@reubent
Hello there. Wow...8 Track tape. Sounds like we might be contemporaries, or at least near-contemporaries, age-wise. I certainly hope you enjoy those Elton John LPs you picked up. Can’t speak to Captain Fantastic. Never owned or listened to that one extensively (after my early dismissal) but I think the other two are great and have held up well. His self-titled LP (color photo of him in profile against black background) and Honky Chateau are very good too. Some striking arrangements played by the accompanying chamber ensemble on the S/T. They too might be worth hunting for in your record store jaunts. I’m thinking I might have to get the re-masters that Nutty is talking about if what I heard of T’weed via Tidal is representative. |
FWIW on this Elton John topic. Here's a great review posted on Amazon July 15 2013 by one, "Jacktavish" for the Honky Chateau remaster.
"Forget Elton John's Greatest Hits part one. Just buy Madman Across the Water, Tumbleweed Connection, & Honky Chateau to understand why Elton John is a legend. He cranked these three albums out in 2 years!!
It's a blast to hear EJ at the peak of his phenomenal singing: soulful, poppy, but with a rock edge. During this stage, he & Taupin were in love with The Band & Leon Russell, so there is a funkiness, a backbeat, a gospel soul that totally disappears when he becomes a jet-set popstar. For people who hate all the excess & drama that EJ has come to represent, it's a joy to hear him when it was all about the music."
Great comments. Explains for me why I like these and not so much of his later output. I'd include that self-titled, so a "quad" of albums worth having.
WHEN IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC - words to live by.
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Nutty - Apology completely unnecessary. You are very welcome here and I've appreciated your posts and input. People talking about what digitally formatted music they are listening to and WHY they like it is what I hoped would happen with this thread. BTW I'm planning to get the remastered Honky Chateau and Tumbleweed Connection from The Classic Years series.
oblgny - Madman Across the Water as an 8th grade record review! Well done. Must say, you are dating ME! 8th grade woulda had to have been been The Beatles or maybe Simon & Garfunkel "Bookends". Why the latter comes to mind is I remember our 8th grade Spanish teacher (younger guy) coming in one day with a copy of Bookends and playing the whole thing for us. Had NOTHING to do with learning Spanish. Based on personal experience years later, am guessing he might have been at a party the night before and had a revelation revolving around that album. It would be a hoot to read your record review now. Post it here! |
Enjoyed your last two posts, oblgny. Just for context, I do have 5 more years than you...but who's counting. You had previously mentioned the EJ 11/17/70 live recording. Remember listening to that back in the early '70s. A good one as I recall, though we'll leave your review out of the discussion. "...feeling my skin crawl in repulsion." - self-editing is commendable. More of it would be a good thing in various A'gon threads.
I could certainly relate to your comments about media preferences or, more correctly, your lack of strong media preference. I'm in the same place. Have LPs I've been lugging around for 40+ years now. Have equipment that's more than adequate for playing those. I enjoy them but not interested in pursuing the zenith of vinyl playback. For the same $ spent, it does seem easier to get great sound from digital. Mostly I buy and listen to digital...whether CDs, ripped files, Spotify, Tidal or internet radio. When the spirit moves to get something on vinyl I'll buy old (first issue if I can afford it) original LPs. There is something about holding a 40 or 50 year old "artifact" that can still generate great sound.
Looked at your system. Seems that many would be happy to own such as their best! let alone as the product of simplification. No slight to your Thiels but I'd love to be able to hear the Kestrels some day.
Okay...blathered on enough. Hope you enjoy more good music with great sound today. |
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@reubent Glad someone else remembers. Lee is kinda overlooked nowadays. Personally, probably able to appreciate him more now than back when. Started looking tonight at his material on Tidal because of an obit someone posted a link to on Audio Asylum. Turns out Barry "Frosty" Smith, the drummer Lee worked with on several albums, died mid April. More sad news. https://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=general&m=725738&VT=C |
@reubent
I share your appreciation for Comes Alive. Listened to it a ton back when first released. I no longer have it. I do remember enjoying the songs, the playing and the excitement from the crowd noise. Maybe I need to reacquire it. Many strong, well written songs...Lines On My Face being one of my favorites too. Also, Baby, I Love Your Way, especially the lines:
Clouds are stalking islands in the sun
I wish I could buy one
Out of season
You like the sonics on that Doug Sax remaster? Nothing better since 1998???
Talking Frampton: I do have the 1975 studio album (Frampton in large block, mostly white letters w/some rainbow colors) in vinyl. Many of the Comes Alive songs are from this. My vinyl is not an original release, unfortunately. The sonics on it are really excellent though for a nothing special 2nd or 3rd pressing...or whatever. (I'll Give You) Money is a great closing track...crank it UP.
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Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny - Cuong Vu
Searching for Jupiter - Magnus Ostrom
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Thrupence - Ideas of Aesthetics |
Bibio - Silver Wilkinson
Tycho - Epoch |
@reubent
Agree with you about Dada...a great recording. I remember when it came out. Track getting airplay on WXPN was "Dorina". Not only are the songs good on that whole album but the sound quality is superior. A Bob Clearmountain mastering job, if I recall correctly. Sad that their subsequent albums did not achieve the same level of excellence. (well...in my opinion, anyway). Highway Flower is decent but not as good as Dada.
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E.S.T (Esbjorn Svensson Trio) -
"Strange Place for Snow"
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Neil Cowley Trio - Touch & Flee
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E.S.T. - From Gagarin's Point of View
Jaime Saft et al - The New Standard
Neil Cowley Trio - Loud, Louder, Stop
all of these courtesy of Tidal
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@jafant
I'm sure you know those Beck recordings too. Everything about them is well done...songs, arrangements, musicianship and recording quality. I'm no Beck expert though, anything else of his worth listening to that's along the same "singer/songwirter" lines as these two?
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@schubert
S - I’ll see your Ives and raise you a Ruggles, "The Sun Treader". ;-)
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Okay, you are on. Will check out her music. Know nothing about her.
Hmm...wikipedia entry is interesting. Another New Englander and contemporary (broadly speaking) of Ives and Ruggles but writing in a very different style.
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Joe Walsh - - Barnstorm - So What - But Seriously Folks On the wrong side of the season for this one... Track 3 - Indian Summer (w/Eagles on harmonies) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kobVA3la6ts "Not a lot smarter but another year old...." |
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@jafant
Hey there 'j'...
So how good is the SQ on it?
BTW - it's okay to reply to queries and engage in DIALOG! :-)
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jafant -
Thanks for the feedback.
Hmmm...I'm certainly a bit curious about this latest SPLHCB release. Dunno though. I go through periods of heavy listening to the Beatles but it might be years in between...certainly months. Growing up with them as they were breaking, I guess I don't often feel much of a need to listen now. I do find your remark about a preference for the '87 CDs interesting. Need to do some research on the release history.
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8-28-17 part 2
Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story - Lunz |
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Dire Straits - S/T; Communique
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Steve Winwood - S/T (solo album from 1977)
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Tonight (and I really do mean, tonight)...
Moby, Innocents |
Tony Williams - Civilization -Mulgrew Miller - piano -Charnett Moffett - bass -Billy Pierce - tenor & soprano saxes -Wallace Roney - trumpet (RIP) -TW - drums; composer Track 3 - Ancient Eyes (WR solo starts 50 sec. in) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swIuUEl4u0w |
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Traffic Gold - (2 discs chock full of great music and surprisingly good SQ). Somewhat apropos given current events... Shanghai Noodle Factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXlThdMa1eUHad to make a break
I knew I couldn't fake it any longer
Everything just aches
Soon I'd have to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
In my island of dreams, with impossible schemes
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The Rain Drinkers:
Wood Violet
Bore Upon the Breath of Dawn |
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Christoph Oeding Trio - Never Too Soon
E.S.T. - A Strange Place for Snow |
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Takeshi Nishimoto - "Lavandula"
Generally not a big fan of solo acoustic anything but this recording seems the exception to the rule. Solo acoustic guitar nicely seasoned with subtle touches of electronica. Excellent sonics, sumptuous guitar textures. The compositions bear repeated listening. |
Takeshi Nishimoto - "Lavandula"
Generally not a big fan of solo acoustic anything but this recording seems the exception to the rule. Solo acoustic guitar nicely seasoned with subtle touches of electronica. Excellent sonics, sumptuous guitar textures. The compositions bear repeated listening.
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Rachel Grimes - "The Clearing"
Marjoire Fair - "Self Help Serenade" |
