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I was extremely surprised to have done a forum search and not find any discussions of this.If you are a Clash fan in any way then, as the title says, RUN and buy the first album by Carbon/Silicon. I am a huge Clash fan and for me this is the album of...
Info from Virgin Media today.http://www.virginmedia.com/music/news/weekinmusic/080530.php
‘The Private Collection’, Charlie Haden 2CD NAIMCD108 (£16.99 RRP) The Naim Label is proud to announce the release of Charlie Haden’s The Private Collection double CD digipack. In celebration of Haden’s 70th birthday this...
wondering if anyone has an opinion on gergiev's 6th symphony of mahler? did a search, doesn't appear anyone's commented on this yet. he recorded it recently w/ the lso.i saw his ring in orange county last year and enjoyed it. perhaps a ceratin...
Went to see an inspiring movie last night about the Steinway factory in New York. It reminded me a bit of my Naim factory tour and the efforts to get good sounding hifi. Compared to what these guys do setting up an LP12 is really nothing at all.Search...
from Jambase.com, something to look forward to: Also this summer, a brand new CD/DVD & Blu-Ray package will be available featuring the performances recorded last December at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. The special concert includes three distinct sets: an acoustic performance, a rare set with John Mayer Trio (John Mayer, Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino), as well as a CONTINUUM set featuring Mayer's full-band. This will be the first new release since Continuum became available in...
Also Cara Dillon, Finley Quaye, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Little Axe, Adrian Sherwood, Mavis Staples, Chic, Eddy Grant, Ernest Ranglin, Asif Ali Khan, Squeeze, Trans-Global Underground, Hossam Ramzy, Jose Ferrera, Orchestra Baobab, Shane MacGowan, Boy...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/arts/music/28mcgriff....f&st=nyt&oref=slogin sad sad day, the other great Jimmy has gone. Fozz
As you can imagine i've planned my night round the television...................... it's a great looking LCD flatscreen, one day i'm going to put it for a treat, but not tonight. Floyd fans enjoy
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Last year when I read that Pierre Boulez had conducted Janacek’s From the House of the Dead, and that it would be made available on DVD, I was surprised and thrilled. Surprised because I never really thought Boulez would conduct something as...
There is a free download of a brand new Sigur Ros track available from their website if anyone is interested. MP3 320kbps only.It's quite different from their previous stuff but I quite like it.Sigur Ros
I saw this article in todays Times and the link below gives some exampleshttp://www.touched.co.uk/press/rjnote.htmlIt does sound a convincing argument when taken with the musical samples given.Anyhow I've ordered a copy of the CD to give it a little...
Got an email from fminor.com today giving me this heads up ...We just received an update from Rhino on the progress of the Doors Vinyl Box Set. They have spent the last couple months cleaning up the tapes to ensure this will be the definitive pressing...
I think the largo from winter in Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" is one of the most beautiful melodies in all of classical music. The best I have heard is on Julia Fischer's DVD filmed and recorded in the National Botanic Gardens of Wales with help from...
...is such a great album, but can sound so different, depending on which system I listen to it on, or which format I play it from.I can't think of any other album that sounds so different (in the details) depending on where I hear it.I also think it's...
Sorry if this has been covered before but I'm currently listening to my favourite track of all time - "Stepping Out" by Joe Jackson. A seriously neglected singer/songwriter IMO. I've played this track umpteen trillion times & heard mr Jackson play it live on three occasions. Brilliant in all cases!
Is it me? I want a ticket to see the wonderful National at Leeds Metro Univ on 1st July. So I googled. Seatwave - Fan to Fan ticket exchangevs See tickets - agent to fan ticket siteTickets appear not to be sold out yet.What is the world coming too Diccus
I´ve just ordered on line two of her albuns:I amKidnapped by NeptuneAnyone have heard her last album,"This fool can die now"?I will have to wait ten days at least,but I wonder if these two albuns are better than her last?
How does the man do it? What a show this must have been - his two best albums end to end. WOW.From the Backstreets website May 7 / The Count Basie Theatre / Red Bank, NJNotes: Ah, the stuff that dreams are made of... or at least the stuff that fan...
New! 5 discs of unrealeased material out June 2nd
Well the first thread that applies is the "what are you drinking now" thread.........the answer being Cotes du Rhone Villages (St Amant)which is probably the route cause of my Amazon purchases after perusing the Naim forum for a drunken mileHence...
European tour dates are as follows:DATE - CITY - VENUE - ON-SALE INFOJuly 12 - SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN – Auditorium Kursaal - Ticket Hotline 902 10 12 12. International enquiries +34 933 262 946. Tickets also available online from...