Music Room

Ace Records in the UK have released a compilation CD of lesser-known Atlantic recordings one of which is by The Tibbs Brothers.Can our own Mr Tibbs trace his roots back to these cats ?AQD

I was watching the first episode of the Ken Burns series entitled "Jazz" last night on my local PBS affiliate. There was a film clip of the first official jazz recording ever made by the Victorola company in 1917. I was amused by the technology. Each...

Can anyone tell me if Cream ever recorded a version of House of the Rising sun?I don't know of a version, but there are beers riding on the answer(yes-it's THAT important)Thanks

...picked up U.S. pressing on 4AD/Rhino, sounds great, three CDs (extra tracks, Peel / BBC sessions)+ NTSC DVD (Toward the Within + promo videos).Must have for you 4AD types--first domestic CD pressing I've bought in ages that sounded really good.Dave...

Anyone catch the Pixies documentary on Channel 4 on Wednesday night? Blimey it was good. Nice to know D Bowie was a fan, great to see Bono make a knob of himself and the extensive live footage was a treat.When is someone going to release the audio...

I was listening to 'Frame by Frame' by King Crimson at the weekend & thought it was a perfect theme tune for Fraim demos. Can anyone think of any others? Stephen

I thought I would bring a music question to the "technical forum" because there seems to be more discussion here.I just bought "The Complete Studio Recordings" box set by The Doors and it has just blown my mind with the quality of the music and...

We're comming home for Xmas and I was wondering if there's still any good SH vinyl to be had in NZ. Will be mainly staying in Wgtn. Is Silvios still going? Or someone could save my searching and sell me a mint copy of Tally Ho!Simon

..and a little bit of me.All Things Must Pass.

I just discovered that "The Talking Animals" has been re-issued on CD - yeah!!! I've been waiting about 9 years for that to happen.Sadly they haven't yet re-released "Proof Through the Night".... but there's hope.AndrewAndrew Randle2B || !2B;4 ^ = ?;

Woodface is onto a good idea with his music quiz. As that thread is getting a bit long, and leaning mostly towards rock and popular music, perhaps we can start a more classical thread. Judging from the threads on Mahler and Schubert, there's no lack...

I found this interesting stuff on the BBC website www.bbc.co.uk/news (health section)=====================The brain's auditory cortex helps deaf people hear musicScientists believe they have discovered why deaf people can enjoy listening to music and...

Last night I had great fun at a Pop Quiz night. Our team had in it 2 radio DJ's & both of then ran music & dance clubs in a previous life. I thought that we were on to a winner, but came 5th out of 10 teams....oh well.. Each team had a fictitious name based around band or song names. If you know the SW of the UK you will understand our team name " I Just Can't Get You Out Of Minehead". There were also a couple of spoof tribute band names, my favourite being "Poxy Music"! I thought that it...

For those of you who like electric Blues who haven't picked up James 'Blood' Ulmers excellent new album, I'd advise you to seek out a copy quickly as apparently the label and distribution company have gone bust.You may have to search for this one as...

I have just endured one of the worst ten minutes of my life.Destiny's Child - these lovely girls should not open their mouths, not to sing anyway.Paul 'I've just been badly pieced together after an horrendous accident' Muckartney drawling some...

If you want to read the article about Naim records that was in Sound on Sound it's available here.http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/jun01/articles/naimlabel.aspRegardsStephen

Dear classical music lovers First query: I’m searching for a good recording of Josef HAYDNs Cello concerto on LP (that’s right, that old black flat & round stuff of years gone by...) . I’ve already got the interpretation of Jacqueline Du Pre & Barenboim, but I wish to get one other version, both musically and technically top-quality. – Therefore not one of those “historic” ones. Any suggestions ? Possibly even with a hint of WHERE to get those LPs ?

The jazz world lost one of its most elegant and elequent voices this week. Tommy Flanagan was a vital part of the jazz world since the mid fifties, he played on a number of definitive albums such as Sonny Rollin's "Saxophone Colossus", Coltrane's...

The new CD from Eric Bibb is just fab, music and sound quality.and best of all - I'm going to see him live in Sheffield tomorrow. How happy can I get?

Can anybody point me to a source for these albums in the eurozone,(Germany or Holland, for example).Peter

Antonio Forcione was playing live in Reading on Saturday. This was quite a small venue and the place was sold out. They'd laid it out with coffee/drinks tables so the atmosphere was quite intimate and convivial.Antonio was a bit nervous in the...

Of all composers in the classical idiom, which ones do you believe are relatively underrated or underrepresented in the current catalog? I have pondered this question a few times, usually during and after listening to a particularly profound piece of...

By the Dandy Warhols.Most enjoyable new rock/pop CD I've heard in a while. Sounds very fine indeed given I'm currently using a pre-amp that only cost me 50 quid!RegardsSteve