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| Feeling the Spirit! There are some great videos on YouTube about the guitar tone Norman Greenbaum came up with for Spirit in the Sky (a fairly recent re-recording was noted by the band contacting him to get the exact amp/guitar settings originally used in the studio)... | |
| What Are Your Reference Discs? or Specific Reference Tracks It's not clear to me who these reference tracks are intended for....the owner or a new listener. Playing a new listener a track unknown to them will mean less than something they've heard endlessly on the radio or other/their systems. That's why I... | |
| Does Steely Dan sound bright to you? Only Nightfly sounds a little bright...antiseptic to me.@Hilde45 got to the Katy Lied master tape fiasco just ahead of me....and back when I read about what happened I was depressed for days, wondering what we had all missed (and the sound of Katy... | |
| How much reality do you really need? This literary passage comforts me when I question the "mojo" of my system: (apologies to mahgister for repetition)-As Harry Haller, in Hermann Hesse’ Steppenwolf, listens to Mozart explain, after Mozart places a transistor radio ... | |
| Arrangement of components on rack In the 80's I bought an antique buffet that perches on four 14" ball&claw legs, stripped out the guts, built square bar racks, and installed a quiet vent fan in the upper left-hand, back corner. Where to put my CJ MV75 tube amp & PV2ar tub... | |
| Favorite Guitar Solo millercarbon +1 Roy Clark…..made hair stand up.Danny Gatton- Elmira St. Boogie (the “Telemaster” barely lost out to Eric Johnson’ Cliffs of Dover in 1990)Michael Hedges- Aerial Boundaries (it’s ONLY him on the 6 string..) | |
| Springsteen and Clapton on their favorite, heh, band. To all of you who actually saw many of the musicians/bands discussed and shared your experiences….love it, thank you!I was just a little too young and isolated (MS) to have had an opportunity to see & hear them. | |
| BUI - Guilty If no animals or humans were injured or abused in the purchase of your BAT then you win....the time for regrets is before you light the fuse...or...(you get the idea).If the purchase is a quality piece the worst that can happen is you might pay a ... | |
| Springsteen and Clapton on their favorite, heh, band. The Weight is such a key song in Easy Rider it cemented The Band’s place in rock history, if for no other reason…and Chest Fever was unlike anything most people had ever heard before. There are other quality cuts but overall, compared to the “brow... | |
| What is your favorite album cover? T. Rex - Electric Warrior (rock personified)Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (also see Santana Abraxas & Miles Live)Any Roger Dean cover (Yes, Osibisa, Uriah Heap, Asia, etc.)It's a Beautiful DayZappa - Hot RatsBowie - Ziggy StardustJane's Addiction... | |
| Favorite Guitar Solo Hendrix: Message To Love, Voodoo ChildMick Taylor (Stones): Can't You Hear Me KnockingClapton(Cream): Badge, White RoomPage: Dazed and Confused, HeartbreakerFunkadelic (Eddie Hazel): Maggot BrainThe Guess Who: Rain DanceChuck Berry: (you choose)Th... | |
| Interesting thought No one has mentioned the DJ phenomenon, which has been around for awhile. Massive crowds listening at rock concert sound levels through (I assume) accurate, full-frequency systems.I believe most young people value mobility, and they switch jobs fr... | |
| MSRP, diferentiation and the illusion of value As Harry Haller in Hesse’ Steppenwolf listens to Mozart explain, after Mozart places a transistor radio playing Handel on the table (substitute “audiophile system” for “radio”): Please, no pathos, my friend! Anyway, did you observe the ritardando?... | |
| What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To? Hats off to Mickeyb for Grant Lee Buffalo and Honey Don’t Think….unique vocal style.Can’t believe I’m saying this but, ELO - Telephone Linestops me every time.Unrequited love doesn’t really qualify as romantic…or does it?Elvis Costello - She is my... | |
| Cat Scratch Fever? What a ride this discussion has been!The Amboy Dukes had some great material, and Ted forged hi$ career playing to people he later relegated/editorialized to the garbage heap of society. So much for gratitude and compassion.Never cared for the ham... |