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BlueMDPicker

Joe Bonamassa - Blues Deluxe
2004, Premier Artisits 60229, CD

This young man has many solid influences and he explores them wonderfully on this release, never losing touch with his own style and flair.

rt7s

bluegrass

SCompRacer

A GG special in pristine condition to break in the new table. Fresh Aire 4 by Mannheim Steamroller. That pipe organ in Toccata G Major does it for me...and it cleans the dust off the woofers and ESL panels.

wodom1

Groovin' to some SRV

heiney9

Neil Diamond - Hot August Night-remaster

Classic Neil Diamond, recorded very nicely. I remember when I was younger Neil Diamond was played a lot by my parents. Perhaps the quintissential Neil Diamond recording. I can only imagine the electricity in the air that night in 1972 at the Greek Theater. Powerful rocking stuff.

hearingimpared

MFSL: Steely Dan; "Aja," LP, Original Master Recording, MFSL 1-033

This is another modern masterpiece.

hearingimpared

MFSL: The Doobie Brothers; "Takin' It To The Streets," LP, Original Master Recording, MFSL 1-122

I was never a Doobs fan mainly because I didn't like Michael McDonald's moaning, whining voice. Well after hearing this tonight it was like hearing it for the first time. This is an awesome recording. Great arrangements, terrific bass riffs, songs written eniterly on the upbeat and "It Keeps You Runnin'" is absolutely riveting.

WoW was I wrong about this band.

hearingimpared

MFSL: Simon & Garfunkel; "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," LP, Original Master Recording, MFSL 1-173

"The Boxer," nuff said!

heiney9

Gov't Mule- The Deepest End

Great jam band, dozens and dozens of guests on this 2 cd 1 dvd set. Over 6 hours of live music and video. Great stuff........simply great music.



This release includes a bonus DVD. Gov't Mule: Warren Hayes (vocals, guitar); Matt Abts (drums); Danny Louis (keyboards). Additional personnel includes: Jack Casady, Les Claypool, Karl Denson, Dirty Dozen Brass Band Horns, Bela Fleck, Roger Glover, Mike Gordon, David Hildago, Paul Jackson, Sonny Landreth, Conrad Lazano, Will Lee, Jason Newsted. Recorded live at The Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 3, 2003. When Gov't Mule bassist Allen Woody passed away, bandmates Warren Haynes and Matt Abts chose to go forward to keep the memory of their friend alive. Rather than initially replacing Woody outright, they instead invited a number of famous bass players who were both friends and influences on their friends to play on a two-part project called THE DEEP END. After touring and having these numerous guests pop up to periodically play with the Mule on the road, ATO Records got smart and recorded the May 3rd, 2003 show at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans for a package called (not surprisingly), THE DEEPEST END: LIVE IN CONCERT. Joined by plenty of surprise guests, including Les Claypool, Karl Denson, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and Bela Fleck, the Mule runs through two discs worth of tunes that include the jazz-flavored "Sco-Mule," chugging rocker "Bad Little Doggie" and the Dead-flavored Haynes/Robert Hunter collaboration "Lay of the Sunflower." Most touching is the heartfelt "Soulshine," with Haynes' gritty vocals raising plenty of goose bumps on this wholly appropriate set-ending song. For those unable to attend any of these shows, there is a bonus DVD included to give listeners a look at this special concert experience.

hearingimpared

MFSL: Country Joe McDonald; "Paradise with an Ocean View," LP, Original Master Recording. MFSL 1-056

I've had this record for almost 30 years and I just opened it. Excellent sonics and the music isn't bad either, I was surprised. . . the only turn off was when I flipped open the LP there was in huge writing at the top "Save the Whales- Save the Earth."

I remember Country Joe wrote a lot of political stuff during the 60s.

wingnut4772

Arcade Fire: Neon Bible

hearingimpared

Rolling Stones; "Let It Bleed," abkco 9 004-1 180gm LP

I played this version for the first time tonight and while I was listening to it I kept thinking that it sounded like an SACD. That analog airyness & depth of detail was missing but the heavy information that is SACD was there. I kept listening and I was sure that this was an analog master transfered to a digital format. Upon reading the record sleeve info it turns out I was right. It was done in DSD/Direct SBM.

Don't get me wrong it sounded very very good and I enjoyed this, one of the best, if not the best, Stones album there is.

I do however wish I had a good analog copy of this LP. I know the one I have is beyond listenable and when I purchased this I just thought it was an analog remaster pressed onto high performance vinyl.

Great music, great performance . . .

wodom1

Going back to some old Soundgarden tonight

hearingimpared

wodom1 wrote:

Going back to some old Soundgarden tonight

My son turned me onto them a few years back. He's not quite your age.

BlueMDPicker

So far this morning (3xLP, 1xCD):

heiney9

Jewel - Pieces of You

For some reason this particular release (her first) took a long time to take off. It was almost a full year before you could hear songs from this release in full rotation on the FM dial. So much so that I got into Jewel a bit later because they wore the 3 or 4 songs out on the radio. This is a bit uneven in spots as some of it was culled from live Coffee Shop recordings. At one point when Who Will Save Your Soul became very popular Jewel re-recorded the single.

The stand outs are the songs that were in heavy rotation

Who Will Save Your Soul
Foolish Games
You Were Meant For Me


It's very easy to tell she was a special talent. She had spent most of her childhood performing songs with her family and then eventually she was discovered in a Coffee Shop in San Diego called the InnerChange Cafe which now sadly no longer exists. There she was discovered or rather approached by Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the rest as they say is history.

BlueMDPicker

"My fear is my only courage,
So I've got to push on through"

He played live gigs to within 5 days of his impending death from cancer. The version of "No Woman No Cry" found here is, I believe, from his last live performance. Truly a "legend".

heiney9

Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk

Continuing with the females




The most instantly engaging, least cryptic (though still sometimes inscrutable) Tori Amos record since LITTLE EARTHQUAKES, SCARLET'S WALK is a welcome return to form. Ostensibly a grand concept album based on an American travelogue, the disc is, at its core, simply a collection of detailed relationship songs in the vein of early Joni Mitchell. The instrumentation is sparer than on Amos's last several efforts, effectively showcasing her supple piano work and uncharacteristically unmannered vocal performances. Many tracks feature nothing but bass, drums, piano and atmospheric guitar (courtesy of ex-Pretender Robbie McIntosh and avant garde jazzer David Torn) and this instrumentation gives the record an appropriately open, organic feel. Though there are, as usual, many moments of confrontational, biting humor here, SCARLET'S WALK reveals a somewhat kinder, gentler Tori Amos. Even "I Can't See New York," which appears to have been inspired by the September 11th attacks, seems more empathetic than angry, and is filled with wistful introspection. Though it lacks anything resembling a hit single, SCARLET'S WALK is a mature and fully realized work, easily ranking among Tori Amos's very best albums.

engtaz

bond



engtaz

hearingimpared

BlueMDPicker wrote:

"My fear is my only courage,
So I've got to push on through"

He played live gigs to within 5 days of his impending death from cancer. The version of "No Woman No Cry" found here is, I believe, from his last live performance. Truly a "legend".

That's amazing because a brain tumor is an ugly way to die. My father died from that.

Systems

Madonna's Confession's Tour


Don't smack it till you've sampled it. Not bad!!!!!!!

BTW...if you got this check out tracks #08 (Issac), #17 (Music Inferno), #18 (La Isla Bonita)...asskickin' if you groove your HT with your 2 Channel.....ie..Sync your DVD with your 2 Channel for the ultimate experience.....watch, Listen and Feel the tracks.

I sampled this with the following:
Luxman D-105U CD
Macintosh C-20 Preamp
Macintosh MC-75's
Polk Audio SDA-1B's
Velodyne ULD-15 w/Servo

liordra

Neil Young , heart of gold DVD (2006)

that man can't stay in tune if his life dependent on it, and yet he is one of the world's favorite singing voices.
great acustic live show.

hearingimpared

Zubin Mehta & The Israel Philharmonic: Tchaikovsky; "Swan Lake & Nutchracker Suites" LP London Digital Recording, ffrr(full frequency range recording) LDR 10008

This series by London Records was very popular in the late 70s and 80s. This recording was completed in 1980. It is very dynamic, the performance was spectacular, it is a tremendous recording.

hearingimpared

Zubin Mehta: The Los Angeles Philharmonic; "Mehta Bolero" LP, London ffrr, CS7132

"Sensational Orchestral Showpieces" is what is on the cover and it certainly is. If you are looking to get into classical music and want an introduction to it this is the LP for you. You will recognize every piece performed. If you've ever watched any Warner Bros cartoons you will definitely recognize them. Wonderful performance.

hearingimpared

Chicago's Greatest Hits LP Columbia JC 33900

Thanks GG another mint LP.

MSALLA

hearingimpared wrote: »

Chicago's Greatest Hits LP Columbia JC 33900

Thanks GG another mint LP.

Great choice.That never gets old.

hearingimpared

MSALLA wrote: »

Great choice.That never gets old.

No it doesn't. It is funny how you can hear the differences in the engineering and mix of each song because they were from different albums. However, it could be the worst engineering job in the world and their music is still great!

MSALLA

hearingimpared wrote: »

However, it could be the worst engineering job in the world and their music is still great!

Good songs can over come bad sound. This whole hobby is about the music. Wthout it all we have are expensive boxes.

hearingimpared

MFSL UHQR: The Alan Parsons Project; "I Robot," LP MFQR 1-084

This will blow your mind!

hearingimpared

MFSL UHQR: Earl Klugh; "Finger Paintings" LP MFQR 1-025

By far one of the best recordings I have. This is one of Dave Grusin's greatest production, arrangement, direction, and player. The sonics are five star and Earl Klugh plucks those string with the precision of a surgeon. It is so dynamic and real that it just mellows you out one minute then takes your breath away the next.

The strings are so precise. The bass sounds are thumpgrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! If you don't have it, get it, even the regular LP is something to hear, I would imagine as much for the CD too. I listened twice tonight. Everything, each and every instrument was precisely placed in the image and sounded like I was in the room with them.

Great Stuff!!!

I had all eight of the UHQRs that they made but when my condo was burgularized in 1997 they were stolen. These thieves knew their stuff and what they wanted. I lucked out and had the two remaining in a different lot of crates so these are all I have left of the UHQR lot. The three that were the best of the lot I would say are Supertramp’s Crime Of The Century [MFQR 005], Alan Parson’s I, Robot [MFQR 084] and Cat Stevens’ Tea for the Tillerman [MFQR 035] but this Earl Klugh is right up there with then. I miss some of the really good stuff I had that was either stolen, destroyed by water damage or I just well . . . enough whining. I still have some great stuff.