Sandy Denny - Sandy
(1972, A&M) STERLING LH in the deadwax; mastered by Lee Hulko at Sterling Sound
nice
Sandy Denny - Sandy
(1972, A&M) STERLING LH in the deadwax; mastered by Lee Hulko at Sterling Sound
nice
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went down to CRM yesterday, the first time I've been skunked there
anyway, they have a lot of free publications by the door ....I picked up
Record Collector News and it had a good article on the Moody Blues ...
can be read online .... http://www.readoz.com/publication/read?i=1049287#page10
also, picked up ELMORE: Saving American music ...had an interesting trivia bit
Trivia
ElmoreMagazine.com | February 19th, 2012 by Elmore Magazine
In February, 1949, RCA Victor introduced the 45 RPM record. To distinguish between styles, these were color-coded, each using a different color plastic. Rhythm & blues records were cherry red, pop records were black, classical came in red, with blue, yellow, and green for other styles of music. The first set of 45s was sent in a group of seven, each representing one style of music.
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
.
"One of the biggest mistakes the music industry ever made was letting Tower Records fail.
Big records sell anywhere, but unlike Best Buy or Wal-mart, Tower insisted on a knowledgeable staff
who could recommend music. The industry spends hundreds of millions promoting records, and
bailing out Tower would have been cheap. Tower was responsible for 50% of the back catalogue sales
in the US -thats a lot of money." -Arnie Goodman
picked up GH's "Wonderwall Music" and BG's "Odessa" (red velvet cover) today.
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
(1977, Mercury) MASTERDISK G.K. in the deadwax; mastered by Gilbert Kong
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Jerry Garcia - Garcia
(1972, Warner Bros)
the cover art and photography by Bob Seidemann, who also did the Blind Faith, On The Beach and Late For The Sky covers.
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I've been buying some speakers recently and had a need to create a small, portable playlist of demo tracks.
Ive got most of my music loaded in iTunes at home and nearly everything is in Apple lossless format on my system. So, I created a demo tracks playlist in iTunes that I can load to my iphone or ipod and take with me. I've got a cable with a pair of RCA connectors on the end so I can feed audio into their gear.
I don't always play every track all the way through - some tracks have a specific quirk - like a bass line that starts the song, and that's all I need to hear to compare how it sounds. Like Steely Dan's Cousin Dupree - I don't like the lyrics, but that bass line is a fantastic. Same thing with the intro to "In A Big Country" those crisp techno drums at the beginning tell me a lot about how a speaker handles bass. I don't need to let it play into the lyrics.
This is NOT an exhaustive list, of course, but if I have these tracks handy,
I can try a piece here and there and have an idea how a pair of speakers (or a system) sounds.
Some are a little obscure, and I get raised eyebrows when I play Sinatra -
but its such a well recorded song ... and its Frank!
Anyway - here is the list - (song title - Artist - Album)
One For My Baby - Frank Sinatra - Songs for Only the Lonely
Long Distance - Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters, Folk Singer
Bird's Lament - Moondog (the older, quicker version from his early recordings)
The Cisco Kid - War - The World is a Ghetto
Easy Money - King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Oh the Warm Feeling - Van Morrison - No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (usually just the instrumental part at the beginning)
Pick up the Pieces - AWB - Average White Band
Inca Roads - Frank Zappa & the Mothers - One Size Fits All (bits here and there)
Assault and Battery part 1 - Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
Amelia & Hejira - Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Heat Of The Moment - Asia - Asia
In a Big Country - Big Country - The Crossing (just the opening drums)
Robber Dub - Clash - Super Black Market Clash
Romantique - Yo Yo Ma & Claude Bolling - Suite for Cello & Jazz Piano Trio
Circle in the Sand - Belinda Carlisle - Heaven on Earth
Orpheus - David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yokum & Buck Owens - Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (Work out the mid & tweeters!)
She's Already made up Her Mind - Lyle Lovette - Joshua Judges Ruth
Tears Don't care Who Cries Them - k.d.lang - Shadowland
Time After Time - Everything but the Girl - Acoustic
This House - Janis Ian - Breaking Silence
One Time - King Crimson - B'Boom: Live in Argentina
Steam - Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live
One of Us - Joan Osbourne - Relish
Frim Fram Sauce - Diana Krall - All for You: Dedicated to Nat King Cole
Wade in the Water - Eva Cassidy - Songbird
Big Cat - Afro Celt Sound System - Vol 2: Release
Teardrop - Massive Attack - Mezzanine (aka, the theme to House, M.D.)
Obsidian - Banco de Gaia - Igezeh
Harder Better Faster Stronger - Daft Punk - Discovery
(any of the above 3 gives a good idea of techno drums and sharp attacks)
Thanks to You - Boz Scaggs - Dig
Heartattack and Vine - John Hammond - Wicked Grin (John Waits "covers")
Extended theme from Angel - Darling Violetta - Unofficial Soundtrack -
Passenger Fever - Iggy Pop and Peggy Lee - Mashed
Ain't Goin' to Goa - Alabama 3 - Hits and Exit Wounds (just funny)
Benicia (for Paul Canales) - John Zorn - Alhambra Love Songs
Border Reiver - Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky
2ch: WiiM Pro; Topping E30 II DAC; Oppo, Acurus RL-11, Acurus A200, JBL Dynamics Project - Offline: L212-TwinStack, VonSchweikert VR-4
7: TIVO, Oppo BDP103D, B&K, 2pr UREI 809A, TF600, JBL B460
Buffalo Springfield - self titled
(1966, Atco)
inspired by a piece heard on the NPR Fresh Air broadcast today on James Burton[/URL]. He was called in to play dobro on A Child's Claim To Fame. Also a great record to start off a (US) holiday weekend.
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T. Rex - Light Of Love
(1974, Casablanca) AZ in the deadwax; mastered by Allen Zentz
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nothing over a dollar
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
Laurindo Almeida Quartet - self titled
(1955, Pacific Jazz) MONO
a $1 thrift find today.
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Miles Davis - Miles Davis At Fillmore
(1970, Columbia)
Happy Birthday Miles Davis. Miles Davis: trumpet; Steve Grossman: tenor and soprano sax; Chick Corea: Fender Rhodes electric piano; Keith Jarrett: electronic organ; Dave Holland: acoustic and electric bass; Jack DeJohnette: drums; Airto Moreira: percussion, cuica
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