Cloudkicker - this is not the territory
Whats playing on your system today?
Today I decided to listen to two of my favorite rock guitar heros and one great vocalist. Guitarist' Robin Trower, Ronnie Montrose and vocalist Davey Pattison.
I listened to Trower songs:
Bridge of sighs, Stitch in time, The fool and me, my personal favorite- Too rolling stoned and others.....
Then I pulled out "Gamma".
I listened to: Razor King, Wish I was and Skin and bone and others.....
Davey Pattison hooked has also up with Michael Shenker also. I really enjoyed my day so far. Anybody else heard anything good?
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I listened to Trower songs:
Bridge of sighs, Stitch in time, The fool and me, my personal favorite- Too rolling stoned and others.....
Then I pulled out "Gamma".
I listened to: Razor King, Wish I was and Skin and bone and others.....
Davey Pattison hooked has also up with Michael Shenker also. I really enjoyed my day so far. Anybody else heard anything good?
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Dead Can Dance, "Spiritchaser" MFSL SACD I have listened to this disk maybe 5-6 times and honestly, I think it is really terrible for regular listening. If you want to show off your system, there are some good sound effects on the disk but I don’t get it. Can some, anyone explain what type of music this is? It sounds to me like 7-8 different ethnicity in the music. So again, like Roger Daltry sang, "I really want to know, I really want to know"? Anyone/someone? |
Hey Stereo5, I'm not a big fan of "Dead Can Dance" (they skirt a little to close to the "New Age" musical style for me), but this is what "AllMusic" has to say about the Spiritchaser album: " Essentially, Spiritchaser is a summing up rather than a push forward; it features all the usual elements of a Dead Can Dance album instead of further explorations to see what else could be done." That could be why it seems like it is all over the place. FWIW, they seem to have had a decent following. |
Actually Spiritchaser breaks new ground by going after South American music in lieu of Middle Eastern music which was always their bread and butter. Do I hear riffs on some George Harrison stuff? And harkens back to A Separate Reality by Carlos Castenada. Reality is for people who can’t handle drugs. |
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Random Acts of Happiness (CD ripped to hard drive) Track 7 Modern Folk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xBCkF49c54&list=OLAK5uy_nCUFF4OPAgr8LRUHfG_uzNxW66LaKIA6w&i... |
Gary Hoey, Dust & Bones Last track, Soul Surfer.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4UhRFx6H48 Great stuff. Thanks to Nutty for another introduction. |
I recently got the re-mastered Feelings of the Piano of Jerome Etnom from First Impression Music. I had the original (FIMCD016) mastered by Paul Stubblebine which was issued as a 24K Gold HDCD disc. The new one (FIM UHD 094) is mastered by Michael Bishop and used the proprietary "UHD 32-Bit Pureflection" process. The new version also included an extra track, A Song for You. When I first threw on the new disc, it started playing while I was still fussing with some loose stuff on the rack. Standing near one speaker, I was struck by the realism of the piano and the artistry of the music. I was compelled to stop and sit down in the listening chair, enthralled by the beauty of the sound. Etnom played masterfully, striking the ivories forcefully and cleanly. His jazz interpretations of popular american classics and asian songs were fanciful and melodic. My favorites were the title cut Feelings and the bonus track A Song for You which had bass and drum accompaniment. Comparing the two versions, the HDCD seemed to have more upper frequency energy such that the treble notes were well-etched with excellent detail and without robbing the rest of the spectrum of any clarity. The UHD sound was fuller and rounder, more balanced in frequencies. I appreciated the fullness but noticed a slight loss of air around the upper registers versus the HDCD. In the end, I thought the UHD was more musical -- this is the one I will be playing for my audiophile guests. |
