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
Do yourself a favour and try and get a copy of the Japanese recent SHM cd as it has fantastic sq and a huge Dynamic Range.
ewemon thanks for that. I was just about to ask BigH what he thought of the re-master. Are you permitted to point me toward where I could get the Japanese SHM?
Steve pop over to cd japan (join the words together) and scroll down look for the cat no UICY 75769.
It is the first disc on the 5th line.
One word of advice when you buy from cd japan always choose the put in a plain envelope option.
Can save you a lot of money.
Thanks ewemon great knowledge and advice.
Thanks from me too, ewemon. I've just ordered one. cdjapan is new one on me. Looks to have some interesting stuff on there.
I sometimes also order from Amazon in Japan and also HMV there. Hope you remembered to choose the plain envelope option otherwise the mighty customs lads may get you.
The thing about a lot of Japanese pressings is that they are limited edition and once they are gone they can be gone for good. However they have taken to re-issuing titles after a certain period of time but that is not guaranteed.
The SHM SACD of Supertramp Breakfast in America is reckoned to be the best sounding version around and it sold out quick. It may get another release next year or may not. Prices for that disc tend now to be in the high 60'S+.
Haven't played that one in a long time.
Haven't played that one in a long time.
From the same humble corners as BB's and also a huge talent as you know Ewe. Pure, unadulterated Blues.
Has to be one of the worst covers I have ever seen and that is saying something. Music in parts ain't bad though.
Bill Evans
"You Must Believe In Spring"
CD - Alia Vox 2014 : )
Enregistrement réalisé dans la Collégiale du Château de Cardon,
Catalogne, en décembre 1993
A 35 strong member band if i've counted them all in correctly,
quite a large outfit for a Jordi Savall ensemble.
Slightly formal but generally entertaining and very often rather invigorating.
Debs
Bill Evans
"You Must Believe In Spring"
The only jazz record I can listen to almost indefinitely. In the end, when 95% of 'jazz' is academic boredom, this is pure music and joy.
Paul McCartney. McCartney. On original Apple vinyl from 1970. Somewhat of a potpourri of music. McCartney's expression of liberation from his former band.
Clifton Chenier. Boogie and Zydeco. On Sonet vinyl from 1979. The UK release of the 1977 US LP. An enjoyable departure from my typical listening.
Lively and youthful Ozawa/CSO's Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra.
Highly animated taking on more like a Lenny Bernstein style. It does not work on all but oddly, it's quite exciting to listen to on this program. This is like he's adding a dash of bright primary splash of paint here and there on the highly monochromatic tune.
No quarter - a delight in the new version
It's been a while since I listened to Boult's Lt. Kije.
It certainly isn’t sophisticated or vivid as Reiner set but it is a friendly likable performance. There isn’t much of irony coming through and undoubtedly dated in presentation now.