Music Room
Is current recording technology responsible for me not liking the popular beat combos of the day? Listen to oldies from 60s, 70s and even as late as early 90s stuff and they sound fantastic. Newer stuff just sounds brittle and harsh on the ears in...
When you are listening to something that is completely new to you, when do you decide to give up and move on, and what makes you do so?For me, I give a new CD anywhere from 2 to 5 listens before I give up. Most CDs I love have me by the 2nd or 3rd...
Dear all, I just cant seem to stop playing this fabulous album.Bill CallahanSometimes I Wish We Were An EagleA wonderfully beautiful album.Great great voice.You can also see him on You Tube playing live at a impromptu session at a recording studio NPR...
Not sure if anyone will be interested, but Rhino UK have some good discounts on at the moment. Vinyl and/or CD sets with up to 50% off. Just ordered Stadium Arcadium on vinyl for £29, which i've seen before at up to £75 !
What a way with language this man had:History of MusicClassical MusicHi-Fi!Any more fans out there?
111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon (55 CDs)I am trying to locate a copy of this 55CD box set. It is not in stock at Amazon or Play.com. Some online retailers are now saying that it was a limited edition and no further stock will be forthcoming.Can...
I have been listening to a CD called "It Amazes Me" (Sackville, the Canadian label) by a wonderful mainstream Italian jazz pianist named Rossano Sportiello. He plays mostly standards, with a fair amount of stride, pretty much a lost art nowadays....
I saw a lot of flash and theatrics but little talent. I thought it funny that the country group got best new group, and what's not to like fronting Leon Russell on piano. After that I turned it off and went to bed.
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Facing an ever decreasing population of unheard complete cycles, I decided to finally try Maria Grinberg’s cycle because, well, just because. HMV Japan has it an affordable price, even with a weak dollar. I don’t recall ever having read...
A replacement for my 52 is due to be hooked up today.Anyone suggest what to christen it with that might reveal its character best relative to the 52 and I'll report back?Bit of fun really....ThanksGraeme
Well OK, not actually the whole group, but Dave Gregory (the guitar behind the post-1979 band) had a new combo (Tin Spirits) playing last Friday - you'd have loved them. In addition to half a dozen XTC songs, they majored on early 70s prog in...
We haven't seen this for a while ....What's your top five favourite guitar solo or riff Rock, Blues, Folk, Classical, - but not the 10 minute long ear splitting HM jangly stuff (please)Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner @ Woodstock - not because its...
I had made a New Year resolution with regard to my music buying/listening habits which I thought made me a bit weird until I read this blog (ignore the first bit of waffle) quote:I’m thinking that I may purchase fewer albums in 2010, and...
Japanese Toshiba EMI? This is a most elusive label in the UK. Amazon[dot]co[dot]uk has taken the releases they had up only a fortnight ago [available or not] off the site. The German, French and US branches of Amazon do not list the recordings I am after! These being the venerable recordings on the harpsichord of Bach played by Helmut Walcha that the Japanese branch of EMI has issued currently. I have the one with the Italian concerto, the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, and the French Overture...
It would be fun to have a group of us propose music, then each person in the game would agree to comment on every piece of music cited by anyone in the game.Here's my opening chip :Tower of Power "What is Hip"Classical is welcome. Everything is welcome.
Is anyone here going to see this show? It's on in Brighton on 21 Jan, then London's Barbican on 22 Jan, and closes in Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry on 23 Jan. Amongst those participating are Vashti Bunyan and Danny Thompson. The show is curated by...
...have also been a fan and admirer of his mixes and DJ sets. The old DJ sets (late 1980s/ 90s) are not as far as I am aware commercially available. Would anybody happen to know a 'bootleg' source?
a carol kidd record linn records what a singer and backing
Hello to all,I have lately been listening to a good deal of Italian opera (mostly Verdi, some Puccini), and I'm finding that many recordings, while good, are lacking in the all-round ensemble feel that I like to see. So I am looking for...
Apparently there is a free Macca disc of him singing Beatles songs in this weeks Mail on Sunday.It's a Live album recorded at an Ameoba store in LA.
Richard Dane, I would just like to know. And did I miss the last post?
Does anyone have experience with Maestro Manager, a software program specifically for classical music collections. The inherent problem with MusicCollector in my opinion is its not designed to deal well with multiple composers, multiple artists etc....
Often I read about "depth" in a recording. The singer standing 1.25 meters in front of the band, backing vocals 2 meters behind the wall, etc...Problem, I never really heard this phenomenon ?! Is something wrong with my system, my setup, my ears ?On...
New album out on Feb 8th.Soldier Of Love is Sade’s first official studio album since the multi-platinum release of Lovers Rock in 2000.Hope its worth the wait.Scott.