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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited June 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Joni Mitchell, "Blue" - 180 gm LP, Reprise 74842
    I didn't know what I was missing all these years! This is one really great album. The vinyl is dead quiet.
    I too love it. It's one of the two most upliftingly depressing albums in recording history....


    As for me... from the latest BMG brown box....

    Lester & Chester - Les Paul and Chet Atkins

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    The material may be seriously dated, but the playing is seriously serious. Recording seems to be a collection of raw studio cuts of two friends having a good time. It's complete with the two gabbing and on a track or two "working out an intro".
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited June 2007
    Chet Atkins - More of that Country Guitar
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited June 2007
    Pedal to Metal -Sonny Landreth
    Never Forget
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  • gdpeck
    gdpeck Posts: 840
    edited June 2007
    O.A.R. - Live from Madison Square Garden
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited July 2007
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    Booker T. & the M.G.'s - McLemore Avenue
    1970, Stax STS-2027, R2R

    Fun covers of (now) well-known Beatles tunes like only the Muscle Shoals crew could do. T's keyboards and Cropper's guitar work are strong and steady as usual and handle the material easily.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited July 2007
    Barry White - Greatest Hits :eek:

    Found this CD while cleaning up. Damn.....this thing sounds GOOD. Brings some memories too.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,411
    edited July 2007
    Pearl Jam Roit Act - it sucks
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
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    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    HTrookie wrote: »
    Barry White - Greatest Hits :eek:

    Found this CD while cleaning up. Damn.....this thing sounds GOOD. Brings some memories too.

    That's a great CD!!! I bought it for Phyllisann when we were first dating.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited July 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    That's a great CD!!! I bought it for Phyllisann when we were first dating.

    You and I know that was really a gift you bought her for yourself.....:D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Bill Ayotte wrote: »
    You and I know that was really a gift you bought her for yourself.....:D

    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
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  • sophie
    sophie Posts: 511
    edited July 2007
    edie brickell & new bohemians - shooting rubber bands at the stars
    next styx - Greatest hits
    Polk monitor 10B's and 5 jr's
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited July 2007
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    Harry Belafonte - Jump Up Calypso
    1961, RCA Living Stereo, LP

    Stellar arrangements and production. This man had a voice like no other.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited July 2007
    Kicking back on the office rig.

    Tori Amos - American Doll Posse

    Paul Simon - Concert in the Park

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    A simply outstanding recording and an even better performance by over 15 artists on stage in Central Park for a free concert in 1991. If you only own one Paul Simon piece of music this is the one.

    Simon is accompanied by an astounding band that brings together New York studio vets, South African musicians and a Brazilian percussion group, and the result is an elegant, panoramic, cross-cultural sound. Simon's older material is reinterpreted and successfully redefined in the process.

    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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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Traffic, "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys;" Island Records 90026-1 Awesome music, 36 years later even without the black afghan hash.:D

    Jethro Tull, "Benefit;" Horribly compressed and not one of Tull's best efforts.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited July 2007
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Kicking back on the office rig.

    Tori Amos - American Doll Posse

    Paul Simon - Concert in the Park

    143441.jpg

    A simply outstanding recording and an even better performance by over 15 artists on stage in Central Park for a free concert in 1991. If you only own one Paul Simon piece of music this is the one.

    Simon is accompanied by an astounding band that brings together New York studio vets, South African musicians and a Brazilian percussion group, and the result is an elegant, panoramic, cross-cultural sound. Simon's older material is reinterpreted and successfully redefined in the process.

    H9

    How's that Tori Amos album? I've been thinking about picking it up.
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    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited July 2007
    Parliament -Tear the Roof Off 1974-1980


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    A 3 lp Simply Vinyl set of their best stuff, including live versions. Great sound quality, very quiet and a good transfer, IMO. I always use "Aqua Boogie" as one of the songs I'll play for people who haven't heard SDA's.
    Wristwatch--->Crisco
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited July 2007
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    How's that Tori Amos album? I've been thinking about picking it up.


    Darla, it’s typical Tori Amos with the same type of piano sound and the same cadence in her voice. It’s a bit less spastic than some of her other releases. Some have said the production is a bit stripped down and sparse, I would agree (a good thing). It’s certainly a bit more upbeat and aggressive than her last release “The Bee Keeper”. In the grand scheme of Tori, you can’t mistake it for being her but at the same time it’s a bit gentler than earlier angst driven stuff.

    If you are a casual fan or hardcore fan I recommend it. A solid 3.5 out of 5 IMO.

    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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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Telarc; Stravinsky: "The Firebird;" Borodin: "Overture and Plovetsian Dances from Prince Igor"

    LP Telarc Digital Stereo No. DG-10039

    Awesome dynamics.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Telarc; Tchaikovsky: "1812 Overture," "Capriccio Italien," & "Cossack Dance" from Mazeppa

    LP Telarc Digital Stereo No DG-10041

    Another awesome dynamic recording. . . having a little trouble tracking the cannons but other than that WOW!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    The Moody Blues; "Days of Future Passed," with The London Festival Orchestra.

    LP Deram/London Stereo DES 18012

    Brings me right back to 1967!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    The Moody Blues; "This is the Moody Blues" LP Threshold Records

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    Twenty six songs not one written after 1972! This was a ground breaking band.
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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited July 2007
    Spoon Gimme Fiction

    Looking forward to getting their new album.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here;" LP Columbia, JC 33453

    Simply breathtaking and definitely an SDA showcase. . . now onto Animals!:D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Pink Floyd, "Animals;" LP Columbia JC 34474

    It's amazing how on a lesser rig or the radio, the dogs sound like dogs. On a better rig you realize the dogs sounds are instruments and electronically done.

    Another great SDA showcase.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Spirit: "The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus"; LP
    Epic Records 1970 PE 30267 Really good recording.


    This is one of my all time favorite LPs, it is a complete album. It has a little bit of everything in it and tells a story.

    Awesome SDA showcase.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Pink Floyd, "The Wall;" Double LP Columbia PE2 36183

    I heard detail tonight I never heard clearly before such as, at the end of "Nobody Home" side 3, I clearly heard Gomer Pyle yelling, "surprise, surprise, surprise.":D
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  • dagame27
    dagame27 Posts: 574
    edited July 2007
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    Listening to this while watching my White Sox blow another damn lead.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2007
    just opened a sealed pressing of The Lonesome Jubilee by John Mellencamp

    Ooooo I never had this on CD... but a friend gave me this sealed vinyl and i'm digging it hard. Wow.. this has got to be his at least 2nd or 3rd top album. It really rocks and captures him at the height of his career.

    most excellent recording.

    vinyl lovers, get yourself a sealed copy and sit back and rock out and enjoy.
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited July 2007
    MillerLiteScott wrote: »
    Wilco Sky Blue Sky

    Listening again and this is quite a piece of work. Not everyones cup of tea, but certainly a bunch of artsy musicians.

    Varied sound quality also. Some sound like a studio production and others sound like a basement production, but I guess that is the artsy cool thing to do.

    Scott
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited July 2007
    Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra

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    Rummaging thru the audio closet and I uncovered this gem. Can't believe I overlooked this cd for so many years. Great stuff!

    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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