@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?
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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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 |
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 @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. |
@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! :-) |
@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 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 |
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. |
..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!! |