What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report


I enjoy vinyl and digital (lately, with recent changes, vinyl actually sounds better than digital to me), BUT given what seems an overall preference for analog/vinyl on A'gon, I'm curious what the non-vinyl "1/2" is listening to. I tried to see if this was a previously posted question. Did not seem so.

This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".

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ghosthouse,
Thanks for positive feedback on Satch! What is your impression regarding the sonics/production of the Satriani ST?

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nutty - going by memory (increasingly risky) of impressions from a couple days ago...I think that S/T release had a more "open" sound...breathed a little more. Also, I think there was more variety in the sound track to track. I don’t mean variable sound quality as in some good & some bad - more that the engineering (and instrument arrangements) seemed to deliver a broader range of sonics (think of a painter that uses a different color palette painting to painting). Tracks on What Happens Next seem to vary less sonically. I did note reference to the same producer as worked on AC/DC recordings...maybe that explains things. There are certainly exceptions - Cherry Blossoms differing a whole lot from, say, Catbot. The S/T seemed a little more "experimental" whereas most tracks on WHN seems to be cut from the same cloth. That’s not necessarily intended as a criticism. I think I read the schedule for recording WHN was pretty tight being sandwiched between other commitments. So those are my thoughts. Thanks for getting me to finally listen to Satriani...sometimes it’s like I been living under a rock. I’ve been on a E.S.T. & Yellowjackets jag last few weeks. The Satriani is a good break from that and given the depth of his output, plenty more to explore (I did spend time with Crystal Planet too). Thanks again.