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What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
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".
This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".
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I'm experimenting with elevating my speaker cables, using Mytek boxes as the lifters. I'm playing an M+A Recordings CD of Sera una Noche DAC'd through the Mytek BB. Right now I've got the cables lifted. Yes! A whole world of difference! Well, maybe a reasonably discernible world of difference. A bit more image width and depth if not specificity. Maybe a bit more life in the female vocals. Enough of a difference to keep them elevated for a while. |
It would be boorish of me to ignore your well wishes, jafant. (my 4/15/19 post, not withstanding) The same to you and yours and everyone. While I have my doubts about how things will be in the short term, not so in the long run. To whit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k07j7LcLqw (thanks to Nutty for this one) ...and the original studio version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgOLDAWu6OY   |
Fun is a good adjective for the album, @reubent, one I should have emphasized. Seen performing live (as I have, in the bands of both Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe), he is DEFINITELY having a good time on stage. He appears to enjoy drink, but not to the point of making his playing sloppy. I also failed to mention that Geraint is a multi-instrumentalist, something I really respect. He lists the other musicians who played on each song on the album, so the rest are played by he. Not just guitar, but apparently drums. The small list of others who can or have done that is pretty small: Richard Manuel (The Band, of course, a GREAT drummer), Dave Edmunds on his first two albums, Stevie Wonder, John Fogerty on his first solo album (under the name The Blue Ridge Rangers, a "Hard" Country album), Todd Rundgren, a few others who are not coming to mind. The master multi-instrumentalist in my book was Levon Helm: beside being one of the greatest drummers of all-time, he played guitar, mandolin, harmonica, Jew's harp, and sang like a bird. |
Dial ’W’ For Watkins by Geraint Watkins. Bob Dylan: "Geraint is my favorite English pianist." GW has worked with Paul McCartney, Bill Wyman, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, a bunch of others, but I’ll bet you’ve never heard him, or even OF him. Unless you’ve heard Dylan play Geraint on his radio program. Believe me, you’ve never heard a white man that sounds like Geraint. The album start with a quiet little meditation on existence, then without more than a second’s pause you next hear what sounds like could be a recording made in Mississippi or Alabama in the 1930’s or 40’s ("Turn That Chicken Down"). It’s AMAZING! This is music making on a level rarely heard, by a very creative artist. Who would think to turn Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks’ precious Art-Rock mini-masterpiece "Heroes & Villains" into a Swing/Jump Blues tune with Scat singing? And it works! I LOVE this album!! Whereas most albums have songs all fundamentally the same as each other, there are no two alike on this one. The album was released only CD only (sorry, you LP purists ;-) by Yep Rock Records in 2004, and is out-of-print. But Yep Rock has nationwide distribution, so there should be used copies out there, and for cheap. |
jafant11,151 posts - You had mentioned Billy Idol Rebel Yell awhile back - I'm doubling down with Whiplash Smile...energy-energy... Also in that BI vein John Campbell - Howlin Mercy - dark...dark but intoxicating and toe tapping....He also does a great Blues gig with Ronnie Earl called - A Man and His Blues - Blue Rock'It Records BRCD120 - extremely well recorded too... Chris Issak fans of...especially the soaring guitar solos on... Wicked Game etc.... may not know the gent that provided those soaring riffs - James Calvin Wilsey - has his own disc - El Dorado - all to himself - LKS33953 |
Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley (and others) Shirley Horn - Softly (and others) Cassandra Wilson - Thunderbird (and others) Dee Dee Bridgewater - Love and Peace 2 more off the wall & totally under the radar I stumbled across; Tom Lamson - Summer Storm - Acoustic guitar close mic with 9-10 sonics.....mellowish w/great string harmonics /color Eric Heatherly - Swimming In Champagne - Rock/country blend played it for weeks almost non-stop......Chris Issak like?  Great band and slick production - shoulda made it WAY further up the ladder... I preview everything off Amazon Prime Music for $7.99 month... bargain. The sound quality is good enough to easily pick out the top notch stuff for purchase...rip or buy CD...great format....huge catalog.....I agree with someone I read here up the line they should just go for a hi-rez premium and close the book on everyone else....one and done...and for a reasonable price |
Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars (start with title track) https://tidal.com/browse/album/111171545 https://audiophilereview.com/audiophile-news/ranking-among-springsteens-finest-epics-new-western-stars-album-reviewed-on-vinyl-tidal-download.html |