What LPs have you listened to recently?

pumpkinman · « **Reply #3740 on:** 11 Jan 2012, 09:46 pm »

David Bowie ~ Diamond Dogs

Jlappy · « **Reply #3741 on:** 11 Jan 2012, 10:49 pm »

King Crimson – Red Atlantic SD 18110 USA 1974

Mitsuman · « **Reply #3742 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 02:39 am »

Quote from: pumpkinman on 11 Jan 2012, 09:46 pm

David Bowie ~ Diamond Dogs

An album that I enjoy very much, but much like Aqualung, a great example of a great album that sounds sub-par. Just IMHO.

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #3743 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 06:02 am »

Quote from: Jlappy on 11 Jan 2012, 06:16 am

Bill,
here is one that I forgot about that i played earlier this evening.

Chicago Transit Authority – Chicago Transit Authority Columbia GP 8 US 196

What a sound, I forgot how good this one was

Jim,

This is one of my favorite albums. I recommend that you order the Rhino remastered reissue from the original analog tapes. IMO, it blows the socks off of the original issue. Better detail, clarity, bass slam, dyanimics and a much fuller musical presentation. Once you hear it you will be amazed at how much music is on those tapes. You will hear details you have never heard before.

Laura

pumpkinman · « **Reply #3744 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 12:47 pm »

pumpkinman · « **Reply #3745 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 12:52 pm »

Quote from: Mitsuman on 12 Jan 2012, 02:39 am

An album that I enjoy very much, but much like Aqualung, a great example of a great album that sounds sub-par. Just IMHO.

Yeah I know but it's really about the music. Here's an album I love but SQ wise is sub par be it LP or CD

Mitsuman · « **Reply #3746 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 02:35 pm »

Quote from: vinyl_lady on 12 Jan 2012, 06:02 am

Jim,

This is one of my favorite albums. I recommend that you order the Rhino remastered reissue from the original analog tapes. IMO, it blows the socks off of the original issue. Better detail, clarity, bass slam, dyanimics and a much fuller musical presentation. Once you hear it you will be amazed at how much music is on those tapes. You will hear details you have never heard before.

Laura

$35.00 Semolians?????

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #3747 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 03:19 pm »

Quote from: Mitsuman on 12 Jan 2012, 02:35 pm

$35.00 Semolians?????

If you like this album, it is absolutely worth it. Same for Chicago II. Both are double albums and the gatefold covers are true to the original.

Laura

Jlappy · « **Reply #3748 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 05:42 pm »

Quote from: Mitsuman on 12 Jan 2012, 02:35 pm

$35.00 Semolians?????

Laura,

Thanks for the recommendation.

Mitsuman, Good point, yet my older sister is always looking for my birthday 'wish list' ideas, this would be good one. She is big Chicago fan ...

and She is also waiting for me to return her copy of Queen Live Killers I gave to her for her 16th birthday, yet haven't returned for some reason

Mitsuman · « **Reply #3749 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 06:03 pm »

Quote from: vinyl_lady on 12 Jan 2012, 03:19 pm

If you like this album, it is absolutely worth it. Same for Chicago II. Both are double albums and the gatefold covers are true to the original.

Laura

I have an original 2-eye Columbia 360 Sound pressing. Does the Rhino sound better than that? Tis a rare LP indeed for me to shell out $35.00 for, but depending on your answer.........................

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #3750 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 07:02 pm »

Quote from: Mitsuman on 12 Jan 2012, 06:03 pm

I have an original 2-eye Columbia 360 Sound pressing. Does the Rhino sound better than that? Tis a rare LP indeed for me to shell out $35.00 for, but depending on your answer.........................

I have an original pressing (at least I bought it when it was originally released). I am traveling and will look when I get home and let you know what issue I have. In the meantime, here are Jeff Dorgay's comments from a review in Tone Audio issue 22:

Quote

For the latter half of their career, Chicago became almost a parody of
themselves, turning into a soft-rock outfit, producing tunes that got a lot of
airplay, but were a long way from their roots.

They began in 1967 in a much artier vein. Their first two records, Chicago
Transit Authority and Chicago, were heavily jazz oriented, spawning their early
hits “Make Me Smile,” “Color My World,” “25 or 6 to 4,” “Does Anybody Really
Know What Time it Is?” and the tortuous “Free Form Guitar.”

Initially released on Columbia, their original albums were recorded and
mastered for AM radio play and had a big bump in the midrange, sounding
great on the portable radios of the day, but fairly lacking on a good HiFi system.

Kevin Gray is responsible for the first two remasters in the series, and they
are both excellent. These are now serious audiophile discs, with full range
dynamics restored and the frequency response flattened out. With sound to
match the musicianship on these records, the true genius of Chicago’s early
works shines through.--Jeff Dorgay, TONE Audio, Issue 22

BTW, the pressing is very quiet on both of the Rhino reissues.

Laura

DaveyW · « **Reply #3751 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 07:56 pm »

BUDGIE - IN FOR THE KILL

Mitsuman · « **Reply #3752 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 08:12 pm »

Quote from: DaveyW on 12 Jan 2012, 07:56 pm

BUDGIE - IN FOR THE KILL

The first Budgie album I ever bought. Did you pick up a copy of If I Were Brittania............. yet?

DaveyW · « **Reply #3753 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 08:28 pm »

Quote from: Mitsuman on 12 Jan 2012, 08:12 pm

The first Budgie album I ever bought. Did you pick up a copy of If I Were Brittania............. yet?

Ooops!

Forgot to add to my DISCOGS want list - Thanks for the reminder

It's in there now - All I need to do is watch the message inbox.

It might have to wait a little bit though - just pulled the trigger on another 10 disc order.

Will report back when it arrives.

Cheers
Dave

Jlappy · « **Reply #3754 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 08:54 pm »

Lucifer's Friend – Banquet Passport Records PPSD-98012 US 1974

Any Lucifer's Friends out there?

Jlappy · « **Reply #3755 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 09:10 pm »

Quote from: DaveyW on 12 Jan 2012, 08:28 pm

Ooops!
Forgot to add to my DISCOGS want list - Thanks for the reminder
It's in there now - All I need to do is watch the message inbox.

It might have to wait a little bit though - just pulled the trigger on another 10 disc order.

Will report back when it arrives.

Cheers
Dave

DaveyW & Mitsuman,

heard of them, yet own none ... YET, which would be the lp to start with as an introduction?

cheers, Jim

DaveyW · « **Reply #3756 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 09:55 pm »

Quote from: Jlappy on 12 Jan 2012, 09:10 pm

DaveyW & Mitsuman,

heard of them, yet own none ... YET, which would be the lp to start with as an introduction?

cheers, Jim

I'd need to defer to Mitsu here on the earlier stuff as I only have a best of and In for the kill - but this album is very good.

The MCA Best of Budgie was probably one of my most played albums when I was a kid - quite unique for a 3 piece.

Impeckable is good too.

Mitsuman · « **Reply #3757 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 11:00 pm »

Quote from: Jlappy on 12 Jan 2012, 09:10 pm

DaveyW & Mitsuman,

heard of them, yet own none ... YET, which would be the lp to start with as an introduction?

cheers, Jim

I would suggest Bandolier, and If I Were Brittania I'd Wave The Rule.
Burke Shelley's vocals are not for everyone, but his songwriting was fantastic IMHO. And Tony Bourge can play a very mean guitar. You might try Never Turn Your Back On A Friend as well. I like their S/T album as well, the track Nude Disintegrating Parachute Woman is very good. The desert island pick would have to be Bandolier though, as Napoleon Bona-Part 1 and Napoleon Bona-Part 2 is as good as it gets for hard rock.

Mitsuman · « **Reply #3758 on:** 12 Jan 2012, 11:01 pm »

Quote from: Jlappy on 12 Jan 2012, 08:54 pm

Lucifer's Friend – Banquet Passport Records PPSD-98012 US 1974

Any Lucifer's Friends out there?

Spanish Galleon, one of my favorites.

AVnerdguy · « **Reply #3759 on:** 13 Jan 2012, 12:25 am »

The Yardbirds - Little Games