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I have owned the first album,which came out in 04, for a few months and it is a really happy and assured grower. Anyhow, the new one is more of the same but with a more varied and uptempo feel but with the quirky quality firmly intact.A smart and...
Alas, this is not his complete cycle recorded in 1970. Rather, it’s his final recording for Simax of two of Beethoven’s finest sonatas – the 31/3 and 111 – made in 1988 just a few months before his death. Robert Riefling, for...
I found out recently that not only have I been given a free ticket to the Foo Fighters gig at Hyde Park in a couple of weeks, but Motorhead are going to be playing!!! Queens Of The Stone Age too, but Motorhead is going to be a blast.Can't blimmin...
When on Running Order Squabble (This Leaden Pall), Nigel sung "You're going on after Crispy Ambulance", I thought it was a joke.However I now discover, courtsey of a friend, that there is indeed a group called Crispy Ambulance and they have their own...
Scott Walker's last record 'Tilt' was released eleven years ago. The Drift follows the same sonic territory with even less emphasis on conventional song structures and more on repeated blocks of sound.A true artist on a singular path - 'The Drift' is...
Finally got round to playing this as bought within a large multi-purchase a little while ago. Jolly good it is too. Terrific album and a suitable disc to admire how Hi your Fi is!
"Well I heard mister Young sing about her Well, I heard ole Neil put her down Well, I hope Neil Young will remember A Southern man don't need him around anyhow"Dissing the rednecks? Anyone know what was behind that one?Jonathan
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I was listening to a great album the other day by Gaudi that uses the Ondes Martenot, which is an early keyboard based electronic instrument, based on the same sound generator as the Theremin. I know that it was used by Messiaen, Varese, Milhaud and...
Has anyone got this? I have The Nightfly which I think is superb and was just wondering what this more recent release is like.I hear DF is very particular about recording/pressing quality of his music."Hoffman and Gray cut from the...
Tam,You didn't miss much. Good to hear a legend live. But I'm afraid the performance was a bit lack lustre. Whereas I was glad that I taped the recent Dave Gilmour and Petshop Boys radio 2 concerts , I didn't regret not taping this Paul Simon Concert.
Dug out an old best of cassette recently. It reminded me I have no Pentangle in my CD collection.Basket of Light, a best of or what? It will probabaly be the only one I'll buy
Hi all,My Nait 2 only produces sound from 1 channel.Wondering if anyone can tell me what are the typical causes for this?Many thanks for any help.
Kleiber/VPO & Bohm/VPO with Beethoven's 5th Both of these recordings are(were?) on DG and from the same era (1975 and 1970 respectivly I think). I've owned both for years and years but the Bohm, being part of a boxed set never got played much since it was too much trouble to dig in the box for it. Same story with the 'Pastoral' but that is another story. I've just played these back to back and Tam asked me to comment so here goes. This will be short and unsubtle since I'm no connisseur. ...
..then you might give The Essex Green 'Cannibal Sea' a punt. Not quite as irrepressible but similar feel with alternating vocalists and a brisk melody filled pace. Bit like a modern version of early 10,000 maniacs too.Pichforkmedia review here which...
Those who read my posts will doubtless be aware how I feel about Charles Mackerras. I am also a fan of Janacek and have a particularly soft spot for Makropulos because it was the first 'good' opera I ever saw. Previously I'd seen a rather poor Manon...
Has anyone the same sensation - especially on "East" ?Frisells guitar seems to "arrive" from somewhere between left of the left speaker and infinity. His guitar sound is more like a "cloud" than a fixed point on the sound stage.I swear - I ain't been...
Hi all,I’ve just spent the afternoon, by kind invite from a friend of a friend, at bray film studios in Windsor, where Rog n Co were on the last day of the rehearsals.I’m still pinching myself. If you are going to any of the concerts you...
Hello all,Having not posted on these forums for a while I am now returning with a disgraceful piece of self-promotion... I've just released a self-produced EP, which may be of interest to some of you. You can hear tracks at www.cdbaby.com/cd/owenduff,...
Hello forum, I dug out my 1990 copy of Shake Your Money Maker last night, an album I have always loved. However, my more revealing Naim system left me thinking that the recording wasn't as good as it might have been. Does anyone know if this album has...
Crazy - the single by Gnarls Barkley has been deleted and taken off download sites.Looks like the record companies have shot themselves in the foot by allowing selection of downloadable tracks and no-one is buying the album. Looks like they do care...
Had he lived, Davis would have been 80 this Friday and BBC Radio 3 is doing a week or so of programming around this.Annoyingly, they actually kicked it off yesterday with the first of six programmes from Ian Carr as part of Jazz File (if you stick the...
The brand-spankin’ new recording of Brahms’ piano concertos by the team of Nelson Freire and Riccardo Chailly beckoned. Though I’m not much of Chailly fan, I rather like Mr Freire’s recent solo recordings, and since I...
from the post-war blues group in yahoo groups. I recently stumbled across a couple of things online, unrelated to each other, that might be of interest to the group. One is an interview with Jimmy Reed that was done for a San Francisco radio station...
Don't like your Wagner, preferably over 4 days, then look away now!I have, effectively, 3 rings in my collection: the Solti, the Bohm and the Levine (though I don't really count that one since it's on dvd and I rarely watch it). I've had the Solti for...