What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2014
On the cusp of 2015, we start a new thread...
Anyway, links:
Volume X: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...-be-interested-vol-x
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
Fabulous version of Adam Raised a Cain with horns
Vinyl.
John Fogerty. Centerfield. Original vinyl from 1985. Nice album, several songs have the distinct CCR sound, notably "The Old Man Down The Road" with it's swampy, bluesy gusto.
vinyl
Green Day. Warning: (2000). On coke-bottle green vinyl from 2014. Surprisingly decent SQ for loudness war poster children Green Day, this pressing by Ted Jensen at Sterling has twice the dynamic range of the CD and my hearing doesn't feel nearly as beat up after a session with the vinyl.
Vinyl
Vinyl
The Beatles. Something New (1964). On Capitol orange label from 1977. I bought a lot of Beatles LPs during the orange label period. This one, for whatever reason, has a particular immediacy and vitality in it's sound above and beyond the others.
Dipping into Mike's aging Baby Boomer Collection. I am familiar with these Linda Ronstadt's albums but never actually listened to them. I was also familiar with her hits but I preferred singtressess likes of Carly Simon, Carole King and Melissa Manchester. The Eagles were her *back up * band when she started but I didn't realise how big she was back then.
Vinyl
This is one the nicest sounding vinyl from the era.
Contains the lovely 'Our House'.
Boston. Greatest Hits. On CD from 2008. I'm really only on board with the band for their first three albums, after that it's fluff. As such, I'd have preferred a chronological arrangement of these songs so I could check out after 'Third Stage', and even 'Amanda' barely makes it for me. Maybe only their first two albums? But what a magnificent debut the first was!
Shakey Graves.