@slaw Yes! Chris Squire’s Bass my principal focus on this last listen. Such great tone. Much has been documented about how he got that tone. Such a great bass player.
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@slaw All Ryan Adams lps are great! I guess I should have known you’d say that. Will check it out. BTW, I think I have to (gently and respectfully) disagree. During the Napster era I downloaded his entire catalogue, including the output of all those different projects and I have to say although there has rarely been anybody so prolific it is a little uneven at times. I suppose that it didn’t all make it to vinyl. Should take that into consideration. |
@bkeske, @bdp24 , @slaw, I love Gilded Palace of Sin and Sweetheart of the Rodeo, I have them on PP and they sound fine. I’ll probably get that new GPOS (Thanks for the head’s up @bdp24 ) because my old one is pretty noisy. Although, speaking only for myself of course, I really don’t really think “audiophile” considerations are the most important things about Country Rock. Way down the list actually. And it can make guys like us who are semi-obsessed with SQ seem particularly weird. Maybe that’s inevitable…. I think I posted something awhile back about how truly crazy it is that we can sometimes concentrate on Country Rock as if it were Chopin or something. Maybe sort of like buying $350 Elton John hot stampers or super expensive Supertramp re-issues. Nothing wrong with these things of course, but to me kind of silly. Sometimes when I listen to my High School and College era Eagles, Poco, Commander Cody, FBB, SoftheR, even Magnetic South, et. al. I can absolutely tear up with nostalgia. It’s music of a time and place. Funny though, I do think that some records in the genre, maybe by Neil Young or say, Jackson Browne, are definitely worth throwing money at SQ. So, I suppose I’m pretty flaky. ================================ Crooked Still Shaken By A Low Sound |
@slaw +1 on Ryan Adams. Don’t have that one though. How does it compare? @tubegb great to hear from you again. Really like your music selections. Hope we hear from you more on this thread. @geof3 @spiritofradio... did you see the article on Neil Peart in Rolling Stone? Excellent, sad, enlightening. Being a drummer Neil/Rush has been a major part of my life since I was a teenager…I did not see it but will look it up today. Although,,,,, I don’t have much respect for Rolling Stone - sometimes its interesting I guess to hear what they think. Subscribed all through the 80’s and early 90’s but I just so often absolutely disagreed with their music reviews, both positive and negative, over the years that I pretty much revile that publication. They’ve changed in more recent years, obviously, but it’s hard to change a grumpy old guy’s opinion….. anyway, cool that you’re a drummer and into Peart. He’s my favorite drummer. ======================================= Beethoven Violin Concerto David Oistrakh (again) |
@geof3 As a package the 40th Anniversary set of FTK is fantastic. The original album sounds slightly richer than the original to me, vocals may be a little more forward in places (out in the soundstage). I didn’t get the box with the digital stuff, just the 4 records. Some real treats in the set. So, after our recent exchange here I picked up my third try copy of Hold Your Fire on Vinyl. My favorite LRS, Music Millennium, had the 2016 Direct Metal Master version pressed at QRP for a really decent price. Haven’t put it on yet but I hold great hope that it will finally surpass the digital. Tai Shan Baby! |
@tomic601 Jim, let’s compare listening notes in March then. Safe travels. @bkeske Brian, I’m focusing on a 12-string extravaganza. Kottke idea from you planted the seed, thanks. I never saw him live, only on TV. But to us knuckleheaded metal obsessed, pimple faced adolescents we had total respect for his playing abilities. Cool that you caught on to different kinds of good music relatively early on. It took me a while. When I wasn’t playing in school bands I was usually listening to Sabbath or something... - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Abercrombie Ralph Towner Sargasso Sea ECM 1976 ”Also available 8-track” |
Steve, you are the turntable wizard. Cool to hear about your improvements and exploits. The mechanics are beyond my comprehension: My approach to the whole thing is to act in faith and is probably lacking in self reliance. As such, I may be missing out on some of the potential rewards but in the listening there is still true spiritual benefit. Glad to hear about and learn a little of the finer points from you all on this thread. Thanks. —————————- Bill Evans At the Montreux Jazz Festival Verve Records Germany 1968/1986 I love everything about this record. |
@big_greg +1 on the R.L. Burnside. There used to be a member on here who would post about Burnside and other good Blues Players until about 2 1/2 years ago. I learned a lot from him and laughed a lot at his light hearted postings. He used to make those music pilgrimages down to the delta and had some great reports about them. Can’t remember his handle. Wish I could. Anyway, the only time I thought my turntable would explode my system was the time I had an RL Burnside record on pretty loud. That Alligator bit so hard the floorboards were waving up and down. |
Watching this this evening. Oregon symphony with guests: https://www.orsymphony.org/support-us/special-events/2021/gala-2021-the-music-plays-on/?utm_source=A... it’s a fundraiser of course but..Pink Martini, Chris Thile, Joshua Bell, et. al. |
Maria McKee - S/T I remember her but never bought any of her music. Geffen is probably my least favorite of the (semi) major labels. Let me down too many times. Do you think it’s the production, or the product, or the music? |