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
On vinyl. First listen after buying five days ago:
Streaming | FLAC
(1967)
Listened to a few days ago via Deezer Elite, this Iconoclastic Records / Liberty Label CD arrived today through the post today. Perhaps one of those rare remasters that are a noticeable improvement upon the original.
I have that single - love it (love the cover as well).
Original double vinyl, pulled at random from the shelves:
I have that single - love it (love the cover as well).
Excellent. Sounds almost like it could from the B-side of Low.... instead (as you probably know?) it was used in a sake advert...
(I'd buy it, fo sho)
Cheers! Or even... kanpai!
A little '70s prog.
Much more lively than some of her albums, this is really very good. Just right for a Friday evening.
Bit of Phil Collins to begin the evening. Hard to believe this album is over 30 years old.
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A little '70s prog.
Nice one, Steve. My Room is one hell of a track and that sax solo used to send chills down my spine. One of my favourite bands of all time.
My Room just about to come on Tony. 
Still life was so good I thought I'd play this earlier album.
Still life was so good I thought I'd play this earlier album.
You know you gonna have to listen to Godbluff now and The Undercover Man to complete the trilogy of their best albums, don't you?
Original Vinyl
(Probably not for tired and emotional mono-theists)
Pink Floyd, Division Bell on CD. took it off the rack and dusted it off! Another CD not played for a long time. I find I am re-visiting so much music lately and loving it, The Naim effect? 
The Raconteurs, Consolers of the Lonely on CD. Really enjoying this album. Jack Whites projects have the same flovours but taste very different.
Originally Posted by Karenn:
I don't recall this jingle written by Boiwe but I do recall Seibu Department store spots with Woody Allen!
Big name talents come to Japan with big bucks to do commercials.
I have that single - love it (love the cover as well).
Excellent. Sounds almost like it could from the B-side of Low.... instead (as you probably know?) it was used in a sake advert...
(I'd buy it, fo sho)
Cheers! Or even... kanpai!
IIRC it was released here in the UK as the B-side of the "Up The Hill Backwards" 7" single in early '81. For me the main attraction was that beautiful sleeve. If I had the money I would collect more of them, they are just lovely objects.
The Aulos Ensemble: Vivaldi 12 Concerti 1989 release
Finally I am getting somewhere with Vivaldi tunes.
Recorder is replaced with flute on this set so it has a cheerer more contemporary outlook. Strings also have a warmer tone and oboe comes through nice giving the midrange a warmer cast. Lively and dynamic, captivating performance that pulls me right in.
Hi kuma, Yeah, I've somehow seen a few of the wackier Japanese commercials with A-listers like DiCaprio and Madonna. I just had a look for DB's, and it's tame by comparison...
Kevin, very true, all that I've seen look great. The one I was listening to belongs to my brother. Another good one he has, that's another (German?) import...
Cool as.