terms? I rather like the Who and Pink Floyd, but both The Wall and Tommy can be quite a challenge. Possibly overplayed in my youth. I think you have to be in a certain mood for both those albums.
Good shout! I've not listened to this for a while.
Your comment made me smile. I took my wife to see The Who play Quadrophenia at the O2 last year, she wasn't impressed. There was me thinking that would convert her into one of the The Who's next biggest fans!
a bit of an in between with all this piano music :-)
I have re-tagged and reorganized the whole collection and moved the huge collection to my NAS, just started with the 1st one of the pleasant Liszt journey....
Bert, this sure brings back some memories for me. I would have bought this volume 26 about 20 years ago. I was one of those guys that bought each disc as they came out over maybe 14 or 15 years. Back then single discs were about $28 each and a double was $56. That was 57 volumes or 95 discs and 117 hours. Then came another 3 discs of "New Discoveries." For waiting, you got 99 discs for a very nice price.
Not sure if your set is arranged chronologically? It is a lot to chew but when you find something you like then it is wise to make note and eventually add some alternate interpretations. The worth of this set for me is that it allows me to hear all the rare or never recorded gems that I never would have found in any other way. Actually the rare stuff that I like in here (not the top 40) probably adds up to more music than some other composers entire output.
On this disc, The Young Liszt, means most of this was written before he was 16 years old. It is kind of neat to hear things like the "Étude en douze exercices" which of course eventually morphed into "Douze Grandes Études" and then finally "The Transcendental Études." It is kind of like a reverse transcription. Although the early stuff is charming you can see the improvements made over the years with the later versions but I think listening to all variations strengthens ones connection with the music. For instance, the Apparitions are largely all there and connect the future with the creative mind of a precocious youthful mind that was already mature beyond his years.
Thanks for your insight. I was indeed planning to use it as a kind of guide for also getting into the less familiar stuff - also I am quite excited by the transcriptions...a different view on existing material. By downloading it and getting the 25% discount I got it pretty cheap ....but that sometimes also happened to me by being the first buyer and seeing afterwards that it's gone for just a fraction of the price.
Liszt is definitely a very exciting composer with a rich oeuvre......I am not yet sure how long it will take me to get through the full collection...
Meddle. 'Discovery' CD version. Very nice.
Ian Hunter