I can see only one copy of this on Ebay, on offer for over 13 quid, so you did pretty good there :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
I can see only one copy of this on Ebay, on offer for over 13 quid, so you did pretty good there :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
With less than 3 days to go, I'm still the highest bidder :(Quote:
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I've got that, it's not great is it? Mind you I've never really got into his stuff. 'Blow By Blow' is okay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Nice. I feel a "Rickie Lee Jones day" coming on :) I have no experience of albums with "Obi strips" on them - do they tend to be better pressings?Quote:
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I agree, it's not bad, but not good either. And the same applies to 'Blow By Blow'; a couple of tracks are ruined IMO by the use of a 'voice box' (or is it a 'vocoder?), a sound processing device I detest with its horrible nasal sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I have come to the conclusion that the later Beck collaborations were almost becoming a sort of funky AOR.
His first two albums: 'Truth' and 'Beck-Ola' are the only two worth keeping - the rest are going to go to a charity shop (unless anyone here wants them).
Both very good, Ragpicker is more varied IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Oddly I meet Jean-Jacques Burnel and I think Hugh Cornwell at a house in Brixton when I replied to a music ad in NME in the early 80's, they were looking for a guttiest for a project. We tried some stuff out in the basement studio, but I did not make the grade. Then in 1995 when Sue and I moved to a village about 8 miles from Milton Keynes we discovered Jean-Jacques Burnel owned a cottage about 7 houses down the road from us, bizarre.Quote:
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What's a "guttiest"? Is it a gutsy guitarist?
Good album BTW.
XTC White Music
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Shpongle – Are You Shpongled?
Label: Twisted Records – TWSLP4RM21
Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
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I never met any of them, but saw them live about 1979, supported by The Skids, if you remember them. Then I think I saw them at a Rock 'n' Blues festival in Derbyshire about 20 years ago, but I can't be sure, I was a bit out of it that weekend :)Quote:
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SEEING THAT POST ABOUT THE STRANGLERS, THOUGHT I'D PLAY THIS. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Another good one. :)
Are they Cohen-esque? :scratch:Quote:
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I don't know what that is?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
It's 1980s Goth Rock with a drum machine. Not sure you'd be into it. 'Floodland' is now considered a bit of a classic, apparently. I got it back when it came out on my 'The NME hate it, so it must be good' buying system.
I was being facetious; 'The Sisters of Mercy' is a track off Leonard Cohen's debut album.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
The track refers to two women Cohen met in Edmonton, Canada.
Despite the title, they were not from any religious order - far from it: 'Ladies of the Night' would be a more accurate description! :D
Ah okay. Not keen on LC so no way I would ever have got that reference!Quote:
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Talking of Goth Rock.......
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Picked up a Freebie 1992 Goodmans GSW 435 Twin Cassette Deck in full operational order i think these were sold by Argos :lol::lol: its actually a rather good machine :eyebrows:
Louis Armstrong - Golden Greats - 1985 - MCA
Some good stuff there Dom. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dom66
How would you rate 'Antenna' in the ZZ Top Canon Martin?Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Tough question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Not their best, not their worst. Ofc their worst is better than most band's best...
Mother rapers! Father stabbers! Father rapers! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dom66
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Odd, two randomly picked albums by different artists, Curved Air and Robin Trower, similar cover styling and near identical fonts...
Some pretty rare stuff there Dom.
Excellent Indian Folk Metal
Bloodywood - Rakshak - 2022 - 500 Limited Edition
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THE ROLLING STONES - STRIPPED BLU-RAY THROUGH THE HI-FI - SUPERB!!!!!
I have 'Stripped' on CD, and I really like it, though I have never bothered to watch the video tracks on the disc. Does 'Totally Striped' have different tracks?Quote:
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Morning all, it's been awhile. My early mornings have been taken up with of all things, binge watching the Netflix series Billions, a series that didn't appeal to my better half (hence the early morning watching) which was a pity as it is a great TV drama with twists and turns a plenty ! Anyway this post is about spinning not witching and I start the day as usual with cd and this excellent double album from one of my all time favourite rock bands. I have this album on the 2 LP version a late 70's pressing, the original 2 cd release and the later 2 cd remastered version which is playing now. The remastered version is certainly better and closer in overall balance to the vinyl pressing with much better detail and definition than the original cd version. My first introduction to Genesis was post Gabriel material, Trick of the Tail, so the earlier tracks on here I first discovered as Collins vocals. Genesis was also one my first rock concerts too, in April 1980, on the Duke tour at the ABC Theatre Blackpool. Subsequent tours would be arena and stadiums as Duke was to catapult them to becoming one of the biggest bands of the 80's and early 90's. Thier 2007 reunion tour, Turn It On Again, having one of the most elaborate and expensive stage and lighting rigs ever created at an estimated cost of £11 million, a total of 48 shows, with the audience at the free Rome concert estimated at over 500,000 !
Track Listings:
Disc: 1
1 Squonk (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
2 Carpet Crawlers (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
3 Robbery, Assault And Battery (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
4 Afterglow (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
5 Firth Of Fifth (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
6 I Know What I Like (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
7 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
8 The Musical Box (Closing Section) (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
Disc: 2
1 Supper's Ready (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
2 The Cinema Show (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
3 Dance On A Volcano (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
4 Los Endos (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster)
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When this was released, I rushed out to buy it; having two of my favourite artists performing together, what could be better?Quote:
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Sadly however I was disappointed. One of her least satisfying LPs IMO. :rolleyes:
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Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
Label: Capitol Records – 509996 33641 2 5
Format: CD, Album
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Morning all, well I thought I would start with a couple of discs from the The Discovery Box Set by Pink Floyd, namely Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here.
Originally released in 2011 as the Why Pink Floyd ? Discovery Edition with remastered versions of all the studio albums up to 2011 e.g. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn to 1967 The Division Bell 1994, 14 albums in all. This box set has some mixed comments mainly around the box set added bits, i.e packaging, notes etc., personally I would say overall the package is very good there is a 60 page booklet of art work from the period commissioned by Pink Floyd some of which is previously unpublished. The purists might decry that the individual gate fold cardboard sleeve albums are not all a faithful reproduction of the original LP artwork and that the antistatic sleeves for the CD's are unnecessary and fiddly! However, for me the packaging overall is very good and more importantly the "Remastered" versions are excellent, although admittedly I don't have all the albums on vinyl or previous cd releases* to compare, however, those I do have, I can say these versions are certainly better with a greater sense of attack and decay in cymbals and tom tom's, overall midrange detail is better, instrument separation/ soundstage is wider and deeper along with better bass articulation and depth. There's also a almost complete absence of any tape noise too and no apparent lack of top end air or "sparkle" and there's certainly no feeling of compressed dynamics especially given the limitations of the original recordings for many of the albums.
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (August 1967)
A Saucerful of Secrets (June 1968)
More (June 1969)
Ummagumma (October 1969)
Atom Heart Mother (October 1970)
Meddle (gate fold) (October 1971)
Obscured by Clouds (June 1972)
The Dark Side of the Moon (March 1973)
Wish You Were Here (September 1975)
Animals (January 1977)
The Wall (November 1979)
The Final Cut (March 1983)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (September 1987)
The Division Bell (March 1994)
* I have the Shine On CD box set and early 80's cd releases of Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall (Japan pressing) and on vinyl I have Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall and A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
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As usual I finish the morning session with vinyl and the OMR version of Dream of the Blue Turtles from 1995. His first solo album, reaching number three on the UK album charts and number two on the US Billboard 200.
Track Listing:
A1. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 4:14
A2. Love Is The Seventh Wave 3:30 Trombone – Frank Opolko
A3. Russians 3:57
A4. Children's Crusade 5:00
A5. Shadows In The Rain 4:56
B1. We Work The Black Seam 5:40
B2. Consider Me Gone 4:21 Congas – Eddy Grant
B3. The Dream Of The Blue Turtles 1:15
B4. Moon Over Bourbon Street 3:59
B5. Fortress Around Your Heart 4:48
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Nice one Dom[emoji3][emoji1303]Quote:
Originally Posted by Dom66
Agreed. :)
(It must have been difficult for the photographer not get himself included in the shot when photographing in a mirror room. :hmm: )
Stanley Clarke – School Days
Label: CBS – 31892, Embassy – EMB 31892
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
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