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
On vinyl, sounding rather magnificent:
After a hectic Monday at the office something soothing by Mary Black seemed just the tonic.
She's never really rocked my boat but maybe it's time for me to give her another listen so where do you reckon I should start?
ewemon - I discovered Mary B on the basis of a free sampler CD given away by Hi-Fi World many years ago. The article accompanying this recommended her album No Frontiers as a starter which I did and I've been 'smitten' since. Although I enjoy all her albums from the early folk-style through to the more comtemporary albums like Circus, Shine and Stories from the Steeples (all of which I would recommend), No Frontiers remains my favourite and that would be my suggested starting point, too. If you don't like that album, stop there. If you do, you'll likely want more.
MDS
Thanks for your recommendation as well.
Smithereens 11
Been a while...
G
I've always been captivated by the way the backing vocalists seemingly step forward ever more closely on each rendition of the chorus on the song Walk on the Wild Side. Almost spooky but a wonderful effect.
MDS
Indeed. Really visceral through Hugo too.
G
Earlier, on vinyl...
Tomasz Stanko Quintet: Dark Eyes
Haim,
You must really like his music eh? 
Szell's ultra detailed chamber music style is much better suited for the Mozart program than Beethoven's 5th which just does not work for me.
There's very little reason to listen to Beethoven if there is no human emotions in it.
Chicken Shack - OK Ken
Blue Horizon vinyl.
Smithereens 11
Love the opening track more than the rest of the album.
Slick. 'Cousin Dupree' being rendered almost 3D by the Hugo. Man, it is good!
G
Earlier ...
Songs in the Key of X - Ripped to FLAC. Not bad, some good tracks (bought today on Replay CD for £1).
And now ...
Animals - Pink Floyd. Ripped to FLAC. My most recent addition to my Pink Floyd collection. Getting to know it better with each listen ... and enjoying it more.
Earlier ...
Songs in the Key of X - Ripped to FLAC. Not bad, some good tracks (bought today on Replay CD for £1).
And now ...
Animals - Pink Floyd. Ripped to FLAC. My most recent addition to my Pink Floyd collection. Getting to know it better with each listen ... and enjoying it more.
The Floyd disc brings back a lot of happy memories especially an "incident" that happened live on air at a Radio Station when they were playing a white label promo I gave them.
Earlier ...
Songs in the Key of X - Ripped to FLAC. Not bad, some good tracks (bought today on Replay CD for £1).
And now ...
Animals - Pink Floyd. Ripped to FLAC. My most recent addition to my Pink Floyd collection. Getting to know it better with each listen ... and enjoying it more.
The Floyd disc brings back a lot of happy memories especially an "incident" that happened live on air at a Radio Station when they were playing a white label promo I gave them.
Sounds intriguing ewemon. What kind of "incident" are we talking about here?
On CD:-
Dusty Enough Said
On CD:-
I heard this at a friend's recently. We both felt that compared to his previous albums this recording/mastering sounds disappointingly flat . This new album was on the Sony label and we wondered if that had something to do with it. What do you make of it Dave?
