What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2016
2016 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread (and links to previous years) can be found here;
More Dame - this is the 1990s EMI reissue on vinyl:
A few trax off this as well.
Starts a bit tame, but entertaining with the always present bass of Dan Berglund..
An oldie with this strange stereo separation ....
On CD:-
On CD:-
David Bowie - Heathen
On CD:-
Original vinyl...
Nice album to end of the evening..
This is a masterpiece..
ewemon posted:
How is this Ewemon?
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Original vinyl...
Original CD....
In a similar spirit, with the same cello:
GraemeH posted:ewemon posted:
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Unfortunately he will be embargoed! I'm certainly interested in hearing what this is like. I enjoyed her last album and I was playing Takin' my time earlier today (with Little Feat musicians and some sublime slide from Lowell George, although Bonnie R is a great guitarist herself).
Clive
Original vinyl -- Korova Records, 1980. Just fantastic. Not sure how fame eluded these guys.
Traffic. Eponymous second album from 1968. My first dedicated listen and I like it.
As an aside, my copy is on United Artist's vinyl with the orange cloud label. I have a handful of these UA pressings in good visual condition and while the SQ is decent enough the vinyl seems consistently noisy even after cleaning. A frustrating background crackle on all of them. Wondering if anyone else has come across this? A Liberty label copy of this album is pretty expensive in the US.
I got the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab remaster of Get Happy!! (two 45 rpm LPs) because it bugs me how Columbia Records shoehorned all those songs onto one LP -- making for lots of end-side distortion on 'High Fidelity' and (my personal fave) 'Riot Act'.
Anyway, long story short: sounds great! And very well made.
John Mellencamp. Big Daddy. On DMM vinyl from 1989. For whatever reason, a Mellencamp album overlooked by me. It's quite good and stands equal to it's predecessors "Scarecrow" and "The Lonesome Jubilee". Rock with a strong Americana/folksy bend.
The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project. On vinyl from 1983. An early digital remaster set to vinyl.
Blood, Sweat & Tears. Eponymous second album from 1968. These late-1960's pressings on the Columbia "360 Sound Stereo" label are special for sound quality. This album really shines with deep, rich bass, a nice sass to the brass, and a sweet shimmer to the cymbals.
Don McLean. American Pie. On original vinyl from 1971. Long one of the most persistent songs I know of and still relatively popular on local radio.
Per my post above about noisy orange label United Artists vinyl, this copy is on a tan and brown UA label and the vinyl is pretty quiet despite being bought from a 99ยข bargain bin with no inner sleeve.