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Just picked up a copy of radioheads latest from 7digital...was surprised to sew it offered in 24bit flac Not bad :o)

This is growing on me now - I thought ho-hum at first, but some of the quieter more thoughtful songs are starting to get under the skin in the way that some of the more obvious ones on Seldom Seen Kid became the most skippable after a while. He has a...

I mean the one that left you amazed, mesmerized, blown away etc... and started you on an interest in the Classics. Mine was this.... I'd tried a few pieces previously to this but nothing really hit me, so as I like to persevere with things before I give up I bought a few more CD's which this performance was among. I played it one night not really thinking much about it and not reading the liner notes to understand the importance of the performance at the time, within the first movement I...

The sad news brought back fond memories of free X-Ray Spex gigs in London.A true pioneer.

Have you heard this album? You haven't. Trust me. The 24Bit flac came down last night from HD Tracks and I haven't been able to stop listening to it.  The hairs on the back of the neck are getting...

Woke up this morning with "Teddy Bears' Picnic" running through my head.  Just now managed to oust it, but I've now started humming "The Runaway Train" ... sigh ...

I'm not sure this post is in the right place, but how do other forum memberscategorize &file their CD collection? I would guess at the moment that I have about 1,300 CD's. Since joining this forum my tastes for other music & genreshas grown. So the spectrum is quite diverse. I would list my music under the following categories (with a few examples) Folk/Country - Basia Bulat, Frazey Ford, William Fitzsimmons, Eilen Jewell, Steeldrivers, Iron &...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/So-Beautiful-What-Paul-Simon/dp/B004LAIU4I/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_lnk Stumbled across this pre-release without prior knowledge. From the little sample, sound like his best since Rhythm of the Saints 20 years ago!

 When I buy a new album not heard before, I will put it straight on the cd player or tt, listen to it once to get a feel for it and then leave it in its special place on the rack, I will not touch that cd again until the next...

Anyone else see Maverick Sabre on Jools Holland last night? I did not expect that!!! For anyone who doesn't know of him he's a 20 year old London Irish lad who looks a bit like the chav son of Al Murray. As he stepped up to the mic I thought...

I've just received and played the new Blackfield CD 'Welcome to my DNA'. I really like it. The recording quality (?) however is appalling. Very compressed, making it sound congested, rough, and lacking space. Back to a couple of old original CDs. Free...

Hi everybody For years I had totally neglected much of  20th century`s  classical music. I really liked and listened a lot to Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Richard Strauss but not much to other composers. Recently I...

If I am able to pay enough attention, and to become completely receptive, music is able to make my soul glow. Every love, and disaster, every nice breeze and sunny day, all the births and deaths, illness, memories, good food, sex, all of it focuses on...

It's record store day. Plenty of special releases plus some free in store gigs. Best places here in London probably are the two Rough Trade record shops Rough Trade East (off Brick Lane, near old Truman Brewery) 11am Chilly Gonzales 1pm Gaggle 3pm...

A place to tell folk about music you've bought that's....either recently been released, or is new to you and sufficiently off the beaten track to bring to people's attention (so that, nice for you as it might be that you've bought Kind Of Blue, most...

I was in a library searching through books on the best ways to mix charcoal amd Salt of Petra, as you do in these days of imminent parliamentary reform, when I happened across a book entitled 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Now...

Who saw Knopfler on the BEEB-4 last night OK OK,  some would rather die than listen to Dire Straits,  some may say he is not the worlds best guitarist,  but ......  Personally I do like most of the DS material,  but whatever...

This Saturday is the official Record Store Day!To celebrate you can purchase a limited edition numbered 7" of debut release 'Danger/Dynamite' from hotly-tipped Naim Edge newcomers The Milk.   Available from ALL good independent record shops...

Of the artists on show tonight I have albums by Arcade Fire and Mumford & Sons (who I have also seen live), but I was somewhat underwhelmed by most of what was on display. I like Adelle's voice, but was not impressed by the song she sang tonight. Any reaction from you guys, or are we all too old for this new stuff? Regards Nic

Dear All, Just listened to this guy on the Jo Whiley show, and he was great loved his guitar playing David

I know nothing about opera. But thanks to someone on this forum (thank you Edouard), I discovered a few weeks ago the immense talent of CECILIA BARTOLI. Is it humanly possible to sing better than her? What other ultimate artists have I been missing?

I tried HD tracks but they will not sell to you if you do not have a US credit card. Extremely irritated! Any ideas?

Their short set at last year's Montreux Jazz Festival was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 last night. I managed to get a 24-Bit/96kHz recording from my NAT02 through my NAC52/Supercap and it sounds really good. The broadcast is available on iPlayer for...

What is the difference between a symphony orchestra and a philharmonic? Thanks steve

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12968495 Chris N