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| One Only Please- Your Favorite Track from which album and Artist please One more for now: Alice Cooper, Love it to Death, ca. 1971, track: "Ballad of Dwight Fry," 6:33but, you really have to take up the previous track for the segue, "Second Coming" 3:00. The best pressing is a very early Straight label, mastered by Ra... | |
| One Only Please- Your Favorite Track from which album and Artist please Band: Cressida, Album: Asylum, ca. 1971. Track: Munich, timing approx 9.33, label: Vertigo Swirl, UK pressing preferable. The German Swirl is a little cheaper, the Repertoire is serviceable if market price is daunting for a M- copy. Have fun. | |
| Stereophile Magazine question. Many years ago (mid-to late ’60s), MAD Magazine had a page or two about magazine offers- the prospect kept refusing, and the magazine marketing department kept reducing the price and increasing the perks. It was ridiculous but funny. Haven’t read ... | |
| Reference Recordings @newbee - newb, which of his recordings is a hoot, with African drums? Ah, you fixed it. Thanks, I have that one on a shelf, will have to pull it out. I have many of the old ones Prof did- one of my favorites, sonically, is the Three Penny Opera. ... | |
| ... POORLY RECORDED SONGS THAT ... Michael, in some cases it is the particular issue- safety copy or needle drop (or CD pull), plus bad mastering. I have many records where there are significant differences in sound --from horrible to great- depending on the particular issue. And, ... | |
| ... POORLY RECORDED SONGS THAT ... @wcfeil-- I went thru a Ziggy phase a while ago to find a good one. The 4E/6E UK is very good sounding, as was the reissue from several years ago which, I believe, was based on an analog tape. (It has subsequently been reissued again, but I don’t ... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @daveyf - you do like to post provocative matter, don't you? I don't regard the "high-end cartridge" pricing as reasonable, but I also don't think there's much we can do about it. The prices in Japan for cartridges from that country are, I believe... | |
| Greatest debut album @geoffkait - which means you must like Greta Van Fleet. Real life conversation:"There are no good bands any more, who sound like the old great rock bands.""Well, there is this new-ish band, Greta Van something, they sound a lot like Zep.""No way--... | |
| Greatest debut album +1 on Can't Buy a Thrill-- great playing, virtually every song radio friendly, pretty timeless and decent sonics.On Zep 1, I don't find any of the Zep albums to be particularly good recordings. (Yes, I have the grails, plums, RLs, Classic 45s in s... | |
| ... POORLY RECORDED SONGS THAT ... Whole album is pretty bad sounding but i rarely listen to the whole album. That song, Can't Find My Way, is, to me, the best thing on the record and occasionally i'll play the entire side one. Side two is a disaster: Sea of Joy is ok, but Do What... | |
| ... POORLY RECORDED SONGS THAT ... "Can't Find My Way Back Home" from the Blind Faith album. The best vinyl copy I have, a first UK Polydor, is an improvement over the original US pressing, but the cymbals still sound like trash can lids. The song and performance still shine throug... | |
| Onzow Stylus Tip Cleaner I don't find it any more effective than dry brushing. I didn't know that it has risks with the Ortofons- I knew that alcohol or liquid cleaners were taboo with their cartridges. I use a dry brush, sometimes Magic Eraser, sometimes BluTak (which is... | |
| Greatest debut album There are a lot of "great" debut albums, though I’m reluctant to characterize any record as "greatest":Rickie Lee Jones self titled album is fabulous, musically and sonically. No need to buy an audiophile pressing; a standard issue Warner copy is ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? We caught Sue Foley last year at Antone's in Austin, playing with Billy Gibbons, Charlie Sexton, Mike Flanigin and Jimmie Vaughan- she can kick ass. Had a '60s look going with a 'hair-do'- good entertainer. | |
| full-scale orchestral music—best test of speakers’ potential? Bernard Herrmann used violins for the shower scene in "Psycho"-- Eeek, Eeek, Eeeek, Eeek! Sometimes they do sound biting, no?And if you choose a combination of components that make that pleasant, what is it doing to the signal? I dunno-- I think ... |