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;
ewemon posted:dave marshall posted:My take on the SQ is that the "rough and ready" edge to things takes me back the sound I was getting from their first album in 1963, played to death on my Dansette.
Nostalgia rules!
I had a Dansette as well Dave and hard wired an extra speaker to mine. I can still hear it today.
Ah, happy days!
Seriously though, the slightly dodgy SQ does indeed remind me of the raw edge to their sound back then.
It's more than likely just my imagination, but, like yourself, I can still hear that first Stones album, and "Blue & Lonesome" recaptures that excitement better than most of their subsequent ones. 
nigelb posted:
Diana Krall - Wallflower.
Why? Do you need to ask?
Yeah, go on, why? It's always seemed a duff effort.
She can't be so easily boxed in...
1st run, exciting trio...
A strange disc, very captivating even for someone totally uninterested in 21st century, easy listening piano like me. Full of concrete and haunting noises tied to the piano's, in a very evoking way. The first time I played it, it stirred some feelings and memories.
Just for some Season Cheerfulness.
A+ | Transcoded DSD
(30th September)
Some Mandolin Orange to start the weekend, gentle Americana.
A+ | Transcoded DSD
(2009)
Stevee_S posted:Stevee_S posted:A+ | Transcoded DSD
(Released today 2nd)
Make Some Noise - Big Big Train
Kicking back with an early beer to have a first listen to an hour or so of this two hour live album...
A Stone's Throw from the Line is of course the album title and not Make Some Noise as I originally posted which is the first track
I have the studio version of this from my earlier prog excursions. Giving this a quick blast before heading out. Pretty good sound for a live recording of fairly complex music. Good shout Stevee.
Bert Schurink posted:
So after dipping in a couple of times and now listening to it in full again. This is a winner, wow impressed that the guys thought of pulling this off. The rather bad sound quality, in a way is evening part of the charm of the album. If you stopped buying Rolling Stones albums because you only liked the early Stones,......, get this one again.....
On the original vinyl:-
A US ABC Records pressing from the late 1970s, cut HOT! My favourite Dan album. Sensational:
Working while Kraftwerk play in the background.
1967 - Original vinyl - Mono...
Picked up this CTI Records box set from HMV yesterday for just £11. Diving into CD1 now...
