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Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer
@bdp24 Speaking of Rodney Crowell side projects, do you have the CICADAS album? It's well worth your while. The other members were Steuart Smith on guitars, Michael Rhodes on bass & Vince Santoro on drums. Mostly original tunes along with a sm... 
seeking recommendations for a preamp
+ 1 on Audible Illusions preamps.There are currently three listings for the 3A model on the website of The Music Room (TMRAudio.com). They are priced from $1474 - 1615.Most of the time they will post their listings here on Audiogon. 
Corona playlist- time to smile
"Gimme Danger" - The Stooges"Play With Fire" or "The Last Time" - Rolling Stones"Those Were The Days" - Cream"Tired of Waiting" - The Kinks"Before It All Went Wrong" - Spain"Helpline Operator" - The The [a good song to test the "Vitamin B" capabil... 
Corona playlist- time to smile
"Can't Live My Life" - Crabby Appleton"I Can't Breathe Anymore" - David Gilmour"Can't Stop Killing You" - Kirsty MacColl 
Corona playlist- time to smile
"All Things Must Pass" - George Harrison 
Corona playlist- time to smile
"Warning Sign" - Talking Heads"Accidentally Like a Martyr" = Warren Zevon"Living On a Thin Line" - The Kinks"Hope You're Feeling Better" - Santana"Better Days" - Graham Nash"Let's Live For Today" - Grass Roots 
Corona playlist- time to smile
"Panic" - The Smiths "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" - The Smiths "I Know It's Over" - The Smiths "The Lazy Sunbathers" - Morrissey 
Corona playlist- time to smile
"Solitary Man" - Neil Diamond(* or, "cover versions" by Chris Isaak or The Sidewinders*) 
Corona playlist- time to smile
"Protection" - Massive Attack (for the doctors & nurses)"Rollercoaster" - Everything But The Girl (for the stock market)(A year in) The Wilderness - John Doe [God, I hope not!]  
Corona playlist- time to smile
@bdp24, yes I've heard the version of "Keep Your Distance" by Buddy & Julie Miller, I think it's one of a few well done covers of a Richard Thompson song. I think trying to do justice to a Richard Thompson cover might be even more difficult th... 
Corona playlist- time to smile
"Keep Your Distance" - Richard Thompson"Splendid Isolation" - Warren Zevon"Don't Fear the Reaper" - Alana Davis"The Only Living Boy in New York" - Everything But The Girl 
Revel f208, dead center image but everything jumbled up?
I am skeptical about the Harman rep's comment about the speakers not needing a break in.period.When you auditioned the speakers, was the dealer using superior electronics, cabling, power conditioning, etc? It's not unusual for one upgrade to lead ... 
Badly recorded albums needing upgrading
When it comes to badly recorded CD's, I'm more likely to listen to them in the car instead of my home system. I agree about "Layla" and I always thought the Blind Faith album also sounded terrible.I recently read Richard Barone's (Bongos) autobiog... 
Albums that you listen to straight through / start to finish whenever you put them on!
The OP makes a couple of really good points:1) Albums that you truly want to listen to all the way thru are rare.2)But,  it's a good idea to listen to the entire album because our tastes change over time. I know that I've rediscovered countless so... 
Old Rockers never die, they just get more wrinkly?
@avsjerry.....It was interesting the way that the James Gang incorporated "Bolero" into "The Bomber," despite it being 2 years after the Jeff Beck Group released "Beck's Bolero."What I found more interesting was the similarity between the guitar r...