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| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? Pink Floyd´s Japanese "Meddle" ( 2nd edition at least) smokes UK original in dynamicson eBay:http://www.ebay.com/itm/PINK-FLOYD-Meddle-NM-NM-JAPAN-70s-LP-EMS-80322-G-F-w-OBI-BOOKLET-INSERT-/302... | |
| Your favorite one-man band! Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells", 1973 - composed, arranged & played all instruments at 17Vangelis | |
| "The Yes Album" Remasters The AcousTech reissue of "Fragile" from 2006 is surprisingly good, on vinyl I mean. I bought it because I hadn´t the original UK press back then. | |
| Canadian rock and roll Frank Marino, just listened Mahogany Rush IV and Live very loud after a very long time and was blown away ! That sound of his Gibson SG is cosmic and his manly voice ! | |
| Underated bands that shouldn't be........... COLOSSEUMMOUNTAIN Leslie West & Felix PappalardiWest, Bruce & LaingBLUE ÖYSTER CULTUFO Michael Schenker eraBe-Bop DeluxeThe Sensational Alex Harvey BandBanco del Mutuo SoccorsoOsannaRenaissance, 1969 - 79Barclay James Harvest with Stuart W... | |
| Bands who'se names describe thier sound. MOUNTAIN Leslie West & Felix PappalardiURIAH HEEP David ByronBLUE ÖYSTER CULTUFO Michael SchenkerAPHRORITE´S CHILD Vangelis & Demis RoussosALPHATAURUSAPOTEOSI Silvana Ida´METAMORFOSI - InfernoRENAISSANCE, both I feat. Jane Relf and II feat... | |
| Best Live Recording on LP Is the GENESIS LIVE reissue on Classic Records really better dynamically than the original UK edition on Charisma ? It´s pity a double album never was released as it would have included a powerful version of "Supper´s Ready" :/ | |
| Best Live Recording on LP It´s a pity Pink Floyd never released a double live album from their most creative period (Ummagumma - Meddle - The Moon) era... So the BBC recordings mentioned are really interesting. Thanks for the wink :) | |
| Best Live Recording on LP MOUNTAIN TWIN PEAKS - Live at Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka Japan, 30th August 1973COLOSSEUM LIVE March 1971YES YESSONGS Live Tour 1972BLUE ÖYSTER CULT - On Your Feet or on Your Knees 1974UFO - Strangers in the Night 1979ELP - Welcome Back My Friends ... | |
| What early 70's rock bands had violins? Quella Vecchia Locanda - 2 superlative albums from early 70´s (of course)Premiata Forneria MarconiNitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Will the Circle Be Unbroaken" 3 LP setKansas - their all early albums up to "Point of Know Return" are superbKing Crimson w... | |
| THE most sonically dissappointing (lp) you own of great music? "Passion, Grace & Fire" was so dry and lame (no fire) back in the day that I sold it right away (in 1984) and never looked back. "Friday Night in San Francisco" live is truly fire, sounds quite incredible even on a cheap German reissue. I wond... | |
| THE most sonically dissappointing (lp) you own of great music? "Tales of Topographic Oceans" Warner Bros. 2013 remaster ? To me it sounds so lame that it must be digitally redone. The AcousTech "Fragile" is surprisingly good, it must be an analog remaster ? Of course, the original albums are the best. Jon And... | |
| Furutech Vinyl flattener or the ORB ? Agree with Dave. Vinyl Flat with Groovy Pouch does the job. I usually go straight to 4 hour heating and it is enough, unless a record has a sharp warp. For very heavy records (like today´s 180 g) I give 5 - 6 hours treatment.As Downunder says, fla... | |
| What's the deal with idler turntables and do they have a place in modern HiFi? Here´s Teres Audio´s article about http://www.teresaudio.com/manuals/teres_speed_tech.pdf | |
| What's the deal with idler turntables and do they have a place in modern HiFi? Stylus drag is surprisingly strong, platter´s very high mass helps but does not eliminate it. |