Music Room

Now that I have a machine capable of playing SACDs, I finally picked up Michael Tilson Thomas’ recording of Mahler’s Sixth, recorded in concert between September 12th and 15th, 2001. This disc was purchased to serve dual purposes: to...

Any other fans of out of the way repertoire out there? Come on, I know there are at least a few. If so, I propose the following: go forth and buy a disc (or even used LP) of unusual repertoire and then report your findings in this thread. And do so on...

I sometimes have the TV on when I listen to music and I watch the news subtitles at the same time.James

With their 5th album Incubus continue where they left off with Morning View.An album of quirky SoCal rock tunes this is, but so much more.The opener 'Megalomaniac' starts things rocking with a great hookand a rhythm that really swings. The songwriting...

This disc is frickin' awesome! Does anyone know what Hal Willner's other "tribute" discs are like? I think there's a Kurt Weill tribute and a Monk tribute, maybe others.

On listening to some old vinyl last night, I played a band called Chrome who hail from San Francisco - pretty edgy stuff...Anyone else know them?

I would like to loan my system to a party serving about 125 people in a space measuring 40 feet x 40 feet. (I have no idea what that would be in meters. ) I have a 72/250/cd3.5, and 2-hicaps. The musical selections would be mostly from dance, disco,...

This band was cult when the first album came out, and I had it. Nowardays, I can't bear to listen to 21st century schizoid man. OTOH, I have Beat, and like that. I played Larks tongue in Aspic yesterday, but it seemd too suble and didn't grab me,...

HiAny recomendations on solo guitar albumsColin

Did anyone hear this the other week when Jamie Cullum was on the Courtney Pine Jazz Show on Radio2 and said he liked a Jazz'ish' guitarist named "Doug" something and they played a great track of his but I didn't get his full name. please can you help...

Following an LA court ruling Sharman Networks can now pursue its claims that the (Record) industry plaintiffs breached the End User License Agreement (EULA) for the Kazaa software by: Using the Kazaa software to transmit and download spoofed or...

I just bought some SACD's and I must admit that the quality of the CD layer is superior to a remastered CD. The comparison was made on a CDX/XPS.I don't know if some of you did the same comparison. I'm interested in comments..Is it still worth to buy...

Browsing through Hi-fi+ last night I noticed that the ex Deep Purple axeman has go on to a solo career.Anyone heard any of his latest stuff, is it worth a listen?RegardsNB

The new Can DVD from Mute is tempting, but at $40+ I'm forced to ask just how big a Can fan I really am.Anyone seen it yet?Eric

Kraftwerk. You know. Mmmmmm. Wasn't it? Drum-machines as goalposts.Sorry. I seem to have lost 6 years of my life somewhere.What I wanted to ask was, does anyone know which (if any) of the Kraftwerk albums, post 'Autobahn', are 'different' in their...

It is the end of the month and 2004 has started with a whimper, the only new CDs bought so far are two OST's. Before the new Lamchop albums are released can somebody recommend me something fresh? Mainstream tastes generally, not dance music or The...

No matter how much you like a band/album I have found you go through fazes of playing them, maybe sometimes 5/10 years apart. I have been through, say Beatles spurges 3 or 4 times, when you can't believe how good they were and you forget the...

Palmer Sex ChangeFirst I've heard of this. Wonder how he/she thinks the "change" will affect the music.David

Who knows this set with Rachmaninoff playing all of his piano concertos?I don't know any recording of these pieces where piano playing comes close to this recording.- Jun

i caught the last bit of a news item on bbc today. they were talking about some scandinavian(i think?) doctors who are using music to reduce the amount of anaesthetic needed during operations. there is this guy who apparently composes the...

RE:Coil (got in first, before Craig B)I picked up the Panic / Tainted Love EP the other day, this I really like. What else is worth looking out for? And is the Foetus Productions stuff similar, seeing as he seems to appear on Panic in some capacity.Simon

I've just returned from the USA, and as usual enjoyed some great FM rock music stations whilst driving.One of them promised 50 minutes of music every hour (and delivered it).The format was a segue of about half a dozen tracks followed by two minutes...

Sorry to not post this on "Nik's head" but I'm not sure that the people I want to talk to are regulars on that thread.My favorite CD store is shutting its doors for the last time at the end of the month. Turnover has halved in the last year. The...

While I'm tracking down decent vinyl copies of 'The Yes Album' & 'Fragile', I wondered about getting the remastered CDs (1994). What's the verdict on these ? And while I'm here, does anybody remember the name of the Atlantic Sampler with 'America', the Paul Simon Song, by Yes. Peter

For a long time I resisted Italian opera. Too melodramatic for my tastes, you see. Plus I don’t really like the Italian singing style. I tried a number of the major works and only found Falstaff to be an opera I want to hear again and again....