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

Fantastic CD from 1996 on ECM...

A lovely Bach on a Telefunken vinyl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7c1R1NACVM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET-fbsM_1rQ

Eoink posted:

NFG posted:

Filipe posted:

 

Beethoven IX Symphony - Berliner Philharmoniker - Herbert Von Karajan - CD box set

5m SL speaker cable demo  into second week. The shear power of all sections of the orchestra is amazing. Mind you the PL Lite power cords on the 282 contributed as did the SL IC.

I feel inclined to listen to the Richards Muti recordings as well. 

Anyone got others they like and done comparisons?

Hi, I have the 1984 box set, there are better recordings as it sounds very compressed & over processed. I bought a re-mastered version which sounds slightly better however, the older versions are much better but are they still available?

The 1977 recordings can still be found, the easiest way to find them is to search with Galleria in the search to find the right ones. I haven't seen the 1963 recordings available, but I haven't been looking hard.

If you search muddy river for Beethoven The 9 Symphonies Collectors Edition box set Berliner Philharmoniker (Artist), Herbert Von Karajan (Composer)

I think that is 1963 edition see 2nd image, the bar code on the sleve is 28946 30882

as for 'Collectors edition' not sure what that means, we're all collectors! Hopefully it hasnt been re-mastered or otherwise messed around with.

N

Gil and Brian at their wonderful 1970s best. UK vinyl from the early 1980s:

SACD

Andy Bey - Shades of Bey.

Andy Bey certainly has an original approach to making / singing jazz music. This CD is good example of that. At some track he is only accompanied by a guitar (or piano) and sings in a delicate way. On other tracks he is accompanied by a small band and scatt's in a swinging way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SlN_hP3kYc

Haim Ronen posted:

Fresh out of the mail box, still smelling of Belgian waffles..

JEROEN, thanks again.

Your welcome! Hope you like the music.

Stevee_S posted:

ted_p posted:

Runrig

Once In A Lifetime Live

Edward

Don't see much Runrig played here Edward, well done! 

Just what I thought. Play them sometimes.

Like many people, I was drawn into the world of John Martyn via this album, which I first heard in 1986. It never gets old, does it?  Songs this good are timeless, even thought the album is getting on for 45 years old. Add in JM's wonderful slurred vocals and that truly remarkable use of echoplexed guitar, and it adds up to one of the best albums of the 1970s. This is a bog standard 1987 pressing, but after a blast on the RCM it sounds magnificent on my comparatively humble system, which is surely a testament to the supreme skills of engineer/co-producer John Wood.

Hummel

Very nice with driving jazz music...

seakayaker posted:

first up this morning is.......

Wayne Horwitz - Some places are forever afternoon

Wayne Horwitz (Piano, Hammond B-3, electronics), Ron Miles (cornet), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), Peggy Lee (cello), Tim Young (guitar), Keith Lowe (bass) and Eric Eagle (drums)

Wayne composed 12 pieces based on 12 poems written by Richard Hugo. Richard wrote many poems based on the towns and locations in the Pacific Northwest.  At the end of Wayne's project he went on tour through the Pacific Northwest, part of the performance was the individual poem would be read prior to the piece of music being played. (The Audio on the CD only has the music but the 12 poems are included in the insert included with the CD)

I attended one of the performances in Port Townsend, WA, the location of Copper Canyon Press which publishes poetry exclusively.

This album is extremely enjoyable.

Thanks for this recommendation.  Listening to it now on Spotify and enjoying it.  Spotify spells his last name Hor-v-itz as opposed to the "w".  regards, Jeff A

Dunno why I picked this, but I did. UK first press vinyl from 1982. It's where the rot and the bombast started to set in, where they moved away from a European mindset to an American one. Consequently it's all surface shhen, and little substance. Still, there are a few decent numbers on this, and at least bassist Derek Forbes - the heart and soul of the band - is still there. But it would be downhill from here, and they've never been as good since.

Interestingly, a lot of people assume Steve Lillywhite was producer on this but in fact it as Peter Walsh, who of course has gone on to do much more interesting work with Scott Walker.

A + 3 | WAV

(1978 | 2013)

Unsure what to play, I've nabbed this old favourite from the virtual library which sounds particularly good on this version. 

steve95775 posted:

Just downloaded Ahmad Jamal "Marseille" from HD Tracks in 24/96. First got turned onto him in 1986, with " Rossiter Road". Great music,   fantastic sound. Must start a cloud thingy so I can post the cover.

there you go, not sure what you mean by cloud thingy, this image is from Amazon, right click (windows) or control-click (Mac) and select "copy image  address" from the drop-down.  In the top row of the reply box on the forum, click the fifth item (looks like a photo), paste the image address into the first box, click "ok" and add any comments and post.

love Jamal, Rossiter Road is excellent. Digital Works is excellent and I will check out "Marseille".

thanks, Jeff A

One after the other:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhKqxSq4usM

First up this morning after sleeping in this Holiday morning.....

Joe Sample - Invitation

"I extend to you an invitation of timelessness, classicism, and an insight into the great gifts of those  who have come and gone, and those who continue to give. The bond is eternal, the gift is everlasting, and it is godliness."   - Joe Sample

Wow! .....another CD I have not listened to in years, just wonderful!

Joe Sample (Hamburg Steinway D Acoustic Grand Piano and Synths), Cecil McBee (Upright Bass), Victor Lewis (Drums), Lenny Castro (L. P Percussion, Paiste Cymbals and D.W. Drums)

Haim Ronen posted:

One after the other:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhKqxSq4usM

 

Some very pleasant plucking there Haim, North one of the great modern Lutenists IMHO. 

I bought this old 1970s Morricone RCA Camden green label LP about 25 years ago from George Ginn's famous vinyl-only shop, The Record Album, close by Brighton station. These odd, luridly operatic pieces are full of tension and colour and are hugely evocative. This album was a massive influence on hooky and Bernard from New Order (as they once admitted to me) and it shows.

George, by the way, was still going strong when I visited his shop earlier in the year. He's made no concessions to the modern world, so the shop still only stocks vinyl, and it's strictly cash, cheques and postal orders only.

Just testing Jeff A's suggestion for copying image since photobucket has gone flakey...

Its what I'm listening to at the moment as I continue to 'burn in' my recently acquired NDS...and it works! Cheers Jeff A.

pixies posted:

Just testing Jeff A's suggestion for copying image since photobucket has gone flakey...

Its what I'm listening to at the moment as I continue to 'burn in' my recently acquired NDS...and it works! Cheers Jeff A.

Pixies, Photobucket is working OK at the moment. A very reliable source for image capture is Amazon, just copy "image address" then do the usual thing. 

pixies posted:

Just testing Jeff A's suggestion for copying image since photobucket has gone flakey...

Its what I'm listening to at the moment as I continue to 'burn in' my recently acquired NDS...and it works! Cheers Jeff A.

I can't see your image, not sure what happened.

Jeff Anderson posted:

pixies posted:

Just testing Jeff A's suggestion for copying image since photobucket has gone flakey...

Its what I'm listening to at the moment as I continue to 'burn in' my recently acquired NDS...and it works! Cheers Jeff A.

I can't see your image, not sure what happened.

Oh! I just followed your earlier instructions ie"copy image  address" from the drop-down via Amazon.  I can see the image which is why I thought it had worked. 

One of my favourite jazz albums from TBM label and Tsuyoshi Yamamoto trio. The piano, the bass, the melody - it's easy for me to recommend it.