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;
Sensitive album, like it..
No particular reason - first time playing on SU - intense !
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joerand posted:
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Playback. On 6 HDCDs from 1995. Popular songs, outtakes, B-sides, and early stuff from the Mudcrutch days. Several recent threads on HDCDs have inspired me to pull this box set off the shelf. The SQ is notably tight and fast on any CDP and becomes bigger and more dimensional on a HDCD capable player. I've always found Petty a stickler for SQ and these discs rival any of his LPs. SQ aside, its simply a great collection of rock music.
Joe
you are probably aware that there is a ( 4 hour ! ) Documentary on the band "Runnin' down a dream" by Peter Bogdanovich - it was shown over here on BBC4 three or four years ago. Charted the history of the band from Mudcrutch onwards. I recorded it and still dip into it occasionally. I think you can buy the DVD on the river. Strangely, (& to my delight) my then 11 year old son became obsessed with the band and watched the video constantly! His tastes have changed somewhat since then 
Classy Scandinavian stuff with the usual high quality ACT sound.
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Brad Mehldau Trio
Giving this one a go again - sounding very nice. WAV CD rip
Although I tend to play this one more;
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(2014)
Marius Duda Riverside's lead singer and driving force, his solo projects continue with this lovely prog rock. For me his solo work shades that of Riverside.
Bert Schurink posted:Great set..
One of my favourites...
Staying with Mr Mehldau. WAV CD rip. I think I prefer the quartet-based tracks on this one.
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(1976)
Because he's gone and it's one of his best.
Borders Nick posted:Brad Mehldau Trio
Giving this one a go again - sounding very nice. WAV CD rip
Although I tend to play this one more;
Same with me I listen most to ode and the other album where do you start...
Great intro..
kuma posted:
Kletzki/Philharmonia: Mahler Symphony 4 1957 recording Mono
This was my first exposure to Mahler's music and remembering rather dull.I recall my then low spec Sondek was not tracking this record too well either and thought beautiful packaging but the sound quality is less than stelar. Mahler's 4th is supposed to be the most accessible but I moved on. So far I love the odd number symphonies. ( 1, 5, 7, 9 )
I am giving this record a spin again.
Much more lower noise than I remember and this time its excellent clarity and instrument separation bringing out excellent immediacy and transparency. Massed strings still gets bleached out but the Kandid is doing a great job tracking.
Performance wise, tho I still don't get on with it.
Not as dramatic as others I have heard so far. Straight away there is less of playfulness and child like innocence compared to Mengelberg set. Winds sound a bit sat on rather than showing various emotional states. There are some good spots that I missed in the past; good tension and rhythmic quality in solo violin in 2nd movement. Bu following 'difficult' 3rd movement is rather uneventful. This is like a Mahler without neurosis and depression. So what's left is pretty mundane without some kind of tricks up conductor's sleeve. Emmy loose's voice is nice, tho.
It's a beautifully recorded mono but it's too conservative for my taste. So far I have not hit a jack pot with any of Kletzki's recording to date.
Hi Kuma. You say you like the odd-numbered symphonies but miss out the 3rd. Was this a mistake or deliberate? It was my introduction to Mahler and still one of my favourites. When I was a student in London in the early 80s I was discovering classical music. There was a music shop near Shaftesbury Ave that was run by an enthusiast who would recommend music to me. I hadn't heard any Mahler and this was his suggestion. Led to 4,5,1,2,9 and my favourite, Das Lied. Still find 7 difficult.
I'm not usually impressed by new bands but C & C blew me away the first time I heard them and this is a fine example of there prog metal sound and a concept album to boot.
Unsure what to pop into the CDX2's tray this evening. So when in doubt....
Well you can't really go wrong with this classic, can you?
Russian VinyLOGY
Another classic album in my view.
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Dutch, will see the guy live in 6 weeks from now..
