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Taking off from the Favourite 15 thread ... where I mentioned the great questions they pose to celebs in Mojo. What is your favourite Saturday night record? What is your favourite Sunday morning record? Things I play on Saturday night -James Brown -...

Good evening my hifi friends,I'm trying to expand my classical cd collection so i'm looking for some good discs. What are your must have classical albums ? ?kind regards, smu from Ulster.

Listened to this somewhat unusual disc of string quartets by Christos Hatzis. (Yes, that Christos Hatzis.) The first quartet, in one continuous movement, blends “modern” (or “post-modern”?) string writing with taped sounds of...

Axel Rose GnRMike Vescera...Loudness (soldier of furtune album)cheers

OK so not classical (too much on) but here is a selected list off stuff on next week. Most are repeated at later dates, but I've only shown the programme once. I'll post stuff on an ad-hoc basis if it is useful.Sat 23rd SeptARTS 00:00 – 01:25...

I can only think of one album that fits this category off-hand and that is Welcome To The Pleasure Dome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. An awesome record and frequently used an LP12 demo record at the time. Any other suggestions?

In a fit of peak I bought 'Discipline' - what a load of pretentious pap - almost as bad as seeing them live.

How about a top 10 list of record labels. Labels that you know that if they release something it’s safe to buy because it’s bound to be good. Here’s mine1. On-U Sounds. A legendary label that tragically hasn’t released much...

http://www.maryflower.com/I discovered this lady at the Trowbridge Village Pump festival in the summer (also host to Suzanne Vega and the Waterboys among others); she did a great performance on the Saturday and led a guitar players forum on the Sunday...

Following on from the top 15 vinyl albums thread, how about top 10 singles (7, 10 or 12 inch?)Anyway, in no particular order my list is:1. Badoo/Ranking Toyan – Feeding of the 50002. Gary Clail On U sound system featuring Bim Sherman– Beef...

Recently it has struck me that I have too many CDs. Okay - not recently, I have always known really, what I mean is that it has struck me that I ought to do something about it. Parly becuase I am running both out of shelves and (for now, at least)...

i would like to thank Richard Dane and others for positive remarks re JR in a recent thread in the Music Room about music selection in the naim room at the Heathrow show - and re-hipping me to this outstanding artist. i bought "Dressed Up Like...

OK this is a bit obscure music wise and hard to define what is boogie and what isn't. I figure ZZ Top is the foremost boogie band with Songs like Jesus just Left Chicago, La Grange (speaking of classic form) and off Tejas second side song Bar-B-Q. Not...

I bought 'Tears of Joy' on vinyl from Anna at the Heathrow show last week and have been listening to it this week.All I can say is wow! The music and the playing are fabulous but the sound quality is out of this world.I'm going to have to get the rest...

Friend of mine is desperately looking for a cover of that song (not even sure if the title is fully correct).Any ideas (both the original TH song, and the cover song), buddies ?cheersStefan

Amongst the plethora of podcasts I'll recommend my current favourite, although not strictly music-based; Mark kermodes's film reviews on 5Live. Opinionated and perceptive, often very, very funny.Anyone like to advise on their personal favourite, any...

Dear Colleagues,My apologies, if a similar thread existed before….While rummaging through my “discharged record collection”, I came across this LP of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony…and I recognised it as the very first record...

hello,i'm looking for cds of marching bands (the ones i see in american movies playing on big parades or football games).could you please recommend some for starting with this kind of music?thanks a lot,michael

I have been enjoying several releases by this masterful Italian jazz pianist that I highly recommend:Live in Paris (camjazz)--wonderful 2 CD live trio set from Paris that displays the full range of Pieranunzi's talents.Ballads (camjazz)- recent trio...

Hey guys,In with my new naim hifi I have begun to enjoy my cds so much more. I like to think I have fairly diverse taste, today I have been listening to The Moody Blues, Zucherro, Nina Simone, Billy Joel, Norah Jones and am currently listening to...

Dear Friends,Today, I picked up three discs of Mozart piano concertos played by the real pioneer in the Twentieth Century in these workss, Edwin Fischer.How can I say he was the pioneer? Really because the works were largely misunderstood, and most of...

Hi there,I am looking for a nice release of "Il trovatore" G. Verdi.When I say nice, I mean a good sounding release but also a great singers/orchestra performance.Thank youLuca

Its by a group called 'Bat for lashes' from their upcoming 'fur and gold' wowlbum and the track is called 'trophy'its like ms sioux without the banshees but with bjork and nick cave backing!its on itunes right now!

It was a long time coming, but well worth the wait. The Budapest String Quartet has long been one of my favorite ensembles, particularly in Beethoven. Their early ‘40s recordings of select LvB string quartets on Columbia (on Sony Masterworks...

Just a heads up that I stumbled upon this program and it is worth a look if you like the piano.I'm sure it will be repeated.Ian