I enjoy vinyl and digital (lately, with recent changes, vinyl actually sounds better than digital to me), BUT given what seems an overall preference for analog/vinyl on A'gon, I'm curious what the non-vinyl "1/2" is listening to. I tried to see if this was a previously posted question. Did not seem so.
This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".
I hear ya @artemus_5 . That kind Strat tone is what turned me off towards that model. I first heard it seeing Hendrix live in ’67 and ’68, and later in my own bands. Especially bad when plugged into a Fender Twin---SO piercing! I liken it to chewing foil ;-) .
The best Strat tone I’ve heard live is that of Ry Cooder. His live amp set-up is hilarious! A pile of old combo amps of various makes, about a half-dozen or so. Tone to die for! Ry of course uses very heavy gauge strings, as do most superior slide players. And high action, the strings way off the fretboard.
I sure wish Albert Collins had used a different amp or settings or thicker strings. The tone certainly stands out and leans toward bright. But he IS heard
@artemus_5 - Thanks. I'm glad you are enjoying some new music. I've found hundreds of great new tunes via Radio Paradise over the last 3-4 years. They keep improving the app and web player, greatly improving the user experience. And they have improved the sound quality over that period too, now including hi-res FLAC streams.
I still listen to Radio Paradise quite a bit, but I'm finding a lot more of my new music via the Discover Weekly feed on my Spotify premium account. Yes, it's a pay service, but I've found it to be worth the $10/mo. price. I don't know if the free version (ads) also has discover weekly.
I wanted to thank you for the Radio Paradise recommendation in another thread I read. Just tried it and it is nice for hearing new music. Would have messaged you but didn't see that option.
I have most all their earlier albums but I’m not sure I realized how good Crack The Sky is until their "Live Sky" album. The musicianship is phenomenal. On one song they flow in and out of different melodies & time changes so smoothly as to make you wonder how they accomplished that. They just make it flow which takes tremendous talent to weave different fabrics and make it sound great. It may be "Live Sky" which makes me see their similarities to the Beatles. Their harmonies are spot on when the play "The Walrus" on the live Sky album. And their repertoire is so varied as to emulate the Beatles who were also had an extensive library of songs .
BTW, I didn’t come up the Beatles on Steroids but once I heard it I thought it fit better than any other description.
@nutty - I'm a big Crack the Sky fan too. Interesting story - Crack the Sky is not from Baltimore as many people believe. They were from Weirton, WV, a small steel town near Pittsburgh. Due to a record distribution problem, their first album was only readily available in Baltimore, so they built up a big fan base there, and many rockers in that city claim Crack the Sky as their own.
My college roommate was from Weirton, WV and was a big fan of his local band. We played a lot of Crack the Sky in College......
I don't recall if I have previously mentioned this album (note: "album" is not synonymous "LP". An album may be on either, as well as tape), but if so it bears repeating:
"The Notorious Cherry Bombs" by the group of the same name. A supergroup comprised of Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Tony Brown, Richard Bennett, Hank DeVito, and Eddie Bayers. Great songs, singing, musicianship, and production. A really, really good album.
Nice score! In my much younger days, when I lived in Panama City Beach, I watched a breathtakingly beautiful Russian girl 'dance' to (Love Is) A Blind Ambition. That memory is branded into my brain....
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