mrmitch
Responses from mrmitch
| Who is your favorite blues guitarist No Charlie Patton, huh? Add Lightnin' Malcolm, R.L. Burnside, Guitar Shorty, Smokin Joe Kubek, Guitar Slim, Otis Rush ,Lightnin Hopkins, Hubert Sumlin, Tinsley Ellis, Little Milton, John Lee Hooker (cant believe no one mentioned him!),Magic Sam,Lo... | |
| Anyone listen to Alva.Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto? If you dig Sakamoto, try the LP "Left Handed Dream".Many musicians are on it with Sakamoto, including Adrian Belew (yes, he of 80's King Crimson fame), and Robin Scott. Epic Records released it back in 1981. | |
| Green and Clapton Anyone wishing to hear the original Fleetwood Mac has to get the double album "Fleetwood Mac Vintage Years" on Sire records. It was put out in 1975, and covers many of the old tunes like the original Black Magic Woman (yes, people do think this wa... | |
| Best Artists/Tracks at Chord Changing Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' sound attracted me not so much for the chord changes (I'm a guitar player who played in bands around NJ and NY in the 60's and 70's), but the sound of Petty's electric 12-string. Very Byrds-like due to his use of a... | |
| Audiophile blues... "And since when has 50's technology and Tube equipment been a benchmark for great sound?" Shakey, maybe you ought to tell him that numerous guitar amps of the tubed variety are still in production today, many are considered collector's items for t... | |
| Wanna feel old? B.B. King is in his 80's and a lesson in continuing to do what you want to without having to "act your age". As a guitarist I've always found it interesting that by his own admission he couldn't play chords. The man made a living out of playing on... | |
| Your favorite music over the holidays Have to agree with Mapman, I get out my original Mercury Living Presence "Nutcracker" on vinyl, an FR-1 pressing- my niece's favorite holiday music as well. | |
| Audiophile blues... Albert King's "Born Under A Bad Sign" on original Chess vinyl. Maybe not the last word in "audiophile" quality but pretty close. | |
| Why do my rolling stones albums sound bad? I don't think the Stones were ever interested in audiophile-quality recording, and besides which that wouldnt fit the raw, rough and ready nature of their music. Yes, I know, some will mention the ballad type s tuff like Wild Horses, but the Stone... | |
| Favorite Genesis Tracks? I love the Seconds Out live album-shows how much their technique had progressed, using much more advanced synthesizers, and Banks's cross-hand technique on that piano solo on Supper's Ready was simply amazing. | |
| The Best Audio Dealer Also, I forgot to mention Jeff Catalano of Highwater Sound in Manhattan. I bought a TW Akustic Raven One, Ortofon 12 inch tonearm, and Dynavector cartridge from him in 2009. He was fantastic to deal with, no pressure at all, let us listen to as ma... | |
| The Best Audio Dealer Have to agree about John Rutan of Audio Connections in Verona NJ. I've bought mostly accessories from him but when my Wadia CD player had a problem with the drawer getting stuck, he agreed to send it to Wadia even though I had told him it wasnt un... | |
| Best beer Dogfish Indian Brown Ale. | |
| the most underrated 33 1/3 in history? I can understand why many thought Klaatu was the Beatles....have their Sir Army Suit LP. | |
| What are your favorite phono cartridges? Currently like my Dynavector 20xl, but my all time fave was the Alchemist cart I had in the late 80's. |