@spiritofradio That is awesome that you still have your Mom and Dad.
God Bless and Merry Christmas.
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we had our annual Christmastime dinner with my now 85 y/o Mom, her 89 y/o Brother and my 92 y/o Father. The last couple of years haven’t been easy on these loved ones. Their steady decline with intermittent crises of falls, surgeries, and hospitalizations has been really hard but yet we still count our blessings (they all three still have their wits about them) and store up the good time remaining. |
@big_greg Rock on Brother. 👍 |
@spiritofradio James, at some point all of my records from my youth disappeared. I think they were stolen from a storage unit I had. I really just started putting my vinyl collection back together (and then some!) in the last 10 years. I actually have two copies of that recording, one is in pretty good shape the other is vg. |
Yea, went to the web site earlier, and saw that. Decisions decisions 🙂 Talked to mom yesterday, she is doing OK. 87 years old with arthritis and major back and spinal problems over the last many years, it just doesn’t get easy on her when she has other medical issues. Always hoping for the best. Thanks. |
My wife is a good sport and rarely objects to my hi-fi escapades. What riles her is the buzz box regulator transformer for the hi-fi cleverly hidden behind a chair in the living room. It muffles the buzz so I don’t hear it in the hi-fi cave. If she wants to read in the living room, I’d imagine the 60hz buzz gets old pretty fast. Someday I’ll get off my lazy arse and move the buzz box under the house😁 |
https://www.numbersband.com/shop Brian, you may wish to consider the 2 newest CDs along with the vinyl. “The Inward City” was produced by David Thomas (long time fan and supporter) and recorded/mixed at Suma by Paul Hamann. By the way, a bit delayed but glad your mother is doing better. I worry endlessly about mine because she’s 2500 miles away. daniel |
Brian, I strongly recommend "If I Could Only Remember My Name" 50th Anniversary Edition. Really good music, really well done remaster/reissue. My copy is exceptionally quiet vinyl. I hope that yours will be, too. Got back from Mammoth Mountain. Awesome skiing! We skied the storm all day on Thursday, I love doing that. Got rear-ended Thursday evening. Nobody hurt, low speed collision. Now I have to deal with the insurance, body shop, etc. Cr&p happens... My wife did not want my hi-fi on last night. Party pooper! I'll get back to spinning vinyl today or tomorrow. |
@reubent Re: Patto - Eponymous
a second and close listen (requires significant restraining of the involuntary head banging…) confirm no background hiss. Just significant clipping and distortion of vocals and guitar notes. Major distorted sibilance on the vocals, low fidelity on vocal and guitar track’s especially in the second and third sections, but no generalized noise or hiss. Contrast that with the drums and vibes which sound spectacular. Cymbals especially. Maybe the guitar and vocal mikes they used on that track were broken ( tubes?). Rest of side one is fine. |
@big_greg were you playing your OP from high school? My brother has my copy. Along with a big stack of my other high school era treasures. ….need to retrieve those. |
@big_greg I always liked Stormbringer. I mean, it wasn’t Machine Head - by a long shot. Ritchie wasn’t as great on it for sure. I remember as a spotty high school freshman the year it came out that we liked and admired Coverdale and Hughes. For a time anyway. Hughes maybe had more lasting appeal to us (his stuff with Tommy Bolin being most excellent). Mostly we just didn’t know about much other heavy rock in 1974 in our provincial isolation. Turns out there was a lot of other great heavy music out there that we just had no clue about. |
Just caught this scrolling back today. Oh man, I might have to snag that. I have none of their recordings. Hard to believe these guys didn’t produce more and get more recognition. Excellant stuff. Thanks! |
@reubent re-reading your question I realize you may be referring to something else. “Background” is different from what I hear, which is clipped/distorted vocal and guitar notes on the impacts. Will give that track another spin later and (re)report. |
@reubent I think it’s in the recording. The vocals clip on that cut. The guitar a little less so but it’s there. Mine is the 2002 reissue, NM, no wear or noise from the vinyl. I actually don’t mind it. True to the period. |
@slaw - I have "Spirit in the Sky" and I really like it. Are the others as good IYO? |
@spiritofradio - Love that Patto album. Question: In the opener - "The Man" do you hear some background distortion/fuzz in the vocals and guitar? Can't tell if it is just my copy, which appears very clean and I don't hear it in the other tracks. I know "The Man" is the most popular track on the record, so perhaps someone played this track over and over and worn it out. If you report no distortion, I may look for another copy as I LOVE this record and especially the opener - "The Man". |
