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
Porcupine Tree
"Fear Of A Blank Planet" (2007)
Excellent piece of music 
CD Rip from my NAS: Little Feat - "Dixie Chicken"
About to play this before heading off to the gym (starting my New Year's resolutions early this year) - almost certainly my favourite of many Little Feat albums I have. I have this one on vinyl as well as on CD.
Just a fantastic all round album!
Certainly in my Top 100 albums of all time.
Norah Jones
"The Fall" (2009)
Don McLean. American Pie. The 2003 CD reissue of the 1971 album has a sound faithful to the original. The title track is such an iconic rock anthem that the other songs often get overlooked, but this is a solid album. Many of the songs folksy, I especially like 'Vincent'.
Green River is the third studio album by American rock and roll band Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Released | August 3, 1969[1] |
|---|---|
| Recorded | March - June 1969[2] at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, California[3] |
| Genre | Roots rock, swamp rock, country rock |
| Length | 28:47[2] |
| Label | Fantasy |
| Producer | John Fogerty |
Rush, Counterparts, a good example of a 24 bit remaster that's worth the money. Excellent album
David Bowie - Outside
Another one of his later albums which is also up there with his 70s output.
Bruce Springsteen. The Rising. On CD from 2002. I don't play this often as I tend to reach for The Boss's earlier stuff. It's pretty good and grows on me the more I hear it.
The Raveonettes...
BTO. Not Fragile. On original Mercury label from 1974. Interesting mix of stampers on this pressing, side 1 is mastered by Kendun and side 2 by Masterdisk with JS initials. I have another copy of this with both sides by Kendun.
John Mellencamp. Plain Spoken. On vinyl from a few months ago. One of this year's best albums from a great singer-song writer. Highly recommended. Here's what one reviewer had to say about the LP: "The amplified instruments take a back seat to the abundant acoustics. Mellencamp's voice is gritty and adds to the genuine, stripped down feel of this album. The presentation is intimate and the lyrics seem very personal and heartfelt, if not with an overall melancholy tone."
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73 "Emperor"
Recorded in 1984 with Sir Colin Davis conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden.
BTO. Not Fragile. On original Mercury label from 1974. Interesting mix of stampers on this pressing, side 1 is mastered by Kendun and side 2 by Masterdisk with JS initials. I have another copy of this with both sides by Kendun.
Now there is a blast from the past circa my high school days.
On vinyl.