New In 2025


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128x128jafant

You're recommending things that haven't been released yet. How do you know how they sound ?

 

@winoguy17: Speaking for myself (and perhaps others), new release notices are made for purely musical interest value. Good sound is a welcome bonus, not a prerequisite. Some of my favorite music was unfortunately recorded in mediocre sound quality. I'll take mediocre recorded sound and great music over visa versa every time. 

 

bdp24

As always, I am looking forward to your contributions here this year.

 

Happy Listening!

bdp24,

you are correct, and reading the OP I see he didn’t really "recommend " them ,just announced they are forthcoming. Apologies to jafant.

As much as I'd love to be assured that everything I loved was released as a jaw-droppingly good sounding recording/remaster/etc, I admit the fact that they aren't makes finding the standouts that much more exciting.  Plus in many cases even though the fidelity might be better on an old record (my original RCA Living Stereos and such), in many cases those albums have been played since the 50s(!) and as such do not have the silent, inky blackness from which the music emerges like the reissues do. I just replayed N.I.B. from the Rhino Black Sabbath S/T and it is like a freight train rolling through my living room. Good grief I can't get enough music!

Also looking forward to the BDP24 (Boogie Down Productions?) recommendations, as well as many others. For all of the grousing, infighting and general crankiness of the denizens of this site, AG is still the first thing I check out when I open my computer in the morning.

hifiguy42

Nice to have you on board.  I am looking forward to another Banner year for music.

Last year was incredible! May the Hits keep coming.

 

Happy Listening!

Once a while ago, I mentioned to the folks I was working with and for that spouse and self were going to a concert that evening.....

"Oh, really...who?"

Garbage....

There was a pause as that was digested....

"You're going to hear garbage....?!"

Normally, 'new age' music was the daily tuneage....Enya being that which I could tolerate, which turned out to be a fav of my late brother...not known until his funeral....still funny to contemplate 'info out of order', sort of....