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
Two-CD "deluxe" edition of landmark 1979 album, packed with extras. Why am I listening to it? Because it's always worth revisiting...
After Tidal threw a wobbly, firstly not finding albums then playing but no output, I finally got some sense out of it:-
Beth Hart - Better Than Home.
On CD:-
Coldplay - Ghost Stories Live 2014
From 1969 in the days before Gillan and Glover.
Ella at her best - a magnificent, 1960 recording. Why can't they do this sort of recording these days?
My favourite new discovery.
WAV
(1973)
Arguably their last decent studio album and it is good.
tonym posted:Ella at her best - a magnificent, 1960 recording. Why can't they do this sort of recording these days?
I know, 50 years and we seem to have learned nothing. The late 50's jazz recordings are just lovely. And that Ella album is great.
From Bandcamp, good music, sound a bit edgy..
While I already mentioned before that I don't like this album so much given the quality of the songs, I also have to say the songs sound a bit like not belonging to each other - disjointed, as if not being part of one album....
Now into a great trio jazz album....
Hungryhalibut posted:tonym posted:Ella at her best - a magnificent, 1960 recording. Why can't they do this sort of recording these days?
I know, 50 years and we seem to have learned nothing. The late 50's jazz recordings are just lovely. And that Ella album is great.
Whilst I agree that the SQ of this and many Jazz albums of this era are some of the best ever recorded the Stereo separation can be a little primitive. The Mono recordings tend to be better.
This is a really nice album - played a lot since recent aquisition
CD rip
I prefer the James Gang and Joe Walsh's early solo albums over the Eagles. 
This is a superb album. The wonderful Julia Hulsmann and singing too.
Jim White - Drill a hole in that substrate ..
After listening to a couple of newly acquired Calexico albums, I dusted this one off. Kind of a more spaced-out Americana / Southern gothic feel.
Have heard them live together this year, just for an encore, but have to say I like it..., and this album so far in first run doesn't dissapoint....
James Taylor - Hour Glass
One of his best IMO
If you like world music you should try this. It's a beautiful live recording, where you can hear the sound of passing cars, and the calls of night creatures. It's so atmospheric, and the music - kora and cello - is just superb. Highly recommended!
Hanumike posted:
James Taylor - Hour Glass
One of his best IMO
Love the way Gia explodes out of the speakers.
Gold DCC set prompted by another members post.
Listened to earlier this evening.
Steve J posted:
I prefer the James Gang and Joe Walsh's early solo albums over the Eagles.
Agree, Steve. Although I missed it when first released, I listened to this album for the first time around 1974/5 and it is still my favourite JG & Walsh's album.