what are you listening to?

[MarkWComer]

Couldnt tell you if it was the "first" digitally mastered LP but it is digitally mastered.

I knew this was the first digital something-or-other LP, but apparently not the first digitally mastered LP.
Wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_recording)

• November 28, 1977: Denon brings their DN-034R to New York and records Archie Shepp's On Green Dolphin Street, making it America's first RELEASED digitally-recorded commercial album. When this is released on CD in 1984 by Nippon Columbia it also becomes one of the earliest digital-only CDs. Six other jazz albums are recorded with the DN-034R in New York before it returns to Japan in December.
• 1979: the first U.S.-recorded digital album of popular music (with vocals), Bop 'Til You Drop by guitarist Ry Cooder, was released by Warner Bros. Records. The album was recorded in Los Angeles on a 32-track digital machine built by the 3M corporation. Also, Stevie Wonder digitally recorded his soundtrack album, Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants, three months after Cooder's album was released, followed by the Grammy-award self-titled debut album of American singer Christopher Cross which was also 3M digitally recorded album.

 

[BubbaH]

Kick Axe Side A: Vices, 84, and Side B: Rock The World, 86. made and playing on the Yamaha KX-800U on a BASF Chrome clear shell 95-97 era.

 

[Fishoz]

Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti

 

[speakerlabfan]

Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
(1974, Island) -1A / -1A STERLING in the deadwax

Terrific sonics. Nice. with The Meters, Lowell George, even Steve Winwood on a few tracks.

 

[laatsch55]

Bet that was a wild studio session....

 

[orange]

Serious, well thought out and, yes, probably a HOOT, knowing Mr. Palmer.

 

[speakerlabfan]

Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset
(1989, Mercury) STERLING in the deadwax

another Van Morrison LP with wonderful sound quality and sublime music.

 

[speakerlabfan]

Sneakin' Sally

Bet that was a wild studio session....

Serious, well thought out and, yes, probably a HOOT, knowing Mr. Palmer.

No kidding, New Orleans R&B with The Meters (aka The Neville Brothers) and throw in some members of Little Feat. My favorite of his.

 

[laatsch55]

Waitin on Columbus....is one of the gold standard live recordings.......seems like we say that every time Lowell George comes up...but it's still true!!

 

[speakerlabfan]

Heart - Dreamboat Annie
(1976, Mushroom) Canadian pressing, MAFA/THUMPER in the deadwax, side 1/2; KENDUN B

Heart's debut, recorded in Vancouver - terrific sonics and a killer LP.

[video=youtube;3X_2KUah-Ek]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X_2KUah-Ek[/video]

 

[laatsch55]

Amen!! Second that!!

 

[orange]

I knew this was the first digital something-or-other LP, but apparently not the first digitally mastered LP.
Wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_recording)

• November 28, 1977: Denon brings their DN-034R to New York and records Archie Shepp's On Green Dolphin Street, making it America's first RELEASED digitally-recorded commercial album. When this is released on CD in 1984 by Nippon Columbia it also becomes one of the earliest digital-only CDs. Six other jazz albums are recorded with the DN-034R in New York before it returns to Japan in December.
• 1979: the first U.S.-recorded digital album of popular music (with vocals), Bop 'Til You Drop by guitarist Ry Cooder, was released by Warner Bros. Records. The album was recorded in Los Angeles on a 32-track digital machine built by the 3M corporation. Also, Stevie Wonder digitally recorded his soundtrack album, Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants, three months after Cooder's album was released, followed by the Grammy-award self-titled debut album of American singer Christopher Cross which was also 3M digitally recorded album.

But HERB ALPERT got ahold of the 3M machine FIRST and recorded RISE...

 

[orange]

Heart - Dreamboat Annie
(1976, Mushroom) Canadian pressing, MAFA/THUMPER in the deadwax, side 1/2; KENDUN B

Heart's debut, recorded in Vancouver - terrific sonics and a killer LP.

I got that as a cutout album-US version probably-when I was maybe 15 for an incredibly stupid low price (can't remember but maybe $2 or less). I had no idea then that the record company owner was a bit of a lech to them, I was just curious as to why it was on that label as I only knew Heart as being on Epic.

 

[speakerlabfan]

Pat Martino - Consciousness
(1975, Muse)

Nice. similar to the ECM label, everything I've heard on the Muse label has stunning sound quality.

 

[speakerlabfan]

I got that as a cutout album-US version probably-when I was maybe 15 for an incredibly stupid low price (can't remember but maybe $2 or less). I had no idea then that the record company owner was a bit of a lech to them, I was just curious as to why it was on that label as I only knew Heart as being on Epic.

Yeah, it sounds like the suggestive ads by the label weren't in the bands interest. fortunately they had lots of success after moving to CBS Portrait in '77. Wikipedia says that Ann wrote Barracuda in her hotel room after being infuriated by rock press questions about the sisters' personal life.

 

[BlazeES]

The Devin Townsend Project

 

[BubbaH]

Rocked Sky Blue last night Tony. Great album. Ziltoid is different, but I pretty much enjoy anything he puts out.

 

[speakerlabfan]

Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
(1974, Warner Bros) MFSL

Nice.

 

[BlazeES]

Rocked Sky Blue last night Tony. Great album. Ziltoid is different, but I pretty much enjoy anything he puts out.

I should have been more specific, Z2 Deluxe - third disc - 'Raw'.
Much better than the primary "side" with the spoken passages.
I like 'Sky Blue' even more ...

Rock the Devin dude !

 

[stuwee]

Just got two Pink Floyd remasters today...'Wish You Were Here' and "The Wall' on CD, it's hard to judge sound quality, I only have the Lps and with new Martin Logan speakers, memory is a bit foggy. So many delicate details are standing out and I'm enjoying the shit out of these classic monsters!!

The player is the Onix CD-2, awesome deck!!