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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    ^ Word...

    Starting the day with some of the lightest heavy stuff (or is it heavy light stuff?) around...

    Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
    Owned this long before I discovered it when it was mentioned in an old, "great bass tracks" thread here. The title cut has outstanding deep bass, it's the "heavy" part. As for the rest, hey, it's Bela...

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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    Ike Turner - Blues Roots
    1972, UAS-5576 Reel to Reel

    Turner doing Chuck Willis, Lloyd Price and Willie Dixon covers mixed with his own instrumentals (piano and guitar.) Really more R&B than blues, but an interesting listen.
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited January 2006
    On cd tonight (only 'cause i can't find it on vinyl)-David Gilmour- "S/T"
    closer to the Floyd sound (guitar wise) of the mid to late '70's than his other solo effort. A good one to add to the collection if you don't already own it.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2006
    Magic Man by Heart
    Never Forget
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2006
    Bloody Well Right by SuperTramp
    Never Forget
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2006
    Free-For-All by Ted Nugent
    Never Forget
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  • Driver
    Driver Posts: 137
    edited February 2006
    who let the snakes out by rocket from the crypt
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited February 2006
    Reaching back again for a Classic from the 80's synthpop scene. Damn, the parties I went to where this was playing.

    YAZ- Upstairs At Eric's AKA-Yazoo.

    A british duo of Vince Clark from Depeche Mode and Allison Moyet (Alf as she is affectionally known). If you only own 1 piece of music from this wide varying genere this is it. Vince Clarks mastery of the syth and Alf's unusual bluesy vocals make this a solid and extremely infectious upbeat cd that sounds fresher today than when it came out. This was well ahead of its time. When groups like The Smiths, The Cure and to some extent early Depeche Mode were focusing on darker moods, lyrics and melodies, Yaz had a lot more energy and, despite only 2 performers, a bit more complexity. I'm still amazed how well most of the songs still hold up today, 24 years later. Allison Moyet has a very unique voice and this is worth seeking out.

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    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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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited February 2006
    Freshly cleaned vinyl- "Avalon" -Roxy Music great demo album regardless of format. I've got it on SACD and find it just as good either way.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    ^One of their best to be sure... No stand out track like many of their uneven, earlier ones, but so solid...

    Sunday morning, so it's XM Pops until noon or so. Really outstanding set this weekend including Falla's Nights in the Garden of Spain... a beautiful piece...
    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
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2006
    DAGLJAM6 wrote:
    Freshly cleaned vinyl- "Avalon" -Roxy Music great demo album regardless of format. I've got it on SACD and find it just as good either way.


    I was listening to Avalon just the other day myself on CD. it's very good.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    Bob Seger -Greatest Hits I
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    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • Driver
    Driver Posts: 137
    edited February 2006
    iron maiden, number of the beast
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited February 2006
    a pink floyd bootleg from 4/8/75. right now hearing 'shine on', the suite from side 2. sda's treat bootlegs pretty well, i think. car stereo seems the best, though, for some reason.
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited February 2006
    Vinyl night:
    Jeff Beck- "Blow by Blow"
    Rory Gallagher- "Against the Grain"
    Roger McGuinn- "Cardiff Rose"

    Guitar overload night!
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  • RoosterD
    RoosterD Posts: 36
    edited February 2006
    Pink Floyd- The Wall

    Neighbors must think the Ghetto bird is going to land on my house after track 3!
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited February 2006
    Vinyl evening
    Dire Straits- "S/T" sublime "THE" overlooked D.S.'s album these days
    Pete Townshend- "White City" a great sounding LP one for the vinyl group to look out for.
    Dire Straits- "Brothers in Arms" I don't believe the last four songs could sound bad in any format.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited February 2006
    Stardust - Wille Nelson SACD

    Ten Summnor's Tales - Sting

    Avalon - Roxy Music SACD
    Carl

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  • scottyf
    scottyf Posts: 129
    edited February 2006
    All vinyl, all the time -- at least until I get my AX-10 back from the shop!

    Prince and the Revolution -- Parade (album)
    Dire Straits -- Brothers in Arms (album)
    Sting -- Dream of the Blue Turtle (album)


    Feelin' kinda mellow tonite.......

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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    Stuff that's been in the changer lately...

    Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Sister Sweetly

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    AC/DC -The Razor's Edge

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    The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach (SACD)

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    Joan Osborne - Relish

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    Michael W. Smith - Worship

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    Sugarland - Twice The Speed of Life

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    Chris Isaak - Forever Blue

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    On the TT...



    Emerson Lake and Palmer - Tarkus

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    The Police - Synchronicity

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    Crosby and Nash - Graham Nash/David Crosby

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    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    That C&N looks like something out of "Stuck On You"... :D

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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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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited February 2006
    Robert Plant-Principle of Moments

    I forgot how truely enjoyable this cd is. His 2nd solo effort is throughly more enjoyable and exciting than his first solo which was pretty good considering trying to make a career after Zeppelin. The song writing on Principle of Moments is a bit more abstract and his vocal meanderings hint at a fresh new vocal style since his patented Zep wails are no longer available to him. The recording is suprisingly articulate and open if perhaps just a bit on the edgey side in the upper frequencies.

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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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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    I pulled out my The Essential Billy Joel CD today. Been listening to the first CD. Too great of an artist, too great of a CD, to put aside for as long as it's been.

    Wonder if Micah would like to contest that...:D
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    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2006
    Larry Carlton - Collection
    GRP Records 1990, Vinyl

    Timing, touch and taste. If you can't enjoy this compilation of Larry's work between 1980-1990, you don't actually enjoy music. It's that good.

    1. Small Town Girl
    2. Smiles And Smiles To Go
    3. Minute By Minute
    4. For Heaven's Sake
    5. Nite Crawler
    6. Blues For TJ
    7. 10 P.M.
    8. Sleepwalk
    9. Tequila
    10. Bubble Shuffle
    11. Hello Tomorrow
    12. High Steppin'
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    Putting it on the buy list... Own some GRP CD's, nicely recorded stuff...

    Me...
    A little Polydor, Van Morrison compilation disk in the AM...
    Covers everything from Gloria to Dweller on the Threshold
    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

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited February 2006
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    Larry Carlton - Collection
    GRP Records 1990, Vinyl

    Timing, touch and taste. If you can't enjoy this compilation of Larry's work between 1980-1990, you don't actually enjoy music. It's that good.

    1. Small Town Girl
    2. Smiles And Smiles To Go
    3. Minute By Minute
    4. For Heaven's Sake
    5. Nite Crawler
    6. Blues For TJ
    7. 10 P.M.
    8. Sleepwalk
    9. Tequila
    10. Bubble Shuffle
    11. Hello Tomorrow
    12. High Steppin'


    I have been listening to Stanley Clarke & Friends-Live at the Greek w/ Larry Carlton; Billy Cobham; Najee and Deron Johnson. It's simply fantastic, not to mention an excellent live recording. A must have, IMO

    Right now listening to Heather Nova-Wonderlust. Melodic, dreamy 90's indie rock that's a pleasure to listen to. She may not appeal to everyone but this live cd is in many ways more consistent than her studio work which makes it very satisfying. Much like Ani Difranco, who I also like, her live cd is much more consistent. These are great live performers who need the interaction with an audience to sometimes pull off what they are trying to do.

    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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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identity - vinyl

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    1 Bette Davis Eyes
    2 Hit and Run
    3 Mistaken Identity
    4 When I'm Away from You
    5 Draw of the Cards
    6 Break the Rules Tonite (Out of School)
    7 Still Hold On
    8 Don't Call It Love
    9 Miss You Tonite
    10 My Old Pals

    What a unique voice. I'm not sure why she never made it bigger. One of my favorites from the early 80s'
    "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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  • Driver
    Driver Posts: 137
    edited February 2006
    every time i hear bette davis eyes - i have a picture of rod stuart in my head????
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2006
    Kenny Burrell - Recapitulation
    Chess Jazz Masters Series GCH 2-6034, LP

    This 2-LP set captures Kenny's rise to critical and fan acclaim in the early to mid-60's. The list of players who have borrowed and built on his riffs is seemingly endless, but I've heard none of them that can meld perfectly with a time signature and still maintain breathtaking attack in their play as he does.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited February 2006
    Good to see you posting, Mike!

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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