what are you listening to?

Recent Tunes




Black Rebel Motorcycle Club~ Howl


Elvis Presley~ S/T


Dead Kennedys~ In God We Trust, Inc.


Radiohead~ The Bends
 
Last edited:
Recent Tunes




Gojira~ L'Enfant Sauvage


Police~ Synchronicity


Carole King~ Tapestry


Chris Robinson Brotherhood~ Big Moon Ritual


Tsuyoshi Yamamoto~ Autumn in Seattle


Smashing Pumpkins~ Siamese Dream
 
Recent Tunes




John Coltrane~ Blue Train
First was the Analogue Productions 45 RPM stereo pressing and the second being the Music Matters 180 mono pressing. Both are great but I liked the MM mono pressing so much, I bought a backup copy of it.....


Justin Timberlake~ The 20/ 20 Experience


J Mascis~ Tied to a Star
 
Crosby/Nash - Live
(1977, ABC)


15209328628_a75c2a847a_c.jpg

15372896466_f5c98b9683_z.jpg

15392745311_5477ab75d6_z.jpg



Listening to side one with Immigation Man - back home after a couple of weeks in France & Switzerland. A long travel day yesterday and a fair amount of time with the immigation man at Kloten/Schipol/SeaTac. 12 hours of sleep and an extra day off work should help kick the jet lag. Nash's book is in my to-read stack.
 
The Beatles - Revolver
(1966, Parlophone) MONO 2014 release

15396127205_07613d3332_c.jpg

15373099186_f02e097de9_z.jpg


I watched a documentary on the flight home - about The Beatles' secretary. A lot of fun.

[video=youtube;LqO3DIaKTXM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqO3DIaKTXM[/video]
 
Here's an update:

I always enjoyed listening to Simon & Garfunkel cover, 'America' from the 'Yesterdays' compilation back in the day [sounds like old-man speak, I know...]
Steve Wilson included this song on this release because it is time-relevant.
Sounds really nice. All kinds of depth and dynamic presence that wasn't there before.
Wilson brought the life back to this track and it meshes with the regular album arrangement perfectly.



BlazeES said:
Yes 'Close to the Edge' - Steve Wilson commissioned 2013 Remix/Remaster CD + Bluray Edition

View attachment 16418

View attachment 16419

Sampling the CD now. Sounds fantastic. Sounds different in this 2-channel presentation with amazing presence/ambiance.
There's what is called an "LP drop" on the Bluray disk, where there is a PCM capture of an actual UK vinyl pressing. Haven't listened to that yet and
not quite sure what type of "treatment" is given to that particular recording but I'll post up a more thorough accounting of my impressions once I've digested this release.
It will be interesting to see if it's completely de-clicked or only a little bit.

For some reason 'Fragile' hasn't been done yet but 'The Yes Album' has.
'Relayer' gets the same Steve Wilson mastery come November.
Can't wait !
Click to expand...
 
Death Cab for Cutie
Codes and Keys

Codes and Keys.jpg

If you don't know Death Cab for Cutie then this is the absolute, first album
of theirs you should be listening to on your quest to learn who they are.
It's the complete package and the writing & arrangement is top shelf.
'Plans' is a close second and has more popular tracks,
but 'Codes' demonstrates their mastery ...
 
BlazeES said:
Death Cab for Cutie
Codes and Keys

View attachment 16519

If you don't know Death Cab for Cutie then this is the absolute, first album
of theirs you should be listening to on your quest to learn who they are.
It's the complete package and the writing & arrangement is top shelf.
'Plans' is a close second and has more popular tracks,
but 'Codes' demonstrates their mastery ...
Click to expand...

Codes is my fav, too. Trasatlanticism is another I would like to pick up on vinyl down the road.
 
Listening to some Greyboy Allstars mix-em-up on Metal Master.
Culled from these:

Greyboy Allstars.jpg Greyboy Allstars TV.jpg

Perfect for the evening I find myself in ...
 
The Prodigy - Fat of the land on my new Audio Technica AT440MLa cartridge, can't wait until this baby breaks in, sounds wonderful as it is.




 
Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire II - Audio Technica AT440MLa - Thorens TD 160 Super




 
Led Zeppelin III

The AT440MLa has made a huge difference in sound, no inner groove distortion at all, crystal clear highs and deep warm lows. Couldn't be happier with it.







 
Congrats on your new cart, Derek! Looking forward to your thoughts on it once you have it broke in.
 
Nick Danger said:
Congrats on your new cart, Derek! Looking forward to your thoughts on it once you have it broke in.
Click to expand...

I can't fault it in any way, its outstanding, can only imagine how good it will sound after the break in period.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top