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Live vs. recorded
Marty..."For the last couple of years I've had the same two CDs in the #3 and #4 slots of my car's CD changer:......"For two years? Do you only own four CDs or something? :) 
Live vs. recorded
Tom - my question was relating to your comments regarding musicians that come together for the recording only, not regarding recordings that have too much polish. And as an aside, I never did find Steely Dan too polished, as others have mentioned,... 
Live vs. recorded
I have to ask Tomcy6, what sort of music do you listen to because that's not my experience. Is it with Jazz perhaps? 
Live vs. recorded
Weirdo! How can you not like the sound of tea? 
Live vs. recorded
From my perspective, there are no hard and fast rules governing a live recording. For example, my favourite live album is Renaissance's "Carnegie Hall", which I prefer to all their studio albums. That's not to say I don't like the latter - on the ... 
Live vs. recorded
Perhaps you go to a lot of live gigs? It is quite rare that a live album is well recorded, mixed and mastered. When they are, they are a real joy to listen to but I'll still prefer the studio versions when it comes to the listening experience. Hav... 
Playing the wifes music choices
^ Welcome to the world of internet forums :( 
Must have classic recordings
Very good point Musicnoise. I only truly appreciated the Ninth, even though it was my "first love" of classical music, once I had got several copies. I now have 11 different versions but that's nothing - I have come across people who have over 50!... 
Must have classic recordings
Furtwangler's 1942 Beethoven 9th, Berlin - the Hitler's birthday bash. Not because it's a great recording - far from it, it's pretty bad. It is, however, like being in the path of an oncoming runaway train and you are staring at it hurtling toward... 
Playing the wifes music choices
My "other half" is quite confident to use the main Hi-Fi but then she has to do very little. It's permanently on so all so has to worry about are two things - the volume control and the CD player. It took her a while to negotiate the latter, it be...