Neurone 6,129 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Recently Currently 2 Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,428 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) Some 'sweet spot' listening this afternoon.....here's my view (taken on phone). Albums had to be 'top shelf' so the first was Supertramp's "Brother Where You Bound" Oz 1st pressing.....say no more! Second up was Pink Floyd's "Animals" 2016 remaster, Dutch pressing. Lovely..... The 'sweet spot' was very rewarding! Edited October 12, 2020 by stevoz 4 Link to post Share on other sites
keyse1 5,460 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 48 minutes ago, Neurone said: Recently Currently 2 great records 2 great covers How about Brian’s song about a 🌲 🌳😀 I really like Holland as well 2 Link to post Share on other sites
betocool 1,858 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 hours ago, stevoz said: Some 'sweet spot' listening this afternoon.....here's my view (taken on phone). Albums had to be 'top shelf' so the first was Supertramp's "Brother Where You Bound" Oz 1st pressing.....say no more! Second up was Pink Floyd's "Animals" 2016 remaster, Dutch pressing. Lovely..... The 'sweet spot' was very rewarding! The way the picture looks first I thought that was your desktop speakers! Cheers, Alberto 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mrbuzzardstubble 24,095 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Matthew Herbert - Secondhand Sounds : Herbert Remixes. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
turnthetable 4,113 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Joni Mitchell - Mingus 4 Link to post Share on other sites
turnthetable 4,113 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 The Velvet Underground & Nico 4 Link to post Share on other sites
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cazzesman 2,019 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) In fine poetic form. https://www.discogs.com/Fish-A-Parley-With-Angels/release/12555139 Regards Cazzesman Edited October 13, 2020 by cazzesman 1 Link to post Share on other sites
turnthetable 4,113 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Bjork - Debut 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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hired goon 5,707 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Noël Akchoté - Heyoke - Plays The Music Of Kenny Wheeler -- from what I recall Kenny Wheeler is a trumpetologist what tooted on some David Sylvian records, and I've heard nowt of his own works, so this album is just a collection of solo acoustic guitar tracks to me, in Akchoté's signature slightly wobbly atonal style. But still .... noice. "Name Yer Price" lossless download from Bandcamp. --Geoff Link to post Share on other sites
turnthetable 4,113 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Sinead O'Connor - Faith and Courage 4 Link to post Share on other sites
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deanB 5,372 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 The Big Three for me, not necessarily for thee 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cafe67 3,912 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Tuesday Night Tunes, arrived in the post yesterday. Big fan of SV and saw her live here in Perth a few years ago. This album has been mastered by Bob Ludwig , sounds good if occasionally a little bass heavy. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
mrbuzzardstubble 24,095 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 David Bowie - Blackstar. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
turnthetable 4,113 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dilettanteque 10,425 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Jessica Moss - Entanglement Member of The Silver Mt Zion, and sometime production member of earlier works of Broken Social Scene, The Arcade Fire, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
metal beat 19,339 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 PJ Harvey – Dry - Demos 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Love_music 6,578 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Neil Finn ~ Try Whistling This 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Dilettanteque 10,425 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Hamasyan, Henriksen, Bang, Aarset - Atmospheres 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Kahuna 80 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) Been giving these three BluRays a hiding recently. Not being a fan of Syd Barrett era Floyd, it surprises me to say that Saucerful of Secrets is my favorite among the three. A cracking band, playing these songs as they were likely meant to be heard back in the day, smallish venue, tasteful lighting etc. Live at Pompeii is a solid mix of Gilmour's solo and PF standards. Happy to sit and watch or just have it on in the background. Us + Them is the one I was most looking forward to having seen the show when it was in Oz and I ended up being somewhat disappointed. Roger has always been a political animal and the cover suggests this will be the case on this disc. However, I found some of it to be more intrusive than I remembered and with sometime inappropriate timing, detracting and distracting from the music. I guess this is a show as opposed to a concert. I also have to say that "The Great Gig in the Sky" gets absolutely murdered on this disc, shivers down the spine become fingernails down a blackboard. One last gripe is that the sound mix seemingly holds the music back to give room for the "POW" moments of some of the political stuff. YMMV, especially as I can't comment on these releases on other media but to my non audiophile ears, each of these is well worth a listen/look. One final thought, on two of these it appears the musos are having a ball, on the other they look like they are at work. Edited October 14, 2020 by Kahuna Edited for grammar 7 Link to post Share on other sites
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Dilettanteque 10,425 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Sigur Ros - Variations in Darkness 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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field 1,053 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) St Germain - Nuages Blanc EP Edited October 14, 2020 by field 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Dilettanteque 10,425 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour 8 Link to post Share on other sites
hired goon 5,707 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) Ozric Tentacles - Space For The Earth -- Checked my squeezebox database and I have 22 Ozric Tentacles albums .... strewth. Anyway this is the latest wot I am streaming via the spotifies. Has the trademark trippy soundscapes, guitar solos and flute, etc wot we expect from the Ozrics. --Geoff Edited October 15, 2020 by hired goon 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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Love_music 6,578 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Kansas ~ Leftoverture 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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Anatoly Beaver-Hausen 3,341 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) I have tried to give SUEDE a decent hearing over the years but always give up, fighting to hear the music drowning under the flat, overproduced sound scape on offer. I have tried the hardest with this one, as I can applaud the arrangements, some passages of sweeping beauty hooking me in, but again, the f*¥|<%>£ awful flat production makes it virtually unlistenable. Brett, who is a distinctive singer, chooses/allows his voice to be buried in the mix on many of the tracks- dude, without printed lyrics, mostly I have no idea what you are banging on about. There is so much instrumental bleed going on I doubt even a remix could rectify matters. if they were aiming for a neo-wall of sound thing, sadly they just scrape in with a ‘brickwalling’. Another potentially thrilling album choked on the mixing desk.👎 Edited October 15, 2020 by Anatoly Beaver-Hausen Link to post Share on other sites
turnthetable 4,113 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Rickie Lee Jones - The Evening Of My Best Day 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Fez 3,565 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Anatoly Beaver-Hausen said: I have tried to give SUEDE a decent hearing over the years but always give up, fighting to hear the music drowning under the flat, overproduced sound scape on offer. I have tried the hardest with this one, as I can applaud the arrangements, some passages of sweeping beauty hooking me in, but again, the f*¥|<%>£ awful flat production makes it virtually unlistenable. Brett, who is a distinctive singer, chooses/allows his voice to be buried in the mix on many of the tracks- dude, without printed lyrics, mostly I have no idea what you are banging on about. There is so much instrumental bleed going on I doubt even a remix could rectify matters. if they were aiming for a neo-wall of sound thing, sadly they just scrape in with a ‘brickwalling’. Another potentially thrilling album choked on the mixing desk.👎 There is a lot be said about the production of a record. To often we may ignore the importance of excellent production. Ultimately he or she directs the sound of the recording. My example is a record by Finn Brothers -- "Everyone is Here" . Now I believe this album was produced or recorded twice. By well known producers, but IMO the end result is terrible. I've tried this record on vinyl, CD, streaming. Each time its just bloated and to me sounds terrible. Some really nice songs on it, but the recording is horrible. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
turnthetable 4,113 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Jose Gonzalez - Vestiges & Claws Link to post Share on other sites
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