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[Gutty]

RIP Amy... Currently spinning Back To Black.

[Dork(original)]

Just played Adele 21.
Now Massive Attack compilation.
Good music for a strange day(weatherwise that is)
Paul.

[mello yello]

Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin

we come from the land of the ice and snow...from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow...

[GaryCook]

Just arrived, out of the jacket and straight into the player, Brothers in Arms SACD

We got to install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We got to move these refrigerators
We got to move these colour T.V.'s


Cheers
Gary

Edited by GaryCook, 31 August 2011 - 10:34 AM.

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GaryCook, on Aug 31 2011, 10:33 AM, said:

Just arrived, out of the jacket and straight into the player, Brothers in Arms SACD

We got to install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We got to move these refrigerators
We got to move these colour T.V.'s


Cheers
Gary

brilliant stuff was listening to the title track only yesterday. its time less music in my opinion. lovely stuff. and specifically the put a lot of effort in to master for sacd to get the very best from the format. so probably one of the best examples of whats capable from the format

[Skid_MacMarx]

The Cure — Join The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities)
http://en.wikipedia...._Fiction_Years)
Although their first 3 albums have an edge,, and are my favourites..
There are a few gems on this 4-CD compilation
including;
"Harold and Joe" B-side to "Never Enough"
"This Twilight Garden" B-side to "High"
"Play" B-side to "High" 12"single
"Purple Haze" Originally from Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
"Splintered in Her Head" B-side to "Charlotte Sometimes"
"Descent" B-side to "Primary"

[matthewa]

Boy & Bear - Moonfire

Really enjoying this one, I would suggest giving it a listen if you enjoyed Mumford & Sons

[agelessgoodguy]

The just arrived 5.1 of the Eagles Hotel California SACD, NICE.

[POV]

Banyan- Live at Perkins Palace.

http://www.amazon.co...n/dp/B00049QJZC


Possiblly the best instrumental album ever!!  Mike Watt and Stephin Perkins = YES.

[Gutty]

Beer in hand, pork belly in the oven, Mrs and kids away, Angus and Julia Stone play'n.... Bliss !

[gone_bush]

(_*_), on Sep 27 2011, 06:26 PM, said:

Beer in hand, pork belly in the oven, Mrs and kids away, Angus and Julia Stone play'n.... Bliss !

I suspect that there may be more that just one beer in this story so better check that you got the right things in the right places!

[cyberplank]

Steve Cropper - Dedicated

[Gutty]

gone_bush, on Sep 27 2011, 07:56 PM, said:

I suspect that there may be more that just one beer in this story so better check that you got the right things in the right places!

What, you reckon Mrs and kids should be in the oven Kev ?

[gone_bush]

(_*_), on Sep 28 2011, 06:47 AM, said:

What, you reckon Mrs and kids should be in the oven Kev ?

[blybo]

Jordie Lane; Blood Thinner
Lanes website

[POV]

Sitting in my car waiting for the missus listening to Eric Avery solo al!bum Help Wanted........hope she takes her time!!  What an incredible masterpiece this album is.

[Gutty]

POV, on Sep 28 2011, 08:15 PM, said:

Sitting in my car waiting for the missus listening to Eric Avery solo al!bum Help Wanted........hope she takes her time!!  What an incredible masterpiece this album is.

Massive Janes Addiction fan... but for some reason, from the few songs of heard Eric's solo stuff just doesn't do it for me

[POV]

(_*_), on Sep 29 2011, 07:10 AM, said:

Massive Janes Addiction fan... but for some reason, from the few songs of heard Eric's solo stuff just doesn't do it for me

That’s fair enough.  I can understand why this album got such diverse reviews.  It’s unusual, somewhat eclectic, and Eric doesn’t have a good voice.  In fact at times he is barely keeping in key!  But for some reason put all together it just really works for me….

I’ve come to the conclusion that Eric was a massive songwriting force in the early JA albums.  That’s why Strays was only OK imho…because it lacked Eric.  That said I’m pretty excited about the new album (out in about 2 weeks!) Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio) has played bass on most of it and been involved in the writing, and the 3 songs that I have heard form the album sound brilliant.  As distinctly opposed to the new chilli peppers snore fest album; JA look to have evolved and gone outside of the safety zone. If you haven’t already check out Irresistible Force on the JA website…..

Chillis should have never brought that album out IMHO…..it is embaressing.

[Gutty]

POV, on Sep 29 2011, 09:48 AM, said:

That said I'm pretty excited about the new album (out in about 2 weeks!) Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio) has played bass on most of it and been involved in the writing, and the 3 songs that I have heard form the album sound brilliant.  As distinctly opposed to the new chilli peppers snore fest album; JA look to have evolved and gone outside of the safety zone. If you haven't already check out Irresistible Force on the JA website…..

Chillis should have never brought that album out IMHO…..it is embaressing.

Couldn't agree more !

[gone_bush]

Lots and lots of stuff!

Due to a traffic accident this morning the freeway into Melbourne was an absolute disaster so I took the executive decision to work from home. Working while listening to music, sourced from those black round thingys, on your own system certainly beats sitting in an office!

Ahh, well, back to the grind!  

[GaryCook]

SACD hybrid of the BBC Sessions by Led Zeppelin, I'm listening to the CD layer at the moment.  It sounds flat and somewhat lifeless, I hope the SACD layer is better.  


Cheers
Gary

[matthewa]

Latest Ben Folds album just arrived from the US.... The Best Imitation of Myself: A retrospective 3-CD set plus Free Folds 5 EP, currently spinning Disc 3 - Rarities

[myrantz]

treblid, on May 26 2011, 03:24 PM, said:

Nothing can stop a reunion, even when people are dead ... It's kind of freaky, but audio engineers can do anything these days...

Must listen more to DSOTM.. For some reason I just can't get into it... :/

Decide yet again to try to listen to this SACD...  This is one album I could never really get into before.. Compared to Amuse to Death, I find this album really boring...

Then I tried to invert the phase... And wow, I should have tried this a long time ago  . So far so good, finally getting what the fuss is all about.. Spent some time yesterday to recheck my setup is setup properly, it is AFAICT... Will listen to it again later tonight to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and the 5.1 layer if I have time to compare (IIRC I find the multichannel boring as well)...

Can folks with a player capable of inverting the phase try to invert the phase for 2.0 SACD layer and see which is better? Normal or inverted? Before the trolls set in, bear in mind this really is a YMMV thing...

If like me you never liked DSOTM SACD before (am I the only one?), try inverting the phase and see how it goes. Remember YMMV, this is actually the first non-asian CD I have that seems to sound better with the phase inverted.

That or weed

Paul_, on May 26 2011, 03:27 PM, said:

Tre,
weed and headphones
If no weed just head phones
Paul.

[myrantz]

This may not suit everybody's tastes:

Dream With Me  - Jackie Evancho...

TBH her voice gets a bit irritating for me after a while, but she is just 11... And given the age, she really have a pretty good voice... According to Soundhound she has a Soprano voice..

The tracks I like are duets -  with Susan Boyle, Barbra Streisand..

Hopefully when she gets older she can get a voice like them... And hopefully she will not end up like other child stars..

[Dork(original)]

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