Whats playing on your system today?

FSOL / ISDN
Electronic Club Music

Rhyme & Reason .... Missing Persons.

Cassette

Tuff Enuff .... The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Cassette

Free Live.
Italian copy on cassette.

Collection ..... Spyro Gyra.

Cassette

Ought / Room inside the world
Quirky indie rock 

Owl Remix Low
Remix of LOW (the band) songs. LOW is a great slowcore band. This isn't slowcore but is an interesting interpretation of their songs

Kieran Hebben & Steve Reid / The exchange session, Volume 2
Free form experimental music (electronic) 

Sonic Youth / Murray Street
Indie rock 

MV&EE / Live (from 2012)
Psychedelic with tons of reverb & harmonica  

Monster .... R.E.M

Cassette

Fine Young Cannibals S/T.

Cassette

Off the Wall ..... Michael Jackson.

Cassette.

First and Last ..... Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Cassette.

Played on an old Nakamichi 500 Dual Tracer I acquired dirt cheap.
After cleaning heads, demag and adjustment of alignment it sounds excellent for an older 2 head deck.

Nice result Brian👍😇

Sibelius, Symphonies 3 & 5, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam, on Ondine.

Another that came in the mail today. I’ve been hunting for a reasonable price on this two CD set, and finally snagged one from the UK. BUT, interestingly enough, I have been waiting on this to arrive for over 6 weeks, purchased through eBay. Last week contacted the seller about the status....they asked me to wait an additional 72 hours for it to arrive, and I did....well, without even enquiring further, eBay stepped in, and as the seller could not provide them with a tracking number, refunded me for the purchase a couple days ago. And what do you know, it arrived today 😁

Collin Matthews - Hidden Variables. Landscape, Cello Concerto #1, Hidden Variables, Memorial, Quatrain, Machines & Dreams. London Symphony Orchestra & Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. John Carewe and Michael Tilson Thomas Conductors. NMC 2004 release.

Modern Orchestra/composition

CD

Just came in the mail....

Hindu Love Gods - S/T. Giant/Reprise 1990

Brand new and sealed. Thanks @pesky_wabbitt for posting about this one.

Cassette

The Immaculate Collection ... Madonna.

Cassette

Billy Idol - The Stranger (Spotify premium)

Interesting mix of rock and jazzy sounds. Including the hit “The way you are” but the album has even better songs imho.

julie_priest
I assume you mean Billy Joel :-)

stereo5,

Thanks,

I just found one (supposedly VG+ CD with G case/cover) for $50 so I will give it a shot.

@glupson,

yup, that’s the one.  I bought it in November 1993 for $50.00    Glad I bought it then.  

Soul Kiss.... Olivia Neutron Bomb.

Cassette

stereo5,

Is this the one?

(If it is, I think I will pass and continue with SACD)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PINK-FLOYD-WISH-YOU-WERE-HERE-SONE-MASTERSOUND-24-KARAT-GOLD-CD-STILL-SEALED/401130860634?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200520130048%26meid%3Ddf458b094f1f4bb5b5e29ddf806f17f1%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D361593835454%26itm%3D401130860634%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bDemotion&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

Seems apt for a Monday morning.


Waking up the Neighbors ..... Bryan Adams.

Cassette

Billy Idol - The Stranger (Spotify premium) 

Interesting mix of rock and jazzy sounds. Including the hit “The way you are” but the album has even better songs imho. 

stereo5,

"So, there you go, I know everyone was dying to know."

Not so fast. I have another question. Do you know what year was that SBM?

I also always found SACD somehow underwhelming/overdone.

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene

Chailly conducts Mahler - Symphonies 6&7. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. From the box set ‘Mahler The Symphonies - Chailly’. Decca 2005 European release

CD

Jun Markl conducts Debussy. CD 8&9 - Preludes: Book 2, Estampes, Symphony in B Minor, Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra, Premiere Rapsodie for Orchestra and Clarinet, Rapsodie for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Deux Danses for Harp and Strings. Orchestre National de Lyon. Box set ‘Debussy Complete Orchestral Works’. NAXOS 2012

Just a wonderful set.

CD

[Jorge] Bolet Rediscovered: Liszt Recital.

Szell conducts Haydn - Symphonies 93,95, & 97. The Cleveland Orchestra. Sony Essential Classics 1995, originally recorded 1968.

CD

Slatkin conducts Vaughan Williams - Symphonies 5&6. Philharmonia Orchestra. BMG 1991. From a box set collection of all Williams symphonies.


CD

Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark. From the CD collection ‘The Studio Collection’ released in Europe only. Island 1974

CD

Well, it’s Sunday, so...

The Sundays - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. DGC 1989

CD

Anne-Sophie Mutter Andre Previn conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle.

Thanks, I have two versions, one by Hillary Hahn (which is fantastic), and another older on vinyl by Isaac Stern. 

Might have to check that out on Tidal

bkeske,

Anne-Sophie Mutter Andre Previn conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle.
Joe

Sue Garner & Rick Brown / Still
Indie rock that is a little adventurous 

Industrial Tepee / What divine engine 
Rock with an Indian influence  

The Deep Dark Woods / Winter hours
Indie rock with a country style  

@jpwarren58 

Sibelius' Violin Concerto. He is inching up the ladder with every listen

Love Sibelius. He is already very high on my list.  Who preformed the concerto?

Sibelius' Violin Concerto. He is inching up the ladder with every listen.

Bummer uber

Forest for the trees / Self Title
Indie rock

Not on Qobuz unfortunately Boxer.
Sounded interesting.......

Tanakh / Ardent fevers 
Mid tempo rock with strings. I have a few albums from this band. All are interesting in there own way. This one is probably the most accessible and (IMO) is absolutely beautiful. 

Nick of Time ..... Bonnie Rait.

cassette

Stars / Do you trust your friends
Indie rock 

Depeche Mode 101 (Live).

Cassette

I did a comparison between Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were here on the Sony Legacy Cd with SBM (super bullshit marketing) and the stereo layer of Acoustic Sounds “Wish You Were Here” SACD. I paid $50.00 for the Sony Legacy CD from Tower Records in Boston (remember Tower Records?) and about the same price for the SACD from Acoustic Sounds. I have heard both probably a gazillion times and after very careful listening, the Sony Legacy CD really sounds much better and more natural than the SACD version. There are more dynamic swings to the music on the Sony Legacy CD as evidenced by the meters on my Mac power amp.


The bass is much deeper and more taut, and the highs seem to have a little extra sparkle. In the midrange, David Gilmour’s voice seems more relaxed where the SACD version sounds a bit ragged and even screechy at one point. I do know that I enjoyed the Sony Legacy version much more on my system. I do want to point out that SBM really stands for Super Bit Mapping and it seems to make the CD sound more realistic. So, there you go, I know everyone was dying to know.