Janjuggler Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Hi All, dZihan + Kamien - IV 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendes Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 PJK put me onto Mahler, stunning performance by Kubelik 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qik_shift Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) Pet Shop Boys - Disco 3. Promo pressing. Actually pretty decent SQ. Some PSB stuff can be hit and miss but I like this one. Edited May 1, 2021 by qik_shift 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 How does one follow up such a great record on my earlier spin With an equally good or better record that’s how Another classic album - think in my youth I have sung the title song a couple of thousand times Read somewhere that is the most downloaded title in China Artist - The Eagles Title - Hotel California Believe it or not - it’s the only Eagles record in the collection Album ID - https://www.discogs.com/Eagles-Hotel-California/release/4143361 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNQ Outcast Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Finally, some time to sit & listen to: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (Pressed @ Pallas) 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awayward Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 13 minutes ago, FNQ Outcast said: Finally, some time to sit & listen to: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (Pressed @ Pallas) I’d be interested in your thoughts on the pressing, as I recently got the 45rpm Pallas pressing and I’m really disappointed, some groove distortion and more pops and clicks than I’d call acceptable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNQ Outcast Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Just now, awayward said: I’d be interested in your thoughts on the pressing, as I recently got the 45rpm Pallas pressing and I’m really disappointed, some groove distortion and more pops and clicks than I’d call acceptable. Dynamics are really good, small amount of surface noise, occasional pop/click but, that might be some residual detergent from running it through my US cleaner (I don't rinse). I did have the 45Rpm version on back order fm the US but, after 2 months I was getting impatient so cancelled & got this through Discrepancy Records. Definitely no groove distortion on my copy, pretty happy & definitely a better master than the cd version I own... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awayward Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, FNQ Outcast said: Dynamics are really good, small amount of surface noise, occasional pop/click but, that might be some residual detergent from running it through my US cleaner (I don't rinse). I did have the 45Rpm version on back order fm the US but, after 2 months I was getting impatient so cancelled & got this through Discrepancy Records. Definitely no groove distortion on my copy, pretty happy & definitely a better master than the cd version I own... Mine has had a US clean without a rinse also, and all my other records don’t have these issues after a clean, the SQ is excellent though as you have stated, thanks for replying with your impressions, appreciated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandra Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 10 hours ago, Old Man Rubber said: Philip Bailey - Chinese Wall Phil Collins has a lot to answer for IMHO - he produced this album and threw every nasty Phil Collins noise at it he could. Stabbing brass sections, face hugger drums, monstrous wall of crap synthesizer sounds and the vocals are buried in amongst the clanging noise and did I mention those "OMG ITS THE EIGHTIES" overdone drums? The material isn't great either, I can't stand "Easy Lover" and the only real standout is the title track which at least gives Bailey's voice a chance to shine a bit. The rest of it is forgettable MOR, light funk and what I can only describe as "that Phil Collins sound" - except thankfully Phil only honks and screeches on the "Easy Lover" track on side 2. From 1980 to 1989 you couldn't get away from the bastard Collins he seemed like he, or the rubbish version of Genesis, were blasting out of every doorway and car window, in the shopping malls and vomiting out of the telly like an endless stream of lead coated popcorn assaulting your years. I don't like Phil Collins. I guess might be coming through. It's a dreadful record. It's in OK shape (got the odd pop) but if anybody is desperate to own it let me know. It can't stay here and I'll post it for free. So I gather you didn't like that much? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNQ Outcast Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 So... on the back of listening to Rumours I've given 'The Alternative Rumours' a spin... Hmmmm, it's quite interesting... A subtle change here, a different bass line there... Here a slight change in vocal mix, there a guitar embellishment or, not in some cases... And then there is the Demo version of The Chain... man is that different... Would these takes/mixes have become as iconic as the album is... guess we'll never know... Definitely worth a listen but, I'm not 100% taken with these versions... however... Is that because I'm so familiar with the tracks as released or because these versions aren't quite there? Have a listen, you decide... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNQ Outcast Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 To round out the evening's entertainment... Ennio Morricone: The Mission Quite possibly my favourite soundtrack... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 OK I’m in and following on with a Fleetwood Mac LP This one is a 1977 UK pressing - https://www.discogs.com/Fleetwood-Mac-Rumours/release/503889 Artist - Fleetwood Mac Title - Rumours 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketfrogs Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 The Cars 'Candy O' (1979) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilettanteque Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Thom Yorke - Suspiria 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qik_shift Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 23 hours ago, Old Man Rubber said: I don't like Phil Collins. I guess might be coming through. You think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qik_shift Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) Earth Wind & Fire - Electric Universe. Master Sound. Typical top grade Japanese pressing. Dead quiet and clean. Really makes those synthesisers and the bass guitar shine. Edited May 2, 2021 by qik_shift 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Hi All, Morning Of The Earth, Various Artists 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Hi all, Playing the second LP in the dZihan + Kamien - IV double , an excellent album, quiet pressing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoz Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 After watching my beloved Swans snatch victory from the Cats last night, I had a critical listen to two albums from the same band......XTC. Two of the most manically clever albums in my collection. First up was "White Music" Oz 1st pressing. Next was the follow up "Go 2" UK 1st pressing. This came with the now rare "Go +" 12" EP (which I didn't play). Not bedtime music I'll admit but I slept like a baby. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Hi All, Hawkwind, Seventy Nine Live 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Hi All, Steely Dan, Can't Buy A Thrill 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Hi All, Tash Sultana, Terra Firma, a very good second album from Tash. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Snow Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Prince Dirty Mind US 2011 Remastered by Bernie Grundman. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Hi All, Tom Petty, Wild Flowers and All The Rest 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Snow Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) Hanging out with "my man" Prince tonight" One of my favourite albums of his - Prince 3121 Europe 2019 "You can all come if you want to - but you can never leave" ............ Edited May 2, 2021 by April Snow 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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