Atlanta Rhythm Section "Are You Ready!" Live
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I own The Beatles Mono Box. I passed on the stereo box. For comparison, I thought when an opportunity to acquire a pristine Blue Box (UK) came up, I went for it. I have heard one lp from the (Blue Box) previously on what was then a well known system. It is "For Sale", which is probably known as the lesser quality recording of The Beatles lps. So, this is the one I'm starting with. |
From the beginning, the Mono lp sounds compressed/muffled by comparison. This is really surprising to me. But, I really don’t have a lot of experience with the Beatles records. The BB lp sounds open and current. The bass is almost non-existent on either. Ringo may have taken a day off??? ha ha. This is really an awakening for me. I had no expectation of such a difference. So for ultimate disclosure, I'm using my SoundSmith Sussurro MkII on both records with the mono switch on the phono-pre-amp. |
Use my Sennheisers for: 1. Khachaturian "Piano Concerto" Alicia de Larrocha 2. Loren Stillman - Like a Magic Kiss 3. The Dream Thief · Shai Maestro 4. The Sun Whose Ray (Venice / 2006) · Keith Jarrett After all: Listen one more time to Annie Lennox via youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45LTdsV1cyQ&list=RD_Az4dOgFLC0&index=6 and Ray Manzarek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3deQXzV-qTk |
@jamesclarke - Nobody listens to Crack the Sky. ;~) Just kiddin'. That's a great album. "Nuclear Apathy" is a prog masterpiece. Been loving it since 1978. One of my college roommates was from Weirton, WV where Crack the Sky formed. We played all of the Crack the Sky albums ALOT back in the college days. |
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Nobody’s ever even heard of them.... except in Baltimore.... the best band you’ve never heard of and all that... In the strange town of Portland Oregon there was this incredibly unique low budget am station, KVAN, that went way beyond AOR. They played almost everything (told us they did draw the line at Sabbath) over a signal so weak it was almost always hard to find on a transistor dial. First time I heard Smoke on the Water as a little kid was on KVAN (it was MIJ). They played some weird stuff that we didn’t get but mostly they played great music that no other station in town (or maybe the rest of the planet) dared play. My brother claims he was the first to hear Safety in Numbers on KVAN and got me to buy the record (I had a summer job and he didn’t...) I remember it differently... but I digress. It became my favorite new Album. I went back to the first two from there and have since gone forward with them and Palumbo. I mean, the songs are original and cool, but the musicianship is just superb. ‘ think I posted recently about my listening experience with Greenhouse - being quite struck by the high production values on that record. |
Unfortunately not much of Crack the Sky on Qobuz. Must admit never heard of them,never mind heard them. But I bet hardly anybody this side of the pond has heard much by Mostly Autumn? Great British prog rock/ Celtic rock group. Check out Heart Full of Sky as a good taster. But will stream something later and see what I think. |
