shubertmaniac
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| Album of the year? Emerson String Quartet: the complete Shostakovich string quartets The Yardbirds: Cumular Limit | |
| SS vs Tube: What do you hear? GMKOWAL: I own both Spectral and ARC (I chose those two because of sound quality and the company's reputation for service), most of the time I run the Spectral, extremely neutral and extemely hi-rez. The ARC is warmer sounding, but not as neutral ... | |
| Best used preamp for around $1000. . . If you like extreme high rez and you already possess a set of high rez speakers, then I recommend a used Spectral DMC-10 for under 1K in excellent shape. Spectral owners tend to be meticulous about their equipment. Plus their service dept. is sube... | |
| Greatest Guitar Band Just to let you know, the Yardbirds have reformed again. They are set to play in England soon with a real possibility of coming to States. No EC,JB,JP. Also Jeff Beck is coming out with a new album and will tour this summer. Now if you could get a... | |
| True Confessions of a Soul Man Thanks for the heads up on the box set. Was Stax an indie label or part of a major???? I think you are right about the advent of FM stations. They changed everything. The stations would pick a format/music style and limit your choices of music. Th... | |
| True Confessions of a Soul Man Does anyone know what soul music was derived from? The Detroit sound (Motown) was created by Berry Gordy in the very late 50s and early 60s, but how about Memphis soul? Where was James Brown from? He is the self proclaimed godfather of soul. Does ... | |
| Are you Guys Rich or What!? Hell, if I won the lottery who needs audio. I would hire the Rolling Stones as my house band, ok, maybe not them, but I bet I could get The Emerson String Quartet: Schubert, Mozart, Spohr,Brahms,Beethoven string quartets live in your house! Everyd... | |
| 1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups Holy Smokes! I am shocked that I forgot the Electric Factory!! Saw many a musical at the Schubert Theatre. My username comes from Franz Schubert, but in haste I misspelled it. Actually I live on the Maryland Eastern Shore on the Chesapeake. But to... | |
| 1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups Trelja.Philadelphia?? A Jersey Shore kind of guy?? Somers Point? Margate? The Dunes at 5am?? 1972-75 a fabulous bar band: The Sky Band!!!! Did you see them???? T-Bar on McDade Blvd? Tower Theatre??Mann Music Center?? Academy of Music?? Saw Billy J... | |
| Cheap SACD Player or wait for DVD Audio? I am an oldtime Audio magazine subscriber who got switched to Sound + Vision (ugh!) after its demise. The latest issue has a very insightful interview with Neil Young. He talks about digital/analog and CDvsSACDvsDVD-A. Please no comments on the ma... | |
| 1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups Ben Campbell: I recollect at a benefit concert in 1983/4? E Clapton, J Beck, J Page were somehow on stage together, and of course the song they could all agree on was The Train Kept A Rollin' My take on these three guys is that they do not care fo... | |
| 1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups Trelja: My mistake the Jack Holmes'Youngblood song was I'm Confused, not I'm Dazed, sorry. How did I get so much info on the Yardbirds, easy I read the very extensive liner notes on their CDs. Jim McCarty usually gives a little interview on many o... | |
| 1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups Treja. I noticed that you are the only other Yardbirdie on this thread. Have you heard their "new" release?? Cumulus Cloud. It is unreleased material from 1967/1968,their last/lost year. It is material that Jimmy Page did not want released, for re... | |
| 1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups KThomas. Thanks for the info on the Isleys'.Is there a one cd compilation of their early songs?? The Yardbirds did a really rockin' rave up of she's so respectable, so hopefully I could compare. Which version of twist and shout do you prefer:Isley... | |
| 1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups For the record: Yardbirds(all incarnations) Rolling Stones Buddy Holly Yes Beach Boys Tears for Fears Steely Dan Dream Syndicate Neil Young/Buffalo Springfield Jimi Hendrix The first three I need a daily fix. KThomas, I loved the early Isley's stu... |