What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)

Hi Gian

I am a lifetime fan and lover of DG music, as you know.  Start to finish I think "Life ...." is one of his most complete albums.  It just has a "flow" to the sequencing that makes each song the perfect follow-on to the previous song.

Have a nice weekend.

Jeff A

Some early Dire Straits. This is a Japanese import CD of excellent quality. Water of Love has a beguiling rhythm.  

I think you and I bought this Japanese CD at about the same time after Ewemon's recommendation. I agree it's a cut above the original.

Some delightful Nerina Pallot on CD

Wonderful album

+1 Steve. In fact I would go further no more remasters full stop in my house other than the MM reissues. G

Hope to be able to give this a ten hour spin tomorrow mornig. Neighbour looks a little worn and down.

Fantastic cd.

Riviera Paradise here is awesome.

+1 more. There is a risk that I might buy the remastered first album in order to get the concert tracks, but otherwise I doubt I'll investigate beyond the HOTH  which I found revealed nothing new. For me though I think it's just that I've tired of Led Zeppelin. In my youth I thought JiPP was  a great guitar player, but that was before I heard really great guitar players.  

Hi Hook,

Yes i admit to being a deadhead, but tbh i only discovered who they were, and how good they were a mere couple of years ago, and this was because of their morbid band name that for quite a while i mistakenly assumed them as some kind of weird punk rock outfit. I now wonder how many other people out there have a potential head as equally dead but still awaiting the realisation, and exist oblivious to the fact that we have GD to enjoy and gravely dig while we live and unto that we should be grateful.

Seems like you were unlucky with your first Vaults Two set, i'm glad the replacement is okay, Amazon are very good when it comes to refunds and re-ordering, i also order mine from Amazon.

My first set of Sunshine vinyl [Rhino] went back for replacement due to too much surface noise, the replacement set are okay.

I find the Vaults vinyl pressed by Future Days Recordings to be superior to the Rhino.

Also, for a few days, i had a Dick's Picks Vol 4 pressed by Brookvale Records on 6xLP, which i sent back for refund due to warps, surface noise and extremely bad SQ. However the music is excellent and recommended on CD or download, the vinyl too expensive and tragically poor quality.

This is why i'm buying the Vaults sets, fab music and quality vinyl and sonic Q.

So far my entire GD collection includes:

Sunshine Daydream 4 x LP

One From The Vaults 3 x LP

Two From The Vaults 4 x LP

The Golden Road (1965-1973) 12 x CD set [hdcd] Rhino Box Set:

Spanning the Dead's Prolific and Pioneering Warner Bros. Era Over 15 1/2 Hours of Music, Including 7 Hours of Previously Unreleased Material All Digitally Remastered in HDCD an Maxed-Out With Live and Studio Bonus Tracks Plus Hidden Surprises! Featuring 9 Original Albums: 'THE GRATEFUL DEAD', 'ANTHEM OF THE SUN', 'AOXOMOXOA', 'LIVE/DEAD', 'WORKINGMAN'S DEAD', 'AMERICAN BEAUTY', 'GRATEFUL DEAD (SKULL & ROSES) ', EUROPE '72', 'HISTORY OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD, Vol.1 (BEAR'S CHOICE)' and BIRTH OF THE DEAD, a New 2-CD-Set Set of Rare Pre-Warner Tracks Plus a Massive 80-Page Book With the Band's History, Photos, and Full Discography, and 10 CD Booklets Packed With Rare Images, New Essays by Noted Deadologists.

The Golden Road box set is very expensive here in the UK,

but i got it for a good price 

Debs

Frank Black and The Catholics  "Black Letter Days"    on cd.

quite a long album with many differing moods reflected in the songs. Good nonetheless.