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Guitar Solos
Dave Navarro-Mountain Song (Jane's Addiction) 
Guitar Solos
Mark Knopfler: Tunnel of Love, Telegraph Road, In The Gallery and pretty much everything else he plays. Never get tired of it. 
Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing?
What are return policies like in stores that sell used vinyl? I'm sure it varies but it seems like a liberal return policy would make for a more robust used market. 
Big vintage amps worth paying for and keeping for a long time
My amp is a Proceed HPA2 that was given to me. It is built like a tank and weighs 100 pounds. I'm very happy with it. It was free and sounds great to my untrained ears.I have heard that these amps have reliability issues, short lifespans and high ... 
The sense of smell evokes memories, while the sense of hearing evokes emotions
It was, in fact, owned by my brother-in-law, and at this very moment there is a brilliant blue sports car sitting in the tractor shed. On weekends I often take it for a spin at insane speeds.Have never encountered a two lane wide air car but on oc... 
EQ for hifi stereo
The Loki also has a bypass switch. I'm considering getting one to help try to correct some of the deficiencies I hear in newer CDs I've ripped and some download files. Not sure if it will help but the Loki is only $129 new.My question is where in ... 
50 years on---the brilliance of The Band and their astounding debut album.
Will do, thanks for the tip. Most of the blues that I own are either iTunes or southern sampler CD I get yearly. Blues is an avenue that could take me into vinyl a ways.  
50 years on---the brilliance of The Band and their astounding debut album.
Yes, typo, thanks. I like the blues, particularly delta blues. Not a scholar or collector of blues per se but it resonates with me. Zeppelin copied, stole and expanded on the blues in a way that works for me so I've been a fan since the mid 70s. R... 
Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing?
bdp24, that's part of the reason this new audiophile is buying CDs like crazy. I'm getting good recordings of good titles for an average of about $5 on eBay including shipping. That's half what you'd pay for MP3 stuff on iTunes. I realize they are... 
Whats playing on your system today?
I saw Big Head Todd, Hootie and the Blowfish, The Meat Puppets and Freedy Johnston at a festival in Charleston, SC in the mid 90's. Great 90's pop groups.Tonight I'm listening to Robert Plant-Pictures At Eleven then R.E.M. Automatic for the People. 
The New American Songbook
I agree. In the scope of the last 25 years there is a lot higher quality and higher selling stuff out there.Sales aren't everything of course. If they were then the Big Mac would be one of the best foods in the world. ;-) 
Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing?
I'm dabbling in it now. Not real sure why. Nostalgia maybe? One reason that compels me a little toward vinyl is that the quality of CDs by newer artists can be poor while the vinyl seems to have better production quality.For the first time in prob... 
Alabama Shakes
Del Shannon's "Runaway" for the TV series Crime Story. 
50 years on---the brilliance of The Band and their astounding debut album.
Led Zep's first album was recorded that year but released on 12 Jan 68.I was only 5 so none of this was on my radar. What a great time to be a music fan (which for me started about 1972). 
The future of new music.......
By 'low' I mean narrow and by 'larger' I mean wider. It seems to me those are the same things. And since it is a 'range' i.e. a ratio of highest to lowest detectable sounds (or maybe it is frequencies) then a 'level' of that range is not any diffe...