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| Elvis - 30 Years Ago Today, RIP 32 years ago now as of yesterday.We did a jaunt to Memphis this year and visited Graceland as well as the Sun Studio, (and the Peabody Ducks).It was a very enjoyable trip. Visiting Sun studio was the highlight for me, but I did enjoy Graceland as ... | |
| Can You Live With Crackling & Popping Noise? Once a record is clean, an inexpensive carbon fiber brush for removing loose dust is generally all that is needed to keep it clean. | |
| Can You Live With Crackling & Popping Noise? Welcome to the real world of vinyl playback!Record noise is par for the course with many records. To keep it to the minimum, get a good record cleaning machine or check other threads here for some manual cleaning techniques that can work very well... | |
| What piece of music can you play over & over? Ehaller,You are referring to Stationary Traveler I assume?YEs, it is a true jewel. In hindsight, at least, in the 70's, Camel quietly helped set the bar for progressive rock.This finely executed and relatively accessible concept album from 1984 is... | |
| What piece of music can you play over & over? Lately, its been the album "Stationary Traveler" by Camel. | |
| wyred4sound amps Op,As is usually the case, you probably have to try the product to make a determination.If the Wyred's at their price are even arguably in the same league as the best Class As and not even necessarily as "good as" I would say they are definitely q... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Bondman,I suspect there are still ways to bring the cost down.You can pick up used OHMs with good cabinets on Ebay or here and get them upgraded.Or you can pick up up to two pair of used OHMS cheap that meet OHMs trade-in requirements (in general,... | |
| wyred4sound amps I don't know for certain but some have indicated Class D amps take some time to break in. Something to consider when evaluating if true. | |
| McCartney Live? Chash,I cannot argue with your description of an artist.I am also a big Dylan fan and greatly appreciate what he has accomplished artistically over the last 10 years in particular. But I do not see much of a practical difference between them as pe... | |
| McCartney Live? Paul seems comfortable these days with his role as ambassador of the Beatles legacy. I think I read recently that his cumulative #1 record sales both with and post Beatles establishes him (not Michael Jackson) as the most popular recording act of ... | |
| McCartney Live? The concert was quite fabulous.McCartney and his band played for almost 3 hours straight.One acquaintance who has seen him 8-9 times over the years said this was the best.The focus was largely on his more popular Beatles songs, and the more rockin... | |
| McCartney Live? Well, the McCartney concert is in the books.I'll post more shortly. Suffice it for now to say he did not play "Liverpool Oratorio"....... | |
| McCartney Live? Ever hear the 'Liverpool Oratorio'.Nope. Passed on that one.I think McCartney is the type who composed best with a collaborator. Lennon is his best known collaborator but he did well with Denny Laine and Linda McCartney as well when motivated.The ... | |
| McCartney Live? Chashmal,I understand your point.Personally I lost interest in his new stuff in the early 1980s for the most part. He has had lots of good output as a solo artist more in the pop rather than rock vein through post 1970. I suspect he is also still ... | |
| McCartney Live? "I see him as a has-been and a hack"Definitely not a "hack" as I understand it.Has been?How many rock era music figures will be well known 100 years or so from now, like Bach, Beethoven or Mozart today?I'd wager Paul McCartney will be one. |