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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    ^^ I'm a fan of Joan as well. She grew up very fast...

    "You better get back, Honky Cat, livin' in the city isn't where it's at..."
    Played the **** out of that in college...

    Me this AM? Paula Cole - This Fire

    Used CD shop purchase for "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone". Just threw it in expecting full disk of pleasant, background fluff in the same vein...
    But no-o-o-o-o-o...

    In the opening of the first track, "Tiger", she reached out, grabbed me by the balls and said, "Sit down and listen." I still am...

    Bit over produced in spots, but the lady has some serious pipes, and more than a little writing talent. AMG says jazz training, and it shows in spots.

    Nice to be pleasantly surprised every once in a while...

    EDIT:... and again by the same disk... Last track is "I Don't Want to Wait"... Did not even know this was her. Just a cherry on top...

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

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2006
    Just listened to Slow Surprises by Emmylou Harris on my "75 Years of Grand Ole Opry" CD. Great song. Her voice and the music really work together to create a performance.

    Am listening through my Chris Isaak Heart Shaped World CD again. I like every song on this CD! Best money I've ever spent! Well, I didn't actually buy it myself, but it would have been had I bought it!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2006
    Placido Domingo "Quereme Mucho"

    Great CD...
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2006
    Hmm..thinking about what that means in English...

    "You Want Me a Lot"

    Is that it? lol
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    Jstas wrote: »
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2006
    Actually in the CD it's translated as "Love me Greatly".
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2006
    Hey, that works, too! :p
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
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    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    Cream - Goodbye
    On R2R, snagged NIB with cellophane

    The studio cuts are super. The live stuff would require an illegal smile to really enjoy. I haven't listened to this album in years. I suspect the next listen will fall in that same time frame.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2006
    Was looking through my cassettes, so I'm listening to Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way It Is. Listening on my portably tape player on my headphones...*dreams of a 'nice' headphone rig*...
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
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  • nesticle
    nesticle Posts: 86
    edited January 2006
    B52's - Rock Lobster

    Ohhh yeah!
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    Ike & Tina Turner - Outta Season
    1969 Blue Thumb, Reel to Reel
    Ike Turner is a fantastic blues guitarist, and this offering showcases his talents in the genre better than any in my collection. Nothing original to be found here in the way of songwriting -- these are all covers of blues and soul standards. But, there are amazing covers of "Five Long Years", "Rock Me Baby", "Reconsider Baby", and "3 O'Clock in the Morning Blues". Tina does a respectable job with the (predominantly) blues cuts and lets it all hang out on "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and "I Am a Motherless Child". There's a subtle call and return between the couple on "Grumbling" that I never knew was there until I heard it in true analog.
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  • nesticle
    nesticle Posts: 86
    edited January 2006
    Guns n' Roses - Coma

    10 minutes long, but its got a great riff, and good solos.
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited January 2006
    Todd Rundgren- "Back to the Bars" Live , Vinyl and LOUD.
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited January 2006
    The Velvet Underground - Heroin
    got to love the way this song just builds up
    cats.vans.bag...
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    DAGLJAM6 wrote:
    Todd Rundgren- "Back to the Bars" Live , Vinyl and LOUD.
    Paul, ashamed (again) to sat that I've never heard that... Recommended?

    I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) - Warren Zevon

    One of those bad voices you just love. Always enjoyed "Werewolves...",. etc., but I'd never owned him until his passing. Now I know there was a hole in my music.

    What really grabs me is the outstanding SQ and musicianship of this set... hell, this career.

    And the cover photo is the spitting image of my ex-bro-in-law...

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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
    Moved to another thread

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?p=405434#post405434
    "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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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    swerve wrote:
    The Velvet Underground - Heroin
    got to love the way this song just builds up
    +1 Excellent!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2006
    Peter Gabriel - So

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    I just love this album. Not a bad cut from top to bottom. You want to give your sub or those passive radiators a workout? The bass on this album will do that. Kate Bush on "Don't Give Up" is a plus.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    Loggins & Messina - The Best of Friends
    1976 - CBS 1R1 6594, Reel to Reel
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    One of my personal favorites from the 70's. Solid songwriting, vocals and arrangements throughout. Michael Omartain's work on the keys is simply outstanding, as is Jim Messina's guitar and mandolin play. Angry Eyes, Vahevala, Peace of Mind, My Music, House at Pooh Corner, Watching the River Run, Danny's Song, Your Mama Don't Dance -- an amazing album!
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Roger that... a great compilation release.
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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
    Sunday AM Light Classics on XM Pops... Nice and soothing.
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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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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    Jazz on Sunday morning...

    Tom Scott - The Best of Tom Scott
    Stanley Clarke - School Days
    John Tropea - A Short Trip to Space
    George Duke - Liberated Fantasies
    Stanley Turentine - In the Pocket

    All on near virgin vinyl from the vault. Excellente!!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2006
    Steely Dan this morning...2 against Nature.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited January 2006
    Vinyl for me also:
    Dire Straits- "Dire Straits"
    On now
    to be followed by,
    Al Dimeola- "Splendido Hotel"
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Did some running around and on a Sunday morning that means H-town's NPR Blues line-up... Roadhouse, Nuri Nuri (The Big Boss-man of the Blues) and others....

    Nuri is a local fav. Really cool to hear a guy with a very heavy, east Indian accent go on and on about Big Joe Turner, Howlin' Wolf, 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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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    DAGLJAM6 wrote:
    Vinyl for me also:
    Dire Straits- "Dire Straits"
    Just picked the CD up up at a neighborhood garage sale... Not bad for $2...

    Know how sometimes a cover catches your eye and won't let go, so you have to buy the album? But you've never heard of the group in your life, so you're not sure why you have to buy it? Well, I'm glad this one caught mine at the above sale:
    Soulhat - Good to Be Gone.

    Not all golden, but bats about 0.800... Borderline vocals (but you like them), quirkly lyrics, fine-**** guitar... Feels like it was recorded "live" in the studio, rather than piecemeal.

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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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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited January 2006
    1974- Todd Rundgren- "Todd" Todd at the apex as "guitar hero" excellent "gel out" album. "Number 1 Lowest Common Denominator" and "The Last Ride" contain some absolutely scorching guitar solos. Not the LP/CD to try as an intro to his music but one to have soon after.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    I've never owned a title by Todd Rundgren. Weird!
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Mike, I've only got 6 or so, just to balance you out...

    I've been all over today... Duane Allman, Junior Brown, but the best stops of the day have been:

    Steve Miller - Sailor
    First off I have to say that this LP is an acquired taste. This ain't no Joker. This is the old, Steve from back when Boz Scaggs was his #1 sideman. This is the Bluesy, psychadelic Steve. Some of this is just abnormal stuff. Some of it is just brilliant stuff. But from the opening fog horns of "Song for Our Ancestors", it's all in a context that I think works. And then of course there's the quintessential Steve Miller track, "Living in the U.S.A."...
    "Somebody get me a cheeseburger..."

    Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley
    This, Palmer's debut LP, is a guaranteed good... no, make that... great stop in any daily musical journey. First half of the CD (LP side 1) is always high on my "Best Album-side" list. If you've not heard Robert P. before he was "adicted to love", then you have not heard Robert P.

    And the NOW PLAYING...

    Bruce Hornsby - Hot House
    The "That's Just the Way It Is" guy completes his move from rock to jazz with this '95 release. Really nice, energetic set with a strong backing band and plenty of guests dropping in here and there, e.g., Bella Fleck, Chaka Khan. It was my main "office inspiration" music near the end of my working days... right at the end nothing could inspire me. Anyway it got packed away in the move bye-bye, and was just happened across.

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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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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited January 2006
    Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare

    Haven't played it for some time now.... Man, could this album use remastering! :eek:
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    Steve Miller - Sailor

    First off I have to say that this LP is an acquired taste. This ain't no Joker. This is the old, Steve from back when Boz Scaggs was his #1 sideman. This is the Bluesy, psychadelic Steve. Some of this is just abnormal stuff. Some of it is just brilliant stuff. But from the opening fog horns of "Song for Our Ancestors", it's all in a context that I think works. And then of course there's the quintessential Steve Miller track, "Living in the U.S.A."...
    "Somebody get me a cheeseburger..."

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    That was my first Steve Miller...before The Joker. It's still down in my stack of vinyl somewhere (along with The Joker and Book of Dreams). And yes.... "Living in the USA" IS the quintessential Steve Miller track.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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