Of Monsters and Men "Beneath the Skin" (lp)
This record has plenty of air and bloom, the music is at times intense while being reined in to a degree.
A good one to check out if not already.
Happy Listening!
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Supertramp "Brother,, Where You Bound".. (lp)
WOW!!
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@slaw -
Supertramp "Brother,, Where You Bound".. (lp)
WOW!! Yep, that one's a winner. Absolutely EXCELLENT sound quality and my favorite Supertramp album by a good margin. There are other Supertramp albums I've enjoyed over the years, but none sounds as good, or is as consistently good across the entire record, as "Brother, Where You Bound". And it's without Roger Hodgson. Maybe that's why it's better, I don't know..... You should hear the 12" 45 of "Cannonball". It's really good. |
I could only imagine..
I own a few 12" /454rpm single side EPs/?
One is Peter Gabriel, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin...
I know... Thanks!
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The Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today - Not incredible but interesting panning with vocals |
Hello all, I did purchase a few of these and most likely will grab a couple more. One disc that I bought was Jean Michael Jarre Oxegene.... Quite frankly, I didn't care for it, but to those that do Like it, It reminded me very strongly of another album that I have .... Absolute Sound Hearts of Space. Any of you that like One, should like the other. |
I did have a short list of vinyl and digital sonic gems to add however I feel the need to bring more attention to a sonic blockbuster just recently released by Tonian Labs , a percussion recording titled Drums & Bells .
This recording has astonishing realistic dynamics and timbre which in my opinion will directly challenge Any past or present percussion recording done in any format offered ,....any so called HI-Res offering ,.any SACD ,.any Blue Ray from any lable and any vinyl recording done past or present by any recording engineer you choose ,.And the real surprise with Drums & Bells it’s entirely done in 44 /16 . The main stream press are strangly silent about this incredible run of the mill standard CD even Steve Hoffman’s site wouldn’t publish my comments on Tonian Labs , What’s going on ? ,.wink wink
Tony Massian the owner and recording engineer of Tonian Records has a collection of recording microphones valued at over 1/4 million dollars which some he modified to capture the realism of his recording of Drums & Bells ,
This would be the best 20 bucks you have ever spent on your system and of course the better the playback components the more realistic it sounds ,.
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Peter Gabriel "Passion" 45rpm/half speed. Lot's of space! Ex SQ.
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Grantchester Meadows - Ummagumma - Pink Floyd |
Try Stevie Ray Vaugn - Tin Pan Alley for imaging. It's crazy wide!!! |
The new mix of Revolution 9 on the 2018 Super Deluxe edition of The Beatles (White Album) is phantasmagoric. Like a series of disembodied tape loops floating around you in space like objects in a whirlpool, just out of reach.
I first heard this from my parents original vinyl pressing of it through a garbage BSR turntable > Sansui 5000A phono input > Dynaco floor sitting monitors in the corners of a 20-foot living room with inch thick brown shag carpeting. It was a muddy, confused mess! Today, on a hyper calibrated system it is a coherent, fantastic collage of sounds!
They really did a phenomenal job on it!
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Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience is pretty awesome in everything really, space effects culminating on "Moon, Turn the Tides... Gently Gently Away". This will blow you away. Hendrix is a genius. 1968.
"Grantchester Meadows" and "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pic" on Ummagumma by Pink Floyd. 1969.
The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd is a sublime album in everything.
Alan Parson was the recording engineer on these Pink Floyd masterpieces.
No wonder he recorded his very own a few years later:
I Robot by The Alan Parsons Project is simply a masterpiece in everything. Surprisingly a certain Canadian reissue is a bit better than the UK original. |
Another vote for Punky’s Dilemna. Towards the end it’s almost as if it tries to escape from the fact that it’s a recording.
Sometimes the rhythms in Cecilia, also by Simon and Garfunkel can also break out into a weird hypnotic effect. But this could be dependent upon the version mastering and system dependent.
Similar thing for Marc Cohn’s Lost You in the Canyon.
These effects, when they happen are simply delicious and do more to help escape the feeling that you are listening to a mere recording than almost anything else.
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