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Just Chillin after work...how about a shout out for "Fat Head" Newman. (oh by the way Ray Charles sings, plays piano and sax) http://a.imageshack.us/img203/3247/pict0073zt.jpg
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Sticks, River is a wonderful album. You should hear it through my gear, really sweet sounding. Must be nice for you too.
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Picked this one up recently. Lawdy, lawdy, its a fun one. As said on popmatters.com "...we’ve got a lean, mean beat machine, playing a buzzy, swaggering brand of electro-ghetto-funk and Southern hip-hop"
There's a bit of everything packed into a diverse collection of thumping 3 minute bundles of adventurous party music. Just about every track (15 in all) is a collaborative song featuring a different New Orleans artist. Taken as a pile of singles, it's a gold mine. A little overwhelming as an album though. I'm not usually one to go all bass heavy with my music, and I think I have a fairly capable system. However, putting this album on loud for a first listen, I really really wanted to hear it on a mammoth system with clarity and oomph. Got some quality drumming behind the beats with Stanton Moore; even got my white butt wanting to move.
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Off work, and done running around for the missus....Ahhhh time to put on my slippers, get a cold sweet tea...and unwind a bit after a long day. First two up!
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And I think its time I say something about these little gems. A friend of mine sent me these so I could take a listen. I've had them for about a little over a month and all I can say is wow! These are Mordaunt-Short Avanti 902i.
For such a small budget stand mount these have such incredible sound all around. I mean these pupies are very well balanced. There is no part of the sound that is recessed. And its a very good sound at that. I had to keep looking up at the speaker to make sure they are really as small as they are because the sound stage is huge....no joke. to take a listen, you wuld think its a larger speaker.
Excellent tweeters with good reach with out being ear bleed. Nice and lively, Very pronounced but not over powering mids, and a nice and robust and full bottom end. It handles everything I bring to the Musical Fidelity CDP, Marnatz SACDP or MH TT. I can't say to much here because of the wrong thread, but if any one can still find these in production new or on the used market, you should get a pair with no hesitation. They are fun....and what I really like, they give you very good emotion and romance. I love that in a speaker....not sterile. I have a pair of the bigger Paradigm stand mounts 3se mini in my home theater in the basement that these things just walk all over.
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Shameless plug frenchmon!!
Right now I have some Roy Hargrove playing through my Sound Dynamics. These babies are no slouch either. Insane realism with horns...
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The Body 'All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood' !! Really crazy and heavy sludge rock...not my typical bag but really somethin' else. I've been diggin' on a download...just ordered the 2LP. this is a lame analogy, but from my library, it has some slow heavyness of OM, metal of Opeth, and atmospheric tensions of Godspeed You!...
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Heyyyyy You cant take the easy way out bud! Get out that camera and show some skin...I want to see tubes....
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Sorry man...I couldn't resist. And ah...if you like Haden...you have to get some of his stuff with "Quartet West". Now thats some good stuff.
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Picked this one up recently. Lawdy, lawdy, its a fun one. As said on popmatters.com " ...we’ve got a lean, mean beat machine, playing a buzzy, swaggering brand of electro-ghetto-funk and Southern hip-hop"
There's a bit of everything packed into a diverse collection of thumping 3 minute bundles of adventurous party music. Just about every track (15 in all) is a collaborative song featuring a different New Orleans artist. Taken as a pile of singles, it's a gold mine. A little overwhelming as an album though. I'm not usually one to go all bass heavy with my music, and I think I have a fairly capable system. However, putting this album on loud for a first listen, I really really wanted to hear it on a mammoth system with clarity and oomph. Got some quality drumming behind the beats with Stanton Moore; even got my white butt wanting to move.
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You're welcome. Thank me later.
It's later. Thanks:)
Hmm, now why is it I suddenly feel like watching Treme?
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Playboy Jazz Festival 1984 on Elektra Musician. Double LP SET
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Stright Ahead Jazz at the core....the master Dexter Gordon. Gotham City. Dexter Gordo
Stright Ahead Jazz at the core....the master Dexter Gordon.
Gotham City. Dexter Gordon, George Benson, Art Blakey, Percy Heath, Woody Shaw, Cedar Walton. 1981 Columbia Records
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John Lee Hooker "Blues Before Sunrise"
Astan Music. Germany 1984
Original Recording. Unknown.
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Fellas...time to get with the missus.
1980 Capital Records.
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Frenchie...the Ariston has arrived...
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Kool....the pictures please! What are you doing online??? You should be cleaning her and priming her. Get busy!
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I think I will start my day with a classic piece that brings back good memories from back in the day...."In memory of Elizabeth Reed"...the brothers live at Fillmore East.
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Edit...Man, Beside the great BB King, Does anybody do "Stormy Monday" better than the Allman Brothers Band???? I think not!
Edit 2...And what about "The Whipping Post! Just a great album...if some of you old heads remember this one and you still have it...play it.
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That's one of the best live rock LPs ever made...period. Is yours a reissue frenchie?
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Lets go to another great classic 1961 recording by Dinah Washington...."September in the Rain" I have to give credit to Mr Peabody for this one...he gifted it to me. Its a very good Jazz recording.
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That's one of the best live rock LPs ever made...period. Is yours a reissue frenchie?
Its not a reissue, but it does not have the cover that opens....Its PolyGram Records 1971
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The Allman Bros. is a reissue but the sound quality is still very good. I remarked last night at how good it was for the time and being live. All the instruments are audible including bass guitar and nice space.
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The Allman Bros. is a reissue but the sound quality is still very good. I remarked last night at how good it was for the time and being live. All the instruments are audible including bass guitar and nice space.
How can you tell its a reissue...The date says 1971
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All the reissues on vinyl seems to have been from 2008. The used copies at Amazon stamped 1971 go from $6 bucks all the way up to $125 dollars like new Japan pressing 1971. And the only one that was never opened goes for $193.76 release date 1971.
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How can you tell its a reissue...The date says 1971
Actually, LPs that were originally a gatefold, are generally reissued as a standard jacket. That's a pretty good indicator.
From that point, check the back of the cover, or the label and often a third party company will be listed.
After that, you can check the run out groove/outter label for production numbers and check them.
Anyhow, I'm sure it sounds great. I have a re-issue of Benson's White Rabbit which sounds nice, but I do miss the gorgeous gatefold jacket that CTI issued.
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Isn't 1971 the copyright date? I bought the LP in the mid 80's. I always assumed it was a reissue since the cover doesn't fold out. Maybe it's just another run of the original but packaged cheaper.
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There is no third party listed on the cover at all...the label says manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Records 1971
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This is Mozart's Requiem, K 626, as performed by the Adacamy of Ancient Music as directed by Christopher Hogwood. I bought this disc a couple of years ago, having heard snippets of it here and there and my burning curiosity could not quench the burning chords from my head. For listeners who have no familiarity with the Acadamy, the musicians are first rate players of period instruments who play them in the idiom of thier time. Unlike most contemporary performances that are played on correspondingly modern instruments, the Acadamy assiduously strives to perform in the manner that was originally performed. Some of these performances may seem a bit coarse to some listeners, who are unaccoustomed to such craft; but for those who are willing to listen and get involved with the music, these performances are masterpieces whose import will be valued long after Hogwood and the rest of us have "shuffled off this mortal coil".
The performance this disc is nothing less than sumptuous. The choir is large, and all the players lift thier voices in a plaint that reaches its zenith with verve. The notes just soar above and around the room like wispy spirits that will not for a moment be stilled. In similar fashion, the instrumentation is bold and abundant. This is not a funeral for the faint-hearted; this is the last gasp a dying man who will not go quickly or quietly. The staging of the performance is wide and deep, it is beautifully recorded, and not one note is issued forth that does not glisten like a sparkling gem.
The history of this piece is as fascinating as the performance itself, including the fact that although Mozart is credited, he did not write the entire piece. This surmise has been hotly discussed by many musical scholars, who note Mozart's wife Constance's parcelling the composition to others who continued to work on the piece when Mozart was unable to do so.
In sum, the Acadamy of Ancient Music's rendition is a riveting and absolutely mesmerizing piece of music that will reverberate in listeners long after the last note has issued forth. For classical enthusiasts, the piece is an essential part of any well-stocked library. For audiophiles who are into something a bit different, a bit challenging, and a bit wonderful, this recording is one that must be sought. For the rest, who are a little bit of both....what more is there to be said?
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Thanks for the write-up and the Knowledge. Good stuff.
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If you guys want a GREAT rock album, try this out. Fantastic, and Canadian I might add.
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Do you own any Mose Allison albums PoppaC? IF not you should. The guy has his own style and a very distinctive but great singing voice....oh and other popular musicians regularly use his songs.
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No but he's on a few VA LP's of mine.
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Rubicon (1975) came on the heels of Tangerine Dream's breakthrough success, Phaedra, which reached #15 on the UK charts in 1974 and followed Atem, which in 1973 was declared by John Peel album of the year. Phaedra was a big hit for Virgin Records as well and helped (along with MIke Oldfield's Tubular Bells ) catapult Richard Branson's fledgling company to a wide range of listeners who were on the prowl for something different. Like its predecessor, Rubicon is a continuous piece, composed of two parts a little more than 17.5 minutes apiece. The mood is atmospheric and industrial, with interludes of mystery and psychedelic intrigue. Interspersed through the piece is Richard Bauman's flute, which hovers through the Moogs and mellotrons. This is another one of those albums that are best listened to when the lights are low, or on rainy days when the mood is right. True, it is a trippy listen, but for lovers of electronic music and those looking for something off the main line, Rubicon is a wonderful segue to Imagination's Threshold.
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Look very good Chubbs. With me, looks mean a lot and you sorta got that classy look going on with that pic. The spindle is kinda short tho. You have got to get a clamp or weight. So ima sure you going to change it out some time down the road? Your new arm is really going to set it off. Once again man...congrats....you put alot off your hard earned into your gear man...thats what it takes.
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Look very good Chubbs. With me, looks mean a lot and you sorta got that classy look going on with that pic. The spindle is kinda short tho. You have got to get a clamp or weight. So ima sure you going to change it out some time down the road? Your new arm is really going to set it off. Once again man...congrats....you put alot off your hard earned into your gear man...thats what it takes.
Thanks alot frenchie. Means alot coming from you. You've been instrumental with your encouragment, but more importantly with your guidance through the jungle we call Jazz.
As for the spindle, it's short because the mat is ultra thick. Frankly, I like it. It helps to dampen the already heavy platter. Keep in mind the platter and arm board are suspended. Also, Linn are dead against weights or clamps, which is the camp my table falls under. I have yet to level the platter, and I'm not sure if I will set it with a weight or not.
More worrisome than the spindle is the rest for the tonearm. I had to raise the VTA and the rest is much too short. As a result the arm slopes down almost to the point of the stylus touching the table!! Replacement is the first thing I must do.
As for modding, I must first get everything 100% with the existing pieces. Then I still have research to do, and hopefully some auditioning of arms I've yet to hear. I'm not in a huge rush, this thing sounds killer as is. BTW, the cart is an Audio Technica VM8-HII with a shibata stylus. It's technically vintage but with the stylus upgrade it sounds heavenly.
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