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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    shack wrote:
    Absolutely! BB'S "second best" album (by only the slightest of margins to "Live at the Regal") and a must have masterpiece IMO.
    Agreed, Steve - a close call. I have "Live at the Regal" on original release, minty vinyl. As soon as the new record cleaner arrives, it will be one of the first spins.
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited January 2006
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    "It has real passion!" Many of his signature guitar licks here have a vitality, attack, and sense of immediacy that those who became fans later in his career might just be shocked by.

    Agreed, Both the "Regal" and "Cook County" pieces are must haves in any format
    The B.B. trademark sound has mellowed over the decades and these two shows have a different energy/feel than studio versions of the time and certainly compared to now (live, and a fine live show he still puts on)
    A great example of his "mature" sound can be found on "Blues on the bayou" (1998).
    Great sound and velvety guitar tones, plus his veteran road crew make Blues on the bayou a fine addition to anyones collection.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
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    And on B.B.... Picked up ...Regal based on a shack rec, and was happy I did. Will need to put Cook County on "the list"...
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    Vox Copuli
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2006
    Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World

    Man, am I ever glad I picked up this CD! I'm loving it!

    :D

    The bass note in Kings of the Highway reminds me Mark Knopfler, but the entirety of Wicked Game reminds me of Mark Knopfler. From the instruments to Chris Isaak's relaxed style, it's Mark Knopfler. One passage even reminds me of Elvis! :eek: :p

    I haven't had this much fun listening to a CD in a long time.
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  • seo
    seo Posts: 305
    edited January 2006
    Riding with the King - B.B. King and Eric Clapton
    Duke's Blues - Duke Robillard (sp?)
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Nice... see, sell some speakers and hang for a while...

    Gonna start with a little jazz, early Marcus Roberts - Deep in the Shed.
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    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
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  • seo
    seo Posts: 305
    edited January 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    Nice... see, sell some speakers and hang for a while...

    Hopefully..... :)

    I know Christmas is over, but was listening to the Martina McBride Christmas CD from '99. O Holy Night is an awesome version.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Still jazzin' to a nice, live set at one of the all-time great jazz venues.
    Harper Brothers - Live at the Village Vanguard

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    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    ... and still yet...

    This one is courtesy of a Club bub I met in BDT's Carver cave (RIP). Larry, Billy Cobham, what more could you want?

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    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited January 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    ... and still yet...

    This one is courtesy of a Club bub I met in BDT's Carver cave (RIP). Larry, Billy Cobham, what more could you want?

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    I'll put this one on my list....I'm a big Billy Cobham fan.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2006
    Mark Knopfler - The Ragpieker's Dream
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    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited January 2006
    Absolutely dead quiet vinyl and still on a Dylan kick: "The freewheelin' Bob Dylan" on deck is "Blood on the Tracks"
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited January 2006
    Ani DiFranco-Knuckle Down

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    Not eveyone's cup of tea....but a great open sounding recording. Great for demoing a system. Femal vocal, acoustic guitar, upright bass, drums.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    My Karma...

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    I never would have guessed this was released in 1977. Very good sounding redbook from EMI Germany (maybe that explains it).

    Thanks, Noel. May the bird of paradise... etc., etc...
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    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • FicmanS
    FicmanS Posts: 134
    edited January 2006
    Sheryl Crow - Wildflower

    What a great CD
    Rockin' In My House :D


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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    One of the great, "lost", rock albums, it gave me one of my all-time favorite tracks, "Time of the Season".

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    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • seo
    seo Posts: 305
    edited January 2006
    DAGLJAM6 wrote:
    on deck is "Blood on the Tracks"

    Awesome album!
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  • seo
    seo Posts: 305
    edited January 2006
    John Lee Hooker - Mr. Lucky 1990 Pointblank Records.

    The tracks with Albert Collins and Johnny Winter are great.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited January 2006
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    Duran Duran's "Astronaut" SACD. Shockingly good. First album with all 5 original members in 20 years and it really shows.....the band is in top form and I can't believe I am typing this....Simon LeBon actually sounds great on this album. All the songs sound like "singles" material. Highly recommended.
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited January 2006
    Josh Sklair- "Josh" replaying some disks i've received from or were recommended by folks on the forum.(Thanks Mike, on this one)
    This one really comes alive on the Thiels with the Dodd ELP handling preamp duty. This is truly a you are there disk with the right set up.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    Dave,

    A friend (who's currently on tour in Europe) has been playing bass with Josh, and a few other crazies, fairly often in LA. As soon as he returns, I'm hoping to score some board tapes of their lounge gigs. Should be fun!
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited January 2006
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    Dave,

    A friend (who's currently on tour in Europe) has been playing bass with Josh, and a few other crazies, fairly often in LA. As soon as he returns, I'm hoping to score some board tapes of their lounge gigs. Should be fun!

    Sounds like it could be! No joke though that disk, i'm guessing the time alignment does it, through the new/old Thiels just gains a new depth/dimension.

    Threw on some Jesse Sykes- "Oh my girl" still a multi layered favorite of mine.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited January 2006
    Yup, that particular disc (Josh) through the AR-9's is incredible.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited January 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    Yup, that particular disc (Josh) through the AR-9's is incredible.

    BDT
    Which reminds me next demo afternoon we need to check out those AR-9's I think your hording time on 'em... :) BTW have you tried out that Tjader disk yet?
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited January 2006
    Nope, not yet......

    Also, I've got that LP cleaning fluid for you.
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited January 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    Nope, not yet......

    Also, I've got that LP cleaning fluid for you.

    Zombied right by it on the way out......

    and Cat Stevens - "Tea for the Tillerman" vinyl, .99 all day every day thrift store pick up.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Blues variety pack... Click the pic for the line-up...

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    More later,
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    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2006
    Beck - Stereopathetic Soul Manure

    :D
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2006
    Joan Osborne - How Sweet It Is

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    Release Date: September 17, 2002
    Label: Compendia
    Catalog No.: 9365

    Despite the image most have of Joan Osborne as the "Pop" singer who brought "One of Us" to the airwaves....Her element is a rock/blues/soul genre. "How Sweet It Is" is an album of cover versions from soul artists, including most of her influences (with a couple of "rock" covers thrown in). Marvin Gaye , Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Edwin Starr, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & The Family Stone, Aretha Franklin, Dave Mason and The Band are some of the origninal artists. Smooth and laid back is a good description of the style of this album. She doesn't try to copy or sound like the original artist but more like she is giving homage while adding her own voice and interpetation. She is a white girl with a voice made for R&B and Soul. It is well recorded and a good listen.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited January 2006
    Elton John-Honky Chateau (MSFL)

    Found this at the used cd store the other day. It's the original MSFL disc. What some people get rid of is amazing sometimes. This recording got a lot play when I was growing up. Amazingly, this is one I haven't had in my collection. Classic Elton John, one of his best IMO.

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    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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