U2 - The Joshua Tree
Location: South Yorkshire
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I'm Andre.
U2 - The Joshua Tree
A classy Prog Rock album from ex Van Der Graaf Generator singer/guitarist.
Peter Hammill – Fool's Mate
Label: Charisma – 9199 190, Philips – 9199 190
Series: Pop Legends –
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Released: 1971
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock
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Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 2,682
I'm Andre.
Yeh great album that Adrian. Love the way it ends with how it starts with a sustained Organ.. His 'Chameleon in the shadow of the night' & 'The silent corner & the empty stage' are good ones too.
VDGG were the band tho..
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Top 10 albums of all time in my book. Saw them twice on the Joshua Tree tour and those were probably the best gigs I have ever been to. Still remember buying my (first*) vinyl copy in HMV Norwich on the day of release and getting a bollocking for being late to work, and then the anticipation all day of watching the clock until I could go home and play it!
* on my third vinyl copy, have CD and the anniversary boxed set CD which I also bought for at least three other friends as presents - so I don’t feel guilty streaming it now!
Alex
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Good album this...
Radio Paradise background music..Whassat says I...
Letting go and relaxing
is the most ‘in control’ thing you can do
Chilling out before hitting the sack..
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Letting go and relaxing
is the most ‘in control’ thing you can do
Having a chilled out morning, probably my favourite Carpenters album, I picked up this mint copy on Monday for a £1, so it will replace the NM one, which I will pass on to a friend.
I now a lot of people run the Carpenters down, but they were hugely successful, and I would say nearly all their albums are impeccably engineer and produced. What is quite fascinating is I believe they hardly wrote any of their own material, but took classic songs of other artists and writers and turned them into the Carpenters sound, in fact so much so that some people are convinced that the Carpenters versions are the originals. Richard Carpenter was definitely a top arranger to be able to consistently do so.
Carpenters – Now & Then
Label: A&M Records – SP-3519
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing
Country: US
Released: 16 May 1973
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Soft Rock
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Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
One of those albums you never tire of.
The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftops
Label: Confetti Records (2) – BlueLP001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 29 Nov 2019
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop, Ambient
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Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Joan Baez
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