What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

Stretching the limits with my neighbours...


Van Halen - Women And Children First


Van Halen - Fair Warning

Shades of the great Shirley Collins and thoroughly recommended - Lisa Knapp is another of fine young band of British folk artists. Not only a great singer, writer and arranger, but she plays some stunning fiddle as well as guitar, banjo, drums and autoharp. A right clever so-and-so if you ask me ....

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Originally posted by munch:
Julia Fordham Porcelain.
Some nice music before the Football starts.

Great stuff, have you got her live album, "That's Live" Munch?

Steve

Will do. I have that and a Japanese import with some live tracks. She is soooo good.

Steve

While driving around on the job today:

Neil Young-Decade
Lee Morgan-The Sidewinder


Matt

great Haydn interpretation

Stefan

One of her best.

Haim

Cold War Kids- Robbers and Cowards.

Very good actually but takes a few listens. The singe sounds a little like the guy from Maroon 5, but the music is definitely better.

Ryan

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Originally posted by matt podniesinski:
While driving around on the job today:

Neil Young-Decade
Lee Morgan-The Sidewinder


Matt

Matt,

I think you need something more docile for (safe) driving...

Haim

Dave Matthews Band
"The Gorge"

Neil Young & Crazy Horse-Ragged Glory

Alanis Morissette
"Jagged Little Pill - Acoustic"

Mary Chapin Carpenter-The Calling

RICHARD STRAUSS/EIN HELDENLEBEN 180g LP

Franz Schubert - Symphony no. 9
Leonard Bernstein

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Originally posted by matt podniesinski:
Mary Chapin Carpenter-The Calling

Hi Matt

I have this album and think it is one of her best, but I think the CD seems as if it were cut at too higher volume. Everything seems loud - I'm sure there should be more dynamics.

I don't find this with any of MCC's other CDs, which are are beautifully engineered. This is the same whether I play The Calling on my Naim rig or on AV system (Linn CMS) - so it does seem a characteristic of the particular CD I have.

Have you found this? Perhaps I just have a CD from a duff batch and it is worth changing it.

Many thanks, Rotf

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Originally posted by munch:
She not only has a fantastic voice, but her cds well the two i have are very well produced.
Whats your Jap import like?
Munch

Hi Munch,

This is it.



Very good, but as you say - they all tend to be. I think the others are US copies.

That's Live is also well captured.



Steve

The Terminator (the Definite Edition) OST - Brad Fiedel.

The disc was selected by my 19yr old son who has spent a lot of time recently uploading many of my albums onto his player prior to returning to Uni.

I haven't played this CD in a while - it's a little too electronic for my taste for general playing but at the right time it is very very good. Though when you hear that main theme kick in ... and the gentle electric piano renditions, too, you can't get enough of it.

I'll probably go for some Rachmaninov next - I haven't heard the glorious Trio Elegiaques in quite some time.

Pure class

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Originally posted by ROTF:

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Originally posted by matt podniesinski:
Mary Chapin Carpenter-The Calling

Hi Matt

I have this album and think it is one of her best, but I think the CD seems as if it were cut at too higher volume. Everything seems loud - I'm sure there should be more dynamics.

I don't find this with any of MCC's other CDs, which are are beautifully engineered. This is the same whether I play The Calling on my Naim rig or on AV system (Linn CMS) - so it does seem a characteristic of the particular CD I have.

Have you found this? Perhaps I just have a CD from a duff batch and it is worth changing it.

Many thanks, Rotf

Good morning ROTF:

I actually thought to myself that the cd was cut at a higher than normal level while I was listening last night. You probably do not have a duff cd.

Regards
Matt