harold-not-the-barrel
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| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? Geoff, I´ll take that as a compliment :) | |
| worst sounding great lps GENESIS "BBC Crymes" on vinyl. GENESIS LIVE in studio in 1972 !? They were in top of their game, they were 22, they were bold and beautiful. Young Gabriel & other lads. Go figure.Yes, it´s the best GENESIS LIVE quality ever captured on record.... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? I have flattened tens of bad warped records now. My Vinyl Flat with Groovy Pouch can be taken from me only over my dead body. | |
| Beatles covers: better than originals? Shirley Bassey: "Something" is BEAUTIFUL indeedYes: "Every Little Thing" is WAY better than original, it´s astralFrank Marino: "Norwegian Wood" great cover, great manly voiceSaga: "Taxman" not bad ? ...whatever | |
| Blues /rock: music recommendations? Robin Trower: "Bridge of Signs" 1974 | |
| Blues /rock: music recommendations? COLOSSEUM LIVE March 1971, Dave "Clem" Clempson rulesHumble Pie: "Smokin´" 1972 Clempson rulesBe careful, these are HEAVY STUFFHe was voted for 4th best guitarist in NME, right after JH, EC and JB.You will not be disappointed. | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? You have dealt with a true gentleman. + you can fix the warped record easily. Buy a Vinyl Flat + Groovy Pouch.:) | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals "All Along the Watchtower" done by Jimi Hendrix, by a country mile+ all the Dylan covers I have heard are much better, especially those done by Manfred Mann´s Earth Band"Come Away Melinda" done by Uriah Heep, a Hellerman/Minkoff song, the best of ... | |
| Who is Most Beautiful female singer ever Sophia Loren is a real mature woman, still reigns supreme. Others are girls.Case closed. | |
| Favorite Lesser Known Sax Players Rahsaan Roland Kirk Dick Heckstall-Smith of COLOSSEUM 1968 -2004 RIPBarbara Thompson of COLOSSEUMDavid Jackson of Van der Graaf Generator + OsannaMel Collins of King Crimson, Camel & Arti + Mestieri | |
| Best Recording of Music Best Jean Sibelius symphonies analog recordings ? Lorin Maazel´s on DECCA in the 60´s are the best I have heard. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SXL-6084-Sibelius-Symphony-No-1-Vienna-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Lorin-Maazel... | |
| are digital recordings on vinyl any better than CD "Digital recording on vinyl is better" is voodoo. It usually sounds better though :) | |
| Best band never to release a truly great album? Beck, Bogert & Appice - both the studio and live album really suffer from those two stupid and sooo mediocre soul tunes. I never couldn´t stand them. Soul thing does not fit them at all. Sorry Tim Bogert, you are not a good singer really. But ... | |
| worst sounding great lps Blue Öyster Cult is NOT a metal band, their 1st NOT a metal album. The debut is a PSYCHEDELIC HEAVY ROCK album, the BEST both in musically & thematically ever recorded in that genre and sounds fantastic and very heavy in fact, on decent stereo... | |
| Worst record ever? Relayer by Yes - oh yes, they finally managed to end up with a dud. The Soon section in the end of side 1 is great piece of music though, it raised my eyebrow a bit. |