Turns out I wasn't in the mood for chavvy urban wannabe gangster noise, so onto something a bit more mellow :)
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Turns out I wasn't in the mood for chavvy urban wannabe gangster noise, so onto something a bit more mellow :)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/..._AC_SX679_.jpg
LP 2
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LP 4
Just been re-released on vinyl, which might be of interest to someQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Erykah Badu - 'Baduizm'
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Label: Universal Records – UND 53027, Kedar Entertainment – UD 53027
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: February 11, 1997
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Contemporary R&B, Neo Soul
I quite like this; especially the first and last tracks. But as my partner said "it's too long, and too young for me"! And I agree with her - so off to the charity shop with it.
Thought I'd have a bit of Funkadelic too. On vomit-coloured vinyl, but pretty good pressing.
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Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
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Porcupine Tree - fear of a blank planet
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Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair
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Japanese pressing
A couple of good ones there. Would be interested to hear them against the original versions.
That has to be one of the dreariest records in my collection! :doh:
I gave my copy away. I know they have quite a following though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
And Beth Gibbons hasn't improved with age - she was at Glastonbury this year, and five minutes in I was losing the will to live. Fortunately I was watching it on iPlayer so I could fast forward to something more upbeat...
Funny how we are all different (and long may that continue) but I love Portishead, though I do accept “dreary” as a description! I have to be in the right mood, but it is the music rather than Beth’s voice that draws me in.
Not a Portishead fan either and I've never knowingly heard a Beth Gibbons track.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Wow, not heard such negativity for Portishead, always thought this one was a bit of a classic. Not cheery I'll grant, but as has been said, each to their own eh.
Maybe this one will jazz you up a bit...
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Bit nippy out now, so -
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Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
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A bit of a Trance classic to round off the evening. :fingers:
Tubular Bells III
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Classic, I've not listened to that in a long, long time. I'll have to get the CD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dom66
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1984 CD release - since found out that it is the supposedly rare Steve Hoffman mastering, only 5000 were pressed and 4000 recalled.
It has the correct barcode number and MCA catalogue number anyway. The 'official' 1984 release was mastered by Roger Nicholls.
''According to Nichols and ICE magazine, in either 1981 or 1982, Nichols transferred all of the Steely Dan master tapes to Scotch 3M digital tape, with the intention that these digital flat transfers, not the original analog masters (which Nichols later said “were in terrible shape, due to improper storage, and had poor fidelity”), would be used for subsequent CD releases. (Notably, the master tape for the b-side of Aja could not be found, and a tape copy was used for the digital transfer.) ''
''According to mastering engineer Steve Hoffman, when it came time to master Aja for its first CD release, Hoffman mastered it at Bruce Botnick’s Digital Magnetics studio in Hollywood from the original analog tape, not Nichols’s digital transfer.
According to Hoffman, the Aja master tape “sounded quite dull” and had a “midrange suckout problem,” which he attributed to it being mixed on horn speakers that exaggerated the midrange. So, Hoffman’s mastering “fill[ed] in the midrange hole” by boosting the mids a bit, but was otherwise a flat transfer of the analog master.''
https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/the-b...%99s-aja-r772/
I have Aja on vinyl - sounds OK to me. :)
Some Scotch 3M tape has since been discovered to have deteriorated badly ("sticky-shed" syndrome), so I don't know what they would use for future remasters etc.
The beauty of digital is that it's an exact copy. There's no distinction between the CD and the master it is made from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Agreed - but what is the master stored on?
There's at least 7 different masters according to the article I linked to. All are now on CD, SACD or streaming. So multiple formats and servers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry