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Who are your ten favorite/best/most-influential, etc..guitarists of all time. The Rolling Stone top 100 guitarists list is a ridiculous joke. I'd like to see what serious music lovers (like those on the Naim Forum)consider to be their top 10...
Picked this CD up a couple weeks back and it's quite good for the genre (blues/rock). I never heard of this guy, and the notes in the case have very little information/credits/etc. Much of the material was recorded in the 80s/90s, but it was being...
Can anyone recommend well recored R & B CD's. Not the current chart type stuff but old / older great artists that sound great on a good spec Naim System. I have bought a few CD's recently and have been very disappointed with the quality of the recording. Any offering greatfully received. Regards Chris
Anybody into these DJ's?what are their releases like?Anselmall art is contemporary; it is the way we look at it that changes...
How many of you people like Mary Black ?. I have been an avid fan of hers since I first heard No Frontiers.
Warp are offering their entire back catalogue for download in a good quality (205kbps VBR LAME rips) DRM free format at $1.39 a track. See here for more.Matthew
http://movemusics.com/catalogue/fullcatalogue.phpSome real bargains in there.
Just listened to her new CD. Its quite a refreshing CD very enjoyable. Has anyone else listened to it and what did they think? Regards NB [This message was edited by NB on TUESDAY 13 January 2004 at 16:03.]
Recently I bought the album Never Never Land on CD as I was enjoying an MP3 of it that a friend gave me. I noticed some strange things about it: 1) the Ozzy sample on the first track has now gone, and 2) there's an additional track at the end.Some...
Yesterday on NPR (Nat'l Public Radio) this phrase* was mentioned.I'd never heard it but I like it and in a way it reflects my difficulties writing reviews in the Nh Album thread.(* Apparently the origins of the quote is a topic of debate, with alleged...
Hi,Does anyone here have Neil Stacey Group - Leave it to last? I was wondering if it is similar to acoustic mania - talking hands?i have the acoustic mania cd and really like it, but havent heard any of neil staceys other stuff, do you think i would...
Live at the Village Vanguard. Just picked this up and am blown away! Anyone with the slightest interest in piano jazz trio should have a listen. Quite marvellous.Francois Moutin bass, Bill Stewart drums. John
It's not out until Feb 23rd, but Big Dada have the .ra files up already. The first single off the album is out in 13 days time, and it's a gem. Boards of Canada have a remix of it on there too. Anyhow, here's the link to the album page with the full...
I just got the email below. I didn't know there was a contest. It sounds good but I'm suspicious. Did anyone else get it? "Hey Eric!Congratulations! When you purchased the Stills CD on InSound.com you were automatically entered to win a TASCAM 414mkII...
James Yorkston and the Athletes: Moving Up CountryA new album soothing my nerves this week. Somewhere between Tom McRae singer/song writer and more traditional scottish folk. Beautifully produced, delicate and intriguing. I'd never heard of them 'til...
I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of this the other day and can only 100% recomend it to anyone who in the slightest bit likes them. Its fantastic and sheds even more light (if needed) on how great they were. It has such a live feel and far...
Two unmissable gigs are coming up in the next couple of weeks. On Fri 9th Jan, there's a chance to hear the wonderful Dave Holland Quintet, featuring saxophone virtuoso Chris Potter and the octopoidal drumming of Billy Kilson, while on the 16th Jan...
I recently purchased the remastered versions of David Sylvian's Brillinat Trees CD along with the remastered versions of TheThe Soul Mining and Infected CD's.......I have to say that all three CD's sound MUCH better. Has anyone else heard any good...
Can anyone make a recommendation for a good modern recording. I have a vintage (1950s) version from La Scala on LP but need a newish CD.
Can anyone recommend the best CD to start exploring Vierne?"Be my lover, don't cause me pain, just play me John Coltrane"
found myself playing this after quite some time. good album. got curious about drummer tony williams as i listened. wonder where else i have seen that name in a jazz line-up? what? i only have one dolphy -- perhaps i have more on vinyl as i have a lot...
Whilst driving to work I heard part of 'pictures at an exhibition' on the radio and said to myself this is a must have. I don't know who the artist was, so am looking for suggestions. Having always heard the orchestral version, I didn't realise that...
Have just read that the BPI intend to sue them to prevent them selling "cheap" cds on the grounds that they are sourcing the cds outside of the EEA.Sounds like the BPI on behalf of the record labels are shooting themselves in the foot again. Will they...
Accept no mid-November substitutes.Album of the Year: The Wrens -- "The Meadowlands"Runners Up:Broken Social Scene -- "You Forget it in People"The Shins -- "Chutes Too Narrow"Pretty Girls Make Graves -- "The New Romance"M. Ward -- "The Transfiguration...
In response to the "I forgot how great The ******* was!!" thread:What have you put on recently that was1) very disappointing in retrospect;OR2) very embarrassing to think that you'd ever liked that?I dusted off my "Best of Traffic" compilation a while...