Daniel Lanois also produced Oh, Mercy, which was a masterpiece.
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By the way, a great album of his from the early 70's, Planet Waves, has just been released on LP and SACD by Mobile Fidelity. The original LP on Asylum had a very organic, unproduced sound quality, recorded with The Band in a couple of days. Good album, hope MF did it right.bdp24, I managed to miss this album and don't know at all. Thanks for posting about the upcoming reissue on LP. It sounds like music I'd enjoy and I'll put it on my list to explore! |
There was an interview somewhere with Bob's guitarist on the Time Out of Mind album, Duke Robillard. He was thrilled to work with Bob, but had a terrible time with producer Daniel Lanois. Duke was brought in after the recording of the album was already underway, Dylan being unhappy with Lanois' guitar playing (he was producing and playing). Lanois and Robillard butted heads constantly throughout the recording, much of Duke's guitar parts being left on the mixing room floor. Dylan had been listening to Buddy Holly in preparation for the album, but Lanois had a different vision for the album. Duke's a great player---that's why Dylan wanted him. Too bad Lanois didn't just let him play. Though Time Out of Mind won Bob a Grammy, I hate the production, which for me does not well serve the music. But then, I'm not a fan of Lanois' sound. |
I'm quite fond of 20th Century British composers and very much enjoy those who were composing in the second half of the century such as on the Lyrita LP (SRCS 57) to which I'm listening now: Elizabeth Maconchy - Overture, Proud Thames Geoffrey Bush - Music (1967) for Orchestra Lennox Berkeley - Symphony No. 3 William Alwyn - Four Elizabethan Dances Another wonderful Lyrita recording from 1972. London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by VERNON HANDLEY (Maconchy & Bush) and by LENNOX BERKELEY (Berkeley) and by WILLIAM ALWYN (Alwyn). Probably not engineered by Kenneth Wilkinson as I can't find it in his discography along with other Lyritas, but still marvelously recorded by some other member of the Decca recording team (John Dunkerley, perhaps?). As Arthur Salvatore says in his list "One of the finest sounding Lyrita's, and it also has an excellent variety of music. All the compositions are short and imaginatively orchestrated." I completely agree. . |
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don't overlook Love And Theft, the follow-up to Time Out of Mind. It
too is a good one. Produced by Jack Frost (aka Bob himself). I agree completely. L&T is brilliant. I see that Rolling Stone listed his new Sinatra album as #49 for 2015. |
Tonight has been a variety of music by
composers during the second half 20th Century. At the moment I'm listening to Chaves' "Toccata for Percussion Instruments" (1942) performed by the Percussion Museum and released on King Record KIJC 9207. Next up on this same LP will be Takemitsu's Rain Tree (1981) for three percussionists. |
Yarlung Records’ Janaki String Trio "Debut" - Oh my goodness, I’ve listened yet another time (must be at least 5 now) to the 45 rpm release from Yarlung Records of the Janaki String Trio performing works by Jason Barabba and Krzysztof Pendercki. I continue to stand in amazement at how good the performances are and how great this recording is. I know this has been out for several years in digital formats which I’ve not heard. But, for this vinylholic, this 45 rpm release goes to my top-of-the-pile of demonstration records for sound quality on vinyl. It’s one of those "they are right in front of you in your listening room" recordings. (Yes, I know I’ve mentioned this LP before, but I just continue to be astounded by it. Thanks for bearing with me yet another time. And thank you to Bob Attiyeh for making this available on LP.) What? You don’t care for 20th Century contemporary composers? Ah well, buy it for the amazing sonic experience, then. If you’re a CD/SACD person, buy one of the digital editions on Native DSD or CD. If you do reel-to-reel, it’s available in that format, too. It’s great music, great performances, great engineering. Just get it. . |
"Rhapsodies", Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra. It was released back when there were millions of Thorens TD 124s out there to play it. And that's exactly what I thought when I put it on my Thorens TD 124. Somehow the Columbia Six Eyes look better on a Thorens. My other sophisticated direct drives and belt drive looked on with envy. As a kid, I remember my parents playing this record while I looked at the gorgeous woman on the front cover. For the sake of nostalgia, I played my parents' ancient copy followed by the minty copy I found on Ebay. My parents' copy cleaned up pretty well, but the vinyl seems to have been ground out by some long forgotten phono cartridge tracking at 4 grams or so. Overall the sound is pretty bad, but the music is just fantastic. Then I played my mint Ebay copy. Much better sound. Great memories. |
Yesterday I was listening to an interesting collection of Concertos for Saxophone. As many will know, the saxophone was invented in the 19th Century (1840-41), but was only gradually accepted into the classical music literature. Here are three marvelous compositions exploiting the interesting timbre of the sax by Dubois, Villa-Lobos, Ibert and Glasunov. Eugen Rousseau, saxophone; Paul Kuntz conducting. DGG 2530 209. Recording engineer Hans-Peter Schweigmann creating a nice natural perspective on the orchestra. Schweigmann's recordings are regularly very fine and worth seeking out for those who value good orchestral sound. Cover: http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DG0AAOSwKfVXFuuh/s-l400.jpg |
Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 (Pastorale) with Bruno Walter and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Columbia MS 6012. This is the Impex reissue which is very very well re-mastered and pressed. Kudos to the Impex team for reviving such a marvelous performance. There is a reason this record is on the most recent TAS Super LP List. http://www.elusivedisc.com/Bruno-Walter-Beethoven-Symphony-No-6-Patorale-200g-LP/productinfo/APLP077... |
Hello from Cincinnati. Let me start by saying I'm not sure if I'm in the right thread or not here but I'm looking for some advice. Just a little background first. I do a lot of auction hunting flea marketing yard selling etc. and resell on line for extra money outside my normal 40 hour a week job. A few years back I ran into a large amount of radio shows from the late 80s early 90s that had been in storage from a local radio station for quite sometime. To shorten the story I ended up buying about 700 shows all with the DJ cue sheet that turned out to be " audiophiles". Probably about half of these are in a CD format with second-half being LPs. I absolutely love everyone of these and to be honest didn't realize that something like this even existed as it pertains to sound quality before I got these. I'm smart enough to you know not to put a five dollar needle on $100 record. However, I am dying to hear some of the music I have an LP form. Is there anyway to transfer them to a CD format ? I do not have the means to build a quality system to where I would feel comfortable spinning these beauties . I guess I'm hoping I can come in contact with someone who may be willing to trade off somehow ? I live in the Cincinnati area. Any advice would be greatly appreciated . Thanks in advance. Fyi ..... i'm feeling a little Stevie Ray Vaughn and a bonfire ! |
Been a while since I've posted on this thread, but here's today's vinyl listening: Bartok 2nd Violin Concerto, Isaac Stern and Leonard Bernstein on Columbia in a nice reissue from Speakers Corner. Excellent music playing in an excellent quality reissue. Parton/Ronstadt/Emmylou Harris in Trio II - wonderful arrangements and performances in the second outing with three of the greatest ladies in country. Montreux Alexander - LIVE! at the Montreux Festival - a recent reissue from MPS of this 1990s classic jazz recording. Excellent live performance. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks - in a nice MFSL reissue. |
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It's not evening yet, but started spinning this morning: Clivillés & Cole -- best remixes box set for workout. This music got me jumping and pumping for full duration of 4x12". Than will be playing this evening "Born to Add" of Sesame Street -- what a fun! Next will play Rober Shaw/Stravinsky/Firebird Suite on Teleark,Germany. The last one will be Jimmy Smith/Wess Montgomery "The Dynamic Duo" |
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Pavel Kogan/MoscowSSO, Classic Records CR2001 - an outstanding recording job by the great team of Marc Aubort and Teresa Nickenz Bach, Suite No 1 for Solo Cello, Elinor Frey-cello, Yarlung 09262-876V -45 If you're not collecting these marvelous Yarlung LPs while they are available you will regret not having done so. Superb recordings by marvelous young performers, recorded with a minimalist philosophy using two mikes and 2-channel analog tape. Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years, Columbia 25591 - still great! |