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  • 4xoddic
    4xoddic Posts: 372
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    Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza Acoustic Disc (1999) CD -> ALAC

    The humblest of beginnings can beget the best prizes, as is the case with this spectacular summit meeting of bluegrass mandolinists. The story goes like this: Ronnie McCoury, son of the great Del, is driving his father's 1954 GMC coach in the (where else?) Shenandoah Valley and has a minor epiphany, dreaming up what he describes as a "Bluegrass Mandolin 101." When he shares the idea with Acoustic Disc founder (and mandolin virtuoso) David Grisman, the project is off with a sprint. Next thing you know, there's eight great mandolin pickers--veterans Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne, Frank Wakefield, and Buck White, and (relatively) younger maestros Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, McCoury, and Grisman, with Del McCoury on guitar--grabbing 34 tunes for their collective own. They open with a unison reading of "Blue Moon of Kentucky" that recalls how important mandolin ensemble music was in bridging the worlds of concert and popular music generations ago. Then the ensemble's off on a solo-rich ride, with fiddle tunes like "Old Joe Clark" offering everyone a moment in the picking light and Bill Monroe's "Roanoke" giving the session's two planners a chance to speed through in unison. Then there are banjo-tune adaptations like "The Cakewalk" and numerous episodes of influence, where you have Wakefield, one of Grisman's 1960s-era mentors, jamming on "Mexican Stomp." The pickers also get an opportunity to introduce many of the cuts with a short monologue on the tune's genesis and intent. As if that all weren't enough, the set also comes slipcased with a generously colorful booklet that breaks down each tune and features mini-essays on each soloist and lovely photos of their preferred mandolin. Far more than a simple anthology of trad-grass mandolin music, this is a lengthy paean to the instrument and its great practitioners. --Andrew Bartlett
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
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    The Band....Rock Of Ages.....Bob Dylan and The Band Before the Flood!
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,175
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    hochpt21: you must've received your albums from George. Hooker & Heat. Albert King. Some good stuff there. George still has some really good Savoy Brown available, I already have a good SB collection or I'd be all over it. Muddy Waters Hard Again is also an awesome album, produced by Johnny Winter, and JW plays on it as well. James Cotton might play harp on it too if my memory serves me. Maybe even Pinetop Perkins.
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
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    Rick 88, you have some fine stuff in yer collection!
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
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    Me too,as far as music goes,variety is the spice of life isn't it?
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
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    A lot of those artists have played at Renfro Valley in Kentucky,a little 300 seat venue and I have been lucky to have been there to see em!
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  • 4xoddic
    4xoddic Posts: 372
    edited January 2013
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    Cream Disraeli Gears (1967) CD -> ALAC
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
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    Cream Wheels of Fire...Derrik and the Dominoes LAYLA....BLIND FAITH... Voted LAYLA best album in 1970 playboys music poll but think it lost out to some three dog night album! Go figure!
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
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    Rik always thought rubber soul and revolver should have been a double album!! Love the fab four!
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  • gdpeck
    gdpeck Posts: 840
    edited January 2013
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    This came a day early from Amazon. It's the CD, not vinyl. So far I've only briefly compared it to my old copy, which is the single CD release with missing songs. The MFSL copy is really nice. Everything is clearer and things (voices, drums) are much more distinct. The bass texture is amazing on the MFSL. I'm very pleased with the purchase!

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  • gdpeck
    gdpeck Posts: 840
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    gdpeck wrote: »
    This came a day early from Amazon. It's the CD, not vinyl. So far I've only briefly compared it to my old copy, which is the single CD release with missing songs. The MFSL copy is really nice. Everything is clearer and things (voices, drums) are much more distinct. The bass texture is amazing on the MFSL. I'm very pleased with the purchase!

    I'm still listening to the MFSL CD of Waiting for Columbus. It is much better than I even imagined. The original CD sounds nice in terms of extension. I'd say it has some dynamics, but it's just nice sounds in the speakers. The MFSL just comes alive. It has more presence and is more "in the room". Everything is more textured and actually seems out in space rather than coming from speakers. A couple of good examples are the organ parts in Spanish Moon. Kind of swirling in space and a little spooky, but very present. Also the vocal at the beginning of Mercenary Territory is so clear and legible. I hate to bust out the "hearing things I never heard" cliche, but I really couldn't make out the opening lyrics of Mercenary Territory, and truthfully I never cared to try. On the MFSL they were just right there.
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited January 2013
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    Yo-Yo Ma, "J.S. Bach, The Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites," Suite No. 1, S 1007.
    Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.

    Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One.

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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
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    Jack White: Blunderbuss.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,175
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,175
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
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  • gdpeck
    gdpeck Posts: 840
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
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    Rory Gallagher: Duece.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
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    Frank Zappa: Chunga's Revenge.
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  • 4xoddic
    4xoddic Posts: 372
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    B. B. King & Eric Clapton Riding with the King CD -> ALAC
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  • 4xoddic
    4xoddic Posts: 372
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    Dan Fogelberg Exiles CD -> ALAC
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  • gdpeck
    gdpeck Posts: 840
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
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    Busy Spammers today.
    Neil Young: Harvest Moon.
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited January 2013
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    moe. ... Tin Cans & Car Tires (MOG)
    2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A
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  • gdpeck
    gdpeck Posts: 840
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    via MOG:

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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
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    gdpeck wrote: »
    via MOG:

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    Think i'll join ya.
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  • Bigerik
    Bigerik Posts: 149
    edited January 2013
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    Hi Rez Eagles - Life in the Fast lane.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
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    Raconteurs: Consolurs of the Lonely.
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
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    Tea Leaf Green...Radio Tragedy (MOG)
    2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited January 2013
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    Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland.
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