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| Have you ever heard "This Whole World"? @tablejockey, I listened to All Summer Long every day after it was released in July of ’64, making out with my blonde girlfriend as it played. Later that Summer we both went to the San Jose Civic Auditorium to see The Beach Boys live. When Brian s... | |
| is this the greatest live band of all time? Bill Graham did a great thing in his San Francisco Fillmore Auditorium: he brought in many of the old blues guys that guitarists like Clapton, SRV, Peter Green, and Mike Bloomfield were copying. Seeing Albert King live really changed my perspectiv... | |
| 100W, 200W, or 300W? 90dB leaves out a LOT of great loudspeakers. Almost all ESL's, all magnetic-planars. Horns are great for PA's, not so hot for music reproduction in the home. ;-) | |
| Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile” Elvis Is Back, released by RCA in 1960, rereleased by DCC on LP, mastered by Steve Hoffman, pressed on 180g vinyl. | |
| Have you ever heard "This Whole World"? @edcyn, when Brian's debut solo album came out, there was a record release signing event at Tower Records on Sunset Blvd. In addition to the CD, I brought my 7" 45 RPM copy of "Caroline, No" for him to sign. Though included on the Pet Sounds album... | |
| Have you ever heard "This Whole World"? @roxy54, as always, what you hear in music is that which you listen for. Most songs written by members of Rock bands have chord progression/structures pedestrian at best. Brian’s are the rare, welcome exception. Jackson Browne and Randy Newman hav... | |
| Name an artist that had a great debut album and a great final album Oh, great one @mapman! | |
| Favorite song to demo or test drive speakers? Sir Adrian Boult conducting The New Philharmonia Orchestra in Holst's The Planets, on E.M.I.Trevor Pinnock performing numerous Rameau Harpsichord works, on CRD Records (UK).The Missing Linc by Lincoln Mayorga And Friends, The Sheffield Drum Record... | |
| Name an artist that had a great debut album and a great final album Lyle Lovett has made his final album? Is that premonition? ;-) | |
| is this the greatest live band of all time? Good one, @iloveromy! I saw both versions, with Cooder in the Little Village group (with Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner) on a sound stage in Burbank, the version with Landreth at The Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood.The above and the following... | |
| Best isolation platform for a turntable with suspension? Roller bearings will not adversely interact with your table’s spring suspension, and will provide isolation in the lateral planes (the springs do well in the vertical). Great ones are available from Ingress Engineering in Canada, Symposium Acousti... | |
| Name an artist that had a great debut album and a great final album What a great idea for a thread, slaw! I'll have to do some thinking, but for now perhaps Warren Zevon, Hendrix, Dr. John. | |
| Seeking advice on Speakers that create an intimate 2 channel listening experience Duke, agree with everything you say above. For clarity, I didn’t describe an OB/Dipole sub as a line source, rather that such a sub behaves like a line source loudspeaker in the matter of SPL drop off as listening distance changes. Even the mighty... | |
| Your favourite album of compilations, samplers. Charly and Ace (both UK record companies) have issued great comps of 1950’s Rockabilly, Hillbilly, and Blues music. So have Rhino and Sundazed in the U.S.A., along with 1960's Garage bands. | |
| Favorite song to demo or test drive speakers? "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder, followed by Gordon Lightfoot's version of "Me And Bobby McGee". |