What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XII)

CD rip. Very classy & quite distinctive quintet sound.

Another one I've not heard for a while. Came up on Asset's Albums Jukebox playlist and I'm really glad it did. Great fun!

Because sometimes you have to go loud!  Classic album from a great live band.

Verg special album...

Steven Wilson - 4 1/2

On vinyl...

Testing out the Krystal..

On vinyl...

On 45rpm vinyl...

On vinyl...

Comparing the 2016 remaster to the original, glad I only borrowed the remaster!

On vinyl...

Trying the Krystal with something a bit different!

On vinyl...superb!!

MM Vinyl

In fantastic Mono  

Users of Wide Range equipment should adjust their controls for RIAA curve.

Recorded in 1989:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...yPwzn3sul4yibcGS278s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...bcGS278s&index=5

The Doors. Eponymous debut (1967). In stereo on Elektra butterfly label vinyl from 1970. Brilliant, creative and compelling; evocative, dark and haunting.

Paul Simon. Still Crazy After All These Years. On original vinyl from 1975. Typical rhymin' Simon - funky with excellent SQ, witty, wistful yet upbeat.

joerand posted:

 

Paul Simon. Still Crazy After All These Years. On original vinyl from 1975. Typical rhymin' Simon - funky with excellent SQ, witty, wistful yet upbeat.

50 ways to leave your lover  is such an earworm – I only need to see the cover of this album and it starts playing in my head. 

The Beatles. A Hard Day's Night (1964). On vinyl from the 1982 MFSL collection. Among the better LPs from this collection for pure SQ, though these tracks are highly vibrant and play great in any format I've heard.

Molly Hatchet. Flirtin' With Disaster. On vinyl from 1979. Tight and fast southern rock with a strong musical drive. Great listening a late Friday night.

Easing into the weekend. Coffee on & sausages sizzling in the pan to the gentle sounds of Mr Sylvian.

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A+ | Transcoded DSD

Umbra by ARC

A fine 80 minutes recorded from their headline performance at the E-Live festival in Oirschot, the Netherlands in October 2013.

"The powerful sequencing on the six tracks were recorded in the studio beforehand and these were triggered by Boddy using Ableton Live during the concert. This allowed the duo to concentrate on interweaving complex layers of keyboards and textures throughout their performance. The set constantly evolves in an organic fashion from the traditional sequencing grooves of the opening track Arcadia through to the powerhouse encore track Cherry Bomb. The second piece, Proximo Obscuro, hearkens back to the classic, simple grooves of early Berlin style sequencing. Umbra & Panthera have a darker, more gothic feel and bookend the more delicate sequencing of Autostratus."

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Last night music wanderings. Just tryn' to make frickr working......

Lucinda Williams - Car wheels on a gravel road

One of her best, I'm told. Before work.

C.