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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited May 2010
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    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I gotta tell you John, I have serveral recording both on vinyl & CD of Beethoven's ninth symphony and the choral section done in German on one of the recordings is my all time fav. It's how it was meant to be sung and it really does outshine the English versions.

    I just looked up "thalidomide deformities" my God what a horrible deformity. He must have had a heck of time overcoming it especially as a piano player. God Bless him!

    No, Joe, he sings along with a piano accompanist, that's traditionally how they do it. But an interesting thing about that is that he was refused admittance to a prestigious vocal music academy as a youth because they required students to have some level of piano mastery. A guy can't play piano with flippers.

    I remember the big thalidomide horror in Europe, and how at that time footdragging by the FDA mainly prevented it from being an American tragedy too.

    The last track of the 2nd cd set I mentioned, he breaks away from traditional lieder and does a free-form jazz bop thing that sounds like he and Bobby McFerrin could have a whale of a time.
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  • DeusExa
    DeusExa Posts: 491
    edited May 2010
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,872
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,872
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    Ahh yes, Manfred Mann....my LSD years....

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  • arun1963
    arun1963 Posts: 1,797
    edited May 2010
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    :eek: another polkie from here abouts?
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited May 2010
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    Keiko wrote: »
    Dead Can Dance - Aion on SACD.

    Way to go!!
    DCD on SACD sounds incredible eh?
    U should hear Into The Labyrinth!! WOW!! :eek:

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited May 2010
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    Really a good lp--certainly brings back fond memories.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,871
    edited May 2010
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    Getting down with Billy Boy Arnold singing "Dirty Mother Fuyer"
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
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    The best SACD I own so far!!

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    HD TV: Vizio 42" LCD 1080p E420VO
    Blu-Ray: Sony BDP-S350
    DVD: Sony DVP-NC665P 5 Disk
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  • toucanet
    toucanet Posts: 581
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    DMara wrote: »
    Last weekend I had a chance to listen to David Sanborn's Upfront album. I got to say I was hooked icon14.gif

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    Also check out two of his other albums:
    Voyeur
    As We Speak

    The first song on the Voyeur album will impress you:D
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited May 2010
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    Lady Gaga - Poker Face
    polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
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    polkaudio DSWPro550WI
    polkaudio XRT12 XM Tuner
    polkaudio RM6750 5.1

    Front projection, 2 channel, car audio... life is good!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 26,160
    edited May 2010
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    Death Walks Behind You....

    Amazing, simply amazing on SDA's:D

    Now all I need is some acid laced smoke and I will be good to GGOOOooooooo.;):cool::eek:
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon MiND2 Shunyata Triton/Typhon Rotel RP9400 Turntable

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited May 2010
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    Was Palmer still the drummer? ^^^^^
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 26,160
    edited May 2010
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    george daniel wrote: »
    Was Palmer still the drummer? ^^^^^

    Paul Hammond... an interesting history this band has. There was a huge revolving door for members in this band and the list reads like a "who's who" of progressive rock. I almost put this one back in the bin at Goodwill today, but I am happy I kept it now.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon MiND2 Shunyata Triton/Typhon Rotel RP9400 Turntable

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited May 2010
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    Nine Inch Nails

    Besides you in Time-Blu Ray
    Linn AV5140 fronts
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    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited May 2010
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    Mr Rollo
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • On3s&amp;Z3r0s
    On3s&amp;Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited May 2010
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    +1 for NIN... but Ghosts.

    Also, and always Hazmat Modine, Bahamut. So good, harmonicas, tuba, trombone. The textures from high to low are crazy. It will tell you in no uncertain terms where your speakers stand and fall!

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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited May 2010
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited May 2010
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  • Slinger182
    Slinger182 Posts: 512
    edited May 2010
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    Listening to this now on Myspace. Album comes out Tuesday on iTunes and on disk next month. Recorded live in studio on tape!
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  • mhmacw
    mhmacw Posts: 832
    edited May 2010
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    snap your finger snap your neck...prong
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited May 2010
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    Etta James - Deep In The Night
    1978, Warner Brothers, BSK 3156 - LP

    I'm an ardent follower of the blues, but not too many female vocal performances do it for me in the genre. This is definitely the exception.

    Etta was most surely at the top of her game in the late '70s. Her vocals here have a power and grace I haven't witnessed in her other works. A broad range of musical samplings, produced by Jerry Wexler, are knitted solidly together with not a dud track to be found on the album. She covers Joplin's anthematic "Piece of My Heart" beautifully and makes a song (Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed") relevant and spine tingling with her unique phrasing, style, and POWER.

    A highly recommended addition to your blues collection.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited May 2010
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    Larry Carlton: Collection

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    Great guitar work!

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited May 2010
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    This is even better!!

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    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited May 2010
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    Jonathan Butler

    Do you love me?

    HDCD
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • mhmacw
    mhmacw Posts: 832
    edited May 2010
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    Grace Potter &the Nocturnals/ Big White Gate
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  • mhmacw
    mhmacw Posts: 832
    edited May 2010
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    Grace Potter/Joe Satriani Cortez the Killer.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,502
    edited May 2010
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    Velvet Underground "Contraband" - vinyl
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited May 2010
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    Miles Davis.....Miles in the Sky

    next....Miles Davis....Milestones

    then

    Miles Davis.......Sorcerer


    burnin in my new Xovers is tough work!:cool:
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