[thunderbrick]

Stumbled on a new (?) CD label, The Primo Collection, in this case Duane Eddy, "The Essential Collection" (PRMCD 6145) and the sound is damned good!   Sounds like it was (properly) recorded yesterday!   Looks like a German label.  https://hart.de/catalogue/label/Primo.html?page=5  All the packaging is the same style.

[timind]

Joe Jackson - I'm The Man
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Lyle Lovette - My Baby Don't Tolerate
Paul McCartney - Ram

[ArthurDent]

       

        Pretty good recording of a band that was outstanding to see live. 2 CDs

[martyo]

I'll have to pick that one up, was just listening to their first studio album!!
One of my favorites from back in the day. Saw them a few times at the Fillmore West but not until '69

[Kenneth Patchen]

       

        Pretty good recording of a band that was outstanding to see live. 2 CDs

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhHhhhhh!!!
(ad nauseum).

I have to get this. Love that John Cipollina tremolo. There use to be a 2lp boot of the Filmore stuff, "maiden of the Cancer Moon" which was pretty good but the sq was poor and beggars can't be choosers. When QMS stuck to the raga/pysch rock they were great and Cipollina was great but the blues stuff, not so much. Thanks AD!

[ArthurDent]

OoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHhhhhh!!!
(ad nauseum).

I have to get this. Love that John Cipollina tremolo. There use to be a 2lp boot of the Filmore stuff, "maiden of the Cancer Moon" which was pretty good but the sq was poor and beggars can't be choosers. When QMS stuck to the raga/pysch rock they were great and Cipollina was great but the blues stuff, not so much. Thanks AD!

I'll have to pick that one up, was just listening to their first studio album!!
One of my favorites from back in the day. Saw them a few times at the Fillmore West but not until '69

Gents - have only listened to it once so far, and in full disclosure there is a mic dropout on the vocals for maybe a minute or so on one of the cuts on the first disc. You can still hear the vocal in the background from the other mics, but it is mildly annoying. Hey, that's live recording. Can't remember which song at the moment. But on the whole I say it's worth adding to the library. I'll probably check out more of the concerts that have been released in the not too distant past. I picked up a 'Live in San Jose 1967' bootleg many years back (not realizing it was such), which was an atrocious recording, mostly unlistenable. Though I broke it out not long ago and it didn't sound as bad as I'd remembered, but can't recommend that.

Have a great Sunday !

[jtsnead]

Anybody have this Quicksilver Box? Sound?

https://www.amazon.com/Vinyl-Replica-Collection-Boxset-High-Definition/dp/B0154AYCTU/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1502725794&sr=1-5&keywords=quicksilver+messenger+service

[ArthurDent]

Anybody have this Quicksilver Box? Sound?

https://www.amazon.com/Vinyl-Replica-Collection-Boxset-High-Definition/dp/B0154AYCTU/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1502725794&sr=1-5&keywords=quicksilver+messenger+service

Don't have the Box set, but do have the re-masters of the 1st & Shady Grove in that format. Will have to re-listen, it's been a bit, but as I recall they were well done. Will check next time I've got the system on & verify.

[ArthurDent]

Ok, just listened to the two debut releases. Note that the original CD releases are pretty good. The remaster is definitely more dynamic, cleaner, & more defined. Of course it's also 'hotter', ie pumped up. I clearly noted the volume change between the two, and I was getting a little fatigue with the remaster. For the occasional listen I'd think it would be worth the purchase, particularly if you only listen to one of these CDs at a time. My ears aren't what they once were, so better ears or more critical systems may find it too hot for enjoyment.

Listening to Shady Grove now. Like the 1st the original release is good, but the remaster is better. In this case more listenable than the debut, doesn't seem quite as hot, no fatigue.

To a degree it's also system dependent, though my office system is pretty smooth in general. SS amp, tube pre, hybrid DAC, Sony 300 disc changer, Dahlquist monitors. Listening extremely near field. You might have an issue listening to more than 1 or two of these CDs in a row at volume, I listen at pretty reasonable levels, but if I didn't already have most of the releases in one form or another, and I wanted the literature as well I'd go for it. I'm not particularly good on technical terminology, but the remasters have a presence/clarity missing in the original releases.

Hope that helps some, YMMV.

[Kenneth Patchen]

This isn't a recent purchase but I thouught I'd add to the above discussion. I have this 2disc retrospective and the selection and sq is very good. Anyone looking for a QMS refresher or introduction would be well served here. Cipollina's guitar sounds great on this set and perhaps deliberately mixed to sound 'upfront' at least more so than I remember from the original recordings.

[ArthurDent]

This isn't a recent purchase but I thouught I'd add to the above discussion. I have this 2disc retrospective and the selection and sq is very good. Anyone looking for a QMS refresher or introduction would be well served here. Cipollina's guitar sounds great on this set and perhaps deliberately mixed to sound 'upfront' at least more so than I remember from the original recordings.

+1  An excellent collection both musically & sonically. 

[elasticnorseman]

Alfred Schnittke (Complete Works for String Quartet) by Kronos Quartet


David Live (2005 Mix) by David Bowie


Magick by John Zorn


Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8, 14 "Moonlight" & 23 "Appassionata" by Claudio Arrau


The Day the World Went Away by Nine Inch Nails

[Atlplasma]

Albert King, I'll Play the Blues for You.

[WC]

New DVD-A:

Larks Tongue in Aspic – King Crimson
USA – King Crimson
Beat – King Crimson
Songs from the Wood – Jethro Tull

New Bluray:

Close to the Edge – Yes
The Yes Album – Yes
Fragile – Yes
Relayer - Yes
Misplaced Childhood – Marillion
To the Bone – Stephen Wilson
Octopus – Gentle Giant
The Power and the Glory – Gentle Giant
Amused to Death – Roger Waters
The Optimist - Anathema

New CD:

Relaxer – Alt-J
Under the Pines – Bardo Pond
Visions of a Life – Wolf Alice
Masseduction – St. Vincent
Man Woman Life Death Infinity – The Church
Wyatt at the Coyote Palace – Kristin Hersh
Sleep Well Beast – The National
All the Light Above it Too – Jack Johnson

Used CD:

Songs for the Deaf – Queens of the Stone Age
End is Forever – The Ataris
Lone Wolf – Jessica Lee Wilkes
Le Pop – Katzenjammer
The Bricks Might Breathe Again – Painted Saints
Company Town – Painted Saints
Ecstasy – Lou Reed
World of Monsters – The Drovers
New Seasons – The Sadies
Village Gorilla Head – Tommy Stinson
Exile on Main Street – Rolling Stones
Find a Door – Pete Droge & the Sinners
Older Terrors – Esben and the Witch
In/Casino/Out – at the Drive-In
Relationship of Command – at the Drive-In
Highly Refined Pirates – Minus the Bear
Hot Buttered Soul – Isaac Hayes
The Silent Force – Within Temptation
Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols – Sex Pistols
Awake – Dream Theater
Kicking Television Live in Chicago – Wilco
New Moon – Elliott Smith
I Might Be Wrong Live Recordings – Radiohead
Mercury Falling – Sting
Another Fine Day – Golden Smog
The Truth According to Ruthie Foster – Ruthie Foster
Belly of the Sun – Cassandra Wilson
In the Sun – Jane Monheit
Face the Truth – Stephen Malkmus
Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever – Explosions in the Sky
Midnight Vultures – Beck
Surrender – The Chemical Brothers
Exit Planet Dust – The Chemical Brothers
Hello Starling – Josh Ritter
Absolute Torch and Twang – k.d. Lang and the Recliners
Sketches for My Sweetheart The Drunk – Jeff Buckley
Frank Black Francis – Frank Black
Junction Seven – Steve Winwood
Blow Your Cool – Hoodoo Gurus
Living in America – The Sounds
The Sound of White – Missy Higgins
The Golden Record – Little Scream
Burst and Bloom – Cursive
Hotel California – The Eagles
The Most Lamentable Tragedy – Titus Andronicus
Big Whiskey and the GrooGruk King
Is the Is Are – Diiv
Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
Never Trust a Happy Song – Grouplove
Psyence Fiction – Unkle
Blank Wave Arcade – The Faint
Good Morning, Magpie – Murder by Death
Give up the Ghost – Brandi Carlile
Miracle – Heidi Berry
Down by the Old Mainstream – Golden Smog

Used LP:

Land – Comsat Angels

New LP:

Upstairs at United, Volume 6 – Smoke Fairies

[elasticnorseman]

In a Word by Yes


Savage (Songs from a Broken World) by Gary Numan


I Am The Blues by Willie Dixon


Whiteout Conditions by The New Pornographers

[BigChubby]

After a few months of waiting, my local used record dealer called.  He had found a Mint copy of Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones for me.  It is absolutely pristine and sounds fabulous.  According to my dealer, it's a first pressing, but honestly I'm not that into collecting to really know what that means as far as this LP is concerned.  It sounds good and the jacket looks like new.  I'm a happy guy.

[elasticnorseman]

Bone Machine by Tom Waits


Folk Songs by Kronos Quartet


Hitchhiker by Neil Young


Dark Matter by Randy Newman


To The Bone by Steven Wilson

[diofan56]

Accept - Stalingrad
Accept - Rise of Chaos
Lynch Mob - The Brotherhood
Coco Montoya - Hard Truth
Walter Trout - We're All in This Together

[elasticnorseman]

Last Leaf by Danish String Quartet


Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981 by Bob Dylan


The Bunny Boy by The Residents


Mirror Man by David Thomas


David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" by Eugene Ormandy and Philadelphia Orchestra

[aragon63]

 John Abercrombie - Night / ECM
 Mike Nock - Ondas / ECM
 Mark Eagan - Truth be told / Wavetone Records
 Ralph Towner, Gary Burton - MatchBook / ECM