what was the last cd you bought?

2 x CD plus DVD edition:-

Received today - my most costly CD investment (together with DVD and 24/48 BluRay).

I'm going to have to buy a BluRay drive for my PC now so that I can rip it to the NS01.

Arrived today - the deluxe version of this. although I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet:

excellent ...

I have owned this for quite a few years, and I agree that it's quite excellent. Another interesting piano version of the Pictures is the one by Ashkenazy on Decca. He revisited the score, and plays the version that he thinks is the one intended by Mussorgsky. Also on that cd, is an orchestral version of Pictures with Ashkenazy conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. Well worth checking out!

If you want to try another piano recording of the Pictures, I suggest the recording by Byron Janis on Mercury. On the same cd, is an excellent orchestral Pictures with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under Antal Dorati. I'll stop here.

BBM 

Thanks for the tips - will put them on my wish list.

in high res:

on high res...

on high res...

Straight from Japan.

On recomendation from a friend,just 1p + P & P on Flea Bay. Well worth a punt.

in high res...

on high res (they are now all available on high res at qobuz)

on high res...

on high res...

Latest venture to the shops:

Death from Above 1979 - Romance Bloody Romance, Remixes and B-Sides

More purchases:

Deep Purple - Made in Japan Rhino Remaster

Hi Geofiz -

Am interested in your opinion of this "Made in Japan" reissue.  My old US gatefold (Warner Brothers 2WS 2701, 1973) has seen better days.  Gave album one a listen this evening -- a good reminder of how great a rock singer Ian Gillian was back then!  It was fun comparing the live version of "Child in Time" to the studio version on "Deep Purple in Rock".  Been years since I've done that! 

ATB.

Hook

Hi Hook,

Just finished spinning the silver disc in the CDS3 and does sound very good.  I must admit that I have nothing to compare this remaster to, as, believe it or not this is the first installment of Deep Purple in my collection. Considering the price paid ($5) for the disc at the local HMV shop, I would say it was very good purchase.  The live version of "smoke on the water" is much better than the studio version I remember and  quite a different version from that on the other disk purchased at the same time.  Production values on Made in Japan are higher and, I assume that the mastering was different.  Much prefer the Made in Japan variants of the same songs.

ATB

Geofiz

In anticipation for getting back to chamber music exploration at some point...