What have you guys and gals been listening to the last week or so? Me? Well, not much now that I think about it....

I listened a lot to that Wayne Robbins and the Hellsayers The Lonesome Sea that I've been big on lately. Really nice CD. Only 10 songs and to be honest a couple of them aren't all that distinctive, but man oh man, the rest is solid gold to my Neil Young loving ears. Good stuff.

And that Tindersticks Working for the Man collection that I've been using for my avatar. Most of this music is from the mid 90s so certainly didn't require remastering, and unfortunately isn't served well by it. Love the music but the original recordings were done very well and the remastering just compresses them to crank up the volume to 2004 levels. Ugh. I mainly got it for the bonus stuff anyway, but hate to see when they keep doing this to some of my favorite artists. Just say no to remasters unless they aren't compressed (and good luck finding any that aren't anymore). Fortunately the remasters are from the UK and most of their early catalog is still available in its original un-remastered form (for any of you that might want to try the Tindersticks) or on great sounding vinyl.

Also was putting together my new comp so listened to a lot of stuff on it, and listened to the comp a few times as it came together.

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