bongofury
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| Born to Run: Why the Poor Sound Quality? I met Jimmy Iovine, the engineer, several years ago and had a nice discussion on the session environment. I also have heard various bootlegs of this album as part of the studio rehersal environment while it was being creating. A general problem of... | |
| Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of... Paul Kelly, May 1992. | |
| Going to USA: Where to buy LPs in CA and Vegas? Equator Books in Venice, on Abbot Kenney, just bought out a serious 30,000 lp collection. The first 2,000 records arrived in July. They have a small room off the bookstore. Was there the first day the collection was made available and was able to ... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Two albums that rock from Down Under: Midnight Oil "Earth and Sun and Moon" and Paul Kelly "Live at the Continental". | |
| Best place to demo small room setup in LA/SD metro Just a quick follow-up:Thanks for the recommendation of Brooks. Previewed the VTL and Wilson combo this weekend and it is everything I could have dreamed for.Can't wait to check out the other guys. All your responses are much appreciated. | |
| The best mini monitors you have heard? If you can find them, KEF made some wonderful speakers 20 years ago that are very small and lifelike. Look for KEF models 104/2 and 102's. They have a cult following. They can be tweaked for great results.You will also see many threads around Harb... | |
| Best place to demo small room setup in LA/SD metro Yes and no. No. It actually comes from a later Clash lyric "bongo fury a speciality." Yes. I would agree that Zappa did make incredible richly textured and beautiful music in his day--his guitar playing was under-rated against the other heroes fro... | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts Some of the more LA electrifying shows:Bruce Springsteen, LA Sports Arena, 1981U2, LA Sports Arena, 1987The Clash, Hollywood Palladium, 1979Paul Kelly, Hotel Cafe, Hollywood, 2005The Who, LA Forum, 1973 or Anaheim, 1976 | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley. His take on Cohen gives me goosebumps. | |
| Best female vocals on CD I like a French singer based in NY called Keren Ann. Her fifth album, self-titled, was released this month and is very atmospheric, like Mazzy Star a decade ago. |