What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2017
2017 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread can be found here;
And now some early Pink Floyd. I thought this was tricky to cue up (Aro). Sitting down I can now see why - it's like a roller coaster.
The "Best Guitarist You've Never Heard Of" .. Roy Buchanan has a very discrete style of play, an extraordinary blues guitar player. This album was released in 2001 and is a compendium of 2 albums from 1972/73 .. well worth a listen.
This was considered a good audition record by my first serious hifi retailer.
Thought I'd relive the good old days!!?
Couldn't stand more than the first side of Relics. Found this instead.
This is an excellent album when you just want to enjoy some Jazz rather than be challenged by it.
.sjb
Track 2: The Sicks of Us
Track 1: I'll Play the Blues for You
Track 8: Mox Nix
Alternate version
Track 1: Mox Nix
Another of my Big Lots finds for $5.
A + | WAV
(1979)
Ripped from a Definitive Edition CD well remastered in 1995.
A + | WAV
I played the second of this two CD set the other day, returning to it again to play the excellent first CD.
A flawed but classic performance of Verdi's second best opera from his pre-Rigoletto days. Unlike other entries in this series, the sound quality of this hires remaster is on balance not an improvement on the earlier CD issue. However, you do get one of Carlo Bergonzi's best recorded performances and another searing portrait by the amazing Leontyne Price. The rest of this production is not especially memorable, but Price herself is worth the price of admission. Besides, I don't know a recording of Ernani that clearly betters this one where it counts.
Cheers,
EJ
Starting this morning with Bach's partitas.
First batch up this morning.
While decorating, on an old Roberts radio.
Let's get cracking...