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?

N

 




nutty
@slaw - It will be interesting to hear your take on "This Sweet Old World" since you are not familiar with the original. Are you going to also buy, or listen to, the original for reference? Before or after?
@reubent ,

It hadn't crossed my mind until you mentioned it. If I bought the media, it would be on vinyl. Don't know how much the originals are going for these days?
ghosthouse,
Glad your enjoying JS- S/T, (1995). The CD is recorded very well. Worth getting a good copy if you get a chance. I like his new one but the self titled remains my favorite. It has a clean top end and black backgrounds. Keep spinning it. It will grow on you. Not a weak track on it, IMHO.

"Moroccan Sunset"
https://youtu.be/D5eBtMAcbFE

N



World Party - "Goodbye Jumbo" 

I bought this on CD when it was released in 1990. It's an awesome album and it sounds great on CD, especially for a relatively early CD release. I see that it was released on vinyl, but I think maybe just in the UK. Anyone hear the vinyl? Worth the investment?
Crises....Mike Oldfield..

I remember seeing him live in England.
Can't remember how many players on stage but quite an ensemble to be sure.
And Mike?
Just rocking out on electric guitar and nothing else.
And looking as happy as a pig in muck while ripping off some mean licks, a VERY understated and brilliant guitarist imho.
@reubent 

I think goodbye jumbo was only released on vinyl in Europe.
I have a copy I purchased from a dealer in Germany, he has 2 copies on eBay right now.
I have actually never heard the CD version but the vinyl is nicely done.
Very precise and well mastered.
I am happy with it but ymmv of course.
About $22 shipped from Germany right now.
@uberwaltz - Thanks for your comments regarding "Goodbye Jumbo" vinyl. I think I'll do a bit of research and order a copy. I really like the album on CD. I think it's worth a $20-$25 investment of a decent vinyl LP.
@reubent 

You are most welcome!
Just had to give it a spin since it was talked about...lol.
I think I would say it is worth $25 for sure, I think you will be impressed with the vinyl sq of this album.

Mind I still used to prefer The Waterboys tbh.
@uberwaltz - Can you recommend a record from The Waterboys? I missed that boat when it was sailin'....
@reubent 

Fisherman's blues...... The Waterboys.

In fact this contains a track called World Party, wonder if that is where he got idea for name for his next band? 
Tidal has been a godsend for me if go no other reason than when I see somebodies recommended music here or their current choice of play I can quickly go and have a listen without buying CD or vinyl.
For $20 a month it is worth it many times over just for that alone!
@uberwaltz

@reubent

I suspect you know Karl Wallinger and Mike Scott were bandmates in the early days of The Waterboys but the old creative differences bugaboo ensued leading to KW forming his own band: World Party. As far as that WB track being inspiration for KW’s band’s name, this wouldn’t surprise me (he’s credited as co-writer of it). BUT I’ll also point out that "World Party" is used as band name and/or song title and plays an important role at the end of Phillip K. Dick’s 1976 novel, Radio Free Albemuth (Fisherman’s Blues was released 1988). Personally, I suspect THIS is the ultimate source for both track name and KW’s band name. BTW - long time World Party fan myself. WP is one of the very few bands I’m "completist" about (not that their/his output is all that large). I’ll pretty much buy without audition anything KW does. FWIW you might enjoy the ARKEOLOGY collection.

@ghosthouse - Thanks for the additional information. I will probably expand my World Party collection. Not sure if I'll start with the ARK collection or the original albums. I'll probably sample the albums on YouTube and decide from there.
@reubent

These 3 are essential and the place to start
Private Revolution
Goodbye Jumbo
BANG!

Egyptology
Dumbing Up
Both worth owning but a little more uneven or possibly just more varied than the first three OR possibly just not quite as consistently accessible and take a little more time to "get". High end on Dumbing Up is a bit hot...kind of tizzy though ripping it tamed that somewhat.

ARKEOLOGY
An interesting 5 CD collection of new, demos, out takes and live (to quote from Wikipedia). Maybe not "essential". A lower priority "buy", in my O-pinion.

I don’t own and don’t plan to get "Best in Show" or the other greatest hits compilation.
Don’t have World Party Live! but maybe I should.

Hope you will not mind my unsolicited advice for how you spend your money!  :-)





Mr Postman just delivered a mint copy of Radio Kaos on vinyl so its on the deck.
The Tidal version was good, this is Very good!
A very well engineered recording, 1987.
@uberwaltz,

I have the UK/lp. Another one I need to clean again on my latest set-up.

Enjoy!
Tonight nothing but Christian McBride(Live at Village Vanguard) and Donald Byrd (A New Perspective)
@ghosthouse ,

I finally checked out the J Satriani song you recommended. I loved it! Thanks, I’ve had a lot of experimenting going on here...sorry for the delay.


@uberwaltz,

I just finished listening to "Radio Kaos" after a fresh clean with my latest US method. What a difference! A relaxed presentation..along with a bigger soundscape, much more enjoyable! I remember thinking the last time I listened, it seemed somewhat bright and not nearly as immersive as it is now.
@slaw

Glad you liked it but, honestly, Nutty deserves credit for that. He’s the one that got me listening to Satriani (finally) and that release in particular.  A good one!  (I musta been living under a rock, I guess).
@slaw 

Good to hear. Got to get my US setup and get busy too, at some stage. All my vinyl just hand cleaned so far, its the thought of going through them all again....

Anyway just mellow listening tonight
Brothers in arms, Dire Straits on sacd.

Talking of J.S, I caught him on his g3 tour Tuesday night at Raleigh.
What a wall of guitar with him, Collen and Petrucci!
Truth be told it was a little too intense for me....must be getting old!
ghosthouse- slaw,
Your very welcome! Thanks for the positive feedback. 

Julian Sas, "Is this what they call the blues"
https://youtu.be/fhsdx6ICCmY

N

@uberwaltz,

Interesting how these recommendations/mentions work...your mention of DS, reminded me of "On Every Street". I wanted to clean and compare my copies. I have the UK, the one from the box set and the one from the Back To Black series. Wooo! I'm going to have fun!
Just purchased a pair of Usher X-Towers so I have been going thru acoustic alchemy, Diana krall, joe bonamassa, Spyro gyro, and Yellowjacket albums to set them up. After many hours, setup is finished.
One thing I find amusing is this thread has like 2700 posts or so but only 47,000 views.
Whereas the turntable thread has 10 million views but only 3300 posts.
Quite some disparity in post to view ratio!
Granted it has been around since 2004 but obviously a lot of viewers did not feel inclined to actually post.
Mick Jagger’s She’s the Boss. On Chrome CrO2 cassette. Wow, wow! Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Carlos Alomar, Herbie Hancock, Michael Shrieve, G.E. Smith, etc.

Koan

This album is amazing! You wanna hear your speaker do some magic? Then this is it!

The Sleeping Voices of Subartica 2015
@rbstehno ,

Welcome! I own Usher speakers. Have a pair of BE-718s and Mini-One Diamonds aka: Tiny Dancer.

@Slaw-I moved from the Usher Mini Dancer 2’s with the DMD tweeters, which I’m now selling. For the money you can’t beat Usher. My other rooms have Usher speakers too.
For about 3 years I owned a pair of Usher cp-6381 in gorgeous ivory with wood side panels. Stunning waf for sure but always felt they just did not gel harmoniously in my poor acoustic room.

Still a great bang for the buck speaker company and very underrated.
@uberwaltz,

I gotta ask...why change speakers when the room may have been THE issue... if indeed that’s how it all went down???


My Ushers still flip my trigger!!

Been re-listening to several lps I’ve had on recently because of my recent US cleaning change.

Now... Allman Brothers "Eat A Peach" Abbey Road/1/2 speed....

The musical equivalent to "comfort food".
@mapman ,

I’ve (finally) got the Johnny Cash "America Recordings" box in route as I write this. I bought one of these lps when it was first released. Thought it was about time I sprung for this great release from his final years! 3 cheers for Rick Ruben!
..the following comments are meant to be funny...

@nutty,

I’ve had this lp in my mind for several months. I thought about you for some reason when I was cleaning it today. While NOT an audiophile lp, it is one great rockin’ lp. My personal favorite!

Def Leppard "High ’n’ Dry" .   Especially.."Switch".

Enjoy!!


@slaw 

Because I cannot change the room, can't even help it much as the waf does not allow.
Things will be different in the next life, I mean house!

Present speakers play very nicely in my shite room so all is good for now.
The Church "Sometime, Anywhere". (lp) original pressing

In the US cleaner..."Starfish".
Maurice Jarre movie music various scores. Have very many. Doctor Z as well. 
Enjoying every single his work