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Has anyone else spotted that recent naim label recors are not quite spectacular in terms of dynamic range? I found the bass in the Stuart McCallum's CD to be overblown. His album and the last from Neil Cowley Trio /which I found as great in terms...

They dont come munch better than this. Guy Garvey from Elbow just played a track from it on his BBC Radio 6 music show.I had to put it on the LP12.Stu.

Ol' Neil knows a thing or three about quality music reproduction: www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/01/neil-young-steve-jobs-atd/ Chris

From Radio4 today:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9687000/9687919.stm 

My copy of this was waiting on the mat when I got home tonight, and wonderful it is too. People suspected that Dear Heather might be is his last, but no, here is another and better still. Lugubrious, mellow and ubercool. Buy, buy, buy!

This Sunday.Starts at 07:00

Apologies if this has been posted about before, but I just ordered this: The Perfect Jazz Collection Box - Volume 2 From Amazon, but I'm sure available elsewhere. It is the second of two such box sets, each with 25 whole albums in with repros of the original artwork (a bit like the Deutsche Gramophon Classical boxes I guess). I've got a couple of the contents, (which was why I preferred the second set as it fills more holes). Although I know there's a lot of cheap jazz around at the moment,...

My daughter is down from London for her brothers birthday.She was sitting in the sweet spot.I said shut your eyes and listen to this vinyl album, while i looked for another album she loves and wanted to hear on vinyl.She was so blown away she had to...

I would select the following 5 albums: 1. Scenes from a memory - Dream Theater 2. Posthumous Silence - Sylvan 3. The incident - Porcupine Tree 4. The perfect element pt1 - Pain of Salvation 5. The Whirlwind - Transatlantic

After going round all the secondhand and charity shops buying vinyl I have come to thinking that if there was a chart for the most purchased album it would have to be this  This must have sold millions when this first came out. No matter where...

All Just received a Back to Black pressing of Supertramp Breakfast in America. Sound quality and packaging is superb but pressing quality is poor. Constant crackles some really loud and surface noise through out. I have cleaned it...

Fellow music lover, Dandelion radio is now the home of the Festive Fifty and they have just published the chart for 2011. It's based on votes from the programme's listeners. I believe they broadcast the chart around Christmas so it's been around...

Ok, I've tried; I've REALLY tried but, jeesh, Kate Bush's latest is complete tripe. She reminds me of Dory from Finding Nemo! Maybe I need to speak whale to enjoy it...

Not sure if this has been considered or even mentioned before.  Would it be a good idea to have separate sections for different types of music - e.g. jazz, pop, classical, etc?  I realise many people like to look through the whole thread...

Lets all play some of the BIG MAN's great music and remember him.http://www.johnmartyn.com/ I have just put SAPPHIRE on the LP12. Stu.

I am looking to treat myself to this on vinyl and the cheapest I can find it is around £68 including postage!! Is it really worth spending this much on one box set? What is the quality like, up to the usual PT & Tonefloat standard?

Can be pre-ordered for release on 12 December .... looks like a bargain : ) Amazon... £7.90 (and with free UK delivery option) just ordered a boxful myself... hope the reproduction is quality! : ) Debs

Hi folks, I'm totally impressed by G.Sokolov- this piano player was new to me and after 5min (playing some Chopin in radio) he got me.... How is the quality of his recordings? Any experience (noisy, lush etc)? Many thanks, Ralf

Having read the other day that my vinyl copy of Kate Bush's "Ariel" is worth a king'sransom these days, I thought I'd drag it out from the LP heap & give it a spin. It's not had much airplay as I'm not a huge fan, but to my ears it's probably the best of hers. A couple of crackles and pops on the first side so a quick spin on the Moth and after cleaning side 2 of the second LP I just happened to notice a rather nasty-looking ding in the vinyl which felt like quite a dent...

This seems to be a nice idea - I'll probably go down and take a look on Saturday - booksigning too http://gallery.ideageneration.co.uk/blogs/907/view Cheers John

 test photo  - haven't got a clue if it has worked?  Graham

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 I found this on a trawl of Youtube. In my view the most significant find I have yet made on that site: It is immensely long, the sonics are dreadful, and the picture quality also dire, but the content shows the life of one the greatest...

Three recommendations from me; Joy Division Heart and Soul The 2 studio albums with all the singles plus rare stuff such the Ideal for Living EP and some live material. The equivalent New Order set, Retro, is nowhere near as good, unfortunately. John...

Hi, My brother-in-law had about 100 his old records which he bought during his studies in the UK in the 80's. He passes them to me today and found some are good conditions but some are bad. I believe it is due to the storage problem and he did not...